There were no pilots from abroad at this UK Eurocup, not surprising, as the WASG was onl held 3 weeks ago. There was a good turnout of 14 UK pilots, all keen to do battle. There was one new pilot, Richard Lord. The weather was kind, and the day was very good, with a north-westerly light breeze. Two heats of 7 pilots made an exciting competition.

We also trialled a dry run for WW1 combat which is the first WW1 1/8th scale combat flying in the UK. This turned out to be both successful and enjoyable (see pics in WW1 section). We resolved to incorporate a competion at the next ACES WW2 event in September.

All in all, another great competition. Thanks to Maureen, Gary, Kat & Paul for officiating.

				ACES UK
				UK Eurocup - 8th August, 2010
	Final		ROUND 1		ROUND 2			ROUND 3			FINAL		Total
	Pos	Pilot	Points	Pos	Points	1+2	Acc Pos	Points	1+2+3	Acc Pos	Points	Pos	Points
	1	Dan Workman	233	3	134	367	9	434	801	1	536	1	1337
	2	Dan Dempster	288	2	238	526	2	186	712	2	336	2	1048
	3	Jeff Clements	215	5	239	454	4	189	643	7	288	3	931
	4	Russell Drew	289	1	239	528	1	139	667	4	189	4	856
	5	Mark Fitzsimmons	233	3	135	368	8	337	705	3	137	5	842
	6	Dave Cowley	186	7	286	472	3	184	656	6	76	6	732
	7	Phil Davies	187	6	188	375	6	289	664	5	57	7	721
	8	Andy Sheen	113	12	286	399	5	134	533	8			533
	9	Steve Wilson	138	10	186	324	10	167	491	9			491
	10	Dave Dempster	165	9	127	292	11	171	463	10			463
	11	Richard Lord	138	10	139	277	12	99	376	11			376
	12	Lenny White	183	8	186	369	7	-64	305	12			305
	13	John Fitzimmons	-12	13	188	176	13	62	238	13			238
	14	Barry Woodland	-15	14	51	36	14	139	175	14			175
	DNF=	Did Not Fly
	* =	Cut

Pics below - more to follow.....

Barry Woodland with his Old Faithful Hellcat.

Mark and Sea Fury.

and John with HIS Sea Fury.

Geoff, Dan and Dan with awards as Kat & Maureen photobomb.

Lennie White who only started combat this year.

Dave Cowley with 109g probably the most travelled pilot this side of La Manche.

Yours Truly.... BDA - It's an anagram for BAD.

Dan and THAT Hurri.

Richard Lord preps his Mustang for it's first combat sortie while Steve, John & Lennie look on and off some advice.

Dan Workman's Fairey Battle. All balsa construction covered in solar film. Approx 1100g. Flies well. Brown tape application due to lifting solarfilm. Canopy is on its way.....

Dave Dempster's Spitfire and Dave Cowley's Gustav. An ideal combat pair. Unfortunately, the Gustav's flight in the final was cut short due to radio problems. The Spitfire didn't make the final due to Pilot problems.