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Hello All

Fourth F5J of the 2017 season is next weekend at Wetlands, Retford, in the bottom field.
Everybody is welcome to fly, or come along and see what happens.

Rules are as FAI F5J but motor restart IS allowed, with zero score penalty for that round.
(30 second run also applies to 2m)

As usual the decision whether to use the reserve day will be announced asap, but that usually means before midday on Friday.

Please sign up bu posting on here or by PM. State; Name, Class, Days available (Sat/Sun) and freq if not 2.4gHz

1. Mike Proctor Open OK Sat/Sun
2. Martyn Wharrie Open Sat/Sun
3. Gary Peck Open Sat/Sun
4. Bob Dickenson Open Sat/Sun
5. Phil Brandreth Open Sat/Sun
6. Bill Haley Open Sat/Sun
7. Simon Haley Open Sat/Sun
8. Steve Haley Open Sat/Sun
9. Cengiz Philcox Open Sat?Sun
10. John Cuthbert 2M Sat/Sun
11. Richard Brown Open Sat/Sun
12. Brian Johnson Open Sat/Sun
13. John Milner 2M Sat/Sun
14.

Look forward to seeing you there I hope!
Mike

Me please either day

Bob

Many thanks for all your efforts at the Nats, mike, a good weekend, at a new venue..... most enjoyable. P.S. thanks for the bed on Sunday!!!
Put me down for next weekend either day ok - open
Best Phil

Hi Mike,
Please book me in for 2m with gizmo. OK Sat/Sun.

Many thanks, John Cuthbert

Hi Mike

Please add my name to the list.

Open - OK for Sat/Sun.

Richard Brown.

Hi Chaps

Just added 3 more combatants, question is are we likely to have weather suitable to get enough rounds in to be a worthwhile comp? For once all the forecasts agree.

Sunday looks dire, with both wind and rain, so that is most unlikely to become an option.
Saturday has rain possible for up to 4 hours of the flying day, which isn't good either! We need to do 4 rounds for an official comp and fly 6 rounds to have a dropped score.

I'll keep an eye on things and decide on what the situation is for Saturday by mid afternoon Friday.
As usual I will post here and send individual emails.

Cheers
Mike

Hi All

Decided that trying to get a comp in, with a meaningful number of rounds is highly unlikely; so very regrettably I am cancelling for this weekend.

I have dragged this on as long as I dared, to give you time to change any arrangements.

I have looked at weather forecasts until I am blue in the face and they do keep changing slightly but they remain overall, in favour(!?) of intermittent, possibly thundery/blustery rain for the large part of the flying day on Saturday. The amount of rain forecast has slightly increased and the latest BBC Weekend forecast has both wind and rain over the whole weekend. Sunday has strong wind with XC forecasting gusts well over 30mph.

This does leave us with the problem of fitting the, now 3, unflown events in to the rest of the season. I'm trying to do it in such as way as to avoid 4 weekends (or even 3) on the trot but complying with the rules when faced with little wiggle room, is tricky. More on alternative dates asap.

Regards

Mike