Peter's report:-
So the epic 3 part Scottish Nats was brought to a conclusion today. We had strong southerly winds of 35-50mph on East Lomond which brought more sub-40’s than I can remember (15 in total) in the 14 rounds completed, and that was without much thermal assistance at all.
It was a day for full ballast and Peter Gunning set the pace in rounds 1 and 2 with his P3 flying his fastest time in round 2 of 38.27, one of the flap wipers was sticking so the P3 was retired and Cyril came out for the rest of the day. Kevin and his Precision responded in rounds 3 and 4 with a 39.xx and a 38.xx and the pattern at the top of the leader board was set with Peter and Kevin responding to each others times in a very close fought battle. Ian Simpson made a rare appearance and flew very well with his Big Bird, Mike McCracken flew his extreme very well too claiming an East Lomond sub-40 in round 7. George did OK with a best time of 42.50 but could possibly have done with a bit more weight aboard his Vikos.
The lead changed hands between Peter and Kevin as the comp progressed with Kevin in the lead in round 13 when an unfortunate prang put an end to his day and lost him a discard so Peter won out on the day. So the results were:
1 Peter Gunning 12787.75 P3/Cyril
2 Kevin Newton 12710.83 Pike Precision
3 Mike McCracken 11668.45 Extreme
4 Ian Simpson 11073.30 Big Bird
5 George Young 10965.38 Vikos
6 Craig Maxwell 6926.09 Banshee/Spark
FTD went to Kevin with a 38.00
Overall then in the unusual 2 out of 3 comp Nationals the results were as follows:
Comp 1 Comp 2 Comp 3 Final
1 Peter Gunning 100 100 200
2 Kevin Newton 99.22 99.40 198.62
3 Dave Watson 94.56 100 194.56
4 Mike McCracken 88.27 97.92 91.25 189.17
5 George Young 90.03 94.10 85.75 184.13
6 Ian Stewart 89.63 90.02 179.65
7 Martin Gibbs 85.17 86.27 171.44
8 David Loomes 95.25 95.25
9 Ron Russell 94.31 94.31
10 David Reid 91.97 91.97
11 Robert Carson 89.55 89.55
12 Ewan Maxwell 87.88 87.88
13 Ian Simpson 86.60 86.60
14 Alistair Sutherland 74.79 74.79
15 Craig Maxwell 54.16 54.16
The other FTD’s were Peter Gunning in Comp 1 with a 39.66 and Dave Watson in Comp 2 with a 44.59. I have ordered another FTD whisky glass for Dave.
So that’s the summer season done, I’m sure Ron will be along soon to give us the results. Here’s to a good winter league, dates to be announced shortly.
Best Regards
Peter