Sieger
| Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LS3 | John Roberts | 6.750 |
| 2 | FYB | Jake Brattle | 6.655 |
| 3 | 364 | James Ewence | 6.259 |
DAY 8 ROUNDUP
After yesterday's landouts and late returns to the airfield we delayed briefing by 30 minutes today to give the competitors a chance to rig before briefing.
The forecast suggested a slow start with convection heights taking their time to get high enough to grid launch before going potentially to over 7000 feet , mostly blue with small cu amounts in the task area. Thermals took their time to work up high enough to launch so we reduced the AAT task duration to 2.5 hours to give competitors a chance to return before the expected sea breeze kicked in. The sea breeze came through before the grid was launched but with a few exceptions the competitors were able to climb away and reach the remot start point.
The day turned out to be mostly blue with a convergence line marked by a small line of cu clouds along the Cotswold Edge. Some fast flights were flown but some of the late starters regretted their decision to start late as they battled back into a strong sea breeze headwind towards the finish line, many landing just short or failing to get over the finish ring.
Up and coming Junior James Bartlett took the day win with the usual suspects in hot pursuit. Johnny Roberts doing enough to win the overall title after gaining just enough height ridge soaring just before the finish ring to flop over the finish.
Happy to report a safe championships with no accidents or significant damage.
DAY 7
The weather proved to be a lot better than expected yesterday with the pilots reporting cu clouds to the north and west with strong climbs to 6000 feet and good energy lines in the run. As a result they went much faster than expected and devaluing the day by finishing in under 3 hours. Today we have a 267 km polygon Racing Task to the south east and then to the north-east. Expected conditions have blue themals with bands of high cloud casting shadows on the ground. Most competitors started soon...
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ANOTHER DAY = ANOTHER TASK
THe weather listened to our metman Sid today and we launched the grid into a blue sky with some small scattered cumulus slowly turning blue. Pilots quickly climbed away from tow and the first starters were away around 1330 on the 280 km Racing Task to the rolling hiils on the Welsh borders. The late starters crossed the start around 1445. The leading group are now about 100 km from the finish and we expect them back in around 45 minutes.
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Why doesn't the weather watch the forecast ?
With a good forecast for the Welsh borders we briefed the competitors for a 350 km racing task into to the north-west. To our horrot when we came out of briefing the weather to the north-west looked horrible with 8/8 spreadout. Why does the weather never watch the forecast? After beating the met man Sid with a large stick we got a new weather forecast and called the competitors back into a rebriefing for a 256 km task to the south and east. We launched into an overcast sky and much to this Compe...
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Day 4. Another day. Another AAT.
After yesterday's wet rest day (the first rain for some 6 weeks), this morning's rain band quickly moved away to the East leaving us in a cool blustery westerly airflow. The pilots were set a 3 hour AAT aligned with the wind and they made the most of it with some very fast flights along the cloudstreets. Wave interference made the day a little challenging at times for some but most competitors finished with just a few landouts. Johnny Roberts had the biggest smile at the end of the day. Us on th...
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DAY 3 - ANOTHER COMPETITION DAY
After a last minute task change we launched just as the first small cu clouds appeared on a 3 hour AAT. Conditions were generally very good with climbs on task to over 6000 ft, but the third sector was badly affected by high cover and there were some landouts there. Other pilots closely inspected the ground in that area before climbing away and returning west to better conditions. Jake Brattle was once again our day winner - and clearly not much affected by his 4 year break from competition flyi...
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DAY 2 SMILES ALL ROUND
The forecast high cover never really materialised in the task area and our competitors once again completed the task faster than we expected. Everybody completed the task and we have a garden full of happy smiling pilots.
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Day 2 brings another sunny soarable day
The weather smiled on us again today and we were able to launch the grid at 12:30 on a 239 km racing task into a mostly blue sky with scattered small cumulus. We expect conditions to blue out during the day. Thin high cloud is forecast to enter the task area from the west later this afternoon which might give a few challenges for the last leg. but at the moment on task they are enjoying strong blue thermals to 5500 feet.
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DAY 1 TURNED OUT MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED
Day 1 turned out to be much better than we expected with our winners completing the task in excess of 100 km/h and devaluing the day on winner's time. We welcomed James Ewence flying Discus B competition number 364 as the first finisher of the competition. James placing third for the day behind former British Team pilots Jake Brattle and Johnny Roberts - Jake demonstrating he has lost none of his abilities during a 4 year absence from competitive flying. It was without a doubt the best soarig da...
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DAY 1 BRINGS A MOUTH WATERING SKY
The grid launched at 1130 into a mouth watering sky on a 335km Racing Task to the north-east. With a possibility it will blue out later some competitors have already started while they have cumulus to aim for. We look forward to seeing them crossing the finish later this afternoon.
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