London Area - lots of activity

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The London league is pretty big, 19 patches in all, and it seems to be one of the most active with 17 out of the 19 patches entering a  score so far. Walthamstow is well represented and its here that the top score is, well done Paul on setting a good January score. Not far behind in 2nd and 3rd place is Fraser and Marek in Dinton Pastures CP, I can see this becoming quite a mini battle there :-)

London area
Position Name Patch Species Points %
1 Paul Whiteman Leyton Marsh-Walthamstow Res. 78 85 62.5
2 Fraser Cottington Dinton Pastures CP 77 81 50.9434
3 Marek Walford Dinton Pastures CP 75 79 61.24031
4 Adam Bassett Little Marlow GP 73 77 54.60993
5 Roger Hicks Henlow Grange 75 77 N/A
6 Jono Lethbridge Wanstead 67 70 54.6875
7 Jason R East Hyde 65 68 75.55556
8 Michael Terry Hosehill Lake LNR, Reading 63 68 61.81818
9 Dave Bookless Minet Country Park and Southall 62 66 N/A
10 Paul Hawkins Barking Bay  61 64 53.78151
11 Kevin M Walthamstow 51 53 N/A
12 Graham Howie Walthamstow/Leyton/Hackney 50 50 89.28571
13 Colin Conroy Minet Country Park and Southall 45 46 N/A
14 Oliver S Hampstead Heath 45 45 52.32558
15 Tom Stevenson Ewelme Watercress Beds 41 42 N/A
16 Paul Bamford Camberley/Wishmoor Bottom 30 31 N/A
17 Stephanie Brown Twyford 26 27 N/A
18 Harry Harrison East End 0 0 N/A
19 John Slee South Sawbridgeworth 0 0 0

The comparative % league is also quite large with 10 out of 11 patches poting a January score. Graham has the highest % in the whole competition with 89% and has a good lead although Jason also has an impressive 75% so far. The points leader Paul makes up the top 3, closely followed by Michael and Marek. The rest of the league is very close, less than 5% seperating the bottom half.

London area
Position Name Patch Species Points %
1 Graham Howie Walthamstow/Leyton/Hackney 50 50 89.28571
2 Jason R East Hyde 65 68 75.55556
3 Paul Whiteman Leyton Marsh-Walthamstow Res. 78 85 62.5
4 Michael Terry Hosehill Lake LNR, Reading 63 68 61.81818
5 Marek Walford Dinton Pastures CP 75 79 61.24031
6 Jono Lethbridge Wanstead 67 70 54.6875
7 Adam Bassett Little Marlow GP 73 77 54.60993
8 Paul Hawkins Barking Bay  61 64 53.78151
9 Oliver S Hampstead Heath 45 45 52.32558
10 Fraser Cottington Dinton Pastures CP 77 81 50.9434
11 John Slee South Sawbridgeworth 0 0 0

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