Saturday 13th October 2012 – DGS Fun Day & EGM

Right from the off today had a real carnival atmosphere around the club. Will the weather play ball? Well mostly.

The wind was light westerly and this strengthened throughout the day. The forecast “occasional” showers were initially very heavy and very frequent but did die away somewhat as the day progressed.

This did not deter our hardy pilots and some early flights were fitted in between the showers until one particularly heavy shower encouraged everyone to return to the clubhouse to enjoy the BBQ which was organised by Sandra, assisted by Heather, and actually cooked by Bob Pirie.

Bob Pirie attending to the BBQ

After everyone had had their fill it was back to the airfield to take part in the “Good Landing” contest. Judge John Bolt scored everyone’s efforts for the accuracy of their circuit, approach, roundout and landing run – very professional. In fact the only thing missing was a public “phone in” to the help the judge ( or is that just television? ).

A stunning rainbow framed the contest flyers.

The soaring opportunities were really quite limited except for instructors Ged and Don who took the next step in the “Ridge Flying” project by flying to the tor to the north of Cox Tor ( Standon Hill?) from where they managed to climb back to their launch height before continuing along the ridges to the north eventually returning to the airfield 45 minutes later.

After the gliders were washed and put away, the members all assembled in the clean and warm clubhouse for a light buffet prior to the EGM where Martin Cropper was voted in as the new chairman and after which the Good Landing contest results were announced and the prizes given out.

New Chairman Martin Cropper

The Good Landing Contest results were

Solo
1st   Martin Broadway
2nd  Barry Green
3rd   Rick Wiles.

Dual ( handling pilots listed first )
1st   Rick Wiles with Heather Horswill
2nd  Mike Jardine with Sandra Buttery
3rd   Dave Wallis with Don Puttock

Martin Broadway receiving his prize from Sandra

We owe a special vote of thanks to Sandra for all the work she put in to making this a great club day.

Organiser & Club Secretary Sandra ( right ) with Heather 

Steve