Opening Ceremony for Day 1 of Competition Enterprise celebrating the 40th event with an opening speech by DSGC President Dave Minson. Meanwhile Club launching started into an improving sky albeit with top cover.
The Task was set as Point of No Return? (Pilot selected Out and Return to anywhere).
Launching started at lunchtime and then there was a very early phone call that Rowan in CLM had landed at Stoodleigh
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| Rowan's field at Stoodleigh |
and gliders started returning to base from the very local area, caused by the normal North Hill wave interference at the motorway.
As the day wore on, conditions at North Hill detereoriated with lowering cloudbase but up country the soaring was still good.
Last competitor back was Bob Bromwich in DG500MB 94 with Liam in the back seat having turned Honeybourne and sawtoothed back from Nympsfield. Taking first place, Trevor Stuart in ASW27B 621 who had managed to find the forecast convergence along the south coast turned Duncton and landed out at Shaftesbury for a total of 291 kms giving 381 points.
There was a big buzz in the evening in the Clubhouse with an excellent Carvery and bar with everyone chatting with old friends.
See the Competition Enterprise tasks and results on DSGC website
