The Blaze’s sixth Inland Championships sponsored by Rooster Sailing and Red Bull
held at Oxford SC on the 9,10th October.

A total of nineteen boats braved the north easterly, F4/5 and gusty conditions and enjoyed some exciting racing in pleasant sunshine. The first race saw Ralph Jones first at the windward mark followed by Chris Coleman and Dan Partington, Chris chased hard to take the lead by the leeward mark. The second lap followed a similar format with Ralph winning in a split second finish. Second and third races followed the same format but with Chris using his downwind speed to take first place in both races. The weather was the same on Sunday and the fourth race started with Chris and Dan OCS leaving Ralph to become overall first and an improving Dave Angwin second. The fifth race saw Dan and Dave take, and hold, an early lead closely chased by Ralph with Chris capsizing at the leeward mark leaving him to count a seventh in his results.

Results: 1st Ralph Jones 667 Bala, 2nd Chris Coleman 669 Warsash, 3rd Dave Angwin 710 Burghfield, 4th Dan Partington 668 Bala, 5th Cliff Shaw 707 Rooster

Blaze Inlands 9 & 10 October 2004

Sailor	Sail number	Race					Points total	Overall position
		1	2	3	4	5
Ralph Jones	667	1	2	2	1	(3)	6	1
Chris Coleman	669	2	1	1	(20 OCS)	7	11	2
Dave Angwin	710	(4)	4	3	2	2	11	3
Dan Partington	668	3	3	5	(20OCS)	1	12	4
Cliff Shaw	707	(6\)	6	4	4	4	18	5
Pete Barlow	658	5	5	(6)	6	6	22	6
Dave Turnbull	687	7	7	8	3	(10)	25	7
Roger Williams	665	(11)	11	11	5	5	32	8
Derick Gentry	680	9	(15)	7	7	9	32	9
Hugh Kingdon	663	8	(13)	9	8	8	33	10
Andy Large	706	10	8	(20)	10	12	40	11
John Abbott	574	(12)	10	10	10	11	41	12
Paul Taylor	654	(15)	12	12	9	14	47	13
Adrian Stell	NN	14	9	13	(20)	20	56	14
Simon Beddows	570	16	(17)	15	13	13	57	15
Bob Yates	506	(20)	16	14	12	16	58	16
Stuart Brown	713	(20)	20	20	11	15	66	17
Tim Pearse	673	13	(20)	20	20	20	73	18
Chris Moss	581	(20)	20	16	20	20	76	19
Mike Lyons