Varsity

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".

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Results

This record is incomplete. If you know any details of past varsity matches, please add them to this Wiki, or email the current Webmaster.

Year	Venue	Result	Cambridge Team or Report
2014	Gransden Lodge	Oxford 525 Cambridge 478	Varsity 2014
2013	Bicester	Oxford 371 Cambridge 352	Varsity 2013
2012	Gransden Lodge	Cambridge 38 Oxford 16	Varsity 2012
2011	RAF Bicester	Oxford 129 Cambridge 88	Varsity 2011
2010	RAF Bicester	Oxford 496 Cambridge 426	Varsity 2010
2009 Jun	RAF Bicester	Oxford 776 Cambridge 551	Varsity 2009
2008
2007 Jul	RAF Bicester	Cambridge 112 Oxford 85	Varsity 2007
2006 Jul	Gransden Lodge	Oxford Won	Varsity 2006
2005
2004
2003 Jun	Gransden Lodge	Cambridge Won
2002 Sep	RAF Bicester	Oxford Won	Paul Flower & Charlotte Morley
2001 Dec	RAF Bicester	Cambridge Won	John Hingley, Paul Flower, John Glass, James Lloyd-Hughes & Tom Bishop
2000
1999
1998	X-Country Ladder	Oxford 14671 Cambridge 13112	Pete Thelwall, Jay Rebbeck, Debbie Thomas, Stuart Crawshaw & Stephen Madle
1997 Aug	RAF Bicester	Oxford 80 Cambridge 40	Pete Thelwall, Debbie Thomas & Stephen Madle
1996	Cancelled
1995 May	Gransden Lodge	Oxford 1083 Cambridge 1054	Stuart Crawshaw, Henry Rebbeck ,Mark Williams, Alex Parr, Ian Lewis & Kingsley Reavell
1994 May	RAF Bicester	Cambridge 458 Oxford 434	James Chappell, Stuart Crawshaw, John Moore, Mark Williams & Henry Rebbeck
1993 May	RAF Bicester	Oxford 213 Cambridge 194	Jagdip Grewal, Harjinder Obhi, James Chappell, John Moore, Malte Grosche & Stuart Crawshaw
1992 April	RAF Bicester	Cambridge 192 Oxford 192	Damian Debski, Malte Grosche, Stuart Morgan, Harjinder Obhi, Peter Topping, Matthew Turnbull & John Moore
1991	RAF Bicester	Oxford Won
1990		Oxford Won
1989	RAF Bicester	Oxford Won by 57 Points	David Heath-Whyte, Derek Prinsen, Graham Armstrong, Frank Zachariasse & Margaret Oakes
1988		Cambridge Won
1987		Oxford Won
1986		Cambridge Won
1985		Cambridge Won

Rules

Normal rules

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 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. A 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.

Bad weather rules

As agreed at the 2012 Varsity Match

1. Every 1 minute over 5 minutes is counted as one point, each pilot submits the best flight of the day.
2. Scores for each university are aggregated, the university with the highest score wins.
3. 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.
4. Flights making their final turn below 300ft will not score, nor will land out flights.