The hCOW calculations have now been completed. You can find the tables by going to “STANDINGS” on the website, then click on “hCow” and select “hCOW2023”.
As predicted the event results see a large proportion of the Light Green competitors clustered at the top of the event result (Event10Gosford.pdf) with Philip Baxter putting in a mammoth 7mins54secs/km beating of his handicap. It was certainly a fast event amongst the year’s programme with only 8 out of 44 competitors not beating theit handicap on the day. Bring on the Cavan Burren for a bit of a reality check!
The hCOW table (points for regularity) shows Chris Colwell being closely pursued by a bevy of lovely ladies, and with 2 events remaining there’s all to play for.
The handicap table is there to allow you to reflect on your good (and bad!) performances over the year; it shows Billy Reed deposed from top spot even though he won the Short Blue course but in handicap terms holding his own wasn’t good enough given the performance of others. The blank entries in this table are folk who haven’t recorded a result so far this year; if the status quo remains they will be removed from the table at the turn of the year and will have to (like me at Gosford) return a zero points result to set a new handicap.
The Regatta table (points for improving on handicap) is also a close-run contest. Everyone gets awarded points, with the “no-resulters” being given points one greater than the last finisher; if you missed Cairn Wood and/or Gosford you’ll have done badly for they have seen the biggest turnout of the year so far.