Despite the wind deserting us for an hour or so in the late morning, we can safely say we had our best ever Teams Racing event. 11 teams from Merricks, Somers, Warneet and Westernport registered. In the qualifying heats it was the Aquaducks team from Merricks and the Speedy Pineapples team from Somers who qualified first for their respective clubs. Race 7 turned out to be a pivotal one in the day's results with Westernport's Catch-U-Later team (comprising the core of the winning team from last year's regatta) going down to Westernport's Vandugrist team by the narrowest of margins.
With time lost due to the wind drop out, the race organisers were forced to drop the proposed second and third repecharge finals and proceed directly to the final pitting the top team from each club against each other. The Westernport Vandugrist team started perfectly with two 6-15 results but then the Warneet team got on a roll. In race 4 of the finals they went head to head and in some of the best and closest teams racing seen at Balnarring, including penalties taken on both sides, the Warneet team came out on top 9-12. That left Warneet in with a chance to tie for the lead with a clean sweep against the Merricks Aquaducks, but with the Westernport crowd joining with Merricks to support the Aquaducks they managed to relegate one Warneet boat to the back of the fleet and the 9-12 result was only enough to secure 2nd place for the impressive team from Warneet.
Third place came down to the very last race of the day with Somers Speedy Pineapples edging out Merricks Aquaducks 10-11 to take the minor placing by a solitary point.
Results
Merricks: Aquaducks 7 d Merricks: Good Housekeeping 14
Merricks: Night Hawks 9 d Merricks: Good Housekeeping 12
Merricks: Aquaducks 6 d Merricks: Night Hawks 15
Somers: Speedy Pineapples 6 d Somers: Monkeys 15
Somers: Seniors 6 d Somers: Monkeys 15
Somers: Speedy Pineapples 10 d Somers: Seniors 11
Westernport: Vandugrist 10 d Westernport: Catch-U-Later 11
Westernport: Catch-U-Later 6 d Westernport: Gumnuts 15
Westernport: Vandugrist 9 d Westernport: Gumnuts 12
Warneet: 1 7 d Warneet: 2 14
Warneet: 1 6 d Warneet 2 15
Finals
Merricks: Aquaducks 15 v Westernport: Vandugrist 6
Somers: Speedy Pineapples 15 v Westernport: Vandugrist 6
Somers: Speedy Pineapples 12 v Warneet: 1 9
Merricks: Vandugrist 12 v Warneet: 1 9
Westernport: Aquaducks 12 v Warneet:1 9
Merricks: Aquaducks 11 v Somers: Speedy Pineapples 10
Final Points
Westernport: Vandugrist 24
Warneet: 1 27
Somers: Speedy Pineapples 37
Merricks: Aquaducks 38
Registered Teams:
Merricks: Aquaducks
Caitlin Maloney
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Chalie Basser
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Harry McIntyre
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Ross Matthews
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Ryan Sanders
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Will Webster
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Merricks: Good Housekeeping
Edward McIntyre
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Emma Webster
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Harry Basser
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Jai Croft
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Sean Maloney
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Steph Nolan
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Merricks: Night Hawks
Angus McIntyre
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Cal Croft
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Joe Basser
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Lucy Campbell
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Miranda Maloney
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Pip Nolan
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Somers: Speedy Pineapples
David Wilson
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Hayley Poon
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James Briggs
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Maddi Poon
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Madie Harvey
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Sybila George
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Somers: Monkeys
Courtney Harvey
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Ellie Morris
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Lachie Harvey
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Riley Holmes
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Sam Ginsbourne
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Tayler Poon
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Somers: Somers Seniors
Chris
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Janus
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Lisa
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Sean
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Toby
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Wendy
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Warneet: Team 1
Chris
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Darryn
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James Thompson
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Mas
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Michelle
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Xavier
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Warneet: Team 2
Brian
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Mike
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Nick
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Peter
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Sue
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Vanessa
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Westernport: Vandugrist
Hugo Vandam
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Ines Vandam
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Louis Vandam
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Lynn Dugay
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Wilem Dugay-Grist
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Xavier Vandam
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Westernport: Catch-U-Later
Annie Lepustin
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James Fleming
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Jethro Cross
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Josh Smith
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Vincent Cross
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Will Fleming
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Westernport: Gumnuts
Alan Bryson
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Bryan Hill
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Colin Franke
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Elliott Delcour
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Laurinda Dugay-Grist
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Nicholas Jurovic
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Last Modified on 03/02/2014 22:56