Postal Championship 1996/1997 - Overall Positions

Postal Championship 1996/1997
Overall Positions

The report and final placings in the 1996/1997 Championship.

Time for me to write another round-up with the publication of the CULTIVATOR's results.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate all those competitors that won awards on the various rounds during the campaign and especially the individual outright winners. It was very encouraging to see that three of the four did so for the first time - David Goode, Mike Gardner and Don Clarke. Martin Rea, who is so used to winning events and this championship over the years completed the quartet.

All of which leads me to announce that Colin Hensman has pulled off the main prize and become our 1996/97 Champion. Three years have elapsed since Colin first won this accolade and his consistency has placed him in the top ten every year since 1990.

William Lynch takes the Championship runner-up slot consolidating his first top ten placing last year and Glynn Hayward marks his best ever season with third place. Martin Rea's fourth position maintains his very impressive record of always finishing in the top five since the conception of the Championship. First time "top-tenners" are Peter Robertson (5th), Mitch Fielding (6th), Stuart Lawrie (7th) and David Goode (10th). Ralph Sanders equalled his previous best with eighth and "Crow" in ninth place dropped a little from last year's fourth.

The Loyalty Awards go to Mike Gardner, Maurice Pinner and John Evans. Mike collecting a freee entry on each of the 1997/98 rounds with Maurice and John each obtaining one 1997/98 free entry of their choice.

Whilst the overall entry levels for this campaign dropped from 384 to 350, the number of competitors actually figuring in the final Championship table increased by 1! Let's hope we all hear from you next time around - may the plot be with you.

Geoff White

Pos 1997	Pos (1996)	Name	Pathfinder	Nelly	Langer Park	Cultivator	Total
1	(3)	Colin Hensman	7	2	5	(25)	14
2	(10)	William Lynch	(6)	4	5	6	15
3	(14)	Glynn Hayward	2	11	3	(24)	16
4	(5)	Martin Rea	(25)	1	4	12	17
5	(17)	Peter Robertson	(24)	7	2	11	20
6	(-)	Mitch Fielding	9	-	10	2	21
7	(21)	Stuart Lawrie	8	9	(46)	4	21
8	(19)	Ralph Sanders	13	(27)	7	5	25
9	(4)	"Crow"	4	14	9	(23)	27
10	(-)	David Goode	1	19	13	(21)	33
11	(15)	Tony Preston	21	8	(52)	4	33
12	(1)	Malcolm Price	16	3	15	-	34
13	(7)	Dave Bell	(19)	18	8	10	36
14	(12)	Don Clarke	(20)	20	19	1	40
15	(6)	Ted Manktelow	23	5	(28)	18	46
16	(16)	Alan Crabtree	(22)	22	22	8	52
17	(9)	Mike Gardner*	33	(49)	1	19	53
18	(33)	Howard Simpson	12	(24)	24	17	53
19	(-)	Alfred Winter	27	13	(41)	14	54
20	(8)	Gillian Goodlass	(34)	10	29	22	61
21	(-)	Brian Vallis	14	15	(33)	33	62
22	(27)	Maurice Pinner*	15	41	-	7	63
23	(23)	Ewan Hopes	11	(50)	18	42	71
24	(-)	Peter James	-	33	11	29	73
25	(13)	Tony Widdowson	10	-	36	28	74
26	(18)	Donald Bradbury	-	28	35	16	79
27	(28)	John Evans*	17	(37)	27	36	80
28	(-)	Andrew Crocombe	28	-	45	9	82
29	(22)	Peter Lear*	39	32	(43)	15	86
30	(-)	Peter George	43	21	(53)	26	90
31	(-)	Peter Evans	(40)	30	31	32	93
32	(20)	Godfrey Nunn	32	-	37	30	99
33	(30)	Doug Kingsley*	29	34	(56)	41	104
34	(32)	Stephen Rowell	30	12	64	-	106
35	(29)	Ian Begley*	26	43	(51)	37	106
36	(38)	Dave Keetley*	38	46	(55)	39	113
37	(-)	John Watson	45	16	54	-	115
38	(-)	Helen Dove	46	35	(62)	35	116
39	(35)	Ian James	-	46	44	38	128
40	(-)	Adrian Laming	48	58	(67)	34	140
41	(-)	Evalyn Stott	-	40	58	43	141
42	(40)	Phillip Copping*	51	51	(70)	49	151
43	(39)	Carol Moulton*	44	57	(73)	51	152
44	(-)	Dennis Porritt	54	60	(68)	50	164
45	(41)	Ernest Turnbull*	49	62	(71)	55	166
46	(-)	Steve Minns	47	59	65	-	171

Ties were resolved in favour of the contender with the number of lowest scores, then next lowest and so on (including any that are ignored in the final analysis) in accordance with the Championship Regulations.

* Denotes Loyalty Award Contenders.

(Bracketed numbers are worst scores dropped)