Sep 23 2008
Cadets on Tour
Cadet 9631 Hammerhead
James Hayward and Alex Warrrington (Waldringfield/TBYC)
Well the pairing has now ended as James retires from the Cadet fleet to enter the world of 420’s. The boys had a great year all in all, with 3 Open meeting wins, UK Inland Champions and Selected for the 2008 British World Team. 31st in the Worlds and 8th at the Nationals. Would have been nice to have been higher in these events but thats boat racing for you! You never know whats going to happen next!
Cadet 9029: George Warrington and Angus Stone (TBYC/Waldringfield), had a great time in the Silver Fleets at Medemblik and Torquay, learning fast all about big fleet starts and the rules! They put in a commendable 41st in the Silver Fleet at the worlds and 81st out of 97 at the Nationals. Boat-handling and staying upright has been George’s biggest learning curve. In fact 9029 stayed upright all week at the Nats – well er.. except I managed to turn it upside down twice in the parents race!!- I blame the crew naturally!
Alex has now teamed up with his 3rd helm for the 2009 season. Jess Quinlan from Burnham with her boat; 8407 “Fantasy”. They have had a great start to their partnership. Stone Open Meeting earlier this month saw them miss out on a top 3 overall after a bad capsize on a very windy 1 day event, coming home 5th overall. Last weekend saw them clinch their first major win at the Parkstone Open with a 60 boat entry and winning the event overall!
So we’re all looking forward to another winter of National Squad Training and a busy year touring the circuit – Worlds in Argentina 2009…. who knows?
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