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Just for fun!

You have met the " Isle of Man" team before so let's use their first names! Yes, that's right, Lin, Bill, Alan, Ashley, Jan, Diana and so on……Before you do the exercises below, make sure that you have a stopwatch handy.

TASK ONE
Using first names only, how fast can you put all the sailors in alphabetical order?
Yes, mix them all up,  the Skipper, Core Crew and Leggers!
 

 Lin Parker

37

 Bill Ashton

54

 Alan Bell

47

 Ashley Carpenter

46

 Jan Giffen

43

 Diana Hunt

30

 Philip Johnson

28

 Derek Kalinski

53

 Rebecca Legg

20

 Nicolas Lipscomb

26

 Gavin Macfadyen

28

 Juanita McLaren-Brown

37

 Eddie Shallcross

59

 Robert Tobin

29

So excited!

 Robert Tobin

29

 Juan Walters

39

 Ralph Weisener

28

 James Wilkins Jnr

40

 William Revels

31

 Gill Bowyer

35

 Jack Jenkins

43

 Lisa Rogers

42

 Patrick Towle

38

 Karen Marti

45

 Martin White

32

 Christopher Campbell

36

 Fiona Leech

35

 David Martin

43

Okay! That was the warm-up!

TASK TWO
Of course, if the whole team were living in the UK just before the race started and we were looking for each of them in a UK telephone directory, we would need to use their surnames, or last names. So this time, re-order them once more by surname. The first part has been done for you. Work even faster!

TASK THREE
What about their ages this time?  Put them in descending order, the oldest to the youngest? Go for it!

 

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