Tricia Evison won a keenly contested Ladies Trophy in Lightning 368 sail number 412 on Sunday 3rd July.
Seven boats took part in the race with six Lightning 368 and one Enterprise contesting the trophy in fairly light winds from the west bearing round to the north-west. The seven sailors took the afternoon start of the first race and Tricia Evison (LN 412) and Mary Webb (LN 178) contested the lead around the first lap, closely followed by Lucinda Taylor (LN 279) with Tanja van Wyngaardt and Cara Ivers in Enterprise 5980. Into the second lap, Mary managed to sneak past Tricia and took the lead of the race, whilst Tanja past Lucinda to hold third place. Carole Dixon (LN 259) had pulled clear in fifth place of Mandy Taylor (LN 193) with Sue Church (LN 122) bringing up the rear. Mary managed to pull clear on the third lap and held a good lead as they started the last lap of the race with Tanja catching up with Tricia to battle for the runners up spot on the last lap. Carole managed to pass Lucinda for fourth place with Mandy and Sue battling at the back. The final lap saw the sailors at the front close up and Mary just managed to cross the line first with an eight second lead over Tricia, Tanja was third, Carole fourth, Lucinda fifth, Mandy sixth and Sue seventh.
The seven boats started the final race for the trophy and Tricia made the best going with a healthy lead at the end of the first lap. Behind Mary was in a close battle with Carole for second place with Tanja+Cara just behind in fourth. Sue was next up in fifth with a sizeable gap over Lou and Mandy. Tricia extended her lead on the second lap with Carole holding on to second place with a good gap over Mary third and Tanja fourth. Tricia, Carole and Mary held their positions on the third lap, but behind Sue sailed excellently to catch Tanja and passed her for fourth with Lou also catching up the pair. Tricia lapped Lou as they crossed the line, denying her the chance to battle with Tanja over the final lap and they all held their positions with Tricia taking a convincing win over Carole, Mary, Sue, Tanja+Cara, Lucinda and Mandy.
Tricia won the Ladies Trophy with a second and first place, ahead of Mary having taken a win and a third. Carole was third with a fourth place and a third.