The Tiger Trophy 2002

The Tiger Trophy - 2002

Fine weather and Yorkshire hospitality made this a memorable meeting to close the 2002 season, putting to rights I hope a few of the bad-weather dominated affairs from earlier months. The plot was opened in good style by another excellent Beginners class, although two of the Oscar Fox mob from the Avon Flying School failed to join their colleagues in the stately Antonov transit bus.... Mark Stewart and his T67 saw everyone off however, albeit by a pretty slender 2-point margin - just pipping Simon Ducker's rumbling Yak.

On Saturday almost the whole cast were in place for the Tiger Trophy briefing, at which CD Nick B promised an extra 'TBA' afternoon event to the first 25 to sign on the dotted line. Flying commenced with the considerable standard field at 0900 prompt, and with a mid-morning comfort break for Graham Hill's judging line-up the whole Tiger Trophy ensemble had done their thing by just after 1pm. A surprising number of standard pilots fell foul of the subtle 270° / opposite 90° turns expected toward the end of their routine, the more complex rolling versions at the higher levels clearly being less of a tease.... No doubt about the winner though, Steve Todd's classy display in Cadbury's Laser heading the field by an outstanding 4-and-a-bit percent. As is so often the case it was the standard chaps who headed the list, although Pete Shaw and Cadbury (in his CAP) were quite close behind for the intermediate and advanced brethren.

And so to the 'extra' goody - which was run by combining next year's standard and intermediate known sequences with this year's advanced, once more in a percentage ranked order. This time Julian Murfitt kept the ball smack in the middle, and a cool bottle of Lanson's best was his.

Lots of good flying, lots of chat at this lovely club with excellent scoff from Sherburn's hard working kitchen girls, and worthy winners to boot - a stylish end to the year if ever there was one. Nick & Jen B thoroughly enjoyed their last stewardship of a BAeA meeting before scooting off to live in NI, Graham Hill's judges were Brian Gleave, Ian Scott, Ben Ellis and Steve Green, all sorts of people generously assisted, scribed and ran the paperwork around, and at the end we had a fine Sherburn style barbecue to round the day off. One to remember, for all manner of good reasons.

Nick B

     Tiger Trophy Meeting 2002 : Sherburn in Elmet : 20/21 Sept
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                           Beginners Event

Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     Known #1  O/all %
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  1  Mark Stewart        T-67M           G-BYRY       501.4   75.969
  2  Simon Ducker        Yak-52          RA-01038     499.4   75.664
  3  Ed Stephens         T-67A           G-BJXB       412.4   62.480
  4  Sean Robson         Robin-2160      G-BYOF       407.5   61.747
  5  John Royce          Robin-2160      G-BYOF       360.9   54.684
  6  Clive Bennett       Robin-2160      G-BYOF       318.3   48.230


                          Tiger Trophy 2002

Order     Pilot               Aircraft type   Reg'n     Unkwn #1  O/all %
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  1  Std  Steve Todd   Std#1  Laser           G-CBHR      1010.6   79.575
  2  Std  Julian Murfitt      Pitts S-2A      G-STUA       951.7   74.938
  3  Std  Adam Lewis          Pitts S-2A      G-STUA       935.3   73.649
  4  Std  Graham Smith        Pitts S-2B      G-ICAS       924.1   72.764
  5  Int  Ron Allan H/C       Pitts S-2A      G-STUA      1460.6   72.667
  6  Std  Clive Butler        Pitts S-2A      G-BTTR       913.7   71.943
  7  Int  Peter Shaw   Int#1  Pitts S-1T      G-OSIT      1439.8   71.633
  8  Adv  Cadbury Dave Adv#1  CAP-231         F-GKKI      2067.7   71.545
  9  Std  Dave Cavell         Yak-52          RA-44474     902.3   71.045
 10  Int  John Dixon          Pitts S-1S      G-BRZX      1409.5   70.125
 11  Std  John Wicks          CAP-10B         G-WIXI       865.3   68.132
 12  Std  Duncan Hamilton     T-67A           G-BIOW       850.2   66.948
 13  Int  Tony Maxwell H/C    Pitts S-2A      G-STUA      1342.4   66.788
 14  Unl  Alan Cassidy Unl#1  CAP-222         F-WWMX      2566.1   65.630
 15  Std  Pete Anderson       T-67M           G-BWXF       830.3   65.379
 16  Adv  Gary Ferriman       Pitts S         G-EWIZ      1874.9   64.877
 17  Int  Richard Pargeter    Pitts S-2A      G-STUA      1271.9   63.277
 18  Std  Eric Marsh          Vans-RV4        G-BXPI       786.4   61.925
 19  Int  Aiden Grimley       Laser           G-CBHR      1222.6   60.826
 20  Adv  Cas Smith           Pitts S-2B      G-ICAS      1690.9   58.510
 21  Std  Harry Mason H/C     Pitts S-2B      G-ICAS       739.1   58.197
 22  Int  Oliver Johnstone    Yak-55M         RA-44510    1158.1   57.619
 23  Std  Des Watt            Yak-52          G-BZJB       726.0   57.167
 24  Std  Alex Smith          T-67C           G-OPUB       718.3   56.562
 25  Std  Alan Wood           Pitts S-1S      G-BOXH       709.1   55.836
 26  Std  Steve Lofthouse     Yak-52          RA-44474     708.7   55.804
 27  Std  Andy McClean        CAP-20          G-BIPO       708.1   55.756
 28  Std  Bob Pooler          T-67M           G-EFSM       704.1   55.443
 29  Int  David Copse         Pitts S-2A      G-STUA      1108.9   55.169
 30  Adv  Adrain Howe         Zlin-50         G-MATE      1593.6   55.141
 31  Std  Steve Kirton        T-67C           G-OPUB       693.2   54.583
 32  Std  Tony Hunt           Yak-52          LY-AKW       654.2   51.516
 33  Std  Chas. Kirk          Jurca-T         G-AYTV       645.9   50.862
 34  Adv  Jen Paulson         Extra-300L      G-IICM      1436.6   49.709
 35  Adv  John O'Vize         Pitts S-1S      G-BPDV      1255.1   43.430
 36  Std  Tom Richards        T-67C           G-BLLR       546.9   43.067
 37  Std  Corinne Dennis      CAP-10B         G-GDTU       525.7   41.392


                            Buck's Fizz....

Order     Pilot               Aircraft type   Reg'n     Unkwn #2  O/all %
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  1  Std  Julian Murfitt      Pitts S-2A      G-STUA      1021.5   79.185
  2  Int  Tony Maxwell        Pitts S-2A      G-STUA      1441.4   77.492
  3  Std  Tony Hunt           Yak-52          LY-AKW       988.4   76.622
  4  Std  Clive Butler        Pitts S-2A      G-BTTR       981.9   76.117
  5  Std  Eric Marsh          Vans-RV4        G-BXPI       981.2   76.064
  6  Std  Alan Wood           Pitts S-1S      G-BOXH       980.3   75.989
  7  Std  Graham Smith        Pitts S-2B      G-ICAS       961.7   74.553
  8  Int  Ron Allan           Pitts S-2A      G-STUA      1385.9   74.508
  9  Int  Peter Shaw          Pitts S-1T      G-OSIT      1384.3   74.423
 10  Int  John Dixon          Pitts S-1S      G-BRZX      1354.6   72.826
 11  Std  Pete Anderson       T-67M           G-BWXF       923.3   71.573
 12  Std  Steve Todd          Laser           G-CBHR       916.2   71.023
 13  Adv  Gary Ferriman       Pitts S         G-EWIZ      2429.7   70.223
 14  Int  Richard Pargeter    Pitts S-2A      G-STUA      1255.8   67.517
 15  Std  Corinne Dennis      CAP-10B         G-GDTU       862.5   66.863
 16  Adv  Cas Smith           Pitts S-2B      G-ICAS      2280.5   65.911
 17  Std  Bob Pooler          T-67M           G-EFSM       833.2   64.587
 18  Std  Tom Richards        T-67C           G-BLLR       790.0   61.241
 19  Std  John Wicks          CAP-10B         G-WIXI       776.5   60.190
 20  Std  Steve Lofthouse     Yak-52          RA-44474     768.7   59.592
 21  Std  Dave Cavell         Yak-52          RA-44474     521.9   40.459
 22  Std  Andy McClean        CAP-20          G-BIPO       287.2   22.261

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