You've just lost 21 points but gained 1 point.
And I thought I'd done bad.
Have a nice evening MT
So we're finally off!
Maximum possible points (25) at Silent Valley for Gavin Bland - back to previous glories..
The top teams out of the blocks were... FFFF 2013 (also back to their glory days!) and the John Wayne Fan Club (both 64 points), closely followed by Stuck in a Drift (62).
Best value was Sam Watson of the Old Gals' Dream Team: 14 points for a single pint.
If you spot any mistakes, let me know.
Cheers, Bill
Promotion/Demotion
In previous seasons we've had a lot more teams in the Kaliber league than in the other leagues, so I've tried to make the promotion so that more teams get promoted than demoted, to even it all out.
But this year the leagues are all quite even in size, so there will be much demotion as well as promotion. I have to also factor in that managers in the Boddington-Smiths and Kaliber leagues drop out more than in the Timothy-Sheep-Daleside league.
So...
The bottom 6 teams (out of 19) in the TSD league will be demoted to the BS league for next year.
The top 5 teams (out of 20) in the BS league will be promoted to the TSD league.
The bottom 5 teams in the BS league will be demoted to the BS league.
The top team (out of 19) in the K league will be promoted all the way to the TSD league, bypassing the BS league.
The next 8 teams (i.e. down to position 9) in the K league will be promoted to the BS league.
As always, the winners of the TSD league and the cup will win free entry into any and all of the Midsummer Madness races next year.
Runners points from Silent Valley (only those scoring more than 1 point)
women
Helen Fines = +21 points (finishing=1, posn pts=20) - total points for year = 21
Jasmin Paris = +20 points (finishing=1, posn pts=19) - total points for year = 20
Charlotte Morgan = +19 points (finishing=1, posn pts=18) - total points for year = 19
Helen Bonsor = +18 points (finishing=1, posn pts=17) - total points for year = 18
Shona Robertson = +21 points (finishing=1, posn pts=16, vet pts=4) - total points for year = 21
Lauren Jeska = +16 points (finishing=1, posn pts=15) - total points for year = 16
Jo Waites = +18 points (finishing=1, posn pts=14, vet pts=3) - total points for year = 18
Judith Jepson = +16 points (finishing=1, posn pts=13, vet pts=2) - total points for year = 16
Helen Berry = +13 points (finishing=1, posn pts=12) - total points for year = 13
Mel Price = +13 points (finishing=1, posn pts=11, vet pts=1) - total points for year = 13
Jill Mykura = +11 points (finishing=1, posn pts=10) - total points for year = 11
Astrid Gibbs = +10 points (finishing=1, posn pts=9) - total points for year = 10
Sarah McCormack = +9 points (finishing=1, posn pts=8) - total points for year = 9
Jean Brown = +8 points (finishing=1, posn pts=7) - total points for year = 8
Sarah May = +7 points (finishing=1, posn pts=6) - total points for year = 7
Anna Bartlett = +6 points (finishing=1, posn pts=5) - total points for year = 6
Lou Roberts = +5 points (finishing=1, posn pts=4) - total points for year = 5
Gemma Ford = +4 points (finishing=1, posn pts=3) - total points for year = 4
Sarah Ridgway = +3 points (finishing=1, posn pts=2) - total points for year = 3
Gill Myers = +2 points (finishing=1, posn pts=1) - total points for year = 2
men
Gavin Bland = +25 points (finishing=1, posn pts=20, vet pts=4) - total points for year = 25
Finlay Wild = +20 points (finishing=1, posn pts=19) - total points for year = 20
Rob Jebb = +19 points (finishing=1, posn pts=18) - total points for year = 19
Karl Gray = +21 points (finishing=1, posn pts=17, vet pts=3) - total points for year = 21
Lloyd Taggart = +19 points (finishing=1, posn pts=16, vet pts=2) - total points for year = 19
Morgan Donnelly = +17 points (finishing=1, posn pts=15, vet pts=1) - total points for year = 17
Jim Davies = +15 points (finishing=1, posn pts=14) - total points for year = 15
Sam Watson = +14 points (finishing=1, posn pts=13) - total points for year = 14
Tom Gibbs = +13 points (finishing=1, posn pts=12) - total points for year = 13
Stephen Cunningham = +12 points (finishing=1, posn pts=11) - total points for year = 12
Tom Addison = +11 points (finishing=1, posn pts=10) - total points for year = 11
Jonny Steede = +10 points (finishing=1, posn pts=9) - total points for year = 10
Tim Ellis = +9 points (finishing=1, posn pts=8) - total points for year = 9
Pete Vale = +8 points (finishing=1, posn pts=7) - total points for year = 8
Ben Abdelnoor = +7 points (finishing=1, posn pts=6) - total points for year = 7
Mark Roberts = +6 points (finishing=1, posn pts=5) - total points for year = 6
Ben Mounsey = +5 points (finishing=1, posn pts=4) - total points for year = 5
James Logue = +4 points (finishing=1, posn pts=3) - total points for year = 4
Stewart Whitlie = +3 points (finishing=1, posn pts=2) - total points for year = 3
Todd Oates = +2 points (finishing=1, posn pts=1) - total points for year = 2
Positions after the first race, Silent Valley
Timothy Sheep Daleside league
1st= FFFF 2013 (Another Team) - 64 points
Jo Waites=18, Tom Addison=11, Gavin Bland=25, Astrid Gibbs=10
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1st= John Wayne Fan Club (Weetabix Power) - 64 points
Tim Ellis=9, Gavin Bland=25, Jasmin Paris=20, Astrid Gibbs=10
3rd Mayzis Mountain Muppets (Bad Magners) - 55 points
Morgan Donnelly=17, Jim Davies=15, Astrid Gibbs=10, Tom Gibbs=13
4th GoGoGadget (Inspector Gadget) - 49 points
Helen Berry=13, Finlay Wild=20, Mark Roberts=6, Astrid Gibbs=10
5th= White Lurchers (Mrs Stagger) - 42 points
Helen Fines=21, Tom Addison=11, Astrid Gibbs=10, Emma Gregory=0
5th= Supersaints Allstars (Supersaint) - 42 points
Jasmin Paris=20, Karl Gray=21, Wendy Dodds=1, Rachel Pilling=0
7th Toms Spike Paris (Noel) - 32 points
Jasmin Paris=20, Tom Addison=11, Tom Brunt=0, Stephen Pyke=1
8th= Summer Wine Whippets (Compo) - 30 points
Jasmin Paris=20, Carl Bell=0, Tom Brunt=0, Astrid Gibbs=10
8th= Team Tup (Derby Tup) - 30 points
Jo Waites=18, Rob Hope=0, Gill Myers=2, Astrid Gibbs=10
8th= Mixed Fortunes (kcr) - 30 points
Carl Bell=0, Jasmin Paris=20, Tom Brunt=0, Astrid Gibbs=10
11th= MTs 2013 All-Stars (Multiterrainer) - 25 points
Judith Jepson=16, Ben Mounsey=5, Gavin Mulholland=0, James Logue=4
11th= Apostles (TheReverand) - 25 points
Ricky Lightfoot=0, Gavin Bland=25, Lizzie Adams=0, Angela Mudge=0
13th Fell Flukers (Fellgazelle) - 22 points
Jasmin Paris=20, Angela Mudge=0, Nicola Davies=1, Paul Cornforth=1
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14th Footloose Four (BillJ) - 21 points
Tim Ellis=9, Ben Mounsey=5, Mark Roberts=6, Annie Conway=1
15th= Tiggers Brown Vests (IanDarkPeak) - 19 points
Lloyd Taggart=19, Stuart Bond=0, Neil Northrop=0, Pippa Wilkie=0
15th= TP-4 (Tallpaul) - 19 points
Rob Jebb=19, Stuart Bond=0, Tom Brunt=0, Pippa Wilkie=0
17th= Haunted House (Green Flash) - 17 points
Judith Jepson=16, Jenny Caddick=0, Stuart Bond=0, Stephen Pyke=1
17th= Superflyers (Superflyguy) - 17 points
Ian Nixon=1, Claire Green=0, Louisa Pickles=0, Judith Jepson=16
19th Dark Peak Special (IanFitz) - 0 points
Rhys Findlay-Robinson=0, Oli Johnson=0, Stuart Bond=0, Heather Marshall=0
Boddington-Smiths league
1st Stuck in a Drift (No map no compass) - 62 points
Ben Abdelnoor=7, Finlay Wild=20, Gavin Bland=25, Astrid Gibbs=10
2nd The Farmer's Wifeys (Wardy) - 57 points
Karl Gray=21, Annie Conway=1, Gavin Bland=25, Astrid Gibbs=10
3rd= Brighty Bunch V4.0 (Mr Brightside) - 50 points
Rob Jebb=19, Karl Gray=21, Emma Gregory=0, Astrid Gibbs=10
3rd= Clags Down (So Wood) - 50 points
Karl Gray=21, Tom Addison=11, Jean Brown=8, Astrid Gibbs=10
5th Also Rans (Also Ran) - 48 points
Jasmin Paris=20, Gill Myers=2, Gavin Bland=25, Wendy Dodds=1
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6th Pigtails Plodders (Pigtails) - 42 points
Rob Jebb=19, Carl Bell=0, Astrid Gibbs=10, Tom Gibbs=13
7th Kendal Mint (Hank) - 37 points
Morgan Donnelly=17, Tim Ellis=9, Astrid Gibbs=10, Ian Nixon=1
8th Neckbolters (Fnstein) - 34 points
Jasmin Paris=20, Tim Ellis=9, Wendy Dodds=1, James Logue=4
9th Conquering Cumbrians (Lost in the Clouds) - 31 points
Rob Jebb=19, Carl Bell=0, Todd Oates=2, Astrid Gibbs=10
10th Calder Valley Totty (Longdogs) - 30 points
Helen Fines=21, Tim Ellis=9, Gayle Sugden=0, Alex Whittem=0
11th Cambledale (Maloni) - 29 points
Morgan Donnelly=17, Shaun Godsman=1, Nicola Davies=1, Astrid Gibbs=10
12th Kinky Foursome (Feet in the Cowclaps) - 26 points
Karl Gray=21, Martin Mikkelsen-Barron=0, Rachel Hill=1, James Logue=4
13th= Fleet Foxes (LFF) - 25 points
Gavin Bland=25, Martin Mikkelsen-Barron=0, Carl Bell=0, Sarah Bailey=0
13th= Cheeky Geekies (Mrs Weetabix Power) - 25 points
Jasmin Paris=20, Carl Bell=0, James Logue=4, Ian Nixon=1
13th= Back Again (Stagger) - 25 points
Helen Berry=13, Annie Conway=1, Ian Nixon=1, Astrid Gibbs=10
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16th No more Moorhouses (TheHell I Will) - 22 points
Karl Gray=21, Carl Bell=0, Tom Brunt=0, Wendy Dodds=1
17th Ullswater Unattached (Tomo80) - 20 points
Jasmin Paris=20, Kim Collison=0, Tom Brunt=0, Kieran Hodgson=0
18th Los Burros (Johnny Foreigner) - 9 points
Jean Brown=8, Rhys Findlay-Robinson=0, Robert Little=1, Martin Mikkelsen-Barron=0
19th= A Perfect Pint (Carling) - 0 points
Rob Hope=0, Carl Bell=0, Tom Brunt=0, Helen Winskill=0
19th= Derby Dynamos (felltrumpet) - 0 points
Carl Bell=0, Katie Walshaw=0, Stuart Bond=0, Tom Adams=0
Kaliber League
1st Will's Wanderers (Will-Moorlands) - 47 points
Jim Davies=15, Karl Gray=21, Shaun Godsman=1, Astrid Gibbs=10
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2nd Tom's Team (Turbo Tom) - 45 points
Ben Mounsey=5, Tim Ellis=9, Karl Gray=21, Astrid Gibbs=10
3rd= 3 Men and a Little Lady (Lardster) - 40 points
Astrid Gibbs=10, Morgan Donnelly=17, Gavin Mulholland=0, Tom Gibbs=13
3rd= LissaJous Figures (LissaJous) - 40 points
Astrid Gibbs=10, Finlay Wild=20, Tim Ellis=9, Annie Conway=1
5th Old Gal's Dream Team (Wharfedale Old Gal) - 37 points
Karl Gray=21, Carl Bell=0, Sam Watson=14, Gill Myers=2
6th Raho's Rascals (johnraho) - 31 points
Karl Gray=21, Carl Bell=0, Tom Brunt=0, Astrid Gibbs=10
7th Woodsys Wonders (Woodzy) - 26 points
Carl Bell=0, Lizzie Adams=0, Gavin Bland=25, Paul Cornforth=1
8th Hanoverharriers (hanoverharrier) - 25 points
Oli Johnson=0, Sally Newman=0, Gavin Bland=25, Tom Brunt=0
9th The Wrong Trod (Buddy) - 23 points
Tom Addison=11, Tim Ellis=9, Wendy Dodds=1, Gill Myers=2
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10th Kunama Kings (Biara) - 22 points
Tom Addison=11, Carl Bell=0, Astrid Gibbs=10, Robert Little=1
11th The Curates (Rev Richard) - 9 points
Carl Bell=0, Kim Collison=0, Wendy Dodds=1, Pete Vale=8
12th Joliver's Army (Bo Peep) - 5 points
Darren Kay=0, Sally Newman=0, Shaun Godsman=1, James Logue=4
13th= Italian's Stallions (Maggie May) - 3 points
Carl Bell=0, Jane Reedy=0, Wendy Dodds=1, Todd Oates=2
13th= Captain Oates and the Toddlers (ToddO) - 3 points
Carl Bell=0, Annie Conway=1, Zanthe Wray=0, Todd Oates=2
15th= Big Mac and Thighs (Jules) - 1 points
Carl Bell=0, Sharon Mcdonald=0, Carol Evans=0, Rachel Hill=1
15th= Kellys Heroes (Tim K) - 1 points
Carl Bell=0, Lindsey Brindle=0, Wendy Dodds=1, Sam Tosh=0
17th= Dominion's Demon Descenders (Dominion) - 0 points
Emma Clayton=0, Martin Mikkelsen-Barron=0, Tom Brunt=0, Tim Werrett=0
17th= Tikkas Trotters (lewisa) - 0 points
Rhys Findlay-Robinson=0, Jenny Caddick=0, Oli Johnson=0, Clare Oliffe=0
17th= Tombsys Trudgers (Tombsy) - 0 points
Carl Bell=0, Kim Collison=0, Kieran Hodgson=0, Lucy Harris=0
First subs of the season
Back Again (Stagger) -
Annie Conway Out Karl Gray in , Ian Nixon out Tom Gibbs in
Emma out Tom Gibbs in please Bill, so Stagger says.
Having seen the start list for Fairfield I'll make my first substitution now by swapping the Gavins around again, so Bland in and Mulholland out please Bill.
Not a bad start this year. Still, plenty of time to spoil it with my trademark risky double sub.![]()