The Tiger Trophy - 2013
CD's Report
I’ve heard a few comments during this lovely summer that we’ve been enjoying, that there doesn’t seem to be many wasps this year. Well that’s because they’re all at Sherburn in Elmet airfield where we gathered for the annual battle for the Tiger Trophy. Unfortunately, that lovely summer looked like deserting us for a few days, right at the wrong time.

The Friday evening before we were due kick off was extremely wet, so much so that when we arrived at the airfield on Saturday morning, the car park and many other areas were flooded. Not too much of a problem, you might think, but the electricity had also given up its’ flow. No fuel, no radio, no scoring ‘puter but worst of all, no kettle! A few brave contenders had snuck in on Friday afternoon, one all the way from Belgium, but Saturdays’ weather prevented arrivals from those still stranded and was never really going to be good enough for a competition. So, as the briefing time systematically inch-wormed its way through the day, the arrival of a huge weather cell made the call very easy – see you all tomorrow.

Sunday. Low cloud and low viz, but at least the kettle was working. Despite the conditions outside, a full briefing went ahead at 0930hrs so that we could scramble without delay if a miracle clearance suddenly happened. We had to wait until 1200hrs before the little blue bits in the sky began to grow. I had set a completion time of 1600hrs to allow pilots time to fly home. We had 3hrs of flying to get through so we had to be flying by 1300hrs or it was game over. At 1230hrs, the cloud was still too low but the blue bits were now bigger than the white bits and pilot number one, Aidan Smith, would give it a go as the gaps were now quite large. At 1255hrs, he entered the box and subsequently completed his sequence. Could we keep this up, it still didn’t look certain? Pilots 3 & 4 elected to land without completing, and for very just reasons too, so it was looking like it was all over, as time margins were so tight, however, as the next standard pilot was already at the hold, I let him have a look at the box for himself and to our delight, the cloud had shot up to our minima and we were off and running.

Standard was completed after the necessary re-flights, with Aidan taking the bronze in the Sleap Slingsby and silver for Chris, top‘tache, Sills, but the gold would go to David Brown flying the Cassells Extra 200. Intermediate were next up and the tricky sequence caught a few out. Steve Hipwell won here in the Extra 230 with John Scott second in his Cap 10. The bronze however, went home across the Channel to Belgium with Alexander van den Broeck in his Extra 200. Advanced again found some casualties. Tony Maxwell took the bronze behind David Jenkins in second. But it was the man in gold medal position who had entertained everyone within earshot of a radio tuned to the safety frequency. As he talked himself through his inverted spin, he inadvertently pressed the PTT button and broadcast, “Right foot, left stick!” in the unmistakable Scottish accent that belonged to wee Ron Allen. Personally, I was looking forward to listening to his commentary on the rest of his flight but alas, he let go of the button.

Of course it was the Tiger Trophy that was the big prize. Festooned with illustrious names, past and present, it’s got to be one of the most impressive trophies in our arsenal, it’s certainly the heaviest, but as the final competitor wing rocked into the box, the trophy had yet to arrive! Long story but in the end Ed Yard kindly volunteered to ferry the trophy by air as soon as the weather at Waltham cleared. He landed literally moments before the competition ended – and then his tailwheel assembly broke and wrecked the bottom of his rudder! Poor chap was only doing us a favour. Thank you again Ed. We were all very grateful, even if I did run off with the trophy after checking you were OK. That trophy will now carry the name David Brown, who with a score of 81.35% was almost 6% ahead of everyone else. Well done David.

The presentations didn’t stop there. This year was the first chance for pilots to enter a contest as part of a team. I’d hoped this new element would prove popular and spark a little extra friendly rivalry around the playground. I think it worked and the new BAeA Team Trophy was won by the team formed in the deep south, well Sussex, Team Confederates. Well done Gents and my thanks to all the pilots for entering into the spirit of the team thing.

More thanks have to go to Sherburn Aero Club for once again welcoming our circus to their superb airfield. Thanks to Ian Scott and his team of judges and assistants who worked through our entire field without so much as comfort break, despite sitting next to a huge pile of manure. Thanks to Jen and Jack for our scores and Ed for the trophy. I hope your Edge is fixed soon. Biggest thank you must go to the pilots who once again conducted themselves impeccably, in the air at least, and it’s this level of businesslike professionalism that ensures host airfields invite us back year after year. Good show everyone.

My check list for next year now reads - sunhat, wellies, surprise unknown that we didn’t get to fly and, oh yes, wasp repellent!!
 Contest Results
 Tiger Trophy Meeting, Sherburn in Elmet, 24th-25th August

Ranked by percent   

 Rank Level Pilot Aeroplane Registration Unk'n #1 Totals O/all %
 1 STD David Brown Extra 200 G-TWOO 1065.62 1065.62 81.345
 2 STD Chris Sills Laser 200 G-CBHR 991.25 991.25 75.668
 3 STD Aidan Smith Slingsby T-67M G-BUUK 941.78 941.78 71.892
 4 INT Stephen Hipwell Extra-230 G-ROMP 1376.67 1376.67 71.701
 H/C STD Phil Westerby-Jones Extra 200 G-TWOO 915.71 915.71 69.901
 5 STD Alex Cartwright Slingsby T-67M G-BUUK 900.35 900.35 68.729
 6 INT John Scott CAP-10B G-BXRA 1289.74 1289.74 67.174
 7 INT Alexander van den Broeck Extra 200 OO-TTT 1247.36 1247.36 64.967
 8 ADV Ron Allan Edge 360 G-ZVKO 1760.02 1760.02 63.083
 9 INT David Cowden Extra-230 G-ROMP 1172.60 1172.60 61.073
 10 INT Paul Elvidge T-67M G-BKTZ 1135.52 1135.52 59.142
 11 ADV David Jenkins Edge 360 G-EDGJ 1489.93 1489.93 53.403
 12 INT Philip Massetti Laser 230 G-CBHR 859.37 859.37 44.759
 13 ADV Tony Maxwell Edge 360 G-ZVKO 1234.58 1234.58 44.250
 14 ADV Cas Smith Pitts S-2A G-ICAS 1081.35 1081.35 38.758
Contest Director: Brian McCartney, Contest Chief Judge: Ian Scott, Scoring Director: Jen B. Judges: Ian Scott, Nick Buckenham, Peter Macintosh, Eric Marsh. Judges Assistants: Julie Wood, Julie Lawley, Michelle Howard, Emma Sik.
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 Team Results
 Tiger Trophy Meeting, Sherburn in Elmet, 24th-25th August
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Team Confederates Aeroplane Registration Unk'n #1 Totals O/all %
CON

M

 David Brown Extra 200 G-TWOO 1065.62 1065.62 81.345
CON

M

 Stephen Hipwell Extra-230 G-ROMP 1376.67 1376.67 71.701
CON

M

 David Cowden Extra-230 G-ROMP 1172.60 1172.60 61.073
            3614.89 70.192
 2

Team Britiium
BRI

M

 Chris Sills Laser 200 G-CBHR 991.25 991.25 75.668
BRI

M

 John Scott CAP-10B G-BXRA 1289.74 1289.74 67.174
BRI

M

 Alexander van den Broeck Extra 200 OO-TTT 1247.36 1247.36 64.967
            3528.35 68.512
 3

The Slingsby Special
TSS

M

 Aidan Smith Slingsby T-67M G-BUUK 941.78 941.78 71.892
TSS

M

 Alex Cartwright Slingsby T-67M G-BUUK 900.35 900.35 68.729
TSS

M

 Paul Elvidge T-67M G-BKTZ 1135.52 1135.52 59.142
            2977.65 65.587
 4

Edge of Reason
EDG

M

 Ron Allan Edge 360 G-ZVKO 1760.02 1760.02 63.083
EDG

M

 David Jenkins Edge 360 G-EDGJ 1489.93 1489.93 53.403
EDG

M

 Tony Maxwell Edge 360 G-ZVKO 1234.58 1234.58 44.250
            4484.53 53.579
Contest Director: Brian McCartney, Contest Chief Judge: Ian Scott, Scoring Director: Jen B. Judges: Ian Scott, Nick Buckenham, Peter Macintosh, Eric Marsh.. Judges Assistants: Julie Wood, Julie Lawley, Michelle Howard, Emma Sik.
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