Tinto BBQ - Scottish Nationals Round this weekend

[David Thomson]

On behalf of George -   Early Warning !

 

This weekend will be the rescheduled date for the LLSC round of the Nationals.   The forecast is good for flying at Tinto both Saturday and Sunday.  This is a great opportunity for everyone who has done less flying than they'd have liked during our unusual summer, to get some good flying before it becomes seriously autumn.  Especially our new members who haven;t had much chance to meet up with everyone. 

 

Meet at Wiston Village Hall at 10 on Saturday morning.      BBQ on Saturday evening (bring your grub and drink - we provide the BBQ )   Camping beside the hall or sleep on the floor in the Hall.   

 

Further details soon.

 

Could someone please forward to the Aberdeen and SMPC groups. 

 

 

[RIK]

Report on LLSC round of Scottish Nationals and Tinto Barbecue with
provisional results

Saturday 20 September 2008
Flying Greenhill (Tinto S). Wind S strong but reasonably smooth cloud
low covering the cairn at big Tinto. Flying limited to low in front of
Greenhill.
Task 1/1 - Fly over forest at front of Greenhill for 100 points then
slope land at launch for a further 100 points.
Names from Saturdays sign to fly sheet / Points claimed:
Rik McHarg / 0
Tommy Bryson / 0
Alastair Tytler / 200
David Thomson / 200
Alistair Brown / 0
Giraud Gerard / 100
Richard Vereker / 0
Andy McGregor / 100
Mike Jardine / 100
Tim Reader / 0
Logan Nisbet / 0
11 pilots signed to fly Saturday
Kenny Cooper 200 (Did not sign to fly Saturday)

Sunday 21 September 2008
Morning flying Greenhill (Tinto S). Wind SW stronger than yesterday
with sharp edged thermals. Cloud clear of cairn on big Tinto
Afternoon flying Dungavel. Wind light SW with 90% sunshine and thermic
'magic lift' everywhere.
Task 1/2 Launch Greenhill race to goal Tinto Hotel Symington. Task
stopped for safety reasons when some pilots could not penetrate above
big Tinto. Scores awarded at 100 points / km from launch at the time
the task was stopped.
Task 2/2 Launch Dungavel open distance cross country.
Names from Sundays sign to fly sheet / Task 1/2 points
claimed / Task 2/2 distance from Launch
Giraud Gerard / 200 / 0km
Ian Kennedy / 50 / 0km
Alistair Brown / 300 / 2.5km
Cliff Smith / 310 / 3.2km
Mike Jardine / 290 / 4.5km ? to be confirmed
Andy McGregor / 50 / 0km
David Hutchison / 50 / 0km
Alastair Tytler / 0 / 0km
Robert Veitch / 0 / 0km
Kenny Cooper / 0 / 0km
Robert Sarnecki / 100 / 0km
David Thomson / 50 / 30km Landed in his garden in
Peebles
Rik McHarg / 250 / 4km

How to score Day2 Task2 and total scores for the Scottish Nationals
Series I will leave for George to sort out when he gets back from
London.

A big thank you to Robert Sarnecki for providing a holdall full of
giant Polish cakes and apologies for talking too much again at the
barbecue. Rik.