Weirwood Open

Saturday brought sunshine an outside broadcast team from local radio(meridian FM) and five Cherubs to the first Weir Wood Sprint Cup Challenge. Sadly no wind. The bad news for those who paid attention to wind guru and stayed at home is you have just missed the nationals. The radio team said it was the Cherub nationals. It was on the radio so must be true.

The 2 races on Saturday showed the way things would be for the weekend with tight racing and everyone getting a turn at the front. Dean and Simon in Eleanor had the edge with a first and second while Phil and Dave stole their first place from the much more deserving Banshee Ambulance who lost it at the last bottom mark.

The Cherub fleet were well looked after by the Jenkins Family in the evening with accommodation, BBQ a drying room and some space to build some new carbon bits.

Sundays racing had more wind. We managed to fit in 6 short 25 minute races and if we listed every place change or interesting moment you would still be reading this next week, so here is a summary of each teams weekend from first to fifth. Eleanor deserving winners with great consistency in the light breeze(even after much complaining how they hate light wind). Cool Beans took an all or nothing approach and achieved both (sometimes in the same race) to finish second overall. E numbers showed potential before running out of steam towards the end of the day. Banshee Ambulance probably spent more time at the front than the others, just not across the finish line (learning that timing is everything). Atom Bom required more wind but never too far out of the hunt.

The message from the weekend is sometimes you’re in front, sometimes your behind, so whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either, your choices are half chance, so are everybody elses. Oh and wear sunscreen. Best open in years, thanks Paul