Carsington Nationwide

Five determined Scots headed off for Alton Towers last weekend and took the chance to drop in on the final Topper GBR Nationwide event at Carsington.  The weekend started well with a promising 10-14 mph Northerly breeze but alas the forecast was for it to drop steadily through the day which unfortunately it did making for very testing conditions on the racecourse.

In the 4.2 fleet Lewis Marr was consistently at the front end of the 27 boat fleet scoring 3,3,5,4,2,4,2 to take third overall.

In the 5.3 eevnt it was Samantha Foster who showed the early form opening with a 9th and a tenth to place 12th overall after 2.  Alas the dying wind put an end to that with a 33 in race three!  Next Scot overnight was Joanne Foster in 55 with Aaron Murray close behind on 59.  Jack Aitken was also inside the top 100.

Sunday dawned and exactly as forecast the lake was a beautiful mill pond.  The AP was broken out and the waiting started.  Around 11 the wise owls in the bar were proved right as a fairly steady Southerly filled in and the fleet set out into a light but race-able 6mph breeze.  Race two was a good one in 10 mph with several sailors seen to be sitting out but alas for race six it was back to tip toes and roll tacks.

Sammi again led the way including an impressive 4th in race 5 but found the light winds very difficult and actually dropped to a dissapointing 39th by the end.  Aaron on the other hand was getting better as the wind got lighter and finished with an 18 and a 15 to overhaul Jo and finish second Scot in 57th.  Jo dropped to 70th and Jack had another steady day and came home 87th.

Final places
Samantha 39th (10,9,33,39,4,42)
Aaron 57th (37,25,38,32,18,15)
Jo 70th (33,25,30,47,35,29)
Jack 87th (42,22,50,58,41,39)

This was the final event of the 2010 Nationwide Series and six Scots made the top 100.
Samanatha 29th, Alexander 33rd, Aaron 36, Jordan 62, Jessica 69, Jack 98.