After an optimistic briefing at 10am, prior gridding gave Dan 6th place to launch - at 11:15am, which was a blessing as the thermals were moving away from the airfield. FZ with Connor and Robert Vaughan, followed by DD3 with Phil Morrison and Alan Rappaport were later to launch bringing up the vanguard. The grid was completed by 11:45am, most of the competitors headed south, LEW Chris Gill ended up over Snowdon, gaining extra points.
JDP:
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| Dan Hender Big Blue hole (Rob Hender) |
"Made it to Bakewell, then a climb to 8500ft back near Sutton Bank, gave me extra points, earning 512 for the day." Dan Hender (ed: well done Dan - 335km but still no Gold Badge)
DD3:
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| Phil Morrison and Alan Rappaport (Rob Hender) |
"We struggled to get away from the blue hole over Sutton Bank, but got some great pictures of the Humber Bridge, then down south to Gainsborough, then to Sheffield East then returned to Sutton Bank, relatively easy day, but not as good as the forecast/people predicted." Alan Rappaport
FZ:
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| Robert Vaughan and Connor Williams (Rob Hender) |
"Initially hard, not as forecast, spent about half an hour getting away from Sutton Bank, got two sea crossings again, made it back without the iron thermal for the first time… only just!" Connor Williams
Connor then got caught for a 'carry-out' retrieve from somewhere near Hull out of a wheat field, finally returning to the clubhouse at 8:15pm! Back in time for the gin and tonic, and chilli at the clubhouse.
In the mean time Sally patched up the tent ready for the rain tomorrow! - Sally Hender
Provisional Results for Day 3 see Competition Enterprise website
JDP 9th 530 points Overall 4th
DD3 8th 546 points Overall 8th
FZ 17th 428 points Overall 11th
