Results from Oakdale

Last weekend I competed in the Fourth Annual Oakdale Pattern contest. What a great time was had by all. The weather was warm but a nice breeze kept everyone comfortable.

NSRCA District VII Vice President Jon Carter

The event was held at a Stanislaus County provided field operated by The Radio Control Flyers Unlimited.

CD's Chris Fitzsimmons & Dick Belden

Our Contest Directors Christ Fitzsimmons and Dick Belden worked very hard to make sure the event ran smoothly.

Ron Davies makes a smooth landing

Four rounds of competition were flew on day Saturday and two rounds were flew on Sunday.

Mike and Jean Greear

Ron Davies the NSRCA Treasurer and his wife cooked a great meal for lunch both days

Chris Fitzsimmons' Neptuno

It was great having two other pilots flying in the Sportsman Class. We had a very close competition with the difference between first and second being only 11 points out of 3986 or less than 0.3%.

Jacob Boracca and his Father

The final results were;

Sportsman

Lawrence Tougas 3986

Jean Greear 3975

Dave Shirley 3916

Intermediate

Jacob Boracca 4000

Ron Davies 3658

Mike Callas 3574

Chris Belden 3185

Dave Wick 2697

Advanced

Jon Bruml 3997

Mike Greear 3987

Masters

Chris Fitzsimmons 4000

Jon Carter 3799

Greg Frohreich 3770

Bill Sneed 3719

Luke Peng 3570

Dick Belden 3470

Roy Speights 3426

Rich Mendonsa 3005

FAI

Matt Kimbro 3989

Don Atwood 3937

Jim Kimbro 3863

Tom Messer 3837

Adrian Wong 3314

Many thanks to Chris and Dick for putting on such a great contest and to all those who helped call for me and provided suggestions on how to improve. If you are an intermediate pilot with virtually any aerobatic plane I encourage you to try Pattern flying. You don't need a full on Pattern Plane to have a great time. The next NSRCA Pattern Contest will be August 7 and 8 at my home field in Napa, hope to see you there.