Volume 8 No 3 Jun 1957.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

counting themselves a no contest day (bythe rules 20% of competito:rs had to scorefor a contest day).After that We had a succ~sion ofsix poordays. in which we tried progrcssivel'y shortertask$, ending in a forty-mile race whichthree pilots compkted. Two of the dayswere so hot and airless that the pilotsmutually ~greed /lOt to compete, and we allwent swimming in the Murray Riverinstead.Then came the good day in which sevenpilots flew 789 miles between them,. .includinga first cross-country of 62 miles inthe Naval modified 'T3Ib by Charlie Grose.After that we tried an 8O-mile out-andreturntWice without anybody getting back,.though the Spruce Goose made a valiantattempt on the last day.The results are shown tabulated. 'Theprizes were pJ:lcsented by the President oftheG.F.A., Bill Igglllc!en,. at a small ceremonythe morning after a first.-class farewellbarbecue party.INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIQN,-This honourdeservedl¥ and pOpularly fell to DerekReid. who flew consisten*ly well on his onlythree days and spent most of the other dayswinch driving, or otherwise helping.TEAM CHAMPIONS.-The teaM of .threeV.M.F.G. members, Otto Brand, DonBrown and Allan Patching, flying theirSchneider Nymph, clearly won this trophywith a margin of 128 points over theirnearest contender.AGGREGATE 'TROPHY,-Although notoriginally intended, the organisers generouslyawarded this to me for having tottedup the highest total score in the LO ISO.The Championships were aconsidetablesuccess, despite disappointing weather anda certain amount of disorganisation due tolaunching delays,. aM just under 3,000 mileswere flown. I would., however, like to makea few recommendations to futureorganisers:.-(i) Try to select a site near a largecentre of population so that goodpublicity may be given; e.g. WaggaWagga has a ,daily newspaper, abl'oadcasting station and a populationof 12,000; Tocumwal hasneither, and only 1,200 souls."LO- J50", the winning soUp/ail.:! in the team class, at the starting point.Courtesy "Australia" Gliding.';-147-