Welsh Open - results

I have to work but results and photos below. More soon.
Three days.  11 rounds. Variable conditions. John Phillips wins despite losing his discard when he demolished the weather station.  Inaki Elizondo gets a new WR with an immaculately flown 29.37. £1,300 raised for charity with the best raffle ever.

Interestingly the top 4 pilots covered only 7 spaces in the flying order.

1	John Phillips	9095.36
2	Simon Thornton	9047.92
3	Joel West	8779.28
4	Gerardo Plaza	8735.86
5	Mark Redsell	8694.69
6	Dag Skoglund	8626.71
7	Peter Gunning	8616.64
8	Kevin Newton	8585.47
9	Keith Wood	8513.46
10	Bjorn Tore Hagen	8485.42
11	Iñaki Elizondo	8389.31
12	José Luis Alvarez Fernandez	8379.74
13	John Bennett	8378.67
14	Richard Bago	8300.4
15	Mike Evans	8276.86
16	Adam Richardson	8273.12
17	Martin Newnham	8167.19
18	Mike Shellim	8155.47
19	Scott Ravenscroft	8133.37
20	Jean Luc Foucher	8072.41
21	Paul Garnett	8067.52
22	Graham Reed	8039.4
23	Iain Medley-Rose	7972.71
24	Mark Abbots	7910.26
25	Frank Hulton	7909.22
26	Jon Edison	7903.64
27	Cedric Grandseigne	7893.55
28	Andres Cardona	7875.3
29	Stefan bertschi	7862.41
30	Paul Foster	7857.16
31	Andrzej Tabero	7820.54
32	Fernando Moro	7793.46
33	Mike McCracken	7788.45
34	Paul Middleton	7769.81
35	Adrian Bedford	7703.66
36	Dave Wright	7693.65
37	Marcelino Puñal	7632.97
38	Clayton Landells	7556.44
39	Tony Robertson	7361.42
40	Ian Mason	7324.12
41	Mick Walsh	7225.89
42	Stuart Brookes	6890.33
43	Knut Eirik Lyngmo	6833.61
44	Jason Bioletti	6831.13
45	Jonathon Sage	6472.58
46	Vic Eldridge	6411.94
47	Ron Broughton	6363.85
48	Dave Rumble	6002.49
49	Greg Dakin	766.65

1	Team GBU	Simon Thornton	Kevin Newton	Martin Newnham	25800.58
2	Mickey's Massive	Joel West	Peter Gunning	Stefan bertschi	25258.32
3	Dragon Slayers	Mark Redsell	Mike Evans	Paul Garnett	25039.07
4	Watering Cans	Gerardo Plaza	Iñaki Elizondo	Fernando Moro	24918.63
5	Tea Swillers	John Phillips	Graham Reed	Dave Wright	24828.40
6	Team Steam	Richard Bago	Jon Edison	Paul Middleton	23973.85
7	Team Flymo	Adam Richardson	Scott Ravenscroft	Clayton Landells	23962.93
8	Team Arctic Circle	Dag Skoglund	Bjorn Tore Hagen	Knut Eirik Lyngmo	23945.74
9	Team GBR	Mark Abbots	Frank Hulton	Ian Mason	23143.59
10	Team Dorset	Iain Medley-Rose	Adrian Bedford	Stuart Brookes	22566.70
11	Team SATO	Mick Walsh	Jonathon Sage	Vic Eldridge	20110.41

Welsh Open - new World Record

Iñaki Elizondo gets a 29.37 part way through the first round of the day. Congratulation!
But it is possible someone will go faster....

Welsh Open

This is more is more like it!

Welsh Open

Not a classic start to day three...

Welsh Open 2010 - results after two days

1	John Phillips	Tea Swillers	7368.41
2	Simon Thornton	Team GBU	7256.56
3	Gerardo Plaza	Watering Cans	7183.8
4	Joel West	Mickey's Massive	7054.4
5	Dag Skoglund	Team Arctic Circle	6971.23
6	Mark Redsell	Dragon Slayers	6959.3
7	Kevin Newton	Team GBU	6949.69
8	Keith Wood		6902.99
9	John Bennett		6885.34
10	Peter Gunning	Mickey's Massive	6863.15
11	Bjorn Tore Hagen	Team Arctic Circle	6846.97
12	Adam Richardson	Team Flymo	6773.11
13	José Luis Alvarez Fernandez		6725.03
14	Richard Bago	Team Steam	6677.62
15	Martin Newnham	Team GBU	6662.13
16	Jean Luc Foucher		6658.97
17	Scott Ravenscroft	Team Flymo	6619.09
18	Mike Shellim		6568.86
19	Mike Evans	Dragon Slayers	6563.95
20	Iñaki Elizondo	Watering Cans	6557.81
21	Paul Garnett	Dragon Slayers	6557.53
22	Cedric Grandseigne		6557.46
23	Jon Edison	Team Steam	6480.88
24	Jonathon Sage	Team SATO	6472.58
25	Iain Medley-Rose	Team Dorset	6466.41
26	Andres Cardona		6452.79
27	Frank Hulton	Team GBR	6403.26
28	Stefan bertschi	Mickey's Massive	6391.43
29	Graham Reed	Tea Swillers	6346.05
30	Mark Abbots	Team GBR	6326.55
31	Paul Foster		6317.5
32	Mike McCracken		6289.15
33	Fernando Moro	Watering Cans	6275.58
34	Paul Middleton	Team Steam	6274.9
35	Andrzej Tabero		6261.45
36	Marcelino Puñal		6195.13
37	Dave Wright	Tea Swillers	6185.89
38	Adrian Bedford	Team Dorset	6154.89
39	Tony Robertson		6037.99
40	Dave Rumble		6002.49
41	Clayton Landells	Team Flymo	6001.9
42	Ian Mason	Team GBR	5979.87
43	Mick Walsh	Team SATO	5917.25
44	Jason Bioletti		5569.34
45	Stuart Brookes	Team Dorset	5487.87
46	Knut Eirik Lyngmo	Team Arctic Circle	5450.38
47	Ron Broughton		5206.21
48	Vic Eldridge	Team SATO	4988.87
49	Greg Dakin		766.65
50	Tim Cone		0
51	Ron Russell		0
	Team Positions
1	Team GBU	20868.37
2	Mickey's Massive	20308.98
3	Dragon Slayers	20080.78
4	Watering Cans	20017.19
5	Tea Swillers	19900.35
6	Team Steam	19433.4
7	Team Flymo	19394.1
8	Team Arctic Circle	19268.58
9	Team GBR	18709.68
10	Team Dorset	18109.17
11	Team SATO	17378.7

Welsh Open - round 5

Gerrado wins round 5 with a 42. We are over on the west face at Mickey's. Conditions have been more stable than yesterday but still some holes.
I could be an interesting day.

Welsh Open

And Joel takes round four with a 39.
That was all the flying for today. Scores soon.
Forecast for tomorrow looks good on Mickey's.

Welsh Open

Adam Richardson wins round 3 with a 41. It's pretty open at the moment.

Welsh Open

Round 1 won by Jon Phillips with a 39. Still pretty variable but it could be worse.

Welsh Open

And round 1 goes to Keith Woods with a 40.

Welsh Open

And they are off in big air on the Ice Cream slope.

Welsh Open 2010 - flying order and freqs

Forecast for the three days looks really good.  Below is the flying order and frequencies. The order will be rotated by 17 each day and each change of slope.

Name	Country	Team	F1	F2
Dave Wright	England		73	64
Keith Wood	England		57	82
Gerardo Plaza	Spain	Watering Cans	60	78
Paul Foster	England		65	80
John Phillips	England	Tea Swillers	62	74
Joel West	England	Mickey's Massive	2.4gHz
Andres Cardona	Spain		63	76
John Bennett	England		64	75
Simon Thornton	England	Team GBU	2.4gHz
Dag Skoglund	Norway	Team Arctic Circle	2.4gHz
Adrian Bedford	England	Team Dorset	66	76
Scott Ravenscroft	England	Team Flymo	2.4gHz
Jon Edison	England	Team Steam	67	77
Mark Abbots	England	Team GBR	56	84
Mike Evans	England	Dragon Slayers	87	Synth
Vic Eldridge	England	Team SATO	70	75
Mick Lideard	England		71	Synth
Bjorn Tore Hagen	Norway	Team Arctic Circle	2.4gHz
Marcelino Puñal	Spain		64	68
Frank Hulton	England	Team GBR	80	82
Iain Medley-Rose	England	Team Dorset	61	70
Richard Bago	England	Team Steam	2.4gHz
Mike Shellim	England		75	85
Iñaki Elizondo	Spain	Watering Cans	62	Synth
Kevin Newton	England	Team GBU	77	80
Adam Richardson	England	Team Flymo	2.4gHz
Paul Garnett	England	Dragon Slayers	78	70
Tim Cone	USA		79	63
Jean Luc Foucher	France		72	80
Jonathon Sage	England	Team SATO	2.4gHz
Mike McCracken	Scotland		68	76
Peter Gunning	Scotland	Mickey's Massive	85	Synth
Tony Robertson	England		2.4gHz
Graham Reed	England		2.4gHz
Mark Redsell	England	Dragon Slayers	81	Synth
Jason Bioletti			2.4gHz
Dave Rumble	England		88	Synth
Ian Mason	England	Team GBR	82	Synth
Clayton Landells	Australia	Team Flymo	2.4gHz
Andrzej Tabero	Wales		89	Synth
Ron Russell	Scotland		72	Synth
Fernando Moro	Spain	Watering Cans	76	77
Paul Middleton	England	Team Steam	70	64
Knut Eirik Lyngmo	Norway	Team Arctic Circle	2.4gHz
Martin Newnham	England	Team GBU	2.4gHz
Stuart Brookes	England	Team Dorset	2.4gHz
Cedric Grandseigne	France		2.4gHz
Stefan bertschi	Switzerland	Mickey's Massive	2.4gHz
Mick Walsh	England	Team SATO	66	76
Greg Dakin	England	Tea Swillers	77	80
José Luis Alvarez Fernandez	Spain		69	Synth
Ron Broughton	England		74	70

Welsh Open 2010 - important message

Please note... if any little rascals are lucky enough to be able to practice at the Bwlch on Wednesday or Thursday and the wind happens to be W or SW (Mickey's) you'll need to park at the bottom and walk up.  The Forestry Commission have some big vehicles moving around and they are keen to avoid squishy vehicle death syndrome.  The good news is it only takes about 15 mins.

Welsh Open 2010 - 17, 18 , 19 September

****Raffles prizes and teams updated*****

Sponsors

SloperRacer have come up with a package that gives us all a chance to win some great prizes and support an excellent charity at the same time. You're entry fee entitles you to 5 x £1 raffle tickets courtesy of the wonderful SWSA. Race entrants or anyone else on the planet are encouraged to buy more tickets by contacting Ian Mason at info@sloperacer.co.uk

The funds will be donated to Southmead Hospital Neonatal intensive care, which was originally built with donations. They provided top draw care for Ian Mason's son John, one to one nursing and consultants that just never seemed to go home. Things like help for the parents are funded purely by donations and include beds for the knackered parents, food, christenings and arranging everything when it doesn't work out. Get on to Ian at info@sloperacer.co.uk  and do a good thing now, you might even come away with a fabulous pride.

The prizes are:

F3F Extreme
Mini Vector
Jart EPP
Multi-fun
2.4ghz multiplex evo Pro system
2* Lift tiicket to Norway
2* Lift Licket DVDs
1 year sub scriptions to AMI, RCM & E QEFI

Trophies

As well as the top three individual trophies there will be a trophy for each member of the winning three man team. You do not have to fly as a team, but if you want to, either include your team details when you enter or get them to me by 14 September.

Entry fee
We need to cover the expenses of land usage, trophies, Eurotour fees and so on. We expect the entry to be £25. You won't need to pay before the event.

The event
Each day you must be at the Bwlch T junction of the A4107 and A4061 (map here) by 9.00. Each day the last round in progress will be that running at 17:30. If the conditions are light and a round started before 17:30 is unlikely to be completely finished that day the Competition Director will consider using group scoring so that we don't lose several hours of competition time. Group scoring will be a last resort and will not be used if at all possible.

Banquet
The banquet has been arranged for Saturday 18th September at the Best Western Heronston Hotel (the same hotel as 2009)
Ewenny Road
Bridgend
CF35 5AW

Map details can be found at www.bestwestern.co.uk/Hotels/Best-Western-Heronston-Hotel-And-Leisure-Club-83481/Map/Default.aspx

Arrival time is from 7:00 p.m. and a fully stocked cash bar is adjacent to the Mallard suite. This year we will be seated in the KINGFISHER Suite for the banquet scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m.

Starter
Fan of melon served with a mixed berry compote

Main course
Breast of Chicken wrapped in bacon and served with a white wine cream sauce Served with seasonal vegetables and potatoes

Dessert
Profiteroles with hot chocolate sauce

Finally
Coffee and chocolate mints

A vegetarian menu is available for those wishing it -- just let Vic know ASAP.

The cost of the banquet including wine at the table will be £29.00 per head. Payment will have to be made in cash at the Friday Sept 17th pilot's briefing on the Bwlch. There are no facilities to take cheques or credit cards. Email Vic Eldridge at tlr@thelittlerascal.co.uk stating names and number of bookings.

Additional information

Bases will be set back as far as possible, this will allow the safety line to go back a little also. The turn points will be marked in the normal forward position by an additional marker.
We are currently considering rotation of the flying order - more information soon.
Pilots will be called upon to help with buzzing as our experience has been that pilots make great turn judges. When buzzing you will be very strongly instructed to acknowledge any buzzing errors and the pilot will refly immediately. We all know that some apparently late buzzes are just great flying, others are turn judge error and it is this that we want to acknowledge and eradicate in a supportive way for the turn judge. This worked very well last year and we are keen to build on that success.

Name	Country	Team	F1	F2
Adam Richardson	England	Team Flymo	2.4gHz
Adrian Bedford	England	Team Dorset	66	76
Andres Cardona	Spain		Synth
Andrzej Tabero	Wales		89	63
Bjorn Tore Hagen	Norway	Team Arctic Circle	2.4gHz
Cedric Grandseigne	France		2.4gHz
Clayton Landells	Australia	Team Flymo	2.4gHz
Dag Skoglund	Norway	Team Arctic Circle	2.4gHz
Dave Rumble	England		88	70
Dave Wright	England		63
Fernando Moro	Spain	Watering Cans	76	Synth
Frank Hulton	England	Team GBR	80	70
Gerardo Plaza	Spain	Watering Cans	Synth
Graham Reed	England		2.4gHz
Greg Dakin	England	Tea Swillers	77	80
Iain Medley-Rose	England	Team Dorset	61	78
Ian Mason	England	Team GBR	82	77
Iñaki Elizondo	Spain	Watering Cans	Synth
Jason Bioletti			2.4gHz
Jean Luc Foucher	France		72	77
Joel West	England	Mickey's Massive	2.4gHz
John Bennett	England		64	74
John Phillips	England	Tea Swillers	62	70
Jon Edison	England	Team Steam	67	75
Jonathon Sage	England	Team SATO	90	82
José Luis Alvarez Fernandez	Spain		69	80
Keith Wood	England		57	82
Kevin Newton	England	Team GBU	77	68
Knut Eirik Lyngmo	Norway	Team Arctic Circle	2.4gHz
Marcelino Puñal	Spain		Synth
Mark Abbots	England	Team GBR	56	84
Mark Redsell	England	Dragon Slayers	81	85
Martin Newnham	England	Team GBU	2.4gHz
Mick Lideard	England		71	76
Mick Walsh	England	Team SATO	Synth
Mike Evans	England	Dragon Slayers	80	87
Mike McCracken	Scotland		Synth
Mike Shellim	England		72	64
Paul Foster	England		65	Synth
Paul Garnett	England	Dragon Slayers	78	Synth
Paul Middleton	England	Team Steam	Synth
Peter Gunning	Scotland	Mickey's Massive	85	80
Richard Bago	England	Team Steam	2.4gHz
Ron Broughton	England		74	75
Ron Russell	Scotland		72	76
Scott Ravenscroft	England	Team Flymo	2.4gHz
Simon Thornton	England	Team GBU	2.4gHz
Stefan bertschi	Switzerland	Mickey's Massive	2.4gHz
Stuart Brookes	England	Team Dorset	2.4gHz
Tim Cone	USA		64	79
Tony Robertson	England		2.4gHz
Vic Eldridge	England	Team SATO	70	76

Ken Phillips Trophy

Words soon...

Ken Phillips upate

A couple a good rounds from Martin Newnham will make him hard to beat.

Ken Phillips Trophy update

Well actually I'm just checking mobile posting works.
Conditions here are fun but very variable. 43 to 70 is the spread so far but things seem to be settling a little.
Pengy is looking the pick so far.