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Contest report from Chief Judges assistant
A field of twenty-two competitors enjoyed (!) unusually warm
and sunny Saltby weather without the usual 20-25 knot winds, plus of
course the usual warm welcome from the club. The visibility for both pilots and judges was difficult, so all credit to some pretty inexperienced pilots who displayed well and put up a good fight.
All but the sports published programmes were completed without too much
trouble, no mean task as the unlimiteds were limited (!) to one glider after they deemed the
Swift u/s and a Pilatus - which was to have been flown by three
competitors - was also grounded by Chief Judge Dick Happs following a louder than normal
flight....
Memorable flights came from Stewart Otterburn in Sports, who swapped to a K21 from the grounded Pilatus
and still won his class, and Simon Walker who flew so well in intermediate he was less than 3% behind the winner Mike Woollard to take third
place - definitely not last! Another consistent performance from Guy Westgate gave him 80% overall
and the National Championship plate - he won every programme except the free. However, Guy had left for work early
and this prevented another championship flight, so not sure if any of his rivals will be sporting enough to deliver it for him!
Low cloud stopped competition flying on the Sunday, but allowed fun
flying - actually a welcome break after a tense few days. Maybe we should plan it this way in future, with a weather contingency day only?
Judi Jones
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