The Dan Smith Memorial Trophy - 2003
CD's Report
The aerobatic gliding community gathered at Dunstable for the season opener Dan Smith Memorial Trophy competition on Saturday 29th March. After a spell of very good weather it was disappointing to be grounded on the opening day by visibility of less than 2 kilometres. After a good meal and social evening however Sunday 30th dawned bright and clear, with the first competitors ready to launch to 4000ft.by 09.30 (only one had forgotten to reset his alarm as the clocks were put forward overnight - he shall be nameless!)

Two of London Gliding Clubs ASK-21 gliders FYF and JWD were put to good use and the 14 competitors each safely flew 2 programmes of sports figures, to complete the competition 17.30 hrs. The Dan Smith Trophy for the top"sports pilot"was won by Mike Collett from Booker Gliding Club for a very consistent and tidy performance. Gold, Silver and Bronze BAeA medals were presented to Guy Westgate, Mike Woollard and Jamie Allen by Nick Buckenham.

The CD Ray Stoward and the Chief Judge Dick Happs thanked everyone concerned for a safe and fun week-end. Cindy Copsey drove the computer, and the other judges were Nick B, John Gilbert and Graham Saw.

A super start to the season - roll on The Icicle next weekend at Kemble!

Ray Stoward
 

 
                        Dan Smith Trophy : Dunstable : 29/30 Mar
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                                      Final Results
Sportsman level
Order   Pilot            Aircraft type   Reg'n     Known #1  Known #2  O/all %  All Grps
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  1  Guy Westgate     U  Ask-21          JWD         1374.4    1328.8   78.810    2703.2
  2  Mike Woollard    I  Ask-21          FYF         1294.6    1355.7   77.266    2650.2
  3  Jamie Allen      U  ASK-21          JWD         1295.6    1333.8   76.658    2629.4
  4  Andy Cunningham  U  ASK-21          FYF         1262.7    1364.4   76.591    2627.1
  5  Brendan O'Brien  I  Ask-21          FYF         1307.8    1287.1   75.653    2594.9
  6  Alex Yeates      I  ASK-21          FYF         1255.4    1337.5   75.594    2592.9
  7  Paul Conran      U  Ask-21          JWD         1350.0    1193.9   74.165    2543.9
  8  Chris Pollard    I  Ask-21          JWD         1140.4    1224.3   68.940    2364.7
>>9  Mike Collett     S  Ask-21          FYF         1114.3    1205.3   67.628    2319.6
 10  Donald Gosden    S  Ask-21          JWD         1021.4    1223.5   65.448    2244.9
 11  Chris Cain       U  Ask-21          JWD         1127.2     995.1   61.875    2122.3
 12  Mark Erlund      S  Ask-21          FYF          909.0    1120.1   59.156    2029.1
 13  Peter Miles      S  ASK-21          FYF         1078.0     901.5   57.713    1979.6
 14  Mike Newbound    S  Ask-21          JWD          930.4     939.2   54.508    1869.6

 >> Mike Collett wins the Dan Smith Trophy as the highest placed Sports level competitor 
  British Aerobatic Association
  Results after TBLP at 90% confidence with 1.20 threshold
  Sequence & Group two-pass processing at 18:58:22 on 31-03-2003
  BAeA Scoring System - software Ver 6:0 Jan-03
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