Frostbite Trophy Series

FROSTBITE TROPHY SERIES - 2012

A total of SIX rounds will be sailed, with SIX races being sailed EACH week, best FOUR rounds to count. The same yacht must be sailed in each round, unless mechanical problems cannot be repaired at the lakeside.

ROUND ONE

After two postponements, the series started on 31 January with a figure-of-eight two-lap course, in a cold easterly breeze under a leaden sky. Nine skippers turned out, but Steve Booth was prevented from racing by a rudder problem, and Roger Monks missed the first three races because of a prolonged search for his car keys. Before the start, the Captain entertained the other skippers by losing a rescue-boat oar whilst re-positioning a buoy. Brian Hartley leads the way with three wins, followed by Neil Thornton with two, and Tony Watts with one.

ROUND TWO

Eight skippers turned out, glad that the ice had gone that had caused the cancellation of sailing the previous two Tuesdays. A triangular two-lap course was adopted for the first five races in a blustery south-west breeze. With a wind change from the north-west, the course for the sixth race was changed to a large figure-of-eight, at times on the limit for the No 1 suits. Brian Hartley surrendered the lead to Neil Thornton, who declared himself “quite happy” with his five wins out of six. Roger Monks took second position, with one win and four second places, whilst Tom Willgoss took third position for the day. The overall leaders for the series so far are Neil, Brian and Tony Watts. A recurring rudder servo problem forced Steve Booth to retire from today’s racing. All skippers wish a speedy recovery to Dave Johnston, who was confined to barracks with a chest infection.

	Frostbite Series 2012

	Rounds in Series				6
	No. Best Scores				4
								BEST 4 TOTAL POINTS
		POINTS IN ROUND
POSITION	SKIPPER	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Neil Thornton	89	100					189
2	Brian Hartley	100	49					149
3	Tony Watts	78	61					139
4	Roger Monks	21	87					108
5	Vic Meek	55	36					91
6	Tom Willgoss		74					74
7	Tony Friston	44	23					67
8	Dave Johnston	66						66
9	Andy Kirkup	33						33
10	Steve Booth	10	10					20

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Previous years scores

Frostbite Series 2011

Rounds in Series 6

Best Scores to Count 4

BEST 4 TOTAL POINTS

POINTS IN ROUND

POSITION SKIPPER 1 2 3 4 5 6

1 Brian Hartley 100 100 100 100 80 74 400

2 Roger Monks 87 73 100 87 347

3 Tony Watts 55 21 61 91 70 100 322

4 David Johnston 78 89 36 64 60 36 291

5 Neil Thornton 78 82 90 250

6 Tony Friston 89 33 74 37 30 49 249

7 Andy Kirkup 66 66 49 46 40 61 242

8 Steve Booth 44 55 55 20 23 177

9 Vic Meek 33 44 23 10 50 150

10 Bob Underwood 21 10 10 19 10 10 60

11 Tony Ingle 28 28

12 Harry Sissling 10 10

	Frostbite Series 2010

	Rounds in Series				6
	Best Scores to Count				4
								BEST 4 TOTAL POINTS
		POINTS IN ROUND
POSITION	SKIPPER	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Brian Hartley	85	85	100	70	100	100	385
2	Roger Monks	100	100	85	82	85	70	370
3	Tony Watts	70	70	70	100	64		310
4	David Johnston	55	55	55	55	46	55	220
5	Tony Friston	40	40	40	40		10	160
6	Steve Booth	25	25	25	25	28	40	118
7	Neil Thornton						85	85
8	Tony Ingle	10	10	10	10	10	25	55

	Frostbite Series 2009

	Rounds in Series				6
	Best Scores to Count				4
								BEST 4 TOTAL POINTS
		POINTS IN ROUND
POSITION	SKIPPER	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Brian Hartley	100	100	100	74	100	23	400
2	Roger Monks	10	61	85	100	87	100	372
3	Tony Watts	87	74	70	61	49	74	305
4	John Foster	74	87	10	49		87	297
5	David Johnston	49	23	40	87	74	61	271
6	Tom Willgoss	61	49	55		61		226
7	Tony Friston	36	36	25	36	36	49	157
8	Steve Booth	23	10		23	10	10	66
9	Simon Booth				10	23	23	56