Thursday 20 March 2014

Champion of Champions Practice

Hi All 

I have spoken to the farmer and asked if he can open the gate for a practice on Friday so that you can practice sitting in a car in the rain on Mickey’s!

He has agreed to this but please be aware that you must close the gate behind you. Failure to do this could mean we will loose the right to have the gate opened even on competition days.

Looking forward to seeing you all over the weekend and all the best


Andrzej

Sunday 16 March 2014

Final Roound of the SWSA F3F Winter League 2013-14

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

Saturday 15 March 2014

Final Round of the SWSA F3F Winter League is ON

Hi All

I have a few more name now so the competition is on.

Simon Thornton
Martin Newnham
Greame Mahoney
Tony Livingstone
John Treble
Dave Rumble
Martin Drewett
Leigh Tolson

We will meet at the 'T' Junction at the Bwlch 09:00 - 09:30 as the current forecasts suggest either the Ice Cream Slope or Westerly on Mickey's for tomorrow.

All the best

Andrzej

  

Friday 14 March 2014

Looking good for the final round of the SWSA F3F Winter League - BUT

Hi All

just to confirm that conditions look good for Sunday for the final round of the SWSA F3F Winter League. However numbers are a little thin on the ground at the moment so if you intend to attend could let me know  and I would be grateful.

The names I have to date are

Simon Thornton
Martin Newnham
Greame Mahoney
Tony Livingstone
John Treble

I would clearly like to call the competition but it doesn't look feasible with only five names at the moment.

All the best


Andrzej