Club 100km Triangle

The club northern 100km triangle is:

  Trigraph TP Description Lat/Longº (WGS84) Distance
Start AST Aston Down

R/Ws 26/20. SW intersection at Cotswold GC site.
51 42.358N

002 07.916W
 
TP1 KIM Kingham

Rail/B4450. Just S of Kingham station, 4 NMl ESE of Stow-on-the-Wold
51 54.098N

001 37.664W
40.9km
TP2 BRO Broadway

A44/B4632. East of 2 T junctions where Stratford road leaves A44
52 02.182N

001 51.356W
21.7km
Finish AST Aston Down

R/Ws 26/20. SW intersection at Cotswold GC site.
51 42.358N

002 07.916W
41.3km
      Total: 103.9km

The club southern 100km triangle is:

  Trigraph TP Description Lat/Longº (WGS84) Distance
Start AST Aston Down

R/Ws 26/20. SW intersection at Cotswold GC site.
51 42.358N

002 07.916W
 
TP1 AVE Avebury

A4/A361R'bout. 1 NMl SW of village, 8 NMl W of Marlborough.
51 25.159N

001 52.482W
36.5km
TP2 UWH Uffington White Horse

Head of White Horse. 7 NMl east of Swindon. White horse is stylised shape galloping west.
51 34.670N

001 33.987W
27.7km
Finish AST Aston Down

R/Ws 26/20. SW intersection at Cotswold GC site.
51 42.358N

002 07.916W
41.5km
      Total: 105.7km

TASK

Tasks can be flown in either direction.

ENTRANTS

Any club member may enter in any glider.

PERIOD

from 1st Jan to 31st Dec each year.

RULES

  1. DECLARATION
    No pre-declaration required, just record your flight with a logger or GPS.
  2. START LINE
    Start line is 5km radius at 90 degrees to first leg (same as Comps, good practice and easy to cross when circuit busy).
    Note for 100km diploma, start line must be 0.5km radius
  3. START HEIGHT
    Max start height is 5,000 ft above the airfield but the result declaration to sign* must confirm no cloud flying was done.
  4. FINISH
    When you STOP on the airfield, or cross a line of 5km radius centred on AST and at right angles to the last leg.
    Note for 100km diploma, finish line must be 0.5km radius
  5. CALCULATION OF RESULT
    Enter your fight details, including height loss between start and finish heights, on the BGA National Ladder. Your task result is the Ladder "Handicapped Speed".
  6. POSTING OF RESULT
    Post your result on the CLUB 100K TASK board in the CGC Clubhouse, signed* to declare you have followed the rules.
    Also post your IGC file on the BGA ladder

NOTES:

Results posted by potential winners will be scrutinised before announcing the winners.
To encourage the widest participation there will be categories for Novice, Intermediate and Pundit pilots, also for two-seat club aircraft, single seaters and two seaters.

Task Sheets are available here:

100k_AST_KIM_BRO_AST.pdf
100k_AST_BRO_KIM_AST.pdf