Tony Edwards- 2014 MYA IOM National Champion

26/08/2014
General News

After a gruelling final day in which both wind and rain were sent to test everyone, Tony Edwards fittingly won the final race to clinch the 2014 IOM MYA Nationals.

75 Tony Edwards leads the fleet- image by Sue Brown

The day started under grey skies with the forecast rain filling in after the 1st heat of the day, turning this final day in to a battle for many with water not only in their electrics but also inside their waterproofs!

The breeze was a strange East/ South Easterly that kept Peter Stollery on his toes and Graham Allen in the boat busy but the breeze did eventually move more South Easterly to give a fixed windward leeward course with a gate and the sterling efforts of the race team got the competitors through to race 13 by the end of play.

Racing was tight throughout the day with the top 3 skippers never more than a few points apart, who would crack 1st? Well the answer was nobody and it was still undecided going in to the last race. This could have been a tense affair had it not been for Tony Edwards calm and experienced head who secured things with a fine victory to leave Zvonko Jelacic and Brad Gibson to finish 2nd & 3rd overall.

The lower podium places were also to be decided with Ian Dundas holding off John Tushingham for 4th place by just 1 point. Well done to Ian who also took away the Novice Trophy for highest placed skipper never to have won the IOM Nationals.

At the prize giving the race team were thanked for their efforts and all competitors applauded them as they stood for a photo.

Special thanks were given to Peter Stollery for acting as PRO and Terry Rensch for his work in securing the venue and organising many of the aspects of the event. Thanks were also given to Guildford MYC for hosting the event for the MYA and providing much of the race team.

Full positions below:

Pos:	Skipper:	Sail No:	Pts:
1	Tony Edwards	75	33
2	Zvonko Jelacic	CRO 35	42
3	Brad Gibson	42	47
4	Ian Dundas	38	70
5	John Tushingham	177	71
6	Miguel Salvador	ESP 15 (115)	84
7	Josh King	26	88
8	Derek Priestley	67	92
9	Graham Bantock	95	95
10	Patrice Montero	FRA 38 (138)	108
11	Rob Walsh	25	108
12	Mark Dennis	19	127
13	Kym Daub	GER 140	128
14	Trevor Binks	72	130
15	Jose Valvede	ESP 48	134
16	Alex Cory	34	151
17	Darin Ballington	98	173
18	James Edwards	88	176
19	Ken Binks	83 (183)	177
20	Jose Vinaixa	ESP 14 (114)	188
21	Greg King	47	208
22	Stephen Taylor	43	208
23	Dave Burke	30	210
24	Agustin Moreno	96	222
25	Martin Roberts	22	241
26	John Cleave	0	254
27	John Shorrock	29 (129)	272
28	John Taylor	28	279
29	Colin Trower	07 (107)	285
30	Francisco Martinez	ESP 116 (716)	302
31	Gavin Watson	46	309
32	John Arundel	12	314
33	Vernon Appleton	36	315
34	Noel Donaldson	29	322
35	Mick Chamberlain	46 (146)	326
36	Nigel Brown	55	327
37	Peter Tans	NED 149	328
38	Terry King	181	344
39	Arjan vd Cingel	67 (167)	345
40	Simon Clarke	94	349
41	David Potter	20	353
42	Robert Wilson	97	388
43	Bill Culshaw	21	402
44	Stephen Haywood	57	403
45	Torsten Fildebrandt	GER 87	412
46	Peter Cropper	68	429
47	Roy Stevens	54	440
48	Neil Coleman	89	444
49	Dave Alston	11	460
50	Dennis Payne	7	464
51	Oliver Bangham	40	475
52	Graham Whalley	16	479
53	Maurizio Morbidelli	ITA 52	486
54	John Sharman	61	498
55	Phil Holliday	66	517
56	Alan Perham	55 (155)	518
57	Liz Tushingham	84	526
58	Bob Conner	14	540
59	Nick Whyte	16 (116)	557
60	Paul Wilson	17 (117)	557
61	Don Charlesworth	77	597
62	Chaz Jordan	99	600
63	David Adams	83	612
64	Sarah Conner	69	617
65	Jenny Hand	169	620
66	Nick Royse	15 (215)	621
67	Gordon Allison	62	623
68	Ian Davies	33	625
69	John Park	78	679
70	Tom Lance	15	683
71	Joe Binks	175	698
72	John Bush	187	730
73	Michael Brown	18 (118)	741