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As a result of me not stepping back when volunteers were called for to run this league I've taken up the role. These are the dates of the events that will qualify for BARCS F5J League being held at Bartletts and in Kent although there may be others added April 18th run by KI at Gravesend July 4th Bartletts August 15th Bartletts Sept 5th run by KI at Sutton Valence Full details and entry will be on the BARCS Electric Soaring and F5J Forum Entry £5.00 payable on the day.
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Event cancelled - Unfortunately the first crop of grass will not have been cut before this date. The next Bartletts event will be as previously published on August 15 You are invited to Bartletts F5J League Round 2 to be held 4 July 2021, CD Ian Nicholls. This is an open competition and qualifies for BARCS League Entry fee £5 payable on the day. We want to have a full day's flying so please check in 09:30 and be ready for Pilots Briefing at 09:45 with the competition starting at 10:00. There will be a half hour lunch break. To enter, please click on Reply to this topic no later than 6pm Friday 2 July with your name, BMFA number, model class (if not Open), and frequency (if not 2.4 ) so a matrix can be set up. A final decision to confirm or cancel depending on the weather will be posted here by noon Saturday 3 July. Location: Bartletts Farm at Rettendon, Essex. Important Covid Advice Do not attend this competition if you are showing any Covid symptoms or have experienced them in the last 14 days. Competition will be paperless using Gliderscore smart phone app. Score records will be issued on the day and must be placed in the Score Record Box at the end of the competition. Bring gloves and sanitiser to the event in case gates need to be opened/shut Do not touch landing tapes, use feet to move tapes relative to front of model after landing Strictly observe the 2m distancing rule. Ensure you follow latest Gov.uk guidelines in respect to washing hands, touching face and hand hygiene. ENTRIES Ian Nicholls BMFA 39293 Steve Knowles BMFA 70799 Eddy Small BMFA 063558 Brian Austin BMFA 057851 Garry Matthews BMFA 32611 Pete Mitchell BMFA 33859 Nick Jackson BMFA 123273 Tony Merritt BMFA 142327
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I keep being asked by so many people/customers if I will be going to the BARCs Soaring Market, that I think its best to put on the forum, Which has been confirmed to me by Graham James, To quote "I'm afraid the Soaring Market is no more. Lack of interest from traders (yourself excepted), falling attendance, other events in the local area, makes the event unviable. There was an EGM at Radioglide and it was voted to change the AGM date to coincide with RG in future." So there will be no Soaring Market this year which given the interest I've had seems a great shame, but there we are moving on will hopefully see you soon at some other event Bernie (eSoaring Gadgets UK)
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Forum member numbers continue to grow, and its great to see this community forming, with more and more resources available, whether it be communicating events, flying sessions with your mates, or the exchange of helpful information and answering questions forum members ask. So it strikes me that the same success the forum is seeing could perhaps be translated into a better representation for gliding pilots in the UK, and the obvious vehicle is through a stronger BARCS with more members (Note: These are my own views. I don't represent BARCS, but I am an ordinary member). I was a member back in the 80s/90s when there were many more members, and BARCS brought us a fantastic informative Newsletter, RadioGlide, SlopeGlide, Electric Events and the 'BARCS Tech' symposium. Some would say 'why do we need representation?', and that might be true today, but will it be tomorrow? In the US there has been a considerable clamping down on RC flying, including more draconian height restrictions, and even total bans within city limits in places. Slope sites have been lost recently, and for many slope sites we maybe only have a tenuous permission to fly. With such small numbers we are quite a fragile community. So I would ask you to consider paying less than 20p per week to ensure the forum,and BARCS remain healthy, and continue to grow. Now is the right time of year to join. Who knows what a much stronger BARCS could bring? - it is only limited by the vision and ingenuity of it's members (and if the forum is anything to go by there is a lot of both out there). Simon Thornton
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We are happy to announce that we are launching into Social Media on both Facebook and Twitter. Our Facebook page can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/barcs.co.uk If you would rather follow us to Twitter instead you can find us @BARCS_UK Both of these platforms will be giving regular updates and news. -
The 2011 BARCS Soaring Season came to an end on October 9th and the final league tables can be found in the appropriate class tabs. One again the weather affected many competitions, either resulting in postponement, cancellation or curtailment with just enough rounds flown to make them count. Despite this 90 individual members entered competition, recording 205 class entries. Congratulations to all the winners, you will be being contacted about trophy arrangements in due course. On behalf of all the competitors and BARCS we would like to offer a special vote of thanks to all the organisers and CD’s for their hard work and to the clubs who gave access to their fields. The All Rounder Tables are too large to be displayed on the website and are available to view or download here Graham James.
