We held round 1 of the 2008 Heathcote Cup today in some challenging conditions. For the first rounds the winds were very strong from the West and eased off only slightly before the lunch break at 12:30pm. During the break the wind swung to be more from the Southwest and upon the resumption of flying it had swung to the SE and had eased off a bit.
We had had eleven pilots actually fly today and the results are listed in the pdf attachment. This competition used to attract up to 60 pilots in the early days. Seems like everyone has better things to do these days, but that is a trend all over the scene.
Round 1 was taken out by Rebecca Richards, with Colin Woodward in 2nd place and Alan Lowe in third. Ken Woodward took out the 2m class.
Today, 9/3/08, we held the second round of the 2008 Heathcote Cup. We had 12 pilots compete.
The weather was superb, with sunny skies, mild temperatures and light winds. The winds swung from ESE to ENE with thermal activity. Unfortunately we had a few busted planes on launch due to reversed elevators, caught out by the crosswind or just inexplicably went off the air.
The gap between 1st and 2nd place today was just 5 points out of more than 5800. It was very close.
Congratulations to Colin Woodward who took out first place for round 2. In second place was Rebecca Richards and in third was Fred Lodden. Max Stone took out 1st place in the 2m class.
After the results for each round were normalised and summed the overall results were known. The Winner of the Heathcote Cup for 2008 is Rebecca Richards. Congratulations Rebecca! In second place is Colin Woodward and Alan Lowe took out third place.
Ken Woodward took out the 2m class overall.
To see the results, click
HERE for Round 1
HERE for Round 2, and
HERE for Overall Result.