New England Championships
JOE FUSTOLO, PAUL KUBEK & NEIL SIMPSON
ARE THE TOP THREE
RICHARD SHERMAN IS THE SPORTSMAN WINNER
SEPTEMBER 4, 2011-WORCESTER, MA -This year’s New England Championships attracted nine pilots for the twenty second annual running of this very successful Formula GX event. The location was Boynton Park in Worcester, Massachusetts. The weather was warm and humid with a cloud cover for good portions of the day..
The best starts in the first round were 725 point wins by Dick Sherman, Lloyd Seymour and Neil Simpson. In round two Lloyd and Dick mid-aired while Neil and Brian Stas flew to a low scoring draw. Meanwhile Joe Fustolo and Paul Kubek posted very good round two scores to move into contention. At the half way point Paul had the lead followed closely by Neil, Joe, Dick, Brian and Lloyd. In round three Joe got a two cut win over Paul. Next, Neil and Dick flew to a one cut apiece draw while Lloyd and Brian suffered a fly-away that hurt their cumulative scores. It would come down to the last three round four matches. In the first of these Brian got a two cut win over Richard Sherman. Next, Paul got past Dick on airtime both pilots scoring one cut apiece. In the final Joe and Neil flew to a one cut apiece draw. The final order of finish was Joe, Paul, Neil, Brian and Dick.
The top three flyers plus the sportsman winner received beautiful awards. Every competitor received a T-shirt to commemorate their participation in this annual GX happening. In addition, every pilot also received a raffle prize which included a Cobra stunt ship kit, several gallons of fuel, props and GRW tanks. GRW Model Products, J&J Sales (Jim Carpenter) and Hog Heaven Hobbies all made serious cash or merchandise contributions. Thank You to all these great sponsors from all of us. A special thank you to Brian Stas who donated a RTF combat ship to the raffle. Thank You to everyone who shared in the judging of this event.
New England Championships
Formula GX Combat
9 contestants
18 matches - 2 mid-airs - 1 fly-away
(E) Joe Fustolo-Stoughton, MA
2160pts
2160pts(A) Paul Kubek-Brockton, MA 2050pts
2050pts(E) Neil Simpson-E.Brookfield, MA 1955pts
1955pts(E) Brian Stas-Kingston, MA 1755pts
1755pts (E) Dick Sherman-Andover, MA 1735pts
1735pts (A) Chris Sarnowski-Bedford, MA 1525pts
1525pts(E) Lloyd Seymour-Leominster, MA 1435pts
1435pts(S) Richard Sherman-Andover, MA 1300pts
1300pts(E) Glenn Simpson-Worcester, MA 910pts
910pts 
The trophy winners were Joe Fustolo (1st), Paul Kubek (2nd), Neil Simpson (3rd)
and Richard Sherman (1st Sportsman)
photos courtesy of Brian Stas
