SOUTH QUEENSLAND MARBLEHEAD CHAMPIONSHIP

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2006 SOUTH QLD M CHAMPIONSHIP
PRO Bill Clancy		Hosted by NLOMYS Inc for PRRYC Inc														Scorer David Black
Pos	SKIPPER	Sail	DESIGN	Race												Before	Discard	FINAL
Pos	SKIPPER	No	DESIGN	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Discard	Discard	SCORE
1	Bill Wright	34	NRW7	5	3	2	1	3	1	3	2	1	3	1	1	25.8	8	17.8
2	Graeme Turk	46	Rok	4	2	1	7	5	2	1	6	4	1	5	4	42	13	29
3	Bruce Yarrow	55	Paradox	1	5	5	9	2	5	2	3	3	4	2	3	44	14	30
4	Ben Leigh Smith	21	Paradox	3	1	4	4	1	6	6	1	5	5	3	5	44	12	32
5	Yeoman Sands	61	NRW3	2	4	3	8	3	3	4	5	2	8	4	2	48	16	32
6	Scott Warton	09	Monarch	6	6	12	3	4	4	5	4	6	7	6	8	71	20	51
7	Ray Nasmith	49	Abacus 2	8	7	6	6	7	7	11	8	9	2	9	6	86	20	66
8	Bruce Chapman	82	Abacus 2	9	8	7	5	6	8	7	7	8	6	7	7	85	17	68
9	Barry Hilzinger	12		7	9	8	2	8	9	8	9	7	9	8	9	93	18	75
10	Darren Foreman	11	Abacus 2	10	11	10	11	12	10	9	10	10	10	11	10	124	23	101
11	Arthur George	97	Abacus 2	11	10	9	10	9	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	130	24	106

2006 SOUTH QUEENSLAND MARBLEHEAD CHAMPIONSHIP

The South Queensland Marblehead Championship this year was again hosted by North Lakes One Metre Yacht Squadron on behalf of Pine Rivers Radio Yacht Club at Lake Kurwongbah attracted a field of 11 yachts. Of particular note was Bill Wright returning from the Marblehead Worlds in UK to face conditions not experienced in UK.

The weather forecast predicted light south westerlies followed to a shift to lighter north easterly conditions in the afternoon.

PRO Bill Clancy, did an excellent job in making the best of the conditions and managed to get racing under way in a light south – south easterly at the scheduled start of 10 am.

It soon became clear that racing was going to be close with the Paradox’s of Bruce Yarrow and Ben Leigh Smith taking the first two races and after three completed races there were 4 separate winners.

Bill Wright (NRW7) then started to come to terms with the conditions and from then on put in a very consistent performance to skip clear of the pack. Behind him Graeme Turk’s Rok, the two Paradox’s of Bruce Yarrow and Ben Leigh-Smith and Yeoman Sands NRW3 were locked close together and this did not change for the rest of the day.

For the second year in a row it was good to see the great support from the Pine Rivers Club members with five entries. Overall a total of seven Clubs were represented in the field which is pleasing. Now we need to build the numbers.

With the breeze dying around 3:30 it was decided to call quits a little early with 12 completed races. Trophies were presented to Bill Wright, 1^st on 17.8 pts, Graeme Turk 2^nd 29 pts and Bruce Yarrow 3^rd 30 pts. Ben Leigh Smith and Yeoman Sands were a further 2 points back.