Pennine Soaring Club Awards 2023

By Carl Fairhurst on  February 14, 2024 14:55


The awards for the 2023 season were awarded at the well attended AGM. The winners are as follows:

Paraglider Pilot Improvement Award

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Ed Knowles

and

Matt Baird

(not present)


First 25km XC Flight

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Ed Knowles

33km flight from Parlick on 9th July 2023


First 50km XC Flight

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Scott O’Neil

53.9km flight from Parlick on 9th July 2023 


PSC League Overall

PSC League Sport

Best XC Flight from Pennine Site

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Phil Wallbank

124km flight from Parlick on 16th June 2023


Loop League

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Paul Winterbottom


Best Local Flight

PSC League Fun Class

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John Murphy

29.84km FAI triangle on the 7th April 2023


Representing the Club – National

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Elliot Brown

1st place in Buttermere Bash Lakeland Charity Open B comp. and 1st place in LCC B comp.


Representing the club – International

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John Oliver

British sports, St-Jean-Montclar: 1st in Reynolds, 4th overall

https://airtribune.com/bst2023/results/task6176/comp/overall-winner

British champs: 1st in Reynolds, 3rd in Sports,16th Brit, 52th overall.

Most chuffed about been first sports on one of the task's and been in sight of the leaders.

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World Civl rank 1318, UK Civl rank 48


Retrieve Award

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Brian Stewart

Retrieve from Tebay for Jim and John


Club Award

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Neil Charles

Creating the Wind at Altitude app


Club Award

Paul Redman on behalf of MRT (not present)

For their assistance involving an incident at Parlick


Bent Upright

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Andrew Clegg

For best tent landing!


William Marshall Trophy for Services to the Club

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Simon Scott

For services as chairman


Special Lifetime Achievement Award

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John Murphy

For 27 years dedicated service to the club committee


X - Dales '21 Challenge

By Carl Fairhurst on  August 13, 2021 10:17

The X - Dales '21 Challenge will run over the extended weekend of the 10,11,12th September to coincide with the DHPC social event.  All the relevant details relating to entry, format, rules, safety, task, and scoring etc are available via the link below. New information may be added as necessary.

For more details, go to https://www.xcflight.com/x-dales-21-challenge/

Club Awards 2021

By Carl Fairhurst on  February 21, 2021 15:08

Congratulations to the following award winners for 2021.

Pilot Improvement Award


PG Pilot Improvement Award: Tamas Merk

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PG Pilot Improvement Award: Emma Wrathall

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HG Pilot Improvement Award: Doug Neill

Newcomer Award PG

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Newcomer Award: Hannah Price
Newcomer Award: John Pomfret

Local Flight Award

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Best Local Flight Jim Ashley

Best Flight


Best XC Flight from a Pennine Site: Jacob


Loop League Winner

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Loop League: Brian Stewart

Fun Class League Winner


PSC Fun Class: Jacob Cleverley

Sport Class and Overall League Winner

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PSC League Overall: Phil Wallbank

Retrieve Award


Retrieve Award: Lynda Baillie


Representing the Club


Representing the Club: Barry John Sayer

The William Marshall Trophy


William Marshall Trophy for Services to the Club: Paul Redman

Bent Upright Award


Bent Upright: Graham Jones


Congratulations to all award winners.

Northern Challenge Series 2021

By Carl Fairhurst on  February 9, 2021 11:39

All 2021 tasks for the Northern Series (Main and Hike & Fly) now available at

http://www.xcmap.net/index.php?c=Northern%20Challenge%20Trophy

To save you looking for the changes. They are

* A new Stags task

* A changed Murton task

* A new, later start date 1st March due to Covid. ALL BHPA or Club directives over-ride this.

* A new EN C and below award. Glider rating required when you enter a flight and displayed.

* Scoring algorithm and rules remain the same. ALL individual club rules apply to all sites on which a task is based.

For more information see https://www.xcflight.com/northern-challenge-series-2021/