Tom, Matt, Sharon; the top three have not changed since Race 10. Jarrod and Tim move-up to joint 4th. pushing Steve down to 6th. Christian’s seventh race takes him up to 7th. Diane moves above Andy and Tony completes the top ten.
There were plenty of points available over the weekend, neither race was oversubscribed and those with the stamina to run both were able to have a significant impact on their score.
21 have now qualified for the 2016 competition and mug. From 11th. they read; Gareth , Bernard, Alan, Huma, Chris, Nicky, Angela, Carolyn, Ian, Clare, Trevor.
Those who have run six races are led by Richard, Janine and Louisa
Top of the five-race runners are Damian, Paul and Peter
If you have not been mentioned may I remind you that we are almost halfway through the season.
Ladies: Unchanged. Sharon with 6 wins leads from Diane with 3 and Huma third.
League 1: Unchanged. Tom leads, Sharon, in second, has 1 win and Damian in 3rd. has 5.
League 2: Unchanged. Matt already has 7 wins, Jarrod has 2 and Tim 1.
League 3: Gareth has 6 wins, Bernard 3. Tony(2 wins) moves above Huma (1).
League 4: Long-time leader Ian is wiped-out as Angela (3 wins), Carolyn and Clare (1) all complete their 7 races and take the top three places. James has won all his 5 races.
League 5: Trevor is still out there at the top. Don (1) has moved up to second. Julie (1) is third. Cat has won all her three races and both Janet and Leanne three out of five.
League X: Unchanged. Pete(2) is top from Vinny (3) and Mark. Stuart has won both his races.
Promotion in 2015 and 2014 worked out as 2 up, 2 down. However, injuries and people not completing 7 races made it sensible, at the end of the Series, to review the tables and not be driven blindly by the arithmetic.
With the creation of League X, it is probable that, at the end of this year’s Series, it will make sense to consolidate the ability leagues down from 5 to 4 for 2017. You need therefore to carefully watch the Main Table for, were the decision to be to go down to 4 ‘ability’ leagues, then your position in it, as well your standing in your ability league, will be an important determinant as to your league in 2017.
The 2016 Rules are on the website, reminders:-
- 7 races to qualify.
- 12 races (at least 5 on and 5 off road) for the running shirt.
- bonus points for park runs.
- bonus points for long races.