No Guts, no glory!
The day went well until the organisers met at 0730 for weather analysis and tasking.
There looked to be potentially exciting areas to fly between large areas of thunderstorm activity surrounded by "no fly" patches. Unfortunately there was no discernible pattern to where the flyable areas would be and when they would be there.
No glory for weather-man John Orton today!
Conventional tasking would likely have resulted in pilots abandoning the task or landing out. Instead an OLC-Plus task was set with no restrictions, and pilots had to book their take-off time in advance to secure the weather window they imagined might occur.
No glory for task-setter Terry Cubley today!
Now an airfield of pilots (is airfield the "collective" for glider pilots?) unable to make a decision regarding desired take-off time was not a good look. No guts!
Ultimately the weather that arrived had wind 180 degrees from forecast, more than twice the forecast speed, and thermalling conditions were never easy.
Fresh Grade
Considering the talent amongst Fresh grade (or 18m class) entrants it was disappointing effort. Not one of them flew! Definitely no guts!
Result
Definitely no glory!
Juicing Grade
It seems those with guts are amongst Juicing grade (Club class) entrants! More than half of them flew with their true colours on show.
Result
1st - Peter Paine (Discus b)
2nd - John Orton (SZD 55)
3rd - Greg Jackson (Ls4a)
This will be the group to beat. Glory to all.
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