Hi All
Well what a
strange Winter League this has been. The SWSA F3F Winter Leagues have always in
the past provided some of the fastest flying of the year in the UK. But it just
hasn’t happened this year. When the wind has blown it has been either too strong
or accompanied with to much rain to get a competition in. When the conditions
have been dry the winds have been light.
The final
round for this year’s winter league found us on the Ice Cream slope, which
traditionally has presented us with some good conditions. However, today the
conditions were more akin to the summer competition. This meant a fair degree
of thermal activity, which was made worse with quite a bit of west in the wind
direction.
This meant we
struggled to get a competition in and only managed to get three rounds in.
Round One
went to Martin Drewitt with a 55:13. Greame Mahoney was just behind him with a
56:31 just piping Martin Newnham with a 56:49
Round two was
taken by Martin Newnham with a 53:70 which ended up to be the Fast Time of the
Day. Mark Abbotts was second with a 55:09 and Dave Rumble was third with 58:54.
The third and
what turned out for be the final round as the wind went right off the slope was
won by Mark Abbotts with a 55:78 with Martin Newnham second with a 62:30 and
Greame Mahoney third with a 66:31.
By the time
we had finished the third round it was quite late in the day as we had had
quite a few refights for wind direction and a sizable hold in the round as
well.
It was great
to see some new faces on the slope. It was just a pity they really didn’t
experienced what the Bwlch is capable off.
It was also
great to see Mike Shellim again at an SWSA Winter League which probably means
we will have some nice photos of the day’s events to enjoy.
So who won
today? Martin Newnham proved that he could handle the difficult conditions best
today flying his Freestyler 4 with Mark Abbotts finishing second with his
Caldera and Mike Shellim finishing third with his trusty Sting. (Please see the full results below).
So with a
third round in it meant we could discard one so that we would have the best two
of three.
So the SWSA
F3F 2013-14 Winter League Champion is Simon Thornton with an impeccable 2000
points, flying a Freestyler 4. Runner up this year is Martin Newnham with
1992.88 again flying a Freestyler 4 and in third spot was Mark Abbots with
1988.62 flying a Caldera.
The Fastest
Time of the League went to Joel West with a 39:64 in the second league event.
Thank you to
everyone who has supported and helped out throughout the Winter league.
Martin will
compile the final qualifications for the Winter League Champion or Champions
which will be flown next week at the Bwlch.
See you all
soon and all the best
Andrzej
Round Three
Results
1
|
Martin
Newnham
|
2871.27
|
2
|
Mark
Abbotts
|
2861.25
|
3
|
Mike
Shellim
|
2614.83
|
4
|
Greame
Mahoney
|
2558.09
|
5
|
Dave Rumble
|
2510.05
|
6
|
Martin
Drewitt
|
2449.06
|
7
|
Tony
Livingstone
|
2399.41
|
8
|
Clive Jones
|
2340.05
|
9
|
Andrew
Kayes
|
2300.46
|
10
|
Leigh
Tolson
|
1400.07
|
|
|
|
Final League
Postions after one discard
1
|
Simon
Thrornton
|
2000.00
|
2
|
Martin
Newnham
|
1992.88
|
3
|
Mark
Abbotts
|
1988.62
|
4
|
Joel West
|
1986.96
|
5
|
Graeme
Mahoney
|
1866.56
|
6
|
Tony
Livingstone
|
1858.71
|
7
|
Dave
Runmble
|
1787.17
|
8
|
Martin
Drewett
|
1747.65
|
9
|
Mike Evans
|
1696.43
|
10
|
Clive Jones
|
1646.61
|
11
|
Greg Lewis
|
945.83
|
12
|
John
Phillips
|
914.20
|
13
|
Mike
Shellim
|
910.69
|
14
|
Paul
Stubley
|
870.59
|
15
|
John Treble
|
829.55
|
16
|
Andrew
Kayes
|
801.20
|
17
|
Chris
Studley
|
769.28
|
18
|
Andrzej
Tabero
|
768.07
|
19
|
Leigh
Tolson
|
487.61
|
