Sailing Successes
Members have been extremely successful nationally and internationally. In 1963 Peter Hemment became our first National Champion winning in the Zenith class. Crispin Read-Wilson won the Fireball World Championship in 1979 in Holland. Ian and Chris Martin, have won the International 420 National Championships, the 29er National and European Championships and are currently campaigning a 49er on the Olympic Classes World Circuit.
Ian and Chris's cousin Alison Martin has also won championships in Optimists and 420s, including Bronze Medal at the World ISAF Youth Championships. Ally is currently campaigning as part of the GBR Match Race Girls team in the new Olympic Discipline of Women's Match Racing.
Mike Lyons who worked with Topper International in the development of the Blaze dinghy has won the class National Championships on many occasions. Andrew Leigh has won the Phantom National Championships. Graham Camm and Zoë Ballantine have won many National 12 National Championships. Steve Tylecote has won the Firefly National Championships and also skippered the World Team Racing Championships winning team.
Burnham's Royal Corinthian Yacht Club hosts the Endeavour Trophy annually. This is a unique and historic dinghy event which is always hotly contested with entrants limited to reigning National Champions of the classes sailed in the UK, the winners are crowned 'Champion of Champions'. Burghfield members have twice won this event. Nick and Caroline Martin and in 2007, Steve Tylecote.
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