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<div>This is normally held annually, either at [[Gransden Lodge]] or OUGC's home airfield at RAF [[Bicester]]/RAF [[Weston-on-the-Green]], and is the traditional opportunity for us to show our skills against "the other place".<br />
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The rules are simple: teams of 6 attempt to soar locally for up to 50 minutes, gaining one point per minute, climbing for 2 points per 100 ft, and then to land before the 50 minutes are up as there is then a deduction of 6 points per minute. Flights which receive no points for time are not allowed to claim height gains.<br />
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Women on the Varsity team can get a half-blue if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate. Men can also get a half-blue if they are holding a BGA Silver certificate, or if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate and fly the highest-scoring soaring flight on any given day.<br />
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== Results ==<br />
<br />
''This record is incomplete. If you know any details of past varsity matches, please add them to this Wiki, or email the current [[Committee#Current committee|Webmaster]].''<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! Year !! Venue !! Result<br />
|-<br />
| 2023 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 753 Cambridge 612<br />
|-<br />
| 2022 Jun || RAF Weston-on-the-Green || Cambridge 584 Oxford 302<br />
|-<br />
| 2021 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 333 Oxford 279<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled due to Covid-19 —''<br />
|-<br />
| 2019 Jun || RAF Bicester || ???<br />
|-<br />
| 2018 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 814 Oxford 802<br />
|-<br />
| 2017 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 570 Cambridge 555<br />
|-<br />
| 2016 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 625 Oxford 496<br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 740 Cambridge 692<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 525 Cambridge 478<br />
|-<br />
| 2013 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 371 Cambridge 352<br />
|-<br />
| 2012 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 38 Oxford 16<br />
|-<br />
| 2011 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 129 Cambridge 88<br />
|-<br />
| 2010 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 496 Cambridge 426<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 Jun || RAF Bicester || Oxford 776 Cambridge 551<br />
|-<br />
| 2008 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2007 Jul || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 112 Oxford 85<br />
|-<br />
| 2006 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2005 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2004 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2003 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2002 Sep || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2001 Dec || RAF Bicester || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1999 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 || [[BGA ladder|Cross-country ladder]] || Oxford 14671 Cambridge 13112<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 Aug || RAF Bicester || Oxford 80 Cambridge 40<br />
|-<br />
| 1996 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled —''<br />
|-<br />
| 1995 May || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 1083 Cambridge 1054<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 May || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 458 Oxford 434<br />
|-<br />
| 1993 May || RAF Bicester || Oxford 213 Cambridge 194<br />
|-<br />
| 1992 April || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 192 Oxford 192<br />
|-<br />
| 1991 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1989 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won by 57 Points<br />
|-<br />
| 1988 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1987 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1986 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|}<br />
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== Rules ==<br />
<br />
=== General Rules ===<br />
<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">The competition shall span three days (forming a three-day "window"), where each day may or may not be valid as "competing days".</li><br />
<li value="2">Before the start of the competition, both team captains shall agree on the full set of rules, including the scoring metrics and normalization method to be used, as well as the addition/removal of clauses to/from this article.</li><br />
<li value="3">The number of pilots in each team shall not exceed six, and the team members shall be decided before the start of the competition. Provisional teams should be declared at least one week in advance.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li value="a">''As agreed at the 2023 Varsity Match.'' If it is not possible for all team members to be present across the full three-day window, then - on mutual approval from both team captains - team members may be decided day-by-day, before the first flight of each day, such that both teams have the same size on each day.</li></ol><br><br />
<li value="4">At the beginning of each day of the three-day window, before the first flight, both team captains shall agree on the validity of the day as a "competing day", as well as the scoring metric to be used for the day. This agreement shall not be rescinded, barring clause 4.b, or other exceptional circumstances.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><br />
<li value="a">All flights made during competing days are potentially valid scoring flights, unless they are unsafe.</li><br />
<li value="b">Each pilot may enter only one scoring flight for each competing day. A day should be declared void if it is not possible for at least three members of each team to attempt scoring flights.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"><li value="i">Disqualified flights, and flights scoring zero points, are still considered attempted scoring flights.</li></ol><br><br />
<li value="c">Teams must record on their own logs the takeoff and landing time for each scoring flight made by a member of their own team. Failure to do so renders a flight invalid. An observer from each team shall be present at the launchpoint during all flights.</li><br />
<li value="d">It is typical, though not necessary, that only the four best scoring flights of each team are taken on each competing day.</li><br />
<li value="e">Unsafe flights are disqualified from scoring. Unsafe flights include, but are not limited to, flights which enter airspace, land out, make a final turn below 300ft QFE, exceed Va (max maneuvering speed), or generally show poor airmanship.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<li value="5">The scores for each competing day shall be normalized, so that the median score on each competing day is 100.</li><br />
<li value="6">At the end of the competition, the normalized points for all scoring flights shall be totalled, and the team with the most points shall be declared the winner.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
=== Scoring Metric for Soaring Flights ("Normal rules") ===<br />
<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">A point is awarded for each minute of flight up to 50 mins, after which six points will be deducted for each minute over. The lowest score which can be recorded is zero points.</li><br />
<li value="2">Two points are awarded for each 100 feet of height gained after the launch, provided the climb is maintained for 500 feet. Climbs less than 500 feet do not gain height points.</li><br />
<li value="3">A [[GPS trace|GPS or barograph trace]] must be submitted for a flight to be awarded height gain points. If this is not available, only time points will be awarded for the flight. It is the responsibility of each team to ensure that the trace of each scoring glider is captured.</li><br />
<li value="4">Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
=== Scoring Metric under Bad Weather ("Spot landings") ===<br />
''As agreed at the 2019 Varsity Match''<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">A marker (or markers) shall be set up on the ground, at an appropriate landing area, visible to all pilots from the air. The markers should indicate a line, perpendicular to the intended landing direction, and must not interfere with the safety of landing.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li value="a">The intention is for pilots to touch down and roll to a stop as close to the line as possible.</li></ol><br><br />
<li value="2">The use of wheel brake during the landing is prohibited, except to maintain normal safety. Any landing which uses the wheel brake is disqualified.</li><br />
<li value="3">All flights are to be taken in two-seater gliders, with an instructor sat in the back to verify the lack of wheel brake. The instructor may not physically control the glider during flight or during landing, except to maintain normal safety.</li><br />
<li value="4">The (unnormalized) score of the flight is given as 3000/(30 + ''d''), where ''d'' is the shortest distance, measured in feet, between the landing line and the glider's main wheel at its final resting position.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
=== Scoring Metric under Bad Weather ("Circuit flights") ===<br />
''As agreed at the 2012 Varsity Match''<br />
<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">Every 1 minute over 5 minutes is counted as one point.</li><br />
<li value="2">Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
== Past reports ==<br />
<br />
=== 2019 ===<br />
<br />
Report by Charlie Brooker.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Scrub! Despite getting up very early, the decision was made to scrub Tuesday due to low cloud. CUGC instead watched a brief display of old cars on site at Bicester and played card games.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day2.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
Despite a poor start to the morning with solid cloud at 900ft and broken at 600ft, the weather improved over lunch. While the weather wasn’t kind enough to gift us with thermals for our standard height-gain competition rules, the cloud did lift enough for the bad weather rules: spot landings! <br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A marker would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down and roll to a stop as close to the line as possible. Wheel brake was strictly forbidden; all flights were taken in two-seaters and an instructor would be sat in the back of each flight to verify the lack of wheel brake. The distance between the glider’s main wheel and the marker would then be measured in Chris’ feet (Chris-ft). This distance was then added to 30 then 3000 would be divided by this result to give the score (i.e. with a distance, d, the score = 3000/(30+d) ), thereby giving a higher score for those who land closer to the marker.<br />
<br />
There was time for each team to attempt their first two spot landings on Wednesday afternoon, leaving Cambridge with a score of 86 and Oxford with 68.<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day3.jpg|thumb|right|Both teams on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
Thursday saw a markedly warmer weather; perfect for the beach but still no soaring to start with. So, it was agreed that the first round of spot landings would be completed, by which time some soaring may be possible. Cambridge scored a decisive lead in the spot landings, with CUGC flights from Hugh and Bonan both scoring above 60 points. <br />
<br />
As hoped, the sun came out and thermals began just before lunch! OUGC’s Chia-Man getting a 32-minute duration flight to give Oxford a clear soaring lead to begin with. The conditions were tricky; making one wrong decision left you low, scratching for height-gains and looking to land. OUGC scored very highly after lunch as well managing two 35-point soaring flights from Philipp and Arthur. CUGC’s best soaring flight was Timo’s 21 minutes.<br />
<br />
Once the thermals had stopped and the hangar had been packed, the task of tabulating the scores and discovering the winner began. <br />
<br />
Warning: boring technical details in this paragraph… To enable easier comparison between the scores for spot-landings and the scores for the soaring flights, both sets of scores were scaled and translated individually. This was done in such a way that the mean for the spot landings was 100 and the standard deviation was 15; the same was true of the set of soaring flight scores. This meant that the scores for each team could then be summed to give the total scores. Also, since Oxford’s sixth team member was unable to come to Varsity, Cambridge selected their five best soaring flights and their five best spot landings.<br />
<br />
==== Summary ====<br />
<br />
After significant calculations, the final score was: '''Oxford 1009 – 990 Cambridge''', a win for Oxford. CUGC would like to send a big “Thank you!” to OUGC and Bicester Gliding Club for hosting us; the clubhouse is very nice and the airfield seems to have an unlimited number of landing areas!<br />
<br />
We look forward to hosting OUGC at Gransden in summer 2020.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Spot Landing !! Normalised Soaring !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Charlie Brooker<br />
| 111.1<br />
| -<br />
| rowspan="6" | 990<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 113.2<br />
| 89.3<br />
|-<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 111.1<br />
| 84.0<br />
|-<br />
| Timo Wilken<br />
| -<br />
| 102.7<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 112.6<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Hayk Saribekyan<br />
| 83.9<br />
| 86.6<br />
|--<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | Oxford<br />
| Chia Man<br />
| 85.9<br />
| 117.4<br />
| rowspan="5" | 1009<br />
|-<br />
| Philipp<br />
| 92.1<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Francesca<br />
| 107.1<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Arthur<br />
| 110.6<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Antoine<br />
| 72.4<br />
| 85.3<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 ===<br />
<br />
The match was held from June 20th to 22nd, with the 21st being 'the day of the decade' with numerous 750km flights being conducted around the country.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Day 1 was weakly soarable, but we made the most of the day with both teams completing check flights and getting some practice in. Thursday and Friday were forecast to be big days so we were looking forward to the two day match. The Varsity match task is simple: points are earned for each 100ft of height gained within 50 minutes, with points also being awarded for time up to 50 minutes. However, points are taken away after 50 minutes so it is important to judge your flight time well.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day2.JPG|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions on the second day were perfectly suited for the first scoring day. The match began at noon, with an Oxford pilot launching first. CUGC’s president Chris Barrott launched soon after, completing what turned out to be the second highest scoring flight of the day in the [[Junior]], earning CUGC 280 points. He managed to make the most of the strong conditions and achieved over 10,000ft of height gain. The next Cambridge pilot to launch was Tomasz Cebo, who completed an hour-long flight in the [[:Category:CU|ASW19b]]. Just like the year before, he forgot about the 50-minute flight time limit – however he managed to find thermals towards the end of his flight that were so strong that this didn’t turn out to be a disadvantage, earning him a score of 238. Next in line was Cambridge’s captain Nat West. Launching in the [[K21]], he didn’t have as much luck finding strong thermals, achieving a score of 147 during a 49-minute flight. An hour later, Tomasz Cebo attempted a second flight and managed to improve upon his previous flight with a score of 255, this time adhering to the 50-minute flight limit. Hugh Hudson completed the last scoring flight of the day for Cambridge in the K21, achieving 209 points.<br />
<br />
Oxford put up a strong performance on the first scoring day. Artur Doshchyn achieved 323 points, by far the highest score of the day. After the second day, Oxford was leading the match with 432 normalised points vs Cambridge's 384. <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 121<br />
| rowspan="4" | 384<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| 110<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 90<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Artur Doshchyn<br />
| 139<br />
| rowspan="4" | 432<br />
|-<br />
| Tor Walberg<br />
| 117<br />
|-<br />
| Chia-Man Hung<br />
| 88<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant Riks<br />
| 88<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day3.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions were mostly blue and provided a more challenging day – a chance for a Cambridge<br />
comeback, perhaps. A small grid formed at the end of runway 04 and launching started at about 11:30. The match started at shortly after noon with the Oxford K21 taking the first launch again. Cambridge pilot Bonan Zhu launched right after in the ASW19b. He managed to connect with a thermal at 800ft and then climbed to 3000ft. Despite the sky being blue, he found an energy line near the airfield and rode along it. A flight duration of 49 minutes was achieved, gaining Cambridge 177 points. The second Cambridge pilot was Hugh Hudson. He scored 164 points in his flight with four respectable climbs in a K21. In the meantime, Tomasz Cebo was flying in the ASW19b and he achieved the highest score of the day in his third flight, 237, in six climbs. Afterwards Timo Wilken performed the fourth scoring flight of the day. He achieved a respectable score of 156 with two long climbs. The conditions started to deteriorate around 15:30 with increasing difficulty to connect with thermals off the winch. Daniel Morales Valdivia was the fifth pilot to attempt a score. He took off in the [[Perkoz|SZD-50-3]] with safety instructor Peter Warner at 1509 but had to land shortly after. At this point the thermals had become too weak, yet he still managed to achieve a respectable score of 55 given the conditions. We would also like to thank Cambridge pilot Stepan Chrz who acted as launch marshal to ensure efficient operation for both teams and kept the logs up to date. In the meantime, Oxford achieved a score of 190 and 184 in their first two flights but then struggled to get away for the third one. Two more successful scoring flights of 50-minute duration were achieved later in the day, despite weak conditions. Due to the fantastic performance of Cambridge’s pilots on the second scoring day, Cambridge made up for day one and won the Varsity match with a score of '''814 vs Oxford’s 802'''!<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
<br />
This year Gliding Varsity was hosted by Cambridge at their home airfield, Gransden Lodge. As it proved difficult to find a date that was suitable for as many pilots from Cambridge and O*ford as possible during summer, the event had to be postponed to late November. Usually the competition is based on cumulative height gain, but as there are few thermals this time of the year, both teams agreed to do spot landings instead.<br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A line would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down after the line, but come to a halt as close to the line as possible. The distance between the position where the glider stops and the line would be used to determine the score – since a smaller distance equals more piloting skill, it was decided to evaluate the score as 10,000 times the inverse of the distance in meters. In other words, the smaller the stopping distance, the better.<br />
<br />
For some, the events of that day started earlier than for others. The O*ford team had to leave the other place at 6:30am whereas most of the Cambridge team members decided to start off the day with an unhurried breakfast to gather strength and be prepared to face the gruesome challenges of competition day. All pilots met at the airfield at 9:00am. After every pilot had a chance to introduce himself, the aircraft were removed from the hangar and transported to the launch point. Andrew Watson, CUGC’s experienced instructor, did check flights with the O*ford pilots to make sure they were fit to fly solo. After all preparatory actions were taken, the match was ready to begin.<br />
<br />
Chris Barrott, a CUGC fresher with a solid background in gliding, started off the match by scoring a phenomenal 73.2m in the PZL [[Junior]], the shortest distance achieved that day in the Junior. Considering that this aircraft does not have wheel brakes, a significant handicap, this was all the more impressive. But CUGC was yet to make use of its most fierce weapon, experienced Polish glider pilot Tomasz Cebo. Flying the [[K21]], he scored an incredible 54.1m, the shortest distance achieved during the entire competition. O*ford’s hearts sank in despair.<br />
<br />
Next in line was Bonan Zhu, long-time CUGC member, who scored a respectable 82.6m in the Junior, despite the lack of wheel brakes. Bonan was followed by Nathanael West, CUGC’s captain, who, in light of his team mates’ successes, was determined to deliver a top score as well. He was able to compensate his lack in piloting skill by utilising his arm strength to pull back extra hard on the wheel brakes, thereby scoring 54.9m, less than a meter behind Polish weapon Tomasz.<br />
<br />
Next was Vikram Giri, CUGC’s president, who made an ambitious effort in the K21, however unfortunately during review of the video footage it was determined that he touched down a couple of feet before the line, thus invalidating his otherwise flawless attempt. German mathematician Matthis ‘the brain’ Lehmkühler concluded the match for CUGC with the most ambitious attempt of the day, pushing his glider to the absolute limit. However his landing suffered from the same problem as Vikram’s, he as well touched down a bit too early.<br />
<br />
To summarise, CUGC managed to deliver an impressive overall performance, achieving a total score of '''625 points vs Oxford’s 496'''.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Aircraft !! Distance !! Score !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| Junior<br />
| 73.2<br />
| 136.6<br />
| rowspan="6" | 625<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.1<br />
| 184.8<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| Junior<br />
| 82.6<br />
| 121.1<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.9<br />
| 182.1<br />
|-<br />
| Matthis Lehmkuhler<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
| Vikram Giri<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Oxford<br />
| Charlie<br />
| K21<br />
| 73.3<br />
| 136.4<br />
| rowspan="6" | 496<br />
|-<br />
| Elliot<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 209.7<br />
| 47.7<br />
|-<br />
| Anthony<br />
| K21<br />
| 75.2<br />
| 133.0<br />
|-<br />
| Julie<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 230.3<br />
| 43.4<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant<br />
| Junior<br />
| 74.0<br />
| 135.1<br />
|-<br />
| Cecilia<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 ===<br />
<br />
This year we were blessed with some fantastic weather for the Annual varsity match. The Oxford team came to Gransden for 2 days, where a strong performance on the first day secured their ultimate victory, with the scores at '''525 to Oxford, and 478 to Cambridge'''.<br />
<br />
Oxford brought their [[Astir]]-CS (single seat), and [[K21|ASK-21]] (two seat) gliders to fly in the competition, while Cambridge flew their [[:Category:CU|ASW-19]] (single seat) with one of CGC's [[Junior|SZD-Juniors]] (single seat).<br />
<br />
Flying for Cambridge, were:<br />
<br />
* Joe Roberts<br />
* Malcolm Morgan<br />
* Monique van Beek<br />
* Bonan Zhu<br />
* Nadanai Laohakunakorn <br />
<br />
And for Oxford:<br />
<br />
* Chris Ballance<br />
* Hayden Peacock<br />
* Adam Bozson<br />
* Qin Cao<br />
* Max Chamberlin<br />
<br />
The first day was particularly challenging, with thermic activity not starting until quite late. Matters were made harder by a stiff 15-20kt wind from the North East, something which hurt competitors piloting the lower performance ASK-21 and SZD-Junior gliders more. Cambridge were also plagued with an instrumentation fault in their flagship glider, G-CUGC, where the Variometer (vertical speed indicator) was not functioning at all.<br />
<br />
The results for the first day were as follows:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:33<br />
| 4600 ft<br />
| 125<br />
| 62<br />
| rowspan="4" | 141<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 4800 ft<br />
| 144<br />
| 72<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:14<br />
| 0<br />
| 14<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 0:15<br />
| 0<br />
| 15<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:53<br />
| 6500 ft<br />
| 168<br />
| 84<br />
| rowspan="4" | 219<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 7500 ft<br />
| 200<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:23<br />
| 1900 ft<br />
| 61<br />
| 30<br />
|-<br />
| Qin Cao<br />
| 0:09<br />
| 0<br />
| 9<br />
| 4<br />
|}<br />
<br />
After Oxford had made so much out of what little the first day had to offer, some excellent flying was needed from Cambridge if they were to be in with a chance. Luckily the weather for the day was shaping up to fantastic: Although much of the wind from day 1 remained, thermal activity in excess of 6kts netto was forecast throughout the day, with convective cloudbases up to 5000ft. Full results were as follows: <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7200 ft<br />
| 193<br />
| 79<br />
| rowspan="4" | 337<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 8200 ft<br />
| 214<br />
| 87<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 6200 ft<br />
| 173<br />
| 70<br />
|-<br />
| Nadanai Laohakunakorn<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 9800 ft<br />
| 244<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 9400 ft<br />
| 238<br />
| 97<br />
| rowspan="4" | 306<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 5200 ft<br />
| 154<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7700 ft<br />
| 203<br />
| 83<br />
|-<br />
| Max Chamberlin<br />
| 0:47<br />
| 5300 ft<br />
| 153<br />
| 62<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite fierce competition, and 1/2 their team still flying with one of the most crucial soaring instruments malfunctioning, Cambridge still managed an exceptional performance edging ahead of Oxford by 31 points. This still wasn't enough to counter Oxfords day one achievements, '''giving ultimate victory for the 2014 Gliding Varsity to the University of Oxford'''.<br />
<br />
Many congratulations to all who competed: everyone had an enormous amount of fun, and there was some truly phenomenal flying. We look forward to next year when we can challenge Oxford once more, at their home airfield.<br />
<br />
; Author : Joe Roberts<br />
; Submitted : Thu, 04/09/2014 17:45<br />
<br />
=== 2013 ===<br />
<br />
In a closely contested varsity match at Bicester, Oxford won by 371 points to 352.<br />
<br />
Captain Malcolm Morgan and Joe Roberts represented Cambridge against Chris Ballance and Matt from Oxford.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 &ndash; Saturday 31st August ====<br />
<br />
With a day of good soaring forecast, check flights were done in the morning and the competition begun in earnest. Each pilot would submit their best flight of the day for scoring and scores would be normalised for comparison over the two days.<br />
<br />
With the strong soaring conditions flights up to the maximum time of 50 minute were easy, so both teams were trying to maximise their score by flying as close to 50 minutes as possible and with out incurring the 6 point penalty per minute over, and scoring as many height gain points as possible, by climbing and descending repeatedly to get 2 points for each 100ft of height gain. Both teams were flying K-8 single seat gliders.<br />
<br />
Six flights were submitted for scoring, both Malcolm (Cambridge) and Matt (Oxford) taking advantage of the improving conditions though the day to improve on their original scores. Notable flights were Chris (Oxford) doing the largest single height gain of 3,500 ft and Joe (Cambridge) performing a successful scoring flight on his first flight in a K-8.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 6,300 || 176 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 45 || 6,300 || 171 || 97<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 45 || 5,700 || 159 || 90<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 47 || 5,100 || 149 || 85<br />
|}<br />
<br />
At the end of the day Oxford has a small lead with 188 to Cambridge's 185 points. Rivalry was put aside as the team retired to the bar.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 &ndash; Sunday 1st September ====<br />
<br />
With the score so close the competition heated up for the second and final day of the completion. The conditions had changed. It was a 'blue day' meaning there were no clouds to mark the locations of the thermals, and strong winds bringing wave interference from the welsh mountains.<br />
<br />
The day started slowly with both teams waiting for a layer of hazy cloud to clear and signs of thermals. Malcolm (Cambridge) made the first move launching at 12:45, and submitting another 50 minute flight, by using side slipping to descend 2,500 ft in two minutes. Oxford soon followed with Chris (Oxford) getting the highest climb of the day.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 3,900 || 128 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 49 || 3,600 || 121 || 98<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 50 || 3,200 || 114 || 95<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 51 || 2,100 || 86 || 67<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite Cambridge's best efforts Oxford had managed to slightly extend their early lead to give a final score of Oxford 371, Cambridge 352.<br />
<br />
Both teams retired to club house for celebratory pizza before returning home. We would like to thank OUGC for organising the Varsity Match and to Windrushers Gliding Club for hosting the competition. We look forward to next years match. <br />
<br />
; Author : Malcolm Morgan<br />
; Submitted : Mon, 02/09/2013 10:40<br />
<br />
=== 2012 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Malcolm Morgan (captain), Iain Butler, Fiona Llewellyn-Beard<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (captain), Chris Ballance, Joel Scott-Halkes<br />
<br />
After a succession of abortive attempts at the Varsity Match (each one foiled by poor weather), we were very pleased to be able welcome members of Oxford University Gliding Club to Gransden Lodge on a cloudy Sunday late in the soaring season. Each Club fielded a team of three pilots of mixed ability, with one pre-solo pilot from each University competing in a two-seat glider under the watchful eye of an instructor. Owing to the weak soaring conditions, we agreed to use a variation of the standard rules: flights would score one point for each minute of flight after five minutes, and each pilot submits his best-scoring flight of the day towards the team total.<br />
<br />
A passing rain shower delayed the first launch until eleven o'clock.<br />
<br />
Chris Ballance (Oxford) and Iain Butler (Cambridge) completed check-flights with an instructor, obtaining clearance to fly solo in the two Junior single-seat gliders operated by Cambridge Gliding Centre. Early scoring was dominated by Malcolm Morgan of the Cambridge team who showed his experience by clocking up a flight of 31 hard-won minutes in the Junior, working hard at patchy, weak lift in difficult conditions that called for accurate flying and sharp decision-making.<br />
<br />
This flight would prove to be decisive: it alone outscored the combined efforts of the Oxford team!<br />
<br />
Natasha Spottiswoode and Joel Scott-Halkes posted scoring flights for Oxford, while Iain Butler took advantage of the rising air triggered by a combine harvester working in a nearby field to score secure a useful 13 minutes for Cambridge. Fiona Llewellyn-Beard, flying in a two-seat glider, also scored valuable points for the home side.<br />
<br />
Conditions strengthened somewhat as the evening approached: Chris and Natasha took the opportunity to improve on their earlier scores, but it was not enough to close down the healthy Cambridge margin which was maintained until the cessation of flying. We hope to repeat the strong performance at next year's contest to be held at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC.<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Julia Robson (capt), James Shaw, Fergus Noble<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (capt), Lukas Brandt<br />
<br />
After a number of unsuccessful attempts to organise a Varsity Match we finally met on a typical British summer's day in mid-July. The forecast was not looking promising for a soaring competition - overcast cloud with occasional light rain, but both teams began the process of getting checked out on Bicester's K-13s. We cut the required flight times down because of the bad weather - a 10 minute flight would count for scoring purposes, with a maximum flight time of 30 mins. Even so, by 4pm Cambridge were leading by just 17 points to 12 (with Fergus Noble scoring for Cambridge and Natasha Spottiswoode for Oxford).<br />
<br />
Throughout the afternoon we had been tracking a promising patch of sunlight which had slowly been working its way towards us; unfortunately, it looked like it would reach us just as we were packing up. James Shaw (Cambridge) took off in a K-13 intending to perform a hangar landing, came off the winch and immediately turned into a 2kt thermal and began climbing away.<br />
<br />
Lukas Brandt (Oxford) immediately jumped into the other K-13 and launched into a strong thermal. After climbing to 3,000ft he displayed a mastery of Varsity Match tactics, using his airbrakes to descend quickly in order to maximise the amount of time spent climbing in thermals. Unfortunately he came unstuck when he was unable to find another thermal, and he was forced to land with a score of 40 points.<br />
<br />
At this point Oxford could see James still racking up the points for Cambridge and knew they needed another scoring flight to be in with a chance. They deployed their home-field advantage, pulling rank to ensure that Natasha Spottiswoode took off in the final flight of the day. To Cambridge's dismay, she also started climbing away after some initial trouble.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, James landed his flight after 28 minutes in the air, scoring 71 points (bringing Cambridge's total to 88) and setting Oxford a target of 49 from Natasha's flight to win. At this point it was approaching 6pm and it wasn't clear how long the thermals would continue. We thought it would be close, but as Natasha continually found thermal after thermal to stay up we realised that the match was slipping away from us. Just after 6pm she landed after an excellent flight, scoring 89 points and handing Oxford a comprehensive victory.<br />
<br />
=== 2010 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Philippa Roberts (capt), Graham Spelman<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Lukas Brandt, Rory Barker<br />
<br />
The 2010 Varsity match was held during the Inter-University Gliding Task Week at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC. Saturday was unsoarable so on Sunday 8th July a team of four pilots from each club rigged their gliders in anticipation of the good weather. Philippa Roberts, Cambridge Captain and Lukas Brandt, Oxford launched first to test the conditions, they were closely followed by Graham Spelman, Cambridge and Rory Barker, Oxford. Lukas and Philippa flew a very close match with only 2 points between them; unfortunately for the Cambridge side Rory beat Graham by 72 points. Tragically the weekend's flying was cut short by the death of Miss Amy Barsby in an accident. Amy, 25, a pilot from Trinity College Dublin contributed a lot to university gliding and we would like to take this opportunity to recognise that contribution.<br />
<br />
=== 2009 ===<br />
<br />
On the weekend of the 27th/28th June 09, Cambridge University Gliding Club travelled to Oxford University's home club at RAF Bicester for the 2009 Gliding Varsity Match. Their aim was to keep the Varsity Cup for the sport of soaring the sky at Cambridge for another year. The five person team knew they were up against tough competition, as the Oxford team held the advantage in qualifications and experience. The Saturday started with a real surprise for a gliding competition; the weather was fantastic! The airfield was set up quickly and the necessary check flights made by the visiting team, to familiarise themselves with the airfield and local airspace (there is a nearby parachute drop zone – not a good place to be in a glider!). With these chores completed, Julia and Becca kicked things off for the Cambridge team, flying in K13s, and both gaining very respectable scores of around 130 points (1 point per minute, up to 50 minutes, plus 2 points per 100 ft sustained height gain). However, Oxford countered with two very good flights, as Lukas and Felix went off in their hotships, into the best of a good day's weather. Their better gliders and slightly dubious pull-up tactics led to some truly amazing scores of 235 and 276 points, gaining between the two of them more than the entire Oxford team last year. Peter then flew in a borrowed glider, making Cambridge's best scoring flight yet. Most of the remaining members of both teams made their flights that afternoon, and the evening showed Oxford out in the lead. Sunday's weather was not quite what Saturday's had been, but there were still plenty of thermals about, so there were many efforts from the Cambridge team to better their previous scores. Peter made another impressive scoring flight of 212 points, in CUGC's new glider; an ASW19 with the tail letters CU, but no one else was able to improve in the slightly poorer weather.<br />
<br />
=== 2007 ===<br />
<br />
After a defeat at home in 2006, Cambridge arrived at RAF Bicester eager to take back the Varsity Trophy. As was the case for much of the season, the weather was proving to be rather uncooperative. However, by early afternoon the sky cleared enough that the match could begin. Soaring conditions remained very difficult and both teams found it hard to make significant height gains. In the end though, a trio of strong performances from Nick Laux, Adam Spikings and Peter Buchlovsky sealed the day, with us eventually winning by 112 points to 85.<br />
<br />
=== 2006 ===<br />
<br />
Sadly, the match was pushed back to August from projected dates in June due to weather and other uncontrollable delays. When the day did arrive, the visiting Oxford side was on excellent form, with Cambridge struggling to put out a whole team due to the holidays. After a hard day’s competition in difficult conditions, Oxford won by a fair margin, leaving Cambridge disappointed but keen for the replay in 2007.<br />
<br />
=== 2002 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Paul Flower & Charlotte Morley<br />
<br />
=== 2001 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: John Hingley, Paul Flower, John Glass, James Lloyd-Hughes & Tom Bishop<br />
<br />
=== 1998 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Jay Rebbeck, Debbie Thomas, Stuart Crawshaw & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1997 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Debbie Thomas & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1995 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Stuart Crawshaw, Henry Rebbeck ,Mark Williams, Alex Parr, Ian Lewis & Kingsley Reavell<br />
<br />
=== 1994 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: James Chappell, Stuart Crawshaw, John Moore, Mark Williams & Henry Rebbeck<br />
<br />
=== 1993 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Jagdip Grewal, Harjinder Obhi, James Chappell, John Moore, Malte Grosche & Stuart Crawshaw<br />
<br />
=== 1992 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Damian Debski, Malte Grosche, Stuart Morgan, Harjinder Obhi, Peter Topping, Matthew Turnbull & John Moore<br />
<br />
=== 1989 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: David Heath-Whyte, Derek Prinsen, Graham Armstrong, Frank Zachariasse & Margaret Oakes<br />
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[[Category:Competitions]]<br />
[[Category:Reports]]</div>Webmasterhttps://wiki.cugc.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Varsity&diff=735Varsity2023-07-11T15:12:22Z<p>Webmaster: /* Rules */</p>
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<div>This is normally held annually, either at [[Gransden Lodge]] or OUGC's home airfield at RAF [[Bicester]]/RAF [[Weston-on-the-Green]], and is the traditional opportunity for us to show our skills against "the other place".<br />
<br />
The rules are simple: teams of 6 attempt to soar locally for up to 50 minutes, gaining one point per minute, climbing for 2 points per 100 ft, and then to land before the 50 minutes are up as there is then a deduction of 6 points per minute. Flights which receive no points for time are not allowed to claim height gains.<br />
<br />
Women on the Varsity team can get a half-blue if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate. Men can also get a half-blue if they are holding a BGA Silver certificate, or if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate and fly the highest-scoring soaring flight on any given day.<br />
<br />
== Results ==<br />
<br />
''This record is incomplete. If you know any details of past varsity matches, please add them to this Wiki, or email the current [[Committee#Current committee|Webmaster]].''<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! Year !! Venue !! Result<br />
|-<br />
| 2023 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 753 Cambridge 612<br />
|-<br />
| 2022 Jun || RAF Weston-on-the-Green || Cambridge 584 Oxford 302<br />
|-<br />
| 2021 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 333 Oxford 279<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled due to Covid-19 —''<br />
|-<br />
| 2019 Jun || RAF Bicester || ???<br />
|-<br />
| 2018 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 814 Oxford 802<br />
|-<br />
| 2017 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 570 Cambridge 555<br />
|-<br />
| 2016 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 625 Oxford 496<br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 740 Cambridge 692<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 525 Cambridge 478<br />
|-<br />
| 2013 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 371 Cambridge 352<br />
|-<br />
| 2012 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 38 Oxford 16<br />
|-<br />
| 2011 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 129 Cambridge 88<br />
|-<br />
| 2010 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 496 Cambridge 426<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 Jun || RAF Bicester || Oxford 776 Cambridge 551<br />
|-<br />
| 2008 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2007 Jul || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 112 Oxford 85<br />
|-<br />
| 2006 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2005 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2004 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2003 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2002 Sep || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2001 Dec || RAF Bicester || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1999 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 || [[BGA ladder|Cross-country ladder]] || Oxford 14671 Cambridge 13112<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 Aug || RAF Bicester || Oxford 80 Cambridge 40<br />
|-<br />
| 1996 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled —''<br />
|-<br />
| 1995 May || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 1083 Cambridge 1054<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 May || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 458 Oxford 434<br />
|-<br />
| 1993 May || RAF Bicester || Oxford 213 Cambridge 194<br />
|-<br />
| 1992 April || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 192 Oxford 192<br />
|-<br />
| 1991 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1989 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won by 57 Points<br />
|-<br />
| 1988 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1987 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1986 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Rules ==<br />
<br />
=== General Rules ===<br />
<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">The competition shall span three days (forming a three-day "window"), where each day may or may not be valid as "competing days".</li><br />
<li value="2">Before the start of the competition, both team captains shall agree on the full set of rules, including the scoring metrics and normalization method to be used, as well as the addition/removal of clauses to/from this article.</li><br />
<li value="3">The number of pilots in each team shall not exceed six, and the team members shall be decided before the start of the competition. Provisional teams should be declared at least one week in advance.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li value="a">''As agreed at the 2023 Varsity Match.'' If it is not possible for all team members to be present across the full three-day window, then - on mutual approval from both team captains - team members may be decided day-by-day, before the first flight of each day, such that both teams have the same size on each day.</li></ol><br><br />
<li value="4">At the beginning of each day of the three-day window, before the first flight, both team captains shall agree on the validity of the day as a "competing day", as well as the scoring metric to be used for the day. This agreement shall not be rescinded, barring clause 4.b, or other exceptional circumstances.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><br />
<li value="a">All flights made during competing days are potentially valid scoring flights, unless they are unsafe.</li><br />
<li value="b">Each pilot may enter only one scoring flight for each competing day. A day should be declared void if it is not possible for at least three members of each team to attempt scoring flights.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"><li value="i">Disqualified flights, and flights scoring zero points, are still considered attempted scoring flights.</li></ol><br><br />
<li value="c">Teams must record on their own logs the takeoff and landing time for each scoring flight made by a member of their own team. Failure to do so renders a flight invalid. An observer from each team shall be present at the launchpoint during all flights.</li><br />
<li value="d">It is typical, though not necessary, that only the four best scoring flights of each team are taken on each competing day.</li><br />
<li value="e">Unsafe flights are disqualified from scoring. Unsafe flights include, but are not limited to, flights which enter airspace, land out, make a final turn below 300ft QFE, exceed Va (max maneuvering speed), or generally show poor airmanship.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<li value="5">The scores for each competing day shall be normalized, so that the median score on each competing day is 100.</li><br />
<li value="6">At the end of the competition, the normalized points for all scoring flights shall be totalled, and the team with the most points shall be declared the winner.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
=== Scoring Metric for Soaring Flights ("Normal rules") ===<br />
<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">A point is awarded for each minute of flight up to 50 mins, after which six points will be deducted for each minute over. The lowest score which can be recorded is zero points.</li><br />
<li value="2">Two points are awarded for each 100 feet of height gained after the launch, provided the climb is maintained for 500 feet. Climbs less than 500 feet do not gain height points.</li><br />
<li value="3">A [[GPS trace|GPS or barograph trace]] must be submitted for a flight to be awarded height gain points. If this is not available, only time points will be awarded for the flight. It is the responsibility of each team to ensure that the trace of each scoring glider is captured.</li><br />
<li value="4">Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
=== Scoring Metric under Bad Weather ("Spot landings") ===<br />
''As agreed at the 2019 Varsity Match''<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">A marker (or markers) shall be set up on the ground, at an appropriate landing area, visible to all pilots from the air. The markers should indicate a line, perpendicular to the intended landing direction, and must not interfere with the safety of landing.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li value="a">The intention is for pilots to touch down and roll to a stop as close to the line as possible.</li></ol><br />
<li value="2">The use of wheel brake during the landing is prohibited, except to preserve safety. Any landing which uses the wheel brake is disqualified.</li><br />
<li value="3">All flights are to be taken in two-seater gliders, with an instructor sat in the back to verify the lack of wheel brake. The instructor may not physically control the glider during flight or during landing, except to preserve safety.</li><br />
<li value="4">The (unnormalized) score of the flight is given as 3000/(30 + ''d''), where ''d'' is the shortest distance, measured in feet, between the landing line and the glider's main wheel at its final resting position.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
=== Scoring Metric under Bad Weather ("Circuit flights") ===<br />
''As agreed at the 2012 Varsity Match''<br />
<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">Every 1 minute over 5 minutes is counted as one point.</li><br />
<li value="2">Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
== Past reports ==<br />
<br />
=== 2019 ===<br />
<br />
Report by Charlie Brooker.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Scrub! Despite getting up very early, the decision was made to scrub Tuesday due to low cloud. CUGC instead watched a brief display of old cars on site at Bicester and played card games.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day2.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
Despite a poor start to the morning with solid cloud at 900ft and broken at 600ft, the weather improved over lunch. While the weather wasn’t kind enough to gift us with thermals for our standard height-gain competition rules, the cloud did lift enough for the bad weather rules: spot landings! <br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A marker would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down and roll to a stop as close to the line as possible. Wheel brake was strictly forbidden; all flights were taken in two-seaters and an instructor would be sat in the back of each flight to verify the lack of wheel brake. The distance between the glider’s main wheel and the marker would then be measured in Chris’ feet (Chris-ft). This distance was then added to 30 then 3000 would be divided by this result to give the score (i.e. with a distance, d, the score = 3000/(30+d) ), thereby giving a higher score for those who land closer to the marker.<br />
<br />
There was time for each team to attempt their first two spot landings on Wednesday afternoon, leaving Cambridge with a score of 86 and Oxford with 68.<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day3.jpg|thumb|right|Both teams on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
Thursday saw a markedly warmer weather; perfect for the beach but still no soaring to start with. So, it was agreed that the first round of spot landings would be completed, by which time some soaring may be possible. Cambridge scored a decisive lead in the spot landings, with CUGC flights from Hugh and Bonan both scoring above 60 points. <br />
<br />
As hoped, the sun came out and thermals began just before lunch! OUGC’s Chia-Man getting a 32-minute duration flight to give Oxford a clear soaring lead to begin with. The conditions were tricky; making one wrong decision left you low, scratching for height-gains and looking to land. OUGC scored very highly after lunch as well managing two 35-point soaring flights from Philipp and Arthur. CUGC’s best soaring flight was Timo’s 21 minutes.<br />
<br />
Once the thermals had stopped and the hangar had been packed, the task of tabulating the scores and discovering the winner began. <br />
<br />
Warning: boring technical details in this paragraph… To enable easier comparison between the scores for spot-landings and the scores for the soaring flights, both sets of scores were scaled and translated individually. This was done in such a way that the mean for the spot landings was 100 and the standard deviation was 15; the same was true of the set of soaring flight scores. This meant that the scores for each team could then be summed to give the total scores. Also, since Oxford’s sixth team member was unable to come to Varsity, Cambridge selected their five best soaring flights and their five best spot landings.<br />
<br />
==== Summary ====<br />
<br />
After significant calculations, the final score was: '''Oxford 1009 – 990 Cambridge''', a win for Oxford. CUGC would like to send a big “Thank you!” to OUGC and Bicester Gliding Club for hosting us; the clubhouse is very nice and the airfield seems to have an unlimited number of landing areas!<br />
<br />
We look forward to hosting OUGC at Gransden in summer 2020.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Spot Landing !! Normalised Soaring !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Charlie Brooker<br />
| 111.1<br />
| -<br />
| rowspan="6" | 990<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 113.2<br />
| 89.3<br />
|-<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 111.1<br />
| 84.0<br />
|-<br />
| Timo Wilken<br />
| -<br />
| 102.7<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 112.6<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Hayk Saribekyan<br />
| 83.9<br />
| 86.6<br />
|--<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | Oxford<br />
| Chia Man<br />
| 85.9<br />
| 117.4<br />
| rowspan="5" | 1009<br />
|-<br />
| Philipp<br />
| 92.1<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Francesca<br />
| 107.1<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Arthur<br />
| 110.6<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Antoine<br />
| 72.4<br />
| 85.3<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 ===<br />
<br />
The match was held from June 20th to 22nd, with the 21st being 'the day of the decade' with numerous 750km flights being conducted around the country.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Day 1 was weakly soarable, but we made the most of the day with both teams completing check flights and getting some practice in. Thursday and Friday were forecast to be big days so we were looking forward to the two day match. The Varsity match task is simple: points are earned for each 100ft of height gained within 50 minutes, with points also being awarded for time up to 50 minutes. However, points are taken away after 50 minutes so it is important to judge your flight time well.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day2.JPG|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions on the second day were perfectly suited for the first scoring day. The match began at noon, with an Oxford pilot launching first. CUGC’s president Chris Barrott launched soon after, completing what turned out to be the second highest scoring flight of the day in the [[Junior]], earning CUGC 280 points. He managed to make the most of the strong conditions and achieved over 10,000ft of height gain. The next Cambridge pilot to launch was Tomasz Cebo, who completed an hour-long flight in the [[:Category:CU|ASW19b]]. Just like the year before, he forgot about the 50-minute flight time limit – however he managed to find thermals towards the end of his flight that were so strong that this didn’t turn out to be a disadvantage, earning him a score of 238. Next in line was Cambridge’s captain Nat West. Launching in the [[K21]], he didn’t have as much luck finding strong thermals, achieving a score of 147 during a 49-minute flight. An hour later, Tomasz Cebo attempted a second flight and managed to improve upon his previous flight with a score of 255, this time adhering to the 50-minute flight limit. Hugh Hudson completed the last scoring flight of the day for Cambridge in the K21, achieving 209 points.<br />
<br />
Oxford put up a strong performance on the first scoring day. Artur Doshchyn achieved 323 points, by far the highest score of the day. After the second day, Oxford was leading the match with 432 normalised points vs Cambridge's 384. <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 121<br />
| rowspan="4" | 384<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| 110<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 90<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Artur Doshchyn<br />
| 139<br />
| rowspan="4" | 432<br />
|-<br />
| Tor Walberg<br />
| 117<br />
|-<br />
| Chia-Man Hung<br />
| 88<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant Riks<br />
| 88<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day3.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions were mostly blue and provided a more challenging day – a chance for a Cambridge<br />
comeback, perhaps. A small grid formed at the end of runway 04 and launching started at about 11:30. The match started at shortly after noon with the Oxford K21 taking the first launch again. Cambridge pilot Bonan Zhu launched right after in the ASW19b. He managed to connect with a thermal at 800ft and then climbed to 3000ft. Despite the sky being blue, he found an energy line near the airfield and rode along it. A flight duration of 49 minutes was achieved, gaining Cambridge 177 points. The second Cambridge pilot was Hugh Hudson. He scored 164 points in his flight with four respectable climbs in a K21. In the meantime, Tomasz Cebo was flying in the ASW19b and he achieved the highest score of the day in his third flight, 237, in six climbs. Afterwards Timo Wilken performed the fourth scoring flight of the day. He achieved a respectable score of 156 with two long climbs. The conditions started to deteriorate around 15:30 with increasing difficulty to connect with thermals off the winch. Daniel Morales Valdivia was the fifth pilot to attempt a score. He took off in the [[Perkoz|SZD-50-3]] with safety instructor Peter Warner at 1509 but had to land shortly after. At this point the thermals had become too weak, yet he still managed to achieve a respectable score of 55 given the conditions. We would also like to thank Cambridge pilot Stepan Chrz who acted as launch marshal to ensure efficient operation for both teams and kept the logs up to date. In the meantime, Oxford achieved a score of 190 and 184 in their first two flights but then struggled to get away for the third one. Two more successful scoring flights of 50-minute duration were achieved later in the day, despite weak conditions. Due to the fantastic performance of Cambridge’s pilots on the second scoring day, Cambridge made up for day one and won the Varsity match with a score of '''814 vs Oxford’s 802'''!<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
<br />
This year Gliding Varsity was hosted by Cambridge at their home airfield, Gransden Lodge. As it proved difficult to find a date that was suitable for as many pilots from Cambridge and O*ford as possible during summer, the event had to be postponed to late November. Usually the competition is based on cumulative height gain, but as there are few thermals this time of the year, both teams agreed to do spot landings instead.<br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A line would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down after the line, but come to a halt as close to the line as possible. The distance between the position where the glider stops and the line would be used to determine the score – since a smaller distance equals more piloting skill, it was decided to evaluate the score as 10,000 times the inverse of the distance in meters. In other words, the smaller the stopping distance, the better.<br />
<br />
For some, the events of that day started earlier than for others. The O*ford team had to leave the other place at 6:30am whereas most of the Cambridge team members decided to start off the day with an unhurried breakfast to gather strength and be prepared to face the gruesome challenges of competition day. All pilots met at the airfield at 9:00am. After every pilot had a chance to introduce himself, the aircraft were removed from the hangar and transported to the launch point. Andrew Watson, CUGC’s experienced instructor, did check flights with the O*ford pilots to make sure they were fit to fly solo. After all preparatory actions were taken, the match was ready to begin.<br />
<br />
Chris Barrott, a CUGC fresher with a solid background in gliding, started off the match by scoring a phenomenal 73.2m in the PZL [[Junior]], the shortest distance achieved that day in the Junior. Considering that this aircraft does not have wheel brakes, a significant handicap, this was all the more impressive. But CUGC was yet to make use of its most fierce weapon, experienced Polish glider pilot Tomasz Cebo. Flying the [[K21]], he scored an incredible 54.1m, the shortest distance achieved during the entire competition. O*ford’s hearts sank in despair.<br />
<br />
Next in line was Bonan Zhu, long-time CUGC member, who scored a respectable 82.6m in the Junior, despite the lack of wheel brakes. Bonan was followed by Nathanael West, CUGC’s captain, who, in light of his team mates’ successes, was determined to deliver a top score as well. He was able to compensate his lack in piloting skill by utilising his arm strength to pull back extra hard on the wheel brakes, thereby scoring 54.9m, less than a meter behind Polish weapon Tomasz.<br />
<br />
Next was Vikram Giri, CUGC’s president, who made an ambitious effort in the K21, however unfortunately during review of the video footage it was determined that he touched down a couple of feet before the line, thus invalidating his otherwise flawless attempt. German mathematician Matthis ‘the brain’ Lehmkühler concluded the match for CUGC with the most ambitious attempt of the day, pushing his glider to the absolute limit. However his landing suffered from the same problem as Vikram’s, he as well touched down a bit too early.<br />
<br />
To summarise, CUGC managed to deliver an impressive overall performance, achieving a total score of '''625 points vs Oxford’s 496'''.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Aircraft !! Distance !! Score !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| Junior<br />
| 73.2<br />
| 136.6<br />
| rowspan="6" | 625<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.1<br />
| 184.8<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| Junior<br />
| 82.6<br />
| 121.1<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.9<br />
| 182.1<br />
|-<br />
| Matthis Lehmkuhler<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
| Vikram Giri<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Oxford<br />
| Charlie<br />
| K21<br />
| 73.3<br />
| 136.4<br />
| rowspan="6" | 496<br />
|-<br />
| Elliot<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 209.7<br />
| 47.7<br />
|-<br />
| Anthony<br />
| K21<br />
| 75.2<br />
| 133.0<br />
|-<br />
| Julie<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 230.3<br />
| 43.4<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant<br />
| Junior<br />
| 74.0<br />
| 135.1<br />
|-<br />
| Cecilia<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 ===<br />
<br />
This year we were blessed with some fantastic weather for the Annual varsity match. The Oxford team came to Gransden for 2 days, where a strong performance on the first day secured their ultimate victory, with the scores at '''525 to Oxford, and 478 to Cambridge'''.<br />
<br />
Oxford brought their [[Astir]]-CS (single seat), and [[K21|ASK-21]] (two seat) gliders to fly in the competition, while Cambridge flew their [[:Category:CU|ASW-19]] (single seat) with one of CGC's [[Junior|SZD-Juniors]] (single seat).<br />
<br />
Flying for Cambridge, were:<br />
<br />
* Joe Roberts<br />
* Malcolm Morgan<br />
* Monique van Beek<br />
* Bonan Zhu<br />
* Nadanai Laohakunakorn <br />
<br />
And for Oxford:<br />
<br />
* Chris Ballance<br />
* Hayden Peacock<br />
* Adam Bozson<br />
* Qin Cao<br />
* Max Chamberlin<br />
<br />
The first day was particularly challenging, with thermic activity not starting until quite late. Matters were made harder by a stiff 15-20kt wind from the North East, something which hurt competitors piloting the lower performance ASK-21 and SZD-Junior gliders more. Cambridge were also plagued with an instrumentation fault in their flagship glider, G-CUGC, where the Variometer (vertical speed indicator) was not functioning at all.<br />
<br />
The results for the first day were as follows:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:33<br />
| 4600 ft<br />
| 125<br />
| 62<br />
| rowspan="4" | 141<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 4800 ft<br />
| 144<br />
| 72<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:14<br />
| 0<br />
| 14<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 0:15<br />
| 0<br />
| 15<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:53<br />
| 6500 ft<br />
| 168<br />
| 84<br />
| rowspan="4" | 219<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 7500 ft<br />
| 200<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:23<br />
| 1900 ft<br />
| 61<br />
| 30<br />
|-<br />
| Qin Cao<br />
| 0:09<br />
| 0<br />
| 9<br />
| 4<br />
|}<br />
<br />
After Oxford had made so much out of what little the first day had to offer, some excellent flying was needed from Cambridge if they were to be in with a chance. Luckily the weather for the day was shaping up to fantastic: Although much of the wind from day 1 remained, thermal activity in excess of 6kts netto was forecast throughout the day, with convective cloudbases up to 5000ft. Full results were as follows: <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7200 ft<br />
| 193<br />
| 79<br />
| rowspan="4" | 337<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 8200 ft<br />
| 214<br />
| 87<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 6200 ft<br />
| 173<br />
| 70<br />
|-<br />
| Nadanai Laohakunakorn<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 9800 ft<br />
| 244<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 9400 ft<br />
| 238<br />
| 97<br />
| rowspan="4" | 306<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 5200 ft<br />
| 154<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7700 ft<br />
| 203<br />
| 83<br />
|-<br />
| Max Chamberlin<br />
| 0:47<br />
| 5300 ft<br />
| 153<br />
| 62<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite fierce competition, and 1/2 their team still flying with one of the most crucial soaring instruments malfunctioning, Cambridge still managed an exceptional performance edging ahead of Oxford by 31 points. This still wasn't enough to counter Oxfords day one achievements, '''giving ultimate victory for the 2014 Gliding Varsity to the University of Oxford'''.<br />
<br />
Many congratulations to all who competed: everyone had an enormous amount of fun, and there was some truly phenomenal flying. We look forward to next year when we can challenge Oxford once more, at their home airfield.<br />
<br />
; Author : Joe Roberts<br />
; Submitted : Thu, 04/09/2014 17:45<br />
<br />
=== 2013 ===<br />
<br />
In a closely contested varsity match at Bicester, Oxford won by 371 points to 352.<br />
<br />
Captain Malcolm Morgan and Joe Roberts represented Cambridge against Chris Ballance and Matt from Oxford.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 &ndash; Saturday 31st August ====<br />
<br />
With a day of good soaring forecast, check flights were done in the morning and the competition begun in earnest. Each pilot would submit their best flight of the day for scoring and scores would be normalised for comparison over the two days.<br />
<br />
With the strong soaring conditions flights up to the maximum time of 50 minute were easy, so both teams were trying to maximise their score by flying as close to 50 minutes as possible and with out incurring the 6 point penalty per minute over, and scoring as many height gain points as possible, by climbing and descending repeatedly to get 2 points for each 100ft of height gain. Both teams were flying K-8 single seat gliders.<br />
<br />
Six flights were submitted for scoring, both Malcolm (Cambridge) and Matt (Oxford) taking advantage of the improving conditions though the day to improve on their original scores. Notable flights were Chris (Oxford) doing the largest single height gain of 3,500 ft and Joe (Cambridge) performing a successful scoring flight on his first flight in a K-8.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 6,300 || 176 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 45 || 6,300 || 171 || 97<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 45 || 5,700 || 159 || 90<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 47 || 5,100 || 149 || 85<br />
|}<br />
<br />
At the end of the day Oxford has a small lead with 188 to Cambridge's 185 points. Rivalry was put aside as the team retired to the bar.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 &ndash; Sunday 1st September ====<br />
<br />
With the score so close the competition heated up for the second and final day of the completion. The conditions had changed. It was a 'blue day' meaning there were no clouds to mark the locations of the thermals, and strong winds bringing wave interference from the welsh mountains.<br />
<br />
The day started slowly with both teams waiting for a layer of hazy cloud to clear and signs of thermals. Malcolm (Cambridge) made the first move launching at 12:45, and submitting another 50 minute flight, by using side slipping to descend 2,500 ft in two minutes. Oxford soon followed with Chris (Oxford) getting the highest climb of the day.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 3,900 || 128 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 49 || 3,600 || 121 || 98<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 50 || 3,200 || 114 || 95<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 51 || 2,100 || 86 || 67<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite Cambridge's best efforts Oxford had managed to slightly extend their early lead to give a final score of Oxford 371, Cambridge 352.<br />
<br />
Both teams retired to club house for celebratory pizza before returning home. We would like to thank OUGC for organising the Varsity Match and to Windrushers Gliding Club for hosting the competition. We look forward to next years match. <br />
<br />
; Author : Malcolm Morgan<br />
; Submitted : Mon, 02/09/2013 10:40<br />
<br />
=== 2012 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Malcolm Morgan (captain), Iain Butler, Fiona Llewellyn-Beard<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (captain), Chris Ballance, Joel Scott-Halkes<br />
<br />
After a succession of abortive attempts at the Varsity Match (each one foiled by poor weather), we were very pleased to be able welcome members of Oxford University Gliding Club to Gransden Lodge on a cloudy Sunday late in the soaring season. Each Club fielded a team of three pilots of mixed ability, with one pre-solo pilot from each University competing in a two-seat glider under the watchful eye of an instructor. Owing to the weak soaring conditions, we agreed to use a variation of the standard rules: flights would score one point for each minute of flight after five minutes, and each pilot submits his best-scoring flight of the day towards the team total.<br />
<br />
A passing rain shower delayed the first launch until eleven o'clock.<br />
<br />
Chris Ballance (Oxford) and Iain Butler (Cambridge) completed check-flights with an instructor, obtaining clearance to fly solo in the two Junior single-seat gliders operated by Cambridge Gliding Centre. Early scoring was dominated by Malcolm Morgan of the Cambridge team who showed his experience by clocking up a flight of 31 hard-won minutes in the Junior, working hard at patchy, weak lift in difficult conditions that called for accurate flying and sharp decision-making.<br />
<br />
This flight would prove to be decisive: it alone outscored the combined efforts of the Oxford team!<br />
<br />
Natasha Spottiswoode and Joel Scott-Halkes posted scoring flights for Oxford, while Iain Butler took advantage of the rising air triggered by a combine harvester working in a nearby field to score secure a useful 13 minutes for Cambridge. Fiona Llewellyn-Beard, flying in a two-seat glider, also scored valuable points for the home side.<br />
<br />
Conditions strengthened somewhat as the evening approached: Chris and Natasha took the opportunity to improve on their earlier scores, but it was not enough to close down the healthy Cambridge margin which was maintained until the cessation of flying. We hope to repeat the strong performance at next year's contest to be held at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC.<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Julia Robson (capt), James Shaw, Fergus Noble<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (capt), Lukas Brandt<br />
<br />
After a number of unsuccessful attempts to organise a Varsity Match we finally met on a typical British summer's day in mid-July. The forecast was not looking promising for a soaring competition - overcast cloud with occasional light rain, but both teams began the process of getting checked out on Bicester's K-13s. We cut the required flight times down because of the bad weather - a 10 minute flight would count for scoring purposes, with a maximum flight time of 30 mins. Even so, by 4pm Cambridge were leading by just 17 points to 12 (with Fergus Noble scoring for Cambridge and Natasha Spottiswoode for Oxford).<br />
<br />
Throughout the afternoon we had been tracking a promising patch of sunlight which had slowly been working its way towards us; unfortunately, it looked like it would reach us just as we were packing up. James Shaw (Cambridge) took off in a K-13 intending to perform a hangar landing, came off the winch and immediately turned into a 2kt thermal and began climbing away.<br />
<br />
Lukas Brandt (Oxford) immediately jumped into the other K-13 and launched into a strong thermal. After climbing to 3,000ft he displayed a mastery of Varsity Match tactics, using his airbrakes to descend quickly in order to maximise the amount of time spent climbing in thermals. Unfortunately he came unstuck when he was unable to find another thermal, and he was forced to land with a score of 40 points.<br />
<br />
At this point Oxford could see James still racking up the points for Cambridge and knew they needed another scoring flight to be in with a chance. They deployed their home-field advantage, pulling rank to ensure that Natasha Spottiswoode took off in the final flight of the day. To Cambridge's dismay, she also started climbing away after some initial trouble.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, James landed his flight after 28 minutes in the air, scoring 71 points (bringing Cambridge's total to 88) and setting Oxford a target of 49 from Natasha's flight to win. At this point it was approaching 6pm and it wasn't clear how long the thermals would continue. We thought it would be close, but as Natasha continually found thermal after thermal to stay up we realised that the match was slipping away from us. Just after 6pm she landed after an excellent flight, scoring 89 points and handing Oxford a comprehensive victory.<br />
<br />
=== 2010 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Philippa Roberts (capt), Graham Spelman<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Lukas Brandt, Rory Barker<br />
<br />
The 2010 Varsity match was held during the Inter-University Gliding Task Week at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC. Saturday was unsoarable so on Sunday 8th July a team of four pilots from each club rigged their gliders in anticipation of the good weather. Philippa Roberts, Cambridge Captain and Lukas Brandt, Oxford launched first to test the conditions, they were closely followed by Graham Spelman, Cambridge and Rory Barker, Oxford. Lukas and Philippa flew a very close match with only 2 points between them; unfortunately for the Cambridge side Rory beat Graham by 72 points. Tragically the weekend's flying was cut short by the death of Miss Amy Barsby in an accident. Amy, 25, a pilot from Trinity College Dublin contributed a lot to university gliding and we would like to take this opportunity to recognise that contribution.<br />
<br />
=== 2009 ===<br />
<br />
On the weekend of the 27th/28th June 09, Cambridge University Gliding Club travelled to Oxford University's home club at RAF Bicester for the 2009 Gliding Varsity Match. Their aim was to keep the Varsity Cup for the sport of soaring the sky at Cambridge for another year. The five person team knew they were up against tough competition, as the Oxford team held the advantage in qualifications and experience. The Saturday started with a real surprise for a gliding competition; the weather was fantastic! The airfield was set up quickly and the necessary check flights made by the visiting team, to familiarise themselves with the airfield and local airspace (there is a nearby parachute drop zone – not a good place to be in a glider!). With these chores completed, Julia and Becca kicked things off for the Cambridge team, flying in K13s, and both gaining very respectable scores of around 130 points (1 point per minute, up to 50 minutes, plus 2 points per 100 ft sustained height gain). However, Oxford countered with two very good flights, as Lukas and Felix went off in their hotships, into the best of a good day's weather. Their better gliders and slightly dubious pull-up tactics led to some truly amazing scores of 235 and 276 points, gaining between the two of them more than the entire Oxford team last year. Peter then flew in a borrowed glider, making Cambridge's best scoring flight yet. Most of the remaining members of both teams made their flights that afternoon, and the evening showed Oxford out in the lead. Sunday's weather was not quite what Saturday's had been, but there were still plenty of thermals about, so there were many efforts from the Cambridge team to better their previous scores. Peter made another impressive scoring flight of 212 points, in CUGC's new glider; an ASW19 with the tail letters CU, but no one else was able to improve in the slightly poorer weather.<br />
<br />
=== 2007 ===<br />
<br />
After a defeat at home in 2006, Cambridge arrived at RAF Bicester eager to take back the Varsity Trophy. As was the case for much of the season, the weather was proving to be rather uncooperative. However, by early afternoon the sky cleared enough that the match could begin. Soaring conditions remained very difficult and both teams found it hard to make significant height gains. In the end though, a trio of strong performances from Nick Laux, Adam Spikings and Peter Buchlovsky sealed the day, with us eventually winning by 112 points to 85.<br />
<br />
=== 2006 ===<br />
<br />
Sadly, the match was pushed back to August from projected dates in June due to weather and other uncontrollable delays. When the day did arrive, the visiting Oxford side was on excellent form, with Cambridge struggling to put out a whole team due to the holidays. After a hard day’s competition in difficult conditions, Oxford won by a fair margin, leaving Cambridge disappointed but keen for the replay in 2007.<br />
<br />
=== 2002 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Paul Flower & Charlotte Morley<br />
<br />
=== 2001 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: John Hingley, Paul Flower, John Glass, James Lloyd-Hughes & Tom Bishop<br />
<br />
=== 1998 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Jay Rebbeck, Debbie Thomas, Stuart Crawshaw & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1997 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Debbie Thomas & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1995 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Stuart Crawshaw, Henry Rebbeck ,Mark Williams, Alex Parr, Ian Lewis & Kingsley Reavell<br />
<br />
=== 1994 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: James Chappell, Stuart Crawshaw, John Moore, Mark Williams & Henry Rebbeck<br />
<br />
=== 1993 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Jagdip Grewal, Harjinder Obhi, James Chappell, John Moore, Malte Grosche & Stuart Crawshaw<br />
<br />
=== 1992 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Damian Debski, Malte Grosche, Stuart Morgan, Harjinder Obhi, Peter Topping, Matthew Turnbull & John Moore<br />
<br />
=== 1989 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: David Heath-Whyte, Derek Prinsen, Graham Armstrong, Frank Zachariasse & Margaret Oakes<br />
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[[Category:Advanced Gliding]]<br />
[[Category:Competitions]]<br />
[[Category:Reports]]</div>Webmasterhttps://wiki.cugc.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Varsity&diff=734Varsity2023-07-11T14:51:01Z<p>Webmaster: /* Rules */Reorganized rules for greater clarity, especially separating the scoring metric from the rules of general administration; updated rules by inserting clause 3.a, which was introduced in 2023.</p>
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<div>This is normally held annually, either at [[Gransden Lodge]] or OUGC's home airfield at RAF [[Bicester]]/RAF [[Weston-on-the-Green]], and is the traditional opportunity for us to show our skills against "the other place".<br />
<br />
The rules are simple: teams of 6 attempt to soar locally for up to 50 minutes, gaining one point per minute, climbing for 2 points per 100 ft, and then to land before the 50 minutes are up as there is then a deduction of 6 points per minute. Flights which receive no points for time are not allowed to claim height gains.<br />
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Women on the Varsity team can get a half-blue if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate. Men can also get a half-blue if they are holding a BGA Silver certificate, or if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate and fly the highest-scoring soaring flight on any given day.<br />
<br />
== Results ==<br />
<br />
''This record is incomplete. If you know any details of past varsity matches, please add them to this Wiki, or email the current [[Committee#Current committee|Webmaster]].''<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! Year !! Venue !! Result<br />
|-<br />
| 2023 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 753 Cambridge 612<br />
|-<br />
| 2022 Jun || RAF Weston-on-the-Green || Cambridge 584 Oxford 302<br />
|-<br />
| 2021 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 333 Oxford 279<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled due to Covid-19 —''<br />
|-<br />
| 2019 Jun || RAF Bicester || ???<br />
|-<br />
| 2018 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 814 Oxford 802<br />
|-<br />
| 2017 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 570 Cambridge 555<br />
|-<br />
| 2016 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 625 Oxford 496<br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 740 Cambridge 692<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 525 Cambridge 478<br />
|-<br />
| 2013 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 371 Cambridge 352<br />
|-<br />
| 2012 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 38 Oxford 16<br />
|-<br />
| 2011 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 129 Cambridge 88<br />
|-<br />
| 2010 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 496 Cambridge 426<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 Jun || RAF Bicester || Oxford 776 Cambridge 551<br />
|-<br />
| 2008 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2007 Jul || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 112 Oxford 85<br />
|-<br />
| 2006 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2005 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2004 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2003 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2002 Sep || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2001 Dec || RAF Bicester || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1999 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 || [[BGA ladder|Cross-country ladder]] || Oxford 14671 Cambridge 13112<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 Aug || RAF Bicester || Oxford 80 Cambridge 40<br />
|-<br />
| 1996 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled —''<br />
|-<br />
| 1995 May || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 1083 Cambridge 1054<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 May || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 458 Oxford 434<br />
|-<br />
| 1993 May || RAF Bicester || Oxford 213 Cambridge 194<br />
|-<br />
| 1992 April || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 192 Oxford 192<br />
|-<br />
| 1991 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1989 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won by 57 Points<br />
|-<br />
| 1988 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1987 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1986 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|}<br />
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== Rules ==<br />
<br />
=== General Rules ===<br />
<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">The competition shall span three days (forming a three-day "window"), where each day may or may not be valid as "competing days".</li><br />
<li value="2">Before the start of the competition, both team captains shall agree on the full set of rules, including the scoring metrics and normalization method to be used, as well as the addition/removal of clauses to/from this article.</li><br />
<li value="3">The number of pilots in each team shall not exceed six, and the team members shall be decided before the start of the competition. Provisional teams should be declared at least one week in advance.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li value="a">''As agreed at the 2023 Varsity Match.'' If it is not possible for all team members to be present across the full three-day window, then - on mutual approval from both team captains - team members may be decided day-by-day, before the first flight of each day, such that both teams have the same size on each day.</li></ol><br><br />
<li value="4">At the beginning of each day of the three-day window, before the first flight, both team captains shall agree on the validity of the day as a "competing day", as well as the scoring metric to be used for the day. This agreement shall not be rescinded, barring clause 4.b, or other exceptional circumstances.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><br />
<li value="a">All flights made during competing days are potentially valid scoring flights, unless they are unsafe.</li><br />
<li value="b">Each pilot may enter only one scoring flight for each competing day. A day should be declared void if it is not possible for at least three members of each team to attempt scoring flights.</li><br />
<ol style="list-style-type:lower-roman"><li value="i">Disqualified flights, and flights scoring zero points, are still considered attempted scoring flights.</li></ol><br><br />
<li value="c">Teams must record on their own logs the takeoff and landing time for each scoring flight made by a member of their own team. Failure to do so renders a flight invalid. An observer from each team shall be present at the launchpoint during all flights.</li><br />
<li value="d">It is typical, though not necessary, that only the four best scoring flights of each team are taken on each competing day.</li><br />
<li value="e">Unsafe flights are disqualified from scoring. Unsafe flights include, but are not limited to, flights which enter airspace, land out, make a final turn below 300ft QFE, exceed Va (max maneuvering speed), or generally show poor airmanship.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<li value="5">The scores for each competing day shall be normalized, so that the median score on each competing day is 100.</li><br />
<li value="6">At the end of the competition, the normalized points for all scoring flights shall be totalled, and the team with the most points shall be declared the winner.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
=== Scoring Metric for Soaring Flights ("Normal rules") ===<br />
<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">A point is awarded for each minute of flight up to 50 mins, after which six points will be deducted for each minute over. The lowest score which can be recorded is zero points.</li><br />
<li value="2">Two points are awarded for each 100 feet of height gained after the launch, provided the climb is maintained for 500 feet. Climbs less than 500 feet do not gain height points.</li><br />
<li value="3">A [[GPS trace|GPS or barograph trace]] must be submitted for a flight to be awarded height gain points. If this is not available, only time points will be awarded for the flight. It is the responsibility of each team to ensure that the trace of each scoring glider is captured.</li><br />
<li value="4">Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
=== Scoring Metric under Bad Weather ("Spot landings") ===<br />
''This article is incomplete. Please be patient while the page is being updated.''<br />
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=== Scoring Metric under Bad Weather ("Circuit flights") ===<br />
''As agreed at the 2012 Varsity Match''<br />
<br />
<ol><br />
<li value="1">Every 1 minute over 5 minutes is counted as one point.</li><br />
<li value="2">Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.</li><br />
</ol><br><br />
<br />
== Past reports ==<br />
<br />
=== 2019 ===<br />
<br />
Report by Charlie Brooker.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Scrub! Despite getting up very early, the decision was made to scrub Tuesday due to low cloud. CUGC instead watched a brief display of old cars on site at Bicester and played card games.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day2.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
Despite a poor start to the morning with solid cloud at 900ft and broken at 600ft, the weather improved over lunch. While the weather wasn’t kind enough to gift us with thermals for our standard height-gain competition rules, the cloud did lift enough for the bad weather rules: spot landings! <br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A marker would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down and roll to a stop as close to the line as possible. Wheel brake was strictly forbidden; all flights were taken in two-seaters and an instructor would be sat in the back of each flight to verify the lack of wheel brake. The distance between the glider’s main wheel and the marker would then be measured in Chris’ feet (Chris-ft). This distance was then added to 30 then 3000 would be divided by this result to give the score (i.e. with a distance, d, the score = 3000/(30+d) ), thereby giving a higher score for those who land closer to the marker.<br />
<br />
There was time for each team to attempt their first two spot landings on Wednesday afternoon, leaving Cambridge with a score of 86 and Oxford with 68.<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day3.jpg|thumb|right|Both teams on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
Thursday saw a markedly warmer weather; perfect for the beach but still no soaring to start with. So, it was agreed that the first round of spot landings would be completed, by which time some soaring may be possible. Cambridge scored a decisive lead in the spot landings, with CUGC flights from Hugh and Bonan both scoring above 60 points. <br />
<br />
As hoped, the sun came out and thermals began just before lunch! OUGC’s Chia-Man getting a 32-minute duration flight to give Oxford a clear soaring lead to begin with. The conditions were tricky; making one wrong decision left you low, scratching for height-gains and looking to land. OUGC scored very highly after lunch as well managing two 35-point soaring flights from Philipp and Arthur. CUGC’s best soaring flight was Timo’s 21 minutes.<br />
<br />
Once the thermals had stopped and the hangar had been packed, the task of tabulating the scores and discovering the winner began. <br />
<br />
Warning: boring technical details in this paragraph… To enable easier comparison between the scores for spot-landings and the scores for the soaring flights, both sets of scores were scaled and translated individually. This was done in such a way that the mean for the spot landings was 100 and the standard deviation was 15; the same was true of the set of soaring flight scores. This meant that the scores for each team could then be summed to give the total scores. Also, since Oxford’s sixth team member was unable to come to Varsity, Cambridge selected their five best soaring flights and their five best spot landings.<br />
<br />
==== Summary ====<br />
<br />
After significant calculations, the final score was: '''Oxford 1009 – 990 Cambridge''', a win for Oxford. CUGC would like to send a big “Thank you!” to OUGC and Bicester Gliding Club for hosting us; the clubhouse is very nice and the airfield seems to have an unlimited number of landing areas!<br />
<br />
We look forward to hosting OUGC at Gransden in summer 2020.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Spot Landing !! Normalised Soaring !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Charlie Brooker<br />
| 111.1<br />
| -<br />
| rowspan="6" | 990<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 113.2<br />
| 89.3<br />
|-<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 111.1<br />
| 84.0<br />
|-<br />
| Timo Wilken<br />
| -<br />
| 102.7<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 112.6<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Hayk Saribekyan<br />
| 83.9<br />
| 86.6<br />
|--<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | Oxford<br />
| Chia Man<br />
| 85.9<br />
| 117.4<br />
| rowspan="5" | 1009<br />
|-<br />
| Philipp<br />
| 92.1<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Francesca<br />
| 107.1<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Arthur<br />
| 110.6<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Antoine<br />
| 72.4<br />
| 85.3<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 ===<br />
<br />
The match was held from June 20th to 22nd, with the 21st being 'the day of the decade' with numerous 750km flights being conducted around the country.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Day 1 was weakly soarable, but we made the most of the day with both teams completing check flights and getting some practice in. Thursday and Friday were forecast to be big days so we were looking forward to the two day match. The Varsity match task is simple: points are earned for each 100ft of height gained within 50 minutes, with points also being awarded for time up to 50 minutes. However, points are taken away after 50 minutes so it is important to judge your flight time well.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day2.JPG|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions on the second day were perfectly suited for the first scoring day. The match began at noon, with an Oxford pilot launching first. CUGC’s president Chris Barrott launched soon after, completing what turned out to be the second highest scoring flight of the day in the [[Junior]], earning CUGC 280 points. He managed to make the most of the strong conditions and achieved over 10,000ft of height gain. The next Cambridge pilot to launch was Tomasz Cebo, who completed an hour-long flight in the [[:Category:CU|ASW19b]]. Just like the year before, he forgot about the 50-minute flight time limit – however he managed to find thermals towards the end of his flight that were so strong that this didn’t turn out to be a disadvantage, earning him a score of 238. Next in line was Cambridge’s captain Nat West. Launching in the [[K21]], he didn’t have as much luck finding strong thermals, achieving a score of 147 during a 49-minute flight. An hour later, Tomasz Cebo attempted a second flight and managed to improve upon his previous flight with a score of 255, this time adhering to the 50-minute flight limit. Hugh Hudson completed the last scoring flight of the day for Cambridge in the K21, achieving 209 points.<br />
<br />
Oxford put up a strong performance on the first scoring day. Artur Doshchyn achieved 323 points, by far the highest score of the day. After the second day, Oxford was leading the match with 432 normalised points vs Cambridge's 384. <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 121<br />
| rowspan="4" | 384<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| 110<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 90<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Artur Doshchyn<br />
| 139<br />
| rowspan="4" | 432<br />
|-<br />
| Tor Walberg<br />
| 117<br />
|-<br />
| Chia-Man Hung<br />
| 88<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant Riks<br />
| 88<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day3.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions were mostly blue and provided a more challenging day – a chance for a Cambridge<br />
comeback, perhaps. A small grid formed at the end of runway 04 and launching started at about 11:30. The match started at shortly after noon with the Oxford K21 taking the first launch again. Cambridge pilot Bonan Zhu launched right after in the ASW19b. He managed to connect with a thermal at 800ft and then climbed to 3000ft. Despite the sky being blue, he found an energy line near the airfield and rode along it. A flight duration of 49 minutes was achieved, gaining Cambridge 177 points. The second Cambridge pilot was Hugh Hudson. He scored 164 points in his flight with four respectable climbs in a K21. In the meantime, Tomasz Cebo was flying in the ASW19b and he achieved the highest score of the day in his third flight, 237, in six climbs. Afterwards Timo Wilken performed the fourth scoring flight of the day. He achieved a respectable score of 156 with two long climbs. The conditions started to deteriorate around 15:30 with increasing difficulty to connect with thermals off the winch. Daniel Morales Valdivia was the fifth pilot to attempt a score. He took off in the [[Perkoz|SZD-50-3]] with safety instructor Peter Warner at 1509 but had to land shortly after. At this point the thermals had become too weak, yet he still managed to achieve a respectable score of 55 given the conditions. We would also like to thank Cambridge pilot Stepan Chrz who acted as launch marshal to ensure efficient operation for both teams and kept the logs up to date. In the meantime, Oxford achieved a score of 190 and 184 in their first two flights but then struggled to get away for the third one. Two more successful scoring flights of 50-minute duration were achieved later in the day, despite weak conditions. Due to the fantastic performance of Cambridge’s pilots on the second scoring day, Cambridge made up for day one and won the Varsity match with a score of '''814 vs Oxford’s 802'''!<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
<br />
This year Gliding Varsity was hosted by Cambridge at their home airfield, Gransden Lodge. As it proved difficult to find a date that was suitable for as many pilots from Cambridge and O*ford as possible during summer, the event had to be postponed to late November. Usually the competition is based on cumulative height gain, but as there are few thermals this time of the year, both teams agreed to do spot landings instead.<br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A line would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down after the line, but come to a halt as close to the line as possible. The distance between the position where the glider stops and the line would be used to determine the score – since a smaller distance equals more piloting skill, it was decided to evaluate the score as 10,000 times the inverse of the distance in meters. In other words, the smaller the stopping distance, the better.<br />
<br />
For some, the events of that day started earlier than for others. The O*ford team had to leave the other place at 6:30am whereas most of the Cambridge team members decided to start off the day with an unhurried breakfast to gather strength and be prepared to face the gruesome challenges of competition day. All pilots met at the airfield at 9:00am. After every pilot had a chance to introduce himself, the aircraft were removed from the hangar and transported to the launch point. Andrew Watson, CUGC’s experienced instructor, did check flights with the O*ford pilots to make sure they were fit to fly solo. After all preparatory actions were taken, the match was ready to begin.<br />
<br />
Chris Barrott, a CUGC fresher with a solid background in gliding, started off the match by scoring a phenomenal 73.2m in the PZL [[Junior]], the shortest distance achieved that day in the Junior. Considering that this aircraft does not have wheel brakes, a significant handicap, this was all the more impressive. But CUGC was yet to make use of its most fierce weapon, experienced Polish glider pilot Tomasz Cebo. Flying the [[K21]], he scored an incredible 54.1m, the shortest distance achieved during the entire competition. O*ford’s hearts sank in despair.<br />
<br />
Next in line was Bonan Zhu, long-time CUGC member, who scored a respectable 82.6m in the Junior, despite the lack of wheel brakes. Bonan was followed by Nathanael West, CUGC’s captain, who, in light of his team mates’ successes, was determined to deliver a top score as well. He was able to compensate his lack in piloting skill by utilising his arm strength to pull back extra hard on the wheel brakes, thereby scoring 54.9m, less than a meter behind Polish weapon Tomasz.<br />
<br />
Next was Vikram Giri, CUGC’s president, who made an ambitious effort in the K21, however unfortunately during review of the video footage it was determined that he touched down a couple of feet before the line, thus invalidating his otherwise flawless attempt. German mathematician Matthis ‘the brain’ Lehmkühler concluded the match for CUGC with the most ambitious attempt of the day, pushing his glider to the absolute limit. However his landing suffered from the same problem as Vikram’s, he as well touched down a bit too early.<br />
<br />
To summarise, CUGC managed to deliver an impressive overall performance, achieving a total score of '''625 points vs Oxford’s 496'''.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Aircraft !! Distance !! Score !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| Junior<br />
| 73.2<br />
| 136.6<br />
| rowspan="6" | 625<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.1<br />
| 184.8<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| Junior<br />
| 82.6<br />
| 121.1<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.9<br />
| 182.1<br />
|-<br />
| Matthis Lehmkuhler<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
| Vikram Giri<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Oxford<br />
| Charlie<br />
| K21<br />
| 73.3<br />
| 136.4<br />
| rowspan="6" | 496<br />
|-<br />
| Elliot<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 209.7<br />
| 47.7<br />
|-<br />
| Anthony<br />
| K21<br />
| 75.2<br />
| 133.0<br />
|-<br />
| Julie<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 230.3<br />
| 43.4<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant<br />
| Junior<br />
| 74.0<br />
| 135.1<br />
|-<br />
| Cecilia<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 ===<br />
<br />
This year we were blessed with some fantastic weather for the Annual varsity match. The Oxford team came to Gransden for 2 days, where a strong performance on the first day secured their ultimate victory, with the scores at '''525 to Oxford, and 478 to Cambridge'''.<br />
<br />
Oxford brought their [[Astir]]-CS (single seat), and [[K21|ASK-21]] (two seat) gliders to fly in the competition, while Cambridge flew their [[:Category:CU|ASW-19]] (single seat) with one of CGC's [[Junior|SZD-Juniors]] (single seat).<br />
<br />
Flying for Cambridge, were:<br />
<br />
* Joe Roberts<br />
* Malcolm Morgan<br />
* Monique van Beek<br />
* Bonan Zhu<br />
* Nadanai Laohakunakorn <br />
<br />
And for Oxford:<br />
<br />
* Chris Ballance<br />
* Hayden Peacock<br />
* Adam Bozson<br />
* Qin Cao<br />
* Max Chamberlin<br />
<br />
The first day was particularly challenging, with thermic activity not starting until quite late. Matters were made harder by a stiff 15-20kt wind from the North East, something which hurt competitors piloting the lower performance ASK-21 and SZD-Junior gliders more. Cambridge were also plagued with an instrumentation fault in their flagship glider, G-CUGC, where the Variometer (vertical speed indicator) was not functioning at all.<br />
<br />
The results for the first day were as follows:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:33<br />
| 4600 ft<br />
| 125<br />
| 62<br />
| rowspan="4" | 141<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 4800 ft<br />
| 144<br />
| 72<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:14<br />
| 0<br />
| 14<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 0:15<br />
| 0<br />
| 15<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:53<br />
| 6500 ft<br />
| 168<br />
| 84<br />
| rowspan="4" | 219<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 7500 ft<br />
| 200<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:23<br />
| 1900 ft<br />
| 61<br />
| 30<br />
|-<br />
| Qin Cao<br />
| 0:09<br />
| 0<br />
| 9<br />
| 4<br />
|}<br />
<br />
After Oxford had made so much out of what little the first day had to offer, some excellent flying was needed from Cambridge if they were to be in with a chance. Luckily the weather for the day was shaping up to fantastic: Although much of the wind from day 1 remained, thermal activity in excess of 6kts netto was forecast throughout the day, with convective cloudbases up to 5000ft. Full results were as follows: <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7200 ft<br />
| 193<br />
| 79<br />
| rowspan="4" | 337<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 8200 ft<br />
| 214<br />
| 87<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 6200 ft<br />
| 173<br />
| 70<br />
|-<br />
| Nadanai Laohakunakorn<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 9800 ft<br />
| 244<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 9400 ft<br />
| 238<br />
| 97<br />
| rowspan="4" | 306<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 5200 ft<br />
| 154<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7700 ft<br />
| 203<br />
| 83<br />
|-<br />
| Max Chamberlin<br />
| 0:47<br />
| 5300 ft<br />
| 153<br />
| 62<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite fierce competition, and 1/2 their team still flying with one of the most crucial soaring instruments malfunctioning, Cambridge still managed an exceptional performance edging ahead of Oxford by 31 points. This still wasn't enough to counter Oxfords day one achievements, '''giving ultimate victory for the 2014 Gliding Varsity to the University of Oxford'''.<br />
<br />
Many congratulations to all who competed: everyone had an enormous amount of fun, and there was some truly phenomenal flying. We look forward to next year when we can challenge Oxford once more, at their home airfield.<br />
<br />
; Author : Joe Roberts<br />
; Submitted : Thu, 04/09/2014 17:45<br />
<br />
=== 2013 ===<br />
<br />
In a closely contested varsity match at Bicester, Oxford won by 371 points to 352.<br />
<br />
Captain Malcolm Morgan and Joe Roberts represented Cambridge against Chris Ballance and Matt from Oxford.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 &ndash; Saturday 31st August ====<br />
<br />
With a day of good soaring forecast, check flights were done in the morning and the competition begun in earnest. Each pilot would submit their best flight of the day for scoring and scores would be normalised for comparison over the two days.<br />
<br />
With the strong soaring conditions flights up to the maximum time of 50 minute were easy, so both teams were trying to maximise their score by flying as close to 50 minutes as possible and with out incurring the 6 point penalty per minute over, and scoring as many height gain points as possible, by climbing and descending repeatedly to get 2 points for each 100ft of height gain. Both teams were flying K-8 single seat gliders.<br />
<br />
Six flights were submitted for scoring, both Malcolm (Cambridge) and Matt (Oxford) taking advantage of the improving conditions though the day to improve on their original scores. Notable flights were Chris (Oxford) doing the largest single height gain of 3,500 ft and Joe (Cambridge) performing a successful scoring flight on his first flight in a K-8.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 6,300 || 176 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 45 || 6,300 || 171 || 97<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 45 || 5,700 || 159 || 90<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 47 || 5,100 || 149 || 85<br />
|}<br />
<br />
At the end of the day Oxford has a small lead with 188 to Cambridge's 185 points. Rivalry was put aside as the team retired to the bar.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 &ndash; Sunday 1st September ====<br />
<br />
With the score so close the competition heated up for the second and final day of the completion. The conditions had changed. It was a 'blue day' meaning there were no clouds to mark the locations of the thermals, and strong winds bringing wave interference from the welsh mountains.<br />
<br />
The day started slowly with both teams waiting for a layer of hazy cloud to clear and signs of thermals. Malcolm (Cambridge) made the first move launching at 12:45, and submitting another 50 minute flight, by using side slipping to descend 2,500 ft in two minutes. Oxford soon followed with Chris (Oxford) getting the highest climb of the day.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 3,900 || 128 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 49 || 3,600 || 121 || 98<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 50 || 3,200 || 114 || 95<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 51 || 2,100 || 86 || 67<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite Cambridge's best efforts Oxford had managed to slightly extend their early lead to give a final score of Oxford 371, Cambridge 352.<br />
<br />
Both teams retired to club house for celebratory pizza before returning home. We would like to thank OUGC for organising the Varsity Match and to Windrushers Gliding Club for hosting the competition. We look forward to next years match. <br />
<br />
; Author : Malcolm Morgan<br />
; Submitted : Mon, 02/09/2013 10:40<br />
<br />
=== 2012 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Malcolm Morgan (captain), Iain Butler, Fiona Llewellyn-Beard<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (captain), Chris Ballance, Joel Scott-Halkes<br />
<br />
After a succession of abortive attempts at the Varsity Match (each one foiled by poor weather), we were very pleased to be able welcome members of Oxford University Gliding Club to Gransden Lodge on a cloudy Sunday late in the soaring season. Each Club fielded a team of three pilots of mixed ability, with one pre-solo pilot from each University competing in a two-seat glider under the watchful eye of an instructor. Owing to the weak soaring conditions, we agreed to use a variation of the standard rules: flights would score one point for each minute of flight after five minutes, and each pilot submits his best-scoring flight of the day towards the team total.<br />
<br />
A passing rain shower delayed the first launch until eleven o'clock.<br />
<br />
Chris Ballance (Oxford) and Iain Butler (Cambridge) completed check-flights with an instructor, obtaining clearance to fly solo in the two Junior single-seat gliders operated by Cambridge Gliding Centre. Early scoring was dominated by Malcolm Morgan of the Cambridge team who showed his experience by clocking up a flight of 31 hard-won minutes in the Junior, working hard at patchy, weak lift in difficult conditions that called for accurate flying and sharp decision-making.<br />
<br />
This flight would prove to be decisive: it alone outscored the combined efforts of the Oxford team!<br />
<br />
Natasha Spottiswoode and Joel Scott-Halkes posted scoring flights for Oxford, while Iain Butler took advantage of the rising air triggered by a combine harvester working in a nearby field to score secure a useful 13 minutes for Cambridge. Fiona Llewellyn-Beard, flying in a two-seat glider, also scored valuable points for the home side.<br />
<br />
Conditions strengthened somewhat as the evening approached: Chris and Natasha took the opportunity to improve on their earlier scores, but it was not enough to close down the healthy Cambridge margin which was maintained until the cessation of flying. We hope to repeat the strong performance at next year's contest to be held at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC.<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Julia Robson (capt), James Shaw, Fergus Noble<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (capt), Lukas Brandt<br />
<br />
After a number of unsuccessful attempts to organise a Varsity Match we finally met on a typical British summer's day in mid-July. The forecast was not looking promising for a soaring competition - overcast cloud with occasional light rain, but both teams began the process of getting checked out on Bicester's K-13s. We cut the required flight times down because of the bad weather - a 10 minute flight would count for scoring purposes, with a maximum flight time of 30 mins. Even so, by 4pm Cambridge were leading by just 17 points to 12 (with Fergus Noble scoring for Cambridge and Natasha Spottiswoode for Oxford).<br />
<br />
Throughout the afternoon we had been tracking a promising patch of sunlight which had slowly been working its way towards us; unfortunately, it looked like it would reach us just as we were packing up. James Shaw (Cambridge) took off in a K-13 intending to perform a hangar landing, came off the winch and immediately turned into a 2kt thermal and began climbing away.<br />
<br />
Lukas Brandt (Oxford) immediately jumped into the other K-13 and launched into a strong thermal. After climbing to 3,000ft he displayed a mastery of Varsity Match tactics, using his airbrakes to descend quickly in order to maximise the amount of time spent climbing in thermals. Unfortunately he came unstuck when he was unable to find another thermal, and he was forced to land with a score of 40 points.<br />
<br />
At this point Oxford could see James still racking up the points for Cambridge and knew they needed another scoring flight to be in with a chance. They deployed their home-field advantage, pulling rank to ensure that Natasha Spottiswoode took off in the final flight of the day. To Cambridge's dismay, she also started climbing away after some initial trouble.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, James landed his flight after 28 minutes in the air, scoring 71 points (bringing Cambridge's total to 88) and setting Oxford a target of 49 from Natasha's flight to win. At this point it was approaching 6pm and it wasn't clear how long the thermals would continue. We thought it would be close, but as Natasha continually found thermal after thermal to stay up we realised that the match was slipping away from us. Just after 6pm she landed after an excellent flight, scoring 89 points and handing Oxford a comprehensive victory.<br />
<br />
=== 2010 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Philippa Roberts (capt), Graham Spelman<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Lukas Brandt, Rory Barker<br />
<br />
The 2010 Varsity match was held during the Inter-University Gliding Task Week at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC. Saturday was unsoarable so on Sunday 8th July a team of four pilots from each club rigged their gliders in anticipation of the good weather. Philippa Roberts, Cambridge Captain and Lukas Brandt, Oxford launched first to test the conditions, they were closely followed by Graham Spelman, Cambridge and Rory Barker, Oxford. Lukas and Philippa flew a very close match with only 2 points between them; unfortunately for the Cambridge side Rory beat Graham by 72 points. Tragically the weekend's flying was cut short by the death of Miss Amy Barsby in an accident. Amy, 25, a pilot from Trinity College Dublin contributed a lot to university gliding and we would like to take this opportunity to recognise that contribution.<br />
<br />
=== 2009 ===<br />
<br />
On the weekend of the 27th/28th June 09, Cambridge University Gliding Club travelled to Oxford University's home club at RAF Bicester for the 2009 Gliding Varsity Match. Their aim was to keep the Varsity Cup for the sport of soaring the sky at Cambridge for another year. The five person team knew they were up against tough competition, as the Oxford team held the advantage in qualifications and experience. The Saturday started with a real surprise for a gliding competition; the weather was fantastic! The airfield was set up quickly and the necessary check flights made by the visiting team, to familiarise themselves with the airfield and local airspace (there is a nearby parachute drop zone – not a good place to be in a glider!). With these chores completed, Julia and Becca kicked things off for the Cambridge team, flying in K13s, and both gaining very respectable scores of around 130 points (1 point per minute, up to 50 minutes, plus 2 points per 100 ft sustained height gain). However, Oxford countered with two very good flights, as Lukas and Felix went off in their hotships, into the best of a good day's weather. Their better gliders and slightly dubious pull-up tactics led to some truly amazing scores of 235 and 276 points, gaining between the two of them more than the entire Oxford team last year. Peter then flew in a borrowed glider, making Cambridge's best scoring flight yet. Most of the remaining members of both teams made their flights that afternoon, and the evening showed Oxford out in the lead. Sunday's weather was not quite what Saturday's had been, but there were still plenty of thermals about, so there were many efforts from the Cambridge team to better their previous scores. Peter made another impressive scoring flight of 212 points, in CUGC's new glider; an ASW19 with the tail letters CU, but no one else was able to improve in the slightly poorer weather.<br />
<br />
=== 2007 ===<br />
<br />
After a defeat at home in 2006, Cambridge arrived at RAF Bicester eager to take back the Varsity Trophy. As was the case for much of the season, the weather was proving to be rather uncooperative. However, by early afternoon the sky cleared enough that the match could begin. Soaring conditions remained very difficult and both teams found it hard to make significant height gains. In the end though, a trio of strong performances from Nick Laux, Adam Spikings and Peter Buchlovsky sealed the day, with us eventually winning by 112 points to 85.<br />
<br />
=== 2006 ===<br />
<br />
Sadly, the match was pushed back to August from projected dates in June due to weather and other uncontrollable delays. When the day did arrive, the visiting Oxford side was on excellent form, with Cambridge struggling to put out a whole team due to the holidays. After a hard day’s competition in difficult conditions, Oxford won by a fair margin, leaving Cambridge disappointed but keen for the replay in 2007.<br />
<br />
=== 2002 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Paul Flower & Charlotte Morley<br />
<br />
=== 2001 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: John Hingley, Paul Flower, John Glass, James Lloyd-Hughes & Tom Bishop<br />
<br />
=== 1998 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Jay Rebbeck, Debbie Thomas, Stuart Crawshaw & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1997 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Debbie Thomas & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1995 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Stuart Crawshaw, Henry Rebbeck ,Mark Williams, Alex Parr, Ian Lewis & Kingsley Reavell<br />
<br />
=== 1994 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: James Chappell, Stuart Crawshaw, John Moore, Mark Williams & Henry Rebbeck<br />
<br />
=== 1993 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Jagdip Grewal, Harjinder Obhi, James Chappell, John Moore, Malte Grosche & Stuart Crawshaw<br />
<br />
=== 1992 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Damian Debski, Malte Grosche, Stuart Morgan, Harjinder Obhi, Peter Topping, Matthew Turnbull & John Moore<br />
<br />
=== 1989 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: David Heath-Whyte, Derek Prinsen, Graham Armstrong, Frank Zachariasse & Margaret Oakes<br />
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<div>This is normally held annually, either at [[Gransden Lodge]] or OUGC's home airfield at RAF [[Bicester]]/RAF [[Weston-on-the-Green]], and is the traditional opportunity for us to show our skills against "the other place".<br />
<br />
The rules are simple: teams of 6 attempt to soar locally for up to 50 minutes, gaining one point per minute, climbing for 2 points per 100 ft, and then to land before the 50 minutes are up as there is then a deduction of 6 points per minute. Flights which receive no points for time are not allowed to claim height gains.<br />
<br />
Women on the Varsity team can get a half-blue if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate. Men can also get a half-blue if they are holding a BGA Silver certificate, or if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate and fly the highest-scoring soaring flight on any given day.<br />
<br />
== Results ==<br />
<br />
''This record is incomplete. If you know any details of past varsity matches, please add them to this Wiki, or email the current [[Committee#Current committee|Webmaster]].''<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! Year !! Venue !! Result<br />
|-<br />
| 2023 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 753 Cambridge 612<br />
|-<br />
| 2022 Jun || RAF Weston-on-the-Green || Cambridge 584 Oxford 302<br />
|-<br />
| 2021 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 333 Oxford 279<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled due to Covid-19 —''<br />
|-<br />
| 2019 Jun || RAF Bicester || ???<br />
|-<br />
| 2018 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 814 Oxford 802<br />
|-<br />
| 2017 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 570 Cambridge 555<br />
|-<br />
| 2016 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 625 Oxford 496<br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 740 Cambridge 692<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 525 Cambridge 478<br />
|-<br />
| 2013 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 371 Cambridge 352<br />
|-<br />
| 2012 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 38 Oxford 16<br />
|-<br />
| 2011 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 129 Cambridge 88<br />
|-<br />
| 2010 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 496 Cambridge 426<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 Jun || RAF Bicester || Oxford 776 Cambridge 551<br />
|-<br />
| 2008 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2007 Jul || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 112 Oxford 85<br />
|-<br />
| 2006 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2005 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2004 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2003 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2002 Sep || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2001 Dec || RAF Bicester || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1999 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 || [[BGA ladder|Cross-country ladder]] || Oxford 14671 Cambridge 13112<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 Aug || RAF Bicester || Oxford 80 Cambridge 40<br />
|-<br />
| 1996 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled —''<br />
|-<br />
| 1995 May || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 1083 Cambridge 1054<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 May || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 458 Oxford 434<br />
|-<br />
| 1993 May || RAF Bicester || Oxford 213 Cambridge 194<br />
|-<br />
| 1992 April || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 192 Oxford 192<br />
|-<br />
| 1991 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1989 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won by 57 Points<br />
|-<br />
| 1988 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1987 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1986 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Rules ==<br />
<br />
=== Normal rules ===<br />
<br />
# A point is awarded for each minute of flight up to 50 mins, after which six points will be deducted for each minute over. The lowest score which can be recorded is 0 points. Two points are awarded for each 100 feet of height gained after the launch provided the climb is maintained for 500 feet. Climbs less than 500 feet do not gain height points.<br />
# The number of pilots in each team should not exceed six and the team members must be decided before the start of the competition. Provisional teams should be declared at least one week in advance.<br />
# Each pilot can enter only one scoring flight for each day of the competition. A day should be declared void if it is not possible for at least three members of each team to fly.<br />
# Teams must record on their own logs the takeoff and landing time for each scoring flight made by a member of their team. Failure to do so renders a flight invalid. An observer from each team shall be present at the launch point during all flights.<br />
# A [[GPS trace|barograph trace]] must be submitted for a flight to be awarded height gain points. If this is not available only time points will be awarded for the flight. It is the responsibility of each team to make sure a working barograph is carried in each scoring glider.<br />
# Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.<br />
# All flights made during the days of the competitions are potentially valid scoring flights. At the end of each day, teams will submit the takeoff/landing times and trace for the best flight made by each team member.<br />
# All flights must follow airspace rules and show good airmanship. Flights entering airspace will be disqualified.<br />
# At the end of the competition, points for all scoring flights will be totalled and the team with the most points will be declared the winner.<br />
<br />
=== Bad weather rules ===<br />
<br />
''As agreed at the 2012 Varsity Match''<br />
<br />
# Every 1 minute over 5 minutes is counted as one point, each pilot submits the best flight of the day.<br />
# Scores for each university are aggregated, the university with the highest score wins.<br />
# Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.<br />
# Flights making their final turn below 300ft will not score, nor will land out flights.<br />
<br />
== Past reports ==<br />
<br />
=== 2019 ===<br />
<br />
Report by Charlie Brooker.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Scrub! Despite getting up very early, the decision was made to scrub Tuesday due to low cloud. CUGC instead watched a brief display of old cars on site at Bicester and played card games.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day2.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
Despite a poor start to the morning with solid cloud at 900ft and broken at 600ft, the weather improved over lunch. While the weather wasn’t kind enough to gift us with thermals for our standard height-gain competition rules, the cloud did lift enough for the bad weather rules: spot landings! <br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A marker would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down and roll to a stop as close to the line as possible. Wheel brake was strictly forbidden; all flights were taken in two-seaters and an instructor would be sat in the back of each flight to verify the lack of wheel brake. The distance between the glider’s main wheel and the marker would then be measured in Chris’ feet (Chris-ft). This distance was then added to 30 then 3000 would be divided by this result to give the score (i.e. with a distance, d, the score = 3000/(30+d) ), thereby giving a higher score for those who land closer to the marker.<br />
<br />
There was time for each team to attempt their first two spot landings on Wednesday afternoon, leaving Cambridge with a score of 86 and Oxford with 68.<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day3.jpg|thumb|right|Both teams on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
Thursday saw a markedly warmer weather; perfect for the beach but still no soaring to start with. So, it was agreed that the first round of spot landings would be completed, by which time some soaring may be possible. Cambridge scored a decisive lead in the spot landings, with CUGC flights from Hugh and Bonan both scoring above 60 points. <br />
<br />
As hoped, the sun came out and thermals began just before lunch! OUGC’s Chia-Man getting a 32-minute duration flight to give Oxford a clear soaring lead to begin with. The conditions were tricky; making one wrong decision left you low, scratching for height-gains and looking to land. OUGC scored very highly after lunch as well managing two 35-point soaring flights from Philipp and Arthur. CUGC’s best soaring flight was Timo’s 21 minutes.<br />
<br />
Once the thermals had stopped and the hangar had been packed, the task of tabulating the scores and discovering the winner began. <br />
<br />
Warning: boring technical details in this paragraph… To enable easier comparison between the scores for spot-landings and the scores for the soaring flights, both sets of scores were scaled and translated individually. This was done in such a way that the mean for the spot landings was 100 and the standard deviation was 15; the same was true of the set of soaring flight scores. This meant that the scores for each team could then be summed to give the total scores. Also, since Oxford’s sixth team member was unable to come to Varsity, Cambridge selected their five best soaring flights and their five best spot landings.<br />
<br />
==== Summary ====<br />
<br />
After significant calculations, the final score was: '''Oxford 1009 – 990 Cambridge''', a win for Oxford. CUGC would like to send a big “Thank you!” to OUGC and Bicester Gliding Club for hosting us; the clubhouse is very nice and the airfield seems to have an unlimited number of landing areas!<br />
<br />
We look forward to hosting OUGC at Gransden in summer 2020.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Spot Landing !! Normalised Soaring !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Charlie Brooker<br />
| 111.1<br />
| -<br />
| rowspan="6" | 990<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 113.2<br />
| 89.3<br />
|-<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 111.1<br />
| 84.0<br />
|-<br />
| Timo Wilken<br />
| -<br />
| 102.7<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 112.6<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Hayk Saribekyan<br />
| 83.9<br />
| 86.6<br />
|--<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | Oxford<br />
| Chia Man<br />
| 85.9<br />
| 117.4<br />
| rowspan="5" | 1009<br />
|-<br />
| Philipp<br />
| 92.1<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Francesca<br />
| 107.1<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Arthur<br />
| 110.6<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Antoine<br />
| 72.4<br />
| 85.3<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 ===<br />
<br />
The match was held from June 20th to 22nd, with the 21st being 'the day of the decade' with numerous 750km flights being conducted around the country.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Day 1 was weakly soarable, but we made the most of the day with both teams completing check flights and getting some practice in. Thursday and Friday were forecast to be big days so we were looking forward to the two day match. The Varsity match task is simple: points are earned for each 100ft of height gained within 50 minutes, with points also being awarded for time up to 50 minutes. However, points are taken away after 50 minutes so it is important to judge your flight time well.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day2.JPG|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions on the second day were perfectly suited for the first scoring day. The match began at noon, with an Oxford pilot launching first. CUGC’s president Chris Barrott launched soon after, completing what turned out to be the second highest scoring flight of the day in the [[Junior]], earning CUGC 280 points. He managed to make the most of the strong conditions and achieved over 10,000ft of height gain. The next Cambridge pilot to launch was Tomasz Cebo, who completed an hour-long flight in the [[:Category:CU|ASW19b]]. Just like the year before, he forgot about the 50-minute flight time limit – however he managed to find thermals towards the end of his flight that were so strong that this didn’t turn out to be a disadvantage, earning him a score of 238. Next in line was Cambridge’s captain Nat West. Launching in the [[K21]], he didn’t have as much luck finding strong thermals, achieving a score of 147 during a 49-minute flight. An hour later, Tomasz Cebo attempted a second flight and managed to improve upon his previous flight with a score of 255, this time adhering to the 50-minute flight limit. Hugh Hudson completed the last scoring flight of the day for Cambridge in the K21, achieving 209 points.<br />
<br />
Oxford put up a strong performance on the first scoring day. Artur Doshchyn achieved 323 points, by far the highest score of the day. After the second day, Oxford was leading the match with 432 normalised points vs Cambridge's 384. <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 121<br />
| rowspan="4" | 384<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| 110<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 90<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Artur Doshchyn<br />
| 139<br />
| rowspan="4" | 432<br />
|-<br />
| Tor Walberg<br />
| 117<br />
|-<br />
| Chia-Man Hung<br />
| 88<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant Riks<br />
| 88<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day3.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions were mostly blue and provided a more challenging day – a chance for a Cambridge<br />
comeback, perhaps. A small grid formed at the end of runway 04 and launching started at about 11:30. The match started at shortly after noon with the Oxford K21 taking the first launch again. Cambridge pilot Bonan Zhu launched right after in the ASW19b. He managed to connect with a thermal at 800ft and then climbed to 3000ft. Despite the sky being blue, he found an energy line near the airfield and rode along it. A flight duration of 49 minutes was achieved, gaining Cambridge 177 points. The second Cambridge pilot was Hugh Hudson. He scored 164 points in his flight with four respectable climbs in a K21. In the meantime, Tomasz Cebo was flying in the ASW19b and he achieved the highest score of the day in his third flight, 237, in six climbs. Afterwards Timo Wilken performed the fourth scoring flight of the day. He achieved a respectable score of 156 with two long climbs. The conditions started to deteriorate around 15:30 with increasing difficulty to connect with thermals off the winch. Daniel Morales Valdivia was the fifth pilot to attempt a score. He took off in the [[Perkoz|SZD-50-3]] with safety instructor Peter Warner at 1509 but had to land shortly after. At this point the thermals had become too weak, yet he still managed to achieve a respectable score of 55 given the conditions. We would also like to thank Cambridge pilot Stepan Chrz who acted as launch marshal to ensure efficient operation for both teams and kept the logs up to date. In the meantime, Oxford achieved a score of 190 and 184 in their first two flights but then struggled to get away for the third one. Two more successful scoring flights of 50-minute duration were achieved later in the day, despite weak conditions. Due to the fantastic performance of Cambridge’s pilots on the second scoring day, Cambridge made up for day one and won the Varsity match with a score of '''814 vs Oxford’s 802'''!<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
<br />
This year Gliding Varsity was hosted by Cambridge at their home airfield, Gransden Lodge. As it proved difficult to find a date that was suitable for as many pilots from Cambridge and O*ford as possible during summer, the event had to be postponed to late November. Usually the competition is based on cumulative height gain, but as there are few thermals this time of the year, both teams agreed to do spot landings instead.<br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A line would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down after the line, but come to a halt as close to the line as possible. The distance between the position where the glider stops and the line would be used to determine the score – since a smaller distance equals more piloting skill, it was decided to evaluate the score as 10,000 times the inverse of the distance in meters. In other words, the smaller the stopping distance, the better.<br />
<br />
For some, the events of that day started earlier than for others. The O*ford team had to leave the other place at 6:30am whereas most of the Cambridge team members decided to start off the day with an unhurried breakfast to gather strength and be prepared to face the gruesome challenges of competition day. All pilots met at the airfield at 9:00am. After every pilot had a chance to introduce himself, the aircraft were removed from the hangar and transported to the launch point. Andrew Watson, CUGC’s experienced instructor, did check flights with the O*ford pilots to make sure they were fit to fly solo. After all preparatory actions were taken, the match was ready to begin.<br />
<br />
Chris Barrott, a CUGC fresher with a solid background in gliding, started off the match by scoring a phenomenal 73.2m in the PZL [[Junior]], the shortest distance achieved that day in the Junior. Considering that this aircraft does not have wheel brakes, a significant handicap, this was all the more impressive. But CUGC was yet to make use of its most fierce weapon, experienced Polish glider pilot Tomasz Cebo. Flying the [[K21]], he scored an incredible 54.1m, the shortest distance achieved during the entire competition. O*ford’s hearts sank in despair.<br />
<br />
Next in line was Bonan Zhu, long-time CUGC member, who scored a respectable 82.6m in the Junior, despite the lack of wheel brakes. Bonan was followed by Nathanael West, CUGC’s captain, who, in light of his team mates’ successes, was determined to deliver a top score as well. He was able to compensate his lack in piloting skill by utilising his arm strength to pull back extra hard on the wheel brakes, thereby scoring 54.9m, less than a meter behind Polish weapon Tomasz.<br />
<br />
Next was Vikram Giri, CUGC’s president, who made an ambitious effort in the K21, however unfortunately during review of the video footage it was determined that he touched down a couple of feet before the line, thus invalidating his otherwise flawless attempt. German mathematician Matthis ‘the brain’ Lehmkühler concluded the match for CUGC with the most ambitious attempt of the day, pushing his glider to the absolute limit. However his landing suffered from the same problem as Vikram’s, he as well touched down a bit too early.<br />
<br />
To summarise, CUGC managed to deliver an impressive overall performance, achieving a total score of '''625 points vs Oxford’s 496'''.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Aircraft !! Distance !! Score !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| Junior<br />
| 73.2<br />
| 136.6<br />
| rowspan="6" | 625<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.1<br />
| 184.8<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| Junior<br />
| 82.6<br />
| 121.1<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.9<br />
| 182.1<br />
|-<br />
| Matthis Lehmkuhler<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
| Vikram Giri<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Oxford<br />
| Charlie<br />
| K21<br />
| 73.3<br />
| 136.4<br />
| rowspan="6" | 496<br />
|-<br />
| Elliot<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 209.7<br />
| 47.7<br />
|-<br />
| Anthony<br />
| K21<br />
| 75.2<br />
| 133.0<br />
|-<br />
| Julie<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 230.3<br />
| 43.4<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant<br />
| Junior<br />
| 74.0<br />
| 135.1<br />
|-<br />
| Cecilia<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 ===<br />
<br />
This year we were blessed with some fantastic weather for the Annual varsity match. The Oxford team came to Gransden for 2 days, where a strong performance on the first day secured their ultimate victory, with the scores at '''525 to Oxford, and 478 to Cambridge'''.<br />
<br />
Oxford brought their [[Astir]]-CS (single seat), and [[K21|ASK-21]] (two seat) gliders to fly in the competition, while Cambridge flew their [[:Category:CU|ASW-19]] (single seat) with one of CGC's [[Junior|SZD-Juniors]] (single seat).<br />
<br />
Flying for Cambridge, were:<br />
<br />
* Joe Roberts<br />
* Malcolm Morgan<br />
* Monique van Beek<br />
* Bonan Zhu<br />
* Nadanai Laohakunakorn <br />
<br />
And for Oxford:<br />
<br />
* Chris Ballance<br />
* Hayden Peacock<br />
* Adam Bozson<br />
* Qin Cao<br />
* Max Chamberlin<br />
<br />
The first day was particularly challenging, with thermic activity not starting until quite late. Matters were made harder by a stiff 15-20kt wind from the North East, something which hurt competitors piloting the lower performance ASK-21 and SZD-Junior gliders more. Cambridge were also plagued with an instrumentation fault in their flagship glider, G-CUGC, where the Variometer (vertical speed indicator) was not functioning at all.<br />
<br />
The results for the first day were as follows:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:33<br />
| 4600 ft<br />
| 125<br />
| 62<br />
| rowspan="4" | 141<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 4800 ft<br />
| 144<br />
| 72<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:14<br />
| 0<br />
| 14<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 0:15<br />
| 0<br />
| 15<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:53<br />
| 6500 ft<br />
| 168<br />
| 84<br />
| rowspan="4" | 219<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 7500 ft<br />
| 200<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:23<br />
| 1900 ft<br />
| 61<br />
| 30<br />
|-<br />
| Qin Cao<br />
| 0:09<br />
| 0<br />
| 9<br />
| 4<br />
|}<br />
<br />
After Oxford had made so much out of what little the first day had to offer, some excellent flying was needed from Cambridge if they were to be in with a chance. Luckily the weather for the day was shaping up to fantastic: Although much of the wind from day 1 remained, thermal activity in excess of 6kts netto was forecast throughout the day, with convective cloudbases up to 5000ft. Full results were as follows: <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7200 ft<br />
| 193<br />
| 79<br />
| rowspan="4" | 337<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 8200 ft<br />
| 214<br />
| 87<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 6200 ft<br />
| 173<br />
| 70<br />
|-<br />
| Nadanai Laohakunakorn<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 9800 ft<br />
| 244<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 9400 ft<br />
| 238<br />
| 97<br />
| rowspan="4" | 306<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 5200 ft<br />
| 154<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7700 ft<br />
| 203<br />
| 83<br />
|-<br />
| Max Chamberlin<br />
| 0:47<br />
| 5300 ft<br />
| 153<br />
| 62<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite fierce competition, and 1/2 their team still flying with one of the most crucial soaring instruments malfunctioning, Cambridge still managed an exceptional performance edging ahead of Oxford by 31 points. This still wasn't enough to counter Oxfords day one achievements, '''giving ultimate victory for the 2014 Gliding Varsity to the University of Oxford'''.<br />
<br />
Many congratulations to all who competed: everyone had an enormous amount of fun, and there was some truly phenomenal flying. We look forward to next year when we can challenge Oxford once more, at their home airfield.<br />
<br />
; Author : Joe Roberts<br />
; Submitted : Thu, 04/09/2014 17:45<br />
<br />
=== 2013 ===<br />
<br />
In a closely contested varsity match at Bicester, Oxford won by 371 points to 352.<br />
<br />
Captain Malcolm Morgan and Joe Roberts represented Cambridge against Chris Ballance and Matt from Oxford.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 &ndash; Saturday 31st August ====<br />
<br />
With a day of good soaring forecast, check flights were done in the morning and the competition begun in earnest. Each pilot would submit their best flight of the day for scoring and scores would be normalised for comparison over the two days.<br />
<br />
With the strong soaring conditions flights up to the maximum time of 50 minute were easy, so both teams were trying to maximise their score by flying as close to 50 minutes as possible and with out incurring the 6 point penalty per minute over, and scoring as many height gain points as possible, by climbing and descending repeatedly to get 2 points for each 100ft of height gain. Both teams were flying K-8 single seat gliders.<br />
<br />
Six flights were submitted for scoring, both Malcolm (Cambridge) and Matt (Oxford) taking advantage of the improving conditions though the day to improve on their original scores. Notable flights were Chris (Oxford) doing the largest single height gain of 3,500 ft and Joe (Cambridge) performing a successful scoring flight on his first flight in a K-8.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 6,300 || 176 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 45 || 6,300 || 171 || 97<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 45 || 5,700 || 159 || 90<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 47 || 5,100 || 149 || 85<br />
|}<br />
<br />
At the end of the day Oxford has a small lead with 188 to Cambridge's 185 points. Rivalry was put aside as the team retired to the bar.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 &ndash; Sunday 1st September ====<br />
<br />
With the score so close the competition heated up for the second and final day of the completion. The conditions had changed. It was a 'blue day' meaning there were no clouds to mark the locations of the thermals, and strong winds bringing wave interference from the welsh mountains.<br />
<br />
The day started slowly with both teams waiting for a layer of hazy cloud to clear and signs of thermals. Malcolm (Cambridge) made the first move launching at 12:45, and submitting another 50 minute flight, by using side slipping to descend 2,500 ft in two minutes. Oxford soon followed with Chris (Oxford) getting the highest climb of the day.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 3,900 || 128 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 49 || 3,600 || 121 || 98<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 50 || 3,200 || 114 || 95<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 51 || 2,100 || 86 || 67<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite Cambridge's best efforts Oxford had managed to slightly extend their early lead to give a final score of Oxford 371, Cambridge 352.<br />
<br />
Both teams retired to club house for celebratory pizza before returning home. We would like to thank OUGC for organising the Varsity Match and to Windrushers Gliding Club for hosting the competition. We look forward to next years match. <br />
<br />
; Author : Malcolm Morgan<br />
; Submitted : Mon, 02/09/2013 10:40<br />
<br />
=== 2012 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Malcolm Morgan (captain), Iain Butler, Fiona Llewellyn-Beard<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (captain), Chris Ballance, Joel Scott-Halkes<br />
<br />
After a succession of abortive attempts at the Varsity Match (each one foiled by poor weather), we were very pleased to be able welcome members of Oxford University Gliding Club to Gransden Lodge on a cloudy Sunday late in the soaring season. Each Club fielded a team of three pilots of mixed ability, with one pre-solo pilot from each University competing in a two-seat glider under the watchful eye of an instructor. Owing to the weak soaring conditions, we agreed to use a variation of the standard rules: flights would score one point for each minute of flight after five minutes, and each pilot submits his best-scoring flight of the day towards the team total.<br />
<br />
A passing rain shower delayed the first launch until eleven o'clock.<br />
<br />
Chris Ballance (Oxford) and Iain Butler (Cambridge) completed check-flights with an instructor, obtaining clearance to fly solo in the two Junior single-seat gliders operated by Cambridge Gliding Centre. Early scoring was dominated by Malcolm Morgan of the Cambridge team who showed his experience by clocking up a flight of 31 hard-won minutes in the Junior, working hard at patchy, weak lift in difficult conditions that called for accurate flying and sharp decision-making.<br />
<br />
This flight would prove to be decisive: it alone outscored the combined efforts of the Oxford team!<br />
<br />
Natasha Spottiswoode and Joel Scott-Halkes posted scoring flights for Oxford, while Iain Butler took advantage of the rising air triggered by a combine harvester working in a nearby field to score secure a useful 13 minutes for Cambridge. Fiona Llewellyn-Beard, flying in a two-seat glider, also scored valuable points for the home side.<br />
<br />
Conditions strengthened somewhat as the evening approached: Chris and Natasha took the opportunity to improve on their earlier scores, but it was not enough to close down the healthy Cambridge margin which was maintained until the cessation of flying. We hope to repeat the strong performance at next year's contest to be held at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC.<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Julia Robson (capt), James Shaw, Fergus Noble<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (capt), Lukas Brandt<br />
<br />
After a number of unsuccessful attempts to organise a Varsity Match we finally met on a typical British summer's day in mid-July. The forecast was not looking promising for a soaring competition - overcast cloud with occasional light rain, but both teams began the process of getting checked out on Bicester's K-13s. We cut the required flight times down because of the bad weather - a 10 minute flight would count for scoring purposes, with a maximum flight time of 30 mins. Even so, by 4pm Cambridge were leading by just 17 points to 12 (with Fergus Noble scoring for Cambridge and Natasha Spottiswoode for Oxford).<br />
<br />
Throughout the afternoon we had been tracking a promising patch of sunlight which had slowly been working its way towards us; unfortunately, it looked like it would reach us just as we were packing up. James Shaw (Cambridge) took off in a K-13 intending to perform a hangar landing, came off the winch and immediately turned into a 2kt thermal and began climbing away.<br />
<br />
Lukas Brandt (Oxford) immediately jumped into the other K-13 and launched into a strong thermal. After climbing to 3,000ft he displayed a mastery of Varsity Match tactics, using his airbrakes to descend quickly in order to maximise the amount of time spent climbing in thermals. Unfortunately he came unstuck when he was unable to find another thermal, and he was forced to land with a score of 40 points.<br />
<br />
At this point Oxford could see James still racking up the points for Cambridge and knew they needed another scoring flight to be in with a chance. They deployed their home-field advantage, pulling rank to ensure that Natasha Spottiswoode took off in the final flight of the day. To Cambridge's dismay, she also started climbing away after some initial trouble.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, James landed his flight after 28 minutes in the air, scoring 71 points (bringing Cambridge's total to 88) and setting Oxford a target of 49 from Natasha's flight to win. At this point it was approaching 6pm and it wasn't clear how long the thermals would continue. We thought it would be close, but as Natasha continually found thermal after thermal to stay up we realised that the match was slipping away from us. Just after 6pm she landed after an excellent flight, scoring 89 points and handing Oxford a comprehensive victory.<br />
<br />
=== 2010 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Philippa Roberts (capt), Graham Spelman<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Lukas Brandt, Rory Barker<br />
<br />
The 2010 Varsity match was held during the Inter-University Gliding Task Week at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC. Saturday was unsoarable so on Sunday 8th July a team of four pilots from each club rigged their gliders in anticipation of the good weather. Philippa Roberts, Cambridge Captain and Lukas Brandt, Oxford launched first to test the conditions, they were closely followed by Graham Spelman, Cambridge and Rory Barker, Oxford. Lukas and Philippa flew a very close match with only 2 points between them; unfortunately for the Cambridge side Rory beat Graham by 72 points. Tragically the weekend's flying was cut short by the death of Miss Amy Barsby in an accident. Amy, 25, a pilot from Trinity College Dublin contributed a lot to university gliding and we would like to take this opportunity to recognise that contribution.<br />
<br />
=== 2009 ===<br />
<br />
On the weekend of the 27th/28th June 09, Cambridge University Gliding Club travelled to Oxford University's home club at RAF Bicester for the 2009 Gliding Varsity Match. Their aim was to keep the Varsity Cup for the sport of soaring the sky at Cambridge for another year. The five person team knew they were up against tough competition, as the Oxford team held the advantage in qualifications and experience. The Saturday started with a real surprise for a gliding competition; the weather was fantastic! The airfield was set up quickly and the necessary check flights made by the visiting team, to familiarise themselves with the airfield and local airspace (there is a nearby parachute drop zone – not a good place to be in a glider!). With these chores completed, Julia and Becca kicked things off for the Cambridge team, flying in K13s, and both gaining very respectable scores of around 130 points (1 point per minute, up to 50 minutes, plus 2 points per 100 ft sustained height gain). However, Oxford countered with two very good flights, as Lukas and Felix went off in their hotships, into the best of a good day's weather. Their better gliders and slightly dubious pull-up tactics led to some truly amazing scores of 235 and 276 points, gaining between the two of them more than the entire Oxford team last year. Peter then flew in a borrowed glider, making Cambridge's best scoring flight yet. Most of the remaining members of both teams made their flights that afternoon, and the evening showed Oxford out in the lead. Sunday's weather was not quite what Saturday's had been, but there were still plenty of thermals about, so there were many efforts from the Cambridge team to better their previous scores. Peter made another impressive scoring flight of 212 points, in CUGC's new glider; an ASW19 with the tail letters CU, but no one else was able to improve in the slightly poorer weather.<br />
<br />
=== 2007 ===<br />
<br />
After a defeat at home in 2006, Cambridge arrived at RAF Bicester eager to take back the Varsity Trophy. As was the case for much of the season, the weather was proving to be rather uncooperative. However, by early afternoon the sky cleared enough that the match could begin. Soaring conditions remained very difficult and both teams found it hard to make significant height gains. In the end though, a trio of strong performances from Nick Laux, Adam Spikings and Peter Buchlovsky sealed the day, with us eventually winning by 112 points to 85.<br />
<br />
=== 2006 ===<br />
<br />
Sadly, the match was pushed back to August from projected dates in June due to weather and other uncontrollable delays. When the day did arrive, the visiting Oxford side was on excellent form, with Cambridge struggling to put out a whole team due to the holidays. After a hard day’s competition in difficult conditions, Oxford won by a fair margin, leaving Cambridge disappointed but keen for the replay in 2007.<br />
<br />
=== 2002 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Paul Flower & Charlotte Morley<br />
<br />
=== 2001 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: John Hingley, Paul Flower, John Glass, James Lloyd-Hughes & Tom Bishop<br />
<br />
=== 1998 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Jay Rebbeck, Debbie Thomas, Stuart Crawshaw & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1997 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Debbie Thomas & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1995 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Stuart Crawshaw, Henry Rebbeck ,Mark Williams, Alex Parr, Ian Lewis & Kingsley Reavell<br />
<br />
=== 1994 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: James Chappell, Stuart Crawshaw, John Moore, Mark Williams & Henry Rebbeck<br />
<br />
=== 1993 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Jagdip Grewal, Harjinder Obhi, James Chappell, John Moore, Malte Grosche & Stuart Crawshaw<br />
<br />
=== 1992 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Damian Debski, Malte Grosche, Stuart Morgan, Harjinder Obhi, Peter Topping, Matthew Turnbull & John Moore<br />
<br />
=== 1989 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: David Heath-Whyte, Derek Prinsen, Graham Armstrong, Frank Zachariasse & Margaret Oakes<br />
<br />
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<div>This is normally held annually, either at [[Gransden Lodge]] or OUGC's home airfield at RAF [[Bicester]], and is the traditional opportunity for us to show our skills against "the other place".<br />
<br />
The rules are simple: teams of 6 attempt to soar locally for up to 50 minutes, gaining one point per minute, climbing for 2 points per 100 ft, and then to land before the 50 minutes are up as there is then a deduction of 6 points per minute. Flights which receive no points for time are not allowed to claim height gains.<br />
<br />
Women on the Varsity team can get a half-blue if they already have perfomed a 1 hour solo flight. Men can also get a half-blue from the Women's Blues Committee (subject to approval from MBC).<br />
<br />
== Results ==<br />
<br />
''This record is incomplete. If you know any details of past varsity matches, please add them to this Wiki, or email the current [[Committee#Current committee|Webmaster]].''<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"<br />
! Year !! Venue !! Result<br />
|-<br />
| 2023 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 753 Cambridge 612<br />
|-<br />
| 2022 Jun || RAF Weston-on-the-Green || Cambridge 584 Oxford 302<br />
|-<br />
| 2021 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 333 Oxford 279<br />
|-<br />
| 2020 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled due to Covid-19 —''<br />
|-<br />
| 2019 Jun || RAF Bicester || ???<br />
|-<br />
| 2018 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 814 Oxford 802<br />
|-<br />
| 2017 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 570 Cambridge 555<br />
|-<br />
| 2016 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 625 Oxford 496<br />
|-<br />
| 2015 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 740 Cambridge 692<br />
|-<br />
| 2014 || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 525 Cambridge 478<br />
|-<br />
| 2013 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 371 Cambridge 352<br />
|-<br />
| 2012 || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 38 Oxford 16<br />
|-<br />
| 2011 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 129 Cambridge 88<br />
|-<br />
| 2010 || RAF Bicester || Oxford 496 Cambridge 426<br />
|-<br />
| 2009 Jun || RAF Bicester || Oxford 776 Cambridge 551<br />
|-<br />
| 2008 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2007 Jul || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 112 Oxford 85<br />
|-<br />
| 2006 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2005 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2004 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2003 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2002 Sep || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2001 Dec || RAF Bicester || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 2000 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1999 || ||<br />
|-<br />
| 1998 || [[BGA ladder|Cross-country ladder]] || Oxford 14671 Cambridge 13112<br />
|-<br />
| 1997 Aug || RAF Bicester || Oxford 80 Cambridge 40<br />
|-<br />
| 1996 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled —''<br />
|-<br />
| 1995 May || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 1083 Cambridge 1054<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 May || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 458 Oxford 434<br />
|-<br />
| 1993 May || RAF Bicester || Oxford 213 Cambridge 194<br />
|-<br />
| 1992 April || RAF Bicester || Cambridge 192 Oxford 192<br />
|-<br />
| 1991 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1990 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1989 || RAF Bicester || Oxford Won by 57 Points<br />
|-<br />
| 1988 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1987 || || Oxford Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1986 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|-<br />
| 1985 || || Cambridge Won<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Rules ==<br />
<br />
=== Normal rules ===<br />
<br />
# A point is awarded for each minute of flight up to 50 mins, after which six points will be deducted for each minute over. The lowest score which can be recorded is 0 points. Two points are awarded for each 100 feet of height gained after the launch provided the climb is maintained for 500 feet. Climbs less than 500 feet do not gain height points.<br />
# The number of pilots in each team should not exceed six and the team members must be decided before the start of the competition. Provisional teams should be declared at least one week in advance.<br />
# Each pilot can enter only one scoring flight for each day of the competition. A day should be declared void if it is not possible for at least three members of each team to fly.<br />
# Teams must record on their own logs the takeoff and landing time for each scoring flight made by a member of their team. Failure to do so renders a flight invalid. An observer from each team shall be present at the launch point during all flights.<br />
# A [[GPS trace|barograph trace]] must be submitted for a flight to be awarded height gain points. If this is not available only time points will be awarded for the flight. It is the responsibility of each team to make sure a working barograph is carried in each scoring glider.<br />
# Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.<br />
# All flights made during the days of the competitions are potentially valid scoring flights. At the end of each day, teams will submit the takeoff/landing times and trace for the best flight made by each team member.<br />
# All flights must follow airspace rules and show good airmanship. Flights entering airspace will be disqualified.<br />
# At the end of the competition, points for all scoring flights will be totalled and the team with the most points will be declared the winner.<br />
<br />
=== Bad weather rules ===<br />
<br />
''As agreed at the 2012 Varsity Match''<br />
<br />
# Every 1 minute over 5 minutes is counted as one point, each pilot submits the best flight of the day.<br />
# Scores for each university are aggregated, the university with the highest score wins.<br />
# Instructors may fly in scoring gliders and may verbally assist the competitor. They may not physically fly the glider at any time. The only exception to this is to maintain normal safety.<br />
# Flights making their final turn below 300ft will not score, nor will land out flights.<br />
<br />
== Past reports ==<br />
<br />
=== 2019 ===<br />
<br />
Report by Charlie Brooker.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Scrub! Despite getting up very early, the decision was made to scrub Tuesday due to low cloud. CUGC instead watched a brief display of old cars on site at Bicester and played card games.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day2.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
Despite a poor start to the morning with solid cloud at 900ft and broken at 600ft, the weather improved over lunch. While the weather wasn’t kind enough to gift us with thermals for our standard height-gain competition rules, the cloud did lift enough for the bad weather rules: spot landings! <br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A marker would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down and roll to a stop as close to the line as possible. Wheel brake was strictly forbidden; all flights were taken in two-seaters and an instructor would be sat in the back of each flight to verify the lack of wheel brake. The distance between the glider’s main wheel and the marker would then be measured in Chris’ feet (Chris-ft). This distance was then added to 30 then 3000 would be divided by this result to give the score (i.e. with a distance, d, the score = 3000/(30+d) ), thereby giving a higher score for those who land closer to the marker.<br />
<br />
There was time for each team to attempt their first two spot landings on Wednesday afternoon, leaving Cambridge with a score of 86 and Oxford with 68.<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2019Day3.jpg|thumb|right|Both teams on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
Thursday saw a markedly warmer weather; perfect for the beach but still no soaring to start with. So, it was agreed that the first round of spot landings would be completed, by which time some soaring may be possible. Cambridge scored a decisive lead in the spot landings, with CUGC flights from Hugh and Bonan both scoring above 60 points. <br />
<br />
As hoped, the sun came out and thermals began just before lunch! OUGC’s Chia-Man getting a 32-minute duration flight to give Oxford a clear soaring lead to begin with. The conditions were tricky; making one wrong decision left you low, scratching for height-gains and looking to land. OUGC scored very highly after lunch as well managing two 35-point soaring flights from Philipp and Arthur. CUGC’s best soaring flight was Timo’s 21 minutes.<br />
<br />
Once the thermals had stopped and the hangar had been packed, the task of tabulating the scores and discovering the winner began. <br />
<br />
Warning: boring technical details in this paragraph… To enable easier comparison between the scores for spot-landings and the scores for the soaring flights, both sets of scores were scaled and translated individually. This was done in such a way that the mean for the spot landings was 100 and the standard deviation was 15; the same was true of the set of soaring flight scores. This meant that the scores for each team could then be summed to give the total scores. Also, since Oxford’s sixth team member was unable to come to Varsity, Cambridge selected their five best soaring flights and their five best spot landings.<br />
<br />
==== Summary ====<br />
<br />
After significant calculations, the final score was: '''Oxford 1009 – 990 Cambridge''', a win for Oxford. CUGC would like to send a big “Thank you!” to OUGC and Bicester Gliding Club for hosting us; the clubhouse is very nice and the airfield seems to have an unlimited number of landing areas!<br />
<br />
We look forward to hosting OUGC at Gransden in summer 2020.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Spot Landing !! Normalised Soaring !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Charlie Brooker<br />
| 111.1<br />
| -<br />
| rowspan="6" | 990<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 113.2<br />
| 89.3<br />
|-<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 111.1<br />
| 84.0<br />
|-<br />
| Timo Wilken<br />
| -<br />
| 102.7<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 112.6<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Hayk Saribekyan<br />
| 83.9<br />
| 86.6<br />
|--<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | Oxford<br />
| Chia Man<br />
| 85.9<br />
| 117.4<br />
| rowspan="5" | 1009<br />
|-<br />
| Philipp<br />
| 92.1<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Francesca<br />
| 107.1<br />
| 96.0<br />
|-<br />
| Arthur<br />
| 110.6<br />
| 121.4<br />
|-<br />
| Antoine<br />
| 72.4<br />
| 85.3<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 ===<br />
<br />
The match was held from June 20th to 22nd, with the 21st being 'the day of the decade' with numerous 750km flights being conducted around the country.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 ====<br />
<br />
Day 1 was weakly soarable, but we made the most of the day with both teams completing check flights and getting some practice in. Thursday and Friday were forecast to be big days so we were looking forward to the two day match. The Varsity match task is simple: points are earned for each 100ft of height gained within 50 minutes, with points also being awarded for time up to 50 minutes. However, points are taken away after 50 minutes so it is important to judge your flight time well.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day2.JPG|thumb|right|The team on Day 2.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions on the second day were perfectly suited for the first scoring day. The match began at noon, with an Oxford pilot launching first. CUGC’s president Chris Barrott launched soon after, completing what turned out to be the second highest scoring flight of the day in the [[Junior]], earning CUGC 280 points. He managed to make the most of the strong conditions and achieved over 10,000ft of height gain. The next Cambridge pilot to launch was Tomasz Cebo, who completed an hour-long flight in the [[:Category:CU|ASW19b]]. Just like the year before, he forgot about the 50-minute flight time limit – however he managed to find thermals towards the end of his flight that were so strong that this didn’t turn out to be a disadvantage, earning him a score of 238. Next in line was Cambridge’s captain Nat West. Launching in the [[K21]], he didn’t have as much luck finding strong thermals, achieving a score of 147 during a 49-minute flight. An hour later, Tomasz Cebo attempted a second flight and managed to improve upon his previous flight with a score of 255, this time adhering to the 50-minute flight limit. Hugh Hudson completed the last scoring flight of the day for Cambridge in the K21, achieving 209 points.<br />
<br />
Oxford put up a strong performance on the first scoring day. Artur Doshchyn achieved 323 points, by far the highest score of the day. After the second day, Oxford was leading the match with 432 normalised points vs Cambridge's 384. <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| 121<br />
| rowspan="4" | 384<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| 110<br />
|-<br />
| Hugh Hudson<br />
| 90<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Artur Doshchyn<br />
| 139<br />
| rowspan="4" | 432<br />
|-<br />
| Tor Walberg<br />
| 117<br />
|-<br />
| Chia-Man Hung<br />
| 88<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant Riks<br />
| 88<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==== Day 3 ====<br />
<br />
[[File:Varsity2018Day3.jpg|thumb|right|The team on Day 3.]]<br />
<br />
The conditions were mostly blue and provided a more challenging day – a chance for a Cambridge<br />
comeback, perhaps. A small grid formed at the end of runway 04 and launching started at about 11:30. The match started at shortly after noon with the Oxford K21 taking the first launch again. Cambridge pilot Bonan Zhu launched right after in the ASW19b. He managed to connect with a thermal at 800ft and then climbed to 3000ft. Despite the sky being blue, he found an energy line near the airfield and rode along it. A flight duration of 49 minutes was achieved, gaining Cambridge 177 points. The second Cambridge pilot was Hugh Hudson. He scored 164 points in his flight with four respectable climbs in a K21. In the meantime, Tomasz Cebo was flying in the ASW19b and he achieved the highest score of the day in his third flight, 237, in six climbs. Afterwards Timo Wilken performed the fourth scoring flight of the day. He achieved a respectable score of 156 with two long climbs. The conditions started to deteriorate around 15:30 with increasing difficulty to connect with thermals off the winch. Daniel Morales Valdivia was the fifth pilot to attempt a score. He took off in the [[Perkoz|SZD-50-3]] with safety instructor Peter Warner at 1509 but had to land shortly after. At this point the thermals had become too weak, yet he still managed to achieve a respectable score of 55 given the conditions. We would also like to thank Cambridge pilot Stepan Chrz who acted as launch marshal to ensure efficient operation for both teams and kept the logs up to date. In the meantime, Oxford achieved a score of 190 and 184 in their first two flights but then struggled to get away for the third one. Two more successful scoring flights of 50-minute duration were achieved later in the day, despite weak conditions. Due to the fantastic performance of Cambridge’s pilots on the second scoring day, Cambridge made up for day one and won the Varsity match with a score of '''814 vs Oxford’s 802'''!<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
<br />
This year Gliding Varsity was hosted by Cambridge at their home airfield, Gransden Lodge. As it proved difficult to find a date that was suitable for as many pilots from Cambridge and O*ford as possible during summer, the event had to be postponed to late November. Usually the competition is based on cumulative height gain, but as there are few thermals this time of the year, both teams agreed to do spot landings instead.<br />
<br />
The rules for this event were decided upon beforehand as follows: A line would be set up on the ground, visible to all pilots approaching for landing. The pilot would then have to touch down after the line, but come to a halt as close to the line as possible. The distance between the position where the glider stops and the line would be used to determine the score – since a smaller distance equals more piloting skill, it was decided to evaluate the score as 10,000 times the inverse of the distance in meters. In other words, the smaller the stopping distance, the better.<br />
<br />
For some, the events of that day started earlier than for others. The O*ford team had to leave the other place at 6:30am whereas most of the Cambridge team members decided to start off the day with an unhurried breakfast to gather strength and be prepared to face the gruesome challenges of competition day. All pilots met at the airfield at 9:00am. After every pilot had a chance to introduce himself, the aircraft were removed from the hangar and transported to the launch point. Andrew Watson, CUGC’s experienced instructor, did check flights with the O*ford pilots to make sure they were fit to fly solo. After all preparatory actions were taken, the match was ready to begin.<br />
<br />
Chris Barrott, a CUGC fresher with a solid background in gliding, started off the match by scoring a phenomenal 73.2m in the PZL [[Junior]], the shortest distance achieved that day in the Junior. Considering that this aircraft does not have wheel brakes, a significant handicap, this was all the more impressive. But CUGC was yet to make use of its most fierce weapon, experienced Polish glider pilot Tomasz Cebo. Flying the [[K21]], he scored an incredible 54.1m, the shortest distance achieved during the entire competition. O*ford’s hearts sank in despair.<br />
<br />
Next in line was Bonan Zhu, long-time CUGC member, who scored a respectable 82.6m in the Junior, despite the lack of wheel brakes. Bonan was followed by Nathanael West, CUGC’s captain, who, in light of his team mates’ successes, was determined to deliver a top score as well. He was able to compensate his lack in piloting skill by utilising his arm strength to pull back extra hard on the wheel brakes, thereby scoring 54.9m, less than a meter behind Polish weapon Tomasz.<br />
<br />
Next was Vikram Giri, CUGC’s president, who made an ambitious effort in the K21, however unfortunately during review of the video footage it was determined that he touched down a couple of feet before the line, thus invalidating his otherwise flawless attempt. German mathematician Matthis ‘the brain’ Lehmkühler concluded the match for CUGC with the most ambitious attempt of the day, pushing his glider to the absolute limit. However his landing suffered from the same problem as Vikram’s, he as well touched down a bit too early.<br />
<br />
To summarise, CUGC managed to deliver an impressive overall performance, achieving a total score of '''625 points vs Oxford’s 496'''.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Aircraft !! Distance !! Score !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Cambridge<br />
| Chris Barrott<br />
| Junior<br />
| 73.2<br />
| 136.6<br />
| rowspan="6" | 625<br />
|-<br />
| Tomasz Cebo<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.1<br />
| 184.8<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| Junior<br />
| 82.6<br />
| 121.1<br />
|-<br />
| Nat West<br />
| K21<br />
| 54.9<br />
| 182.1<br />
|-<br />
| Matthis Lehmkuhler<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
| Vikram Giri<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="6" | Oxford<br />
| Charlie<br />
| K21<br />
| 73.3<br />
| 136.4<br />
| rowspan="6" | 496<br />
|-<br />
| Elliot<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 209.7<br />
| 47.7<br />
|-<br />
| Anthony<br />
| K21<br />
| 75.2<br />
| 133.0<br />
|-<br />
| Julie<br />
| Puchacz<br />
| 230.3<br />
| 43.4<br />
|-<br />
| Dinant<br />
| Junior<br />
| 74.0<br />
| 135.1<br />
|-<br />
| Cecilia<br />
| K21<br />
| Under-shoot<br />
| 0<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 ===<br />
<br />
This year we were blessed with some fantastic weather for the Annual varsity match. The Oxford team came to Gransden for 2 days, where a strong performance on the first day secured their ultimate victory, with the scores at '''525 to Oxford, and 478 to Cambridge'''.<br />
<br />
Oxford brought their [[Astir]]-CS (single seat), and [[K21|ASK-21]] (two seat) gliders to fly in the competition, while Cambridge flew their [[:Category:CU|ASW-19]] (single seat) with one of CGC's [[Junior|SZD-Juniors]] (single seat).<br />
<br />
Flying for Cambridge, were:<br />
<br />
* Joe Roberts<br />
* Malcolm Morgan<br />
* Monique van Beek<br />
* Bonan Zhu<br />
* Nadanai Laohakunakorn <br />
<br />
And for Oxford:<br />
<br />
* Chris Ballance<br />
* Hayden Peacock<br />
* Adam Bozson<br />
* Qin Cao<br />
* Max Chamberlin<br />
<br />
The first day was particularly challenging, with thermic activity not starting until quite late. Matters were made harder by a stiff 15-20kt wind from the North East, something which hurt competitors piloting the lower performance ASK-21 and SZD-Junior gliders more. Cambridge were also plagued with an instrumentation fault in their flagship glider, G-CUGC, where the Variometer (vertical speed indicator) was not functioning at all.<br />
<br />
The results for the first day were as follows:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:33<br />
| 4600 ft<br />
| 125<br />
| 62<br />
| rowspan="4" | 141<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 4800 ft<br />
| 144<br />
| 72<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:14<br />
| 0<br />
| 14<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| Bonan Zhu<br />
| 0:15<br />
| 0<br />
| 15<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:53<br />
| 6500 ft<br />
| 168<br />
| 84<br />
| rowspan="4" | 219<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 7500 ft<br />
| 200<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:23<br />
| 1900 ft<br />
| 61<br />
| 30<br />
|-<br />
| Qin Cao<br />
| 0:09<br />
| 0<br />
| 9<br />
| 4<br />
|}<br />
<br />
After Oxford had made so much out of what little the first day had to offer, some excellent flying was needed from Cambridge if they were to be in with a chance. Luckily the weather for the day was shaping up to fantastic: Although much of the wind from day 1 remained, thermal activity in excess of 6kts netto was forecast throughout the day, with convective cloudbases up to 5000ft. Full results were as follows: <br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Team !! Pilot !! Duration !! Height Gains !! Points !! Normalised Points !! Total<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Cambridge<br />
| Joe Roberts<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7200 ft<br />
| 193<br />
| 79<br />
| rowspan="4" | 337<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm Morgan<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 8200 ft<br />
| 214<br />
| 87<br />
|-<br />
| Monique van Beek<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 6200 ft<br />
| 173<br />
| 70<br />
|-<br />
| Nadanai Laohakunakorn<br />
| 0:48<br />
| 9800 ft<br />
| 244<br />
| 100<br />
|-<br />
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | Oxford<br />
| Chris Ballance<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 9400 ft<br />
| 238<br />
| 97<br />
| rowspan="4" | 306<br />
|-<br />
| Hayden Peacock<br />
| 0:50<br />
| 5200 ft<br />
| 154<br />
| 63<br />
|-<br />
| Adam Bozson<br />
| 0:49<br />
| 7700 ft<br />
| 203<br />
| 83<br />
|-<br />
| Max Chamberlin<br />
| 0:47<br />
| 5300 ft<br />
| 153<br />
| 62<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite fierce competition, and 1/2 their team still flying with one of the most crucial soaring instruments malfunctioning, Cambridge still managed an exceptional performance edging ahead of Oxford by 31 points. This still wasn't enough to counter Oxfords day one achievements, '''giving ultimate victory for the 2014 Gliding Varsity to the University of Oxford'''.<br />
<br />
Many congratulations to all who competed: everyone had an enormous amount of fun, and there was some truly phenomenal flying. We look forward to next year when we can challenge Oxford once more, at their home airfield.<br />
<br />
; Author : Joe Roberts<br />
; Submitted : Thu, 04/09/2014 17:45<br />
<br />
=== 2013 ===<br />
<br />
In a closely contested varsity match at Bicester, Oxford won by 371 points to 352.<br />
<br />
Captain Malcolm Morgan and Joe Roberts represented Cambridge against Chris Ballance and Matt from Oxford.<br />
<br />
==== Day 1 &ndash; Saturday 31st August ====<br />
<br />
With a day of good soaring forecast, check flights were done in the morning and the competition begun in earnest. Each pilot would submit their best flight of the day for scoring and scores would be normalised for comparison over the two days.<br />
<br />
With the strong soaring conditions flights up to the maximum time of 50 minute were easy, so both teams were trying to maximise their score by flying as close to 50 minutes as possible and with out incurring the 6 point penalty per minute over, and scoring as many height gain points as possible, by climbing and descending repeatedly to get 2 points for each 100ft of height gain. Both teams were flying K-8 single seat gliders.<br />
<br />
Six flights were submitted for scoring, both Malcolm (Cambridge) and Matt (Oxford) taking advantage of the improving conditions though the day to improve on their original scores. Notable flights were Chris (Oxford) doing the largest single height gain of 3,500 ft and Joe (Cambridge) performing a successful scoring flight on his first flight in a K-8.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 6,300 || 176 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 45 || 6,300 || 171 || 97<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 45 || 5,700 || 159 || 90<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 47 || 5,100 || 149 || 85<br />
|}<br />
<br />
At the end of the day Oxford has a small lead with 188 to Cambridge's 185 points. Rivalry was put aside as the team retired to the bar.<br />
<br />
==== Day 2 &ndash; Sunday 1st September ====<br />
<br />
With the score so close the competition heated up for the second and final day of the completion. The conditions had changed. It was a 'blue day' meaning there were no clouds to mark the locations of the thermals, and strong winds bringing wave interference from the welsh mountains.<br />
<br />
The day started slowly with both teams waiting for a layer of hazy cloud to clear and signs of thermals. Malcolm (Cambridge) made the first move launching at 12:45, and submitting another 50 minute flight, by using side slipping to descend 2,500 ft in two minutes. Oxford soon followed with Chris (Oxford) getting the highest climb of the day.<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Name !! Duration (min) !! Total Height Gains (feet) !! Score !! Normalised Score<br />
|-<br />
| Malcolm (Cambridge) || 50 || 3,900 || 128 || 100<br />
|-<br />
| Matt (Oxford) || 49 || 3,600 || 121 || 98<br />
|-<br />
| Chris (Oxford) || 50 || 3,200 || 114 || 95<br />
|-<br />
| Joe (Cambridge) || 51 || 2,100 || 86 || 67<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Despite Cambridge's best efforts Oxford had managed to slightly extend their early lead to give a final score of Oxford 371, Cambridge 352.<br />
<br />
Both teams retired to club house for celebratory pizza before returning home. We would like to thank OUGC for organising the Varsity Match and to Windrushers Gliding Club for hosting the competition. We look forward to next years match. <br />
<br />
; Author : Malcolm Morgan<br />
; Submitted : Mon, 02/09/2013 10:40<br />
<br />
=== 2012 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Malcolm Morgan (captain), Iain Butler, Fiona Llewellyn-Beard<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (captain), Chris Ballance, Joel Scott-Halkes<br />
<br />
After a succession of abortive attempts at the Varsity Match (each one foiled by poor weather), we were very pleased to be able welcome members of Oxford University Gliding Club to Gransden Lodge on a cloudy Sunday late in the soaring season. Each Club fielded a team of three pilots of mixed ability, with one pre-solo pilot from each University competing in a two-seat glider under the watchful eye of an instructor. Owing to the weak soaring conditions, we agreed to use a variation of the standard rules: flights would score one point for each minute of flight after five minutes, and each pilot submits his best-scoring flight of the day towards the team total.<br />
<br />
A passing rain shower delayed the first launch until eleven o'clock.<br />
<br />
Chris Ballance (Oxford) and Iain Butler (Cambridge) completed check-flights with an instructor, obtaining clearance to fly solo in the two Junior single-seat gliders operated by Cambridge Gliding Centre. Early scoring was dominated by Malcolm Morgan of the Cambridge team who showed his experience by clocking up a flight of 31 hard-won minutes in the Junior, working hard at patchy, weak lift in difficult conditions that called for accurate flying and sharp decision-making.<br />
<br />
This flight would prove to be decisive: it alone outscored the combined efforts of the Oxford team!<br />
<br />
Natasha Spottiswoode and Joel Scott-Halkes posted scoring flights for Oxford, while Iain Butler took advantage of the rising air triggered by a combine harvester working in a nearby field to score secure a useful 13 minutes for Cambridge. Fiona Llewellyn-Beard, flying in a two-seat glider, also scored valuable points for the home side.<br />
<br />
Conditions strengthened somewhat as the evening approached: Chris and Natasha took the opportunity to improve on their earlier scores, but it was not enough to close down the healthy Cambridge margin which was maintained until the cessation of flying. We hope to repeat the strong performance at next year's contest to be held at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC.<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Julia Robson (capt), James Shaw, Fergus Noble<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Natasha Spottiswoode (capt), Lukas Brandt<br />
<br />
After a number of unsuccessful attempts to organise a Varsity Match we finally met on a typical British summer's day in mid-July. The forecast was not looking promising for a soaring competition - overcast cloud with occasional light rain, but both teams began the process of getting checked out on Bicester's K-13s. We cut the required flight times down because of the bad weather - a 10 minute flight would count for scoring purposes, with a maximum flight time of 30 mins. Even so, by 4pm Cambridge were leading by just 17 points to 12 (with Fergus Noble scoring for Cambridge and Natasha Spottiswoode for Oxford).<br />
<br />
Throughout the afternoon we had been tracking a promising patch of sunlight which had slowly been working its way towards us; unfortunately, it looked like it would reach us just as we were packing up. James Shaw (Cambridge) took off in a K-13 intending to perform a hangar landing, came off the winch and immediately turned into a 2kt thermal and began climbing away.<br />
<br />
Lukas Brandt (Oxford) immediately jumped into the other K-13 and launched into a strong thermal. After climbing to 3,000ft he displayed a mastery of Varsity Match tactics, using his airbrakes to descend quickly in order to maximise the amount of time spent climbing in thermals. Unfortunately he came unstuck when he was unable to find another thermal, and he was forced to land with a score of 40 points.<br />
<br />
At this point Oxford could see James still racking up the points for Cambridge and knew they needed another scoring flight to be in with a chance. They deployed their home-field advantage, pulling rank to ensure that Natasha Spottiswoode took off in the final flight of the day. To Cambridge's dismay, she also started climbing away after some initial trouble.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, James landed his flight after 28 minutes in the air, scoring 71 points (bringing Cambridge's total to 88) and setting Oxford a target of 49 from Natasha's flight to win. At this point it was approaching 6pm and it wasn't clear how long the thermals would continue. We thought it would be close, but as Natasha continually found thermal after thermal to stay up we realised that the match was slipping away from us. Just after 6pm she landed after an excellent flight, scoring 89 points and handing Oxford a comprehensive victory.<br />
<br />
=== 2010 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Philippa Roberts (capt), Graham Spelman<br />
<br />
; Oxford team<br />
: Lukas Brandt, Rory Barker<br />
<br />
The 2010 Varsity match was held during the Inter-University Gliding Task Week at Bicester airfield, the home of OUGC. Saturday was unsoarable so on Sunday 8th July a team of four pilots from each club rigged their gliders in anticipation of the good weather. Philippa Roberts, Cambridge Captain and Lukas Brandt, Oxford launched first to test the conditions, they were closely followed by Graham Spelman, Cambridge and Rory Barker, Oxford. Lukas and Philippa flew a very close match with only 2 points between them; unfortunately for the Cambridge side Rory beat Graham by 72 points. Tragically the weekend's flying was cut short by the death of Miss Amy Barsby in an accident. Amy, 25, a pilot from Trinity College Dublin contributed a lot to university gliding and we would like to take this opportunity to recognise that contribution.<br />
<br />
=== 2009 ===<br />
<br />
On the weekend of the 27th/28th June 09, Cambridge University Gliding Club travelled to Oxford University's home club at RAF Bicester for the 2009 Gliding Varsity Match. Their aim was to keep the Varsity Cup for the sport of soaring the sky at Cambridge for another year. The five person team knew they were up against tough competition, as the Oxford team held the advantage in qualifications and experience. The Saturday started with a real surprise for a gliding competition; the weather was fantastic! The airfield was set up quickly and the necessary check flights made by the visiting team, to familiarise themselves with the airfield and local airspace (there is a nearby parachute drop zone – not a good place to be in a glider!). With these chores completed, Julia and Becca kicked things off for the Cambridge team, flying in K13s, and both gaining very respectable scores of around 130 points (1 point per minute, up to 50 minutes, plus 2 points per 100 ft sustained height gain). However, Oxford countered with two very good flights, as Lukas and Felix went off in their hotships, into the best of a good day's weather. Their better gliders and slightly dubious pull-up tactics led to some truly amazing scores of 235 and 276 points, gaining between the two of them more than the entire Oxford team last year. Peter then flew in a borrowed glider, making Cambridge's best scoring flight yet. Most of the remaining members of both teams made their flights that afternoon, and the evening showed Oxford out in the lead. Sunday's weather was not quite what Saturday's had been, but there were still plenty of thermals about, so there were many efforts from the Cambridge team to better their previous scores. Peter made another impressive scoring flight of 212 points, in CUGC's new glider; an ASW19 with the tail letters CU, but no one else was able to improve in the slightly poorer weather.<br />
<br />
=== 2007 ===<br />
<br />
After a defeat at home in 2006, Cambridge arrived at RAF Bicester eager to take back the Varsity Trophy. As was the case for much of the season, the weather was proving to be rather uncooperative. However, by early afternoon the sky cleared enough that the match could begin. Soaring conditions remained very difficult and both teams found it hard to make significant height gains. In the end though, a trio of strong performances from Nick Laux, Adam Spikings and Peter Buchlovsky sealed the day, with us eventually winning by 112 points to 85.<br />
<br />
=== 2006 ===<br />
<br />
Sadly, the match was pushed back to August from projected dates in June due to weather and other uncontrollable delays. When the day did arrive, the visiting Oxford side was on excellent form, with Cambridge struggling to put out a whole team due to the holidays. After a hard day’s competition in difficult conditions, Oxford won by a fair margin, leaving Cambridge disappointed but keen for the replay in 2007.<br />
<br />
=== 2002 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Paul Flower & Charlotte Morley<br />
<br />
=== 2001 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: John Hingley, Paul Flower, John Glass, James Lloyd-Hughes & Tom Bishop<br />
<br />
=== 1998 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Jay Rebbeck, Debbie Thomas, Stuart Crawshaw & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1997 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Pete Thelwall, Debbie Thomas & Stephen Madle<br />
<br />
=== 1995 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Stuart Crawshaw, Henry Rebbeck ,Mark Williams, Alex Parr, Ian Lewis & Kingsley Reavell<br />
<br />
=== 1994 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: James Chappell, Stuart Crawshaw, John Moore, Mark Williams & Henry Rebbeck<br />
<br />
=== 1993 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Jagdip Grewal, Harjinder Obhi, James Chappell, John Moore, Malte Grosche & Stuart Crawshaw<br />
<br />
=== 1992 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: Damian Debski, Malte Grosche, Stuart Morgan, Harjinder Obhi, Peter Topping, Matthew Turnbull & John Moore<br />
<br />
=== 1989 ===<br />
<br />
; Cambridge team<br />
: David Heath-Whyte, Derek Prinsen, Graham Armstrong, Frank Zachariasse & Margaret Oakes<br />
<br />
[[Category:Advanced Gliding]]<br />
[[Category:Competitions]]<br />
[[Category:Reports]]</div>Webmasterhttps://wiki.cugc.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Committee&diff=731Committee2022-04-20T18:54:54Z<p>Webmaster: /* Current Committee */</p>
<hr />
<div>The committee is elected each year at the AGM, usually in May. Potential candidates should express interest in advance to the member currently holding the role in order to learn more about it.<br />
<br />
== Committee Roles ==<br />
<br />
Ordered by estimated workload.<br />
<br />
; President <br />
: Ensures the smooth running of the club, chairs club meetings and represents CUGC at Cambridge Gliding Centre (Gransden) meetings and at other gliding organisations. Is responsible for ensuring that other committee members are doing their jobs, and for completing any random tasks that may come up.<br />
<br />
; Vice President (can be substituted with co-presidents)<br />
: Supports the president on special tasks. Helps organise trial flights. Can attend CGC committee meetings on the presidents behalf.<br />
<br />
; Treasurer<br />
: Manages CUGC's accounts and grant applications.<br />
<br />
; Secretary<br />
: Manages club membership. Works closely with the president and treasurer. Responsible for ticketing for trial flight events.<br />
<br />
; Captain (can be co-captains)<br />
: Responsible organising expeditions and competitions (including the [[Varsity]] match). Must have [[Bronze]] badge or above.<br />
<br />
; Equipment Officer<br />
: Ensures that our glider ([[:Category:CU|CU]]) and its associated equipment are properly maintained, along with the relevant documentation. Great if you want to learn more about what goes into owning and maintaining a glider. Responsible for organising annual maintenance.<br />
<br />
; Social Secretary<br />
: Organises social events such as formals, pub meets and the annual dinner. Partly responsible for keeping Facebook page updated. A good role for someone who is unable to commit much time, but a really important role to be filled!<br />
<br />
; Flying Coordinator<br />
: Responsible for organising instructors and booking aircraft for trial flights and winter flying days. Works closely with president and secretary.<br />
<br />
; Webmaster<br />
: Manages the website, wiki and club email addresses. Requires a reasonable level of technical competency. <br />
<br />
; Welfare Officer<br />
: Looks out for members' welfare.<br />
<br />
; Safety Officer<br />
: A sports club mandated role. Liaises with the CGC safety officer. A small role.<br />
<br />
; Ordinary Member<br />
: Perfect if you want to be involved with major decisions and help out when you can. This is a zero commitment role as we appreciate some people want to help but can’t commit to anything.<br />
<br />
== Committee History ==<br />
=== Current Committee ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Vice President || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Una Xu || Newnham || qx227<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Flavio Salvati || Queens' || fs483<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Koji Shukawa || St John's || ks925<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Koji Shukawa || St John's || ks925<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Peter Coppola || Fitzwilliam || pc605<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Officer || Koji Shukawa || St John's || ks925<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2020 - 2021 ===<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Eleanor Lim || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Martin Gazo || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2019 - 2020 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Vice President || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:rs966|Jasmine Shao]] || Selwyn || rs966<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:LD560|Isaac Dai]] || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:MG816|Martin Gazo]] || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:HCH28|Hugh Hudson]] || Magdalene || hch28<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Relations Officer || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 - 2019 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:CJB259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:RNW29|Nathanael West]] || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:BZ240|Bonan Zhu]] || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:TW466|Timo Wilken]] || St Catharine's || tw466<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:XM241|Xuezi Ma]] || Queens' || xm241<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:LX242|Raymond Xu]] || Robinson || lx242<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2017 - 2018 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Chris Barrott || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikramaditya Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Bonan Zhu || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Preeyan Parmar || Trinity || pp324<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 - 2017 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Tomasz Cebo || St Edmund's || tc377<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2015 - 2016 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Stella Lau || Trinity || sl715<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 - 2015 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Woody Bu || Homerton || zb234<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || Lucy Cavendish || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || Corpus Christi || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2013 - 2014 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Siqi Ding || Newnham || sd574<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || ''(unknown)'' || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || ''(unknown)'' || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2012 - 2013 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Iain Butler || Fitzwilliam || ib312<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Caspian Merlin || St Catharine's || chpm2<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Deepak Venkateshvaran || Fitzwilliam || dv246<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Graham Spelman || Fitzwilliam || gms41<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Philippa Bell || Queens' || pgr22<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:The Club]]</div>Webmasterhttps://wiki.cugc.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Committee&diff=730Committee2022-04-20T18:53:37Z<p>Webmaster: /* Current Committee */</p>
<hr />
<div>The committee is elected each year at the AGM, usually in May. Potential candidates should express interest in advance to the member currently holding the role in order to learn more about it.<br />
<br />
== Committee Roles ==<br />
<br />
Ordered by estimated workload.<br />
<br />
; President <br />
: Ensures the smooth running of the club, chairs club meetings and represents CUGC at Cambridge Gliding Centre (Gransden) meetings and at other gliding organisations. Is responsible for ensuring that other committee members are doing their jobs, and for completing any random tasks that may come up.<br />
<br />
; Vice President (can be substituted with co-presidents)<br />
: Supports the president on special tasks. Helps organise trial flights. Can attend CGC committee meetings on the presidents behalf.<br />
<br />
; Treasurer<br />
: Manages CUGC's accounts and grant applications.<br />
<br />
; Secretary<br />
: Manages club membership. Works closely with the president and treasurer. Responsible for ticketing for trial flight events.<br />
<br />
; Captain (can be co-captains)<br />
: Responsible organising expeditions and competitions (including the [[Varsity]] match). Must have [[Bronze]] badge or above.<br />
<br />
; Equipment Officer<br />
: Ensures that our glider ([[:Category:CU|CU]]) and its associated equipment are properly maintained, along with the relevant documentation. Great if you want to learn more about what goes into owning and maintaining a glider. Responsible for organising annual maintenance.<br />
<br />
; Social Secretary<br />
: Organises social events such as formals, pub meets and the annual dinner. Partly responsible for keeping Facebook page updated. A good role for someone who is unable to commit much time, but a really important role to be filled!<br />
<br />
; Flying Coordinator<br />
: Responsible for organising instructors and booking aircraft for trial flights and winter flying days. Works closely with president and secretary.<br />
<br />
; Webmaster<br />
: Manages the website, wiki and club email addresses. Requires a reasonable level of technical competency. <br />
<br />
; Welfare Officer<br />
: Looks out for members' welfare.<br />
<br />
; Safety Officer<br />
: A sports club mandated role. Liaises with the CGC safety officer. A small role.<br />
<br />
; Ordinary Member<br />
: Perfect if you want to be involved with major decisions and help out when you can. This is a zero commitment role as we appreciate some people want to help but can’t commit to anything.<br />
<br />
== Committee History ==<br />
=== Current Committee ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Una Xu || Newnham || qx227<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Flavio Salvati || Queens' || fs483<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Koji Shukawa || St John's || ks925<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Koji Shukawa || St John's || ks925<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Peter Coppola || Fitzwilliam || pc605<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Officer || Koji Shukawa || St John's || ks925<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2020 - 2021 ===<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Eleanor Lim || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Martin Gazo || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2019 - 2020 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Vice President || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:rs966|Jasmine Shao]] || Selwyn || rs966<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:LD560|Isaac Dai]] || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:MG816|Martin Gazo]] || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:HCH28|Hugh Hudson]] || Magdalene || hch28<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Relations Officer || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 - 2019 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:CJB259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:RNW29|Nathanael West]] || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:BZ240|Bonan Zhu]] || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:TW466|Timo Wilken]] || St Catharine's || tw466<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:XM241|Xuezi Ma]] || Queens' || xm241<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:LX242|Raymond Xu]] || Robinson || lx242<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2017 - 2018 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Chris Barrott || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikramaditya Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Bonan Zhu || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Preeyan Parmar || Trinity || pp324<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 - 2017 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Tomasz Cebo || St Edmund's || tc377<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2015 - 2016 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Stella Lau || Trinity || sl715<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 - 2015 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Woody Bu || Homerton || zb234<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || Lucy Cavendish || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || Corpus Christi || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2013 - 2014 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Siqi Ding || Newnham || sd574<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || ''(unknown)'' || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || ''(unknown)'' || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2012 - 2013 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Iain Butler || Fitzwilliam || ib312<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Caspian Merlin || St Catharine's || chpm2<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Deepak Venkateshvaran || Fitzwilliam || dv246<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Graham Spelman || Fitzwilliam || gms41<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Philippa Bell || Queens' || pgr22<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:The Club]]</div>Webmasterhttps://wiki.cugc.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Committee&diff=729Committee2022-04-20T18:52:00Z<p>Webmaster: /* 2020 - March 2021 */</p>
<hr />
<div>The committee is elected each year at the AGM, usually in May. Potential candidates should express interest in advance to the member currently holding the role in order to learn more about it.<br />
<br />
== Committee Roles ==<br />
<br />
Ordered by estimated workload.<br />
<br />
; President <br />
: Ensures the smooth running of the club, chairs club meetings and represents CUGC at Cambridge Gliding Centre (Gransden) meetings and at other gliding organisations. Is responsible for ensuring that other committee members are doing their jobs, and for completing any random tasks that may come up.<br />
<br />
; Vice President (can be substituted with co-presidents)<br />
: Supports the president on special tasks. Helps organise trial flights. Can attend CGC committee meetings on the presidents behalf.<br />
<br />
; Treasurer<br />
: Manages CUGC's accounts and grant applications.<br />
<br />
; Secretary<br />
: Manages club membership. Works closely with the president and treasurer. Responsible for ticketing for trial flight events.<br />
<br />
; Captain (can be co-captains)<br />
: Responsible organising expeditions and competitions (including the [[Varsity]] match). Must have [[Bronze]] badge or above.<br />
<br />
; Equipment Officer<br />
: Ensures that our glider ([[:Category:CU|CU]]) and its associated equipment are properly maintained, along with the relevant documentation. Great if you want to learn more about what goes into owning and maintaining a glider. Responsible for organising annual maintenance.<br />
<br />
; Social Secretary<br />
: Organises social events such as formals, pub meets and the annual dinner. Partly responsible for keeping Facebook page updated. A good role for someone who is unable to commit much time, but a really important role to be filled!<br />
<br />
; Flying Coordinator<br />
: Responsible for organising instructors and booking aircraft for trial flights and winter flying days. Works closely with president and secretary.<br />
<br />
; Webmaster<br />
: Manages the website, wiki and club email addresses. Requires a reasonable level of technical competency. <br />
<br />
; Welfare Officer<br />
: Looks out for members' welfare.<br />
<br />
; Safety Officer<br />
: A sports club mandated role. Liaises with the CGC safety officer. A small role.<br />
<br />
; Ordinary Member<br />
: Perfect if you want to be involved with major decisions and help out when you can. This is a zero commitment role as we appreciate some people want to help but can’t commit to anything.<br />
<br />
== Committee History ==<br />
=== Current Committee ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Una Xu || Newnham || qx227<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Martin Gazo || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Peter Coppola || Fitzwilliam || pc605<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Officer || Koji Shukawa || St John's || ks925<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2020 - 2021 ===<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Eleanor Lim || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Martin Gazo || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2019 - 2020 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Vice President || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:rs966|Jasmine Shao]] || Selwyn || rs966<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:LD560|Isaac Dai]] || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:MG816|Martin Gazo]] || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:HCH28|Hugh Hudson]] || Magdalene || hch28<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Relations Officer || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 - 2019 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:CJB259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:RNW29|Nathanael West]] || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:BZ240|Bonan Zhu]] || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:TW466|Timo Wilken]] || St Catharine's || tw466<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:XM241|Xuezi Ma]] || Queens' || xm241<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:LX242|Raymond Xu]] || Robinson || lx242<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2017 - 2018 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Chris Barrott || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikramaditya Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Bonan Zhu || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Preeyan Parmar || Trinity || pp324<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 - 2017 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Tomasz Cebo || St Edmund's || tc377<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2015 - 2016 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Stella Lau || Trinity || sl715<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 - 2015 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Woody Bu || Homerton || zb234<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || Lucy Cavendish || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || Corpus Christi || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2013 - 2014 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Siqi Ding || Newnham || sd574<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || ''(unknown)'' || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || ''(unknown)'' || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2012 - 2013 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Iain Butler || Fitzwilliam || ib312<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Caspian Merlin || St Catharine's || chpm2<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Deepak Venkateshvaran || Fitzwilliam || dv246<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Graham Spelman || Fitzwilliam || gms41<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Philippa Bell || Queens' || pgr22<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:The Club]]</div>Webmasterhttps://wiki.cugc.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Committee&diff=728Committee2022-04-20T18:51:23Z<p>Webmaster: /* Committee Roles */</p>
<hr />
<div>The committee is elected each year at the AGM, usually in May. Potential candidates should express interest in advance to the member currently holding the role in order to learn more about it.<br />
<br />
== Committee Roles ==<br />
<br />
Ordered by estimated workload.<br />
<br />
; President <br />
: Ensures the smooth running of the club, chairs club meetings and represents CUGC at Cambridge Gliding Centre (Gransden) meetings and at other gliding organisations. Is responsible for ensuring that other committee members are doing their jobs, and for completing any random tasks that may come up.<br />
<br />
; Vice President (can be substituted with co-presidents)<br />
: Supports the president on special tasks. Helps organise trial flights. Can attend CGC committee meetings on the presidents behalf.<br />
<br />
; Treasurer<br />
: Manages CUGC's accounts and grant applications.<br />
<br />
; Secretary<br />
: Manages club membership. Works closely with the president and treasurer. Responsible for ticketing for trial flight events.<br />
<br />
; Captain (can be co-captains)<br />
: Responsible organising expeditions and competitions (including the [[Varsity]] match). Must have [[Bronze]] badge or above.<br />
<br />
; Equipment Officer<br />
: Ensures that our glider ([[:Category:CU|CU]]) and its associated equipment are properly maintained, along with the relevant documentation. Great if you want to learn more about what goes into owning and maintaining a glider. Responsible for organising annual maintenance.<br />
<br />
; Social Secretary<br />
: Organises social events such as formals, pub meets and the annual dinner. Partly responsible for keeping Facebook page updated. A good role for someone who is unable to commit much time, but a really important role to be filled!<br />
<br />
; Flying Coordinator<br />
: Responsible for organising instructors and booking aircraft for trial flights and winter flying days. Works closely with president and secretary.<br />
<br />
; Webmaster<br />
: Manages the website, wiki and club email addresses. Requires a reasonable level of technical competency. <br />
<br />
; Welfare Officer<br />
: Looks out for members' welfare.<br />
<br />
; Safety Officer<br />
: A sports club mandated role. Liaises with the CGC safety officer. A small role.<br />
<br />
; Ordinary Member<br />
: Perfect if you want to be involved with major decisions and help out when you can. This is a zero commitment role as we appreciate some people want to help but can’t commit to anything.<br />
<br />
== Committee History ==<br />
=== Current Committee ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Una Xu || Newnham || qx227<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Martin Gazo || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Peter Coppola || Fitzwilliam || pc605<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Officer || Koji Shukawa || St John's || ks925<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2020 - March 2021 ===<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Eleanor Lim || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Martin Gazo || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2019 - 2020 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Vice President || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:rs966|Jasmine Shao]] || Selwyn || rs966<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:LD560|Isaac Dai]] || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:MG816|Martin Gazo]] || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:HCH28|Hugh Hudson]] || Magdalene || hch28<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Relations Officer || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 - 2019 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:CJB259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:RNW29|Nathanael West]] || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:BZ240|Bonan Zhu]] || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:TW466|Timo Wilken]] || St Catharine's || tw466<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:XM241|Xuezi Ma]] || Queens' || xm241<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:LX242|Raymond Xu]] || Robinson || lx242<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2017 - 2018 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Chris Barrott || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikramaditya Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Bonan Zhu || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Preeyan Parmar || Trinity || pp324<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 - 2017 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Tomasz Cebo || St Edmund's || tc377<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2015 - 2016 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Stella Lau || Trinity || sl715<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 - 2015 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Woody Bu || Homerton || zb234<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || Lucy Cavendish || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || Corpus Christi || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2013 - 2014 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Siqi Ding || Newnham || sd574<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || ''(unknown)'' || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || ''(unknown)'' || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2012 - 2013 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Iain Butler || Fitzwilliam || ib312<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Caspian Merlin || St Catharine's || chpm2<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Deepak Venkateshvaran || Fitzwilliam || dv246<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Graham Spelman || Fitzwilliam || gms41<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Philippa Bell || Queens' || pgr22<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:The Club]]</div>Webmasterhttps://wiki.cugc.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Committee&diff=727Committee2022-04-20T18:50:31Z<p>Webmaster: /* Committee Roles */</p>
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<div>The committee is elected each year at the AGM, usually in May. Potential candidates should express interest in advance to the member currently holding the role in order to learn more about it.<br />
<br />
== Committee Roles ==<br />
<br />
Ordered by estimated workload.<br />
<br />
; President<br />
: Ensures the smooth running of the club, chairs club meetings and represents CUGC at Cambridge Gliding Centre (Gransden) meetings and at other gliding organisations. Is responsible for ensuring that other committee members are doing their jobs, and for completing any random tasks that may come up.<br />
<br />
; Vice President (can be substituted with co-presidents)<br />
: Supports the president on special tasks. Helps organise trial flights. Can attend CGC committee meetings on the presidents behalf.<br />
<br />
; Treasurer<br />
: Manages CUGC's accounts and grant applications.<br />
<br />
; Secretary<br />
: Manages club membership. Works closely with the president and treasurer. Responsible for ticketing for trial flight events.<br />
<br />
; Captain<br />
: Responsible organising expeditions and competitions (including the [[Varsity]] match). Must have [[Bronze]] badge or above.<br />
<br />
; Equipment Officer<br />
: Ensures that our glider ([[:Category:CU|CU]]) and its associated equipment are properly maintained, along with the relevant documentation. Great if you want to learn more about what goes into owning and maintaining a glider. Responsible for organising annual maintenance.<br />
<br />
; Social Secretary<br />
: Organises social events such as formals, pub meets and the annual dinner. Partly responsible for keeping Facebook page updated. A good role for someone who is unable to commit much time, but a really important role to be filled!<br />
<br />
; Flying Coordinator<br />
: Responsible for organising instructors and booking aircraft for trial flights and winter flying days. Works closely with president and secretary.<br />
<br />
; Webmaster<br />
: Manages the website, wiki and club email addresses. Requires a reasonable level of technical competency. <br />
<br />
; Welfare Officer<br />
: Looks out for members' welfare.<br />
<br />
; Safety Officer<br />
: A sports club mandated role. Liaises with the CGC safety officer. A small role.<br />
<br />
; Ordinary Member<br />
: Perfect if you want to be involved with major decisions and help out when you can. This is a zero commitment role as we appreciate some people want to help but can’t commit to anything.<br />
<br />
== Committee History ==<br />
=== Current Committee ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Una Xu || Newnham || qx227<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Martin Gazo || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Peter Coppola || Fitzwilliam || pc605<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Officer || Koji Shukawa || St John's || ks925<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2020 - March 2021 ===<br />
<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Eleanor Lim || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Co-Captain || Charlie Brooker || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Isaac Dai || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Matthew Wang || Christ's || tw463<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Martin Gazo || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Eszter Olah || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || Harvey Logan || Jesus || hvrl2<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2019 - 2020 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Vice President || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:rs966|Jasmine Shao]] || Selwyn || rs966<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:LD560|Isaac Dai]] || Trinity || ld560<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:cjb259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:MG816|Martin Gazo]] || Trinity || mg816<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:CB2027|Charlie Brooker]] || Queens' || cb2027<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:HCH28|Hugh Hudson]] || Magdalene || hch28<br />
|-<br />
| Alumni Relations Officer || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Prof Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2018 - 2019 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| President || [[User:CJB259|Chris Barrott]] || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || [[User:YEL24|Eleanor Lim]] || Darwin || yel24<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || [[User:ERO24|Eszter Olah]] || Newnham || ero24<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || [[User:RNW29|Nathanael West]] || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || [[User:HS586|Hayk Saribekyan]] || St John's || hs586<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || [[User:BZ240|Bonan Zhu]] || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || [[User:TW466|Timo Wilken]] || St Catharine's || tw466<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || [[User:XM241|Xuezi Ma]] || Queens' || xm241<br />
|-<br />
| Welfare Officer || [[User:LX242|Raymond Xu]] || Robinson || lx242<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2017 - 2018 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Chris Barrott || Downing || cjb259<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikramaditya Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Bonan Zhu || Queens' || bz240<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Preeyan Parmar || Trinity || pp324<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 - 2017 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Nathanael West || Churchill || rnw29<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Tomasz Cebo || St Edmund's || tc377<br />
|-<br />
| Webmaster || Matthis Lehmkuehler || Girton || ml728<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2015 - 2016 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Stella Lau || Trinity || sl715<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Vikram Giri || Trinity || vg295<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Malte Grosche || Trinity || fmg12<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2014 - 2015 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Richard Ladley || St John's || rgl31<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Woody Bu || Homerton || zb234<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || Lucy Cavendish || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || Corpus Christi || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2013 - 2014 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Siqi Ding || Newnham || sd574<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Joe Roberts || Selwyn || jr592<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Monique van-Beek || ''(unknown)'' || mv336<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Tim Puchtler || ''(unknown)'' || tjp39<br />
|-<br />
| Equipment Officer || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
=== 2012 - 2013 ===<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Position !! Member !! College !! CRSid<br />
|-<br />
| Chairman || Iain Butler || Fitzwilliam || ib312<br />
|-<br />
| Treasurer || Caspian Merlin || St Catharine's || chpm2<br />
|-<br />
| Secretary || Deepak Venkateshvaran || Fitzwilliam || dv246<br />
|-<br />
| Captain || Malcolm Morgan || Girton || mem48<br />
|-<br />
| Social Secretary || Keshav Thirumalai || Jesus || kt358<br />
|-<br />
| Flying Coordinator || Jonathan Carr || Emmanuel || jcc68<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Graham Spelman || Fitzwilliam || gms41<br />
|-<br />
| Ordinary Member || Philippa Bell || Queens' || pgr22<br />
|-<br />
| Senior Treasurer || Dr Peter O'Donald || Emmanuel || pod1<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:The Club]]</div>Webmasterhttps://wiki.cugc.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Welcome_and_Introductory_Information&diff=726Welcome and Introductory Information2022-01-25T17:30:12Z<p>Webmaster: /* Two Seater Booking Page */</p>
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<div>Welcome to CUGC. Whether you are a new or old member, this page should contain some helpful advice regarding how to book training slots, how to organise transport and what to expect on your first visits to the airfield.<br />
<br />
Make sure to check out our website as well which contains a lot of useful information in the [https://www.cugc.org.uk/faq/ FAQ Section].<br />
<br />
== Introductory Information ==<br />
===Mailing Lists===<br />
<br />
The first thing you should do is make sure that you are on all of our mailing lists.<br />
<br />
'''CUGC:''' [http://cugc.org.uk/about-club/contact/ Join these here.] Soc-Gliding and Soc-Gliding-Transport are the most important: here you will receive general club information and offers/requests for transport respectively.<br />
<br />
'''CGC:''' [http://traka.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/cgc-news_traka.me.uk Join this here.] This is the the Cambridge Gliding Centre (CGC) mailing list for airfield alerts (like for when flying is cancelled), and is really important that you join.<br />
<br />
'''Facebook:''' [https://www.facebook.com/groups/cugc.members/ Join the closed group here] and [https://www.facebook.com/CambridgeUniversityGlidingClub/ like our public Facebook page.]<br />
<br />
===Your Flying Account===<br />
<br />
This is where you can see your account balance and a log of your completed flights. [http://members.camgliding.uk/signin.aspx?ReturnUrl=%252fmembersonly%252faccount.aspx View your account here.] Your password is your UK postcode by default, and use your membership number which will have been sent my email.<br />
<br />
You must make sure that your account is in credit at all times for us to stay in good standing with CGC. Top up instructions are on the right hand side. Make sure you top up your flying account before you go flying, not after. In a typical day, you might have 3 winch launches or 1 longer flight - this will be around £30.<br />
<br />
===Going Flying===<br />
<br />
If you haven't done any flying before, you'll need to book training slots with an instructor in the two-seater gliders. See the section below for more information on how to do this. You'll tend to go out to the airfield for either a half or full day, and you'll share your instructor with one other person. <br />
<br />
You'll need to get transport out to the airfield:<br />
<br />
'''By Car:''' Lifts are offered and requested on the on the transport mailing list. We also have a [[Transport sharing| spreadsheet where taxis are organised]] on a regular basis. Some instructors consistently offer lifts, so if you book with them on the two-seater system you can be sure of a lift. Their names can be found on the transport spreadsheet. It's best to book your training slots on days that you know you will have transport. If you're getting a lift with someone, it's polite to offer to share petrol money.<br />
<br />
'''By Bike / Bus:''' [http://cugc.org.uk/about-club/directions/ See information here.]<br />
<br />
When you're not flying, you'll be helping out on the ground to get other people in the air. There's plenty to do, and people will be happy to show you how to do things the first time you're there, just ask! Make sure you're willing to help: those who help out more are likely to get more flying!<br />
<br />
== Booking Training Slots ==<br />
<br />
{{Warning |heading=Heading |You must have credit on your flying account before you can fly (see above).}}<br />
<br />
Your membership number and password will have been sent to you by email (follow up on this if it has been over two weeks). With these details, you can now book either [https://members.camgliding.uk/ops/twoseatbookings.aspx training with instructors in 2-seater gliders], or book [https://members.camgliding.uk/membersonly/single_seater_booking.aspx single-seat gliders]. If you are a new member, ignore the single seater booking for now - that will come later! Note the Login ID here is in the format of Fred BLOGGS.<br />
<br />
===Two Seater Booking Page===<br />
<br />
The columns (K21/Puchacz/Perkoz) show the aircraft type. If you're booking for the first time, this doesn't matter, and you can pick any aircraft. The rows show the time of day (AM / PM) and the instructors name. If you are new, it's important you do not book the instructors prefixed with 'XC', as these offer a different type of training. Note that there is a link at the top of the page to view dates further ahead than the default view.<br />
<br />
You can book a slot by clicking your on any of the ''Book'' hyperlinks which will show in open slots. <br />
<br />
'''In Winter: ''' AM slots are from 08:45 to 12:30, PM slots are from 12:30 until flying stops. This is usually 5pm or sunset (whichever is earlier).<br />
<br />
'''In Summer (During British Summer Time): ''' AM slots are from 08:45 to 13:30, PM slots are from 13:30 until flying stops. This is usually 6pm.<br />
<br />
'''Booking Rules:'''<br />
:You must cancel any slot that you cannot attend more than 72 hours in advance, otherwise you will be <span style="color:red">subject to a £25 fine.</span><br />
:You must only book half day slots (either AM or PM) on weekends.<br />
:You can only hold 4 advance bookings.<br />
:You are discouraged to book slots if you are unsure about whether you can make them or not. If you keep booking slots just to 'protect' them it puts others at a disadvantage.<br />
:Your account MUST be in credit to be able to go flying. If you continue flying with your account in debit, your booking rights may get revoked.<br />
<br />
'''Temporary rules for winter 2022:'''<br />
There are three types of way of bookings and they are all organised differently.<br />
<br />
''''Weekend flying''''<br />
Usually CGC operates 5 days a week during winter, but unfortunately, instructors are only rostered for weekends this year. Due to the lack of capacity, a limited number of weekend slots have been allocated to CUGC, and members should not book on the website, unless they remain free after 1pm on the Wednesday preceding the weekend. Allocation for the CUGC slots are done monthly by the flying coordinator. This will be notified on the CUGC emailing list.<br />
<br />
From 1st April, it is expected that 7 days a week operation will resume. You will be able to book slots as described above, but please be patient until then.<br />
<br />
''''CUGC Monday Flying''''<br />
This is organised by CUGC, only for CUGC members. You will get an email about it from the flying coordinator every week which has clear instructions written on it.<br />
<br />
''''CGC Midweek Flying''''<br />
This is the bit complicated one. There is a whatsapp group with CGC members where you can see when instructors might be available during the mid week. If you see instructors volunteering, message the group chat to let <br />
<br />
https://chat.whatsapp.com/JLIV6h2tKweKLejoxefKfe<br />
<br />
===Single Seater Booking Page===<br />
TBC<br />
<br />
== Your First Day at the Airfield ==<br />
<br />
Hooray! You're finally going flying. There are a few important things to remember.<br />
<br />
===Preparation===<br />
<br />
'''What to bring:''' This might sound obvious, but might be useful.<br />
:'''In Winter:''' Warm clothes, gloves, warm hat, waterproof shoes. ''Always'' bring an extra layer than what you think you'll need. Airfields are cold places and you can't fly well if you're cold.<br />
:'''In Summer:''' Sun-hat (if you have one), suncream and plenty of water.<br />
Plenty of food and drink. There are usually sandwiches at the club, but you can't rely on it.<br />
Sunglasses. Sometimes you're flying towards the sun and can't see a thing without them.<br />
<br />
Make sure that you have organised transport and know where to meet / directions to the airfield so you can be there on time for 08:45 (or 12/13:30 if it's a PM slot).<br />
<br />
Make sure that you have money on your account and know your membership number.<br />
<br />
===At the Airfield===<br />
<br />
Once you're there, introduce yourself to people. Find your instructor and let them know that you're a new member. They should give you a safety introduction and let you know what's going on.<br />
<br />
The first thing we do in the morning is unpack the hangar and check the gliders and equipment. This usually happens until around 09:30 when there is a briefing with everyone. After that, the gliders are towed out to the launch point and then we go flying! Try to help out, but make sure people know that you're new and don't do anything you're not comfortable with. You'll soon learn how to do stuff.<br />
<br />
Once all the gliders are at the launch point, we start flying. You'll usually take it in turns to fly with your instructor with the other person booked in for that session. When you're not flying, there are plenty of jobs to do on the ground. These include moving gliders around, collecting winch cables and launching the gliders. Again, ask people what they're doing and how you can help - they'll appreciate it. Note you can only drive the vehicles if you have a manual driver's licence.<br />
<br />
After flying, make sure that you get a logbook and progress card, and get your instructor to sign off your progress. Don't lose these - they will stay will you for as long as you are a pilot!<br />
<br />
If you're booked in for the morning session, you can go home at lunch time. If you're booked in for the afternoon session, you need to help put the gliders away back in the hangar. You are expected to stay until the hangar doors are closed.<br />
<br />
[[Category: Membership]]</div>Webmasterhttps://wiki.cugc.org.uk/w/index.php?title=Fifth_time_a_charm_(of_500_km)&diff=129Fifth time a charm (of 500 km)2019-02-12T23:28:32Z<p>Webmaster: Formatting</p>
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<div>[[File:Author.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Tomasz Cebo]]<br />
<br />
'''By Tomasz Cebo'''<br />
<br />
In 1938 a Polish pilot Tadeusz Góra flew first ever above 500km distance in a glider. For some time, it was my ambition to follow in his footsteps (or rather - cloudsteps). I achieved that on Sunday, 15th July 2018 in ASW19B “CU” belonging to the Cambridge University Gliding Club.<br />
<br />
Having ambitious plans, it is worth looking for an inspiration from others who had previously done remarkable things. Tadeusz Góra was an obvious choice for me - I am still hugely impressed by his achievement. Especially that it was much more difficult then, without modern, fibreglass gliders and (more or less) precise weather forecasts. The achievement of Góra did not pass unnoticed – he was the first-ever recipient of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal – the highest award in gliding. <br />
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For the sake of planning such a long flight, one should have several tasks pre-planned to select from on the day, to suit the weather properly. I have decided on choosing the same task as one of the most inspiring flights I have seen since joining CGC/CUGC – Mark Lawrence-Jones’ first 500km in August 2016. The aim was to fly 503.8 km triangle via Framlingham (FRW), Tuxford Junction (TUJ) and Bicester Control Tower (BIC) turnpoints. <br />
[[File:500km.jpg|200px|thumb|left|503.8 km task - GRL-FRW-TUJ-BIC-GRL]]<br />
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The task fitted the weather nicely, though the day was so good that probably many others would also have had been suitable. The first turnpoint has kept me on the edge of my seat with little thermal activity due to the gentle sea breeze that managed to move upwind. However, thanks to a very high cloud base of about 6000ft, I had plenty of height to trade for distance to turn FRW and return to the good weather on my way to TUJ. <br />
[[File:CU.jpg|200px|thumb|right|CUGC's ASW 19B G-CUGC]]<br />
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I had found a gliding paradise between FRW and TUJ, with very strong thermals that were exactly where I was expecting them. Things got more challenging past TUJ, as it blued out completely. I was looking longingly at the cumulus clouds far in the southeast. Unfortunately, flying to them had meant taking a big detour, which, analysing in hindsight, would probably had wasted too much time. I am glad, that I took my chances flying through the blue, successfully finding and recognising hot spots on the ground – a source of decent, unmarked thermals.<br />
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My hopes were very high when turning BIC, but the day started to decay. Small cloud street, that I had found just before BIC, begun to disperse when I returned to it… Luckily, the thermals emitted off Milton Keynes, allowed me to gain sufficient height to embark on a final glide to Gransden Lodge. With a gentle wind, stable air and the sun setting behind my back, that final glide was one of the best and most pleasant aviation experiences ever. The task was accomplished after strenuous seven hours and twenty minutes. My achievement was not without a reward – I received the FAI diamond distance award and two bottles of bubbly drink. <br />
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Have I summed up what allowed me to achieve it, I would enlist: inspiration, preparation and perseverance - without it, there would not have been five attempts at flying 500 km.<br />
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Last but not least, I would like to express my gratitude to Haluk Yildiz for being my retrieve crew, Mark Lawrence-Jones for officially observing my achievement and the CGC/CUGC instructors and members for making all of this possible.<br />
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'''By Tomasz Cebo'''<br />
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''(…) then the pilot will discover that there is another way to fly a glider, another dimension, and the doors will open to big flights, to his great pleasure and that of his passenger. (…)''<br />
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The words by Jean-Marie Clément, from his excellent book “Dancing with the wind” skilfully translated to English by Cambridge Gliding Centre (CGC) instructor Stephen Gibson, perfectly describe my feelings after spending two weeks in a premier UK wave flying site – Deeside Gliding Club (DGC) in Aboyne.<br />
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Located at the bank of River Dee, with mountains towering over, the DGC is a wonderful place to fly from. Your inner pilot will be satisfied, but if you are also into outdoors, hillwalking, nature or even history – there is plenty to cherish your senses. Or cheer up your non-flying companions. Gliding would not be possible without people running the club – it is hard to imagine more hospitable team than one in the DGC, keen to share their local knowledge with visitors from “Englandshire” and abroad. <br />
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From a point of view of a glider pilot, it is the location that defines all that is the best about Aboyne. To the east of Cairngorm mountain range, which is regularly divided by long latitudinal valleys crossed perpendicularly by smaller side valleys. This topography provides favourable wave patterns in most of wind directions - from the south-east round to the north, there is a potential for a usable wave formation. Just west of the DGC there is a large geological formation called Tarland Bowl – well shaped circular basin, which locks in wave patterns from multiple wind directions and, hence, gives Aboyne pilots access to a convenient wave entry point.<br />
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[[File:Caringorms.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Caringorms]]<br />
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Flying there is not for faint-hearted. Especially in southerly winds which can cause a lot of turbulence and interesting phenomena – like two windsocks separated by 500 m pointing towards each other… Taking off and landing in these conditions can be very “sporty” as they say up there in the north. I believe that to successfully tackle these conditions, one has to start preparing well in advance.<br />
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On my trip, I was extremely lucky with the weather, which obviously was beyond my control. However, thorough prior preparation was something that I consider helped enormously in achieving my goal. Flying an odd beat-up or two, prepared me well to handle the glider close to the ground at high approach speeds needed in windy conditions. Coming to CGC on 30+ kt days with turbulence gave me some invaluable lessons. I would have not been able to return safely via cloud after some unsuccessful wave bar jump without having (and keeping current) a cloud flying endorsement. Not to mention aerobatic training - a source of confidence when I tried to catch a wave in highly turbulent air. Jean-Marie Clément in his book, mentioned above, goes as far as suggesting that the wave flying pilot should know how to roll to and back from inverted flight (and I totally agree!). <br />
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[[File:wave.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Nicely aligned wave]]<br />
[[File:sunrise.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Sunrise over wave clouds]]<br />
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Airspace, even though less complicated than in England, can be tricky there as well. A week before my trip, CFI of another gliding club has intruded the Aberdeen airspace, infringement repeated an only week later by another club’s chairman - an honest mistake when flying downwind in 60kt upper winds. My piece of advice? Familiarisation with a moving map in a gliding computer is a must-be on your to-do list. Upper wave boxes used to fly without a transponder above FL100 can give one a headache as it is easy to unwillingly fly out of them right into controlled airspace (imagine: ground speeds can be well in excess of 150 kt.)<br />
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At this point I would like to thank Cambridge University Gliding Club which allowed me to take the club’s ASW19B – “CU” to Aboyne and Stephen Gibson from CGC who very kindly lend me his hi-performance oxygen system. Without them, I would have never spent as many as 37 hours in the air. Out of those hours, two flights are particularly notable and possibly of interest to the reader. The first one is my diamond height gain which happened on the 09/10/18. The second one is 268 km undeclared cross country flight in wave done on 10/10/18.<br />
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= Diamond height gain =<br />
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The evening before, the RASP wave forecast for Scotland seemed more than optimistic, with strongish south-westerly winds. I’ve decided to attempt an early start for the sake of an easy take off and plenty of time for looking for a good wave spot (and who can say ‘no’ to Scottish sunrise in the middle of autumn). <br />
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Thanks to Molnár Levente – very keen and helpful Hungarian tug pilot – I was able to take off with first sun rays shining onto the runway surface. As usual, he dropped me in the perfect wave entry location (keeping tug pilots well-oiled with a beer in the evenings is probably the best investment one could do while in Aboyne). The only thing left for me was to align with the best lift, fly back and forth along the wave clouds and cherish my eyes with a splendid sunrise over them (ha! the early bird does get a worm).<br />
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In no time I was at FL190, just to realise that the upper box allowing me to go up to FL245 will not be open until two hours later. I just sighed quietly for my warm bed somewhere down there. Checking my oxygen level just a bit too often, I stayed in the wave with slightly open airbrakes for an hour or so, just to realise that the wave weakened and disappeared completely from that location. I went for another wave bar which was too weak and at 9000’ I started feeling… well rather low. <br />
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Yet, both the spirits and altimeter were getting high again at another great location over lochs in Tarland Bowl – the wave I found there gave me an easy ride to FL225. I stopped the nice climb, not to infringe the FL245 (for instance due to altimeter error) with a height gain of 5900m I was sure that the dreamed-of diamond is bagged. Keeping the descend rate low, not to shock heat the glider cooled to some minus 12°C. With no space to jump out of happiness my return to base was rather uneventful.<br />
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= Cross country in a wave =<br />
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Some experienced Aboyne pilots say that getting diamond is one thing, but the real challenge is to fly cross country in a wave. The next day after my diamond height gain looked promising, thanks to fierce but stable southerly winds giving wave bars latitudinally aligned all across Scotland. Again, I decided for an early start and seeing two Aboyne pundits ensured me that the day will be good. They were ready at the runway, in complete darkness waiting for the first sunrays to allow for aerotows to commence. As before, sunrise over wave clouds was spectacular and unforgettable.<br />
[[File:Track268km.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Undeclared 268 km task over Cairngorms]]<br />
[[File:morning.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Early start]]<br />
I would not be myself if I did not declare a very ambitious (and definitely doable!) 500km task. Yet, in the end, I decided to play it safe seeing very unwelcoming territory and very few outlanding options. My strategy was to find permanent wave hot spots, gain height there and then try to jump wave bars to move forward. This worked pretty well, kept me safe but did not allow for high cross country speed or long distances. Some wave bar jumps were successful and easy others were very tricky. Few times I found myself in a place where I was expecting a strong wave after flying quickly through a heavy sink and yet I was still going down, without any prospects of nearby lift. <br />
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I found wave clouds and patterns harder to understand then thermals. With high wind speeds, places with huge sink and few outlanding options - the margin for error in the wave cross country flying is much smaller than in the thermal cross country, despite much higher altitudes at which one flies. I eventually finished an undeclared task of 268 km - being quite pleased of such an achievement. Understanding and harnessing this still under-reasearched energy allows for flights as long as two 750 km flights done from Aboyne on that day by Roy Garden and Roy Wilson. If it weren’t for the wave cross country flying, I have no idea what Jean-Marie Clément had in mind when he wrote the words quoted at the beginning of this article.<br />
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Aboyne is a great place for trying wave flying for the first time, as well as getting diamonds or doing cross country flights one can talk about over a pint forever. Favourable weather, picturesque scenery, and friendly club make it a place worth paying a visit. An opinion shared by a group of German pilots, who have been travelling there every autumn for last few years, with their own gliders all the way from Germany.<br />
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