Well it was an excellent day on Bishop! With 14ms and 15 degrees with plenty of sunshine it was a fitting end to the summer league.
George came out of the blocks running with a 41 and a 40 in the first two rounds, Mike had one good and one bad with a 40 and 44 and I was steady with a pair of 41’s. Conditions were pretty steady but there were definitely good patches cycling through. The sky was very busy with full size who took a while to realise we were there with a couple of low fly throughs in the early rounds that we stopped for.
Mike had his eye in and some decent air for rounds 3 and 4 with a 37 and a 39, which had me worried! Ewan flew a 38 and a 41 against George’s 45 / 41 which set up quite a close contest for the rest of the comp. I flew 41 / 39 with the latter really trying to get in close in the middle and out at the ends to try and make the most of any dynamic effect from the compression.
Ian flew a very nice 38.90 in round 5 with his crossfire looking great doing neat reversals in good air. I managed a 34.71 in good air in round 5 followed up with a 40.73 in not so good air against Mike with a 43 and a 38, he was hanging in there. Ewan flew his second sub-40 of the day in round 6 with a 38.44 taking the edge over George with his 41 / 40.
George kicked off rounds 7 & 8 with a 41 and a 36 for a satisfying finish. Mike got some not so good air to fly 41 & 43, Ewan was very steady with 40 / 40 but I got the pick of the air to go 38 / 37 and take the win. Robert flew his fastest time, a 41, in the last round to pip Dave in the standings.
A really good comp in the end and a reminder of just how good the Bishop is, fantastic lift and a magnificent view. The results as follows, really close 2-4 and 5-7!
1 Peter Gunning 6892.53
2 Mike McCracken 6667.14
3 Ewan Maxwell 6637.56
4 George Young 6631.21
5 Robert Carson 6089.22
6 David Watson 6039.00
7 Ian Simpson 5992.29
Round Wins
1 Mike McCracken 40.93
2 George Young 40.20
3 Mike McCracken 37.70
4 Peter Gunning 39.28
5 Peter Gunning 34.71
6 Mike McCracken 38.28
7 Peter Gunning 38.16
8 George Young 36.76
Winter league dates will be the 3rd Saturday in the month, two weeks apart from the Horcum dates. I am hoping George will work it out and put them up on the calendar.
Thanks to all who took part in the summer league
Peter