Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club

Photo: Rhiann Bramwell

Participants in the North Toppers Travellers event

The last weekend of September saw another busy weekend of racing at Hollingworth Lake. On Saturday 24 September the club hosted a North Toppers Travellers event with 20 competitors, all under 16 years of age (except one). They enjoyed some fantastic tight racing across the fleet in the sunshine and north-easterly wind. Conditions were excellent.

The overall winner was local 14-year-old Jasper Bramwell who won three races, out of the four. This was achieved despite having to restart two races, as he was too early on the start line. Competitors came from the north east and from Yorkshire clubs as well as more local ones.

Thanks to sponsorship everyone came away with good prizes. The runner-up was Charlotte Cooper from West Lancs sailing club and third was Ava Harris-Scott from Elton sailing club in Bury. It should be noted that the fleet was equally divided between boys and girls.

On Sunday 25 September, it was the Club Championship races. Having won outright on Saturday, Jasper was still on form and won overall beating Martin Brennan in his solo, and Richard Blackburn (solo) The sunshine had gone and the wind had changed to north-westerly and become lighter.