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Marblehead Stan Cleal Trophy and GAMES results for 2013

by Roger Stollery 6 Dec 2013 16:51 GMT 24 November 2013
Darin Ballington being presented with the Midgley Mug by Keith Allen, Commodore of 3 Rivers RYC © Roger Stollery

The Stan Cleal Trophy sailed at the Aquadrome, Rickmansworth on 24 November provided a fitting climax to the 2013 Marblehead GAMES series, as there were 3 potential winners entered with the winner of the event most likely to become the GAMES champion.

Darin Ballington started well by winning every other race and so by lunchtime it was clear that he was favourite to win. Apart from one discard after lunch his consistency with 6 consecutive 3rd places confirmed him and his ROK as the both the Stan Cleal Trophy winner and 2013 GAMES Champion and holder of the Midgley Mug until another exciting series comes to an end at this event next year. Runner-up in the event was Roy Stevens, with Tony Guerier third.

The 3 Rivers Club team of John Male, Steve Poole and John Rance ran a very well-organised event in light NNE winds and were thanked by the prizewinners for providing the 13 competitors with 14 races in sometimes unpleasant drizzly conditions.

The 2014 GAMES events start next year with the Canada Cup, to be run by Poole Radio Yacht Club at Longham Lakes on 16th of February 2014.

GAMES results for 2013: (best 5/11 races)

1st Darin Ballington Manor Park 'ROK' 445.1
2nd Roy Stevens Killingworth 'PRIME NUMBER' 422.7
3rd Hugh McAdoo Guildford 'PRIME NUMBER' 396.1
4th Peter Stollery Guildford 'CRAZY TUBE FREE' 379.4
5th Tony Guerier 3 Rivers 'DREADNOUGHT' 365.9
6th Roger Stollery Guildford 'CRAZY TUBE FREE' 351.4
7th Martin Crysell Guildford 'PRIME NUMBER' 325.9
8th Brad Gibson Birkenhead 'GRUNGE' 300
9th Graham Bantock Chelmsford 'PRIME NUMBER' 287.1
10th John Shorrock Reading 'QUARK' 260.5

Top 10 improvers: (Places gained in 2013 above 2012 results)

1st Keith Allen 24
2nd Andrea Roberts 18

3rd Max Lemke 17
4th John Arundel 15
5th Damian Ackroyd 14
6th John Townsend 14
7th Michael Howard 13
8th Darin Ballington 11
9th John Taylor 11
10th Victoria Gibson 10

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