2023 BMFA League 1, S. Wales
23 April 2023
Bruce Hudson steers his Pitbull 2 past the centre
BMFA League 1
Despite a less than promising forecast, my decision to get up at 5.30 and drive 180 miles was vindicated! Aside from a couple of interruptions due to rain, the competition ran smoothly and six rounds were flown.
The only snag was the lack of buzzer cables... but after knocking heads together for a couple of milliseconds, the idea was born of equipping the base men with flags. The actual buzzerman was in the centre, his job was to press the correct button when a flag was raised. It all worked surprisingly well. (There was a slight hiccup on one or my runs which resulted in a refly - given the lousy air in my first run, I wasn't complaining!)
The winner after six rounds was John Phillips flying a Mamba. Runner up was Mark Treble (Pitbull), and third was Mark Redsell (FS6). My thanks to Mark Treble and helpers for a well run comp. It was a promising start to the season especially given that a few pilots dropped out because of the forecast.
Results
After 6 rounds:
1 John Philips 4644.64 1000.00 Mamba 2 Mark Treble 4584.19 986.98 Pitbull 1 3 Mark Redsell 4575.33 985.07 FS6 4 Pete Gunning 4532.19 975.78 ? 5 Graeme Mahoney 4462.27 960.73 ? 6 Paul Stubley 4404.03 948.19 Orden 7 Andy Burgoyne 4367.86 940.40 FS6 8 Mike Shellim 4362.77 939.31 FS5 9 Les Wood 4228.84 910.47 Shinto 10 Ian Mason 4180.59 900.08 Saker 11 Mark Passingham 4169.32 897.66 FS4 12 William Fourie 4150.57 893.62 FS6 13 Bruce Hudson 4106.56 884.15 Pitbull 2 14 Mike Evans 4083.55 879.19 Device 15 Graham Hill 3766.90 811.02 Extreme
Fastest time 42.22 seconds by Graeme Mahoney in round 5
Round winners: Mark Redsell(2), Pete Gunning (2), Paul Stubley(1), Graeme Mahoney(1)