SKYOUT HnF Results & Winners

Battling the wet goat track hike, windy take off conditions and switching winds in the LZ, below are the winners of each class and division..... The athletes were awarded 425 points (1 point/vertical meter) for each hike to the Take off, combined with their landing score: 400 points for Bullseye, 350 points for the yellow ring, 300 points for the blue ring, 250 points for the silver tarp downwind of the target and 200 points for large blue tarp upwind of the target.... Their were 2 classes as well as 2 divisions for each class. Elite class could complete as many hike and flights within the 6.5hr competition window, whilst amateur class could only have a maximum of 2 hike and flights. The divisions were open (PG4/5) and Novice (PG2/3). There was also the "King of the Hill" category, which was awarded to the athlete who summited to Launch and signed onto the board first...

The competition was sponsered by 777 Gliders, with compression bags, Tshirts and windsocks donated. XCmag with 8 x £25 gift vouchers for their online store and Powerade, who supplied each competitior with 2 bottles of sports drinks to be consumed during the gruelling hikes.....

Elite Class Open Division Winner Joel Price with 1975 points. Joel was awarded a 777 Compress bag, T shirt, XCmag voucher and Trophy...

Elite Class Open division 2nd place was Julian Lyons with 1875 points. Julian was awarded a 777 Tshirt, XCmag voucher and trophy...

Elite Class novice division Winner and King of The Hill, Fraser Sabine. Fraser scored the highest score of the comp with 2350 points and conqured the 4.1km, 425 vertical meter hill in 42mins. Fraser was awarded a 777 Compress bag, Tshirt, XCmag voucher, eagle trophy and King of the Hill Trophy...

Elite Class novice division 2nd place was Loyd Godson with 1275 points. Loyd was tied in points with Simon Feeney, but Loyd has made faster hike times and was awarded the win..... Loyd was awarded a 777 Tshirt, XCmag vocuher and trophy... Simon was awarded a 777 Tshirt for his close 3rd place...

Amateur Open division winner was Aden Mann with 1500 points. Aden was awarded a 777 tshirt, XCmag voucher and trophy...

Amateur Open 2nd place was Ben Braithwaite with 1250 points. Ben was awarded a 777 Tshirt, XCmag Voucher and trophy...

Amateur Novice winner was Kendall Waller with 1250 points. Kendall was awarded a 777 Tshirt, XCmag voucher and Trophy...

Amateur Novice 2nd place was Greg Steel with 1200 points. Greg was awarded a 777 Tshirt, XCmag voucher and Trophy....

KING OF THE HILL winner was Fraser Sabine, who hiked to launch in 42mins. 2nd place was Lloyd Godson in 44mins and 3rd to the top was Joel Price in 50mins...

In total we had 51 pilots from 5 states of Australia enter the Inaugral HnF Bullseye competition. Due to bad weather leading up to the comp (the day before was severe thunderstroms and localised flooding) we had 31 pilots compete on the day. Pilots ranged in ability from new PG2 through to experienced PG5 comp pilots.... Some of the competitors were dedicated for the win, with speedbar and big ear descents to maximise the number of flights for the day. Others only had 1 HnF and boated around for 3-4 hours in the easy soaring and thermic conditions. There was a great mix of diversity from the competitors, with pilots of all ages, backgrounds and types of gliders flown. There were 2 female compeitiors in the group with Melysha scoring 850 points and Nicole scoring 625 points, both in the Amateur novice division... It was a great day out and the team are looking forwafrd to the next HnF Bullsye competion in the new year.........