After an exciting and challenging week at the Student Yachting Nationals, being held at the Royal Southern YC with , the results are now in.
After coming 2nd at last years Championships, Simon Berry, skipper of Southampton Solent White, was keen to push for the win this year. His team have constantly sailed well this week finishing off with a 1st and 2nd in the racing today, and have won be a lead of 6 points. The Team have now won the skippers weight in beer, kindly sponsored by Carlsburg.
In 2nd place is team 1, skippered by Ben Lister. This team, fresh from winning the BUSA Team Racing Championships last week, managed to win 5 of the 8 races!
SUSA Yachting Champions, Strathclyde skippered by Angus Stevenson, put in a great performance, having been in 2nd place, for most of the week, they where finally beaten by ‘s consistent scores.
Results:
1st Southampton Solent White, Skipper: Simon Berry
2nd Cambridge 1, Skipper: Ben Lister
3rd Strathclyde, Skipper: Angus Stevenson
4th Newcastle 1, Skipper: Jonny Coate
5th Warwick, Skipper: Luke White
6th Southampton Solent Red, Skipper: Ian Turnbull
A full report and results will be posted later. Full results and photos are also available on the Royal website www.royal-southern.co.uk