CD's Report
BAeA first started using Elvington as contest venue
in, I believe, the 1990's. Its feature is that it offers a runway
three quarters the length of London Heathrow and 10 metres wider,
but alas nothing more: absence
 of power and water mean a basic
lavatorial facility, and petrol generated electricity. However we
could in theory run two simultaneous flights in two boxes each above
one kilometre of runway and 1000 metres apart: I saw this once at
Oshkosh, with instant disqualification (or worse!) for transgression
of the dividing line; it was conceived as a comparative "who's best"
Freestyle, but it proved impossible for any one judge to
simultaneously view both! But hey, who wants LHR's 1000 food outlets
and million litres of underground fuel when one has Joy's chuck
wagon and her hubby Martin's vast fuel tanker, all overseen by
manager-cum-medic Carl.
Strong winds and low cloud threatened
to suppress pilots' transit, but somehow nine Advanced and three
Unlimited pilots arrived in time for a deferred briefing by CD Eric
Marsh at 1130
on Friday. Unfortunately I had
 an unchangeable medical
appointment in Sheffield that afternoon, so hero Steve Todd
volunteered to handle my function for the rest of the day.
Notwithstanding a significant on-judge wind the designated Friday
sequences were completed with no reported glitches by about 1700,
when pilots and judges convened for the selection of the Advanced figures for the Free Unknown sequence following day. Steve has asked me to express his appreciation of all pilots, firstly for rallying
to provide assistance on the judging line, and second for showing a
sportsmanlike attitude when a pilot had to land with an unchecked
problem.
Next day dawned bright and beautiful for my
resumption of duties at the 0800 briefing of 9 Intermediate pilots,
then at 0930 the 12 Advanced and Unlimited pilots. First flight was
set for 0900 and at that time precisely Dave Cowden commendably
announced he was rolling on runway 26 into a much calmer westerly
 breeze. His group was immediately followed by nine Advanced
and three Unlimited pilots, all of whom completed by 1230 for the
lunch break. Restarting with Dave Cowden, again exactly on the 1310
target, 21 pilots flew without major interruption until completion
at 1630. Inevitably there were the usual incursions: the most
unusual was a hang glider dangling
 over the top-north-eastern corner
of the box whilst a glider passed calmly thro crowd centre; at least
it was not the hot air balloon which appeared just after cessation
of flying on Friday! Mid-afternoon I realized that there had been no
significant crises and was just about to share that with a companion
when I realized that I should not tempt fate. Fortuitously Fate was
not tempted and I duly returned my hotline phone to its box unused.
As representative of The Cavendish Hotel and thus sponsor of The
Cavendish Hotel Trophy I invited myself to present the awards to
winners detailed below. All pilots performed well, but personally I
would mention Phil Burgess who won again the Advanced trophy with a
score of 78.7%, and Alan Cassidy who won a Bronze on 72.9% having
had to land with an excess of oil, then suffered two zeros as a
result of a programme drawing
 error. At Intermediate level overseas
visitor Alexander van den Broeck surprised himself by winning by a
fine margin (top three were separated by less than HALF a percentage
point...), although BAeA rules prevented his flying his Roy Legg
Trophy back home to Belgium.
 The paucity of judging volunteers
remains a problem in BAeA, evidenced again at Elvington; however, my
hastily drawn temporary new rule that every pilot should volunteer
his/her services led to a flood of helpers, with the result that
many had a short stint, which is appreciated by all. Thanked too
were the various competent and hospitable personnel at Elvington,
Scorer and general fixer Jen Buckenham, Judges Nick Buckenham, Ian
Scott and Peter MacIntosh with their above-mentioned helpers (Steve
Evans put in two full days), and as ever the pilots who spend so
much money and time to entertain us all!
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| The Roy Legg Trophy
- Intermediate level |
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Elvington, 20-21 April |
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Ranked by scores
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| Rank |
Pilot |
Aeroplane |
Registration |
Known |
Unknown |
Totals |
O/all % |
| 1 |
Alexander van den Broeck |
Extra 200 |
OO-TTT |
1447.83 |
1247.28 |
2695.10 |
70.924 |
2 |
John Scott |
CAP-10B |
G-BXRA |
1430.63 |
1259.00 |
2689.63 |
70.780 |
3 |
David Cowden |
Laser Z200 |
G-VILL |
1501.09 |
1177.97 |
2679.06 |
70.502 |
4 |
Emily Todd |
Pitts S-2A |
G-ODDS |
1432.08 |
1182.47 |
2614.55 |
68.804 |
5 |
David Nichols |
Edge 360 |
G-CDDP |
1318.12 |
1262.95 |
2581.07 |
67.923 |
6 |
Phillip Massetti |
Laser 230 |
G-CBHR |
1379.89 |
1180.53 |
2560.42 |
67.379 |
7 |
Chris Brook |
Pitts S-2A |
G-BTTR |
1382.09 |
1107.87 |
2489.96 |
65.525 |
8 |
Graeme Fudge |
Pitts S-2A |
G-ODDS |
1320.66 |
1130.65 |
2451.31 |
64.508 |
9 |
Lauren Richardson |
Pitts S-1S |
G-BKDR |
1169.91 |
1221.47 |
2391.38 |
62.931 |
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| Contest Director: Eric Marsh, Contest Chief Judge: Nick Buckenham, Scoring Director: Jen B. Judges: Nick Buckenham, Ian Scott, Steve Evans. Judges Assistants: Michele Howard, Peter Macintosh, David Jenkins,
Victoria Wicks. |
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| The Nathaniel Alony Trophy 2013
- Unlimited level |
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Elvington, 19-21 April |
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Ranked by scores
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Pilot |
Aeroplane |
Reg'n |
Known |
Free |
Unk'n #2 |
Unknown |
Totals |
O/all % |
| 1 |
Simon Johnson |
Extra 330SC |
G-IIIK |
2726.38 |
3037.50 |
2243.72 |
2786.10 |
10793.70 |
62.033 |
2 |
Tomonari Kaji |
Extra 200 |
G-EEEK |
2631.09 |
2646.03 |
2482.07 |
2402.62 |
10161.81 |
58.401 |
3 |
Tom Bennett |
CAP 232 |
G-IIAI |
2836.77 |
2902.91 |
1581.65 |
2518.58 |
9839.91 |
56.551 |
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| Contest Director: Eric Marsh, Contest Chief Judge: Nick Buckenham, Scoring Director: Jen B. Judges: Nick Buckenham, Ian Scott, Peter Macintosh. Judges Assistants: John Scott, Steve Evans, Jen Buckenham,
Victoria Wicks. |
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