The South Wales Open Championship 2001

The South Wales Open Championship - 2001
24-26th May

With a really excellent entry for this competition it looked as though we were headed for a great time, but whilst we romped through the Thursday evening advanced and unlimited Programme-Q's and the Friday afternoon Free's and unknowns at these two levels the dreaded UK weather eventually took over and none of the intermediate pilots was able to fly. Indeed those present spent a challenging Saturday eyeing the ground-level clag, and when it finally lifted at around 6pm most made an instant dash for freedom.

At unlimited it was Nick Wakefield who got it "righter" than the rest, although during the Free programme Patrick Williams made the least mistakes and temporarily claimed the spotlight. With more than a few 'hard zeros' on almost every sheet our team for WAC at the World Air Games clearly have some admin to get in order. Hm!

In the advanced section a solid dozen runners vied for the limelight, new man Steve Carver giving Scrope et al a good lesson in calm and steady flying. Once again the figures were good when what was flown matched that on the judges forms, but more than a few unscheduled figures and the occasional imaginative leap down two lines on the sequence card spoilt the plot and the marks suffered as a result. In the end Mark Jefferies not only flew better than the rest but compiled a worthy 81% to boot, nearly 7% clear of Kester in the triple-two with Steve Carver snapping at his heels.

And then there was Saturday. Some years it all works, and then there's 2001..... Eric Marsh drove the CD's slot, Steve Greens' judges included Nick Buck, Ian Scott and Alan Cass, whilst Jen B neatly ordered the results.

Nick Buckenham

       South Wales Open Championships : Pembrey : 24-26 May
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                        Advanced Programme-Q

Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     ProgramQ  O/all %
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  1  Mark Jefferies      Laser           G-VILL      1930.9   78.174
  2  Steve Carver        Pitts S-2S      G-EWIZ      1847.0   74.777
  3  Steve Griffiths     Yak 55M         RA-01333    1804.8   73.068
  4  Dave Kaberry        CAP 231         F-GKKI      1740.0   70.445
  5  Kester Scrope       CAP 222         F-WWMX      1700.1   68.829
  6  Martin Sandford     CAP 20          G-BIPO      1663.1   67.332
  7  Ron Allan           Eagle 2         G-BPZI      1649.8   66.794
  8  Cas Smith           Pitts S-2B      G-ICAS      1636.8   66.268
  9  Simon Cattlin       Yak 55M         RA-44537    1487.7   60.231
 10  Gary Ferriman       Pitts S-1S      G-LITZ      1458.4   59.046
 11  John Vize           Pitts S-1S      G-BPDV      1290.6   52.253
 12  Robert Tinkler      Pitts S-1T      G-IIIL       798.7   32.335


                       Advanced Finals - Programmes 1&2

Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     Program1  Program2  All Grps  O/all %
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  1  Mark Jefferies      Laser           G-VILL      2729.9    2319.6    5049.5   81.444
  2  Kester Scrope       CAP 222         F-WWMX      2627.1    2013.2    4640.3   74.843
  3  Steve Carver        Pitts S-2S      G-EWIZ      2537.1    2022.1    4559.3   73.537
  4  Dave Kaberry        CAP 231         F-GKKI      2320.8    1961.1    4281.9   69.064
  5  Gary Ferriman       Pitts S-1S      G-LITZ      2389.3    1885.5    4274.8   68.949
  6  Ron Allan           Eagle 2         G-BPZI      2436.4    1753.0    4189.3   67.570
  7  Cas Smith           Pitts S-2B      G-ICAS      2206.6    1679.8    3886.4   62.684
  8  Simon Cattlin       Yak 55M         RA-44537    2148.5    1647.4    3795.9   61.225
  9  Steve Griffiths     Yak 55M         RA-01333    1843.9    1890.5    3734.5   60.234
 10  Martin Sandford     CAP 20          G-BIPO      2331.5    1385.3    3716.8   59.949
 11  Robert Tinkler      Pitts S-1T      G-IIIL      1510.7     859.6    2370.3   38.231
 12  John Vize           Pitts S-1S      G-BPDV      1956.0        -     1956.0   31.548


                           Unlimited Programme-Q

Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     ProgramQ  O/all %
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  1  Nick Wakefield      CAP 232         F-GYRO      2775.1   74.200
  2  Alan Cassidy        CAP 232         F-GYRO      2651.1   70.884
  3  Tom Cassells        CAP 232         F-GOTC      2614.1   69.897
  4  Patrick Williams    CAP 232         F-GJGM      2323.4   62.123


                           Unlimited Programmes 1&2
                             South Wales Champion

Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     Program1  Program2  All Grps  O/all %
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  1  Nick Wakefield      CAP 232         F-GYRO      3027.0    3222.6    6249.6   68.078
  2  Alan Cassidy        CAP 232         F-GYRO      2955.9    3022.0    5977.9   65.119
  3  Patrick Williams    CAP 232         F-GJGM      3386.1    2411.9    5798.0   63.159
  4  Tom Cassells        CAP 232         F-GOTC      2614.7    2993.7    5608.4   61.094

  British Aerobatic Association
  Results after TBLP at 90% confidence with 1.20 threshold
  Sequence & Group two-pass processing at 15:45:38 on 27-05-2001
  BAeA Scoring System - software Ver 5.0 May 01