It was a Marconi 1, 2, 3 at the Gill Dart 15 Inland Championships held at Grafham on 26th and 27th October. The event was the final TT in the Dart 15 Summer Series which took place at five different venues over the course of the summer, starting at Marconi back in April. Six boats represented Team Marconi at the event.
The prolonged period of high pressure over the UK meant uncharacteristically mild and light wind weather compared to what Grafham in October usually provides. Lack of wind stopped play on Saturday, but there was enough to get four races in on Sunday.
The light winds made for tactical racing and multiple position changes throughout the fleet across all four races. However, in the end, it was three Marconi boats that came out at the top of the leader board. Jason Clarke came third, Jenny Ball came second and David and John Ball took the trophy, winning their first ever TT.
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As it was the final Summer TT – the overall Summer Series was also decided and prizes presented at Grafham – with Marconi again taking three of the top places as follows: 6th place – Jon Pearse (Marconi), 5th place – Steve Sawford (Rutland), 4th place – Liam Thom (Shanklin), 3rd place – Mark Aldridge (Grafham), 2nd place – Jason Clarke (Marconi), 1st place – Jenny Ball (Marconi) and Team Trophy – Marconi.
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The Dart 15s now move on to their Winter Series – one day events of three back to back races each month from November to March, when the 2025 Summer Series kicks off again back at Marconi!
