2006 RESULTS AND REPORT
(By Allan Shillito)

The MPBA National Fast Electric Model Boat Racing Championships were again run over two days, providing time for renewing friendships and acquaintances, idle and not so idle chit chat and of course some racing. It was also really good to see a number of the racers partners, apprentices, and of course the audience. Two of the Audience were there all weekend - good on you... and keep taking the pills ;) . The conditions were changeable from blazing sun and calm (ish) water to bucketing rain (which went with the calm water). Despite these conditions the racers were buoyed by the once again excellent food supplies from the Bridlington Crew. The new pit shelter was a godsend and helped immensely when the conditions deteriorated. Despite the weather racing was on time with only 3 late starts through the whole weekend and it was a definite joy to not have to constantly chase racers up. Saturday night and the lake grounds became the venue for the AGM. I expect our new Secretary (Simon Mitchell) will distribute the minutes, recording many things but not least the rule and class changes for next year, shortly.

Before leaving I have to mention the Bridlington Crew who again did a superb job, mowing the attached campsite, getting the lake and docs ready, providing counters, judges and calculators and last but not least a constant stream of hot and cold drinks and well cooked staple food. Both my, and all the racers and MPBA committee’s heartfelt thanks to you all.

To sum up, two hard fought but enjoyable days racing that gave the results listed below.

ECO STANDARD

Name

Score (Best 3 scores)

Position

 

 

Tom Watson

127.31

1

 

 

Steve Raynor

123.17

2

 

 

Nick Rees

116.45

3

 

 

Andy Hassan

115.12

4

 

 

Geerts Kayaerts

114.38

5

visitor

 

Willem-Jan Kayaerts

109.45

6

visitor

 

Vaughan Miller

104.48

7

 

 

Ruben Rees

103.21

8

 

 

Luc De Weerd

94.2

9

visitor

 

David Parker

40.01

10

 

 

ECO EXPERT

Name

Score (Best 3 scores)

Position

 

Tom Watson

104

1

 

Andy Hassan

100.29

2

 

Nick Rees

97.1

3

 

Stephe Hart

97.2

4

 

Roger Cumbers

93.36

5

 

David Parker

86.19

6

 

Bob Yates

86.32

7

 

Steve Raynor

83.48

8

 

Ruben Rees

59.23

9

 

ECO 400

Name

Score(Best 2 scores)

Position

 

David Church

36.11

1

 

Roger Cumbers

35.24

2

 

Bob Yates

33.26

3

 

Steve Raynor

33.38

4

 

David Pearson

32.24

5

 

Jordan Dodge

31.28

6

 

Simon Mitchell

28.25

7

 

Joe Read

25.33

8

 

Paul Dodge

23.31

9

 

Nigel Murgatroyd

13

10

 

Walter Geens

8

11

visitor

Mono 1

Name

Score (Best 2 scores)

Position

 

 

Peter Barrow

41.14

1

 

 

Bill Addison

40.65

3 (2)

 

 

Willum-Jan Kayaerts

40.24

2

Visitor

 

Geert Kayaerts

39.27

4

Visitor

 

Tom Feyen

39.34

5

Visitor

 

Luc de Weerd

38.13

6

Visitor

 

Jordan Dodge

38.26

7 (3)

 

 

Joe Read

38.29

8

 

 

David Pearson

37.38

9

 

 

David parker

35.31

10

 

 

Paul Dodge

34.57

11

 

 

Trevor Goodinson 32.22

12

 

 

 

Franco Scotto

26.15

13

 

 

Paul Wray

17.34

14

 

 

Philips Blears

12.6

15

 

 

Ian Williams

3

16

 

 

Stig Koopmans

 

 

Visitor

 

MONO 2 (R)

Name

Score (Best 2 scores)

Position

 

Simon Mitchell

35.26

1

 

Joe Read

33.34

2

 

Bob Yates

32.23

3

 

Trevor Goodinson

32.27

4

 

MONO 3

Name

Score (Best 2 scores)

Position

 

Paul Heaton

41.38

1

 

Simon Mitchell

41042

2

 

Tom Feyen

37.3

3

visitor

Paul Wray

26.31

5

 

Peter Barrow

24.09

6

 

Guy Verachtert

16.24

7

 

Joe Read

33.38

4 (3)

 

MONO 2 (OPEN)

Name

Score (Best 2 scores)

Position

 

 

Paul Heaton

45.18

1

 

 

Bill Addison

39.29

2

 

 

Luc De Weerd

39.09

2

visitor

 

Philips Blears

38.11

4

 

 

Paul Wray

38.15

5

 

 

Simon Mitchell

38.58

6

 

 

Franco Scotto

35.13

7

 

 

Stig Koopmans

34.26

8

visitor

 

Ian Barber

25.27

9

 

 

Joe Read

 

 

 

 

HYDRO 1

Name

Score (Best 2 scores)

Position

 

 

Chris Osman

29.18

1

visitor

 

Paul Heaton

24.08

2 (1)

 

 

David Pearson

20.19

3 (2)

 

 

Walter Geens

10

4

visitor

 

Peter Barrow

10.34

5 (3)

 

 

Luc Bovendeerd

9

6

visitor

 

Nigel Murgatroyd

7.05

7

 

 

Bob Yates

2DNF

8

 

 

HYDRO 2

Name

Score (Best 2 scores)

Position

 

 

Bob Yates

29.13

1

 

 

Ian Williams

26.03

2

 

 

Vaughan Miller

6

3

 

 

Walter Geens

5

4

visitor

 

Formula 1

Name

Score

 

 

(Best 2 scores)

Position

 

 

Roger Cumbers

28.26

1

 

Ian Barber

27.2

2

 

Keith Hickman

25.45

3

 

Bill Hickman

24.31

4

 

Chris Osman

22.27

5

visitor

F1e – 1Kg

Name

Best time

Position

David Church

37.61

1

Vaughan Miller

No Time

 

Stephe Hart

No Time

 

ECO TEAM

Team

Score

Position

 

TEAM CONCORDE

90.11

1

 

ELECTRA RESERVES

88.16

2

 

ECO WARRIORS

81.14

3