2018-19 Champion of Champions
30-31 March 2019
Settling in at Levisham
Champion of Champions
I always look forward to flying at the Hole of Horcum - there's a good variety of slopes, and lots of heather for happy landings.
The CoC has a special significance as the decider for the regional winter leagues. Though one or two contenders were unable to attend, there was still a strong field of twenty pilots. Flying was split between Levisham (first morning) and the NE slope at HoH.
It turned out to be a very 'technical' comp... by which I mean: "the wind was at the low end of legal scale, with considerable lift variation between runs".
Day 1: Levisham and HoH
Just one round was flown at Levisham before the wind started swinging north, at which point we moved to the NE slope of HoH. The day ended with Mike Evans in a healthy lead, with Peter Gunning in second place, Rich Bago third and myself fourth.
Day 2: HoH
For the second day, we returned to the NE slope. Mike Evans suffered some poor air in the round 5 and dropped down the rankings. After round 6, I found myself in the lead with Rich second and Pete Gunning in third place. The wind continued to swing east and the competition was concluded a little earlier than planned. By then, eight rounds had been flown in total.
Close of play
Somehow I managed to dodge most of the bad air on the second day, and was delighted to find myself in top spot, flying my Stribog. Runner up, and the only pilot to finish in the top three on both days, was Rich Bago with a Freestyler. Third place went to Mark Treble flying a Toxic. Mark achieved the fastest time with a splendid 45.20 (the only sub-50 of the competition).
All in all a weekend of great fun - and valiant flying in the somewhat fickle conditions. All topped off by a nice curry in Whitby.
A big thanks to Jon Edison, Mark Treble, and Rich Bago for managing the comp in tricky circumstances, and to all pilots who attended.
Results
1 M Shellim 6571.27 1000.00 2 R Bago 6435.86 979.39 3 M Treble 6391.40 972.62 4 M Evans 6354.41 966.99 5 M Redsell 6337.28 964.39 6 P Gunning 6281.47 955.89 7 G Young 6227.25 947.64 8 E Maxwell 6216.26 945.97 9 P Garnett 6194.35 942.64 10 K Wood 6074.33 924.37 11 J Treble 6018.43 915.87 12 D Woods 5959.78 906.94 13 N Witchalls 5933.02 902.87 14 A Burgoyne 5923.33 901.39 15 D Watson 5912.89 899.80 16 P Stubley 5912.86 899.80 17 B Larrett 5905.50 898.68 18 B Hudson 5756.04 875.94 19 J Edison 5450.94 829.51 20 B Dickenson 5159.49 785.15
Fastest time: Mark Treble 45.2.
Round winners: Mike Shellim(3), Mark Treble (2), Peter Gunning (1), Paul Garnett (1), Mike Evans (1)