FD UK Travellers Trophy 1997

Hugh Myers and Gordon Kingston (GBR 356 and then 374) collected the Travellers Trophy again at Rutland. They were, of course, in a very strong position before that weekend having won all three other TT events. However, with all four Opens to count, they could not afford to make too many mistakes. They made plenty, but not enough for Peter Doran and Richard Phillips (GBR 377) to catch them, even though they did have their best weekend yet.

John Best and James Cole (GBR 378) paid for their misfortunes at the beginning of the season, finishing third this year.

These three were the only boats to do all four events. This is the second year that four out of four have been counted due to an anticipated event being cancelled. However, this year the top 9 places would have been the same if a discard had been allowed. Perhaps it is just the practice that gets the leading boats up there!

1 GBR 356/374 Hugh Myers/Gordon Kingston

2 GBR 377 Peter Doran/Richard Phillips

3 GBR 378 John Best/James Cole

4 GBR 373 Steve Parry/Dave Parr

5 GBR 360 Andy Moss/Steve Rockey/David French

6 GBR 300 Neil Pye/Mike Williams

7 GBR 369 Simon Britten/Chris Bulstrode/Tom Walker

8 GBR 375 Tony Lyall/Colin Burns

9 GBR 365 Peter Hankey/Alan Ferens/Steve Rockey

10 GBR 350 Peter Weeks/Robbie Lammiman

20 boats were counted in the series.

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