2021/2022 F3F Welsh Winter League 4
15 January 2022
Les Wood with his Shinto during a run
F3F Welsh Winter League 4
The forecast was finely balanced when CD Joel West called the competition 'on' - and it was the right decision! After an hour's wait for the clag to clear it turned out to be a lovely day's flying. The conditions on Micky's slope were smooth and gentle, with a light to moderate breeze straight on the slope.
It was a closely fought competition. Dave Rumble had some bad luck, and would have come higher but for his finger slipping off the stick in the final round. Aleix Ingles continued his progress, winning two of the rounds with some fine piloting.
The lead changed between Graeme Mahoney, Joel West, myself and Andy Burgoyne. Joel finally came out on top, Andy was second and I slipped in to third place. There were only seven points separating 3rd and 6th places!
All in all a thoroughly enjoyable comp, and my thanks to Joel and Graeme for putting it to together.
Results
After 9 rounds:
1 Joel West 7665.75 1000.00 2 Andy Burgoyne 7597.67 991.11 3 Mike Shellim 7491.56 977.27 4 Graeme Mahoney 7483.04 976.16 5 Dave Rumble 7464.56 973.75 6 Aleix Ingles 7440.34 970.59 7 Mark Passingham 7263.94 947.58 8 Ian Mason 7204.43 939.82 9 Les Wood 7061.68 921.19 10 Bruce Hudson 6973.79 909.73 11 Graham Hill 6792.94 886.14
Fastest time 42.05 seconds by Joel West in round 9
Round winners: Joel West (3), Aleix Ingles (2), Mike Shellim (2), Andy Burgoyne (1), Graeme Mahoney (1)