After four races at the Solo UK National Championships, Andy Davis and Charlie Cumbley are tied for the lead on 5 points.
The two leaders have an 11 point lead from third placed Richard Lovering with 16 points. In fourth place is Finley Dickinson tied on 17 points with Tim Law.
Cumbley opened the scoring with a win ahead of Finley Dickinson with Mark Lee taking third. In the second race Andy Davis picked up the baton, winning ahead of Adam Savage, with Dickinson taking third place.
Race 3 was a second win for Cumbley, with Jack Hopkins in second and Davis taking third. In the fourth race Davis took his second win with Jon Emmett second and Cumbley third.
So, both Cumbley and Davis have a 1, 1, 3, scoreline and with the first discard already in play, Cumbley drops a 6 and Davis a 7.
With the weather forecast promising rain and considerable amounts of wind on Friday and Saturday the event packed in additional races Thursday in case the weather really does cause problems.
Solo – 2019 National Championship, leaders after 4 races (70 entries)
1st 5787 Andy Davis South Staffordshire SC -7 1 3 1 – – 5 pts
2nd 5705 Charlie Cumbley Warsash SC 1 -6 1 3 – – 5 pts
3rd 5831 Richard Lovering Hayling Island SC 4 -14 6 6 – – 16 pts
4th 5629 Finley Dickinson Hayling Island SC 2 3 (71.0,UFD) 12 – – 17 pts
5th 5743 Tim Law Salcombe YC 5 7 5 -9 – – 17 pts
6th 5732 Jack Hopkins Hayling Island SC 13 -24 2 8 – – 23 pts
7th 5864 Jon Emmett Weir Wood SC 11 -16 10 2 – – 23 pts
8th 5808 Shane MacCarthy Greystones SC -16 11 4 11 – – 26 pts
9th 5840 Oliver Davenport Northampton SC 14 9 -16 4 – – 27 pts
10th 5130 Mark Lee Lymington Town SC 3 13 13 -24 – – 29 pts
11th 5782 Nigel Davies Draycote Water SC 10 -17 7 13 – – 30 pts
12th 5742 Adam Savage Elton SC 21 2 8 -33 – – 31 pts
13th 5691 Guy Mayger Felpham SC -17 4 11 16 – – 31 pts
14th 5645 Ian Hopwood Nantwich SC 15 -37 15 5 – – 35 pts
15th 5813 Innes Armstrong Burwain SC 12 5 19 -22 – – 36 pts
16th 5781 Alexander Butler Hayling Island SC 6 15 18 -36 – – 39 pts
17th 6000 Doug Latta Hayling Island SC 8 -54 23 15 – – 46 pts
18th 5803 Kevan Gibb Largo Bay SC -43 10 17 21 – – 48 pts
19th 5835 David Lucas Grafham Water SC 33 8 (71.0,RET) 14 – – 55 pts
20th 5735 Andrew Voysey Hayling Island SC 23 12 -38 20 – – 55 pts
21st 5850 Vincent Horey King George SC 34 -45 12 10 – – 56 pts
22nd 5834 Chris Brown RYA -35 34 22 7 – – 63 pts
23rd 5827 Ewan Birkin-Walls Grafham Water SC 26 25 14 -42 – – 65 pts
24th 5801 Willie Todd Largs SC 18 18 30 -44 – – 66 pts
25th 5750 David Mitchell Warsash SC 19 -44 31 18 – – 68 pts
