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 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are available.
Open Class Butler 98.061 % Standard Class Keene 97.192 % 18 Meter Class Indrebo 95.045 % World Class Pin 88.280 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Aug 11, 04) Weissenbuehler : 1000 Butler : 980
2 (Aug 12, 04) Mclaughlin : 889 Butler : 882
3 (Aug 13, 04) Tabery : 1000 Butler : 998
4 (Aug 14, 04) Mozer, Eric : 1000 Butler : 985
5 (Aug 15, 04) Tabery : 1000 Butler : 930
6 (Aug 17, 04) Butler : 1000 Butler : 1000
7 (Aug 18, 04) Butler : 1000 Butler : 1000
8 (Aug 19, 04) Tabery : 1000 Butler : 961
Totals : Daily Winner : 7889 Contest Winner : 7736
Butler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 98.061 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 20, 04) Gimmey : 1000 Keene : 912
2 (Jul 21, 04) Keene : 723 Keene : 723
3 (Jul 22, 04) Keene : 1000 Keene : 1000
4 (Jul 28, 04) Smith : 840 Keene : 817
5 (Jul 29, 04) Beltz : 425 Keene : 424
Totals : Daily Winner : 3988 Contest Winner : 3876
Keene's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 97.192 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Aug 11, 04) Wayt : 930 Indrebo : 758
2 (Aug 12, 04) Walters : 1000 Indrebo : 939
3 (Aug 13, 04) Walters : 924 Indrebo : 877
4 (Aug 14, 04) Ittner : 1000 Indrebo : 972
5 (Aug 15, 04) Indrebo : 1000 Indrebo : 1000
6 (Aug 17, 04) Walters : 1000 Indrebo : 935
7 (Aug 18, 04) Indrebo : 673 Indrebo : 673
8 (Aug 19, 04) Indrebo : 1000 Indrebo : 1000
Totals : Daily Winner : 7527 Contest Winner : 7154
Indrebo's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 95.045 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 20, 04) Pin : 1000 Pin : 1000
2 (Jul 21, 04) Snead : 469 Pin : 453
3 (Jul 22, 04) Reid, Jayne : 388 Pin : 222
4 (Jul 28, 04) Pin : 274 Pin : 274
5 (Jul 29, 04) Snead : 224 Pin : 130
Totals : Daily Winner : 2355 Contest Winner : 2079
Pin's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 88.280 %