End of Juniors...

Well, it was a fun two weeks, though more of a "how much money can you spend" comp. I though that last year was bad, but this was taking the michael.

On the final Friday, we did get another comp day - though no-one completed the task. Having taken a re-light, I set off on task. It was a matter of taking every climb as far as it would go and gliding out in hope! There were some long and lonely glides. I decided to do the entire flight myself, with people invariably following me - EXTREMELY irritating, but I still belived this was going to be a finishing task, and you dont get prizes for gaggle flying. As we got to the first turn point, the top cover came in and killed everything. It was survival mode, and I took a weak climb for 300ft. It was enough to get to within 2km of the second turn, but I just couldnt risk stretching it any further, and came down in a field of 7 gliders.

Annoyingly, Tom and Alex did go that 2km further, scoring them about 8 more points! Until of course, Tom got a 65 point penalty for starting too high...

Overall, it was a rubbish comp, but the usual juniors banter made it fun. Fingers crossed for the Mountain Soaring...