CD Ashley Hoyland Judges: Peter Cappleman, John and Richard Howarth. Ken Moss, Brian Hoare. Scoring Matt Hoyland. I made my first visit to Proturf on Tuesday the 29 July to make preliminary arrangements for our competition. On arrival, the field we had used before was now 95% brown and much activity harvesting the last strips of turf. I was asked if the field next to it which was being mown at the time would do for us. It did not take me long to say yes thank you. The trophies which had been temporarily prepared could now be finished as I had confirmation we had a competition site. Saturday was a time for making sure the field was laid out and I normally stay overnight but the weather was so bad that I decided to make a early start on Sunday morning. We were promised wind for the Sunday and as I arrived at the field around 7:10 I realised the forecast was right although not as bad as I had thought. The entry list was exceptionally good up to a week before the competition with 20 pilots wanting to fly. I never feel comfortable turning any one down so our judges were in for a full day. At the last minute seven pilots could not make the day so we finished with 13 to fly. In spite of the wind two full rounds were flown and the Clubman and Intermediate flyers should be particularly pleased with how they coped with the windy conditions. Advanced, Masters and FAI are usually a little more tolerant of such conditions but by the middle of the third round with the wind constantly in the higher 20mph and gusting to 32mph several decided to be content with 2 rounds. For those who did fly the third round, the lay of the land makes for very little turbulence, and the huge area made landing a bit easier. I hope everyone had a good day and several or may be all pilots travelled home knowing they could cope with high winds, congratulations to all. It was good to see Brandon flying his Adventure at a Domestic competition so we could see just how it should be done. When I visited the field the next day there was little evidence of our competition being held there, so a good result. Ashley Hoyland