2018 BMFA League 1
22 April 2018
Mark Abbotts swings past the centre at Levisham
All weathers at Levisham
The first league event of 2018 got off to a good start with 17 entrants battling it out at Levisham.
Nine rounds were flown with a single stoppage for rain. Flying conditions were quite testing, with a turbulent breeze mixed in with the odd thermal - in other words, typical Levisham!
Rich Bago took top honours, flying his FS5 with great flair. Steve Haley was close behind with his Pike Precision 2, and Pete Gunning took third spot. Honourable mentions too, for Nigel Witchalls and Brett Larrett who achieved personal bests.
The prize for eye candy went to the Redshift, designed by Jim Hammond in Taiwan, and flown by Greg Dakin, John Phillips and Mark Passingham. This model is refreshingly different, with an unusually high aspect ratio and rather fetching colour scheme. "Team Redshift" took 5th, 6th and 7th places.
Results
1 R Bago 7366.25 1000.00 2 S Haley 7307.70 992.05 3 P Gunning 6990.40 948.97 4 M Treble 6921.93 939.68 5 J Philips 6825.38 926.57 6 G Dakin 6816.33 925.34 7 M Passingham 6613.41 897.79 8 E Maxwell 6575.86 892.70 9 J Edison 6570.50 891.97 10 M Evans 6445.11 874.95 11 B Larrett 6385.67 866.88 12 D Watson 6369.74 864.71 13 N Witchalls 6362.02 863.67 14 M Abbotts 6361.80 863.64 15 M Shellim 6142.39 833.85 16 J Treble 6090.59 826.82 17 B Dickenson 5631.74 764.53
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Jon, Mark, Rich and all helpers.