Denmark’s Klaus Rønn Madsen was the winner of the UK Europe Class UK Open Championship and Tom Morris the UK National Championship.
The final day saw Madsen confirm his Open Title with a 3, 1, -4, to finish with 11 pts and seven points ahead of Morris -8, 3, 1, who won the National Title after a close final-day battle with Jason Belben 7, 2 ,2, Alex Scoles 4, -6 (UFD) and Ross Harvey 2, 4, 3.
Scoles took the National title lead from Morris and Harvey after race seven, a light breeze race which was won by Jeremy Hartley.
Then the sea breeze finally kicked-in for the last two races, and Morris hit back in race eight to lead from Scoles and Belben.
Tom Morris finally confirmed the UK National title with an outright win in race nine, with Belben taking 2nd and Scoles 3rd places on the UK podium, tied on 24 pts, and Harvey 4th with 26 pts.
UK Europe Class 2024 National/Open Championship
Leaders after 9 races, 2 discard (45 entries)
Europe 2024 UK National Category Awards:
Youth – Adam Carlow
Master – Alex Scoles
Grand Master – Jason Belben
Great Grand Master – Jeremy Hartley
Legend – Daniel Devos
Women’s – Lucy Boreham
Men’s – Tom Morris
