A HEALTHY contingent turned out for Frensham Pond Sailing Club’s ever-popular RS Tera Open event.

It attracted 47 children from ten different clubs, with 38 in the Sport fleet and nine in the Pro fleet.

The racers headed out in sunshine but were mindful of the forecast heavy rain.

With the course set, the Pro fleet started first, followed by the Sports competitiors.

Halfway through the first race the heavens opened, but the children battled on regardless.

Winners of the first race were Tristan Ahlheid (Fremsham Pond) for the Pro fleet and Harry West (Lymington) for the sports fleet.

Taking into account wind changes, a new course was set, but 15 minutes into the race the wind dropped. The Pros had made it halfway along the first lap but started to slow and the sports were struggling to catch the wind at all. The difficult decision was made to abandon the race.

After lunch, the children headed back onto the pond to try to fit in another three races throughout the afternoon.

Results from the final three races:

Race 2:

Pros: 1 Harry McTiernan, 2 Tristan Ahlheid, 3 Thomas Banes-Walker. Sports: 1 Max Tait, 2 Oliver Stratton-Brown, 3 Finlay Lomas-Clarke.

Race 3:

Pros: 1 Harry McTiernan, 2 Tristan Ahlheid, 3 Thomas Banes-Walker. Sports: 1 Oliver Stratton-Brown, 2 Harry West, 3 William Ahlheid.

Race 4:

Pros: 1 Harry McTiernan, 2 Tristan Ahlheid, 3 Olly Philips. Sports: 1 Oliver Stratton-Brown, 2 Max Tait, 3 Mark Soars.

Frensham Pond Sailing Club Tera class captain Iain Soars and vice-commodore David Innes handed out the prizes. The winners were:

Pro fleet: 1 Harry McTiernan (Brightlingsea), 2 Trisan Ahlheid (Frensham Pond), 3 Thomas Banes-Walker (Frensham Pond).

Sport fleet: 1 Oliver Stratton-Brown (Frensham Pond), 2 Max Tait (Lymington), 3 Harry West (Lymington).

Joshua Inglesfield (HISC) and Josie Kelly (Felpham) won spot prizes for sportsmanship.