Packwood Haugh School near Shrewsbury continued an impressive run of success in the Shropshire Schools Sailing Regatta on Tuesday the 15th of May when the team claimed overall victory for the third time in four years.
Conditions were warm, sunny and very calm on the lake at Whitemere, just outside Ellesmere, but the Packwood pairs made the most of what little wind was available. Tom Mayne teamed up with John Li, who, despite being a novice, put his new skills into practice effectively and showed good tactical awareness. The boys were the top pair of the day, winning three out of the six races. Not to be outdone, Packwood’s Ella Cecil and Millie Jones-Perrott were the highest-placed all-girl pair, finishing fourth overall.
Competition was certainly close and in the end, Packwood edged out local rivals Oswestry School by just a single point.
