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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 2007 Winner Flight (handicapped distances and speeds)
BGA 1000k Trophy Fastest flight of over 1000km

John Williams
Scottish Gliding Union

1002km on 8th April 2007
Enigma OpenNational Ladder Winner John Williams
Scottish Gliding Union
33385 points
Firth Vickers Open National Ladder Second Place Edward Downham
London GC
24374 points
L Du Garde Peach Weekend National Ladder Winner Kevin Hook
Scottish Gliding Union
16922 points
Slingsby Weekend National Ladder Second Place Bruce Cooper
Eden Soaring
16514 points
Spitfire Junior Ladder Winner Will Ellis
Essex & Suffolk GC
18408 points
Chris Wills Wooden Ladder Winner Peter Hibbard
Essex & Suffolk GC
10465 points
Wakefield Longest Handicapped Distance John Williams
Scottish Gliding Union
1362km (handicapped) on 30th August 2007
Furlong Longest Handicapped Triangle Edward Downham
London GC
712km (handicapped) on 30th July 2007
California in England Longest Handicapped Distance by a female pilot

Kay Draper
Lasham/Surrey & Hants

714km (handicapped) on 30th July 2007
Volk Longest Handicapped Out and Return

Roy Pentecost
Lasham/Surrey & Hants

650km (handicapped) on 30th July 2007
Seager Longest Handicapped Distance in a 2 seater

Edward Downham & Amelia Nash
London GC

735km (handicapped) on 8th August 2007
Frank Foster Fastest Handicapped 500 Km Roy Wilson
Deeside GC
137kph (handicapped) on 30th July 2007
Manio Fastest Handicapped 300 Km Kevin Hook
Scottish Gliding Union
196.1kph (handicapped) on 4th January 2007
Rex Pilcher Earliest Diamond Distance Chris Sterritt
Lasham GS
30th July 2007
De Havilland Maximum Gain of Height Kevin Hook
Scottish Gliding Union
22,071 feet on 22nd January 2007
Goldsborough Highest placed pilot in Recent World Championships Sarah Kelman & Gill Spreckley Women's Standard & Club Class Gold medals in 2007
Phil Lever Most Promising Junior Pilot Mark Holden  
John Hands For outstanding support in the organising or running of competitions Hugh Brookes
 

 

 

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