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.
18 Meter Class Saunders, Chris 96.889 % Standard Class Garner 96.275 % Open Class Schwenkler 95.848 % 15 Meter Class Gimmey 92.003 % World Class Tuckey 88.263 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 18, 06) Cochrane : 1000 Saunders, Chris : 944
2 (Jul 19, 06) Walters : 1000 Saunders, Chris : 999
3 (Jul 20, 06) Saunders, Chris : 1000 Saunders, Chris : 1000
4 (Jul 21, 06) Saunders, Chris : 1000 Saunders, Chris : 1000
5 (Jul 22, 06) Saunders, Chris : 1000 Saunders, Chris : 1000
6 (Jul 23, 06) Cochrane : 1000 Saunders, Chris : 968
7 (Jul 25, 06) Ittner : 1000 Saunders, Chris : 931
8 (Jul 26, 06) Saunders, Chris : 1000 Saunders, Chris : 1000
9 (Jul 27, 06) Jacobs, Doug : 1000 Saunders, Chris : 980
Totals : Daily Winner : 9000 Contest Winner : 8720
Chris Saunders's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.889 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Aug 01, 06) Garner : 1000 Garner : 1000
2 (Aug 02, 06) Keene : 1000 Garner : 840
3 (Aug 03, 06) Springford : 1023 Garner : 986
4 (Aug 04, 06) Huss : 1000 Garner : 978
5 (Aug 05, 06) Keene : 1000 Garner : 999
6 (Aug 07, 06) Garner : 1000 Garner : 1000
7 (Aug 08, 06) Springford : 1027 Garner : 980
8 (Aug 09, 06) Litt : 1025 Garner : 995
9 (Aug 10, 06) Fletcher : 1000 Garner : 959
Totals : Daily Winner : 9075 Contest Winner : 8737
Garner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.275 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 18, 06) Schwenkler : 1000 Schwenkler : 1000
2 (Jul 19, 06) Willat : 1000 Schwenkler : 927
3 (Jul 20, 06) Willat : 1000 Schwenkler : 979
4 (Jul 21, 06) Tabery : 1000 Schwenkler : 992
5 (Jul 22, 06) Leonard, Steven and Willat: 1000 Schwenkler : 902
6 (Jul 23, 06) Tabery : 1000 Schwenkler : 996
7 (Jul 25, 06) Tabery : 1000 Schwenkler : 958
8 (Jul 26, 06) Milner : 1008 Schwenkler : 1000
9 (Jul 27, 06) Tabery : 1000 Schwenkler : 880
Totals : Daily Winner : 9008 Contest Winner : 8634
Schwenkler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 95.848 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 04, 06) Walters : 909 Gimmey : 844
2 (Jul 05, 06) Gimmey : 1000 Gimmey : 1000
3 (Jul 06, 06) Seaborn : 997 Gimmey : 892
4 (Jul 07, 06) Walters : 993 Gimmey : 868
5 (Jul 08, 06) Gimmey : 1000 Gimmey : 1000
6 (Jul 10, 06) Walters : 1000 Gimmey : 916
7 (Jul 11, 06) Gere : 928 Gimmey : 869
8 (Jul 12, 06) Gimmey : 989 Gimmey : 989
9 (Jul 13, 06) Walters : 1000 Gimmey : 913
Totals : Daily Winner : 8816 Contest Winner : 8111
Gimmey's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 92.003 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 20, 06) Pin : 1000 Tuckey : 933
2 (Jun 21, 06) Westbrook : 778 Tuckey : 431
3 (Jun 22, 06) Tuckey : 420 Tuckey : 420
4 (Jun 24, 06) Tuckey : 1000 Tuckey : 1000
5 (Jun 25, 06) Tuckey : 1000 Tuckey : 1000
6 (Jun 26, 06) Pin : 425 Tuckey : 206
7 (Jun 27, 06) Tuckey : 370 Tuckey : 370
8 (Jun 29, 06) Tuckey : 400 Tuckey : 400
Totals : Daily Winner : 5393 Contest Winner : 4760
Tuckey's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 88.263 %