You
may have noticed that our regular reports suddenly stopped…. Somebody, who
shall remain nameless completely wrecked the on-site web updating system so
this report is coming to you after the end of the championships.
Sunday 25 May
After
a windy start it settled down and the pilots went off on Task 2 the ‘speed triangle and out and return’.
A
few people either had engine trouble or ran out of fuel before making it
back, but most considered it a successful task. Johan Bossyut (BEL) flew the furthest on the out and return,
making 30Km, so a total of 54Km on 6 litres of fuel.
In
the afternoon it settled down enough to do Task 3, the ‘fast – slow’, the winner was Michel Carnet with a
speed difference of 18Km/h. The new
Paramania Action was impressive, recording a ‘fast’ speed of 45Km/h.
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Michel
Carnet
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Monday 26 May
Task 4; Navigation precision and speed.
In perfect weather pilots had to collect as many
turnpoints as possible in a limited time.
Four of these were ‘bonus’ points where the pilots had to land and
mark their card with a special punch at the landing site.
The winner was Zdenek Andrlik (CZE) with 17 points
and no time penalties. The best UK
competitor was Paul Bailey with 15.
Against all odds, this means we now have enough
tasks to constitute a valid championships.
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Zdenek Andrlik
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Task 5; pure endurance
Although the weather looked good for soaring, it
became a little too windy. Michel
Carnet set off early but only managed 35 minutes on his two litres of
fuel. People who started later fared
a bit better, Vadim BUKHTIYAROV (RUS) won the task with 52 minutes.
We planned the ‘clover leaf slalom’, one if the
new ‘kicking sticks’ tasks for the evening, but it appeared the wind was set
to stay. In fact it settled down just
after the task was abandoned so pilots had a good opportunity to practise the
task on the course.
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Vadim BUKHTIYAROV
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Tuesday 27 May
Task 6; Endurance / laps &
takeoff over a fence.
With
2 litres of fuel, pilots had to start as near as they dared to a 2 metre high
‘fence’ of plastic tape. It was a bit
gusty and Clive Eagles got lucky and cleared it from just 15 metres. The norm was more like 25. They then continued to a circuit where
they had to complete as many 1Km laps as they could and land in a deck. Both Johan Bossuyt (BEL) and Vladimir
MAKURIN (RUS) managed 25 laps, but Johan was the winner by merit of the fact
he had made a shorter takeoff. The
best UK competitor was Michel Carnet.
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Johan
Bossuyt
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Prizegiving
Despite
the weather, pilots seemed to consider the event a success. Thanks must go to John Kemp for arranging
the site and the splendid facilities.
The
UK champion for 2003 is Michel Carnet who retains the title for the fourth
time.
The
overall winner was Johan Bossuyt (BEL) with Vladimir MAKURIN [RUS] 2nd
and Vadim BUKHTIYAROV [RUS] 3rd.
The
manufacturer’s team trophy was won by Paramania.
Full
results are on the COMPS
website
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Michel
Carnet, 2003 UK Champion
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Johan
Bossuyt, Overall winner.
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UK
Competitors
The
Russians
The
Belgians
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The
Czechs
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The
Spanish team
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