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 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001 are available.
15 Meter Class Dave Mockler 0.97281 18 Meter Class Walters 0.96469 World Class Pat Tuckey 0.95721 Open Class Funston 0.95264 Standard Class Garner 0.94886
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Aug 02, 05) Jacobs, Doug : 1000 Mockler, Dave : 931
2 (Aug 03, 05) Mockler, Dave : 1000 Mockler, Dave : 1000
3 (Aug 04, 05) Ittner : 1000 Mockler, Dave : 961
4 (Aug 05, 05) Seaborn : 695 Mockler, Dave : 693
5 (Aug 08, 05) Mockler, Dave : 1000 Mockler, Dave : 1000
6 (Aug 09, 05) Seaborn : 1000 Mockler, Dave : 970
7 (Aug 11, 05) Ittner : 963 Mockler, Dave : 922
Totals : Daily Winner : 6658 Contest Winner : 6477
Dave Mockler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 0.97281
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 12, 05) Zimmerman : 943 Walters : 939
2 (Jul 14, 05) Vangrunsven : 853 Walters : 724
3 (Jul 15, 05) Ittner : 946 Walters : 871
4 (Jul 16, 05) Walters : 829 Walters : 829
5 (Jul 18, 05) Gawthrop : 1000 Walters : 976
6 (Jul 19, 05) Walters : 1000 Walters : 1000
7 (Jul 20, 05) Walters : 1000 Walters : 1000
Totals : Daily Winner : 6571 Contest Winner : 6339
Walters's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 0.96469
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 07, 05) Tuckey, Pat : 600 Tuckey, Pat : 600
2 (Jul 07, 05) Pin, Francois : 658 Tuckey, Pat : 598
3 (Jul 07, 05) Pin, Francois : 749 Tuckey, Pat : 695
4 (Jul 07, 05) Tuckey, Pat : 800 Tuckey, Pat : 800
5 (Jul 07, 05) Tuckey, Pat : 332 Tuckey, Pat : 332
6 (Jul 07, 05) Chumley, Wes : 425 Tuckey, Pat : 311
7 (Jul 07, 05) Tuckey, Pat : 764 Tuckey, Pat : 764
8 (Jul 07, 05) Tuckey, Pat : 1000 Tuckey, Pat : 1000
Totals : Daily Winner : 5328 Contest Winner : 5100
Pat Tuckey's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 0.95721
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 29, 05) Willat : 900 Funston : 773
2 (Jun 30, 05) Butler : 1000 Funston : 980
3 (Jul 01, 05) Butler : 1000 Funston : 985
4 (Jul 02, 05) Willat : 1000 Funston : 914
5 (Jul 04, 05) Funston : 1000 Funston : 1000
6 (Jul 05, 05) Weissenbuehler : 987 Funston : 947
7 (Jul 06, 05) Willat : 756 Funston : 752
8 (Jul 07, 05) Willat : 1000 Funston : 930
Totals : Daily Winner : 7643 Contest Winner : 7281
Funston's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 0.95264
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 15, 05) Smith : 439 Garner : 406
2 (Jun 16, 05) Jacobs, Doug : 1000 Garner : 873
3 (Jun 17, 05) Garner : 1000 Garner : 1000
4 (Jun 18, 05) Jacobs, Doug : 1000 Garner : 951
5 (Jun 19, 05) Ittner : 1000 Garner : 978
6 (Jun 20, 05) Keene : 1000 Garner : 943
7 (Jun 21, 05) Willat : 1000 Garner : 943
8 (Jun 22, 05) Ittner : 991 Garner : 956
Totals : Daily Winner : 7430 Contest Winner : 7050
Garner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 0.94886