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 stalls; the cloud remained stubbonly overhead all day, with the task being scrubbed at 13:00.