District III - 2010/09
Dewayne Gould provided the following report on The Ohio Radio Kontrol Society’s (TORKS) Heart of Ohio Pattern Classic.
On June 12 and 13, the TORKS club hosted the Heart of Ohio Pattern Classic. Eighteen pilots showed up despite the 80% chance of showers on Saturday. Teodorico Terry and Bill Kutchell, two Sportsman pilots competing in their first contest, got a good taste of contest weather.
With the cloud cover blocking the sun, we had a very short pilots' meeting and got round one started early. After a couple of flights, the showers came. The pilots and judges battled through the showers and low ceilings.
A few flights disappeared into the ceiling for a few tense seconds. We let the pilots land so the clouds could roll on by before they completed their flights. This continued on and off until 2 p.m., when the sun broke through and brought the humidity on.
Anthony Abdullah had to withdraw with motor troubles, and Bob Condra had to withdraw with radio issues. We finished all four rounds by 5:30 p.m. and headed to the Olive Garden for some hangar talk.
Sunday morning the weather forecast was slightly better, at a 50% chance of showers. With the clouds still covering the sun, we started round five early. The final two rounds were in the books by 1 p.m.
I would like to thank the pilots for showing up because without you these contests don’t happen. Thanks also to the TORKS club members who helped with the food and other contest chores. And thanks to Ray Morton and my son Josh for tackling the scoring duties.
Results
Sportsman 401
- Dan Bregar — 4000.00
- Peter VanHeusden — 3867.29
- Teodorico Terry — 3682.02
- Bill Kutchell — 3342.02
Intermediate 402
- Mike Cillis — 4000.00
- Ron Hansen — 3884.21
- Jim Gruntkowski — 3750.78
- Scott McNickle — 3621.66
- Rick Cillis — 3598.26
- Dave Cook — 3522.63
Advanced 403
- Mark Radcliff — 4000.00
- Ken Alexander — 3971.11
- Bob Condra — 355.50
Masters 404
- Verne Koester — 4000.00
- Neil Fosnaugh — 3803.69
FAI 406
- Ray Morton — 4000.00
- Dave Johnstone — 2684.80
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
