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Ron Connors Memorial Spring Stunt Trials

NEIL SIMPSON, KEN HARGREAVES, GLENN SIMPSON

AND JEFF VADER ARE TOP FOUR IN FORMULA GX

SPORTSMAN TO RICHARD SHERMAN

KEN HARGREAVES, JEFF VADER AND GREG WORNELL

TAKE THE TROPHY SPOTS IN F2D

MAY 26 & 27, 2007-WRENTHAM, MA-This weekend marked the annual running of “Ron Connors Memorial Spring Stunt Trials”. This year the New England Stunt Team, again, invited the New England Combat Association to run a combat contest as part of their fine event. We accepted their generous invitation and ran Formula GX on Saturday and F2D on Sunday.

Eight New England pilots were poised and ready for the Formula GX event. Round one saw Jeff Vader get off to a fast start with a 830 point win. Jeff would face Paul Kubek in round two in a match that ended in a one cut apiece draw. Meanwhile, Ken Hargreaves and Glenn Simpson got good round two wins to climb into contention. Round three started with Ken getting past Jeff two cuts to one. In the next match Glenn accomplished the same feat in a match with Paul Kubek. Neil Simpson also posted a good round three win to get back into the hunt. Going into round four it was Ken (1755pts), Jeff (1740pts), Glenn (1545pts), and Neil (1540pts). In the semi final match Neil earned a one cut win over Jeff Vader. The final was between Ken and Glenn. Lots of action in this one that, unfourtanately, ended very late with a mid air. Glenn was leading two cuts one when the match ended. The final order of finish was Neil, Ken, Glenn and Jeff. Young Richard Sherman finished in fifth place taking home the sportsman “gold” in the process.

The F2D, on Sunday, had five contestants. We ran a double-elimination format. Ken Hargreaves and Jeff Vader were flying well. When the dust had settled, at the completion of round three, they were the only two flyers left. Jeff had one loss, while Ken was undefeated. They faced off in what was, by far, the best match of the day. A full four minutes of twisting and turning with Ken earning the contest win three cuts to one. Greg Wornell after a fly off with Brian Stas took home the third place trophy.

Thank you, as always, to all the people who shared the judging responsibilities, to Rick Clark for all his great work and a special thank you to the New England Stunt Team for asking us to be part of their contest.

Ron Connors Memorial Spring Stunt Trials

Formula GX Combat

Eight Contestants ( 7 from MA )( 1 from NH )

16 matches (6 mid-airs)

(E) Neil Simpson-E.Brookfield, MA