STAKES ARE HIGH FOR 2018 ENDEAVOUR GLORY

The Endeavour Trophy takes place at the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Burnham-On-Crouch, from 12-14 October. It is the only event of its type in the dinghy sailing calendar. Entry is by invitation only and to be considered sailors must be reigning champion in their class. It is truly a competition to find the best of the best.

This year, there are 30 classes competing and the runners and riders include returning champions Ben Saxton and Toby Lewis. Saxton is a member of the British Sailing squad for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and has won the Endeavour 3 years in a row with crew Toby.

Nick Craig, the reigning D One champion and 2017 runner up will also be returning and is looking forward to another weekend of close racing, Nick commented “We are very much looking forward to the Endeavour as it is still so prestigious and attracts the top talent in the UK.  The event is so well run on and off the water.  With 8 tough races, it feels like a weeklong Championship in a weekend.  I only wish racing was like this every weekend!”

The further 28 classes are being represented by the cream of British dinghy racing. Three of which are members of Team Allen, the company’s squad of racers who aid research and development of its products. They are Rhys Lewis / Drew Wright (420 National Champions), Chris Birrell/ Sam Brearey (Merlin Rocket National Champions) and Burnham-on-Crouch sailor Ben Hutton-Penman (RSFeva & RS Aero 5 World champion).

Allen Brothers manufactures high-performance sailing hardware at its factory in Southminster, Essex. The company’s hardware is used by many of the British Sailing squad which will be competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The company has a policy of innovation and development relying on feedback from its elite sailors, Team Allen.

The full Entry List for the 2018 Endeavour Trophy comprises:

CLASS Helm CREW
420 Rhys Lewis Drew Wright
470 Jonny McGovern Sarah McGovern
2000 Simon Horsfield Katie Burridge
2017 Champion Ben Saxton Toby Lewis
29er Ewan Wilson Fin Armstrong
Blaze Charlie Chandler Owain Hughes
Byte Tom Lonsdale Emma Peason
Cadet Angus Collingridge Hattie Collingridge
Comet Chris Hatton Charlie Sansom
D One Nick Craig Emma Clarke
D Zero Steve Bolland Alistair Norris
Fireball Matt Burge Tom Pygall
K1 Paul Smalley Mari Shepherd
Lark Chris White Nicola White
Moth Jim McMillan Paul Gliddon
Merlin Rocket Christian Birrell Sam Brearey
National 12 Graham Camm Zoe Ballantyne
National 18 Oliver Houseman Doug Nestor
Optimist Emily Mueller Florence Brellisford
Laser 4.7 Lorcan Knowles Annabel Page
RS Aero 5 Ben Hutton-Penman James Hutton-Penman
RS Aero 9 Steve Cockerill Sarah Cockerill
RS Feva William Pank Seb Getto
RS200 Maria Stanley Alan Roberts
RS400 Stewart Robertson Sarah Robertson
RS600 Richard Smith Lynne Ratcliffe
RS800 Tom Morris Guy Fillmore
Scorpion Alan Krailing Simon Forbes
Supernova Sam Knight Steve Hawley
Thames A Rater Simon Blake James Warren

 

Further information is available at https://royalcorinthian.co.uk/endeavour/

 

Live streams of the event will be available from https://www.facebook.com/AllenBrothersSailing/