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Welcome to the Official Information
page for the 2005 New
England Gliding Championships!
This web page will be updated as often
as necessary before the contest, and it will be the place to get news and results during and after the competition.
This page was last updated on
10/10/06.
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| General Information
(March 21, 2005)
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The contest will take place at the Warren-Sugarbush
airport (0B7) in Warren, Vermont. Once
again, our hosts will be the Sugarbush Soaring Association, with help
from other clubs and commercial operators in the Region.
The competition period will be from June 20 through
June 25 (six days). There will be an informal practice day on June
18, and a formal practice day on the 19th. A task will be set on
the formal practice day. The
combination Welcome Dinner and Mandatory Safety Meeting will take place
at the airport at 6:30 pm on Sunday, June 19. We
expect to run 3 classes: 15-meter, Standard, and Sports. |
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| Contacts*
(May 4, 2005)
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| Contest Manager: |
Tim
Donovan: 603-542-7325(home), 603-542-2277(office), 603-558-2514(mobile) |
| Airport front desk: |
802-496-2290 (business
hours) |
| Press relations: |
Martin
Johnson |
| Club President: |
Dave
Ellis: 802-496-7137 |
| Accommodations: |
Katie
Bush: 802-496-2626 |
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| Entry Fee
(March
30, 2005)
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Before May 19, 2005, the entry fee will be $325. This
entry fee can be reserved by sending in a deposit of $100 before May
19. After that date, the entry fee will be $360.
| Entry Fee |
| If $100 deposit is received by May
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$325 |
| After May 19 |
$360 |
The fee covers registration and up to six contest
tows.
Checks should be made payable to "Region 1
Contest" and mailed to:
Tim Donovan
P.O. Box 359
Claremont, NH 03743
It would be helpful (but not required) if
you would include with your deposit, a filled-out registration
form.
It may also be possible to register on
the SSA website, but the last time we checked, it wasn't working.
Give it a try.
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| Control Points
(March 21, 2005)
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The control points have changed since last year.
Three new Start Points have been added (the turnpoints have not
changed).
The Official Control Point files are
dated: March 21, 2005
Get your 2005 Control points here
or here or here.
Watch this space for updates (but we don't expect
any).
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| Weather
(March 23, 2005)
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The forecast for the third week in June is for strong
lift and high cloudbases.
We are lucky to have Ward
Hindman as our official meteorolgist. Ward's forecasts
contributed to the success of the 2002 and 2003 Region 1 contests.
He will also be serving as sniffer in his HP-14T. For a sample
weather briefing sheet, click here,
and here is a handy explanation.
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| Accommodations
(May 4, 2005)
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Inns
and Hotels
Bed and Breakfast
Motels and Lodges
Recommendations:
Golden Lion Riverside Inn
731 VT Route 100
Warren, VT
(888) 867 4491
Also, Katie
Bush can arrange accommodations for you.
If you
can recommend a specific place to stay, contact Tim,
and it will be published here. Camping is available on the airport.
RVs and motor homes are welcome, but
there are no "services" available.
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| Contest Personnel
(May 4, 2005)
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| Contest Manager: |
Tim Donovan |
| Competition Director: |
Rick Sheppe |
| Operations: |
Rick Hanson |
| Towplanes: |
Rick Gehlert |
| Meteorology: |
Ward Hindman |
| Scoring: |
Dave Ellis |
| Registration: |
Barbara Ellis |
| Retrieve Desk: |
Barbara Ellis |
| Public Relations |
Martin Johnson |
| Official Journalist: |
Graham Ramsden |
| Accomodations: |
Katie Bush |
And we are looking for volunteers! Call Tim!
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| Social
(April 21, 2005)
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A social event will be planned for each
evening. We will have a mix of cookouts, catered meals, and at
least one pizza night. There will be at least one band (probably
Bluegrass - stay tuned). Also, amateur musicians are invited to
bring their instruments.
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| Special Note for Those
New to Racing (April 7, 2005)
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If you meet the minimum experience
requirements, please consider entering the Sports Class. Tasking
in the Sports Class will be very conservative, along the lines of last
year's Springfield fun-meet. We will implement the Spratt Buddy
System, and we will hold race-training seminars in the mornings before
the regular Pilots Meetings.
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| Rules
(April 6, 2005)
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You need an FAI Silver Badge to enter in the
Sports Class and a Gold Distance leg to enter in the other classes.
Team entries are allowed in the Sports class.
All types of Flight Recorders, including COTS, will be
allowed. If you have a type unknown to the scorer, you may be
required to supply cables and software to upload your flight logs to the
scorer's PC.
You should fly with an ELT, but they are not
required for this contest.
This will be a no-waterballast contest, due to
lack of facilities at the airport. You must fly at the same weight
every day.
Good advice on sailplane racing here.
Don't forget to read the rules!
Here they are:
FAI
Class Rules.
Sports
Class Rules.
Local Rules
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