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  • F3F is a timed speed event for model gliders. Each pilot has to fly 10 laps of a 100 Metre course and the fastest time wins the round. The average is time to cover the distance is 30 to 40 seconds. Depending on the wind and location these times can vary a great deal.

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    • Martin_N
      Hi all, it was not my intention to take on the roll of league coordinator until 2012. However after discussions with Tom Satinet, we decided that it would make more sense that I start the position this season rather than waiting.
      The first league event I properly got involved with, was League 3 at the Hole of Horcum and what a day. Six rounds of complete madness at Levisham, in conditions that built as the day went on, at times getting close to exceeding legal limit. No less than 40 sub forties shared out between 31 pilots. First round the Levisham slope record was broken with a 32 second run. I think Mark Redsell will remember a certain comment from another pilot when he said “I have a feeling there is still faster times to come” and they did. First Mark Redsell flew a 31.40 under most circumstances you would think a round winner, but he was followed 2 pilots later by Paul Middleton who flew a PB 31.37 to take round 4. The day wasn’t finished, seeing Mark in round 5 taking the British Slope record after flying 30.90 seconds, it will be a day to remember.
      The BMFA Nationals followed the HoH, lots of nice new orange bibs for everyone to wear and they were needed just so we could spot each other in the Ice Cream car park on the first day. Sadly after spending 6 + hours on the slope, the traditional Welsh hill fog was adamant it wasn’t going to shift and the first day had to be scrubbed. The second day couldn’t have been more different and we got 8 rounds in with 29 pilots, huge achievement by any standards. This was purely down to the slick running of the competition, CD’s Andrzej Tabero and Simon Thornton did a top class job in the centre. Our buzzer supreme’s Frank Hulton and Clayton Landells kept the bases manned. They all set the bar for the rest of the league season. Not forgetting the pilots who followed the briefing to the letter.
      Back to the league and the next event was scheduled for Wales. Sadly although every attempt was made to run the competition, the weather just wouldn’t hold out long enough. Unfortunately this meant they were unable to complete enough rounds required for a league event.
      With the break from BMFA league competitions in August, some very careful consideration was taken along with many discussions openly and with the BMFA Association. It was sensibly decided that a weather call would be used for future league events; this was overwhelmingly accepted by the pilots.
      Long Mynd in September was our first event back after the August break. Plenty of wind, a couple of interruptions from the rain, just to add a challenge to the day. The wind was off by 20 – 30 degrees all day. Under normal circumstances this would put you off from flying, however it really presented an interesting challenge and I think everyone walked away from the day feeling they had learnt valuable lessons and improved their flying skills. It was Joel West and Simon Thornton along with Mike Evans flying on his home slope, who really showed how to deal with a cross wind.
      League six at Eastbourne turned out to be the final event for 2011. It was very similar in conditions to the Long Mynd with crossed conditions. The wind although forecast to head west never quite made it round to straight on the slope, but the flying was still top class in challenging conditions.
      So to the results and the winner of 2011 BMFA National League Champion. Below is a summary from each competition of the top six pilots.
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      Wales League 1   Tinkers League 2   Hole or Horcum League 3   Pos Pilot Pos Pilot Pos Pilot 1st Clayton Landells 1st Joel West 1st Mark Redsell 2nd Paul Towsend 2nd Mark Redsell 2nd Joel West 3rd Ronnie Lamp 3rd Richard Bago 3rd Peter Gunning 4th Frank Hulton 4th Simon Thornton 4th Martin Newnham 5th Mark Abbots 5th Martin Newnham 5th Paul Middleton 6th Andrzej Tabero 6th Peter Gunning 6th Keith Wood **League 4 was abandoned due to weather conditions.**
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      Long Mynd League 5   Eastbourne league 6   Pos Pilot Pos Pilot 1st Joel West 1st Martin Newnham 2nd Simon Thornton 2nd Simon Thornton 3rd Mike Evans 3rd Joel West 4th Adam Richardson 4th John Phillips 5th Mark Redsell 5th Daniel Schneider 6th Martin Newnham 6th Greg Dakin Final Results
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      Pos Pilot Model 1st Joel West Freestyler 2nd Martin Newnham Freestyler 3rd Simon Thornton Fosa 4th Mick Walsh Alliaj/Ceres 5th Tony Robertson Cyril 6th Paul Upton Marinet Fastest time of the league: Mark Redsell 30.90secs
      To Martin Newnham and Simon Thornton, congratulations to a well flown consistent season.
      To this year’s British League Champion; Joel West has had an exceptional season, setting a very high standard of flying. He has not only excelled in our national league but also competed and finished 6th in the Euro tour out of a total of 196 pilots. The Euro tour result was achieved by 3rd in Norway, 3rd at the North of England Open and finally winning this year’s Welsh Open. These results speak for themselves and I hope you will join me in congratulating Joel in this amazing year of results for 2011.
      These competitions could not run without the club support. I would like to personally thank Jon Edison not just for allowing us to use the Hole of Horcum to run events, but for his guidance along the way. In addition to Jon, I also need to thank Mike Evans, Jon Phillips and Andrzej Tabero. A special mention to Andrzej for working with me to get the BMFA Nationals organised. Finally to Rich Bago from T9HobbySport for the prizes awarded at this year’s Nationals and not forgetting Overlander who also provided prizes.
      To summarise 7 events, 5 flown is a very good ratio. There have been many conversation forums or otherwise around the different slopes and the conditions we fly. At the end of the day and especially now the sport has moved up a notch to World Championship status, we have to fly everything we can. Inland, sea slope, small slope, if it generates lift we need to fly it. There is no right or wrong when it comes to a slope. Is it luck? Definitely not, if you think its luck then it’s not for you. Talk to any pilot who has been participating in the sport for a long time, whether they are at the top, middle or bottom of their game, it’s what you do in the difficult conditions that count. We can all go fast when it’s bang on the slope. But do not be fooled when its straight on, it is very easy to get carried away, cut, get offline or worse still clip the edge. All the slopes we have flown this season have each given us good flying challenges. We are always on the lookout for new slopes to fly.
      I hope you have all enjoyed the season as much as I have and I look forward to seeing you on the slopes very soon. It’s been great to see some new faces even in my short time in the sport. Make sure you bring your flying friends along next season; it would be great to see the numbers grow.
      Many thanks
      Martin Newnham

    • Long Mynd 2011 Winter league 1

      By isoaritfirst, in Contest Reports,

      Well I am very glad we made the effort. With only 7 confirmed entries I very nearly cancelled this comp. 8 turned up so thanks Guys I can’t do this without you.
      The day started with a mist that was struggling to burn off and with a smooth but gentle wind blowing around 8mph up Ashes Hollow. I think that this is our best racing slope on the Mynd. It has a edge that works and contours that add an element of interest. The left base runs into a tight box canyon which if you are used to large open skies takes a few runs to get used to.
      We decided not to put the wind meter out to disrupt our day but just to press on and hope to get lots of rounds in. Reflies would only be offered if a flight turned out to be completely unsustainable.
      There were a few runs early in the day where 3m/s would not have been achieved but flying was still ok and despite giving slow times the slope could be worked to good effect so they were always interesting and rewarded the pilots that ‘got it right’.
      Conditions slowly built as the day progresses and thermals started to run up from the valley below. The score reveal that thermal influence was limited as most pilots flew very similar times to their previous runs on nearly all occasions, just slowly getting faster as the day progressed.
      We flew 10 rounds, in a nice relaxed manner with a lunch break sitting in the sun. It was almost as civilised as some of the events I have been to in France….. A very enjoyable day.
      Notables from the day were James and Richard, both not only flying in their first comp but also both have only been flying for around 12months. Richard recently changed modes and bought his first comp model only a few weeks ago. After a few minutes practice on the course and a little instruction from me as to where to place his model, he was soon nailing bases and running the right line in the heat of the comp.
      His times were consistent all day – it was a very impressive performance for someone with such limited experience. James has only flown on Burton Dasset and doesn’t yet have a racing model, His Pyscho was whizzing along though on nice accurate lines, right up until he snapped a wing joiner on a rushed landing. But again all pretty impressive. Hope it won’t be too long James before you get your hands on a F3 model.
      Buzz (Paul)was also pushing hard all day flying his tragi and won round 3.
      Scott won round 1 and 7 and had equal fastest time of the day with me. His Vampire is a very impressive model that looked to be loving the light air. Scott was pushing hard all day. Sometimes too hard as he almost smashed into my lovely metal base poles several times.
      I flew the Alliaj which is such an easy model to whip around the bases and the fact it is my local and most favourite slope I managed to win the other 7 rounds.
      I found that the conditions were just right to allow very accurate flying. Sometimes it was very smooth, but every now and then big patches of turbulence would shake the model off line quite violently. The way the lift changed also needed very careful EM on some turns while others were best banged to put the speed back into the model. The slow times made the differences very visible, allowing time to work the line to its best advantage.
      All very interesting day and lots of fun.
      Mike Evans
      Results
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      Mike Evans 8950.2 Scott Ravenscroft 8402.3 Paul Stubley 7856.0 Mark Treble 7716.5 Tom McPherson 7506.6 Richard Wenlock 7147.8 Steve Streetley 6569.0 James 4846.6

    • BMFA F3F 2011 league 6

      By Martin_N, in Contest Reports,

      The weather for the Eastbourne F3F league event had been looking promising all week, until on Thursday evening somebody decided to comment on how good Sunday was looking (Don’t worry Pete I won’t tell them your name). It did look like we may be on for some mist, however on this occasion the weather gods were on our side. Other than some expected rain at the beginning of the day and a few drops later on it was clear. We set up the on the westerly facing slope with the wind expected to settle in a westerly direction. It never quite got straight on which made Base ‘A’ an interesting challenge all day.
      Tom Noble got the competition on the way in light conditions (3 – 4 m/s) which made it a challenging round with times ranging from 90 seconds down to 56 seconds. Martin Newnham was 1st followed by Gary Harrison and Joel West. Unfortunately John Treble had a mishap with his Extreme and had to retire from the competition, but kept busy launching and buzzing on the bases.
      Round 2, everyone started to show they had learnt from the first round timing base ‘A’ turn with better accuracy, the time difference between first and last was much closer. Mike Shellim took 1st followed closely by Simon Thornton in second and Stefan Siemens in 3rd.
      Although the wind had not moved round to be directly on the slope, it had increased in speed and it was time to start adding more ballast. Occasionally you could see a few legs where it was almost straight on, which improved the times and few got into the mid forties. Martin Newnham 1st followed very closely by Daniel Schneider in 2nd and Simon Thornton in 3rd.
      Conditions remaining similar in round 4, Simon Thornton took 1st followed by Martin Newnham 2nd and Joel West in 3rd.

      The wind was starting to increase again and few pilots were removing wings to get the extra ballast in the models. With conditions still not straight on the extra weight helped with head wind on the return leg to base ‘B’. Martin Newnham was 1st and followed by Joel West 2nd and Mike Shellim in 3rd.
      The wind had increased and was showing around 14m/s + but only the top 3 pilots in round 6 had times just into the top forties. Joel West took the round followed by John Phillips and Daniel Schneider.
      Rounds 7 and the number of people posting a mid forty increased and by round 8 and 9 over half the field had times in the 40’s. Martin Newnham won round 7 followed by John Phillips and Mike Shellim. John Phillips won round 8, with Martin Newnham 2nd and Daniel Schneider 3rd.
      The final round of the day and fastest time was taken by John Phillips with a 42.66, Greg Dakin 2nd and John Bennett 3rd.
      Although the day set its challenges with the crossed wind, it was a good competition and a great days flying. Everyone contributed to the competition and I would like to personally thank everyone for their efforts, making sure we completed as many rounds as possible. You all deserve a pat on the back.
      It was nice to welcome Daniel Schneider, Stefan Siemens, Heniz Linnemann and Andreas Hovemann from Germany. I will take this opportunity to pass on your thanks to everyone how much you enjoyed the event and the hospitality. I hope you enjoy the rest of the week and get plenty of flying in. I will also have to make a special mention to Daniel who flew his Fosa very consistently all day to keep the pressure on for a good finish in the competition.
      In addition to Daniel it was nice to see some new faces on the slope, Bob Ryan competing in his first F3F event (I hope we see you at more competitions in the future Bob) and Alex Hamilton who sadly was unable to fly at Eastbourne, but will hopefully be attending the Whitesheet event on the 23rd October.
      To the final results, Martin Newnham claimed 4 rounds followed by John Phillips with 2 rounds, Joel West, Simon Thornton and Mike Shellim sharing the remaining rounds.
      Top 3 places are:
      1st Martin Newnham
      2nd Simon Thornton
      3rd Joel West
      Big thanks to John Phillips our CD for the day with Simon Thornton sharing the duties in the centre and Gary Harrison for buzzer supreme. As I mentioned in other reports I cannot thank the Eastbourne flying community for sharing such a great location with others to enjoy our sport.
      Many Thanks
      Martin
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      Position Pilots Name Total Score Normalized Score 1 Martin Newnham 7750.67 1000.00 2 Simon Thornton 7479.90 965.06 3 Joel West 7458.36 962.28 4 John Phillips 7446.74 960.78 5 Daniel Schneider 7428.30 958.40 6 Greg Dakin 7244.46 934.68 7 Gary Harrison 7086.03 914.24 8 Mike Shellim 7058.15 910.65 9 Stefan Siemens 6877.35 887.32 10 John Bennett 6806.90 878.23 11 Mick Walsh 6756.43 871.72 12 Nigel Potter 6752.41 871.20 13 Tom Foreman 6732.54 868.63 14 Paul Upton 6658.70 859.11 15 Phil Taylor 6594.48 850.82 16 Pete Burgess 6367.74 821.57 17 Bob Ryan 6333.87 817.20 18 Mark Treble 6262.47 807.99 19 Tom Noble 6245.88 805.85 20 Tony Robertson 6145.90 792.95 21 Andreas Hovemann 5552.95 716.44 22 Heniz Linnemann 5474.68 706.34 23 John Treble 0.00 0.00

    • BMFA F3F 2011 league 5

      By Martin_N, in Contest Reports,

      BMFA F3F league 5 was scheduled for the Long Mynd and finally the weather gods were on our side. After checking the weather on Thursday, it wasn’t looking at all promising. Fog and heavy rain was predicted for Sunday. Thankfully the forecast took a change for the better and come Friday afternoon it was looking positive, with plenty of wind and only the possibility of a few showers during the day.
      On arrival the wind direction was right between the South Bowl and westerly facing slope. With Mike’s advice the westerly slope was selected, even crossed it works better than the south bowl, which is un-flyable unless it is straight on. In addition to this the wind was due to head more to the west as the day progressed.
      We held the start off for the wind to come round more to the west and after a test flight by Mike the location of the course was decided. Unfortunately the first of 2 showers arrived and delayed the start until approximately 11:40am.
      With round one started, it was clear that it was going to be challenging day with the wind being so crossed but legal. Whilst it’s great to have the wind straight on and smooth, learning how to deal with this kind of condition, always makes it equally interesting and can only add towards improving the competitor’s ability. Joel started well setting the fastest time of the round with 41.21 and was closely followed by Simon Thornton and Tony Robertson making the most of some good air.
      With the league close at the top, it was going to be an important day for Mark Redsell and Joel West. Joel was looking to close the gap on Mark and Mark looking to increase the lead.
      Mark Redsell took round 2, but was closely followed by Mike Evans and Mark Abotts in 3rd. All 3 flew within a second of each other, nailing the bases to gain the most out of the conditions.
      Round 3 on way see Simon take first position, with an exceptionally well flown 40.28 making the turns look extremely easy under the circumstances. 2nd place was taken by Adam Richardson, after 2 difficult rounds, Adam took his opportunity with a 41.62 and from this point on his day improved, taking everything possible out of the conditions. Joel wasn’t far behind in 3rd.

      Round 4 saw Joel take the honours, with again Simon in the top 3 and Mark Abotts keeping very close in 3rd place.
      Round 5 was taken by Adam who at this stage was lying in 3rd place for the day, Adam with his Vampire was certainly proving a very good combination. 2nd and 3rd positions were filled by Simon Thornton and Pete Burgess. Pete flying his Extreme for the first time in a competition looked very settled with the model, unfortunately he had some problems in rounds 2 and 3, but didn’t give up to fly a 43.61 “Well done Pete”.
      Round 6 was again taken by Adam with Mark Redsell in 2nd and Mike in 3rd position. The times were becoming slightly more consistent at this point, with only 0.1sec between 1st and 3rd .
      Round 7 see Mike take his first round with a 42.03. Mike was looking very settled with the Alliaj and working the slope very well, not wasting any energy flying open turns. 2nd was taken by Mark Abotts with Joel in 3rd.

      Round 8 on the way, more and more times were getting into the lower forties, when Mark Redsell who was the 3rd to last pilot of the day to fly finished it with a 36.37 and fastest time of the day, which in the conditions was an exceptional time. 2nd was taken by Adam and 3rd by Joel.
      Overall it was a very good competition, which tested all the pilots. Adam flew exceptionally well and although the first 2 rounds were disappointing for him, he didn’t give up and by the end of the day took 2 out of the 8 rounds and finished high up the order in others. Mike was very consistent only taking 1 round, but keeping within touching distance of the top 3 places. Joel West and Simon Thornton however were the 2 pilots on the day to beat. They both settled with the conditions from the very first round. Joel apart from one round was always in the top 5 and Simon never dropped below 6th.
      The top 3 positions were as follows:
      1st Joel West
      2nd Simon Thornton
      3rd Mike Evans
      Fastest time of the day Mark Redsell 36.37
      Congratulations to all 3 pilots on such a well flown competition. Although the day didn’t get started until 11:40 we still managed to complete 8 rounds with a second interruption of rain, which lasted around half an hour. I was really pleased with the number of rounds completed and would like to thank all the pilots.
      I would also like to thank Mike Evans for allowing us to use the site for a league event, but also CDing on the day. In addition thanks must go to Jon Edison, Rich Bago, Simon Thornton and Mark Redsell who covered CD duties, we ran the competitions with 2 CD’s throughout. Finally thanks to Joel for running the bases.
      Below are the results.
      Many thanks
      Martin
      Results
      1. Joel West 6645.26 1000.00
      2. Simon Thornton 6603.38 993.69
      3. Mike Evans 6452.17 970.94
      4. Adam Richardson 6439.44 969.02
      5. Mark Redsell 6424.48 966.77
      6. Martin Newnham 6114.21 920.08
      7. Mark Abotts 6013.56 904.93
      8. Tony Robertson 5968.01 898.08
      9. Rich Bago 5843.24 879.30
      10. Frank Hulton 5790.79 871.41
      11. Jon Edison 5368.01 807.79
      12. Keith Woods 5361.06 806.74
      13. Mick Walsh 5360.13 806.60
      14. Mark Treble 5292.83 796.48
      15. Paul Upton 5257.43 791.15
      16. Mike shellim 5181.01 779.65
      17. Tom Foreman 5167.22 777.57
      18. Steve Streetly 4902.39 737.72
      19. Pete Burgess 4687.52 705.39
      20. John Treble 672.26 101.16

    • BMFA F3F Nationals 2011

      By Martin_N, in Contest Reports,

      I would like to thank SWSA for kindly holding this year’s 2011 BMFA Nationals on their local slopes. It is a fantastic location to spend a couple of days out of your life and never fails to impress me, whether I fly or not.  Any club that is happy to share and support the league/competition events provides fantastic opportunities to all that participate in the sport of F3F or general slope soaring.
      In addition to the slopes,T9 Hobby Sport and Overlander very generously sponsored the event this year, providing prizes to the top 5 pilots.
      With the weather sites predicting high south-westerly winds and blue sky for the first day, I was hopeful for a good start for the 2011 BMFA Nationals and our first ever World Championship qualifying event.  This is to select our top 3 pilots to represent Great Britain in Germany next year.  This was very quickly changed when we turned up on the slope at 8:30am to driving rain and fog.  Looking at the mountain forecast it was due to lift but by 3pm it was clear (or not as the case maybe) that we would have to call the day off and hope for better weather on Sunday. The meet was again set for 8:30am in the hope the weather would be on our side, to get in as many rounds as possible.
      I arrived on the slope at 7:45am to be greeted by more fog.  Thankfully blue sky could be seen and by 8:45am the decision was made to setup the course on the back of the Wrecker and get the rounds started as soon as possible.
      Round one was started at approximately 10am and Mark Redsell was the lucky pilot to get the competition on the way. Wind speed was light but legal and Mark started the competition with a 50 second run.  Joel West had the fastest time in the round with a 41.51seconds, considering the conditions at this time, just showed how accurate Joel’s flying was when keeping on the edge to gain the most out of the conditions.  Martin Newnham missed a good opportunity of gaining a good time in the first round, after a cut at base B and ending with a 46.xx.  Simon Thornton flying his new Fosa and Kev Knewton returning to flying the Ceres both got 42.xx times.
      Round two got on the way and Mark Redsell started straight off with a 42.xx which set a high standard for the round, only to be followed by Greg Dakin’s 40.65 two flights later to take the fastest time of the round.  Simon again kept tight to the leading time.  Many pilots remained consistent from the first round posting mid to high forties.  Adam Richardson, Keith Woods, Mike Evans and Andrzej Tabero made the most of the air, flying a tight course to gain the best time they could. Not wasting anything!
      Round three got on the way, Mark Redsell unfortunately cut at Base A to end the round with a 58.xx second time, Kev Knewton taking the round with a 41.16. Conditions were beginning to stay more consistent and the times recorded through the round were beginning to get closer.
      Round four started and after a bad time in round three, Adam Richardson showed good composure to take full advantage of the conditions. Flying the fastest time of the day at that point and the first sub forty to take the round with a 39.30.  Frank Hulton taking second in the round with a 43.79 closely followed by a 43.82 flown by Mark Abbotts.
      Round five saw Mike Evans take the round with a 39.49, after the first 4 rounds in the mid to high forties.  Mike was showing excellent consistency, not wasting any opportunities.  Adam Richardson again kept himself in the mix, coming second with a 41.27 and third was Mark Redsell with a 41.55.
      Round six saw more sub forties being posted with Mark Redsell starting the round with a 38.33.  Not to be out done Simon Thornton stepped up with a 38.13.  Peter Gunning however with his trusted Cyril flew a 37.89 which was the fastest time of the day.
      Round seven started with Mark Redsell again keeping the pressure on with a 38.22.  Rich Bago however after changing over to the Martinet, was close on his heels with a 38.72 and Martin Newnham in third place with a 39.70.
      Round eight saw Simon Thornton take the round flying a 38.30, followed by Martin Newnham with a 38.42 in second and Frank Hulton in third with a 40.08.  The final round was very tight with Keith Woods, Clayton Landells, Peter Gunning and Mark Redsell all flying under 42 seconds.
      Simon Thornton was focused and consistent throughout the whole day, not letting any opportunity pass him by.  He showed that you do not need to win every round to win a competition, without doubt the best pilot on the day.  Mark Redsell kept his composure after two bad rounds to fly himself to a fantastic second position and not forgetting only 39 points behind Simon. Kevin Knewton who followed Mark Redsell by only 23 points put on a great performance to finish in third place.  To have first and third place within 62 points shows how good the flying was by the 3 pilots.
      Congratulations to Simon, Mark, Kevin for the top three positions and to Peter Gunning for the fastest time of the day.
      My main aim since taking on the league coordinators roll is for everyone to enjoy the flying and improve their flying skills whilst being competitive at the same time.  I hope that everyone enjoyed the day and will be returning to compete at the league events.  Apologies if I have not mentioned your name in the report, but what I can say is everyone on the day flew exceptionally well, the standard was as high as I have seen at any competition I have attended.
      I would like to make special thanks Andrzej and Simon for CDing the day so professionally. Clayton and Frank for running the competition course, your organisation of the bases and safety line was second to none.  Also Kev, Mike andJon for any guidance that was needed during the day. Not forgetting Joel helping with the setting up/removing  the course and checking the score sheets.  Without everyone’s involvement, including pilots adhering to the rules, the competition would not have been the success it was.
      Please do not forget if you have any photos and you are happy to send them to me for potential publication, please do not hesitate to do so.
      Many thanks
      Martin
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      1 Simon Thornton 6541.57 1000.00 2 Mark Redsell 6502.31 993.99 3 Kev Knewton 6479.83 990.56 4 Martin Newnham 6334.70 968.37 5 Peter Gunning 6292.70 961.95 6 Joel West 6284.91 960.76 7 Adam Richardson 6223.19 951.32 8 Mike Evans 6164.88 942.41 9 Greg Dakin 6152.25 940.48 10 Keith Woods 6111.02 934.18 11 Clayton Landells 6017.09 919.82 12 Frank Hulton 5939.95 908.03 13 Andrzej Tabero 5873.03 897.80 14 Rich Bago 5809.14 888.03 15 Mick Walsh 5802.42 887.00 16 Paul Middleton 5770.05 882.05 17 Scott Ravenscroft 5744.77 878.19 18 Mark Abbotts 5720.39 874.46 19 Dave Rumble 5717.33 873.99 20 Jon Edison 5491.28 839.44 21 Ian Mason 5386.61 823.44 22 Paul Upton 5383.18 822.91 23 Tom Foreman 5319.04 813.11 24 Paul Stubly 5264.55 804.78 25 Tony Robertson 5198.63 794.70 26 Peter Bugess 5176.49 791.32 27 Jason Bioletti 4964.13 758.85 28 Mark Treble 4800.78 733.88 29 John Treble 4782.38 731.07


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