VISITING crews took the honours in the recent GP14 open meeting staged by West Kirby Sailing Club on the marine lake.

Dave and Seonaid Young from South Staffs Sailing Club came out on top. The best home dinghy placing was tenth.

Liverpool Yacht Club/Tranmere Sailing Club yachts took part in their long distance Lyver Trophy race in the Irish Sea from Holyhead and were in competition for over fourteen hours in the RORC event.

They took the top positions in IRC Class II won by Adam Kyffin in Eazi Tiger from Bada Bing (Andrew Farrell) with Magic Moments (Paul Hampson) third.

The same three yachts also filled the top three places overall with the first yacht in Class I Sgrech relegated to fourth overall.

Hoylake Sailing Club put their name on the Challenge Cup with a narrow team race victory over local rivals West Kirby Sailing Club.

A terrific second leg in Falcons on the Estuary saw West Kirby winning by a single point but Hoylake had a five points margin from the first leg in Operas and won by four points overall.

Geoffrey Watt aboard Aida won both Opera races at Hoylake on Sunday.

In midweek West Kirby Marine Lake events double-scorers included Alex Colquitt in the Cadets, Robbie Douglas in the Optimists and Steve Stratton in the GP 14s Results: West Kirby SC GP14 Open: 1) No 14097 (D Young, South Staffs) 10pts; 2) No 14103 (S Graham, Burwain SC) 12pts; 3) No 14089 (A Froggatt, Chase SC) 17pts.

Liverpool YC/Tranmere SC Lyver Trophy Class II and overall: 1) Eazi Tiger (A Kyffin, LYC); 2) Bada Bing (A Farrell, LYC); 3) Magic Moments (P Hampson, LYC).

Challenge Cup Second Leg: West Kirby SC 10pts bt Hoylake SC 11pts.

Overall: Hoylake 19pts bt West Kirby 23pts.

Hoylake SC Opera Class: Aida (G Watt) two wins.

West Kirby Marine Lake: Cadet: Speedbird II (A Colquitt) two wins.

Optimist: I'm Too Big (R Douglas) two wins.

Albacore: Triggers Brush (M Hartley) and 8186 (S Van der Berg) one win each.

GP 14: Misdemeanour (S Stratton) two wins.

Firefly: Shocker (M Armstrong) and Sabre (J Marston) one win each.

Laser: Whatnoname (S Johnson) and 203289 (B Patterson) one win each.

Illusiion: Kirsan (P Williams) and Doc’s Pedalo (D Pilling) one win each.

Youth Handicap: Essex Girl (H.Hughes) and Feva 4987 one win each.