Good Friday saw a hardy mass of windsurfers descend on the island for the annual Round Hayling Windsurf Race. As a way to kick off the windsurfing year the event usually attracts a healthy number of competitors and spectators alike with this year being no different.
Even with the prospect of competing during one of the coldest Easter periods on record a large proportion the UK windsurfing scene did battle in the light to moderate easterly winds. Eventually a winner was declared in the form of Starboard/Tushingham sponsored rider Robert Kent who completed the circumnavigation of the island in 1hr 35mins.
The full results breakdown is below –
Gold Fleet- Round Hayling Island Windsurf
1 Gold Robert Kent Calshot Activity Centre 1.35.30
2 Gold James Moon UKWA 1.37.36
3 Gold Matthew Wemms UKWA 1.40.38
4 Gold Jonathan Davis London Windsurfing Assoc 1.41.40
5 Gold Annette Kent Calshot Activity Centre 1.47.49
6 Gold Lewis Barnes Barnt Green SC 1.53.57
Silver Fleet- Round Hayling Island Windsurf
1 Silver Nigel Tailyour Seavets 0.56.00
2 Silver Julian Barnes Seavets 0.59.00
3 Silver David Rabbetts Seavets 1.15.00
4 Silver Hannah Maunder HISC 1.25.00
Bronze Fleet- Round Hayling Island Windsurf
1 Bronze 29 Murray Maunder HISC 0.56.36
2 Bronze 32 Richard Hill HISC 1.00.12
3 Bronze 88 John Chubb Farmoor 1.00.32
Further info can be found on http://www.hisc.co.uk/sailing-racing/open-results/2013-open-results.aspx
