the Total Drinks Company, are donating all the wine and champagne prizes.
Mike Jordy
Duo Discus, GB1
86.7kph
Mike Fox
LS4, MF
Paul Machacek
DG300 175
78.4kph was second
Simon Barker
ASW28, 28E
98.9kph
Derek Westwood
LS8-15, D4
99.7kph
The Bicester Regionals 2006
Wednesday 9th August 2006
EW
Avionics have agreed to sponsor the overall winners' prizes of two of their
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7:30am We've had some rain early this morning, and it will be windier than yesterday.
8:30am The task setter is considering several options just now.
10:20am Mike Fox collected his usual prize...
We have set some tasks, but are watching the weather carefully in case we
are forced to alter things. Currently tasks are as follows:-
Open - Bicester - Worcester - Little Riss - Market Harborough - Bicester,
276.4km
Sport - Bicester - Winchcombe - Pitsford - Bicester, 192.8km
First launch is provisionally not before 11:30
11:28am First launch pushed back until after 12:30
12:20 First launch will be in ten minutes.
Start Times Open ~ ~ Start Times Sport
14:53 Well they didn't hang around today. A steady stream of starters with almost all the Open Class gone within 30 minutes of the gate opening at 13:32; and practically all the Sporty ones by 14:10, with their gate opening at 13:54 . But ESU landed out a bit sooner than expected.
15:45 Looks like 175 is down near Stow on the Wold
16:00 And 2CK is landing back.
16:10 While somewhere near Watford Gap we have 27
16:20 The first finisher to call five minutes is 608, from the Sports Class
16:32 Now it's the turn of the Open Class, with J15 calling
ten minutes
16:35 And, as usual, MF has called five minutes. Can nothing
slow him down a bit?
16:54 Z27 is our next Open Class finisher calling five
minutes. Still looks soarable in the direction of the last TP.
17:00 925, another Open Class is due in five minutes.
17:09 A few are landing back, having abandoned their tasks,
but W81 has called ten minutes, and I think I missed one or two more finishers.
17:13 One more Sporty finisher, D8, due in five, along
with GB1, MS, LL and 634 from the Opens - this is going to be close, based
on handicaps!
17:45 Switching to updating the scores now. We are still getting finishers in both classes (but the phone is ringing in the background too)
18:20 All gliders accounted for. And there is a shock horror in the Sport Class scores!!! MF is NOT first today.
23:15 We have scored everyone except the girls in E7 who are still somewhere out on the road. Tired and worn out after a hard day's typing, its time for bed. Looks like a long lie in tomorrow, having checked the weather.