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This year’s UK Cup has been an interesting one for the men, with 6 of the races attracting nearly every top athlete (JK, Triple O-Severn and the Lakes weekend). However, with 5 of our top athletes, Jamie StevensonTM, Dan Marston, Richard Wren, Stephen Palmer and Jon Duncan, not running the full 6 races left the door wide open for who would win the men’s title.
Ed Nash quickly laid claim to that coveted title, with a total of 4 wins including the British Nights and British Elite Classic. Matt Crane put in a number of top performances, including 2nd places at the JOK Sprint, Triple O-Severn Short and British Elite Short – any chance of some top classic runs next year? Matt Speake showed that youth has its advantages claiming 3rd spot in his first year as an M21, with only 1 of his 10 runs in this year’s competition not being inside the top 10. Nicholas Morgan in 4th place, competing in the bare minimum of 6 races, looks a very good bet for the future, as does Ewan McCarthy who rounded off a decent season with the British Elite Short title and finishing in 5th place overall. Jamie StevensonTM took the title of British Sprint Champion for the second year running, as well as the JK title. Top junior this year went to Graham Gristwood in 31st place, though he only finished 4 races. Other race winners include Allan Bogle (JOK Sprint), Stephen Palmer (Triple O-Severn Short), Nick Barrable (Triple O-Severn Classic).
Congratulations to all, especially the younger runners who prevented anyone over the age of 25 from finishing in the top 6 of this years competition.

Unofficial scores for 2004 UK Cup (check PeelLandSurveys for official results when they appear)

1 Ed Nash KNOBOC 290
2 Matthew Crane WCH 265
3 Matthew Speake EBOR 249
4 Nicholas Morgan OD 242
5 Ewan McCarthy MAROC 235
6 Andy Etherden EPOC 224
7 Jeremy Edwards WAROC 223
8 Dave Godfree INT 217
9 Oli Johnson SYO 211
10 Rob Baker WAROC 210
11 Patrick Wlader CLYDE 210
12 Duncan Archer HH 209
13 Andy Kitchin INT 205
14 Nick Barrable FVO 203
15 Allan Bogle NWOC 202
16 Jamie Stevenson SYO 197
17 Neil Northrop SHUOC 197
18 Murray Strain INT 192
19 Tim Tett SYO 191
20 Roger Goddard WAROC 188
21 David Peel SYO 182
22 Alastair Buckley INT 175
23 Julian Simpson OD 169
24 Martin Stepanek CROC 165
25 Michael Sprot SYO 164
26 Richard Wren EPOC 156 (NYT)
27 Clive Parry CLYDE 154
28 Andy Preston OD 153
29 Ian Nixon AIRE 150
30 Neil Conway AIRE 147
31 Graham Gristwood OD 138
32 David Hodkinson NOC 132
33 Charlie Adams SYO 127
34 Marcus Pinker FVO 117
35 Rhys Manning SWOC 110
36 Jonathan Duncan GRAMP 107
37 Chris Godfree INT 102
38 Mark Saunders EUOC 100
39 Ben Rattray CLYDE 96
40 David Sprot SHUOC 96
41 Neil Marston INT 96
42 Stephen Palmer WCH 95
43 Daniel Marston INT 94
44 Andy Simpson OD 92
45 Richard Guillaume OD 92
46 Graeme Ackland INT 90
47 Mats Troeng OK LINNE 82
48 Tim Higginbotton ERYRI 82
49 Andy Middleditch SHUOC 82
50 Anthony Squire INT 82
51 Torbjorn Sagberg IL TYRVING 80
52 Jason Inman FVO 77
53 Daniel Halliday OD 75
54 Carl Waaler Kaas IL TYRVING 74
55 Ben Chesters SARUM 69
56 Scott Fraser INT 67
57 Richard Robinson NOC 65
58 Lars Skjeset VANG OL 63
59 Johan Grahn IFK GOTEBORG 62
60 Richard Barrett BAOC 58
61 Colin Olivant NOC 57
62 Ulrick Imberg OK LINNE 56
63 Mark Saunders BOK 55
64 Steven Linton NWOC 53
65 Oystein Kvaal Osterbo WING OK 50
66 Clive Hallett BOK 49
67 Ben Roberts COBOC 48
68 David Rollins BAOC 43
69 Ross McLennan TINTO 42
70 Chris Sellens SOS 41
71 Peter Hodges SHUOC 40
72 Ifor Powell BOK 40
73 Oleg Chepelin GRAMP 39 (NYT)
74 Rob Lee INT 39
75 Audun Weltzien IL TYRVING 37
76 Niall Bourke AIRE 37
77 Mark Nixon CLYDE 36
78 Marcus Phersson OK LINNE 34
79 Martin Ward SPOOK 32
=80 Ben Hartman INT 28
=80 Lorenzo Calabro TFO 28
=80 Ed Nicholas EUOC 28
=83 Mark Bown SHUOC 26
=83 Martin Holth Johannes NTNUI 26
85 Fraser Purves FVO 26
86 Bruce Duncan GRAMP 25
87 John Emeleus CLYDE 25
88 Peter Gardner EUOC 25
89 Andrew Dalgleish ESOC 24
90 David Eades INT 24
91 Jon Musgrave MAROC 22
92 Rob Little SHUOC 22
=93 Matthew Dickinson DVO 21
=93 Thomas Van Rossum AIRE 21
=93 Steve Nicholson FVO 21
=96 Mark Chapman SYO 20
=96 Mark Hayman SPOOK 20
98 Ross Sanderson EUOC 19
99 Edward Catmur SLOW 19
=100 Tom Chesters SWERVE 18
=100 Rob Hart OK LINNE 18
=100 Eric Roller FVO 18
103 David Lover MODUM OL 17
104 Ivan Teed NGOC 17
=105 Rhodri Buffett SWOC 16
=105 Luke McNeill OUOC 16
107 Pete Tryner INT 15
=108 Neville Baker TVOC 14
=108 John Duckworth DVO 14
=110 Andrew Quin 3ROC 13
=110 Martin Dean DVO 13
112 Rory Matheson NATO 12
=113 David West SOS 11
=113 Eddie Harwood MOR 11
115 Jordan Larne MEROC 10
=116 David Currie SOC 9
=116 Peter Nasholm NTNUI 9
=116 Mark Ford CHIG 9
=116 Paul Rogan MOR 9
120 James Furness OD 8
121 Keith Tonkin GO 7
122 Jeff Butt SARUM 7
=123 Morten Christopherson NTNUI 6
=123 Tom Cochrane OUOC 6
=123 Alan Hartley SPLOT 6
=123 Richard Bradfield OD 6
=123 Alastair Brunton CLYDE 6
=128 John Houlihan EBOR 5
=128 Andrew Powell NOC 5
=128 Jon Cross FVO 5
=128 Andrew Brown EUOC 5
132 Chris Dibben TVOC 4
=133 Chris Millard OUOC 2
=133 Jacob Sharpe HH 2
=133 David Harrison SYO 2
136 Andrew Llewellyn NOC 1