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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".

Women on the Varsity team can get a half-blue if they already have perfomed are holding a 1 hour solo flightBGA Bronze certificate. Men can also get a half-blue from if they are holding a BGA Silver certificate, or if they are holding a BGA Bronze certificate and fly the Women's Blues Committee (subject to approval from MBC)highest-scoring soaring flight on any given day.

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| 2023 Jul || Gransden Lodge || Oxford 753 Cambridge 612|-| 2022 Jun || RAF Weston-on-the-Green || Cambridge 584 Oxford 302|-| 2021 Jun || Gransden Lodge || Cambridge 333 Oxford 279|-| 2020 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled due to Covid-19 —''|-| 2019 Jun || RAF Bicester ||???

| 1996 || colspan="2" | ''— Cancelled—''

=== General Rules === <ol><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><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><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><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><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 This agreement shall not be rescinded, barring clause 4.b, or other exceptional circumstances.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><ol style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li value="a">All flights made during competing days are potentially valid scoring flights, unless they are unsafe.</li><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><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><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><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><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></ol><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><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></ol><br> === Scoring Metric for Soaring Flights ("Normal rules ") ===

# <ol><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 0 zero points. </li><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># 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.# 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.# 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.# <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 make sure a working barograph is carried in ensure that the trace of each scoring glideris captured.</li># <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># 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.# All flights must follow airspace rules and show good airmanship. Flights entering airspace will be disqualified.# 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.ol><br>

=== Scoring Metric under Bad weather rules Weather ("Spot landings") ===''As agreed at the 2019 Varsity Match''<ol><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><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 maintain normal safety. Any landing which uses the wheel brake is disqualified.</li><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><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></ol><br>

# <ol><li value="1">Every 1 minute over 5 minutes is counted as one point, each pilot submits the best flight of the day.# Scores for each university are aggregated, the university with the highest score wins.</li># <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># Flights making their final turn below 300ft will not score, nor will land out flights.</ol><br>

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