Championship and Top Ten Challenge Standings after Round Two and Three

Rounds two and three of the Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Hill Climb Championship and The Cavendish Ships Stores Top Ten Challenge ran at the 50th Anniversary Meetings on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th June.

Round two and three produced some interesting results.

The Cavendish Ships Stores Top Ten Challenge

The Cavendish Ships Stores Top Ten Challenge saw a change in fortunes for many of the cars and drivers in the challenge.

The mechanical issues the Jonathan Gates / Peter Sexton Force LM had at the May meeting couldn’t be fixed in time for round two and three. The SR8 of Chris Cannell and Sue Hayes was running on seven cylinders in June. Peter D Smith and the Empire he shares with Richard Gaylard suffered too.

Chris Cannell now leads on 23 points with James Moore second. Andy McBeath jumps into third. Mike Rudge and Martin Watson are fourth and fifth, respectively.

These issues have changed the complexion of the challenge standings. With two more rounds to go and drop scores to take into account, these seasons challenge looks the most open for a while.

The full table reads:

After Round Three

Points

Chris Cannell

23

James Moore

21

Andy McBeath

20

Mike Rudge

19

Martin Watson

13

Anthony Orchard

12

Jonathan Gates

10

Keith Diggle

10

Peter D Smith

9

Peter Sexton

8

Richard Gaylard

7

Calum Kemp

3

Murry Wakeham

3

Ian Tucker

3

Sue Hayes

2

Ritchie Gatt

2

Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Hill Climb Championship

The Meadens Skoda Gurston Down Hill Climb Championship is still lead by Mark Crookall from the Gurston Down Mazda MX5 class. He broke his existing class record on Saturday and Sunday at the June meetings! He is now has 67.50 points.

The next three have 64.50 points, Stephen Moore, the 2015 and 2016 champion, Neil Turner and Chris Cannell. The next two are Simon Purcell, the 2014 champion on 64.23 points and James Moore on 64.20 points.

After Round Three

Points

Mark Crookall

67.50

Stephen Moore

64.50

Neil Turner

64.50

Chris Cannell

64.50

Simon Purcell

64.23

James Moore

64.20

With the scores like they are the July meeting may well be the decider.

Mark is in a very secure position at the moment. But there are two more rounds to go. And with the quality of the competition and taking drop scores into account, only time will tell.

Perhaps the July meeting will be the decider?

The championship class report and tables will be available online shortly.

We would like to thank all of our sponsors for their support in our 50th Anniversary year!

Anthony Record – Press Officer – BARC SW, Gurston Down Speed Hill Climb