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SLOT IN TWO
The BSCRA Area 2 Newsletter
Round 2
Blackpool 8 Jan 2017
13 racers turned up to Blackpool slot car club for the second area round of the 2017 nationals qualifying series.
First up was production. Fylde MCRC member Dave Wood won this race from Harry Shepherd by 6 laps. Jade Slater came 3rd, Barry Schofield came 4th and Adam Gresswell, his first time at this track, was 5th.
Next up was Saloon. 12 racers participated in this class. Martin Ellis top qualified with a 5.453 second lap from Shep whom got a 5.616 second lap. Peter Donely won the B heat with 157.87 laps, an 11 lap lead over Jade Slater who was second in the heat. The A heat was won by Martin Ellis with 179.29 laps, 37 feet ahead of Shep. 5 out of the 6 people in the A heat beat Peters B heat total.
F1 was up next. Shep top qualified this time with a 5.588 second lap, Steve Sargent was second with an impressive time of 5.635 seconds. In the C heat Jade Slater won with 144.22 laps showing that falcon F1s can be competitive against the strap motors. Peter Donely won the B heat with 164.93 laps, 1.5 laps up on second placed Pete Clarkson, Ian Fitzpatrick came 3rd, all 3 beating Jades C heat total. The A heat was a win for Shep from David Sargent, then Steve Sargent, all 3 beating Peter’s B heat total.
The final class of the day was sports. David Sargent was the top qualifier from Shep. The C heat was a win for Ian Fitzpatrick from Jade Slater from Dave Wood, Barry Schofield having retired early on with gear issues. Peter Donely once again won the B heat with 180.83 laps, the only person to beat Ians C heat total. Harry Shepherd came second in this heat on 161.65 laps, only 27 parts ahead of Jades time. Norman Fawcett and Pete Clarkson both finished on 159 laps. The A heat was a comfortable win for Shep on 202.20 laps, 9 laps up on David Sargent, Steve Sargent came 3rd in this one. All 3 beating Peter’s B heat total.
Peter Donely
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Round 1
Blackpool 13 Nov 2016
11 racers turned up at Blackpool slot car club for the first area round of the 2017 season.
First up was production. 5 novice’s entered and Blackpool’s Steven Pearce won with 161 laps from Dave Woods 156. Steven was also the only racer to get a sub 6 second lap.
Next up, Saloon. Gordon Dickson top qualified with an impressive 5.552 second lap from Paul Shepherd on 5.601. The B final was a close fought race which saw several incidents throughout. Steven Pearce won this race by 4 foot from Ian Fitzpatrick both on 159. Hard to believe that this was the first time he had raced this class of car. Peter Donely came 3rd in the race with a 158 having battled back through the pack after having an interior caught in his gears in the first segment leaving him 6 laps adrift of the leaders. All 5 A finalists beat Stevens time, Paul Shepherd coming out on top with 181 laps.
Next up was F1. Top qualifier in this was Martin Ellis with a 5.475 second lap, a new track record, from Paul Shepherd on 5.478 seconds. With only 9 racers for this one it was decided to run 3 groups of 3 racers. The C final was won by Ian Fitzpatrick on 153 laps from Norman whom had spent some time in the pits early on in the race from Steven Pearce whom had gear issues. The B final produced the closest race of the day between Steve Sargent and Peter Donely. Both drivers tussled throughout the race with the lead swapping almost every segment. Going into the final segment Steve Sargent was just ahead of Peter, but with Steve being on White and Peter on Orange this race was hard to call. Peter prevailed to win it by half a lap from Steve, both on 166 laps. These scores where good enough to give them 2nd and 3rd overall. Pete Clarkson got 3rd in this race with 159, good enough to beat Ian’s C final time. The A final started with David Sargent’s car in the pits after his gear went in Qualifying, he only managed 71 laps in the race due to continuous issues. Paul Shepherd and Martin Ellis were having a good battle up front with Shep just having the edge. However Martin for some reason decided not to run in the last segment which left him 6th overall. This left Shep as the only runner on track for the majority of the last segment and he won with 180 laps, 14 clear of the 2nd and 3rd placed drivers.
Now for the fastest class of the weekend, sports. The top qualifier for this one was Paul Shepherd from David Sargent, then Steve Sargent. Peter Donely rounded off the A final spots. There were 3 retirements in the B final with Ian Fitzpatrick, then Pete Clarkson retiring in the first segment, Norman then retired a couple of segments later. This left the two Blackpool club juniors Harry Shepherd and Steven Pearce running in the remaining few segments, Harry winning by 12 laps over the Steven. All 4 A finalists beat Harry’s 177 lap total, Paul Shepherd being the winner on 212 laps.
Thank you everyone for promptly marshalling all day to ensure a finish before 6pm and also to Stephen Siddall for giving up his Sunday to run race control.
Peter Donely
Fylde Area Meeting 12 February 2017 |
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Production Race |
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Saloon Qualification |
Saloon Finals |
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Laps |
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Laps |
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Callum Wood |
124.09 |
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Martin Ellis |
4.598 |
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Paul Shepherd |
140.26 |
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Dave Wood |
123.91 |
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Paul Shepherd |
4.76 |
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David Sargent |
134.87 |
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Jade Slater |
115.61 |
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Steve Sargent |
4.786 |
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Steve Sargent |
133.23 |
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Barry Schofield |
115.22 |
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David Sargent |
4.854 |
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Pete Clarkson |
132.87 |
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Adam Gresswell |
108.58 |
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Pete Clarkson |
5.021 |
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Dave Wood |
124.18 |
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Steven Pearce |
107.92 |
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Dave Wood |
5.023 |
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Martin Ellis |
117.74 |
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Harry Shepherd |
95.79 |
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Callum Wood |
5.447 |
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Barry Schofield |
114.97 |
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Damon Ryland |
93.38 |
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Barry Schofield |
5.482 |
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Peter Donely |
112.1 |
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Jade Slater |
5.577 |
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Callum Wood |
110.33 |
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Steven Pearce |
5.648 |
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Jade Slater |
110.24 |
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Peter Donely |
5.746 |
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Harry Shepherd |
99.59 |
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Harry Shepherd |
5.779 |
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Steven Pearce |
76.5 |
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Ian Fitzpatrick |
5.865 |
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Ian Fitzpatrick |
0 |
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F1 Qualification |
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F1 Finals |
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Sports Qualifying |
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Sports Finals |
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Laps |
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Laps |
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David Sargent |
4.876 |
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Pete Clarkson |
130.93 |
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Paul Shepherd |
3.964 |
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Paul Shepherd |
160.03 |
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Steve Sargent |
5.117 |
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David Sargent |
117.46 |
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David Sargent |
4.038 |
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David Sargent |
153.68 |
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Paul Shepherd |
5.137 |
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Ian Fitzpatrick |
116.92 |
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Steve Sargent |
4.131 |
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Pete Clarkson |
144.83 |
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Pete Clarkson |
5.161 |
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Paul Shepherd |
115.49 |
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Pete Clarkson |
4.216 |
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Steve Sargent |
144.2 |
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Dave Wood |
5.283 |
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Peter Donely |
114.92 |
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Peter Donely |
4.97 |
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Peter Donely |
128.35 |
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Ian Fitzpatrick |
5.677 |
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Callum Wood |
114.81 |
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Barry Schofield |
4.98 |
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Harry Shepherd |
119.88 |
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Barry Schofield |
5.745 |
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Barry Schofield |
111.14 |
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Harry Shepherd |
5.154 |
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Callum Wood |
119.72 |
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Callum Wood |
5.954 |
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Dave Wood |
107.3 |
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Dave Wood |
5.196 |
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Barry Schofield |
117.95 |
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Peter Donely |
6.013 |
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Jade Slater |
88.6 |
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Ian Fitzpatrick |
5.298 |
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Jade Slater |
116.94 |
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Jade Slater |
6.191 |
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Steve Sargent |
52.26 |
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Callum Wood |
5.432 |
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Steven Pearce |
112.29 |
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Steven Pearce |
8.6 |
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Steven Pearce |
0 |
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Steven Pearce |
5.585 |
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Ian Fitzpatrick |
57 |
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Thanks to Steve Sargent for the results |
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Jade Slater |
5.616 |
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Dave Wood |
46 |
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Fylde Area Meeting 12 March 2017 | ||||||||||
Production Race |
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Saloon Qualifying |
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F1 Qualifying |
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Sports Qualifying | ||||
Damon Ryland |
124.94 |
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Steve Sargent |
4.765 |
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David Sargent |
4.833 |
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Paul Shepherd |
4.046 |
Dave Wood |
124.16 |
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David Sargent |
4.79 |
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Steve Sargent |
4.875 |
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David Sargent |
4.16 |
Callum Wood |
122.22 |
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Paul Shepherd |
4.806 |
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Paul Shepherd |
5.042 |
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Pete Clarkson |
4.192 |
Barry Schofield |
120.93 |
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Martin Ellis |
4.997 |
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Pete Clarkson |
5.129 |
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Steve Sargent |
4.278 |
Steven Pearce |
117.18 |
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Pete Clarkson |
5.178 |
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Peter Donely |
5.365 |
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Peter Donely |
4.726 |
Jade Slater |
105.21 |
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Jade Slater |
5.277 |
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Dave Wood |
5.462 |
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Harry Shepherd |
4.875 |
Harry Shepherd |
103.45 |
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Callum Wood |
5.303 |
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Norman Fawcett |
5.862 |
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Norman Fawcett |
4.984 |
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Dave Wood |
5.447 |
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Callum Wood |
6.086 |
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Dave Wood |
5.118 |
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Norman Fawcett |
5.497 |
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Jade Slater |
6.123 |
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Barry Schofield |
5.148 | |
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Peter Donely |
5.556 |
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Jade Slater |
5.283 |
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Barry Schofield |
5.569 |
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Steven Pearce |
5.32 |
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Harry Shepherd |
5.822 |
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Damon Ryland |
5.829 |
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Saloon Finals |
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F1 Finals |
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Sports Finals | |||
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Laps |
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Laps |
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Laps |
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David Sargent |
139.33 |
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David Sargent |
138.93 |
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Paul Shepherd |
161.43 |
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Paul Shepherd |
139.13 |
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Paul Shepherd |
135.2 |
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David Sargent |
154.61 |
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Pete Clarkson |
135.53 |
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Steve Sargent |
134.31 |
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Steve Sargent |
149.32 |
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Steve Sargent |
131.54 |
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Pete Clarkson |
129.68 |
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Peter Donely |
132.65 |
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Callum Wood |
125.21 |
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Peter Donely |
117.72 |
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Norman Fawcett |
129.92 |
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Norman Fawcett |
123.56 |
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Norman Fawcett |
115.81 |
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Steven Pearce |
121.36 |
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Jade Slater |
119.08 |
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Dave Wood |
112.57 |
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Jade Slater |
116.52 |
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Martin Ellis |
115.48 |
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Callum Wood |
111.1 |
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Harry Shepherd |
116.12 |
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Damon Ryland |
111.54 |
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Jade Slater |
104.87 |
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Barry Schofield |
108.76 |
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Barry Schofield |
110.64 |
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Pete Clarkson |
97.42 |
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Harry Shepherd |
106.75 |
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Dave Wood |
12 |
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Dave Wood |
67.22 |
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Peter Donely |
19 |
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CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016/17 Final Positions | ||||||||||||
INTRO 32 |
Blackpool |
Fylde |
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Saloon |
Blackpool |
Fylde |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Best 3 |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Best 3 |
Dave Wood |
47 |
50 |
47 |
47 |
144 |
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Paul Shepherd |
50 |
47 |
50 |
47 |
147 |
Callum Wood |
45 |
0 |
50 |
45 |
140 |
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David Sargent |
45 |
45 |
47 |
50 |
142 |
Steven Pearce |
50 |
0 |
39 |
41 |
130 |
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Martin Ellis |
47 |
50 |
39 |
35 |
136 |
Jade Slater |
0 |
45 |
45 |
39 |
129 |
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Steve Sargent |
43 |
41 |
45 |
43 |
131 |
Barry Schofield |
0 |
43 |
43 |
43 |
129 |
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Pete Clarkson |
35 |
43 |
43 |
45 |
131 |
Damon Ryland |
43 |
0 |
35 |
50 |
128 |
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Peter Donely |
37 |
39 |
35 |
28 |
111 |
Harry Shepherd |
41 |
47 |
37 |
37 |
125 |
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Norman Fawcett |
33 |
33 |
0 |
39 |
105 |
Adam Gresswell |
0 |
41 |
41 |
0 |
82 |
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Ian Fitzpatrick |
39 |
37 |
28 |
0 |
104 |
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Jade Slater |
0 |
35 |
31 |
37 |
103 |
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Dave Wood |
0 |
30 |
41 |
29 |
100 |
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Barry Schofield |
0 |
29 |
37 |
31 |
97 |
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Harry Shepherd |
31 |
31 |
30 |
30 |
92 |
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Callum Wood |
0 |
0 |
33 |
41 |
74 |
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Steven Pearce |
41 |
0 |
29 |
0 |
70 |
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Damon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
33 |
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F1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Best 3 |
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Sports |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Best 3 |
Paul Shepherd |
50 |
50 |
43 |
47 |
147 |
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Paul Shepherd |
50 |
50 |
50 |
50 |
150 |
David Sargent |
33 |
47 |
47 |
50 |
144 |
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David Sargent |
47 |
47 |
47 |
47 |
141 |
Pete Clarkson |
43 |
41 |
50 |
43 |
136 |
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Steve Sargent |
45 |
45 |
43 |
45 |
135 |
Steve Sargent |
45 |
45 |
31 |
45 |
135 |
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Peter Donely |
43 |
43 |
41 |
43 |
129 |
Peter Donely |
47 |
43 |
41 |
41 |
131 |
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Harry Shepherd |
41 |
39 |
39 |
35 |
119 |
Ian Fitzpatrick |
41 |
39 |
45 |
0 |
125 |
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Pete Clarkson |
35 |
33 |
45 |
31 |
113 |
Norman Fawcett |
37 |
35 |
0 |
39 |
111 |
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Norman Fawcett |
37 |
35 |
0 |
41 |
113 |
Jade Slater |
0 |
37 |
33 |
33 |
103 |
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Steven Pearce |
39 |
0 |
31 |
39 |
109 |
Dave Wood |
0 |
31 |
35 |
37 |
103 |
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Jade Slater |
0 |
37 |
33 |
37 |
107 |
Callum Wood |
0 |
0 |
39 |
35 |
74 |
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Ian Fitzpatrick |
33 |
41 |
30 |
0 |
104 |
Barry Schofield |
0 |
33 |
37 |
0 |
70 |
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Barry Schofield |
0 |
30 |
35 |
33 |
98 |
Steven Pearce |
35 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
65 |
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Dave Wood |
0 |
31 |
29 |
30 |
90 |
Martin Ellis |
39 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
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Callum Wood |
0 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
37 |
Nationals Qualifiers
Paul Shepherd, Martin Ellis and David Sargent have qualified via the BOC