Riverstone Rise IOM State of Queensland Championships to Michael Grieve.The Riverstone Rise International One Metre State Championships have been sailed and won in extremely light conditions on Gladstone Marina last Saturday and Sunday.Even though the Gladstone Radio Controlled Yacht Club ran a fantastic regatta they couldn’t control the elements and the championships were sailed in frustrating 0-5 knots of breeze.Even though the sailing conditions were fluky at the best of times on day 1, it wasn’t long before the cream of Queensland’s radio controlled sailors rose to the top. Michael Grieve sailing from the Paradise Club on the Gold Coast lived up to his mantle of pre-championship favourite by stamping his authority with 4 wins from the first 6 starts but with some late day wins to Sean Wallis also from Paradise RYC and Scott Backhouse from Kogarah RCYC Michael wasn’t going to have it completely his own way.Day 2 saw similar conditions to that of Saturday. The top three boats continued to trade blows with podium positions mostly shared between Michael, Sean and Scott however, occasional patches of brilliance from Geoff Morris from Club Kawana on the Sunshine Coast and Col Cameron from Mackay Model Mariners scoring wins, but all too far between.Local hopefuls Grant Cooper, Aaron Farrar & Laurie Donohoe couldn’t come to terms with the extremely light conditions and even though they, at times, found themselves at the front of the fleets, they found new and interesting ways of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and finished the titles down the order in 10^th, 13^th and 14^th respectively.See Channel 7 news story HERE

1st Michael Grieve	Qld - Paradise RYC	Pikanto	23.0
2nd Sean Wallis	Qld - Paradise RYC	Panko	33.0
3rd Scott Backhouse	NSW - Kogarah Bay RYC	BritPop	39.0
4th Allan Walker	Qld - Paradise RYC	Maybe 1	51.0
5th Colin Cameron	Qld - Mackay MM	Goth Evo 2	57.0
6th Tim Brown	Qld - Paradise RYC	Pikanto	65.0
7th Geoffrey Morris	Qld - Club Kawana RY	BritPoP	70.0
8th Garry Russell	Qld - Club Kawana RY	Blitz Mk IV	98.0
9th Doug Allen	Qld - Club Kawana RY	Fracktal	105.0
10th Grant Cooper	Qld - Gladstone RCYC	Mad Max	110.0
11th John McIntosh	Qld - Fraser Coast RYC	Pikanto	130.0
12th Ross Allen	Qld - Paradise RYC	Pikanto	133.0
13th Aaron Farrar	Qld - Gladstone RCYC	Pikanto	136.0
14th Laurie Donohoe	Qld - Gladstone RCYC	Blitz	145.0
15th John Tootell	Qld - Bundaberg RYC	Bag	169.0
16th Kim Mitchell	Qld - Fraser Coast RYC	Kite	186.0