2016 UK Class Champion - Phil Holiday

[RG65 UK NCA]

 Phil receiving his trophy

After travelling back from the Marblehead Worlds to make last round of the 2016 Travellers series at Bournville in October, Phil Holiday from Datchet Water MYC was crowned 2016 Class Champion.

Over the 8 scoring events of the series 69 skippers took part, ranging from national champions to 1st time competitors. In the end though it was consistency that paid off, with two of the top three places taking two discards out of a possible three. It was looking like a straight fight between Phil Holiday and Noel Donaldson but Mark Dicks showed good form at Bournville to end up splitting the two. The winner of the 2016 Nationals, John Tushingham, despite scoring well in the events he entered, didn't score enough to get better than 5th overall.

The top ten is below with the full table attached

Position	Name	Sail No	Club	Overall Points	1	2	3	4	5
1	Phil Holiday	66	Datchet Water	429	90	87	85	85	82
2	Mark Dicks	6	Clapham	416	92	88	84	76	76
3	Noel Donaldson	29	Watermead	397	85	84	82	77	69
4	Nigel Brown	55	Gosport	390	88	81	78	78	66
5	John Tushingham	51	Keighley	370	94	93	93	89	0
6	Wayne Stobbs	58	Portsmouth	266	70	63	54	41	38
7	Ken Binks	83	Eastbourne	254	92	82	80	0	0
8	Garry Box	103	Manor Park	234	61	55	44	40	35
9	Mike Parkington	697	Fleetwood	209	59	54	53	43	0
10	Roy Stevens	54	Tri-Services	197	79	72	42	5	0

A big thank you to all involved, both sailing and behind the scenes, in 2016 and here's looking forward to a strong series in 2017, including the 2017 National Championships in Birkenhead.

The dates for the 2017 season and links to the reports from 2016 can be found on the Calender of the website.