I think the thought of the drive put many of the regular fliers off, hence the low entry numbers.

This is an adequate hill but certainly not the best, however it faces East and that was the decider.

Conditions were variable to say the least, I reckoned the air speed was only 6-10 mph but on the sharp edge you could get readings of 20 mph. Very strange, however the edge undulated way too much to actually fly that close in and take your model back home.

10 rounds were flown, double entries were allowed to boost the flying and to help us wring out our models.

It looked like low 50's would be the good times but as the day progressed some thermal activity began to occur and one or two better times were recorded.

Results;

   1st    Dave Watson      Sting         8425.85  

   2nd    Ron Russell        Skorpion  8420.73

   3rd    Ron Russell         Viking      8370.23

   4th    Ian Stewart          Elita         8016.16

   5th    Ian Stewart          Tragi        7844.07

   6th    Dave Watson       Race M   7537.84

   7th    David Loomes     Trinity      7449.54

   8th    Ali Sutherland      Race M   7281.05

   9th    Peter Gunning      Race M   4985.28 (6 rounds)

FTDs:  44.91     Ron Russell     Skorpion

           48.96     Dave Watson   Sting

           49.45     Ian Stewart      Elita

Glad that we have finally started some competitive flying, now to get the rest of the guys back up on the  hills.