8 August 2009
Wiston
The Lanarkshire and Lothian round of the 2009 Scottish Nationals took place over the weekend of the 8 and 9 August.
Well, the eighth at least, as it was pouring down on the Sunday.
No matter, we had a fairly windy day at Tinto so a ground handling task was set involving a slalom course and alligator infested river crossings between a set of start finish gates. Points were not awarded for time. They were awarded for persistence, as Richard proved by attempting the course on as many different wings as others would allow (given the amount of sheep poo liberally spread over his own). Many pilots completed the course, with many losing feet to vicious alligators in their various attempts to do so.
The points awarded on the day were :-
Richard Vereker 501
Alistair Bowman 500
Alistair Brown 500
Kenny Cooper 500
Gerard Giraud 500
Dominic Job 500
Stephen Kerr 500
George McGhee 500
Iain Miskin 500
Khaled Nassan 500
Robert Sarnecki 500
Cliff Smith 500
Gordon Smyth 500
David Thomson 500
Alistair Tytler 500
Tina Wood 500
Dawid Szamocki 400
Logan Nisbet 300
Mike Jardine 200
Congratulations to Richard – hope the cake prize wasn’t too soggy. We then decamped to Wiston Hall, where we found a bbq, booze, great chat, booze, hang glider pilots (summering in Scotland, a rare spotting lol), booze and the latest outing for the Border’s cover band of choice ! (creep – nice !)
Sunday proved to be a victory for the Rain People and our plans to chuck Andy off a hill were put back till another day. Overall a super day was had by all (yes, even Al despite his attempts to avoid sleeping alone lol) and more points on the scoreboard.
The overall results for the 2009 Nationals are now :-
George McGhee 3200
Alistair Brown 2350
Gordon Smyth 2350
Kenny Cooper 2100
David Thomson 2100
Logan Nisbet 2050
Dawid Szamocki 2000
Tina Wood 1850
Mike Jardine 1800
Rob Beattie 1600
Dudley Kitching 1600
Johan Kritzinger1600
Robert Matthews 1500
Sean Figgitt 1350
Tommy Bryson 1100
Cliff Smith 1100
Ed Delves 1000
Mark Robson 900
Simon Lucas 600
Richard Vereker 501
Alistair Bowman 500
Gerard Giraud 500
Dominic Job 500
Stephen Kerr 500
Dave Lyal 500
Andy McGregor 500
Iain Miskin 500
Khaled Nassan 500
Julian Robinson 500
Robert Sarnecki 500
Alistair Tytler 500
Derek Traynor 400
Matt Church 250
Graeme Connolly 250
Scott Mather 250
Scott Rigg 250
Adrian Smith 250
Tom Kemp 250
Tim Reader 100
Apologies for the lack of photos – there were quite a few taken and I will update the page with them fairly soon.
George
