We are scrubbed

Briefing is over, we have scrubbed for the day. Next brief at 1000hrs tomorrow

First Day

Registration is open. The weather is not being helpful with lots of cloud and rain expected later by1500. Briefing at 0930

Today was excellent

Sods law prevails, Peter Stafford-Allen complete a 450km flight today, reporting 7kt thermals to 6000 ft, we could do with a few days like today in the next 9.

Registration Open

Pilots are registering as I type. The weather for the morning is not that promising but Sunday looks good with Monday even better

Eastern Regionals 2010 Registration now Open!

The Eastern Regionals will be held at Tibenham during the week Saturday 29th May - Sunday 6th June 2010. To register for a place please visit the Eastern Regionals 2010 Website.

There's also a £30 discount if the entry fee is paid before 31st January!

Additional Prizes

Cracked Pots were awarded to:

Phil Morgan - Water divining with a JCB, water found in pipe
John Tanner - Phaffing on the grid, included some laxative to speed up movements.

Prize Giving

2008 Uk Open Class Champion
Steve Jones - 110 - Numbus 4M


Runner Up
Ian Ashdown - 128 - Nimbus 3


Third Place
Pete Harvey - N1 - Nimbus 4T

It is all over now

Steve Jones is UK Open Nationals Champion of 2008 - best of luck to Steve and Pete Harvey in the World Championships in Lusse!

Scores are on the web here

Many thanks to all the competitors and organisers for all their hard work ...

All looking good for a 1000 point day

... and Dave Byass has just rung in from Rougham to request an aerotow retreive. Boris was exceedingly happy to the news :-)

More finishers...

128 and 176. The rest are still up there and the day's starting to look a bit flat.

First finishers

N1 and 110 - 5mins

News

HLX - Landed out after 2 TPs - east of Mildenhall
M25 - landing back no news on why
FWW - landing back no news on why

Start times published

Start time are now on SoaringSpot

Starts and Land Backs

Y7 landed back - presumably for a relight

110 & 461 just started

13:00

All aircraft launched and start gate has been opened.
The some pilots have already declared a start.

Sunday 12:00

Launching has started.

Looking better

The pesky cloud is breaking and cu are forming. The task is on soaringspot.

Task

The tasks are set and all we are waiting for is the medium level cloud to clear. Two racing tasks will be posted on the net after briefing. The grid is out.

Sunday

While we have a ridge of high pressure over us the low we have endured over the past few days is sitting over Scandinavia dragging medium cloud down over the midlands and east anglia. This cloud is slow moving and the only real hope is that it breaks up. Rasp indicates the thermals will die by 1800hrs so a late task is not an option. We can only hope that we will get rid of this medium cloud in sufficient time to allow a task.