Volume 37 No 1 Feb-Mar 1986.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

MIKE JEFFERYES
IITER­
CLUB
LEAGUE
A11 seven Leagues were enthl,lsiastically
represented in the 1,985 League fina'! from
August 24-26. Many thanks to Booker, oUfhosts,
to Paul Bryce (director) and Chris Rowland
(scorer) and to Brian and the rest of his team for
the time they devoted to giving us a memorable
and enjoyable weekend. Three ,contest days
were achievedl in better weather than many had
experienced during the earlier contest weekends
of the season,
At short notice in early ',85 the Eastern league
were pleased to welcOme RAF Marham (Fenland)
Into'the tray, the first RAF participants in the
League, Their captaln, Marlin Durham, was their
only representative on our first meel at HusBos,
and won the Pundit Class scoring 5pts. We were
therefore somewhat anxious when they produced
a full team at Sa~by. To our relief tlieir
combined efforts on this second weekend lollowed
the trend established by their captain ­
they scored a total' of 5pts again. However, I'm
ashamed to confess being obliged to SCOre them
equal first with Coventry when- it came to bar
frolics!
They fielded their heavy artillery lor the
weekend at Dunstable in the shape 01 their new
Open Class National Champion, Ken: Hart1ey. He
was put off as much as most of ttlerest of us by
the pOor weather and landed back after a prolonged
local scratch. JJ's task aimed us twice
round an'87km triangle, and the majority of pilots
landed back, or landed out within 2Okm. Hours
later it was rumoured that local Pundit, John Car-
John Bridge's crew, Arianne, with Ns Jantar prior to launching on Day 3. Photo: Mike Jetferyes.
The '985 winners. From left 10 right: Maggie and
Dave Clews,