CTG for 6-Dec-12 to 2-Jan-13

The  KZN CTG map has seen some movement since the last map was published on 5-Dec, mostly with the colour change of the 5 red pentads in the Magudu area and the two red pentads in the Utrecht area. This was the result of the Atlas Bash from 6-9 Dec, based in this area courtesy of Malcolm Robinson. Tim Wood and Bob McCosh did the two Utrecht pentads on the way home.
There was also some steady chipping through most of the rest of KZN, particularly in the Melmoth-Ulundi area, but also with some contributions throughout KZN.

56 cards were submitted in the period that contributed to the KZN CTG mini-project, i.e. 2 CTG cards / day in the last two fortnights.
The biggest gain was in the 2731 degree square, with 23 cards courtesy of the Magudu Atlas Bash.
Next was 2831 with 12;
2730 had 7 cards;
while 2732, 2830 and 2930 had 3 each;
the rest were 1's and 2's in various degree squares.
2830 remains the neediest degree square with 335 cards needed to turn green;
followed by 2731 with 195 cards.

Attributing CTG cards to observers, once again we have John and Kim Cox at the top of the table, but at least we have a number of other observers in hot pursuit:
15  John and Kim Cox -mostly around Melmoth-Ulundi
12  Malcolm Robinson -Magudu but also some around Umvoti
11  Tim Wood -Magudu but also the 2 blanks near Utrecht
 8  Colin Summersgill -Magudu, Middlerest and Underberg
 5  Duncan McKenzie -Vryheid area
 1  Alan Manson -Kranskop
 1  Dave Everard -Van Reenen
 1  Drummond Densham -Nsikeni
 1  Lawrie Chivers -Dundee
 1  Mr M Saunders -Harding

On the general submissions front we have been enjoying a bit of a purple patch with 8.5 cards submitted per day over the last 28 days. The previous highest for this stat was for the fortnight ending 4 Jan 2012, where we averaged 9.4 cards / day.
This high rate of submissions has not been at the cost of any quality, these cards have averaged 70.5 records per card. This is the highest records / card that I have recorded, since I have been keeping these stats on a fortnightly basis in Oct 2008. The closest that we have come to this was in Nov 2010 with an average of 70.1.
From a project perspective we are also doing well, this 8.54 cards/day is the highest for any region over this period. Next closest was Gauteng with 6.79 followed by the Western Cape with 6.54.
On a rolling average basis, the W Cape is doing the best with 9.11 cards/day; followed by Gauteng with 6.27; while KZN is averaging 5.99.

Thanks to all who are contributing to SABAP2.