Club Cups & Awards
Every year the club presents members that have either acheived significant milestones or made great contributions to the club Trophies.
The Graham Smith Cup |
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Meritorious Service | Simon Smith |
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Challenge Shield (Pundits Shield) |
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Task Week winner | Not Awarded | No Task Week this year |
Task Week Tankard (Sports Class Trophy) |
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Task week runner up (sports class). | Not Awarded | No Task Week this year |
Boomerang Trophy |
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Longest closed circuit flight | Johnny Roberts | 756.9km @ 89.2 kph 5th August CRC CRICK LOU LOUTH NUN NUNNEY DOW DOWNHAM MARKET HB5 CONTROL POINT EAST Beating Dave Booth, Bob Nicholls & Rory Ellis by 2Km! |
The Bosworth Trophy |
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Longest Scoring Flight (Ladder) Highest Scoring | Johnny Roberts | 4913 points for his flight CRC-LOU-NUN-DOW-HB5 flight on 5th August in his LS3 |
The Open Ladder Trophy, (Private Ladder Trophy) |
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Best position in National Open Ladder | David Booth | 23,135 Points |
Club Ladder Trophy |
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Best position in National Weekend Ladder | David Booth | 14.301 Points |
The Founders Trophy |
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“Ladies Cup Best Progress” | Fran Roberts | Selected to fly in the British Women’s team |
The Coventry Telegraph Cup |
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Best progress | Alex Atkinson | Completed Bronze & Cross country endorsement earlier in the year, followed by Silver C |
The Jimmick Trophy |
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Most Meritorious Performance | Russell Cheetham | Day 2 UK 18m Nationals 4 Hour AAT task 647Km @157.6Kph in 4hours 6 minutes |
The Kettering Trophy |
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First Silver C Leg in a Club Glider | Andrej Saje | 14th June Silver Duration & Height Sonny Rising did Silver Druation 5th May but not yet ratified by BGA. |
Diamond Goal Trophy |
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1st claimed Diamond Goal | David Lisk | 5th August 308.4km @ 61.6kph HUS Husbands Bosworth STW Stow-on-the-Wold ELY Ely HUS Husbands Bosworth
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Best Regionals |
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| Johnny Roberts | Winner HBCC Custard Class |
Best Nationals |
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| Johnny Roberts | Winner Club Class Nationals |
Clipston Mutual Venture Trophy |
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Best 2 seater performance | Pete Atkinson | 10th 20m Nationals in HB1 with 3,136 points |
Group Cup |
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Best points total for a syndicate | Frank Davis Ken Payne | Z6 15,915 + 13,852 = 29,767 points |
The Migration Cup |
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First 100km | Russell Cheetham | 25th Febuary 123.6km HUS HUSBANDS BOSWORTH HIC HINCKLEY OLN OLNEY HUS HUSBANDS BOSWORTH |
The Presidents Cup |
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Longest Flight in a Club Glider | Pete Atkinson Tony Parker | 358.19km 111.4kph Duo Discus HB1 Day 1 20M Nationals Candover Church Dursley NW Morton in the Marsh Ross on Wye Hurstbourne Tarrent Lasham |
“Winch launch” trophy |
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First 100km OR first 300km OR longest flight from the winch | David Booth | 22nd March HUS – ABN – ELY – HUS Club 300 310km 03h 30m 16s 88.5 kph |
Autumn Trophy |
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Last declared 100km | Rory Ellis | 16th October 120.1km NAW NASEBY WEST ETT ETTINGTON MAH MARKET HARBOROUGH HUS HUSBANDS BOSWORTH |
The Anderson Cup |
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Services for Instructing
| Mike Till |
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The Tuging Piston |
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Services for tugging | Andy Mason | First to volunteer for many tasks & Coaching help |
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The Grotty Potty |
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Biggest “faux pas” | N/A |
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Interclub trophy |
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UK Winning Club | N/A |
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Chris Armstrong Bursary | N/A |
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