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[Yazz Madden]

The Triple Crown will be hosted by England for the 2026 competition at the Bedford site.

There will be four teams competing:

• England
• Scotland
• Ireland
• International

More details will be announced soon.

The England team and two international pilots will be revealed shortly. 😊

[Ross Donovan]

Triple Crown 11 ^th & 12^th July 2026

England	Scotland	Ireland	International
James Fallowfield	Malcolm Balfour	Niall O'Sullivan	Steve Simm (England)
Garry Peacock	Tom Laird	Gordon James	Brian Hoare (England)
Peter Madden	David Balfour	Paul Houlihan	Eugene Anker (England)
Dave Matthias	Malcolm Harris	Dave King	Peter Jenkins (England)

Calibration Flight Pilot
TBC

Judges
Ross Donovan (ENG), Graham Gooch (ENG), Steve Burgess (SCT), Dave Foley (IRL)

CD
Ross Donovan (mobile 07715 641396)

Site Location:

What3words:
///hobbyists.shakes.events

Google Maps:
Southall Rd, Bedford MK44 3TA

Notes:
·        The flying site will be available for practice flights on Friday 10^th. However, this will be a normal  BDAC club day and some members may be flying. Please contact the CD if you want to fly on the Friday.
·        The field will be open from 8:00 on the 11^th and 12^th.
·        Pilots briefing will be at 8:45 on Saturday.
·        Calibration flight (for judges) 9:00, Saturday only.
·        Hot food and drinks will be available on both days.
·        Toilet facilities will be available.
·        A hog roast is planned on the Saturday night at Old Warden Village Hall (Bedford Rd, Old Warden, Biggleswade SG18 9HQ) starting at 7:30.

[Ross Donovan]

Hotels in Surrounding Area.

The Black Horse
Ireland, Shefford, SG17 5QL 3.1 miles from site

The Green Man
Southill Road, Stanford near Biggleswade, SG18 9JD 5 miles from site

The Airman Hotel
16 Hitchin Road, Shefford, SG17 5JF 7 miles from site

The Stratton House Hotel
London Road, Biggleswade, SG18 8ED 6.6 miles from site

The Crown Hotel Wetherspoon
23 High Street, Biggleswade, SG18 0JE 6.6 miles from site

Stratton Cottage Guesthouse
4a London Road, Biggleswade, SG18 8EB 6.6 miles from site

Moggerhanger Park
Moggerhanger,  Park Road, Sandy, MK44 3RW 7 miles from site

Holiday Inn Express Bedford
Elstow Interchange A6/A421 Bedford Bypass Junction, Bedford, MK42 9BF  5.9 miles from site

[James Fallowfield]

Has anyone contacted Dan Workman about flying for the England team at the TC ?

[Graham Gooch]

On behalf of Ross, please see the flight order for the forthcoming Triple Crown this weekend.

Pilot numbers will be drawn by each of the Team Managers following the pilot briefing and each individual number remains with that pilot for the whole weekend.

[Graham Gooch]

To assist with reviewing scores, here is a list of names versus Pilot Numbers:-

501 David Balfour
502 Malcom Harris
503 Peter Jenkins
504 Gordon James
505 Stephen Simm
506 Malcolm Balfour
507 Eugene Anker
508 Paul Houlihan
509 Tom Laird
510 Dave King
511 Jim Fallowfield
512 Dave Matthias
513 Brian Hoare
514 Niall O'Sullivan
515 Peter Madden
516 Garry Peacock

[Graham Gooch]

On behalf of the Committee and the UKF3A Association as a whole, I would like to extend a sincere thank you to Ross Donovan who not only took on the role of Contest Director but also as a Company Director of Asgard Biomass who generously acted as a major Sponsor of this years Triple Crown.

Without this type and level of support, it would have cost the Association a lot more to host this years Triple Crown.

I would also like to extend the Associations thanks to all the helpers and unsung hero's in the background who without such support events like these wouldn't take place or wouldn't go anywhere near as smoothly as this one went.

Additionally, I take my hat off (figuratively speaking) to the all Pilots who did exceptionally well to cope with the gusty conditions.

[Peter Jenkins]

Ross, 

Many thanks for your / your company's generosity.

Peter

[John Simm]

Great weekend at the Triple Crown. Thanks Ross and all those involved in making it happen.

[Graham Gooch]

Apologies for the delay in uploading this spreadsheet but those who were at the Triple Crown will know the reasons why.

If you require any further figures, please message me via the WhatsApp chat thread.

[Graham Gooch]

Here are the revised Team Positions dropping the lowest Pilot score per round.

It does appear to change the rankings slightly.

[Graham Gooch]

Here is a link to the gallery and photographs from the event

1 | UKF3A Photo Gallery