Well, not quite the 'normal' weather for May Day bank hols, but we had a good weekend nevertheless!
Saturday was sunny and hot with some small cu, turning into wisps in late afternoon. Our visitors fielded full teams, and pilots from Bicester, Oxford and Shenington launched on smallish tasks from about 11am onwards. Conditions were poor conditions so not everyone got round, but most people made it back to site.
Sadly none of our Shenington pilots (Al C, Alan L, George, Clive & Alistair) completed the full task.
Oops - buggy problems again!!
We had a bbq in the evening, thanks to
the efforts of Leslie & Pam Z who did the shopping and prep, and
Dan who managed the bbq & cooking. A big thanks to Iain S for winching all day in that hear, and to Alan C for managing what was potentially a chaos of gliders so that the launch point ran smoothly.
Sunday turned out to be blue and even hotter. Some pilots flew but the day was scrubbed mid afternoon as it was uncomfortably hot and not massively soarable. We sent Mick F to be penguin in the K8...
This didn't stop some of the visitors and the local team (Alan L, John W, Clive, Alistair) having a launch. Plaudits today for Jon C on the winch and David S managing the launch point without any meltdowns. Time for another club bbq in the evening. Lech caught a moment's break while getting the bbq coals going!!
Monday had a mixed forecast so we held till after lunch. As nothing was staying up across all the local clubs (even the red kites!) on 'spot the glider' we scrubbed early at around 1pm. For the weekend, provisional results show Bicester with a win, very closely followed by Oxford and with us bringing up the rear! However the weekend was great fun and I hope it will encourage more of you to get involved next year. We are especially keen to encourage novices to use it as a springboard to do some early cross country without the pressure of doing all the prep/finding crew/worrying about the weather. It is also a great opportunity to get to see the other local clubs, and land at different airfields.
Thanks to all who participated this time, and to Lech, Alan L and Graham P for their efforts organising & hosting.