Our 2025 Summer Series – the story so far

2025 summer series

THE STORY SO FAR

• Wednesday 6 August 2025

With just one race remaining in our 2025 Summer Adventure
Race Series, the competition for podium spots is heating up! We’ve reviewed the
scores so far and provided a summary of where things stand across all Masters
categories — Open, Female, Vets Open, and Vets Female.

Questars Summer Series Championship – a reminder

The Questars Summer Series Championship covers our five
summer races (including our two-day race which counts as two one-day
races). Everyone’s top four results count towards their series score, with
a minimum of four races required to be considered for prizes. Series
points are calculated per individual participant / team member. If an
individual’s team composition between races changes, their series points
are unaffected. Individuals in teams with the same team members throughout
the series will gain the same series points and ranking on the series
leaderboard.

In the event of a tie at the top, head-to-head race results
will be used to determine the series winner (i.e. who beat who in the
races in which all the tied participants took part). If this is also tied
(e.g. everyone beat each other once) then the combined times (only for
these head-to-head races) will be used, with the person with the fastest
cumulative time being the series champion.

Race scores are converted into series points and series
points from different races are added together for each person, to give
their series score.

Series points are calculated by dividing an individual’s
race score by the overall race winner’s score and multiplying by 1,000.

An example is shown below:

Pos.	Race Score	Series Points	How Calculated?
1st	800	1,000	(800/800)*1,000
28th	400	500	(400/800)*1,000

Calculating series points like this improves
consistency throughout the series by minimising the impact of variable
conditions between races which are beyond the course planner’s control
e.g. the weather.

Vets Scoring – a reminder

Our Vets category starts at 50 and an individual’s score is
adjusted above this age with individuals receiving a 1.5% increase for every
year that they are over 50. How this works is set out below:

Age	Score	Vets	Calculation
50	500	508	500+(500*(1*1.5%))
55	500	545	500+(500*(6*1.5%))

All team members take the age of their oldest team member
and ages are taken as of 1 March each year.

The state of play with one race to go

One thing is certain when looking at the current leaderboard
— it’s wide open! With several racers just a whisker away from the top in their
respective categories, we’re set for thrilling finishes across the board.

We’ve analyzed not just the current standings, but also
projected the leaderboard based on each racer’s three best results from the
first four events — since only the top four scores count, there’s still plenty
of opportunity to shake things up.

There’s still everything to play for in the Chilterns on 13
September, and it promises to be a gripping conclusion! Click here to
view the full leaderboard. Below, we’ve broken down the standings across each
of the Masters categories.

 

Masters Female

Taking four races, Katherina Pedersen leads the way with 3,331
followed by Pollie Boyle and Ellie Caple. Katherina has an insurmountable lead
and will be crowned our Series Champion but there is very much all to play for
in the race behind her.

Pos.	Name	Overall Score
1	Katherina Pedersen	3331
2	Pollie Boyle	2893
3	Ellie Caple	2569
4	Isla Reynolds	2497
4=	Nina Ingham	2497
5	Maggie Salter	2489
5=	Liz Jones	2489

The leaderboard after three races shows a potential of seven
racers who could still make the podium. Pollie Boyle is in the driving seat and
takes a 129-point lead into the final race. Ellie Caple and Serena Howell need
a score of 757 or more to overhaul Pollie (and hope that Pollie doesn’t improve
on her current score). Nina Ingham & Isla Reynolds need a score of 609 or
more and Maggie Salter & Liz Jones need a score of 649 or more to overhaul Ellie
for the third spot on the podium (and hope that Ellie doesn’t improve on her
current score).

Pos.	Name	Top-3 Score
1	Katherina Pedersen	2511
2	Pollie Boyle	2265
3	Ellie Caple	2136
3=	Serena Howell	2136
4	Nina Ingham	1960
4=	Isla Reynolds	1960
5	Maggie Salter	1920
5=	Liz Jones	1920

Masters Open

Counting four races, Nick Gracie leads the way with 3,479
points ahead of Ben Hawkins and Kevin Stephens.

Pos.	Name	Overall Score
1	Nick Gracie	3479
2	Ben Hawkins	3390
3	Kevin Stephens	3285

The leaderboard after three races shows Mark Chryssanthou with
a lead of 26-points and needing a score of 787 to overhaul Nick’s current
score. There are seven other racers within a win of Nick’s current score with
Gary Davies (813 points), Steve Burnham (852 points), Tom Hards (870 points),
Ben Hawkins (928 points), Kevin Stephens (947 points), Eddie Winthorpe (963 points)
and Andy Prince (988 points) all very much within a shout of the podium or
better.

Pos.	Name	Top-3 Score
1	Mark Chryssanthou	2692
2	Gary Davies	2666
3	Nick Gracie	2656
4	Steve Burnham	2627
5	Tom Hards	2609
6	Ben Hawkins	2551
7	Kevin Stephens	2532
8	Eddie Winthorpe	2516
9	Andy Prince	2491

Masters Female Vets

Taking four races into account, Maggie Salter and Liz Jones
lead the way with an adjusted Series score of 3049 points from Pollie Boyle and
Joanna Taylor.

Pos.	Name	Overall Score
1	Maggie Salter	3049
1=	Liz Jones	3049
2	Pollie Boyle	2978
3	Joanna Taylor	2325

The leaderboard taking the top-three results once shows Liz
and Maggie taking a 21-point lead into the final race with Pollie Boyle and
Ella Pyman within reach of their score. Nina Ingham and Joanna Taylor go into
the final race within reach of a spot on the podium.

Pos.	Name	Top-3 Score
1	Maggie Salter	2352
1=	Liz Jones	2352
2	Pollie Boyle	2331
3	Ella Pyman	2111
4	Nina Ingham	2078
5	Joanna Taylor	1857

Masters Open Vets

Taking four races, Nick Gracie leads the way with an
adjusted Series score of 3688 points ahead of David Salter and Kevin Stephens.

Pos.	Name	Overall Score
1	Nick Gracie	3688
2	David Salter	3579
3	Kevin Stephens	3532

The leaderboard taking the top-three results shows Nick
taking a 39-point lead into the final race with David Salter, Kevin Stephens
and Steve Burnham all within reach of Nick’s score. Eddie Winthorpe, Phil
Haycock and Andy Prince all go into the final race within reach of a spot on
the podium.

Pos.	Name	Top-3 Score
1	Nick Gracie	2815
2	David Salter	2776
3	Kevin Stephens	2722
4	Steve Burnham	2708
5	Eddie Winthorpe	2591
6	Phil Haycock	2573
7	Andy Prince	2568

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