RCGA Thermal #9 26 May 2013

From left to right

Tom Dupuche, Dan Haskell, David Pratley,

Alan Mayhew, Gerry Carter, Bernie Sizer,

Theo Arvanitakis, David Hobby, Rod Watkins,

Jim Houdalakis, Nick Watkins (in front)

Eleven pilots made the trip to Ballarat for a great days competition and once again were made to feel very welcome by the Ballarat Aeromodellers. It is always a treat to go to Ballarat because the field is wonderful and the members look after us so well. They put on a great barbeque lunch for us once again and I must say that having hot food on a cold day was very welcome. We thank them for that.  There's a photo of the chefs at work just below.

It was good to see Rod Watkins (and junior helper) back again and Tom Dupuche was flying some new models (may explain his lower than usual placing).  Unfortunately Graham Norman had to pull out after the first few rounds.

The day was fairly cold, but not too cold. There was some drizzle for a short while but we flew right through that without any problems. Lift? Could be difficult to find and when found was often not very strong. But most flight groups made their target time. Wind? Also not too strong and lightened off in the later part of the day. So overall we had very good and sometimes quite challenging conditions.

In the end it turned out to be a two person contest with an extremely small margin separating them.  Nobody else was within striking distance.

Congratulations to everybody but especially to

1. Bernie Sizer (6987)
2. David Hobby (6985)
3.Theo Arvanitakis (6622)

Click on the liinks to see the full results.

Overall Results
Flight Scores
Landing Scores

The Ballarat Chefs.  Thanks guys.