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Hi all, my name is Ron Russell and I play with toy aeroplanes. I know, I know, it is a terrible way to introduce myself but, oh well.
A couple of years ago Brian Sharp intimated that he felt that he had run the IPC for long enough and that someone else should take over the reins. We all had not realised just how long Brian had been in charge of this little competition. However we are all totally grateful that he kept it going for all those years. I think we all owe him a debt of gratitude for his sterling efforts. Thanks Brian from us all.
One of the first things he told me when he handed over the reins was that I was not supposed to win it if I was in charge of the event, well unfortunately I seem to have gone and broken that rule. The other problem I have created for myself is that I took for ever to get the scores together, collated and finally put into some format that everyone can access.
I have taken the decision to add the results to the web site I run for the Fife Soarers, this means that more people will be able to access it quickly, who knows we may even get some more entries next time.
As you can all see from the results there was quite a wide spread of scores with no particular type of model being to the fore.
I have been asked on a couple of occasions now whether I think we should make the tasks bigger/ longer, but I have to say that when you look at the scores, there is no need. It is an easy comp in the right conditions but not all that easy if the conditions are unfavourable. I think if we make it so that the task is longer we will simply spread the results and not really achieve anything constructive. I feel that if it is left alone it is a task that is achievable for most people in the right conditions, and that is how it should be.
Thanks to all the people who wrote to me or Brian with the results from their various groups, make sure that you keep them coming for the next time as well and include some photos on a disc, thanks. | 
