Ronstan Australian Fireball Championship 2014-15

7 January 2015

The 2014-15 Ronstan Australian Fireball Championships were held from December 28th 2014 until January 3rd at Gosford Sailing Club, New South Wales.

The enthusiastic fleet experienced predominantly light to moderate conditions with plenty of wind shifts to keep it interesting!

Racing was tight in all races with the overall winners not decided until the final race.

The top 3 teams were using different combinations for their set ups. Robin and Joel were using North sails on a Selden Cumulus mast, Tom and Jack were using P&B sails on a Superspar M7 and Michael and Richard were using North working gear also on the M7. These 3 teams were all using Winder hulls. Other sailmakers were also well represented throughout the fleet with the teams using Alexander sails and John Clifton sails showing great boat speed.

The Australian Fireball fleet would like to express their thanks to the Gosford Sailing Club for their hospitality.

Next year our national championships move to Lake Cootharaba in Queensland where we once again get to experience fantastic Fireball racing in warm flat water conditions!

For more information check the Fireball website.  Lake Cootharaba National link

Overall Results

1st  16 points Robin Inns/Joel Coultas AUS15025 'Dreadlock Holiday'

2nd 18 points Tom Gordon/Jack Fletcher AUS15071 'Cletus'

3rd 19 points Michael Thomson/Richard Watson AUS14777 'KISS'

4th 23 points John Heywood/Brett Littledike AUS14786 'Renegade'

5th 30 points Matt Carter/Nick Neale AUS15101 'Sunsets'

6th 42 points Jalina Thompson-Kambas/Chris Derrick AUS15011 'Ballbreaker'

7th 52 points Dick McCulloch/Glenn Stewart AUS14812 'Viper'

8th 60 points Robert Hughes/Tony Wilkins AUS14586 'Temeritous'

9th 61 points Pete Allison/Ian Nadebaum AUS14971 'For Pete's Sake'

10th 73 points Rod Hookway/Grant Ireland AUS14722 'Paranoid'

11th 81 points Don Allen/Glenda Allen AUS14650 'Mrs Palmer'

12th 89 points Laura Best/Meg Williams AUS14529 'Optical Illusion'

Australian Junior Champions Jalina Thompson-Kambas/Chris Derrick AUS15011 'Ballbreaker'

First Overall - Robin Inns and Joel Coultas (photo by Michelle Thompson)

Second overall - Tom Gordon and Jack Fletcher (photo by Michelle Thompson)

Australian Junior Champions - Jalina Thompson-Kambas and Chris Derrick (photo by Michelle Thompson)

Not only was Jalina the Junior Champion, she was also crowned National Screwball Champion!  Her prize was a movie voucher to see Dumb and Dumber To! (photo by Joel Coultas)