The BGA Open Class Nationals pilots were launched late afternoon on a revised task. All but one pilot completed the task with Ralph Jones winning his second day. There have now been five consecutive flying days since the competition began. PROVISIONAL RESULTS OPEN Class NATIONALS 09/07/97 ENSTONE 05/07/97 - 13/07/97 29 Gliders Launched. 29 Gliders Passed Y. This was a 633 Point Day. Tasklength=164.6km (4 legs). Distance X=20km. Distance Y=100km. 30 Gliders Entered. 29 Gliders Participated. Wind 8 Knots at 90 Degrees. TP 0 ENSTONE - Control Tower. 12nm NW of Oxford TP 1 OXFORD EAST - A40/A4142 R'bout. 2nm E of Oxford TP 2 HURSTBOURNE TARRANT - A343/B3048. 5nm NNE of Andover TP 3 OXFORD EAST - A40/A4142 R'bout. 2nm E of Oxford GOAL ENSTONE - Control Tower. 12nm NW of Oxford Posn. A/C Day H/C Glider Pilot Sp/Dist Overall 1st 82 633 130 Nimbus 4 Ralph Jones 102.8kph 5th 3632 2nd 929 587 125 Nimbus 3 DM Ted Lysakowski 97.7kph 21st 2583 3rd 108 575 125 ASH 25 Peter Harvey 96.3kph 4th 3742 4th 176 571 129 Nimbus 3T David Innes 95.9kph 3rd 3986 5th 925 563 125 ASH 25 Mike Foreman 95.0kph 11th 3188 6th 156 557 128 ASH 25 B Russell Cheetham 94.3kph 1st 4130 7th 8 546 125 Ash 25 Peter Sheard 93.0kph 2nd 4046 8th 171 531 125 ASH 25 Michael Thick 91.3kph 10th 3198 9th S22 512 127 ASW 22 John Giddins 89.3kph 28th 2243 9th 527 512 127 ASW 22 Mike Bird 89.2kph 6th 3555 11th FWW 500 125 ASH 25 Max Kirschner 87.9kph 20th 2652 12th 942 454 125 ASH 25 Richard Smith 82.7kph 8th 3470 13th 48 440 126 Nimbus 4 DT David Findon 81.2kph 17th 2798 14th R28 434 114 Ventus CT Mike Throssell 80.4kph 7th 3480 14th 196 434 113 ASW 20 BL Ken Hartley 80.5kph 14th 3121 16th BB 417 125 ASH 25 John Gorringe 78.6kph 16th 2849 16th 148 417 115 LS 6C (17.5m) Tony Burton 78.6kph 18th 2752 18th W22 411 127 ASW 22 (24m) Derek Taylor 78.0kph 9th 3227 19th 758 409 114 Ventus C Paul McLean 77.7kph 15th 2900 20th 783 384 115 LAK-12 Kevin Pickering 74.9kph 29th 2187 21st 315 383 108 Duo-Discus Chris Rollings 74.7kph 13th 3124 22nd 345 376 129 Nimbus 3 Richard Kalin 74.0kph 11th 3188 23rd 933 370 112 ASW 20 CL Ken Stephenson 73.3kph 30th 2178 24th 827 362 115 Nimbus 2B Chris Teagle 72.4kph 24th 2391 25th 24 353 114 Ventus CT Derek Smith 71.4kph 22nd 2415 26th E11 341 115 Nimbus 2C Stephen Ell 70.0kph 26th 2292 27th 599 330 115 Nimbus 2 CWL Adrian Hatton 68.8kph 19th 2750 28th R30 299 114 Ventus B Tony Mountain 65.3kph 23rd 2413 29th 29 133 129 Nimbus 3 DT John Glossop 126.8kms 25th 2334 30th 666 0 125 ASH 25 Tony Moulang 0.0kms 27th 2284 Ken Sparkes, BA Competition Director, BGA Open Class National Championships BGA Competition Scoring Program by Specialist Systems Ltd. Email: tnp@spsys.demon.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------- Access provided by: Guenther Eichhorn | gei@cfa.harvard.edu Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA CPL,ASMELS,IA,Glider,CFI | Pitts S-2A: N1GE DC-3 type rating | Flying is the Pitts See: http://acro.harvard.edu/IAC and: http://acro.harvard.edu/SSA