After two days of being battered by wind and rain we are expecting today to be flyable. We still have fresh westerly winds and the chance of showers but the potential for good conditions in between. At the moment the sky looks very threatening but as we are becoming accustomed this should break up later in the day. We can only wait and see for the time being.
For today's task "Disparate circles" there are concentric circles of increasing diameter centred on North Hill. Competitors score points by flying to different circles. Having reached the circle, they must then go to another different circle (or land back of course). They will have to decide the optimum inner and outer circles to to maximise their score.
There turned out to be sea breeze convergences on both coasts which several pilots made use of. The three winning pilots all added height gains for more bonus points by taking cloud climbs.
Day 3 winner and overall leader Chris Gill
First Place was Chris Gill in LS4 449 scoring 308 points from 170km of circles plus sea, height and landback bonuses. In second place was Tony Maitland and Phil King in Duo Discus DD2 scoring 239 points and close behind with the same distance of 120km of circles was Mike Armstrong in Ventus 2 JVA with 227points .
Special mentions go to Team Eagle again (this time John Burrow and Ian Mitchell) who managed to drift downwind catching the 90km ring before landing by the Badges in Wiltshire. Total score 132 points.
BBB by the badge of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (JB)
Justin Wills showed how to do it flying a K6E 638 by taking a launch before briefing, and getting to Ringmer before attempting to get back into wind as far as Membury, before backtracking to Lasham for dinner.
With the weather cycling and the strong westerly wind, several pilots took a launch but landed back.
In the evening Club flying led by James Flory enjoyed aerotows, and North Hill Cafe provided a lovely evening meal. - J&P
