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Summer 2014 Stuart Lees and Dominic Conway evern Enterprise pulls kies in 27 entrants SO far 27 pilots have registered for Competition Enterprise at Nympsfield from SThe magazine of Bristol and June 28 to July 6 but we expect to hit 30 by the day – and more are welcome. Glos Gliding Club Members taking part include Tim Macfadyen, Trevor Stuart, Ralph Bowsfield, Summer 2014 Stuart Lees and Dominic Conway. The comp allows starts when you want It will be a Magical and launch when you want, and club fly - great family ing will be as normal. There will be no week and moment mass launches or held starts, and there will made all the be up to five tugs arranged by Ian lane. better by Volunteers are needed and student everyone who can offer to help joining members are being called upon. Ken Pile in – every little helps! is running control and is looking for help We will need help to put up the public on a daily/hourly basis. address system and to man telephones. Steve Watson is looking for people to Pete Bunniss has helped in all the help, man launching, keep logs, connect preparation, as have the office staff. Pete tow ropes. Ray Lemin is the photographer, is preparing the brochure and lots of work Trevor Stuart, who won the 40th an - has been done on sponsorship, including niversary Enterprise at North Hill last approaches to Sainsbury’s, the BGA shop, year, is helping with tasking. Justin Wills EuroFOX uk, Walkers, Hill insurance, and is director and Tim the assistant. local restaurants. A good omen? Steve Eyles shows the Jim Web - ster Plate to Megan Moss at the annual prizegiving. He won it as the most deserving instructor. The citation mentioned his “con - stant enthusiasm and willingness to make his own flying more complicated through provision of launch service to others first”. Lenticulars greeted CFI Chris Edwards and the 2014 cadets on their first Awards in full: page 3 full day at the club. Among other things they were shown Gordon Davis’ Steve on charity run: page 5 Super Dimona THE club now has eight cadets, four of if he does well. The K-8 is waiting for him. We’re focused this year’s intake generously sponsored by If he eats enough pies we may be able to Doug Jones and Barry Walker. The spon - fit him in the Baby Grob, which has far THE club features in the S&G Club Focus sored cadets are expected to attend regu - more “street cred”. spot in the summer issue. The article was lary and help around the club. If the newcomers all continue with their written by Bernard Smyth with input from Their enthusiasm isn’t in doubt and they rapid progress they should be solo during several club officials. would attend every day if they had the the summer holidays, weather permitting. Child protection talk chance, but they have to depend on their If you see them make sure you give them OUR instructors are invited to attend a parents for lifts. things to do and keep them busy. They like child protection presentation by Caron Last year’s cadets, Dorian Bury and Dan to be involved, especially retrieving glid - Mattern at Cotswold Gliding Club, Aston Smith, have soloed and are still very active, ers. Down, on June 23 (time to be advised, but both swotting for their GCSEs. Douggie Vance has been accepted for probably about 7-7.30pm). Dorian has been promised a motorbike the Caroline Trust Award. CE IN THE last issue of Severn so no deer ticks, but I do re - Skies I promised that spring was member tiny red harvest on its way – and I wasn’t PPlleeaassee sstteeeerr cclleeaarr mites that seemed to bite wrong! Skylarks have been everybody and cause much singing their heads off above the ooff uunnmmoowwnn aarreeaass unseemly scratching the fol - field while all around in the lowing week! We also had trees and hedgerows both resi - more harebells in those days dents and summer migrants – beautiful blue flowers that have been setting up home and come later in the season. announcing their territories. Our remnant few are now The easiest songs to identify confined to the unmown are probably robin, blackbird, area near the entrance to the wren, song thrush, blackcap and caravan site. The actual site chiffchaff. was marked by some black I did manage to hear a dawn cones for years, but they chorus towards the end of April seem to have disappeared. – I must admit that I was too The unmown areas of the late for the very first notes but it field are really important. had got extremely loud by a Many different grasses and quarter past six with tawny owls wildflowers flourish there, still hooting in Woodchester attracting insects, and thus Valley and muntjac deer barking birds too, and are refuges down there as well as a whole for other wildlife. Please try lot of singing. By early May it not to drive through these starts even earlier – before 5am! areas – I noticed a squashed The primroses and cowslips slow worm where the put on a good show this year mower had been driven and the violets around the cara - A blue tit By Daphne Malfiggiani through one of these reser - van site were stunning. vations down near the val - On some sunny days several species of butterfly have al - ley fence. As ever, the TFS clipboard will be by the noticeboard ready been seen, including peacock, small tortoiseshell, brim - in the old clubhouse and I hope many members will find the stone and comma. On a just-before-twilight walk around the time to record any relevant observations on it. field recently I saw a muntjac deer with a kid (as their young Nancy Barrett are apparently called), as well as the more usually visible roe deer and a hare. We win Easter Rockpolishers The highlight of a recent weekend for me was hearing the Results Saturday, 19 April cuckoo calling near the caravan site. It used to be a regular sign Pundit Task: NYM-HYE-PPN-PON-NY2 (180km) of spring and they were heard every year when they used reed 1 Trevor Stuart (Nym) ASW 27B 104 warblers’ nests down in Woodchester Valley. They were occa - 2 Julian Fack (Mynd) Duo Discus T 102; 158.1km Engine start sionally seen too, as were the young, later in the season. 3 Paul Gentil (AD) SHK 89 turned back Another reminder of times past for me is a singing skylark. I Intermediate Task: NYM-PEN-CHC-DUY-NY2 (133 km) have only once found a skylark’s nest actually on the field and 1 Dave Ascroft (Nym) LS6 Completed that was many years ago when we used to have sheep doing the 2 Richard Bennet (Mynd) LS4 landout mowing (Ken Brown’s excellent club history on the club web - Novice Task: NYM-PEN-WCB-DUY-NY2 (105 km) site will tell you exactly when this was and the extra duties it 1 Christophe Mutricy (Nym) Std Cirrus landout gave to the winch driver). 2 John Randal (Mynd) Pegase landout We didn’t ever seem to see deer on the field in those days – 3 Alex (AD) ASW19 turned back Weekend scores: 1 Nym 11; 2 Mynd 8; 3 AD 4; Usk 0. Sunday was scrubbed. As only one day was run there was no need for the 1,000 point system. The weekend points are as per the latest scoring advice for Interclub for three and two competing clubs in a four-club Severn Skies system. is the magazine of Bristol and Glos Gliding Club, Nympsfield, Stonehouse, Glos GL10 3T Welcome to new members Tel 01453 860342; fax 01453 860060 Email: [email protected] Alex Szymanski Junior Sent free in mono to every UK gliding club. The Miron Bury Cadet Solo & Beyond magazine can also be viewed in colour or downloaded David Ridout Adult Solo & Beyond from the website, www.bggc.co.uk Nicholas Baldock Adult Solo & Beyond Editor: Bernard Smyth Tel 01454 329751 Kevin Westwood Adult Flying Email: b.smyth(no spam)@blueyonder.co.uk (delete no David Pickering Pick Adult Flying spam) John Plumridge Adult Solo & Beyond Printed by Arrow Print Services Ltd 01342 844255 Joanna Mailharrancin Junior 2 Cheers! Bar stars get a reward ANDY and Elaine Townsend were pre - sented with the Parry-Jones trophy at the annual prizegiving in May for their work in running the club bar. Steve Moss was missing when he was to collect the Meyer trophy from chairman Fred Hill for the best retrieve story so wife Jenny collected it for him. Steve had sussed the problem, made some phone calls and tracked down a Pawnee carburettor part and sped off to Oxford to pick it up. He was given the tro - phy and a well-deserved pint and a late meal in Guiseppe’s Gourmet later. The awards list in full: Club ladder trophy : Trevor Stuart. Macfadyen trophy for winner of week - end ladder: Matt Davis. Chairman Fred Hill presents Andy Townsend with the Parry-Jones trophy for Malcolm Gay trophy for junior ladder: services to the club. It was won by Andy and wife Elaine for running the bar Matt Davis. Guinness trophy (best flight in club glider): Simon Bawden in MY (25/5/13, New chutes 414 km). Evening World trophy (gain of height from NYM): Alison Mulder (9581ft, tsar found 30/6/13). GRAHAM B owser has taken over from Cyril Uwins trophy (cross-country Ken Brown as our parachute tsar. Ken had (longest or best)): Mark Parker (761km done the job for almost 64 years.
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