PAGE & INDEX
BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND ONE
JANUARY 29th & 30TH 2011
It was always going to be a bit of a gamble weather wise to hold the first round in the North East in January, but the weather was quite kind and all racers appeared to have had a good journey to the event, even our two Friends from Portugal Jorge and Pedro. When the raceway was built we sized the pit area for 40 racers, so 37 was nigh on capacity in terms of pit space, but everyone cosied up for a great weekends racing.
For many racers, this was the first time at R81 and coming to terms with the challenges of a very “full on” track proved challenging in the early stages, however, plenty of set up advise was on hand from the “old lags” and most drivers improved markedly as the weekend progressed.
As usual at R81, hot food and refreshments were available throughout the Saturday and Sunday sessions and having been rather taken by surprise by the number of early arrivals on Friday afternoon “emergency “ bacon sandwiches etc. were produced to meet the needs of hungry racers!
With the record turnout, it was soon obvious that the program would be under some stress to fit in all the racing and get racers away at a reasonable time on the Sunday, but with some great co-
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1/24 Production |
qualifying |
Laps |
total |
Pos |
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Graeme Stephenson |
14.49 |
325.48 |
325.48 |
1 |
concours |
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Brian Saunders |
12.12 |
310.5 |
310.5 |
2 |
Paul harwood |
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James Cleave |
13.15 |
309.32 |
309.32 |
3 |
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Lee Parsons |
13.7 |
309.05 |
309.05 |
4 |
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Franz Barilaro |
12.91 |
308.1 |
308.1 |
5 |
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Paul Harwood |
12.84 |
306.96 |
306.96 |
6 |
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Paul Shepherd |
12.17 |
299.64 |
299.64 |
7 |
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Andy Brown |
12.62 |
294.25 |
294.25 |
8 |
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X |
Les Bailey |
12.72 |
292.62 |
292.62 |
9 |
X = under G12 Sub class |
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Neil Grogan |
12.22 |
291.7 |
291.7 |
10 |
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Chris Cowan |
12.17 |
288.58 |
288.58 |
11 |
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Mike Read |
11.68 |
288.49 |
288.49 |
12 |
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Mike Harrison |
10.14 |
286.95 |
286.95 |
13 |
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Trevour Crout |
11.72 |
282.81 |
282.81 |
14 |
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Ian Barker |
10.21 |
282.46 |
282.46 |
15 |
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|
X |
Dave Lees |
11.14 |
278.82 |
278.82 |
16 |
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Pat Skene |
11.86 |
277.97 |
277.97 |
17 |
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Steve Sargent |
11.18 |
277.19 |
277.19 |
18 |
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Jorge Cruz |
12.21 |
277.09 |
277.09 |
19 |
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Steve Siddall |
7.99 |
276.1 |
276.1 |
20 |
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Peter Bowman |
11.87 |
276 |
276 |
21 |
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Ross Grogan |
12.18 |
275.86 |
275.86 |
22 |
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Pedro Mizzarella |
12.64 |
271.69 |
271.69 |
23 |
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|
X |
Dave Bradburn |
11.78 |
271.19 |
271.19 |
24 |
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Keith Gibson |
6.99 |
266.15 |
266.15 |
25 |
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Wayne Hawkins |
11.23 |
260.74 |
260.74 |
26 |
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Pete Clarkson |
9.9 |
254.15 |
254.15 |
27 |
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Louis Forbs |
10.15 |
251.54 |
251.54 |
28 |
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Richard Wallace |
11.07 |
231.71 |
231.71 |
29 |
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Andy Hogg |
9.1 |
230.39 |
230.39 |
30 |
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Chas Keeling |
9.8 |
225.5 |
225.5 |
31 |
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David Sargent |
7.89 |
209.8 |
209.8 |
32 |
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Martin Ellis |
12.72 |
178 |
178 |
33 |
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Steve Smith |
9.22 |
171.99 |
171.99 |
34 |
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Barry James |
11.92 |
129 |
129 |
35 |
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Rod Morrison |
10.15 |
11 |
11 |
36 |
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Name |
Qual |
1 |
Total |
Pos |
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James Cleave |
3.49 |
284.71 |
284.71 |
1 |
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Graeme Stephenson |
3.631 |
274.62 |
274.62 |
2 |
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Mike Read |
3.731 |
266.69 |
266.69 |
3 |
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Brian Saunders |
3.577 |
265.28 |
265.28 |
4 |
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Ross Grogan |
3.733 |
260.74 |
260.74 |
5 |
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Ian Barker |
3.692 |
260.15 |
260.15 |
6 |
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Paul Shepherd |
3.847 |
259.81 |
259.81 |
7 |
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Dave Lees |
3.851 |
258.23 |
258.23 |
8 |
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George Kimber |
3.805 |
257.97 |
257.97 |
9 |
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Dave Bradburn |
3.923 |
255.45 |
255.45 |
10 |
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Trevour Crout |
3.821 |
255.13 |
255.13 |
11 |
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Andy Brown |
3.874 |
253.93 |
253.93 |
12 |
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Lee Parsons |
3.696 |
251.55 |
251.55 |
13 |
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Mike Harrison |
4.148 |
248.39 |
248.39 |
14 |
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Steve Sargent |
3.815 |
244.45 |
244.45 |
15 |
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Chris Cowan |
4.061 |
243.02 |
243.02 |
16 |
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Franz Barilaro |
4.091 |
241.94 |
241.94 |
17 |
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Pedro Mizzarella |
3.942 |
241.91 |
241.91 |
18 |
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Les Bailey |
3.908 |
240.8 |
240.8 |
19 |
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Pat Skene |
3.849 |
240.79 |
240.79 |
20 |
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Paul Harwood |
4.092 |
239.92 |
239.92 |
21 |
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Peter Bowman |
3.99 |
238.43 |
238.43 |
22 |
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Steve Siddall |
4.013 |
237.25 |
237.25 |
23 |
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Keith Gibson |
4.172 |
236.49 |
236.49 |
24 |
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David Sargent |
3.948 |
225.09 |
225.09 |
25 |
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Neil Grogan |
3.945 |
223.12 |
223.12 |
26 |
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Louis Forbs |
4.399 |
222.8 |
222.8 |
27 |
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Pete Clarkson |
4.501 |
221.18 |
221.18 |
28 |
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Jorge Cruz |
4.027 |
220.11 |
220.11 |
29 |
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Wayne Hawkins |
4.308 |
204.72 |
204.72 |
30 |
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Rod Morrison |
4.749 |
196.89 |
196.89 |
31 |
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Andy Hogg |
4.161 |
191.72 |
191.72 |
32 |
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Richard Wallace |
4.562 |
184.86 |
184.86 |
33 |
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Chas Keeling |
4.472 |
175.66 |
175.66 |
34 |
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Martin Ellis |
3.781 |
122.87 |
122.87 |
35 |
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Barry James |
4.436 |
98 |
98 |
36 |
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Steve Smith |
4.845 |
0 |
0 |
37 |
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Eurosport |
Qualifing |
Laps |
Total |
Pos |
|
Brian Saunders |
3.114 |
307.9 |
307.9 |
1 |
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Mike Read |
3.201 |
301.72 |
301.72 |
2 |
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Graeme Stephenson |
3.393 |
283.89 |
283.89 |
3 |
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Ian Barker |
3.296 |
281.54 |
281.54 |
4 |
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Ross Grogan |
3.372 |
278.94 |
278.94 |
5 |
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Franz Barilaro |
3.522 |
277.14 |
277.14 |
6 |
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Lee Parsons |
3.261 |
276.9 |
276.9 |
7 |
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Keith Gibson |
3.393 |
276.34 |
276.34 |
8 |
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Steve Sargent |
3.468 |
260.88 |
260.88 |
9 |
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Andy Brown |
3.828 |
260.62 |
260.62 |
10 |
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Dave Bradburn |
3.688 |
258.81 |
258.81 |
11 |
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Dave Lees |
3.564 |
257.25 |
257.25 |
12 |
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Wayne Hawkins |
3.456 |
256.73 |
256.73 |
13 |
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Pete Clarkson |
3.49 |
247.6 |
247.6 |
14 |
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Rod Morrison |
3.652 |
245.62 |
245.62 |
15 |
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Peter Bowman |
3.505 |
242.33 |
242.33 |
16 |
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Jorge Cruz |
3.765 |
240.9 |
240.9 |
17 |
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David Sargent |
3.566 |
240.56 |
240.56 |
18 |
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James Cleave |
3.156 |
233.13 |
233.13 |
19 |
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Barry James |
4.006 |
229.05 |
229.05 |
20 |
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Richard Wallace |
3.598 |
221.65 |
221.65 |
21 |
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Louis Forbs |
4.153 |
211.11 |
211.11 |
22 |
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Steve Siddall |
3.647 |
202 |
202 |
23 |
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Pedro Mizzarella |
3.679 |
180.25 |
180.25 |
24 |
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Andy Hogg |
4.327 |
173.99 |
173.99 |
25 |
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Neil Grogan |
3.449 |
148.74 |
148.74 |
26 |
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Pat Skene |
3.314 |
146 |
146 |
27 |
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Paul Shepherd |
3.285 |
95 |
95 |
28 |
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Trevour Crout |
3.331 |
80 |
80 |
29 |
Graeme Stephenson TQ’d on 14.49 laps and went on to win the A final from Brian Saunders by 16 laps.
Top “Under G12” subclass winner was Les Bailey running a JK X25 with a standard JK Hawk Motor, coming a very credible 9th overall and also outqualifying many of the G12’s .
Concourse in Production was won by Paul Harwood.
James went on to take a convincing win by 10 laps from Graeme Stephenson, with the ever competitive Mike Read in 3rd place some 8 laps behind Graeme.
Racing , especially in the top heats was very close further down with Brian hot on the heals of Mike and, Ross, Ian and Shep within a lap and home C grade driver Dave Lees within a lap of Shep.
Concourse in Open G12 was won by Les Bailey.
With a 5 man A final, Graeme Stephenson was sentenced to try and make a strong run from the B final and ended coming a convincing 3 rd overall.
Concours in Eurosport was won by Mike Read
Revised 01.02.2011
Thanks also go the the guys at Racway 81 who helped make the weekend happen, from those who manned the main gate for access on Sunday, to race controllers and Mark and family for the catering, also Debbie Bradburn for the supply of the now legendary Chocolate cake.
Main prizes celebrated the Great Heritage of the North East with Custom labelled bottles of “Newcastle Brown Ale” and all other racers receiving a Raceway 81 Calculator.
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Total race laps
24440.05
Actual distance
652.66 miles
Calculated practice
Miles for 3 days
((track full 7 hours)
801.5 miles
Total Mileage 1454.16
Average distance per Lane 242.36 miles
Average laps per lane
9075 laps
That’s some rubber!
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Victor Ludorum |
Prod |
OG12 |
ES |
total |
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Graeme Stephenson |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
grades |
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Brian Saunders |
2 |
4 |
1 |
7 |
Premier |
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Mike Read |
12 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
Grade B |
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James Cleave |
3 |
1 |
19 |
23 |
Grade C |
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Lee Parsons |
4 |
13 |
7 |
24 |
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Ian Barker |
15 |
6 |
4 |
25 |
Did not race |
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Franz Barilaro |
5 |
17 |
6 |
28 |
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Andy Brown |
8 |
12 |
10 |
30 |
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Ross Grogan |
22 |
5 |
5 |
32 |
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Dave Lees |
16 |
8 |
12 |
36 |
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Paul Shepherd |
7 |
7 |
28 |
42 |
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Steve Sargent |
18 |
15 |
9 |
42 |
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Dave Bradburn |
24 |
10 |
11 |
45 |
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Trevour Crout |
14 |
11 |
29 |
54 |
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Paul Harwood |
6 |
21 |
30 |
57 |
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Chris Cowan |
11 |
16 |
30 |
57 |
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Mike Harrison |
13 |
14 |
30 |
57 |
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Keith Gibson |
25 |
24 |
8 |
57 |
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Les Bailey |
9 |
19 |
30 |
58 |
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Peter Bowman |
21 |
22 |
16 |
59 |
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Neil Grogan |
10 |
26 |
26 |
62 |
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Pat Skene |
17 |
20 |
27 |
64 |
|
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Pedro Mizzarella |
23 |
18 |
24 |
65 |
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Jorge Cruz |
19 |
29 |
17 |
65 |
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Steve Siddall |
20 |
23 |
23 |
66 |
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Pete Clarkson |
27 |
28 |
14 |
69 |
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Wayne Hawkins |
26 |
30 |
13 |
69 |
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David Sargent |
32 |
25 |
18 |
75 |
|
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Louis Forbes |
28 |
27 |
22 |
77 |
|
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Rod Morrison |
36 |
31 |
15 |
82 |
|
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Richard Wallace |
29 |
33 |
21 |
83 |
|
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Andy Hogg |
30 |
32 |
25 |
87 |
|
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Barry James |
35 |
36 |
20 |
91 |
|
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Chas Keeling |
31 |
34 |
30 |
95 |
|
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Martin Ellis |
33 |
35 |
30 |
98 |
|
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Steve Smith |
34 |
37 |
30 |
101 |
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