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Results of the Thames Matches: 4th. Series - 1995 onwards

The individual times for each class of barge within the Match for the years 1995 to the current year used to be provided on this page, in the form of links to Adobe Acrobat® Portable Document Format (PDF) files. They were removed in July 2008 as part of the Committee's policy of shifting information from the website where the information used to be freely available to the public - to the Match Report [which incorporates the Patrons' Newsletter]. This is a publication whose circulation is restricted to Patrons of the current year's Match. 

The table below is now restricted to a top-level summary of Match information, and is for the benefit of potential spectators who may wish to gain an idea of the scope and duration of past events, so that they can plan their day out to watch the next Match. The amplifying notes below the table are important. 

Match Sequence Number Year Number Of Barges [1] Course

(Start - Outer Mark - Finish)

 Distance (nm) [2] Duration (hr) [3]
79th.  2009  9 All classes: Lower Hope - Sea Reach No. 4 buoy - Gravesend      27    7.25
78th.  2008 12 All classes: Lower Hope - North Oaze buoy - position at 1700      43     7.0   
77th.  2007  8 All classes: Lower Hope - North Oaze buoy - Gravesend      43     8.0
76th. 2006 11 All classes: Lower Hope - Sea Reach No. 4 buoy - Gravesend      27     6.0
75th. 2005 12 All classes: Lower Hope - Sea Reach No. 4 buoy - Gravesend      27     8.25
74th.  2004 12 All classes: Lower Hope - South East Leigh buoy - Gravesend 30 8.0
73rd. 2003 11

 

 All classes: Lower Hope - South East Leigh buoy - Gravesend tba 6.0
72nd. 2002  9 All classes: Lower Hope - North Oaze buoy - Gravesend 43 10.0
71st. 2001 10 All classes: Lower Hope - Mid Swatch buoy - Gravesend 27 7.5
70th. 2000 15 Coasting & staysail class: Lower Hope - South Shoebury buoy - Gravesend

Bowsprit class: Lower Hope - South West Barrow buoy - Gravesend

 tba

 

47

 7.75

 

8.5
69th. 1999 15 All classes: Lower Hope - South East Leigh buoy - Gravesend tba 10.0
68th.  1998 16 Coasting class: Lower Hope - West Shoebury buoy - Gravesend

Staysail & bowsprit class: Lower Hope - South Shoebury buoy - Gravesend

 29

tba

 

 7.25

7.0

 
67th. 1997  11 All classes: Lower Hope - West Shoebury buoy - W. Nore Sand buoy 22 8.5

66th.

 1996 10 All classes: Lower Hope - West Shoebury buoy - Gravesend 29 7.5
65th. 1995 15 Coasting class: Lower Hope - West Shoebury Diffuser buoy - Gravesend

Staysail & bowsprit class: Lower Hope - Sea Reach No. 5 buoy - Gravesend

 27

 

23

 not timed

 

9.25
 

Notes: 

tba = to be added when info provided by the Hon. Secretary

[1] This represents the number that arrived off the starting line and positioned themselves to await the starting gun. 

[2] The distance is to the nearest nautical mile and is nominal based on a race course following the various buoys. It is for illustrative purposes only as each  barge tacks back and forth across the river as necessary, and thus they always end up covering an appreciably greater distance. 

[3] The duration is given to the nearest quarter of an hour and is for illustrative purposes. The duration is defined as being the time between the Coasting class starting time [which always starts first] and the time of the last barge [irrespective of class] in the Match to cross the finish line, by the end of the Match. This may well be a "laggard". The MV Princess Pocahontas will not wait for this barge but will have followed the front runner[s] up to the finish line - so its passengers can expect a shorter day.  

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