FRENSHAM sailor Paul Phillips has been crowned Champion of Champions at Britain’s biggest disabled sailing event, the RYA Sailability Multiclass Regatta.

The prestigious regatta took place on August 5 and 6 at Rutland Water. More than 50 boats and 74 sailors took part, including a team of seven from Frensham Pond Sailability.

The whole club was delighted when Paul Phillips, who sails a Liberty, was crowned Champion of Champions.

Paul, who has competed in this event since 2011 said: “The racing was quite close and exciting at times and I really didn’t expect to win. It was a really enjoyable event.”

There was a whole variety of weather conditions and before the start of the Pursuit Race there was a big squall, with strong winds. Luckily the rain eased off and conditions started to improve.

Paul has been sailing with Frensham Pond Sailability for more than 10 years, and before that, he sailed round the world. He is closely involved with the running of the club as treasurer and sails almost every week.

There were also other successes for the team from Frensham with two other sailors in the top five in the pursuit race, Megan Pascoe and Kate Hedley and Paul, Megan and Lindsay Burns winning their respective class races.

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