GP14 Midland Bell Series - Update

by Charles Saunders 21 Jul 2021 09:33 BST 21 July 2021

Time for a mid-term report! We had an 11 event series planned at the beginning of the year and so far only one has had to be cancelled and two re-scheduled.

This means there are still four events left in the calendar including the Midland Area championships at Staunton Harold on 9/10th October - keep your fingers crossed!

Turnouts have been in line with previous years so far, which is encouraging - people are coming out to travel and sail again!

Six events have been held, up to 10th July, producing four different winners, so the series is nicely poised with a large number of possible outcomes, indeed some who have only completed one event could win the series.

However the leading boat at the moment is Team Telford from Bassenthwaite Lake with an impressive 2,1,3,1 scoreline.

Next event is at South Staffs on Saturday 4th September – come and join in the fun. You need to complete two starred events and two non-starred events to qualify.

Highlight of results so far:

Events	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Fleet	Mid	Tam	Nan*	Bar	Trim*	Chas	N S	S.S.*	Che*	Shu	Stau*	Pts
4 Q	14206	John Telford	Jack Telford	Gold			2		1	3	1					7
4 Q	13263	Keith Budden	Ben Roberts	Silver	11		6	8	6							31
4 Q	13554	Dave Edwards	Richard Binns	Silver			8	11	9		4					32
4 Q	8764	David Beechey	Ian Patterson	Bronze	6		12	[9]	5	[9]	5					28
Events	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Fleet	Mid	Tam	Nan*	Bar	Trim*	Chas	N S	S.S.*	Che*	Shu	Stau*	Pts
4 +	14072	Darrell Sleep	Charles Saunders	Silver	5		5	6		8						24
4 +	12170	Lesley Freeman	Andy Blakeway	Bronze	8			12	7	12						39
Events	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Fleet	Mid	Tam	Nan*	Bar	Trim*	Chas	N S	S.S.*	Che*	Shu	Stau*	Pts
3	13326	Chris Martin	Samuel Bailey	Gold	2			3	2							7
3	14040	Pete Thoms	Dawn Frost	Silver			3	7			2					12
3	13975	Simon Fletcher	John Cookson	Silver	10		9		4							23
3	13377	Peter John	Susan Webb	Bronze	9				8	10						27
Events	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Fleet	Mid	Tam	Nan*	Bar	Trim*	Chas	N S	S.S.*	Che*	Shu	Stau*	Pts
2	13146	Steve Ward	Mike Acaster	Gold				5	3							8
2	14208	Mark McKeever	Kevin Hopkins	Gold	1			4								5
2	14132	Sam Watson	Matt Birks	Gold			1	1								2
2	13555	Richard Binns	Jim Grant	Bronze			11	10								21
Events	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Fleet	Mid	Tam	Nan*	Bar	Trim*	Chas	N S	S.S.*	Che*	Shu	Stau*	Pts
1	14199	Graham Flynn	Frank Nickless	Gold				2								2
1	14021	Ben Pickering	Josh Hyland	Gold						1						1