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The Kingham Trophy Invitation Race for the Sanders Memorial Cup was held today. The Kingham Trophy is awarded to the winner of this single race which preceeds the Javelin Class National Championships.

Sailed in a South Westerly breeze of 12-18 knots over a 9.5 nautical mile course. The racing was close with the North Harbour crew of Rob Fordyce and Craig Gilberd sailing "Bungholio" leading to the top mark, closly followed by the Auckland crew of Alex Vallings and Hamish Hey in "Freckle Deckle". On a fast 1 mile reach to the next mark Vallings/Hey soaked a little deeper and had an inside advantage at the wing mark with Fordyce/Gilberd a few boat lengths back. The winners of the previous 3 days Sanders Cup competition, Nathan and BenBax "The Unknown" rounded the wing mark in 3rd place.

On the reach across to North Head Vallings/Hey extended their lead and started the next upwind leg with a 50 metre advantage. On the 1.6 mile beat against the tide to the top mark, Fordyce/Gilberd tacked on shift to lay the top mark, with Vallings and Hey sailing on a slightly lower course to the mark. By the top mark the boats were within 2 boat lengths again, and rounded the mark on a a big 1.6 mile downwind drag race.

Fordyce/Gilberd gybed early to gain advantage from the outgoing tide, with Vallings/Hey speeding down the Okahu Bay wave wall in the flatter water. Around North Head the boats converged on opposite gybes at about 18 knots boat speed, Fordyce/Gilberd on Port gybed onto starboard on the top of Vallings and Hey taking their wind and giving them the inside advantage going into the bottom mark. Fordyce and Gilberd dropped the gennaker early, while Vallings and Hey did a late drop and sailed a wider course around the mark to gain the lead again.

By the top mark, Vallings/Hey had extended to a 50 metre lead, and gybed around the top mark on a fast reach to the finish line. Unfortunately, their plans came unstuck when they rounded the wing mark and headed out for another lap of the course. Not beleiving their luck, Fordyce/Gilberd sailed the correct course and reached through the finish line to win the Kingham Trophy, followed in second place by the Bax's.

Note: Due to a 20 minute time limit to complete the course, a number of boats that sailed the course, but finishde longer than 20 minutes after the leaders were scored DNF.

Pos	Boat Name	Class	Sail No	Crew	Club	R1	Pts
1st	Bungholio	Javelin	376	Robert Fordyce, Craig Gilberd	Auckland Sailing Club	1	1.0
2nd	The Unknown	Javelin	368	Roger Barns, Ben Bax	TYPBC	2	2.0
3rd	www.javelins.org	Javelin	362	Peter Precey, Russell Davis	Auckland Sailing Club	3	3.0
4th	No Name Required	Javelin	359	Philip McNeill, Matthew Smith	Bay of Islands Yacht Club	4	4.0
5th	Cedar Beast	Javelin	370	Martin Stacey, Graham Roberts	TYPBC	5	5.0
6th	Clamp Products	Javelin	366	Donald Barn, Jason Williams	Auckland Sailing Club	6	6.0
7th	Thirty Something	Javelin	361	Geoff Copplestone, Matt Gottard	Takapuna Sailing Club	7	7.0
8th	Freckle Deckle	Javelin	372	Alex Vallings, Hamish Hey	Auckland Sailing Club	DNF	19.0
8th	Horizontal Refreshment	Javelin	301	Ross Davies, Richard Buddle	Wanaka	DNF	19.0
8th	Barn Storm	Javelin	308	Mark O'Brien, Kieran Langley	Hamilton Yacht Club	DNF	19.0
8th	Big Bananaz	Javelin	273	Nathan Monk, Alexander Tait	Napier Sailing Club	DNF	19.0
8th	Black Bart	Javelin	318	Kez Cameron, Mike Candy	TYPBC	DNC	19.0
8th	Flying Circus	Javelin	374	David Brown, Wayne Brown	Horowhenua Sailing Club	DNF	19.0
8th	Wildfire	Javelin	284	Ross Shanks, Colin Shanks	Gisborne Yacht Club	DNF	19.0
8th	Ballistic	Javelin	377	Murray Bain, Malcom Scott	Naval Point Yacht Club	DNF	19.0
8th	Breakaway	Javelin	360	Mark Kenah, John Wilson	Auckland Sailing Club	DNF	19.0
8th	Steroid Sandwich	Javelin	330	Hamish Kidd, Anthony Watt	Auckland Sailing Club	DNF	19.0
8th	Zenith	Javelin	320	Antje Schreiber, Jochen Schreiber	Auckland Sailing Club	DNF	19.0