HALF-A-CHAMPS-2015

Wingbuster 1/2A Championships

NEIL SIMPSON IS SHOOTOUT WINNER

CHRIS SARNOWSKI IS RUNNER-UP

JUNE 6, 2015- HALIFAX, MA - This year’s 1/2A Championships attracted only four pilots. This prompted a contest day switch from traditional AMA rules to our Shootout rules which are inspired by a rule structure, from the Pacific Northwest, which is the brainchild of Gene Pape. The rules are so simple that the pitmen can judge the event. This is necessary because if you only have four guys two are flying, two are pitting and there is no one left over to judge the event. The event was flown in triple elimination format. The weather was seasonably cool, around seventy degrees for a high, partly sunny with a fairly strong breeze as the day progressed.

Following two rounds of action Neil Simpson, Paul Kubek and Brian Stas each had one wins and one loss while Chris Sarnowski had two losses. In round three Chris got past Brian when Brian had a bladder tank problem. In the same round Neil got past Paul one cut to none. In round four Neil got a win over Chris when Chris came down during a line tangle with both pilots tied at one cut apiece. In the next match Brian and Paul squared off with the winner to move on and face Neil in the finals, however when both came down before the end of the match they both earned a loss and Neil got the “shootout win” as a result. Brian, Paul and Chris ended up in a three way tie for second with Chris emerging the winner of the three-way fly-off to secure runner-up position in the contest.

Thank You to the Wingbusters Model Airplane Club for allowing us, yet again, to use their fine facility.

Wingbuster 1/2A Championships

1/2A Combat

4 Contestants (all from MA)

8 matches

Neil Simpson-E.Brookfield, MA . . .