2008 events
' A cool grey May Bank Holiday welcomed the 8 competitors to the Taxi and Fly event organised by Kevin Belcher, who was the first to fly and show us how it should be done. After taxiing round the tyre and cone, a take-off was executed for the first part. The second part was to fly two circuits, one in each direction of at least 20 seconds duration, the difference in time taken to count as the score. Much to every-ones surprise, most competitors were able to judge this quite accurately. Chris Halliday once again struggled with the Taxi phase and finished 5th. Mick Wilson also was unhappy with the conditions and slipped to 7th place. Newcomer Dave Gent was encouraged to take part on the 'buddy lead' and managed to taxi and fly the circuits, although opted out of the landing phase, Well Done Dave for taking part. Top dogs Steve Green and Kevin battled it out for 1st place and due to a complex scoring system the results took some time to be announced. The winner Kevin Belcher denied that his scoring system was biased toward himself, putting Steve Green into 2nd place with another newcomer Andy Anscombe an excellent 3rd. Unfortunately your reporter forgot his camera so there are no pictures this time. Next Event in the Club Events series takes place on 8th JUNE entitled 'LIMBO'. We wait with baited breath!
David Page.
RESULTS
KEVIN BELCHER 10 POINTS
STEVE GREEN 9 POINTS
ANDY ANSCOMBE 8 POINTS
FREDDIE TREGENNA 7 POINTS
CHRIS HALLIDAY 6 POINTS
REX LEAVESLEY 5 POINTS
MICK WILSON 4 POINTS
DAVE GENT 3 POINTS
LEADER BOARD AFTER 2 EVENTS
KEVIN BELCHER 18 POINTS
STEVE GREEN 18 POINTS
FREDDIE TREGENNA 13 POINTS
TED COOKE 10 POINTS
ANDY ANSCOME 8 POINTS
MICK PAGE 7 POINTS
CHRIS HALLIDAY 6 POINTS
REX LEAVESLEY 5 POINTS
MICK WILSON 4 POINTS
DAVE GENT 3 POINTS
