Nopesport

Future Champions Cup Series
M20
1 255 Rhys Findlay-Robinson DEE/SHUOC 170+44+41=255
2 252 Matthew Dickinson DVO/SHUOC 150+51+51=252
3 250 Colin Olivant NOC/SHUOC 162+45+43=250
4 244 James Tullie RR/EUOC 134+55+55=244
5 230 James Bennett WCH/EUOC 145+46+39=230
6 216 Tom Bray SN/UDOC 142+37+37=216
7 208 Ed Kelleher NOR/UWOC 141+38+29=208
8 206 Matthew Franklin SO 128+32+45=205
9 180 Scott Fraser INT/EUOC 180+0+0=180
10 174 Martin Broderick BADO 119+27+27=173
11 170 Oleg Chepelin GRAMP/EUOC 170+0+0=170
12 168 Peter Gardner WAOC/EUOC 113+29+25=167
13 163 Danny Oliver NOC 105+31+26=162
14 134 Andrew Brunton CLYDE/EUOC 134+0+0=134
15 131 Ross Sanderson TVOC/EUOC 131+0+0=131
16 121 David Bolton MEROC/SHUOC 87+34+0=121

Rhys Findlay-Robinson took full advantage of the absence of Scott Fraser and Oleg Chepelin through injury to take the M20 series title, though 2 good runs from Matt Dickinson almost stole it from Rhys. Colin Olivant just took 3rd place from James Tullie, who found his form again in the final after some disappointing races in the qualifiers.

M18
1 360 Duncan Coombs MAROC 240+60+60=360
2 305 David Schorah DEE 219+48+38=305
3 293 Douglas Tullie RR 212+41+40=293
4 287 Joe Mercer AIRE 200+43+44=287
5 276 Ben Stevens AIRE 199+28+48=275
6 274 Iain Embrey COBOC 189+39+46=274
7 268 John Rocke LEI 194+30+43=267
8 260 Kyle Heron FVO/EUOC 184+40+36=260
9 256 Andrew Llewellyn NOC 196+26+33=255
10 249 Chris Illman SARUM 182+36+31=249
11 249 Matt Lyle BOK 172+42+35=249
12 240 Chris Williamson LEI 176+34+30=240
13 238 Dan Tett SYO 169+35+34=238
14 232 Joe Taunton NGOC 178+25+28=231
15 204 Matthew Jones SBOC 172+0+32=204

Duncan Coombs confirmed his series win in resounding style, beating all M20’s on both days to repeat a feat not accomplished since Ed Nash in 1997. David Schorah retained his 2nd place with a great run in the short race. Doug Tullie just kept ahead of Joe Mercer who had 2 good runs, whilst Ben Stevens also remained in 5th place, redeeming his poor short race with a great run in the classic distance.

W20
1 355 Cerys Manning SWOC/OUOC 240+55+60=355
2 329 Alison O’Neil NOC/EUOC 214+60+55=329
3 314 Helen Gardner WAOC 212+51+51=314
4 313 Lizzie Adams SOC/SHUOC 214+51+48=313
5 274 Liz Bridge SO/UDOC 190+42+42=274
6 270 Kirsten Strain ELO/EUOC 199+37+34=270
7 268 Hazel Tant SOS/SHUOC 190+38+40=268
8 261 Anya Crocker DEE/CUOC 185+35+41=261
9 133 Frances Beedie BOK 133+0+0=133
10 127 Sian Roberts NOC 127+0+0=127
11 126 Rose Burden AIRE 126+0+0=126
12 102 Katie Sellens SOS 102+0+0=102
13 97 Sian Bolton LOC 97+0+0=97
14 91 Shimona Starling UWOC 91+0+0=91
15 85 Vanessa McMillan ELO 85+0+0=85

Cerys was only denied maximum points by a return to form by Alison O’Neil, who did enough to secure 2nd place in the series. Helen Gardner went into the final 2 points behind Lizzie Adams but managed to beat Lizzie by 1 place and 3 points on the classic race to overtake Lizzie in the series by 1 point, with the pair having finished joint 3rd the day before. Liz Bridge managed to gain a place having gone into the final in =6th place with Hazel, overtaking 5th placed Kirsten as well. Unfortunately there was a rather small turnout from W20’s in the final, with only 8 of the 15 qualifiers racing at the weekend.

W18
1 318 Rosemary Hodkinson NOC 240+40+38=318
2 317 Jessica Halliday OD 225+46+46=317
3 291 Joanna Thompson WCH 211+41+39=291
4 287 Rebecca Roberts SROC 198+44+45=287
5 273 Ruth Holmes SARUM 184+45+44=273
6 267 Stefanie Blomquist SARUM 181+43+43=267
7 252 Rosie Brocklebank LOC 183+36+33=252
8 249 Lizzie Britton MDOC 181+32+36=249
9 247 Rachel Smirthwaite MOR 180+30+37=247
10 245 Clare Sutherland SYO 171+39+35=245
11 238 Jo West SOS 172+34+32=238
12 220 Lily Unsworth CLOK 158+31+31=220
13 214 Ingrid Franklin SO 155+29+30=214
14 208 Tessa Hill HOC 208+0+0=208
15 201 Jene Hoare ERYRI 168+33+0=201

Rose just managed to hold onto the series by 1 point after some disappointing results in the final. Jessica Halliday had a great weekend, but didn’t quite have enough points from the qualifiers to get 1st place. Jo Thompson kept onto 3rd place, whilst an unfortunate injury for Tessa Hill meant that she dropped from 4th to 14th place after being unable to run in the final. There were some good runs in the final from Becca Roberts, Ruth Holmes and Stefanie Blomquist, but only Stef moved up a place in the series.