Clinton Edwards Scrambles Circuit with Win at Galloway

The Galloway Trophy was snagged by Clinton Edwards(BWYC) for his second Championship, the first being in 1987. "This one means whole lot more than the first one", Clinton responded when he discovered he had won the GYA Singlehand Championship and another bullet on the Gulf Coast Sunfish Racing Circuit. Bishop Stieffel(BWYC), Todd Edwards, and Leslie Kelly were tied with fourteen points just two behind Clinton. Bishop placed second and Todd finished third. This is the second occurrence of a three way tie and the third tie breaker between Bishop and Todd this season.

Sam Waller was Top Junior and Leslie Kelly was top Female. Both are from the Gulfport YC.

Leslie won the first race in light air as she rocketed through the fleet in her new boat. Clinton and Kevin Northup(PCYC) duked it out in the second race with Clinton getting the decision in light to medium air. Clinton's big brother Todd won the last race on Saturday in a stiff medium breeze.

Sunday's racing began with Tommy Meric(SYC) and Clinton tied for the lead with ten points and Todd just one point behind. Race four started with Clinton jumping out to an early lead, however, Bishop slowly but surely wore him down in the light shifty stuff to take the gun. Just as quickly as the sea breeze filled in,  so did Clinton's seasickness (or hangover as most of us call it). Clinton had sailed his last race for the day and did not compete in the fifth and final race. Todd needed to win the last race to beat his little brother in a tie breaker for the win, but Chris Friend(BWYC) and Bishop opened up an early 15 length lead on the fleet that Todd couldn't quite overcome.

The Gulf Coast Sunfish Racing Circuit is half way over. The race for the top spot is tight, with five competitors separated by only three points with three throw outs. To qualify for the circuit, one only needs to make five out of the ten scheduled regattas. The five remaining stops are Back to School, Wadewitz, Schreck, Rodinella, and Sugar Bowl.

Results:

 1  Clinton Edwards     12   5   1   4   2   DNC
 2  Bishop Stieffel     14   13  9   2   1   2
 3  Todd Edwards        14   7   3   1   15  3
 4  Leslie Kelly        14   1   4   12  4   5
 5  Tommy Meric         16   2   5   3   7   6
 6  Hank Saurage        18   4   8   5   5   4
 7  Kevin Northrup      20   6   2   9   3   10
 8  Chuck Barnes        23   3   6   7   9   7
 9  Chris Friend        24   9   14  6   8   1
10  Peter Weuscher      34   8   7   11  18  8
11  Micki Gramm         35   10  10  10  6   9
12  Peter Sladovich     44   14  11  8   12  13
13  Sam Waller          49   15  12  15  11  11
14  Anton Speaker       50   12  13  13  16  12
15  Chris Evans         56   17  15  14  13  14
16  Daniel Kolenich     61   11  17  16  17  17
17  Mike Carron         61   16  16  DNC 14  15
18  Port Kaigler        70   19  18  17  19  16
19  John Marion         75   18  19  DNF 20  18
20  Leo Potvin          78   20  20  18  22  20
21  Ann Edwards         82   DNC DNC DNC 10  DNF
22  Morgan Riemann      82   21  21  19  23  21
23  Steven Evans        86   22  DNF DNC 21  19