The Golding-Barrett Trophy - 2014
KITI has fun in the sun

At the conclusion of a competition there is no more gratifying experience than to be approached by a succession of departing pilots telling you what a great day they have had. Usually the ones with the medals are first in line, but the real acid test is when each and every one of the Beginners’ entrants looks you in the eye, pumps your hand and mustering their best Austro-Californian accent pronounces: ”I’ll be back !”

Attracting new people into our sport is a perennial issue. Attracting seasoned competitors back to Sleap is far less of a challenge. With the secret hangar full of wonderful sunshine, super helpful team and beautifully kept airfield, most pilots seem to find this an easy destination to put in the calendar. Of course, it does have its little trap for the unwary, more of which in due course.

The later briefing time of 09.30 makes for a civilised and leisurely start, but also chews a whole chunk out of the morning’s flying. Faced with rare perfect weather conditions – even the wind was forecast exactly on the A axis all the way up to FL240 – getting the Advanced Free rolling was the priority. Ian assisted by assembling an excellent team of judges, callers and assistants and David Thomson opened the scoring with a tidy and nicely positioned display in the Team Finland Cap 232.

Exemplary flying was the order of the day, both in discipline and in style. After Round 1 half the Advanced competitors were still in medal contention and most of their scores were around 80%. There were a number of 10’s for positioning and the Chief Judge’s comment that he hadn’t deemed a single penalty necessary was testament to the standard of the competition. Not wanting to be outdone KITI 2, Aidan, kicked off the Standard Known with a similar high scoring flight, closely followed by KITI 1, Alex, then KITI 3, Bob, (flying the Slingsby) and KITI ‘Head of Critique’, Antoine, also in the local T67. KITI 4 remained entirely neutral (except for a wry little smile).

The secret to making the Beginner’s event an enjoyable experience is to remove as much pressure as possible from the competitors and to remind them repeatedly that they take such time as they need to complete their first outing in the box. Five flew, all heeded the advice and as a consequence all put on a good show, even if the Sleap runway trap did manage one more victim to add to its illustrious roll call. Nice to see David Farley’s Skybolt emerge with bragging rights. I am sure I saw some nostalgically moist hotelier eyes on the judging line, but that could just have been stray sun tan lotion.

Time for the showdown. A great little Unknown from the Stephen Madle pen (I am told) had technical elements, energy management and positional challenges in abundance and duly sorted the pack. Favourite moment was our plastic pig driver and everyone’s mentor almost avoiding the runway confusion was some xtremely neat footwork. Still good enough for Bronze, with Phil’s excellent Unknown not quite sufficient to outwit a classy afternoon’s flying from Paul Tomlinson, making a welcome return to the gold medal position and the Duxford Trophy.

At Standard a gnat’s whisker around 84% in Unknown raw scores separated Aidan and Alex, Aidan taking victory on the back of his slightly better Known, with Jonathan wazzing his way to Bronze. So the Golding-Barrett trophy stays at Sleap, the KITIs cheered on by an excellent home crowd. Sadly, Veryan G-B was not well enough to attend and present the trophy this year, but was ably represented by Jen at the prize giving. Veryan, you are in our thoughts.
 
 
 Beginners Results
 Golding-Barrett & Duxford Contest, Sleap, 17th - 18th May 2014

Ranked by scores    

 Rank M/F Pilot Aeroplane Registration Known Totals O/all %
 1 M David Farley Steen Skybolt G-BUXI 585.03 585.03 80.142
 2 M Iain Smith Pitts S-2E G-KITI 578.02 578.02 79.181
 3 M Graham Gall Christen Eagle G-EGIL 513.47 513.47 70.338
 4 M Paul Morrison Slingsby T67M G-BUUK 449.77 449.77 61.612
 5 M John Potts Slingsby T67M G-BUUK 344.68 344.68 47.217
Contest Director: Steve Todd, Contest Chief Judge: Ian Scott, Scoring Director: Jen Buckenham. Judges: Ian Scott, Nick Buckenham, Eric Marsh, Brian McCartney. Judges Assistants: Sarah Hardy, Paul Stanley, Julie Lawley, Phil Massetti.
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 The Golding-Barrett Trophy 2014 - Standard Level
 Golding-Barrett & Duxford Contest, Sleap, 17th - 18th May 2014

Ranked by scores    

 Rank M/F Pilot Aeroplane Registration Known  Unknown  Totals O/all %
 1 M Aidan Smith Pitts S-2E G-KITI 1072.57 1079.76 2152.33 81.220
 2 M Alex Cartwright Pitts S-2E G-KITI 992.50 1072.84 2065.34 77.937
 3 M Jonathan Taylor Pitts S-1S G-WAZZ 890.52 1099.73 1990.25 75.104
 4 M Bob Pooler Slingsby T67M G-BUUK 922.20 974.87 1897.07 71.588
 5 M Antoine Schlijper Slingsby T67M G-BUUK 886.24 758.86 1645.10 62.079
Contest Director: Steve Todd, Contest Chief Judge: Ian Scott, Scoring Director: Jen Buckenham. Judges: Ian Scott, Nick Buckenham, Eric Marsh, Brian McCartney. Judges Assistants: Sarah Hardy, Paul Stanley, Julie Lawley, Phil Massetti.
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 The Duxford Trophy 2014 - Advanced Level
 Golding-Barrett & Duxford Contest, Sleap, 17th - 18th May 2014

Ranked by scores    

 Rank M/F Pilot Aeroplane Registration Free  Unknown  Totals O/all %
 1 M Paul Tomlinson CAP 232 OH-SKA 2787.05 2571.82 5358.86 81.940
 2 M Phil Burgess DR-107 G-RIHN 2724.54 2590.06 5314.60 81.263
 3 M Alan Cassidy XA-42 G-XTME 2623.70 2422.94 5046.64 77.166
 4 M Michael Pickin CAP 232 G-IIRP 2636.58 2398.75 5035.33 76.993
 5 M David Thomson CAP 232 OH-SKA 2651.09 2170.22 4821.31 73.720
 6 M David Jenkins CAP 232 OH-SKA 2725.19 1862.84 4588.03 70.153
 7 M David Kean DR-107 G-IIID 2512.14 1898.19 4410.33 67.436
 8 M Chris Brook CAP 231 G-IIHZ 2248.92 2055.44 4304.36 65.816
 9 F Emily Collett Extra 230 G-CBUA 2416.07 1773.76 4189.83 64.065
 10 M Cas Smith Pitts S-2A G-ICAS 2273.37 1655.03 3928.40 60.067
 11 M David Nichols Edge 360 G-CDDP 2052.34 1202.46 3254.80 49.768
Contest Director: Steve Todd, Contest Chief Judge: Ian Scott, Scoring Director: Jen Buckenham. Judges: Ian Scott, Nick Buckenham, Eric Marsh, Brian McCartney. Judges Assistants: Sarah Hardy, Paul Stanley, Julie Lawley, Phil Massetti.
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