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2006 English Open F3F

Whitesheet Hill - 5/6 August 2006

The English Open was once again held over two days at Whitesheet Hill. Sponsorship and some very generous prizes were donated by Cubitts Models, Jess Nichols and Multiplex.

Unfortunately the racing had to be abandoned on Saturday due to insufficient wind. After a slow start, Sunday eventually saw seven rounds flown. Conditions were quite thermic, and the wind was off slope some of the time, which made for some technical and very interesting racing. However it was frustrating for those who did not get decent air, resulting in lots of uncharacteristic cuts. The wind gods were kind to me, and I just pipped Blobby to first place, with John Phillips in third. The fastest time of 40.6 was set by Joe Cubitt.

Many thanks to Pete Bailey, Joe Cubitt, Lynda Blythe and Simon Hall for organising the comp, dinner, and raffle, and for the splendid glass trophies.

The photos are split into three sections:

Enjoy!

F3F images

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F3F images (Mark Passingham)

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After hours

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Results Summary

1  M Shellim       5484.16   1000.00
2  J Bennett       5400.10    984.67
3  J Phillips      5220.44    951.91
4  J Cubitt        5205.19    949.13
5  K Newton        5179.87    944.51
6  K Wood          5102.16    930.34
7  T Macpherson    4990.26    909.94
8  M Southall      4975.13    907.18
9  K Woodhouse     4723.32    861.26
10 M Evans         4704.73    857.87
11 M Walsh         4698.41    856.72
12 M Passingham    4683.02    853.91
13 M Royal         4638.04    845.71
14 P Bailey        4634.20    845.01
15 I Rose          4604.40    839.58
16 S Clutterbuck   4595.19    837.90
17 M Freeman       4582.84    835.65
18 F Hulton        4441.87    809.94
19 A Tabero        4398.55    802.04
20 G Reed          4289.59    782.17
21 I Davis         4226.06    770.59
22 I Mason         4156.18    757.85
23 D Lloyd         4138.38    754.60
24 S Siemens       2185.93    398.58
25 S Hall           774.27    141.18
  

Breakdown (PDF).