2010 was again blessed with fabulous weather. Sunny days and temperatures up in the 30’s. Friday was practice day, pilots arrived at the field and those staying overnight set up their camping and enjoyed some very nice flying conditions with abundant thermals.
On Saturday the contest started around 9.30am with nearly all pilots making 10 mins, after the first slot conditions became very testing with good thermals and strong sink in between them. Lots of pilots were caught out and many had re-launches throughout the day. We managed to complete 5 rounds before packing up and getting ready for the now famous Sat Night BBQ! We were not disappointed as the food cooked by Jim Write and his wife Norma was fantastic. A combination of this and the great weather many stayed outside chatting until late that night. Jim is currently Chairman of the Ivinghoe Soaring Association who helped organise the event.
Sunday came and the temperature steadily rose to 30 degrees with hardly any cloud. Rounds 6 and 7 were quiet easy and most pilots managed 10 mins. The preliminary rounds finished around 12.30am and after a short break 6 pilots went to the 3 round fly off.
Many thought the fly off would be easy at that time of day as the previous rounds were very easy but conditions had changed. The first slot of the fly off saw a mixture of very fast launches and some pilots opting for more height. JoJo and Eser Kismi chose quick launches and managed to find a low thermal that was too weak to gain enough height with the distance down wind and they both landed out. They quickly re-launched the second model but with other pilots flying the slot out this put them in a difficult position from the start. The second and third slots were also difficult and not all the pilots managed to do 10 mins. It was a very exciting fly off that tested the pilots and very entertaining for spectators. Photos by Nick Kidd are below in the gallery.
Interglide 2010 Results
Line
Full_name
TotalScore
% Score
Fly-off Scores
Fly-off % Score
Fly-off Pos'n
1
Kismir; Eser
5994.51
100
2857.53
98.72
2
2
Grini; Jo
5990.46
99.93
2334.47
80.65
6
3
Jong, de; Cor
5986.93
99.87
2516.51
86.94
3
4
Zweers; Peter
5970.96
99.61
2500.64
86.39
5
5
Duff; Ian
5965.13
99.51
2894.66
100
1
6
Deval; Mark
5949.95
99.26
2506.87
86.6
4
7
Kooy; Jaap
5914.7
98.67
8
Paddon; Colin
5912.51
98.63
9
Allen; Peter
5893.69
98.32
10
Beale; Kevin
5851.92
97.62
11
Van Ool; Pascal
5828.92
97.24
12
Boorman; colin
5816.69
97.03
13
Osbourne; Ozzy
5815.42
97.01
14
Kokkonen; Tuomo
5815.02
97.01
15
Nieuwenhuizen; Wim
5803.55
96.81
16
Lucas; Colin
5782.21
96.46
17
Guerrier; Austin
5740.71
95.77
18
Stanswood; Jon
5731.23
95.61
19
East; David
5685.27
94.84
20
Grini; Frederic
5584.82
93.17
21
de Bliek; Arno
5557.22
92.71
22
Wicks; Graham
5533.07
92.3
23
Raybone; Mike
5507.36
91.87
24
Lenssen; Sydney
5492.45
91.62
25
Macllelan; Keith
5422.3
90.45
26
Kort; Albert
5380.07
89.75
27
kidd; nick
5232.89
87.29
28
Johnson; Brian
5205.04
86.83
29
Glover; Chris
5195.14
86.66
30
Borowski; Andre
5106.38
85.18
31
Reed; Richard
5100.61
85.09
32
Lipscombe; Allan
5084.7
84.82
33
Dickenson; Bob
5019.02
83.73
34
de Bliek; Sam
4941.15
82.43
35
Dart; Kevin
4753.59
79.3
36
Warby; Neville
4669.56
77.9
37
Thijssen; Fred
4428.82
73.88
38
sleight; robin
4260.21
71.07
39
Dunster; Chas
4122.24
68.77
40
Philcox; Gengiz
4101
68.41
Gallery
INTERGLIDE HISTORY
The British Association of Radio Controlled Soarers (BARCS) arranged for the inaugural Interglide in 1982. It was styled “World Interglide” and was organised by the Coventry Club as part of the BARCS 10th anniversary celebrations.
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