CD: Bob Rowland FAI Judges: Peter Cappleman, Stuart Mellor. Judges: Bob Wasson, Matt Hoyland. Entries: FAI - 7. Masters - 1. Advanced - 4. Intermediate - 6. Eighteen competitors gathered on a bright and reasonably warm day for the first domestic competition of the season. The wind promised to freshen and it did for a while when we had a very heavy squally shower for some fifteen minutes in the middle of the day, but everything was back to normal very quickly giving us good conditions for the rest of the competition. I am sure our two new competitors to F3A (Adrian and Mike) appreciated Bob organising this for them. With a 10:00am start there was time to relax and discuss the start to the 2009 season before the Judges took their seats. Three rounds were flown with the odd 'start of the season' gremlin showing itself, but thankfully no damage was sustained to models. Thank you Bob for an excellent start to the season. Ashley