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2011
Hong Kong F3F
League - Match 5
Leung King Upper Slope,
May 8,
2011 |
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The fifth match for the
2011 Hong Kong F3F league was held
successfully on Sunday,
8 May 2011
in Leung King Upper Slope. The weather forecast for the day was
moderate southeasterly wind. The weather was
generally fine with strong thermal activity. All 21 pilots arrived
before 8am and the contest was able to be started at 8:00am sharp. Wind
speed was very promisingly at an average of 7 m/s. Although Ah Mak
forgot to bring his FR3's wing join, he managed to borrow a wing join
from Ah Kin and took the lead in round 1 with a 41.59s. Donny crashed
his Race-M during landing in round one. The wind seemed to drop a bit
round 2 which was won by Philip with a 43.43s. With strong thermal
activities, the third round saw some sub-forties; Lee Man with a 36.36s
and CM with a 38.91s. In the forth round, Allan broke the barrier again
to have a stunning 36.03s, followed by Uncle Chan with a 36.82s.
Ah Mak took round 5 with a 42.55s and also round 6 with another
sub-forty 36.36s. Actually there were so many sub-forties in round 6.
Nothing special in round 7 and 8 which were won by CM and Ah Mak
respectively. 阿永 did very well in round 9 to have a stunning 36.09s.
Philip took round 10 with a 39.01s. Round 11 saw new slope records were
crated, first by Philip with a 35.58s, followed by Eric with a 34.29s
just a few minutes later. Kenneth and Angus finally took the last two
rounds with a 38.88s and 40.23s, respectively. The contest finally drew
to a close at about 5pm with a total of 13 rounds completed.. The
champion of the day is Philip, the 1st
runner-up is Ah Mak and 2nd runner-up is
Eric. Eric also won
the best speed award with a 34.29s. Congratulation to all winners! The
summary of the score table is shown below,
for details, please check the
score sheet.
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Pilots were rush to get their gliders ready for the
contest |

Queing in the ready box |

Donny crashed his RaceM in first round and borrowed
Kin's Ceres Lift for the rest of the contest |

Ah Keung is ready for the flight |

Ah So was quiet all day and fought hard to rank
number 5 today |

It looks good, so let start the contest |

So many beautiful planes here today |

CD was busy in keeping the contest in order |

"Hi, how are you today?" |

Sai Man was also a goodlauncher |

Eric won the 2nd runner-up prize |

Ah Mak won the 1st runner-up prize |

Philip is the champion today, congratulation! |

Eric won the speedy man
title with a new slope record of
34.29s |

A group photo for the winners |

A group photo for all the happy pilots |