BMFA League Final Results for 2011
Updated 27th Oct 2011
60 inch Report by Ronnie Lampe
F3F Report by Martin Newnham
2011 T9 Hobby Sports Sponsored
BMFA 60” Epp League results
My first year as 60” Epp league co-ordinator has been a very frustrating one.
Due to cancelled races, and lack of competitors entering some of the events.
We started off with a fantastic first race down in Wales.18 guys turned up and after a long walk to the Crest we were greeted with perfect conditions.We managed to fly 6 rounds and the knockouts. A great day of Racing.
1 Mark Abbotts
2 Ronnie Lampe
3 Mike Evans
League 2.Tinkers Huddersfield CANCELLED wind in the wrong direction (and my home slope too)
League 3. The Hole of Horcum. 13 turned up for this one. (my other home)
And again we had near perfect conditions on the south bowl. We flew 4 rounds and the knockouts. Another great day of Epp bashing.
1 Ronnie Lampe
2= Mike Evans
2=
Mark Abbots
4 Neil Sheard
League 4. We where back down in Wales and on Mickie’s. Only 9 turned up for this one.
And after a delayed start due to no key for Mickie’s, rain and low cloud. Finally we got going, 6 rounds and the knockouts. It was hard work for everyone.
Dave Rumble took 5 wins from 6
1 Dave Rumble
2= Mark Abbots
2= Ronnie Lampe
4 Steve Clarke
A long hard day due to lack of entries.
League 6. The Long Mynd (EPP NATS) A very disappointing entry list. Just 10 entries. And this was the Nats. Due to the numbers we had to fly 10 rounds, with everyone having a bye. Very tricky conditions with the wind just off the hill most of the day but hey we did it 10 rounds and the knockouts. After totting up the scores we had joint leaders.
Mark Abbots & Myself on 97 points. So after a bit of head scratching, we realised that Mark had 1 win more. So was crowned National Champion.
1st Mark Abbots
2nd Ronnie Lampe
3rd Paul Townsend
Mark received a M60 from our race sponsors NCFM. BIG THANKS to NCFM
League 6. Eastbourne Cancelled Lack of Numbers
League 7. White Sheet Cancelled Lack of Numbers .
So with 4 races run out of seven, the 2011 60inch League results are :-.
1st Ronnie Lampe.
2nd Mark Abbots.
3rd Frank Hulton.
4th Ron Broughton.
5th Mark Treble.
6th Mike Evans.
7th Paul Townsend.
8th Dave Rumble.
9th Steve Clarke.
10th Tony Robinson.
T9 Hobby Sport have supplied a NCFM M60 as a prize for the league Champion
Thanks to Richard & Dave.
The full results list with points totals are below
2011 BMFA EPP60 PYLON RACING |
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Name |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Total Points |
Final Placing |
RonnieLampe |
98 |
0 |
99 |
97 |
97 |
0 |
0 |
391 |
1 |
Roger Brown |
33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
28 |
MarkAbbots |
99 |
0 |
97 |
97 |
97 |
0 |
0 |
390 |
2 |
RonBroughton |
84 |
0 |
93 |
89 |
88 |
0 |
0 |
354 |
4 |
FrankHulton |
93 |
0 |
88 |
91 |
89 |
0 |
0 |
361 |
3 |
PaulTownsend |
93 |
0 |
0 |
89 |
96 |
0 |
0 |
278 |
7 |
SteveClarke |
88 |
0 |
0 |
93 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
181 |
9 |
DaveRumble |
87 |
0 |
0 |
99 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
186 |
8 |
AndrewEvans |
87 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
87 |
17 |
Mike Evans |
96 |
0 |
97 |
0 |
93 |
0 |
0 |
286 |
6 |
MarkTreble |
78 |
0 |
82 |
86 |
85 |
0 |
0 |
331 |
5 |
Chris Saksa |
78 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
78 |
26 |
Clive Jones |
80 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
80 |
24 |
ClaytonLandells |
88 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
88 |
15 |
John Davis |
87 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
87 |
17 |
TonyRobinson |
78 |
0 |
84 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
162 |
10 |
TonyLivinstone |
80 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
80 |
24 |
Phil Smith |
74 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
74 |
27 |
DaveTuckwood |
0 |
0 |
88 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
88 |
15 |
Neil Cornes |
0 |
0 |
83 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
83 |
23 |
Neil Sheard |
0 |
0 |
94 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
94 |
11 |
DaveBeenland |
0 |
0 |
87 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
87 |
17 |
Jon Edison |
0 |
0 |
85 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
85 |
22 |
Dave Sykes |
0 |
0 |
89 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
89 |
14 |
Tim Previt |
0 |
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87 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
87 |
17 |
Dave Elam |
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93 |
0 |
0 |
93 |
12 |
Tim Shaw |
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93 |
0 |
0 |
93 |
12 |
Steve Vater |
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87 |
0 |
0 |
87 |
17 |
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Thanks to T9 Hobby Sport & NCFM for their support this year
And thanks to everyone who entered a race this year
lets hope for better things next season
Ronnie Lampe
Hi All,It was not my intention to take on the roll of league coordinator until 2012. However after discussions with Tom Satinet, we decided that it would make more sense that I start the position this season rather than waiting.
The first league event I properly got involved with, was League 3 at the Hole of Horcum and what a day. Six rounds of complete madness at Levisham, in conditions that built as the day went on, at times getting close to exceeding legal limit. No less than 40 sub forties shared out between 31 pilots. First round the Levisham slope record was broken with a 32 second run. I think Mark Redsell will remember a certain comment from another pilot when he said “I have a feeling there is still faster times to come” and they did. First Mark Redsell flew a 31.40 under most circumstances you would think a round winner, but he was followed 2 pilots later by Paul Middleton who flew a PB 31.37 to take round 4. The day wasn’t finished, seeing Mark in round 5 taking the British Slope record after flying 30.90 seconds, it will be a day to remember.
The BMFA Nationals followed in Wales, lots of nice new orange bibs for everyone to wear and they were needed just so we could spot each other in the Ice Cream car park on the first day. Sadly after spending 6 + hours on the slope, the traditional Welsh hill fog was adamant it wasn’t going to shift and the first day had to be scrubbed. The second day couldn’t have been more different and we got 8 rounds in with 29 pilots, huge achievement by any standards. This was purely down to the slick running of the competition, CD’s Andrzej Tabero and Simon Thornton did a top class job in the centre. Our buzzer supreme’s Frank Hulton and Clayton Landells kept the bases manned. They all set the bar for the rest of the league season. Not forgetting the pilots who followed the briefing to the letter.
Back to the league and the next event was scheduled for Wales. Sadly although every attempt was made to run the competition, the weather just wouldn’t hold out long enough. Unfortunately this meant they were unable to complete enough rounds required for a league event.
With the break from BMFA league competitions in August, some very careful consideration was taken along with many discussions openly and with the BMFA Association. It was sensibly decided that a weather call would be used for future league events; this was overwhelmingly accepted by the pilots.
Long Mynd in September was our first event back after the August break. Plenty of wind, a couple of interruptions from the rain, just to add a challenge to the day. The wind was off by 20 – 30 degrees all day. Under normal circumstances this would put you off from flying, however it really presented an interesting challenge and I think everyone walked away from the day feeling they had learnt valuable lessons and improved their flying skills. It was Joel West and Simon Thornton along with Mike Evans flying on his home slope, who really showed how to deal with a cross wind.
League six at Eastbourne turned out to be the final event for 2011. It was very similar in conditions to the Long Mynd with crossed conditions. The wind although forecast to head west never quite made it round to straight on the slope, but the flying was still top class in challenging conditions.So to the results and the winner of 2011 BMFA Nationals Champion. Below is a summary from each competition of the top six pilots.
Wales League 1 Tinkers league 2 Hole Of Horcum league 3 Pos Pilot Pos Pilot Pos Pilot 1st Clayton Landells 1st Joel West 1st Mark Redsell 2nd Paul Towsend 2nd Mark Redsell 2nd Joel West 3rd Ronnie Lamp 3rd Richard Bago 3rd Peter Gunning 4th Frank Hulton 4th Simon Thornton 4th Martin Newnham 5th Mark Abotts 5th Martin Newnham 5th Paul Middleton 6th Andrzej Tabero 6th Peter Gunning 6th Keith Wood
Long Mynd League 5 Eastbourne league 6 Pos Pilot Pos Pilot 1st Joel West 1st Martin Newnham 2nd Simon Thornton 2nd Simon Thornton 3rd Mike Evans 3rd Joel West 4th Adam Richardson 4th John Phillips 5th Mark Redsell 5th Daniel Schneider 6th Martin Newnham 6th Greg Dakin
· League 4 was abandoned due to weather conditions.
· League 7 was cancelled due to wind direction and slope availability, unfortunately Whitesheet do not have permission to fly the South facing bowl.
Pos Pilot Model 1st Joel West Freestyler 2nd Martin Newnham Freestyler 3rd Simon Thornton Fosa 4th Mick Walsh Alliaj / Ceres 5th Tony Robertson Cyril 6th Paul Upton Martinet
Fastest time of the league: Mark Redsell 30.90secs To Martin Newnham and Simon Thornton, congratulations to a well flown consistent season.To this year’s British League Champion; Joel West has had an exceptional season, setting a very high standard of flying. He has not only excelled in our national league but also competed and finished 6th in the Euro tour out of a total of 196 pilots. The Euro tour result was achieved by 3rd in Norway, 3rd at the North of England Open and finally winning this year’s Welsh Open. These results speak for themselves and I hope you will join me in congratulating Joel in this amazing year of results for 2011.These competitions could not run without the club support.
I would like to personally thank Jon Edison not just for allowing us to use the Hole of Horcum to run events, but for his guidance along the way. In addition to Jon, I also need to thank Mike Evans, Jon Phillips and Andrzej Tabero. A special mention to Andrzej for working with me to get the BMFA Nationals organised. Finally to Rich Bago from T9Hobby Sport for the prizes awarded at this year’s Nationals and not forgetting Overlander who also provided prizes.To summarise 7 events, 5 flown is a very good ratio. There have been many conversation forums or otherwise around the different slopes and the conditions we fly. At the end of the day and especially now the sport has moved up a notch to World Championship status, we have to fly everything we can. Inland, sea slope, small slope, if it generates lift we need to fly it. There is no right or wrong when it comes to a slope. Is it luck? Definitely not, if you think its luck then it’s not for you. Talk to any pilot who has been participating in the sport for a long time, whether they are at the top, middle or bottom of their game, it’s what you do in the difficult conditions that count. We can all go fast when it’s bang on the slope. But do not be fooled when its straight on, it is very easy to get carried away, cut, get offline or worse still clip the edge. All the slopes we have flown this season have each given us good flying challenges. We are always on the lookout for new slopes to fly.
I hope you have all enjoyed the season as much as I have and I look forward to seeing you on the slopes very soon. It’s been great to see some new faces, even in my short time in the sport. Make sure you bring your flying friends along next season; it would be great to see the numbers grow.
Many thanks
Martin