The Saltby Open, 2016 results

This turned out to be one of the best attended Glider competitions for several years with a field of 22 pilots from all classes.  This field included 4 new pilots flying in competition for the first time, a big welcome to them.  As always the winner of the Saltby Open contest is the pilot who gains the highest percentage score regardless of the category in which they fly.  The competition was scheduled to run over two days with Sunday as a fall back.  In the event, and with the weather forecast for the Saturday looking dire, we decided to fly the whole thing on the Friday.  With 44 flights to look forward to an early start was essential and the hangar doors were opened at 0630.  As always the Buckminster Gliding club members were more than helpful and made sure that we had everything ready to start flying immediately after the 0900 briefing.  The weather was perfect with a cloud base in excess of the required 4000’ and a moderate wind straight down the runway. By 3pm half of the required 44 flights had been completed leaving a lot to do before sunset.

With the significant possibility of the competition not being completed a second Robin (180hp) was sent for by way of a replacement for the economic but underpowered Eurofox ultralight.  It duly arrived and the launch rate went up, allowing us to finish the job by 7.30pm. Roger Hamilton and his crew managed the slick launch point operation with consummate skill. We are indebted to all of the crew and the pilots for their hard work.  The results below speak for themselves.   Worthy of particular note are Tim Pearson who has only been flying since April, Seb Brown who won the newly designated Baldwin Trophy being the highest placed under 25 year old, and Trevor Dale, the highest placed Brit.

The weather on Saturday initially turned out better than expected and we were able to conclude the proceedings with an unofficial contest between four pilots all putting the Lunak through it’s paces.  This was won by Dietmar Poll.  

Prize giving was followed by the legendary Buckminster Buffet and before long the heavens opened in one of the most dramatic electrical storms which I have seen for quite some time.

Thanks to Chris Cain and his judging team and to Cindy for doing the registration and scoring so well.

Thanks also to all the Buckminster GC members who helped out and made all of us feel so welcome.

Paul Conran

Contest Results: Saltby Open Plate 2016

Rank Level Pilot Aeroplane Registration Unk 1 Unk 2 Totals O/all %
1 UNL Dietmar Poll Swift S-1 G-LUPY 1827.96 1805.26 3633.22 84.691
2 ADV Ramon Dormans Swift S-1 G-LUPY 1447.84 1511.98 2959.81 82.217
3 SPO Trevor Dale Pilatus B4 G-DCZD 1227.16 1184.76 2411.93 80.666
4 UNL David-John Gibbs Swift S-1 G-LUPY 1742.27 1642.09 3384.35 78.889
5 ADV Graham Saw Letov 107 Lunak CK-0927 1401.56 1409.02 2810.58 78.072
6 INT Rodolphe Herve ASK 21 G-CKNL 1227.50 1233.75 2461.25 77.398
7 SPO Seb Brown ASK 21 G-CKNL 1061.16 1174.27 2235.43 74.763
8 SPO Joel Hallewell Pilatus B4 G-PILY 1082.55 1151.67 2234.22 74.723
9 SPO Mateusz Borkowski ASK 21 G-CKNL 1035.25 1164.92 2200.16 73.584
10 SPO Guy Roth ASK 21 G-CKNL 995.11 1190.51 2185.62 73.098
11 SPO Will Jones ASK 21 G-CKNL 1002.59 1178.82 2181.41 72.957
12 UNL Andy Cunningham Swift S-1 G-LUPY 1477.89 1551.53 3029.42 70.616
13 ADV Richard Crockett Letov 107 Lunak CK-0927 1099.30 1425.68 2524.98 70.138
14 SPO Jonathan Welch ASK 21 G-CKNL 886.64 1108.34 1994.98 66.722
15 SPO Alan Monro ASK 21 G-CKNL 1083.86 897.47 1981.33 66.265
16 SPO Michael Corcoran Pilatus B4 G-CHDA 994.02 864.24 1858.25 62.149

Contest Director: Paul Conran, Contest Chief Judge: Chris Cain, Scoring Director: Cindy Copsey

Judges: Chris Cain, Charles Baker, Rod Herve,

Judges Assistants: Margaret Baker, Vanessa Wozny, Various Pilots

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Contest Results: Saltby Open Club Plaque 2016

Rank Pilot Aeroplane Registration Known #2 Known #1 Totals O/all %
1 Tim Pearson ASK 21 G-CKNL 565.21 456.86 1022.07 70.977
2 Ben Bujalski ASK 21 G-CKNL 625.73 377.35 1003.08 69.658
3 John Hunt ASK 21 G-CKNL 577.23 401.04 978.27 67.935

Contest Director: Paul Conran, Contest Chief Judge: Chris Cain, Scoring Director: Cindy Copsey

Judges: Chris Cain, Charles Baker, Rod Herve,

Judges Assistants: Margaret Baker, Vanessa Wozny, Various Pilots

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Contest Results: Saltby Open Sports Resilts

Rank Pilot Aeroplane Registration Unk 1 Unk 2 Totals O/all %
1 Trevor Dale Pilatus B4 G-DCZD 1227.16 1184.76 2411.93 80.666
2 Seb Brown ASK 21 G-CKNL 1061.16 1174.27 2235.43 74.763
3 Joel Hallewell Pilatus B4 G-PILY 1082.55 1151.67 2234.22 74.723
4 Mateusz Borkowski ASK 21 G-CKNL 1035.25 1164.92 2200.16 73.584
5 Guy Roth ASK 21 G-CKNL 995.11 1190.51 2185.62 73.098
6 Will Jones ASK 21 G-CKNL 1002.59 1178.82 2181.41 72.957
7 Jonathan Welch ASK 21 G-CKNL 886.64 1108.34 1994.98 66.722
8 Alan Monro ASK 21 G-CKNL 1083.86 897.47 1981.33 66.265
9 Michael Corcoran Pilatus B4 G-CHDA 994.02 864.24 1858.25 62.149

Contest Director: Paul Conran, Contest Chief Judge: Chris Cain, Scoring Director: Cindy Copsey

Judges: Chris Cain, Charles Baker, Rod Herve,

Judges Assistants: Margaret Baker, Vanessa Wozny, Various Pilots

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Contest Results: Saltby Open Intermediate Results

Rank Pilot Aeroplane Registration Unk 1 Unk 2 Totals O/all %
1 Rodolphe Herve ASK 21 G-CKNL 1227.50 1233.75 2461.25 77.398

Contest Director: Paul Conran, Contest Chief Judge: Chris Cain, Scoring Director: Cindy Copsey

Judges: Chris Cain, Charles Baker,

Judges Assistants: Margaret Baker, Various Pilots

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Contest Results: Saltby Open Advanced Results

Rank Pilot Aeroplane Registration Unk 1 Unk 2 Totals O/all %
1 Ramon Dormans Swift S-1 G-LUPY 1447.84 1511.98 2959.81 82.217
2 Graham Saw Letov 107 Lunak CK-0927 1401.56 1409.02 2810.58 78.072
3 Richard Crockett Letov 107 Lunak CK-0927 1099.30 1425.68 2524.98 70.138

Contest Director: Paul Conran, Contest Chief Judge: Chris Cain, Scoring Director: Cindy Copsey

Judges: Chris Cain, Charles Baker, Rod Herve,

Judges Assistants: Margaret Baker, Vanessa Wozny, Various Pilots

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Contest Results: Saltby Open Unlimited Results

Rank Pilot Aeroplane Registration Unk 1 Unk 2 Totals O/all %
1 Dietmar Poll Swift S-1 G-LUPY 1827.96 1805.26 3633.22 84.691
2 David-John Gibbs Swift S-1 G-LUPY 1742.27 1642.09 3384.35 78.889
3 Andy Cunningham Swift S-1 G-LUPY 1477.89 1551.53 3029.42 70.616

Contest Director: Paul Conran, Contest Chief Judge: Chris Cain, Scoring Director: Cindy Copsey

Judges: Chris Cain, Charles Baker, Rod Herve,

Judges Assistants: Margaret Baker, Vanessa Wozny, Various Pilots

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