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 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are available.
Open Class Ron Tabery 98.819 % 15 Meter Class David Mockler 97.981 % 18 Meter Class Doug Jacobs 94.907 % Standard Class Robert Fletcher 90.828 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 25, 13) Tabery, Ron : 964 Tabery, Ron : 964
2 (Jun 26, 13) Butler, Dick : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 958
3 (Jun 27, 13) Butler, Dick : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 980
4 (Jun 28, 13) Tabery, Ron : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 1000
5 (Jun 30, 13) Tabery, Ron : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 1000
6 (Jul 02, 13) Weissenbuehler, Heinz : 638 Tabery, Ron : 622
7 (Jul 03, 13) Tabery, Ron : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 1000
Totals : Daily Winner : 6602 Contest Winner : 6524
Ron Tabery's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 98.819 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 25, 13) Kelley, Tom : 822 Mockler, David : 804
2 (Jun 26, 13) Mockler, David : 1000 Mockler, David : 1000
3 (Jun 27, 13) Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Mockler, David : 972
4 (Jun 28, 13) Keene, Mark : 1000 Mockler, David : 995
5 (Jun 30, 13) Keene, Mark : 978 Mockler, David : 935
6 (Jul 02, 13) Sorenson, Ken and Seaborn, John: 541 Mockler, David : 540
7 (Jul 03, 13) Ittner, Gary : 1000 Mockler, David : 967
Totals : Daily Winner : 6341 Contest Winner : 6213
David Mockler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 97.981 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (May 08, 13) Szemplinski, Jerzy : 833 Jacobs, Doug : 793
2 (May 09, 13) Jacobs, Doug : 1000 Jacobs, Doug : 1000
3 (May 10, 13) Walker, Jae : 1000 Jacobs, Doug : 880
4 (May 11, 13) Jacobs, Doug : 747 Jacobs, Doug : 747
5 (May 12, 13) Fidler, Sean : 939 Jacobs, Doug : 927
6 (May 13, 13) Szemplinski, Jerzy : 1000 Jacobs, Doug : 935
7 (May 17, 13) Szemplinski, Jerzy : 1000 Jacobs, Doug : 905
Totals : Daily Winner : 6519 Contest Winner : 6187
Doug Jacobs's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 94.907 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Aug 31, 13) Fletcher, Robert : 587 Fletcher, Robert : 587
2 (Sep 03, 13) Deane, Peter : 425 Fletcher, Robert : 275
3 (Sep 04, 13) Frantz, Jim : 538 Fletcher, Robert : 494
4 (Sep 06, 13) Ittner, Gary : 913 Fletcher, Robert : 821
5 (Sep 07, 13) Deane, Peter : 666 Fletcher, Robert : 665
Totals : Daily Winner : 3129 Contest Winner : 2842
Robert Fletcher's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 90.828 %