Monday 25 February 2013

final round of the Northern League

Saturday sees the final round of the Northern Winter league.  based on the best 2 scores from 3 counting races, the top 15 possitions are shown here.  There are a number of pilots qualifying through different leagues and I've marked these- It's looking good for a tight finish to the season.

1
Mark Redsel
       1,000.00
2
Martin Newnham
           971.24
3
Rich Bago
           964.15
4
Simon Thornton
           960.32
5
Paul Garnett
           949.04
6
Paul Upton
           940.22
7
Pete Gunning 
           935.35
8
Tom Foreman
           896.53
9
Mike McCracken
           890.04
10
Frank Hulton
           884.62
11
Mark Treble
           859.12
12
Keith Wood
           845.44
13
Ronnie Lampe
           807.64
14
 Jon Edison
           803.42
15
 John Tideswell
           569.68


Tuesday 19 February 2013

a few pics of the record breaking day

It's never easy having the time to take pictures with shuch a small field but..

Mike did his best to slow down for the camera

Tony's Energtic was going to be launched with or without his permission

Phew- went well then!

Number one- but for how Long?

About a minute!  That's the grin of a record holder







Monday 18 February 2013

Champion of Champions

The leader boards are up for each league now.  Please can you confirm your league if you think I'm wrong and for those who have qualifed contact me to confirm your emtry

A PB for me and national record for him!

  I’ll down load the pictures later but it’s a rare thing to be happy to see the month in law arriving.  Her arrival on Saturday cleared to house of mice and meant that I could be off to race on the crest on Sunday.  After a later start and trek through the fog to set up the course we were ready for what promised to be a bog day.  My first round followed my usual pattern of half a round of slow and then 5 legs of ballistic air.  Then round 3 and I finally managed to hold on to some good air for 10 legs and a sub 40 recorded. After years of plugging away with other people’s models, to do it with my own is very sweet.
  The big boys were showing some real style on the slope with models ballasted up to the legal maximum and some truly classy smooth flying mid and low thirty flights were becoming the norm.  Stefan held the slope record for about a minute with a 30.06 before Abbo seemed to put a jet in the back of his Caldera and ripped up a 28.75.
  Huge thanks have to go to AJ, turning up time after time to make sure the comps happen.  
  What a day!

Monday 11 February 2013

Final Places of the Southern League and top 10 with 1 round to go in the North and Midlands

Here’s the final placing of the Southern Winter league, 3 Willows in the top 4! I think we’re set for a lot of Willows in the final this year.
1
Simon Thornton
   1,000.00
2
John Bennet
      967.79
3
john Philips
      966.52
4
Ian Mason
      898.42
5
Graeme Mahone
      894.74
6
Tony Livingston
      888.87
7
Rob Coles
      888.08
8
Phil Taylor
      862.33
9
Martin Drewit
      857.18
10
Tony Robertson
      825.38
11
john fox
      817.84
12
martin newnham
      497.56
13
garry harrison
      472.24
14
tom noble
      471.78
15
bob r
      458.49
16
Jack Cubitt
      456.21
17
Joe Cubitt
      433.08
18
Dave Rumbie
      432.51
19
ian duff
      415.78
20
stuart wallace
      414.88
21
peter burgess
      408.03
22
Tony Livingston
      405.12
23
gary parker
      375.85
24
jim taylor
      286.22
25
mike place
      274.87
26
ray wells
      130.91
27
Ian Falconer
         92.73
28
Alex Maryon-Davis
         51.89







The ‘unofficial’ top 10s for the Northern and Midlands leagues are here.  Lots still to play for!


Midlands


North

Placing
Name
Points

Name
Points
1
Mike Evans
1,000.00

Mark Redsel
       1,000.00
2
Andy Burgoyne
 990.12

Martin Newnham
           971.24
3
Ian Webb
 955.86

Rich Bago
           964.15
4
Mick Walsh
 929.51

Simon Thornton
           960.32
5
Scott Ravenscroft
 925.93

Paul Garnett
           949.04
6
Mark treble
919.65

Paul Upton
           940.22
7
paul stubley
 893.56

Pete Gunning 
           935.35
8
mark richards
 868.97

Tom Foreman
           896.53
9
less wood
 867.70

Mike McCracken
           890.04
10
Steve Streetley
 831.62

Frank Hulton
           884.62