Champions
| Inclusive class (all competitors) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Z19 | Dominic Haughton | 2,523 |
| 2 | JF | Julian Fack | 1,570 |
| 3 | 288 | Dave D'Arcy | 1,353 |
DAY 8 The magnificent seven
At the time of writing, seven competitors have scored their flights, including a creditable 116km for Martin Howitt in the KA6E.
Reports of the task varied widely with some finding it more challenging than others. However, it was the first day of task week to have classic conditions with cummulus all around the course, albeit low and of varying quality.
The top three scores are within a few points of each other. There were at least two landouts, one after finishing. Enough said...
Day 7 More groundhogs
With the general forecast giving persistent cloud cover, RASP showing a day that was weaker, lower and shorter than yesterday, which itself was challenging, and a better day in prospect for tomorrow, Day 7 was scrubbed at briefing. Competitors who had scored yesterday talked others, who had not, through 'how they did it' in detail, while commenting on their traces displayed by SeeYou on the briefing room laser display screen. When subsequently maggot raced, the five traces showed remarkably cons...
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DAY 6 Mea Culpa
When everyone on task except the task setter lands out, that is their fault. When everyone on task including the tasksetter lands out, that's his fault. And so it was. The day turned out almost exactly as predicted by RASP, low, largely blue, relatively weak and finishing early. The hope that it would turn out better was unfounded. For those who left site, 3000' amsl was typical before climbs weakened markedly. Towns, notably Worcester, were relatively reliable sources, but something changed nor...
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DAY 5 - A pattern is becoming clear
After presenting all available evidence to support the possibility of setting a task, and elaborating at some length on how to respect control points and airspace on the one that had been set, Dominic surprised no one by summarily scrubbing the day. There followed an ad hoc presentation of the process used to set Task Week tasks, including the calcualtion of barrel size and the use of SeeYou Competition to post them. A surprisingly energetic discussion followed about the true nature of the check...
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DAY 4 - No runners for a day at the races
With the possibility of the forecast cloud sheet being at or north of the Mynd during the day, a task was set to the south in the hope that the fleet could get away into better weather. The assigned distance task took in Hereford and Worcester racecources, with the barrels making the upwind leg between the two being shorter for the lower handicap gliders. For the KA6E the task became effectively an out and return to the third turnpoint at Cheltenham East. The runners never even got into the stal...
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DAY 3 the right weather but not necessarily at the right time
The met briefing predicted a 1300 clearance of the cloud. Supported by satellite pictures of an obvious edge between the morning's overcast and the anticipated clear and thermic skies skies approaching fast, an orderly grid formed. Competitors massed around the parked fleet at the south end of the Mynd, gazing upwind for the marked change in the skies they had been promised. They waited. A call to the deputy met-wife upwind confirmed that it was sunny on the Cheshire plain. So they waited some...
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DAY 2 was a contest day
The forecast of low cloudbase was accurate. Dominic was the first to start in LS8 'Z19' equipped with modest 15m wings, leaving directly from a winch launch to cloudbase at 2500ft QNH. 20 minutes later, and with a little help from the turbo, Jon and Chris followed in Duo Discus T 'KA'. Meanwhile William Brewis was biding his time; he set off in 'EI', his mighty 18m JSI Revelation, 20 minutes before Dominic completed the task. All three found low cloud base, not exceeding 3000ft QHN, but with cl...
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New Day 2 Task posted
The forecast has improved from dire to marginal. There is now a real possibility of flying a short task, albeit under low cloudbase. However, the task that has been set is too short to justify adding a meaningful fall back task, so all for one and one for all. Onward and upward!
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Day 1 Scrubbed
MGC chairman, Jon Hall opened the Midland Gliding Club's 2021 Task Week briefing with a few words to remember John Parry, who was the driving force behind the event for more years than any present cared to remember. John's tireless endeavours in overseeing task setting and scoring often included the late-night scrutiny of hastily processed photographs for any hint of evidence of a turnpoint being rounded. As new technology crept into the world of gliding, John demonstrated a unique and masterful...
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Welcome to the Midland Gliding Club's 2021 Task Week
Everything you need to know about the 2021 MGC Task Week is hosted on this 'Soaring Spot' site. Bookmark it now and return regularly for the latest news, tasks & results. The site also hosts a gallery, so please submit your photos. The site is the authoritative source of information for the competition; in addition, the 'Mynd Task Week 2021' WhatsApp group will be used to circulate volatile news in real time. The latest tasks will be published here on the 'News' page as soon as they have been up...
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