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Hosts: Skelbrooke Model Flying Club - Thank you to all for allowing us to use your field.

Contest Director: Ashley Hoyland

Judges: Peter Cappleman and most pilots

Score recorder: Steve Hunt

None flying helper: John Morton, thank you John and John Harrop for their scribing duties

After a week of wet windy and aweful weather the question had to be asked if the competition should go ahead. With the weather being so localised I would very rearely cancel a competition to a forecast unless it was likely I was going to be the only one who turned up.

The morning strted warmish with little wind but we did have a shot shower just as we were going to begin flying and we started flying in the light rain. The morning was good but shortly before lunch the rain came down quite hard for just over an hour. When it stopped the conditions were just about as good as you can get with a grey sky, but it did get warmer through the day and the wind was very light.

It was good to see the P19 in competition. Dan brought his new model and Les had refinished his last years model and added a few bits, no surprise there then.

It was obvious that many had been out practicing and there were no accidents.

The most improved pilot through the day was Matt Bacon who although we all thought had made a good landing unfortunately dislodged a undercarriage mount on his least competition flight.

May I thank again all those who stayed and helped pack away our equipment.

Podium: Clubman Matt Bacon

Masters: Mark Allan

FAI P19: First Place Dan Workmann, 2nd Kevin Caton, 3rd Leslaw Przytocki.