Welsh Open F3F 2020

[mtreble]

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Doesn't look too promising! 6 people does not a race make.

Fortunately that rule is for England and doesn't come into force until Monday. So the Welsh Open is still ON unless anything changes in Wales over the next 48 hrs. 

[Rumbey]

58 minutes ago, mtreble said:

Fortunately that rule is for England and doesn't come into force until Monday. So the Welsh Open is still ON unless anything changes in Wales over the next 48 hrs. 

Fingers crossed boys!

[wookman]

Fingers crossed for a good event. 

[isoaritfirst]

After Monday, groups of max of 6 can meet and can be in a space that is socially distanced from other groups of up to 6. 
Pubs  etc are tasked with ensuring the groups are kept separate. 
 

We could meet those restrictions quite easily. 
However organising an event for more than 6 may be a risky prospect, unless we sell alcohol as well. 

[abbof3f]

Easy then Mike ,we hold the comp on the "slope" of the railway pub roof! 

[Nigel_W]

10 hours ago, isoaritfirst said:

groups of max of 6 can meet

That's social groups.  F3F events are organised under the guidance for businesses and organised sporting events, which has not changed and lets hope it stays that way for the winter.

[oipigface]

14 hours ago, Witch_1 said:

That's social groups.  F3F events are organised under the guidance for businesses and organised sporting events, which has not changed and lets hope it stays that way for the winter.

I’m confused now. Mark T recently cancelled the Horcum event apparently because the rules make an exception for ‘team sports’, but not non-team ones, which he judges F3F to be. I haven’t read the latest rules, but you can’t both be right.

[Sloper]

not looked into it further yet but there has been more clarification since mark T cancelled the HOH comp, which suggests as witch1 says that we would be legal as a organised sporting event, which has controls in to minimise covid risk

[jwest532]

Sorry should have postered early, have key should be down today 2ish

[isoaritfirst]

That seems reasonable to me, and the rules are in my view there to give a guide to what is reasonable. 
of course some over zealous pc may not be reasonable. 

[Nigel_W]

1 hour ago, oipigface said:

I’m confused now.

People seem to interpret the guidance differently, but the guidance under which the English and Welsh Opens were organised remains valid on .gov.uk. at the moment.

[oipigface]

I’ve just been chatting to the tea van man on Rhigos Mountain. He reckons there will be roadblocks tomorrow, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of evidence for this idea on the internet.

[wookman]

Good luck for a great days racing. Weather looks like it might be on your side. 

[mtreble]

A great start to the competition today.

Wind was around 12m/s on to Mickey's. A few rain showers stopped play during the day, but 6 rounds were flown by 26 pilots.

Results after 6 rounds:

1 Joel West 4855.41
2 Peter Gunning 4765.78
3 Rich bago 4529.42
4 Mark Treble 4450.89
5 Graeme  Mahoney  4300.32
6 Mark Abbotts 4274.99
7 Kevin Newton 4261.14
8 Mark Redsell 4247.08
9 Mike Evans 4227.06
10 David Woods 4146.93
11 Mark Passingham 4131.17
12 Nigel Witchalls 4110.52
13 Mike Shellim 4107.71
14 Andy Burgoyne 4078.49
15 Jason Bioletti 4071.29
16 William Fourie 4060.12
17 Paul Stubley 4058.84
18 Dave Rumble 4019.07
19 Leslie Wood 3994.29
20 Aleix Ingles Elias 3791.66
21 Andrzej Tabero 3774.46
22 Jon Edison 3539.57
23 Mike Bleathman  3520.35
24 Bruce Hudson 3458.94
25 Pete Burgess 3039.67
26 John Treble 1878.09

Fastest time: 32.5 by Peter Gunning in round 5
 

[oipigface]

1 hour ago, mtreble said:

6 rounds were flown by 26 pilots.

To tell the truth 6 rounds were flown by 25 pilots. I only managed 3.

[wookman]

Heard you had a bit of a mare today OPF.  Hope it’s all repairable. 

[oipigface]

I need some spare parts.

I have never before seen, or even heard of, wings falling off planes without some contact with the ground first, but that’s what happened. Good start to the second round, but halfway down the first lap it was apparent that all was not well. A bit later I could see daylight between the fuselage and the wing roots. By the time I got to the landing site, the thing was uncontrollable and in the wrong place. So, it has a bent nose, a creased tailplane half, and a broken clevis extender. Also, as the incidence pins became less and less engaged in their sockets, the sockets were ground away, so they will need repairing.

I haven’t got time at the moment to repair it, so I’m going to order a new fuselage and tailplane half, and repair the fus as a spare at my leisure.
 

The next flight I bust my other PB2 in almost exactly the same places. Don’t ask how. I don’t really know the full answer.

[Dave Elam]

Please tell us you had tape holding the wings to the fuselage?

[Andy_B]

1 hour ago, Dave Elam said:

Please tell us you had tape holding the wings to the fuselage?

He did 

[mtreble]

Another 11 rounds flown today on Mickey's.

Results after 17 rounds:

1 Peter Gunning 14089.14
2 Joel West 13663.63
3 Rich bago 13333.56
4 Mark Treble 13332.98
5 Mike Shellim 13082.13
6 Mark Redsell 13076.74
7 Mark Abbotts 12910.17
8 Andy Burgoyne 12888.52
9 Kevin Newton 12766.69
10 Mark Passingham 12740.21
11 Graeme  Mahoney  12636.35
12 David Woods 12558.81
13 Paul Stubley 12254.47
14 Dave Rumble 12243.08
15 Mike Evans 12233.67
16 Leslie Wood 12182.63
17 Jason Bioletti 12116.11
18 Nigel Witchalls 12064.99
19 Aleix Ingles Elias 11976.55
20 William Fourie 11875.95
21 Andrzej Tabero 11532.83
22 Bruce Hudson 11350.15
23 Jon Edison 11038.4
24 Mike Bleathman  10864.18
25 Pete Burgess 9243.58
26 John Treble 1878.09

Fastest time: 32.34 by Peter Gunning in round 11