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DF95 Met and Southern Travellers Series 2025 - Overall

by Jim La Roche 11 Oct 05:55 NZDT

The final round of the series is now complete. Six of the planned seven events took place. Unfortunately, Hampton Court had to cancel but hope to be back in 2026.

The series got under way at Frensham Pond, who stepped in with the venue for Guildford to run their event, who also hope to be back next year. This was followed by East Kent RSC, Datchet RS, Gosport MYC, Chipstead SC RS, and finally Eastbourne & District MYC.

With 65 skippers entering across the competition the average was approx. 55% travellers and 45% only at their own club.

I'd like to give a special mention to Ed Thorburn for managing to get to every event by public transport. Well done Ed.

With four of the six events counting, the series top three are:
1st: Nigel Barrow with an unbeatable 400 points
2nd Jim La Roche 347 points (would have been 325 without the OOD averages)
3rd Martin Crysell 275 points

Thanks to all the clubs that hosted an event and all the skippers that entered.

Next year's series dates are in process and will be published soon. We're hoping to include some new venues.

Looking forward to next year.

Overall Series Results:

PosSkipperSail NoGuildfordEast KentDatchetGosportChipsteadEastbournePts
1stNigel Barrow54‑100 100100100100400
2ndJim La Roche5792OODOOD‑68‑7392347
3rdMartin Crysell52‑62656271‑4577275
4thColin Honour48  858767 239
5thDave Adams358 100  95 195
6thBarrie Martin498529 78  192
7thDorian Crease683  9290  183
8thDavid Lindsay23   9778 175
9thAlan Viney4431  813416163
10thGuy Knight2977  65  142
11thVernon Appleton73  70 62 131
12thMike Brand875 93  23 116
13thRobin Aldcroft518    514797
14thRob Dyer10   94  94
15thAdrian Tomlinson30    89 89
16thAlan Hounsell380 86    86
17thKen Binks83     8585
18thPaul Heaney422   84  84
19thAndrew French160    84 84
20thRob Maunder571 79    79
21stAndrew Granger6  472012 79
22ndPhil Holliday66  77   77
23rdDavid Coode92  3146  77
24thGreg Swift62   74  74
25thPeter Jackson211 72    72
26thPaul Tickner3870     70
26thMike Blacklee476     7070
28thMike Barnes585242224   70
29thMike Willett200  3927  66
30thPaul Wilson19     6262
30thWayne Stobbs42   62  62
32ndJohn Derbyshire421   58  58
33rdPeter Glover26 58    58
34thJohn Caruana96    56 56
35thNeil Webb286   55  55
36thGraham Hetem60  541  55
37thPeter Copsey73554     54
37thRaymond Gibbins343     5454
39thRob Andrews52   52  52
40thJohn Crix112    292452
41stPeter Townsend1 51    51
42ndJohnny Hepworth91   49  49
43rdEd Thorburn6669‑8923‑7949
44thRichard Calas50247     47
45thSpencer Pope32 43    43
46thNigel Brown55   43  43
47thMike Lightwing881    40 40
48thAnthony Marshall268     3939
48thSimon Dwyer507   39  39
48thRichard Gooderick70739     39
51stAndrew Nicholls613 36    36
51stChris Powles412   36  36
53rdMichael Brophy95   33  33
54thMike Wilkie99516 16   32
55thGraham Brewster316     3131
56thCharles Reynolds77   30  30
57thCelia Greetham41 15 11  26
58thWilliam Grant181    18 18
59thNeil Baxter24   17  17
60thAlan Southwell13   14  14
61stAlan Perry655   7  7
62ndChris Moore208   4  4
63rdEd Coxon7    1 1
63rdJohn Banks123     11
63rdJohn Halne6321     1

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