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Calling all past Endeavour champions

by Edwin Buckley
1-3 October 2010

The Endeavour Championship, started in 1961, will celebrate its 50th Anniversary this autumn. This year's event will coincide with a most exciting tally of the winners so far; Geoff Carveth, last year's champion, crewed by Emma Clarke, has notched up five wins over the years, but so also has Mike Holmes, last time in 1995. If Carveth should win in 2010, he would achieve the supposedly unachievable, six times Endeavour Champion!

But keep an eye on Nick Craig, four times champion, in 2008, 2006, 2005, and 2004, standing in the wings, waiting to grab the Championship this year which would result in a five times total for him and Carveth and Holmes! But Craig has youth on his side...

Beside the excitement of the Championship proper, 2010 will offer the attraction of the ‘Master's Race', an event open to all previous champions, to take place during the 50th Anniversary Weekend. The plan is for a short race round a special course in front of the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, whose balconies will be crowded with supporters.

This is an invitation to all previous champions to apply for a place in this most prestigious event by applying to:

Edwin Buckley
50th Anniversary Endeavour Championship
Royal Corinthian Yacht Club
The Quay
Burnham on Crouch
Essex
CM0 8AX

or email as soon as possible. This will ensure your place at what is planned to be the most exciting weekend in the Dinghy Racing Calendar 2010.

Endeavour Champions:

YearClassHelmCrew
1961Int. CadetP. BatemanK. Musto
1962Nat 12M. EvansR.Smith
1963Nat FireflyD.NewmanR.Martin
1964Flying DutchmanR.PitcherR.Amos
1965Nat AlbacoreM.McNamaraM.Rimmer
1966Merlin RocketB.EllisK.Ellis
1967Nat EnterpriseW.BaconM.McNamara
1968Nat EnterpriseR.HennessyR.Michael
1969Nat EnterpriseM.RimmerR.Suggitt
1970HeronR.SuggittMandy Watchman
1971Merlin RocketF.WilliamsR.Sheffer
1972Flying DutchmanP.MilanesP.Nash
1973Nat FireflyN.MartinCaroline Lougher
1974Nat AlbacoreP.CrebbinA.Landamore
1975Int 470P.CrebbinA.Landamore
1976GP14E.OwenS.Stewart
1977Int FireballL.SmithP.Barker
1978Nat AlbacoreM.HolmesD.Froggatt
1979Int FireballL.SmithP.Barker
1980GP14M.HolmesM.McNamara
1981GP14R.EstaughN.Thompson
1982Nat AlbacoreM.HolmesM.Cockran
1983GP14I.SouthworthD.Hayes
1984LarkI.SouthworthD.Hayes
1985Int 420I.SouthworthR.Drumgold
1986Nat EnterpriseA.GillardC.Machin
1987Nat EnterpriseN.MarsdenK.Cribben
1988GP14I.SouthworthD.Hayes
1989Nat EnterpriseI.PinnellA. Service
1990Nat AlbacoreM.Holmes 
1991CadetsJames LeeS. Thompson
1992SoloG. CarvethP. Rowley
1993SoloG. CarvethP. Rowley
1994GP14C.HowarthR.Estaugh
1995RS400M.HolmesG.O.Brien
1996ContenderI.RenilsonS.Robertson
1997Nat EnterpriseJim HuntT.Freer
1998GP14Richard EstaughS.Potts
1999RS200Geoff Carveth Craig Davies
2000SoloJim HuntPaul Hobson
2001SoloJim HuntPaul Hobson
2002RS800Geoff Carveth Craig Davies
2003RS400Roger GillbertJames Stewart
2004OKNick CraigKeith Bedborough
2005FINNNick CraigJames Stewart
2006FINNNick CraigJames Stewart
2007FIREFLYSteve TylecoteToby Lewis
2008B14Nick CraigToby Lewis
2009RS200Geoff Carveth Emma Clarke

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Nick Craig and Toby Lewis have won the Dinghy champion of champions event, the Endeavour Trophy, in Burnham over the weekend.

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