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Ron Connors Memorial Spring Stunt Trials

KEN HARGREAVES, NEIL SIMPSON, CONRAD WONDOLOWSKIAND

AND DICK SHERMAN ARE TOP FOUR IN FORMULA GX

SPORTSMAN TO SHAY VADER

RICK CLARK, KEN HARGREAVES AND NEIL SIMPSON

TAKE THE TROPHY SPOTS IN 1/2A

JUNE 11, 2006-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 1/2A combat and Formula GX both on Sunday, this year.

The 1/2A Combat had only four contestants. All the participants used either Litehawks or GRS airplanes with either Foras or Cyclons for power. We ran a double-elimination format. When the dust had settled Rick Clark was undefeated and took home the “gold”, Ken Hargreaves was very competitive and finished second while Neil Simpson edged out Jeff Vader for third place.

Nine New England pilots were poised and ready for the Formula GX event. Round one saw Ken Hagreaves get off to a fast start with a 830 point win. Ken would face Conrad Wondolowski in round two and earn a two cuts to one win. Round two also saw Dick Sherman score his second good win to climb into second place. Round three started with Ken and Dick flying to a low scoring draw. Meanwhile, Conrad earned a one cut win over Brian Stas to stay close to the leaders. Shay Vader climbed into fouth place with a good round three win. Going into round four it was Ken (1965pts), Dick (1760pts), Conrad (1645pts), and Shay (1630pts ). Jeff Vader and Neil Simpson were within striking distance with 1440 points each. In the third to last match of round four Neil Simpson got past his brother Glenn with a two cuts to one win. In the semi final Conrad got an airtime win over Dick. The final was between Ken and Shay with Ken getting past Shay with a one cut win. The final order of finish was Ken, Neil, Conrad, Dick, Jeff and Shay. Shay by virtue of her sixth place finish took home the sportsman “gold” in the process. Conrad and Neil finished tied for second with Neil earning second through a fly-off match. Dick and Jeff tied for fourth with Dick getting the nod via a coin flip.

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

Nine Contestants ( 7 from MA )( 2 from NH )

18 matches (0 mid-airs)

(A) Ken Hargreaves-Worcester, MA