15 Mirrors competed in the championships at Ullswater on a bright sunny weekend which showed off this spectacular venue at its best. First and second places overall went to National Squad sailors Matt and Ben Lulham Robinson and Emma and Rachel Grayson. For the chasing pack this was the final indicator for North Zone squad places and competition was intense. The National Squad sailors had to work hard to stay ahead of Will Hide and Emma Clayton who pushed them all weekend. A great performance considering Will has only just started helming after several years crewing in Mirrors. Next came the 3 entries from South Staffs Sailing Club with Evie Howarth and Isablel Tate in their new boat taking 4th place overall to lead home this group from Chloe Macaulay and Issie Leroux (5th) and Scott and Adam Bromley(6th). Several other new sailors to the class gave performances which showed great potential for the future. From the home club 9 year old April Whiteley crewed by Philip Brookes was a case in point finishing 9th overall with a fifth in the last race in only their sceond outing in a Mirror! It was also good to see 2 boats from a newly emerging fleet at West Lancs Yacht Club travelling to the event. They developed new skills form taking part in their first serious competition.
Well done verybody who sailed and worked hard all weekend to master the windshifts of Ullswater!
Other places were
7th Elle Rice Birchall and Dom Daniel
8th Tom Dean and George Richards
10th Ellie Hide and Sophie Benn
11th Sarah Clayton and Ellie Benn
12th Daniel and Dara Madden
13th Annabelle and William Orme
14th Bendict and Gagriel Hill
15th Stuart Moss and Lavelle Jaydon.