• Topper League and Topper novice trophy
• Keith Mynard trophy

Topper League points

Basic setup
One point for every boat each helm beats in race (including those who retire, or get DSQ, but not DNS or DNC), plus one point for racing at all, plus a bonus for first three places in that race … 1st +3pts, 2nd +2pts, 3rd +1pt. So any boat that comes last scores just one point, if no-one has retired. Retired boats all score 1pt.

If the race is a handicap race then each Topper can count any boat it beats.

When calculating each weeks league points it is easiest to take the results from the individual race results published on LSC website by Mike, rather than the series results which include all helms who have sailed in a series.

The only races scored differently are personal handicap races e.g Weds ev. In these races you take the Topper League points from the published PY results rather than the personal handicap results used for the series trophy. This is because otherwise personal handicaps would distort the league points.

Topper Novice trophy

Similarly, Nick has given guidelines to the allocation of the Topper novice trophy for the year

Topper Novice
Our definition is any helm who has never won a Topper trophy (meaning overall winner) in any series, in previous years; and who has raced Toppers for 3yrs or less. At the start of a season, the fleet captain decide which helms still count as novices based on the previous years. Should any of them then win a series in the year, they could still win the novice trophy at the end (as Alex did in 2010). Obviously any winner of the novice trophy is then NOT a novice!

The Topper League runs for the entire season. However, the Topper Novice trophy is awarded to the highest placed novice in the league at the end of the Commodores Cup series. The top places in the league (used only for personal trophies awarded at D&D) are based on the whole year results.