Snakes & Ladders version 2016 (SL2016). Results for June 2016, 6th and final month of the winter/spring run. Welcome back to two new participants this month: Alex, I5SKK and Joe, DL4CF. And also welcome back to Graham, G3ZOD. Received were 32 logs containing 744 valid QSOs into 212 locator squares. Among these locator squares, we had 103 candidate ladders (each with 1 QSO only) of which the following 20 were randomly selected as ladders: IN71 IN73 IN80 IO52 IO64 JM19 JM29 JN62 JN67 JN79 JO45 JO92 JP65 KM18 KN10 KN22 KO95 KP22 KP23 MO04 Furthermore we had 26 candidate snakes (each with more than 5 QSOs), of which the following 2 were randomly selected as snakes: IO91 JO00 This leads to the following final scores for the first half year of SL2016: Call, name Total score 1 2 3 4 5 6 =========================================================================== 2E0DPH, Phil: 331 35 64 130 66 18 18 2E0EML, David: 349 58 27 69 57 51 87 2E0JYK, Graham: 84 - - 84 - - - DH3LK, Rudolf: 279 132 51 51 45 - - DJ6UX, Eddi: 1956 354 360 297 374 528 43 DK5OE, Klaus: 209 36 91 31 29 18 4 DL1DXL, Lothar: 409 42 82 91 76 91 27 DL1GBZ, Martin: 201 - - - - 201 - DL1HBL, Claus: 312 73 37 45 41 51 65 DL4CF, Joe: 35 - - - - - 35 DL7UGN, Mike: 55 4 10 3 24 11 3 DM4RW, Robert: 225 26 22 33 50 6 88 EI6KH, Chris: 4 - - - - 4 - F5IYJ, Philippe: 315 60 9 46 129 59 12 G0DDX, Geoff: 38 12 - 17 - - 9 G0DJA, Dave: 9 9 - - - - - G0ILN, Richard: 399 73 64 64 70 48 80 G0POT, Michael: 264 30 45 56 96 34 3 G3XVL, Chris: 589 130 240 85 111 - 23 G3YJQ, Fred: 95 15 6 30 35 7 2 G3ZOD, Graham: 4 - - - - - 4 G4FAI, Tony: 282 28 77 66 16 34 61 G4KLE, Merv: 22 - 22 - - - - G4LHI, Peter: 2100 284 313 462 389 308 344 G4RHR, Ken: 203 50 38 41 23 35 16 G7JMZ, John: 5 - - 1 3 1 - GM0EPO, John: 72 15 23 12 5 8 9 I5SKK, Alex: 21 - - - - - 21 IK2RMZ, Martin: 1966 404 174 368 499 216 305 M0DRK, Derek: 496 58 59 121 120 42 96 M0GGK, Dave: 1 - 1 - - - - M5ABN, Pete: 318 23 47 111 72 52 13 M5IPX, FISTS: 3 3 - - - - - M6MEN, Mark: 429 48 6 72 105 110 88 OE6GWG, Werner: 900 137 231 279 121 89 43 OH7QR, Erkki: 413 107 - 60 89 98 59 OK2BMA, Pavel: 170 18 19 33 12 80 8 OK2PXJ, Vaclav: 97 7 19 46 - - 25 PA0DIN, Din: 142 14 12 32 9 67 8 RW3AI, Val: 62 - - - 4 - 58 SV2BBK, Fanis: 128 - - - 9 36 83 If we sort this result by scores, then this leads to the following order, with an indication whether a certificate will be provided with or without endorsement for 6 logs filed: 1. G4LHI, Peter: 2100 Cert 6 logs 1st Award 2. IK2RMZ, Martin: 1966 Cert 6 logs 2nd Award 3. DJ6UX, Eddi: 1956 Cert 6 logs 3rd Award 4. OE6GWG, Werner: 900 Cert 6 logs 5. G3XVL, Chris: 589 Cert 6. M0DRK, Derek: 496 Cert 6 logs 7. M6MEN, Mark: 429 Cert 6 logs 8. OH7QR, Erkki: 413 Cert 9. DL1DXL, Lothar: 409 Cert 6 logs 10. G0ILN, Richard: 399 Cert 6 logs 11. 2E0EML, David: 349 Cert 6 logs 12. 2E0DPH, Phil: 331 Cert 6 logs 13. M5ABN, Pete: 318 Cert 6 logs 14. F5IYJ, Philippe: 315 Cert 6 logs 15. DL1HBL, Claus: 312 Cert 6 logs 16. G4FAI, Tony: 282 Cert 6 logs 17. DH3LK, Rudolf: 279 Cert 18. G0POT, Michael: 264 Cert 6 logs 19. DM4RW, Robert: 225 Cert 6 logs 20. DK5OE, Klaus: 209 Cert 6 logs 21. G4RHR, Ken: 203 Cert 6 logs 22. DL1GBZ, Martin: 201 23. OK2BMA, Pavel: 170 Cert 6 logs 24. PA0DIN, Din: 142 Cert 6 logs 25. SV2BBK, Fanis: 128 26. OK2PXJ, Vaclav: 97 Cert 27. G3YJQ, Fred: 95 Cert 6 logs 28. 2E0JYK, Graham: 84 29. GM0EPO, John: 72 Cert 6 logs 30. RW3AI, Val: 62 31. DL7UGN, Mike: 55 Cert 6 logs 32. G0DDX, Geoff: 38 33. DL4CF, Joe: 35 34. G4KLE, Merv: 22 35. I5SKK, Alex: 21 36. G0DJA, Dave: 9 37. G7JMZ, John: 5 38. EI6KH, Chris: 4 39. G3ZOD, Graham: 4 40. M5IPX, FISTS: 3 41. M0GGK, Dave: 1 The certificates will be distributed as soon as possible by Martin, IK2RMZ. This completes the first run of SL2016. Many thanks to all of you for submitting your logs! The second run has already started, and I hope to see as many of you back early next month. Best 73, Robert, DM4RW mgr S&L