Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club House

The rain on Sunday 24 October did not deter keen sailors out to race on Hollingworth Lake, particularly the juniors.

The colourful Topper dinghies were led by Millie Hayfield, who coped well in the breezy westerly wind. However, the overall results were dominated by seniors. Adam McGovern was out with Chris Massey in his Scorpion dinghy. Adam steered the boat to three wins.

Not far behind was a closely contested battle in Solos. Nick Brook seemed to lead upwind, but Martin Brennan was faster downwind. The outcome was that Nick Brook did lead in each race at the finish line and scored three second places overall, and Martin Brennan took the third slot with Millie Hayfield then fourth placed overall.

Over the weekend, three of the juniors were at Cardiff for the National Schools Sailing Association Team Race Championship, representing Lancashire Schools. With 18 teams competing, Jacob Din, Hector Droungas and Jasper Bramwell showed others that they had skill and experience. In a round-robin series, they lost two races only to place third overall and qualify for the quarter final. The final result was third overall and they finished as the leading under 16s team. This was an excellent result achieved without prior training.