First Round of the Welsh F3F Winter league is OFF

Hi All

sorry for the late post but I have just got in from work. I have to be honest it doesn't look good for Sunday. For the last couple of days rain was the main concern but this now has past. The real problem now is no wind as there appears to be a big high pressure sat on top of us.

Of the five weather sites  I have looked at only one is giving us flyable conditions which is the Met office mountain forecast on the Wrecker, true this is one of the most reliable.  Every other site is give between 2 to 5 mph with variable directions with everything from the Crest to the VR slope s we could end up chasing the wind all day.  

As always with the Bwlch you could go up Sunday and it could be great but I have to make a call now as I am working tomorrow and I am afraid that with the way things are looking at the moment I think the best thing is to call it off.

All the best

Andrzej 

First Round SWSA F3F Winter League

Sunday is the first round of the SWSA F3F winter league. I will make a call Friday if the competition is on and if so mare details of meeting times.

If I can have entries by Saturday I would be grateful as it helps with organising the flying order and get things running on the day. However, if you wake up Sunday morning and decide at the last minute you want to fly you will more than welcome, but you might find yourself early in the flying order!

If you are thinking about having a go in F3F the winter league is a great place to start, it's all pretty informal and don't worry if you haven't got the latest state of the art carbon fibre dream machine to have a go.  Sure it nice to have but it is more important that you have a go at standing in the center of a course and trying to fly a kilometer as fast as you can with what ever plane you have got.  Better to find out flying a foamie that F3F is for you than spending thousands only to find out you have made an expensive mistake!   

Looking forward to seeing you all Sunday

Andrzej

2013-14 Welsh F3F Winter League Dates

Hi All sorry for the late posting but I have been having fun In Spain at La Muela.

We will stick with the third Sunday of the month for the winter league dates which will be as follows:

November 17

December 15

January 19

February 16

March 16

As always we I will make a weather call on the Friday night before the Competition.

I will post near the date and I look forward to seeing you all

Andrzej

Day Two Welsh F3F Open

No flying today due to the conditions, Clag :-(

Well it wouldn't be a Welsh open with and a bit of rain and Clag!

Day one Welsh Open 2013

First Day of the Welsh Open

After three round this how it stands, but with the discard kicking in on the next round there could be some noticeable movement!

See you in the morning

Andrzej

place	pilot	Team	total
1	Peter Gunning	Mickey's Massive	2718.40
2	Jose Luis Alvares	Paketes	2691.74
3	Martin Newnham	GBU	2672.17
4	Gerardo Plaza	TWC	2659.98
5	Simon Thornton	GBU	2658.85
6	Joel West	Mickey's Massive	2605.30
7	Inaki Elizondo	TWC	2585.88
8	Graeme Mahoney		2574.37
9	Paul Upton	RPM	2563.81
10	Scott Ravenscroft		2556.87
11	Fernando Moro	Paketes	2547.35
12	Paul Garnet		2540.18
13	John Phillips		2534.15
14	Richard Bago	RPM	2481.68
15	Mark Abbots	Team Wrecker	2475.84
16	Frank Hulton	Team Willow	2472.23
17	Tom McPherson	FARTS	2465.90
18	Mark Redsell		2464.56
19	Kevin Newton	GBU	2441.58
20	Tony Livingston		2431.44
21	John Edison	FARTS	2414.37
22	Keith Wood	FARTS	2410.04
23	Alvaro Silgado	TWC	2409.57
24	Carlos Rivero		2403.09
25	Mick Walsh		2370.47
26	Andy Burgouyne	Team Willow	2369.13
27	Jorge Medina	Team Buckaroo	2368.37
28	Markus Meinssner		2327.25
29	Ronnie Lampe	Team Wrecker	2320.70
30	Inigo Herrera	Team Buckaroo	2283.72
31	Dave Rumble	Team Wrecker	2281.01
32	Tony Robertson	Paketes	2270.99
33	Ian Web		2259.82
34	Mark Treble		2259.23
35	Lazaro Martinez	Team Buckaroo	2253.90
36	Martin Drewitt		2241.99
37	Ian Mason	Team Willow	2198.36
38	Daniel Schneider		2190.95
39	John Treble		2174.04
40	Stefan Bertschi	Mickey's Massive	2156.82
41	Mike Evan		2148.55
42	Thomas Hsnselmann		2132.16
43	Tom Foreman	RPM	2111.87
44	Paul Stubley		1950.19
45	Marcelino Punal		1589.01

place	team	sum
1	GBU	7772.60
2	TWC	7655.44
3	Paketes	7510.09
4	Mickey's Massive	7480.52
5	FARTS	7290.30
6	RPM	7157.35
7	Team Wrecker	7077.55
8	Team Willow	7039.72
9	Team Buckaroo	6905.99
10	Tea Swillers	4725.10

Welsh Open Practice update

Hi All

For those of you lucky enough to be at the Bwlch today you should be enjoying some sunshine. The forecast has changes a little and is indicating that there is now more west in the wind direction. If you are finding the air a bit bumpy on the Ice Cream Slope it might be worth having a look at the Westerly slope on Mickey’s.

The good news is that Thursday was looking like a washout but it now looks like the rain could well clear by mid afternoon (16:00 onward) so if you are travelling down there could be a good chance of getting a couple of hours flying in. Again there could be a bit more west in the wind than previously forecast so you may need to go over to the westerly slope on Mickey's for the best conditions.

Enjoy and all the best

Andrzej

Welsh Open Practice

Hi All

For those of you coming down early for a practice for the Welsh Open I will ask the Farmer to open the gate to Mickey’s from Wednesday onwards.

Current forecast are suggesting Ice Cream Slope Wednesday, on Thursday Mickey’s during the day (with some precipitation) swinging back to The Ice Cream slope in the evening. However, as we all know 24 hours is along time in for a weather forecast on the Bwlch and it could all change by this time tomorrow!

If it is your first time to the Bwlch, best bet is always go to the landing area for the Wrecker to judge wind direction (see Kev’s old web site http://www.knewt.com/bwlch/thebwlch.htm ) before making a decision where to fly.

Any questions contact Kev or myself and I am looking forward to seeing you all on the weekend.

All the best

Andrzej