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From the sidelines....
I have twice enjoyed competing in Eire in the joint CAACI / BAeA
contest over the years, and now also twice travelled by rather more
mundane automobile means from 'the Province' of Northern Ireland down to
Waterford to help run this very relaxed affair. I'd have to say that the
south now seems even more delightful and 'quaint' than ever from the Brit
angle, but I'm biased so I'll shut up. Having
been postponed from a somewhat earlier date for various practical reasons,
there was some trepidation regarding the extent of the local turn-out (also not helped by
the resident S2A G-PITS failing to appreciate a rather heavy arrival the
week before....). In the event the weather played dirty on the Friday,
leaving a few hopefuls stranded around the UK mainland, but those who
braved the elements - and sat out the cold-front dominated Saturday - were
rewarded by an extremely pleasant Sunday.... perhaps in compensation for
London's 100°+ degree sweltering record that day. With local CD Paul van
Lonkhuyzen 'lost' at the other end of a long haul spot of wage earning,
Eddie Goggins ran the show in cahoots with yours truly. We briefed at
08:000 on the Sunday (yes!!! Well, maybe it was 08:15....) and first man
John Penfold was in the box promptly at quarter past nine. The flying
order was strangely contrived to allow pilots at various levels to compete
consecutively, the better therefore to utilise the Robin at Beginners.
New-to-competition Dave McCoy made sure - just! - that Ian Gross and Jimmy
Griffin didn't bag Beginners, John Penfold and Oliver Johnstone were
unusually isolated at Standard and Intermediate, whilst David Bruton blew
away the Brits at advanced. Smashing day, lovely
company, great weather, all done by 14:30. What more could a small boy wish
for? For the record -
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Beginners |
For the
highest overall score |
Dave McCoy |
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The Celtic
Shield |
Highest
percentage score in the knowns at all levels |
David Bruton |
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The Roy
Legg Trophy |
Highest
percentage score in the unknowns at all levels |
John
Penfold |
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The CAACI
Trophy |
Highest
percentage overall at advanced |
David
Bruton |
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The Celtic
Cup |
Highest
percentage score at standard and above by a local pilot |
David
Bruton |
Judges were Viktor Ostapenko, David Gorman and yours truly,
various scribes scribed, and Jen B ran the office. Thanks to CAACI and
Waterford Regional Airport, and especially to Waterford Aero Club for the
use once again of their excellent clubhouse.
Nick B
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CAACI Competition 2003 : Waterford : 9/10 Aug03
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Beginners Finals
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Known #1 Unkwn #1 All Grps O/all %
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1 Dave McCoy Robin-2160 EI-SKV 445.9 457.7 903.6 68.457
2 Jimmy Griffin Yak-52 G-YFUT 438.4 451.3 889.7 67.404
3 Ian Gross Robin-2160 EI-SKV 440.5 177.7 618.2 46.834
The Celtic Sheild
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Known #1 O/all %
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1 Adv David Bruton Extra-200 EI-SAM 2394.9 70.232
2 Std John Penfold Eagle-II G-EGAL 879.4 68.168
3 Beg Dave McCoy Robin-2160 EI-SKV 445.9 67.564
4 Int Oliver Johnstone Yak-55M RA-44510 1247.4 67.063
5 Beg Ian Gross Robin-2160 EI-SKV 440.5 66.746
6 Beg Jimmy Griffin Yak-52 G-YFUT 438.4 66.429
7 Adv Eddie Goggins Extra-200 EI-SAM 2232.9 65.482
8 Adv Simon Cattlin Yak-55M RA-44537 2203.7 64.626
9 Adv Tony Maxwell Pitts S-2B G-IIII 2187.1 64.138
The Roy Legg Trophy
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Unkwn #1 O/all %
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1 Std John Penfold Eagle-II G-EGAL 831.3 71.661
2 Beg Dave McCoy Robin-2160 EI-SKV 457.7 69.350
3 Beg Jimmy Griffin Yak-52 G-YFUT 451.3 68.380
4 Adv Eddie Goggins Extra-200 EI-SAM 1991.3 65.938
5 Adv David Bruton Extra-200 EI-SAM 1988.7 65.852
6 Adv Tony Maxwell Pitts S-2B G-IIII 1929.6 63.893
7 Adv Simon Cattlin Yak-55M RA-44537 1888.5 62.534
8 Int Oliver Johnstone Yak-55M RA-44510 1012.8 50.388
9 Beg Ian Gross Robin-2160 EI-SKV 177.7 26.923
The Advanced CAACI Trophy
Order Pilot Aircraft type Reg'n Known #1 Unkwn #1 All Grps O/all %
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1 David Bruton Extra-200 EI-SAM 2394.9 1988.7 4383.7 68.175
2 Eddie Goggins Extra-200 EI-SAM 2232.9 1991.3 4224.3 65.696
3 Tony Maxwell Pitts S-2B G-IIII 2187.1 1929.6 4116.7 64.023
4 Simon Cattlin Yak-55M RA-44537 2203.7 1888.5 4092.3 63.643
BAeA/CAACI Contest - 2003
Results after TBLP at 90% confidence with 1.20 threshold
Sequence & Group two-pass processing at 17:35:45 on 11-08-2003
BAeA Scoring System - software Ver 6:1 Apr-03
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