Sep 07 2009

Sandhopper National Championships 2009

Published by at 20:13 under Nationals,Sandhoppers

2009nationals_willis_1Congratulations to Peter Thompson and Steve Hopper (Sand star) who took the crown of Sandhopper National Champions for the second consecutive year.
29 boats entered this years event in champagne sailing conditions at TBYC.
Sandstar stormed the board with a 2-1-2 to secure top spot. second place was closely contested with Apollo (2nd Eyre & Burrell) just beating Squiffy ( Binnendyke & Saunders) into third.
many thanks to Hyde sails who Sponsored the prizes of new sails, the support crews headed by Tony Clarke, the race officer team of Geoff Appleton, Lisa Farrall for organising a great social event and Jo & the crew from the catering team at TBYC who helped make the whole weekend event a tremendous success.
full results and write up please go to www.sandhopper.org.uk

Thanks to all who participated in making the event such an enjoyable experience.
Barry

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4 Responses to “Sandhopper National Championships 2009”

  1. # Eric Mitchellon 08 Sep 2009 at 09:29

    Congratulations Peter and Steve, the event was TBYC at its best.

    Eric Mitchell

  2. # Martyn Eyreon 08 Sep 2009 at 11:06

    I can’t beleive I will have to wait a whole year to do this all again, what a great weekend with perfect weather and great organisation! Well done Barry and all those behind the scenes.

    On a personal note I would like to thank Peter Thomson who climbed to the top of my mast and cut the main sheet halyard which had jumped the pulley and stuck complety up. This was no mean task as Apollo was pitching some 40 degrees. Thanks Peter.

  3. # Andrew Hannahon 08 Sep 2009 at 11:07

    Well done Peter and Steve: you’re a popular win!

  4. # Shaun Christianon 08 Sep 2009 at 12:03

    Yes well done Peter and Steve. Thanks also to my helm, Mike, for a great weekend.

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