The weather forecast indicated that there would be little prospect any flying on the final competition day. Fortunately the forecast turned out to be totally inaccurate and the modest task was completed by all but one of the competitors. Ralph Jones won the day with his fourth day win of the contest. The Final Results will be published after the protest period has expired and any protests lodged with the Stewards have been adjudicated. Ken Sparkes, BA Competition Director, BGA Open Class National Championships. PROVISIONAL RESULTS OPEN Class NATIONALS 13/07/97 ENSTONE 05/07/97 - 13/07/97 30 Gliders Launched. 29 Gliders Passed Y. This was a 702 Point Day. Tasklength=172km (4 legs). Distance X=20km. Distance Y=100km. 30 Gliders Entered. 30 Gliders Participated. Wind 16 Knots at 210 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 82 702 130 Nimbus 4 Ralph Jones 90.3kph 3rd 5984 2nd 942 692 125 ASH 25 Richard Smith 89.4kph 7th 4993 3rd 8 687 125 Ash 25 Peter Sheard 89.0kph 1st 6279 4th 108 682 125 ASH 25 Peter Harvey 88.5kph 10th 4872 5th 29 670 129 Nimbus 3 DT John Glossop 87.5kph 17th 4536 6th BB 638 125 ASH 25 John Gorringe 84.7kph 8th 4981 7th 929 625 125 Nimbus 3 DM Ted Lysakowski 83.5kph 14th 4619 8th 527 605 127 ASW 22 Mike Bird 86.2kph 4th 5691 * P * 9th 156 597 128 ASH 25 B Russell Cheetham 81.0kph 5th 5648 10th 171 542 125 ASH 25 Michael Thick 76.1kph 13th 4690 11th 48 520 126 Nimbus 4 DT David Findon 74.2kph 15th 4615 12th 176 484 129 Nimbus 3T David Innes 71.0kph 2nd 5991 13th 599 457 115 Nimbus 2 CWL Adrian Hatton 68.6kph 18th 4514 14th 315 456 108 Duo-Discus Chris Rollings 68.5kph 16th 4614 15th 196 442 113 ASW 20 BL Ken Hartley 67.2kph 12th 4732 16th 148 428 115 LS 6C (17.5m) Tony Burton 66.0kph 21st 4103 16th 666 428 125 ASH 25 Tony Moulang 66.1kph 24th 3723 18th 24 397 114 Ventus CT Derek Smith 63.3kph 23rd 3764 19th 783 394 115 LAK-12 Kevin Pickering 63.1kph 28th 3308 20th 933 392 112 ASW 20 CL Ken Stephenson 62.8kph 26th 3624 20th E11 392 115 Nimbus 2C Stephen Ell 62.8kph 30th 3193 22nd FWW 379 125 ASH 25 Max Kirschner 61.7kph 27th 3419 22nd W22 379 127 ASW 22 (24m) Derek Taylor 61.7kph 9th 4887 24th R30 365 114 Ventus B Tony Mountain 60.5kph 25th 3664 25th 758 349 114 Ventus C Paul McLean 59.0kph 19th 4360 26th S22 342 127 ASW 22 John Giddins 58.4kph 29th 3270 27th R28 260 114 Ventus CT Mike Throssell 51.1kph 6th 5122 28th 827 245 115 Nimbus 2B Chris Teagle 49.8kph 22nd 3851 29th 345 234 129 Nimbus 3 Richard Kalin 48.8kph 11th 4763 30th 925 26 125 ASH 25 Mike Foreman 34.3kms 20th 4111 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