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Annual Trophies

Each of these trophies are presented at the BGA Annual dinner. This years winners are below. If you enter the national ladder, your flights will automatically be entered for the trophies, but you can apply for a trophy without entering the ladder by emailing the BGA. The rules for the trophies can be found by clicking here.

Trophy	What for	2009 Winner	Flight (handicapped distances and speeds)
BGA 1000k Trophy	Fastest flight of over 1000km	Not awarded in 2009
Enigma	Open National Ladder Winner	Ed Downham London GC	23372 points
Firth Vickers	Open National Ladder Second Place	Roy Wilson Deeside GC	21952 points
L Du Garde Peach	Weekend National Ladder Winner	Peter Baker Cambridge GC	19275 points
Slingsby	Weekend National Ladder Second Place	Russell Cheetham The Soaring Centre	19256 points
Spitfire	Junior Ladder Winner	Mike Collett Booker GC	14334 points
Chris Wills	Wooden Ladder Winner	John Gilbert Essex & Suffolk GC	14994 points
Wakefield	Longest Handicapped Distance	Tom Smith Norfolk GC	756km (handicapped)
Furlong	Longest Handicapped Triangle	Ed Downham London GC	709km (handicapped)
California in England	Longest Handicapped Distance by a female pilot	Claudia Buengen Oxford GC	573km (handicapped)
Volk	Longest Handicapped Out and Return	Ed Downham London GC	542km (handicapped)
Seager	Longest Handicapped Distance in a 2 seater	Ed Downham & Dave Cornelius London GC	709km (handicapped)
Frank Foster	Fastest Handicapped 500 Km	John Williams Scottish Gliding Union	139.5kph (handicapped)
Manio	Fastest Handicapped 300 Km	John Williams Scottish Gliding Union	156kph (handicapped)
Rex Pilcher	Earliest Diamond Distance	Vic Leitch Scottish Gliding Union	22nd February 2009
De Havilland	Maximum Gain of Height	John Williams Scottish Gliding Union	22,777 feet
Goldsborough	Highest placed pilot in Recent World Championships	Ayala Liran Lasham GC	4th, Club class women's 2009
Phil Lever	Most Promising Junior Pilot	Matt Davis Bristol & Glos GC
John Hands	For outstanding support in the organising or running of competitions	Peter Wyld Booker GC

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