Just a brief one as Starcross is in a few days. Top 25 looks like:

Place	Score	Sail No	Helm	Crew(s)
1	4.6	3705	Matt Biggs	Ben Hollis
2	5.2	3703	Richard Whitworth	Olly Turner
3	5.3	3707	Simon Blake	Alex Jackson
4	12.3	3691	Mike Calvert	Chris Downham
5	13.4	3662	Dave Winder	Pippa Taylor
6	13.6	3684	Andy Davis	Tom Pygall
7	18.6	3701	Tom Stewart	Liam Dempsey
8	19.6	3610	Richard Dee	Chris Gould
9	19.8	3655	Richard Adams	Rob Kennaugh
10	25.7	3676	Pat Blake	Jill Blake
11	25.8	3702	Duncan Salmon	Ian Garwood
12	29.9	3583	Chris Martin	Ben Hendon
13	31.0	3716	Steve Leney	Gill Leney
14	31.8	3685	William Warren	Chris Robinson
15	39.9	3690	Andy Dalby	Phil Dalby
16	42.0	3717	David Charlton	Celia Charlton
17	43.0	3563	Paul Hollis	Richard Elliott
18	49.0	3693	Will Rainey	Kelly Miller
19	57.0	3665	Ross Jackson	Pete Horn/Sophie Mackley
20	58.0	3539	Dan Alsop	Jeannie King
21	63.0	3650	Laurence Tosh	Liese Scott
22	68.0	3555	Tim Harridge	Ben Harridge
23	73.0	3645	Jeremy Deacon	Joanne Deacon
24	80.0	3663	Chris Haworth	Jo Harvey
25	82.0	2997	Jon Steward	Nick Yannakoyorgos

Ross, 

What does this all mean then with the remaining few events? 

Can I still win it?!! 

Who is the smart money on? It looks tight at the top. 

AD

It is down to Matt Simon and Richard now as nobody else has a good enough sea result to challenge them, apart for Dave maybe but he would need to win the remaining four opens with a 30+ turnout at them all.

It could well boil down to the sea results in the end as these cannot be improved on and Matt is counting a full 1 point, Simon a .9 and Richard a .8

Therefore, unless we get a 40+ turn out at one of the events Richard is the only one who can score better that 4.1 total. It is, however, likely that there will be a 40+ turn out at Hollingworth given its popularity and the ST Dinner so I think it is going to go to the wire.

I think Mat is most likely to win Blithfield so Simon will need to win Starcross then it will be a straight fight between them at Hollingworth.

Maybe next year we could organise for a Sea event to be held closer towards the end of the series to keep it a little more open? If there were one of each still remaining in the last 4 a number of people would still be in with a chance at the very least.

Been a good year though, and we are looking forward to the final 2 events at Blithfield and Hollingworth.

How does this scoring system work ?

HHmmm, tricky one!

It's a function of mileage, consumption and sociability. There's a black art formula that takes into account your post code, beer/red bull drunk, disco's DJ'd, lateness of arrival, ciggies smoked and sobriety of crew.

(It really works, check it out on the leading 3!)

Come on Ross - we need to know whats what now!
Only 2 to go who can still win?
Can Steve and Gill Leany beat us or Duncan???
Could we catch Richard Adams and Rob?
Everyone has there their place on the pecking order - if Dan got 2 firsts could he still beat us?

Hi Pat, all

Just got the Tammy results this morning. Will get them out within the hour...

Sorry you're all going to have to wait a bit longer full full update as the results didn't include helm or crew. I need these as ST is based on the Helm and not the boat.

Si and Alex's win has put them back in the overall lead however, so it is upto Matt and Richard to challenge at the last 2 opens. Looks like being a close one!!!

OK the top 3 lloks like this:

Place	Score	Sail No	Helm	Crew(s)
1	4.3	3707	Simon Blake	Alex Jackson
2	4.6	3705	Matt Biggs	Ben Hollis
3	5.2	3703	Richard Whitworth	Olly Turner

Matt needs to win both remaining opens with a 0.8 and 0.7, i.e. 30+ and 40+

If Simon wins Blithfield with a 0.8, Richard needs to win Hollingworth with a 0.8. They will both be on identical top 5 results, but Richard win by his best discard.

If Simon doesn't win Blithfield, then Richard only needs a 0.9 at Hollingworth, again winning by his best discard.

Hope that makes things nice a clear...

Glad I'm not involved, not sure I could handle the pressure ;-)