UK Mountain Soaring Championship 2024

UKMSC 2024 Champion

Yesterday we ended up much better than the forecast and many gliders made it to the back of the 30KM Feshie South sector.

The full Cross Country results are now online with John Tanner in 3D winning the 2024 UKMSC.

Day results for the Height Gain were

ID  Pilot           High  Low   Gain
253 John Williams   6,106 2,140 3,966
Z61 Jordan Richards 6,092 3,179 2,913
XX  Adrian Docherty 5,970 3,057 2,913
245 Stewart Reid    5,486 2,576 2,910
DEW Pete Whitehead  5,576 2,669 2,907
X1  Alastair Mutch  5,775 2,895 2,880
8Q  Graham Paul     5,536 2,767 2,769
3D  Tanner & Wilson 5,846 3,110 2,736
J5T Geddes Chalmers 5,451 2,780 2,671
SO  Hans GW         5,354 2,696 2,658
EVF Stuart Naylor   6,210 3,589 2,621
MS  Mike Stephens   5,876 3,258 2,618
DTG Matt Roberts    5,134 2,611 2,523
LM  Steve Thompson  5,373 3,070 2,303
R1  Tony Mountain   5,584 3,435 2,149
X6  Steve KR        4,557 2,844 1,713
YX  Al Greensmith   4,443 3,127 1,316

The overall height gain was won by Jordan Richards who established an early lead at the start of the week and maintained his advantage throughout.

ID Pilot             Total Day 1  Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
Z61 Jordan Richards  15,194 3,156 7,964 -     -     1,161 2,913 -
SO Hans Georg Werner 10,036 -     6,735 -     -       643 2,658 -
8Q Graham Paul        9,325 -     4,820 30    -     1,706 2,769 -
X1 Alastair Mutch     9,186 -     3,294 -     -     3,012 2,880 -
XX Adrian Docherty    8,828 3,569   361 -     -     1,985 2,913 -
X6 Steve KR           8,616 1,696 4,301 -     -       906 1,713 -
245 Stewart Reid      8,382 2,086 3,130 118   -       138 2,910 -
3D Tanner & Wilson    8,340 2,431 3,173 -     -       -   2,736 -
EVF Stuart Naylor     7,769 -     4,078 -     -     1,070 2,621 -
606 Pete Gray         7,326 -     4,872 -     -     2,454 -     -
R1 Tony Mountain      6,779 -     4,630 -     -         - 2,149 -
DTG Matt Roberts      6,673 2,139 1,857 144   -        10 2,523 -
LM Steve Thompson     6,305 -     3,786 -     -       216 2,303 -
MS Mike Stephens      6,247 -     2,379 -     -     1,250 2,618 -
DEW Pete Whitehead    5,649 2,562    72 -     108       - 2,907 -
1UP Pete Gill         4,859 -     4,560 -     -       299 -     -
IM Ian Molesworth     4,341 -     4,341 -     -         - -     -
253 John Williams     3,966 -         - -     -         - 3,966 -
115 Team Tait         3,828 -     2,073 -     -     1,755 -     -
YX Al Greensmith      3,234 1,168   603 -     -       147 1,316 -
J5T Geddes Chalmers   3,096 -       425 -     -         - 2,671 -
SC Sant Cervantes     253   253      -  -     -         -     - -
94 Bob Bromwich        -    -        -  -     -         -     - -
A31 Roy Wilson         -    -        -  -     -         -     - -
EF Glover & Costin & Groves - -      -  -     -         -     - -
44 Chris Dawes         -    -       -   -     -         -     - -    

Day 7 - Finishers

We have a steady stream of gliders calling finish - it will be a late night of scoring and prize giving
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Day 7 - The start gate is open

The start gate is open with a 2:00h task time. Follow the progress at https://glideandseek.com
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Day 7 - Launching the grid

The sniffer has reported good thermals and we are launching the grid on task.  follow the progress at https://glideandseek.com/
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Day 7

Morning all, the task setter woke the competition with a group WhatsApp message at 06:30 telling everyone he was setting a task and the sun is shining.
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Day 6 - Results

A hot sunny day on the airfield and some feet where climbed. ID  Pilot           High    Low  Gain DD  King & King     6,969 3,708 3,261 (HC)X1  Alastair Mutch  6,347 3,335 3,012606 Pete Gray       6,237 3,783 2,454XX  Adrian Docherty 6,396 4,411 1,985115 Team Tait       6,082 4,327 1,7558Q  Graham Paul     6,375 4,669 1,706MS  Mike Stephens   5,867 4,617 1,250Z61 Jordan Richards 5,793 4,632 1,161EVF Stuart Naylor   4,007 2,937 1,070X6  Steve KR        4,987 4,081   906SO  Hans G W.       3,395...
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Day 6 - Height Gain

The Cross Country has been scrubbed but most of the grid is away height climbing....
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Day 6

Briefing is at 09:30 this morning, the cloud is down again, although we are expecting to see the sun later on today. The time lapse from yesterday is now on YouTube.
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Day 5

That pesky cloud is touching the mountain tops again and it stayed there all day.
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Day 4 - Height Gain Results

We have three launches last night right before the 18:00 cut off, just as it started to drizzle ID  Pilot        High  Low   GainDTG Matt Roberts 3,353 3,209  144245 Stewart Reid 2,004 1,886  1188Q  Graham Paul  2,100 2,070   30 You can watch a time lapse of the clouds from yesterday and see the short clearance that encouraged people into the sky 
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