Techno Rankings

Bic Sport Ultrasport

With just a couple of events remaining, the Techno 293 Cup, Techno Formula Cup & BiC Superblaster Slalom Cup competitors are very close to seeing who wins the individual series as well as the prestigious BiC Sport UK Windsurfer of the Year perpetual trophy.

From the scores listed below it's possible to see the leaders in each of the series as well as the overall leader. It really is only last ditch endeavour that will show any significant improvements in competitors placings, with Mike Blackgrove looking pretty secure in pole position for both the 2005 Overall and also the Techno Formula titles with consistently strong performances in the Techno Formula Cup as well as using his Techno Formula to good effect in the Superblaster Slalom Series. The Techno Formula Cup has been run as part of the UKWA Free Formula fleet with competitors using BiC's excellent Techno Formula board with any rigs they choose (up to a maximum of 11.0m). This is an excellent introductory fleet for racers interested in Formula Windsurfing and indeed many ex-Techno Cuppers have moved on to race in the full UKWA Formula fleet with considerable success.

Leading the Techno 293 Cup is Ali Masters and he's looking pretty secure in the top spot. The Techno 293 Cup has been hard fought by all the youngsters and with every event counting as a scoring event, persistance is also well rewarded. Full Techno 293 Cup score are listed further down, and each competitor's best 5 results are carried forward to count towards their overall placings. The Techno 293 fleet sees large numbers of super keen kids racing for regional & national squad places. These kids are likely to be the star racers of the future, perhaps progressing onto the formula windsurfing circuit, perhaps following olympic aspirations with the new hybrid equipment. Whichever route they choose, the Techno 293 racing provides an excellent introduction to competitive windsurfing for many youngsters. The board itself is equally at home teaching beginners, used as a lightwind board for adults, used as an early planing board or a learning to sail in harness & footstraps platform. It is indeed a very versatile board and is likely to be an essential family addition for many people around the globe.

The BiC Superblaster Slalom Cup has in contrast had just 5 qualifying events this year, and with a non-event due to no wind at Poole there have been just 3 scoring events to date, hopefully the IOW will make this 4 from 5 to count. Competitors using any BiC / Tiga board have been able to enter the BiC Superblaster Series, opening the Cup to anyone using any BiC board. We have seen Techno 293's, Techno 273's, Techno Formula's, Techno 2 118's, Tiga Hyper-X's, BiC Superblasts all in action at these events. The new for 2005 BiC Superblast board lent it's name to the series as it represents a board designed specifically for blasting with 3 fantastic sizes available covering a wide range of requirements. Dan Simpson has used the Superblast 72 & 62 models to devestating effect in the Junior Superblast events while Ian Kraft has used the Tiga Hyper-X 115 and Superblast 81 & 72 in the Challenge Fleet Superblaster events. With just White-Air remaining, it's Dan & Ian that head their respective fleets, with Richard Simpson & Mike Blackgrove doing the chasing.

As ever, the Techno Cup enjoys excellent support from the UK importer. 2005 however sees a change of importer from the long standing and ever supportive Guy Chilvers to the team at Ultra Sport UK and Andy Wood the BiC Sport Brand Manager. The prizes are also a bit different this year with BiC Sport sponsored Simon Bornhoft providing coaching clinics for some of the winners, and BiC Sport Superblast boards to the Junior & Challenge fleet winners of the Superblaster Slalom Cup.

Special thanks to the UKWA for supporting the BiC Sport initiatives to encourage accessible racing through the Techno Cups and the Superblaster Slalom Cup, to Ultra Sport UK for their work and support promoting the UK competition scene, and to all those competitors putting their BiC / Tiga boards through their paces at events all over the UK. (Scroll down for the Techno 293 Cup.)

Overall Combined Ranking

Best 5 Techno course racing scores plus the Superblaster totals.

Position Name 1 2 3 4 5 TOTAL Superblaster
Totals		 Overall
Total Points
1 Mike Blackgrove 180 150 150 150 135 765 300 1065
2 Ed Strange 200 150 135 114 114 713 315 1028
3 Richard Simpson 120 114 108 96 90 528 415 943
4 Lewis Robinson 156 117 117 111 105 606 168 774
5 Ali Masters 180 150 150 150 135 765 0 765
6 David Woods 168 150 135 126 120 699 0 699
7 Redmond Scales 152 135 126 120 111 644 0 644
8 Jamie Ingram 112 102 99 93 78 484 152 636
9 Finlay Forster-Davis 160 135 126 111 78 610 0 610
10 Kirsten O'Callaghan 140 120 120 117 105 602 0 602
11 Ian Kraft 0 0 0 0 0 0 600 600
12 Jordan Mayes 148 120 117 111 90 586 0 586
13 Alex Smith 144 108 108 105 74 539 0 539
14 Sam Sills 126 114 108 100 90 538 0 538
15 Avril Gibbons 117 108 105 102 99 531 0 531
16 Daisy Brooks 124 108 105 102 87 526 0 526
17 Dan Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 500
18 Dave Cole 200 150 135 0 0 485 0 485
19 Kate Strange 114 102 96 96 72 480 0 480
20 Matthew Brown 99 80 70 56 0 305 156 461
21 Callum Stewart 136 84 84 70 0 374 0 374
22 Joanna Wright 99 88 64 60 54 365 0 365
23 Sam Latham 96 92 68 0 0 256 0 256
24 Conrad Morris 126 126 0 0 0 252 0 252
25 Elliot Taylor 128 96 0 0 0 224 0 224
26 Steve Tyson 132 69 0 0 0 201 0 201
27 Robin Penna 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 200
28 Izzy Hamilton 90 84 0 0 0 174 0 174
29 Sam Leadbetter 87 74 0 0 0 161 0 161
30 Liam Round 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 150
31 Sophie Bailey 76 66 0 0 0 142 0 142
32 John Gardner 126 0 0 0 0 126 0 126
33 Michael Nickson 116 0 0 0 0 116 0 116
34 Ryan Tilbury 62 52 0 0 0 114 0 114
35 Claudia Carney 104 0 0 0 0 104 0 104
36 Ian Gibbons 99 0 0 0 0 99 0 99
37 Mike Nickson 93 0 0 0 0 93 0 93
38 Ricky Wooding 90 0 0 0 0 90 0 90
39 Dave Wareing 84 0 0 0 0 84 0 84
40 Steve Sugden 80 0 0 0 0 80 0 80
41 Josh Leadbetter 78 0 0 0 0 78 0 78
42 Sarah Wilton 78 0 0 0 0 78 0 78
43 James Mugridge 74 0 0 0 0 74 0 74

Techno 293 Cup

Position Name Sail No Mar
(x3)		 Pwl
(x3)		 Whit
(x2)		 Hove
(x4)		 Far
(x2)		 Fel
(x3)		 Axb
(x2)		 Chr
(x3)		 Brid
(x3)		 Bewl
(x2)*		 TOTAL
1 Ali Masters 916 126 150 84 180 90 150 100 135 150 100 1265
2 Lewis Robinson 9535 105 117 90 156 80 111 0 102 117 70 948
3 Kirsten O'Callaghan 58 117 105 72 140 72 93 78 120 120 0 917
4 Ed Strange 983 135 114 100 200 76 114 0 150 0 0 889
5 David Woods 499 150 120 80 168 100 135 0 126 0 0 879
6 Daisy Brooks 565 102 81 66 124 64 87 74 108 105 68 879
7 Richard Simpson 2901 96 75 70 120 66 90 72 114 108 66 877
8 Redmond Scales 507 111 135 0 152 84 120 0 111 126 0 839
9 Jordan Mayes 9533 120 90 76 148 0 84 0 117 111 0 746
10 Jamie Ingram 1641 0 72 58 112 60 99 68 93 102 78 742
11 Avril Gibbons 362 99 102 64 108 62 117 76 105 0 0 733
12 Sam Sills 9561 114 126 78 100 0 108 80 0 0 90 696
13 Finlay Forster-Davis 596 0 111 0 160 78 126 0 0 135 0 610
14 Alex Smith 9541 108 108 68 144 74 105 0 0 0 0 607
15 Kate Strange 984 / 9831 0 0 0 96 58 102 0 96 114 72 538
16 Callum Stewart 9900 0 84 0 136 70 0 84 0 0 0 374
17 Joanna Wright 9592 0 0 60 88 54 0 64 0 99 0 365
18 Matthew Brown 453 0 99 0 0 56 0 70 0 0 80 305
19 Sam Latham 9621 0 0 0 92 68 96 0 0 0 0 256
20 Elliot Taylor 554 0 96 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 224
21 Steve Tyson 9538 0 69 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 201
22 Izzy Hamilton 9587 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 0 0 84 174
23 Sam Leadbetter 987 0 87 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161
24 Sophie Bailey 9588 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 76 142
25 Michael Nickson 970 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 116
26 Ryan Tilbury 9610 0 0 62 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 114
27 Claudia Carney 279 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 104
28 Ian Gibbons 3621 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 99
29 Mike Nickson 9779 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93
30 Josh Leadbetter 579 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78
31 James Mugridge 394 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 74