IT WAS a golden ending for Weymouth windsurfer Bryony Shaw and the borough's 49er sailing team Draper-Hiscocks at the French Olympic Sailing Week.

British sailors won five medals in five classes on the final day of the regatta in Hyeres last Friday, with gold going to Bryony Shaw in the women's RS:X class and World Champions Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks in the 49er class.

After predominantly light wind conditions earlier in the week, the French Rivera resort had its second consecutive day of 12-15 knot conditions for the final and decisive day of racing.

Athens bronze medallists Draper and Hiscocks won after a nail-biting final race in which they trailed the rest of the pack heavily, eventually finishing the race in eighth place, which was enough to see them hold on to their overnight lead.

Draper, of Portland, said: "We were pretty disappointed with that race, but of course still really pleased to have won.

"We had a bad first day to our regatta, but kept on believing throughout that we could do it and surpassed our goal for the event which was to finish in the top five."

Shaw, of Wyke Regis, went into the last day in first place and finished her regatta in the best possible shape.

She was second behind nearest rival Blanca Manchon of Spain heading into the first windward mark, but then took control and won the race by a comfortable margin - ending the regatta with a 10-point buffer over Manchon.

John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas secured silver in the Paralympic Sonar class with a third from their final fleet race, while Helena Lucas took bronze in the 2.4mR class.

Weymouth sailor Sarah Ayton and yngling crew Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson added a bronze medal and a fourth straight podium finish to their silver medals at the recent Princes Sofia Trophy in Palma, the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta in January and a bronze at the Skandia RYA Sail for Gold Regatta last October.

Ayton's fiancée Nick Dempsey was involved in a battle with Brazilian Ricardo Santos in the RS:X men's medal race with the two sailors evenly matched until Dempsey raced to one of the wrong marks.

He finished the final in second, which pulled him up to seventh overall.

For results and information from the regatta, visit www.skandiateamgbr.com/events/hyeresreg/