CD Ashley Hoyland Judges: Bob Ailles, Alan Simmonds, Stuart Turrell and John Mee. Scorers: Alison and Marion. Before the day I received telephone calls from 2 interested flyers with an interest in joining the Association who wanted to come and watch, and they were there for the pilots briefing at 8.40. One was Peter Jinks who also helped us by scribing for several flights, thank you Peter. The other was Neil Armstrong with his friends from the Pontefract area. Well the weather gods were with us again. Just a slight breeze drifting ‘in’ before lunch turning to a 7mph breeze from the right and straight down the line through the afternoon. We rotated the flight order on this occasion with 11 pilots in FAI and 3 Masters pilots to fly for the first time at a Centralised event. This should be an incentive for every member to enter a Centralised to fly their schedule at the normal competition entry fee to experience the venue which must be the best in the Country and gain league points. (FAI team contenders have priority at Centralised but any ‘spare slots’ can be filled by any member flying their own schedule up to a total of 15 pilots). Full model processing was carried out by Bob Rowland, Mel Garlick and Alan Connelly which gave me the opportunity to provide all involved and pilots with the details shortly after the competition. FAI flew first with the 3 Masters pilots slotting in at the end of each round. I was totally disgusted that I experienced my first engine cut in competition. Having changed the plug for my third flight all appeared to be well until as the model climbed out the problem returned, two engine cuts in a day! FAI progressed without incidence until Steve Simm suffered from what we thought to be crystal failure, luckily before he started his engine for his second flight. The reserve model was flown in that round although the ‘attempt’ had to be forfeited. The competition finished with a thanks all round and we cleared the airfield for 18.10. One interesting point to come out of the Centralised Competitions was that in my opinion the only reason they ran so well was that Bob Rowland, Mel Garlick and Matt (who looked after me through the day) and helped helped from 7.30am Alan Connelly (at the second Centralised) Stuart Turrell (at the first Centralised) Jason Collins and Darren and John Mee should all be thanked for their help along with 3 or 4 others who scribed plus our judges and scorers of course. That is 11 people who helped to run a competition for between 8 and 14 competitors. We cannot run events like this without those who give their time to help. If you want to help next year please give me a call. Ashley Hoyland