Author: Alan Gartside

The Autumn Trophy and Colour Standards tables have been updated with the Gosford results; go to the “STANDINGS” heading on the website and click on the “Autumn Trophy” or “Colour Standards” links. Congratulations to the AT winners; while there may be folk with lower scores in somes classes they won’t have the asterisk against their entry signifying that they didn’t score in each event. Note that event officials received notional points equal to their points in the other event – getting involved in event organisation reaps league benefits AND it’s one of the best ways of improving your technical skills. Read More …

As with the Autumn Trophy calculations, the hCOW calculations for Gosford will use the Light Green results as the second course. Provide the fitness is there, the reduced technical difficulty should lead to improved handicaps and therefore better Regatta Table standings but don’t despair, the following week at the Burren should provide the perfect antidote!

The various tables have been updated with the Portstewart and Cairn Wood results. With just 3 colour events left in the year (the Autumn Trophy 3 event has been changed to a training event) it’s time to look at what is needed to achieve 2023 goals. There’s the NISeries (4 to count, 2 events left), your colour standard (3 to count in 12 months, 3 events left), the Autumn Trophy (2 to count, 1 event left) and the hCOW and Regatta tables (7 to count, 3 events left). You can get to all of the tables via “Resources>OneDrive Public” or Read More …

The final tables are now available – go to the “STANDINGS” section of the website and click on “hCalf 2023”. No apologies for the delay; two weeks in West Cork beats an evening’s wrestling with a 129-column spreadshheet every time! Congratulations to Chris Colwell for topping the hCOW table (regularity). It was a close finish – if it had been best of 5 instead of 4 to count Olivia Baxter would have taken the metronomic crown. A look at the handicap table shows how Antrim favoured the higher handicappers while Barnett’s the lower – demonstration of how difficult it is Read More …

The results for Lady Dixon are in, showing a welcome increase in turnout, including 11 recording their frst WEE result of the year. The result table “WEE6LadyDixon.pdf” show a very even spread, giving confidence in the formulae and assumptions being made. The regularity table “hCOW Table.pdf” shows, as suggested last week, that Olivia Baxter, once reaching 4 results, would go to the top of the list. Look farther down the list at those who have 3 results so far and its clear that things could get very close when they reach the 4 results required to count.. The improvement table Read More …

TheUUJ results are in! A small turnout (presumably the Scottish6Days effect) means the statistics are a bit dodgy; in particular the event variance of +15secs for such a technically easy area (flat, open, with big buildings for guidance) is unexpected. Also unusual was the appearance of 7 first-timers; unfortunately for them UUJ sets their handicap which leaves only 3 events for scoring points and as it’s 4 to count it means they can’t win hCOW (points for regularity) and are unlikely to win Regatta (improvement) as they will have to carry a dns/dnf score into the final count. It’s reassuring Read More …

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They can be found from the web-site by going “STANDINGS>hCalf”. An event variance of 2mins23secs shows how the climb from river level to the car park finish took its toll. With 3 scoring events gone (WEE1 was used to set initial handicaps) and 4 to go it means that WEE5 on 2nd August at UUJ should start to show who is in contention in both the hCOW (regularity) and Regatta (improvement) competitions. By the way, I’ve haven’t yet had any suggestions as to the title for which hCALF is the abbreviation.

The NISeries tables have been published on the NIOA web-site, but you can find a copy at “Resources>OneDrive Public>NISeries>NISeries2023.pdf”. Asterisks have started to appear against those who have achieved the mandatory 4 results and who will now go into discard mode in the autumn events. The colour standards table “STANDINGS>Colour Standards>Colour Standards.pdf” shows changes against some folk who didn’t achieve a standard at Meelmore as last year’s Florencecourt event drops out of the 12-month window. The updated hCOW tables are at “STANDINGS>hCow>hCOW2023”. “Event7Meelmore.pdf” shows how the points spread out from Aileen McCarron’s position at the middle of the sorted list, Read More …

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