The final BMFA League F3F of the year was up at the Hole of Horcum. The forecast was dreadful but we only ended up with a couple of light showers and seven rounds. The conditions were again variable but managing to get seven rounds shows the value of having a manageable entry list.
A couple of memories stand out. Great curry the night before with Mike S and Andrzej. I managed to semi flick the Skorpion for the first time. In mitigation there was some weird air around and I think any plane I'd been flying would have let go. John B did the same thing with the Acacia but did a proper job and bent the old dear. Not often you see Blobby walking up the hill with a broken plane. He was well in contention until then - shame.
David Reid came down from the west coast of Scotland and flew superbly in his first BMFA event. Definitely one to watch if he can brave the journey again. Good to see Dave Wright and Tony Fu again, it had been far to long. In fact Dave's good finish meant four Skorpions in the top seven, I've not seen that sort of dominance for many years.
More on the outcome of the league very soon.
A few photos are below but I wouldn't get too excited, it wasn't great snapshot weather.
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1 Kevin Newton 5758.12 2 Mark Southall 5714.16 3 Mark Freeman 5631.75 4 Mark Redsell 5587.14 5 Mike Shellim 5507.09 6 Tom McPherson 5359.63 7 Dave Wright 5337.84 8 John Bennett 5299.45 9 Richard Bago 5081.69 10 Andy Ellison 5063.24 11 Keith Wood 5014.89 12 Mick Lideard 5007.39 13 Andrzej Tabero 4970.94 14 David Reid 4923.78 15 Mick Walsh 4894.35 16 Jon Edison 4890.91 17 Richard Jerome 4858.49 18 Mark Newburn 4710.81 19 Ronnie Lampe 4651.94 20 David Elam 4630.54 21 Graham Reed 4629.44 22 Peter Bailey 4421.11 23 Tony Fu 4379.34 Please, please visit
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