Last Updated on 08/08/2006 - after the last race
Congratulations to LOK and SLOW who share the Frolics trophy this year
Race 5 - SLOW - Wimbledon Common - another closely fought race with only seconds deciding the overall result! Full results for the Wimbledon event here
Club Results for Wimbledon Common Frolic event
Score Pts SLOW 553 20 MV 515 19 LOK 512 18 HH 448 17 HAVOC 426 16 DFOK 413 15 SAX 310 14 CROC 219 13 TVOC 98 12 CHIG 72 11
With LOK narrowly missing out on the 2nd place at Wimbledon which would have guaranteed them an overall series victory, the final result of the series is a tie for first place between LOK and SLOW. Frolics Co-ordinator for 2006 Greg Birdseye commented:
"As far as I remember we've never needed a tie breaker before. I suppose SLOW could argue that they haven't been beaten so they should retain the trophy (cf the Ashes?). But the best way to split SLOW and LOK on a tie break would
surely be to look at the result over all five events which would make LOK the
winners (Well, we would suggest that wouldn't we).
But the logic for best 4/5 was to allow some leeway for clubs not wanting to travel to the other side of London. As it turns out the top four or five clubs (one of which is always likely to be the overall winner) all managed a good turnout at all five events anyway."
Overall 2006 FROLICS series Results
TPts Rank LOK 75 =1 SLOW 75 =1 MV 74 3 HH 71 4 HAVOC 69 5 DFOK 65 6 SAX 58 7 CROC 54 8 TVOC 40 9 CHIG 34 10
Race 4 - MV - Horton Country Park - Continuing the pattern of home victories, MV took maximum points for the trophy, although by only a relatively small margin. SLOW ran them close, and with their home advantage coming up at the final event at Wimbledon Common the overall result is very much still in the balance.
In terms of individual scores, both MV and SLOW had three runners in the top ten on handicap, but MV’s strength in depth (and an excellent turnout of 18 runners in total) was enough to clinch victory on the day.
For the overall competition this year the rules have been slightly changed. Since there are five events in the series, aggregate points for each club are taken as the best three results from the first four events, plus the final one which must count in all cases. The idea was that each club can discard their worst event (often the result of a low turnout for an event that might be on the other side of London).
Frolics results (individual) for Horton Country
Park.
|
Position |
Club |
Score
(top 6 runners on handicap) |
Points |
|
1 |
MV |
540 |
20 |
|
2 |
SLOW |
519 |
19 |
|
3 |
SAX |
491 |
18 |
|
4 |
HAVOC |
452 |
17 |
|
5 |
LOK |
382 |
16 |
|
6 |
CROC |
349 |
15 |
|
7 |
HH |
301 |
14 |
|
8 |
DFOK |
246 |
13 |
|
9 |
TVOC |
0 |
0 |
|
10 |
CHIG |
0 |
0 |
LOK are currently still in first place on best three out of four (and as it happens the new rule has had a relatively small effect on placings). With only four points separating the top five clubs it’s still all to play for.
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Event
points |
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Position
|
Club |
Whippendell |
Foots
Cray |
Trent
Park |
Horton
CP |
Total
after 4 events |
Best
3 out of four |
Change
in position since last week |
|
1 |
LOK |
18 |
19 |
20 |
16 |
73 |
57 |
- |
|
2= |
MV |
16 |
18 |
17 |
20 |
71 |
55 |
▲
2 |
|
2= |
SLOW |
17 |
15 |
19 |
19 |
70 |
55 |
▲
2 |
|
4 |
HH |
20 |
16 |
18 |
14 |
68 |
54 |
▼
2 |
|
5 |
HAVOC |
19 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
69 |
53 |
▼
2 |
|
6 |
DFOK |
15 |
20 |
15 |
13 |
63 |
50 |
- |
|
7 |
SAX |
13 |
13 |
13 |
18 |
57 |
44 |
- |
|
8 |
CROC |
12 |
14 |
11 |
15 |
52 |
41 |
- |
|
9 |
TVOC |
14 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
28 |
28 |
- |
|
10 |
CHIG |
11 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
23 |
23 |
- |
Race 3 - LOK - Trent Park - The hottest day of the series so far saw a good turnout at Trent Park. A mix of fast open grassland and more technical areas in the north end of the map saw some close competition for places.
Continuing the story of tight results in the series, only a single point separated LOK and SLOW in the top two positions. These two clubs dominated on the day, each having four runners out of the top ten on handicap. Full
results for Trent Park
|
Position |
Club |
Score
(top 6 runners on handicap) |
Points |
|
1 |
LOK |
551 |
20 |
|
2 |
SLOW |
550 |
19 |
|
3 |
HH |
531 |
18 |
|
4 |
MV |
381 |
17 |
|
5 |
HAVOC |
335 |
16 |
|
6 |
DFOK |
276 |
15 |
|
7 |
TVOC |
224 |
14 |
|
8 |
SAX |
203 |
13 |
|
9 |
CHIG |
200 |
12 |
|
10 |
CROC |
146 |
11 |
Overall after three rounds, LOK have now consolidated their first place, although HH in second are still just ahead on cumulative individual scores. HAVOC have slipped back a little but MV and SLOW are now beginning to move up and both still have their ‘home’ events to come.
|
Position
after three events |
Club |
Cumulative
individual scores |
Cumulative
points |
Change
in position since last week |
|
1 |
LOK |
1509 |
57 |
- |
|
2 |
HH |
1523 |
54 |
- |
|
3 |
HAVOC |
1265 |
52 |
▼
1 |
|
4= |
MV |
1251 |
51 |
▲
1 |
|
4= |
SLOW |
1317 |
51 |
▲
2 |
|
6 |
DFOK |
973 |
50 |
▼
2 |
|
7 |
SAX |
505 |
39 |
- |
|
8 |
CROC |
531 |
37 |
▼
1 |
|
9 |
TVOC |
375 |
28 |
- |
|
10 |
CHIG |
278 |
23 |
- |
Race 2 - DFOK - Foots Cray - A largely open area last week saw some very fast times: the top five finishers before handicap were all inside 6 mins per km. Some people who had entered for the optional sprint extension then decided not to have a second go, having already just finished a sprint in the Frolic.
DFOK dominated the results on their home turf, with first and second place and 2 more in the first 10 on handicap. In second and third places on points, LOK and MV were almost inseparable - the positions determined by just a few seconds either way (very similar to round 1 when it was HAVOC and LOK that were neck-and-neck).
Full Results for DFOK Foots Cray
race
|
Position |
Club |
Score
(top 6 runners on handicap) |
Points |
|
1 |
DFOK |
538 |
20 |
|
2 |
LOK |
485 |
19 |
|
3 |
MV |
483 |
18 |
|
4 |
HAVOC |
456 |
17 |
|
5 |
HH |
421 |
16 |
|
6 |
SLOW |
326 |
15 |
|
7 |
CROC |
298 |
14 |
|
8 |
SAX |
152 |
13 |
|
9 |
TVOC |
- |
0 |
|
10 |
CHIG |
- |
0 |
Overall after two rounds, LOK have just edged into the lead (although interestingly HH in third place are well ahead on cumulative scores – a product of good turnout at Foots Cray even though it is almost exactly the other side of London for them – the sprint round the M25 was worth it obviously).
|
Position after two events |
Club |
Cumulative individual scores |
Cumulative points |
Change in position since last week |
|
1 |
LOK |
958 |
37 |
▲
2 |
|
2 |
HAVOC |
930 |
36 |
- |
|
3 |
HH |
992 |
36 |
▼ 1 |
|
4 |
DFOK |
697 |
35 |
▲
2 |
|
5 |
MV |
870 |
34 |
- |
|
6 |
SLOW |
767 |
32 |
▼
2 |
|
7 |
CROC |
385 |
26 |
▲
2 |
|
8 |
SAX |
302 |
26 |
▲ 1 |
|
9 |
TVOC |
151 |
14 |
▼
2 |
|
10 |
CHIG |
78 |
11 |
- |
Race 1 - HH - Whippendell Woods - a blisteringly hot day on the outskirts of Watford, but thankfully cooler in the woods.
Full race results for the Whippendell race here.
The score for this event and the cumulative team position after race 1 is:
Club Score Event
Pts
HH 571 20
HAVOC 474 19
LOK 473 18
SLOW 441 17
MV 387 16
DFOK 159 15
TVOC 151 14
SAX 150 13
CROC 87 12
CHIG 78 11
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