Black Mountains Gliding Club

The Talgarth Triangle

a local XC challenge


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Background

The trophy itself was donated by club member Ralph Johnson who won it a number of times when it was part of a club competition at the Essex GC in the eighties.

For a more detailed history of this Trophy click here

The trophy will be awarded for the fastest handicapped speed around the course

Rules:

Open to all club members who are cleared for XC flying
The course may change each year
This years turnpoints are Burley Gate BUG and Leominster LEO (103km)
Turn point sectors must be used, ie. not barrels. This to encourage pilots without loggers
The course can be flown in either direction
Max start height: 3000 feet QFE
The start line will be 1km long, 500m either side of TAL, perpendicular to outbound track. This is to keep it simple and will allow digital pictures to verify.
Flight evidence from logger or digital camera with date / time stamp acceptable

The details including a competition style task sheet are in the Duty Instructor folder in the Clubhouse

Scoring

This year's scorer and administrator of entries is Mike Tomlinson
The main score board will be on the club website.
The score for each flight will be the handicapped speed.

Scoreboard

[best attempt for each pilot shown]
position pilot's name glider date handicap time handicapped speed kph
1 Robbie Robertson ASW20B (15m) 08/08/2007 100 1:10 88.3
2 Tim Barton Discus 06/08/2007 98 1:16 83.0
3 Mike Tomlinson LS4 (W) 07/07/2007 97 1:25 75.0
4 Ralph Johnson Dart17R 01/06/07 83 1:41 73.7
5 John Clark Nimbus 2C 07/07/2007 106 1:21 71.9
6 Don Gosden SZD59 29/05/07 92 1:35 70.7

 

How to enter your flight

The preferred method is to email your claim to the trophy administrator: Mikek6cr@aol.com

The details you need to give are: Pilot's name, glider, date of flight, start and finish time, plus the evidence which will be a logger file or photographs.

Those with no access to email may submit claims via the CFI's intray.

Updated: 18 October 2007 MF