Random 15 Championship 2024/25: Round 1

[Lunaticonthegrass]

Tangy - any chance that we could have the results sometime soon?

[tangy]

Sorry for the severe delays but here follows the results of round 1 of the 2024/25 Random 15 Championship held on Saturday 21st September 2024.

Round 1 is traditionally the Champion's Twist round, so as champion last season I chose the twist of LU and LO in zones 1-3, expanding our reach into seldom visited areas that lie in zone 3.

The stations to be visited were:
--Paddington (Bishop's Road) - meet up/start
--Upper Holloway
--Colliers Wood
--Bond Street
--Upton Park
--Belsize Park
--Blackhorse Road
--West Hampstead (LU)
--Blackfriars (LU)
--Canonbury
--Whitechapel
--Stamford Hill
--Angel
--New Cross
--Finchley Road & Frognal

We had 16 challengers split into 12 teams.
All teams finished at Colliers Wood unless otherwise stated.

12th: Andy JS - 05:14:05 at Kilburn.
11th: Vincent Karthaus - 05:09:35 at Upton Park.
10th: Ian McIntyre - 04:36:05.
9th: Richard Standing - 04:26:58 at Upton Park.
8th: Edward, Tom, Josh and Pascal - 04:11:07.
7th: Tangy - 04:08:04.
=4th: James Wright - 03:58:37.
=4th: Kevin Brown and Andrew Baker - 03:58:37.
=4th: Glen Bryant - 03:58:37.
3rd: Peter Smyth - 03:47:03.
2nd: James Ramsbottom - 03:44:09.
1st: Andrew Chilcraft - 03:35:39.

The leaderboard after round 1 looks like this:

1st: Andrew Chilcraft (12 points) [1 round]
2nd: James Ramsbottom (10) [1]
3rd: Peter Smyth (8) [1]
=4th: Glen Bryant (7) [1]
=4th: Kevin Brown (7) [1]
=4th: Andrew Baker (7) [1]
=4th: James Wright (7) [1]
8th: Tangy (4) [1]
=9th: Edward Hill (3) [1]
=9th: Tom Hardy (3) [1]
=9th: Josh Valdez (3) [1]
=9th: Pascal (3) [1]
13th: Richard Standing (2) [1]
14th: Ian McIntyre (1) [1]
=15th: Vincent Karthaus (0) [1]
=15th: Andy JS (0) [1]

Round 2 is scheduled for 30th November 2024. It will be a normal round.

Tangy.
the BERC.