The Soaring Society of America's most prestigious competition award
Sailplane Racing's Top Gun
The Hatcher Trophy was created in memory of Ron Hatcher a well known contest pilot. At the end of each racing season, the scores of national champions from the four FAI Classes and the World Class nationals are compared to determine which achieved the highest percentage of the maximum cumulative score possible for the competition. The full description of the trophy is available. The results for 2001 are available.
Open Class Tabery 0.98203 through day 7 Standard Class Beltz 0.96051 15 Meter Class Dave Mockler 0.95882 18 Meter Class Ittner 0.93892 World Class Yeates 0.83594 through day 7
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
Jul 02, 02: Beltz : 762 Beltz : 762
Jul 03, 02: Cundiff : 813 Beltz : 807
Jul 04, 02: Beltz : 1000 Beltz : 1000
Jul 05, 02: Epp : 1000 Beltz : 841
Jul 08, 02: Gimmey : 810 Beltz : 802
Jul 09, 02: Keene : 857 Beltz : 850
Jul 10, 02: Ittner : 1000 Beltz : 940
Jul 11, 02: Ittner : 1000 Beltz : 954
Totals : Daily Winner : 7242 Contest Winner : 6956
Beltz's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum
scores: 0.96051
Day Daily Winner Score Contest Winner Score
Jul 16, 02: Jacobs, Doug : 620 Mockler, Dave : 577
Jul 19, 02: Seaborn : 1000 Mockler, Dave : 964
Jul 20, 02: Butler : 1000 Mockler, Dave : 968
Jul 21, 02: Cochrane : 761 Mockler, Dave : 746
Jul 22, 02: Seaborn : 1000 Mockler, Dave : 968
Jul 23, 02: Mockler, Dave : 735 Mockler, Dave : 735
Jul 24, 02: Bartell : 559 Mockler, Dave : 454
Jul 25, 02: Seaborn : 857 Mockler, Dave : 851
Totals : Daily Winner : 6532 Contest Winner : 6263
Dave Mockler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum
scores: 0.95882
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
Jul 30, 02: Chaffee : 976 Ittner : 876
Jul 31, 02: Tabery : 1000 Ittner : 993
Aug 01, 02: Bartell : 1000 Ittner : 965
Aug 02, 02: Chaffee : 1000 Ittner : 990
Aug 03, 02: Tabery : 1000 Ittner : 941
Aug 04, 02: Chaffee : 1000 Ittner : 949
Aug 06, 02: Ittner : 850 Ittner : 850
Aug 07, 02: Bourland : 426 Ittner : 214
Aug 08, 02: Walters : 1000 Ittner : 970
Totals : Daily Winner : 8252 Contest Winner : 7748
Ittner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum
scores: 0.93892
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
Aug 13, 02: Weissenbuehler : 1000 Tabery : 976
Aug 14, 02: Weissenbuehler : 993 Tabery : 920
Aug 15, 02: Butler : 1000 Tabery : 991
Aug 16, 02: Tabery : 1000 Tabery : 1000
Aug 17, 02: Milner : 1018 Tabery : 998
Aug 19, 02: Tabery and Butler : 1000 Tabery : 1000
Aug 20, 02: Tabery : 1000 Tabery : 1000
Totals : Daily Winner : 7011 Contest Winner : 6885
Tabery's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores: 0.98203
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
Aug 13, 02: Pin : 733 Yeates : 667
Aug 14, 02: Pin : 618 Yeates : 444
Aug 15, 02: Yeates : 562 Yeates : 562
Aug 16, 02: Kawa : 657 Yeates : 482
Aug 17, 02: Kawa : 882 Yeates : 839
Aug 19, 02: Kawa : 1081 Yeates : 831
Aug 20, 02: Kawa : 764 Yeates : 603
Totals : Daily Winner : 5297 Contest Winner : 4428
Yeates's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores: 0.83594