SEN 97-15 - 29 Sep 1997

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News and Reports - 1997 Issue 97-15

Scat Electronic News 29 Sept

Stonehenge Cup

Full report from Martin Gregorie on the SCAT Web site, but it looks like
they had a great contest with excellent weather . For the World Cup
pundits it still looks wide open ..

Summary

Here are the results from the 1997 Stonehenge Cup, which was held last
weekend. This year the event was run at RAF Barkston Heath, the site of
the UK Free Flight Nationals, a mere 200 miles or so from Stonehenge.

The weather was nearly perfect. Saturday was F1B/C day with a high
overcast, little wind (I estimate 2.5 m/sec max) and cool temperatures.
Thermals were sparse, but definite once contacted. Sunday, F1A day, was
similar but cooler and a little breezier (I estimate up to 3.5 m/sec).
The thermals were definitely trickier too - this is obvious from the
numbers reaching the flyoffs. As far as I'm aware models stayed on the
field throughout the rounds, so investigating the surronding scenery was
only necessary in the flyoffs.


    Event F1A   : FAI Glider


 1  P. DE BOER     NEDERLANDS   210 180 180 180 180 180 180
300  308 1898
 2  C. BREEMAN     BELGIUM      210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300
251 1841
 3  T. VAN ELDIK   NEDERLANDS   210 180 180 180 180 180 180
300  211 1801
 4  P.CHAUSSEBOURG FRANCE       210 180 180 180 180 180 180
300  194 1784
 5  V. GROGUENNEC  FRANCE       210 180 180 180 180 180 180
300  168 1758
 6  A.J. CRISP     BRITISH      210 180 180 180 180 180 180 133
1423

   Event F1B   : Wakefield

 1  G. STRINGER    BRITISH      210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300
327 1917
 2  J. SOMERS      NEDERLANDS   210 180 180 180 180 180 180
300  319 1909
 3  M. WOOLNER     BRITISH      210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300
313 1903
 4  S. TEDESCHI    FRANCE       210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300
263 1853
 5  G. TURNBULL    BRITISH      210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300
240 1830
 6  D. SAUTER      GERMANY      210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300
220 1810

   Event F1C   : FAI Power

 1  S. SCREEN      BRITISH      240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300
375 1995
 2  P. WATSON      BRITISH      240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300
328 1948
 3  K.A. FAUX      BRITISH      240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300
228 1848
 4  P.A. BALL      BRITISH      240 180 180 180 180 180 180 298
1618
 5  J. CUTHBERT    BRITISH      240 180 180 180 180 180 180 293
1613
 6  J. THOMPSON    BRITISH      240 180 180 180 180 180 180 270
1590


For full results see the SCAT WEeb Site.

Also on the Web Site is George Batiuk's Team Manger Report from the
World champs , together with commects from flyers from other countries.
George's report get an 'interesting reading' acclaim from a former Team
Manager.

Sierra Cup
========

This weekend is the Sierra Cup at the [in] famous Waegel Field near
Sacramento. The grape vine has it that there will be a
large number of visitors .. including Verbitsy, Aringer, Zeri, Stamov,
Vivchar, Kulukovsky, Beschenay .. . Alexander Andriukov no longer
counts as a visitor but says he will be there for some social flying .. ! All
these guys are after World Cup Points. US flyers will be there in force too
for America's Cup points. After Las Vegas Matt Gewain has a good lead
in F1A but he can be toppled and in F1B and C it is still wide open.  The
Sierra Eagles have been asking on the Internet for timers.

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