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CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES, Thursday 18.00

By kind permission of Dove Valley flyers I am pleased to be able to open this competition for entries at this great new venue.

  All 2025 classes to be flown:

    Entry Schedule
   
    Clubman (National League)
 
    Intermediate (National League)
   

    Masters A-25 (National League)

    Graham Gooch
    Greg Butterworth


    FAI P-25 Only (National League)
   
      Adrian Harrison
      Stephen Simm
      Brian Hoare
      Dave Matthias
      Peter Jenkins
      Ross Donovan
      Steve Burgess
      Ken Moss
      Mike Pole
      Keith Jackson

    FAI F-25 Only (National League)
      Dan Workman



 

   
   

Gates open - 0800

   
    Pilots briefing - 0845

    First flight - 0915

Local Details

    Location - What3Words - Orders.forge.impaired

    Entry level pilots please elect judged or not judged.
    Mobile home pitches and accommodation here:

https://www.boars-head-hotel.co.uk/caravan-club/


  Judges:  Masters Keith Jackson, Peter Jenkins
                P25      Greg Butterworth, Dan Workman
                F25      Greg Butterworth, Chris Bond 

 


Closing Date For Entries Thursday 26th 6pm

Hi Chris

Count me in please, but I am unable to complete the entry form as Sudbury is not listed, nor is the option of "Other" in the list as described in the small print.

Looking forward to a new flying site.

As soon as the form is updated to include Sudbury, I will make payment.

Regards

Brico

I've added Sudbury and "other" to the competition entry form, so everyone should be able to complete an entry form now.

Hi Chris,

Entry and payment sent.

Best wishes 

Stephen 

Hi Chris

Have entered P only and asked Javed to transfer one of my 2 previous payments in error to this competition.

Peter

Hi Chris,

Entered and paid.

Best wishes,

Mike

I would be happy to judge non-P25 flights Chris.  Alternatively, if you only get P25 entries, and you split it into 2 then I'd be happy to judge the P25 bit that doesn't have me flying in it!

Peter

Apologies Chris but I need to pull out of this competion.

Phil

Firstly thank you for the entries.
I do however have however 4 vacant seats:

Judge number 1
Judge number 2
Scorer Notaumatics 
Contest Director

I am happy to take any one of these jobs but all four will be a bit of a stretch. This is a new venue that we really should no lose so I do need some volunteers please. I am trying to avoid pilot judging.

Anyone with any ideas please do give me a ring. 07811196418

There will be opportunities for non pilots to fly at lunchtime.

Chris,
I'm tempted to make the journey up there - how are you doing for Judges ?? 

I could do 'masters' myself and happy to judge the P's (sat through all four rounds @ Bucky)

Greg

Greg,

I am desperate for judges so that would be a great help and appreciated. I can get masters judged for you, I think you could win.   

The wheel is still in spin but likely that we will be using old fashion paper.

Chris 

I need two P pilots to judge masters please

Hi Chris

I'll volunteer.

Peter

Chris

Just one thing.  I can see that the Sudbury flying field W3W location is in the middle of the field but what is the route to get there from the road or will you have signposts out to show the correct way in?

Peter

Hi Peter 

In the first instance make your way to the Blue Boar pub but instead of turning left into the pup car park go on down the track past the care home and Scaffold company. 

More info later 

Chris 

If it helps, words from the IMAC website for last year's comp.

Note: You can also go in via the straighter entrance off the A515 just north of the pub (I did).. Note also that there is a gap in the tall popular treeline & the track takes you from there to the r/w..

 Field Location
Google Maps: goo.gl/maps/AEK25cHGdmsZ3UM96 (https://goo.gl/maps/AEK25cHGdmsZ3UM96)
Post code: DE6 5GX
Instructions:. You will find along the A515 a hotel called the Boar's Head, turn into that driveway but go straight past the car park. Keep following the path, pass all the houses until you come to an open area and you will be on a concrete road. Follow this past 2 farmhouses and you will reach the farm outbuildings. The concrete road becomes a track, follow the track to the "T" junction, turn right & follow the tree line until you see an opening to the left. You will see the flying site ahead of you. Follow the grass route to the edge of the flying site, you will see the flightline and vehicles parked on the left side.

Thanks Russ, that's what it looked like when I used the What3Words location but there was ambiguity when one reached the T junction.  The IMAC instructions are just the job.

Quote from: Chris Bond on 20, June 2025, 09:39:12 PMI need two P pilots to judge masters please

Hi Chris,

I can judge Masters as well

Thanks 

Keith 

Hi Chris

I'd be happy to judge where needs be.

Cheers

Brico

Hi Chris I can judge the F and others as you decide.

A

Also as per Russ's instructions if you're coming off the A50 then you can turn right just after the bridge and traffic lights following the sign for Dove Fields, this takes you down the track directly from the A515. Go through the farmers yards and follow the track to the right then look for the gap in the poplars. 
Cary, secretary of Dove Vallry club has mown the strip today ready for the weekend. 

On behalf of Chris here are the flight orders for Sunday.

All three rounds will be flown in the following order:- Masters, P - 25, F - 25

Is anyone going to this comp got a Ralph Swiss Stefan Kaiser 3 blade prop they would like to sell - Please!!

Thanks

Peter

Quote from: Peter Jenkins on 27, June 2025, 07:49:22 PMIs anyone going to this comp got a Ralph Swiss Stefan Kaiser 3 blade prop they would like to sell - Please!!

Thanks

Peter

All sorted now thanks to Bondaero!

Many thanks to Chris and Adrian for finding a new venue for F3A competition.  It turned out to be a very easy venue to reach and find over the last mile!

I logged 154 miles each way with less than 10 miles not on dual carriageway/motorway.  Perhaps today was unusual, but I suffered no delays going or coming home.

Thanks also to Graham and Beryl for their help and to the other judges and those who set-up and cleared the box markers.  Finally, thsnkx Chris for having that 3 blader in stock!!

Thank you to Chris and Adrian for organising this comp with Dove Valley Flyers and to the club themselves for hosting us at their great facility.
Thank you to all those who judged and to Team Gooch on Notaumatics and photography.
Well done to all podium pilots 👍
Finally thank you to the weather gods who were kind to us today

Mike

On behalf of Chris, here are the results from today. 

Apologies but I do not have the same software as Phil to be able to convert .pdf files but I have done what I am able to do. 

The individual flights are as listed and NOT in the final finishing order.

Masters results

P - 25 results, individual scores to follow

P - 25 Individual scores attached.

Here is the link for the photographs from this Competition.

DSC 3012 | UKF3A Photo Gallery (https://ukf3a.com/gallery/picture.php?/13904/category/398)

Thanks Graham and Beryl!