Club Class

The UK National Club class competition starts tomorrow!

Expecting this competition to be very tough. Looking at the entry list there are more than 10 pilots who are in contention to win the comp, so I think this will go to the wire.

The thing about gliding competition is that, at the top level, everyone has similar technical ability. You can't win a competition by climbing better or gliding better than everyone because everyone can climb and glide as well. So obviously you need to perform consistently  from the technical perspective over the 9 days but that will only get you to the point where you are in contention for the top spot. To actually win, i.e. come first out of 50 over 9 days, a lot of things need to come together for you, including luck.

An example from car racing, in the 2nd race this season, Alonso who is clearly one of the top 3 drivers in Formula One, was hit from behind by another car and had to retire. So luck is always an element.

My objective is to see how far I've come this year, to make fewer mistakes, to stay in contention towards the end of the competition and hopefully to improve on my result last year.