With the domestic qualfying series set to close in Weymouth over the weekend of October 3rd and 4th, there are still five places to be decided in the British team for Sweden 2010.
Congratulations to David Cooper and his crew on “St James”, on qualifying for their first World Championship. Duncan McCarthy and Gavin Watson are the two others who have so far staked their claim. For both these helms, it will be their third World Championships, both having sailed at Weymouth in 2005 and Sardinia in 2008.
Stuart Jardine is fourth in the table and as one of the UK helms going to the Europeans in Crete, he has two events left and will qualify comfortably. Nathan Bachelor also has these two events left, but looks likely to go as Bob Turner’s International Chairman’s pick, freeing a UK place.
Stig McDonald and Thijs Knapper also have their fate in their own hands and will qualify at Weymouth next weekend. Jim Anderson and Roger Morris need to avoid any slip-up, with Nick McDonald, Paul Toms, Pat Cooke and Andrew Taylor breathing down their necks. With Jardine’s participation still in doubt and with a strong UK contingent chasing automatic qualification via the European Championships in Crete, all these helms still have plenty to play for.
| 2009 | 8 Places for Sweden | Events Sailed | Best | Fowey Cup (win=30) | Worlds Annapolis (win=40) | Spring Cup Weymouth (win=30) | Southerns Poole (win=30) | Nationals Plymouth (win=40) | Autumn Cup Falmouth (win=30) | Europeans Crete (win=40) | |||||||||
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| Pos | Helm | Usual Boat | 4 | Pos | Pts | Pos | Pts | Pos | Pts | Pos | Pts | Pos | Pts | Pos | Pts | Pos | Pts | ||
| 1 | Duncan McCarthy | 4245 | Madeleine | 4 | 127 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2 | Gavin Watson | 4265 | Reloaded | 4 | 121 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 3 | David Cooper | 4497 | St James | 4 | 108 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Stuart Jardine | 4215 | Stouche | 3 | 93 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | Stig McDonald | 4206 | Jam Too | 3 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | Thijs Knapper | 4222 | Phoenix | 3 | 81 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | Jim Anderson | 4232 | Boomerang | 3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 13 | 28 | 8 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | Roger Morris | 4270 | Jolly Roger | 3 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 11 | 30 | 11 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Nathan Batchelor | 4247 | Serco Defence | 2 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | Andrew Taylor | 4242 | HitchHikers'.. | 3 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Nick McDonald | 4064 | Legal Alien | 3 | 60 | 0 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 7 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | Paul Toms | 4213 | Joya | 2 | 60 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Pat Cooke | 4173 | Jive | 3 | 59 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | Ian Southworth | 4177 | Writing Instruments | 2 | 57 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 15 | Lewers / Partridge | 4147 | Hi Jack | 3 | 55 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Sue Proudfoot | 4254 | Ju Ju | 2 | 49 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 17 | James Beckley | 4035 | Jiffi | 2 | 44 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | Brian Downing | 4252 | Jumanji | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 19 | John Hicks | 4269 | Jitterbug | 2 | 41 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | Rob Clark | 4254 | Ju Ju | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | William Pollock | 4067 | Y-Jewellers | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 22 | Walter Amos | 4256 | Soma II | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | John Gorman | 4251 | Italian Job | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 24 | Phil Samuel | 4113 | Jethro | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
| 25 | Steve Wassell | 4026 | Just the Tonic | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 26 | Barney Peters | 4233 | Just Wind | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
| 27 | Andrew Gent | 4234 | Shere Khan | 1 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 28 | Craig Brown | 4027 | Jiggy With It | 1 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 29 | John Herbert | 4250 | Joker | 1 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 30 | Dan Reeve | 6482 | Suspicion | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 31 | Simon Heap | 4083 | Jammy Dodger | 1 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 32 | Richard Fruehman | 4044 | Clewless | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 33 | Barry Grant | 4271 | Tiger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 34 | Richer Cross | 4266 | Helms Deep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 35 | Mike Lewis | 4264 | Rumble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 36 | Lush / Hepburn | 4263 | Jobs for the Buoys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 37 | Andy Gaunt | 4261 | Jinseng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 38 | Mike Street | 4259 | Jacobite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 39 | James Richardson | 4257 | Juggs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 40 | Gareth Robinson | 4255 | J-Whizz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 41 | D P Wheldon | 4252 | Mojo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 42 | Peter Walsh | 4248 | Ballistic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 43 | Mike Matcalfe | 4246 | Just One More | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 44 | Lee Elford | 4243 | Fruit Cakes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 45 | Phil Owen | 4239 | Zaphod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 46 | Owen Kerr | 4236 | Owen's J | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 47 | Andrew Hill | 4235 | Wijit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 48 | P Wright | 4228 | Justrite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 49 | Matt Eeles | 4227 | Jellied Eeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 50 | James Shuttleworth | 4225 | Joskin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 51 | Denning | 4223 | RogerRabbit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 52 | Rob Libby | 4219 | Jooler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 53 | Paul Waine | 4218 | Jelignite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 54 | Mark Jardine | 4215 | Stouche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 55 | Ronney Ball | 4206 | Jam Too | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 56 | Martin James | 4204 | Easy Tiger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 57 | Ian Mills | 4199 | Jungle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 58 | David Pipe | 4194 | Jeepers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 59 | Richard Hornby | 4164 | Speedy Bean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 60 | Taylor / Stringer | 4153 | Jam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 61 | John Darbyshire | 4115 | Johnny Bravo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 62 | J Theaker | 4105 | Savage by Nature | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 63 | Bill Uppington | 4084 | Billy Whizz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 64 | Bowers | 4076 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 65 | Lucy McGregor | 4070 | Jolly Roger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 66 | Roderick Harris | 4067 | Why Jewelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 67 | N Henshaw | 4028 | J Dreamer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 68 | Christopher Lang | 4177 | Hedgehog | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||