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From: "Anker Berg-Sonne"
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:16 AM
Subject: CRRC Hand Launch Classic contest report
The contest that almost wasn't.
The weekend of the CRRC Hand Lanch Classic turned out to be one where
the regular CD and organizer, Mark Drela, was going to be out of town.
To salvage the contest a team consisting of Dick Williamson, Jose
Bruzual and myself from CRRC, and Frank Nisita From LISF banded together
and got the logistics together. Right up front I have to thank LISF and
especially Frank for jumping in and both helping with the planning, but
also by sending a large contingent, the biggest, to the contest. A great
example of the ESL clubs helping each other when in need. Hopefully CRRC
can reciprocate by sending a group to the LISF hand launch contest in a
couple of weeks.
The weather was sunny, hot and breezy, so we kept the tempo down to give
the contestants and timers time to recover between rounds. On Saturday
we flew a total of 9 rounds with 13 contestants divided into 2 groups.
At the end of the day the top three sportsmen were John Sabatini in 3rd,
Frank Nisita in 2nd and David Ashinsky in 1st. David also placed 4th
overall. In expert Dan Siegel was 3rd, Kenny Sharp 2nd and Dave Walter 1st.
Sunday's weather was a repeat of Saturday and we completed 5 rounds
before lunch in order to ensure that there would be one throwaway in
case the weather deteriorated. After lunch we did fly another two
rounds. The 7th round was an AULD round with numerous off-field landings
that completely changed the standings. The end sportsman result was that
Frank Nisita made 3rd, Miner Crary 2nd, and no surprise, David Ashinsky
in 1st (3rd overall). It is great to have a young flyer show so much
talent and enthusiasm. In expert Kenny Sharp made 3rd, Lincoln Ross 2nd
and Dan Siegel 1st.
The grand champion for the weekend was Dan Siegel.
The complete scores are posted on the ESL web site, http://flyesl.org
Thank you to all who helped make this contest a success. It would have
been a shame to have canceled.
Anker Berg-Sonne |
Best regards,
Ed Anderson
Long Island Silent Flyers
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CRRC Hand Launch Classic July 17/18 2010
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