There were several attempts to hold a briefing on Saturday morning with a task set for Land's End out and return, but we were keen to wait for two arrivals by air. Andy Perkins (BGA Chairman) was flying in from Lasham in an RV10, and Jules Anderson was flying back from Denbigh in another Eurofox.
The fly in the ointment was a rain shower joker that had popped up on the Brittany coast contrary to the early forecast, and started marching across the English Channel heading for North Hill. At the same time a N-S band of rain developed across England just to the East. The more we watched the rainfall radar, it became clear that Andy would not get through from Lasham. But Jules managed to find a gap in the weather and arrived back via Cardiff low-level. Reluctantly we had to scrub the task and the rain (and very high humidity) actually continued most of the day.
At briefing, Jules was able to give a good account of his flight on Friday with thermals still at 19:30 enabling him to capture the North coast bonus. Rod Witter and Simon Marriott came 2nd also with a long flight landing at Lleweni Park. In 3rd place was Chris Gill who had 'played it a bit conservatively' until he realised that others were heading off on great distances.
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| CE & DSGC party (Mark Courtney) |
The rest of the day was spent in setting up the clubhouse and marquee area for the final party and prizegiving. The event was a combined CE23 and DSGC members party, with DSGC member Sir Chris Coville giving a spiel and awarding the CE Trophies to the winning Pilots. The DSGC Helpers were also rewarded with Anniversary wine bottles for hosting a splendid event with 4 competition days.
Trophies were awarded as follows:
Blunt Nails
- awarded to Pilots who punch above their weight despite low experience or low performance glider
Team Eagle
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| Some of Team Eagle (Dan Johns) |
Sam Witter Trophy
- awarded for the most enterprising flight after engine use
Jules Anderson
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| Congratulations to Jules Anderson - Sam Witter and John Cadman Trophies (Dan Johns) |
John Cadman Trophy
- awarded for the best flight of the competition
Jules Anderson (Day 4)
Pure Glider overall
1st Place Chris Gill
2nd Place Team Eagle
3rd Place Jordan Richards
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| Congratulations to Mike Armstrong Pop's Pot (Dan Johns) |
Open Glider overall
1st Place Chris Gill winning the Enterprise Challenge Trophy
2nd Place Mike Armstrong winning Pop's Pot
3rd Place Rod Witter / Simon Marriott winning Pop's Pot
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| Congratulations to Chris Gill winner of the Enterprise Challenge Trophy |
Special mention was made to Peter Warren who was awarded a BGA Diploma for services to Gliding - he has been a tug pilot at every Competition Enterprise held at North Hill - that's 50 years!
Congratulations to Peter Warren BGA Diploma for services to Gliding (Nick Jones)
The party continued late into the evening, with the beer holding out, but the great Paella from Conrad's Kitchen and Langage Ice Cream gave out after 'second helpings'. Thank you to all our sponsors for the competition, thanks also to Sally Hender for running a Prize Draw throughout the week with over £700 contributing to DSGC Charitable Trust.
