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.
15 Meter Class Ittner 97.307 % Standard Class Ittner 96.297 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (May 15, 07) Ittner : 833 Ittner : 833
2 (May 17, 07) Cochrane : 1000 Ittner : 984
3 (May 18, 07) Striedieck : 982 Ittner : 909
4 (May 19, 07) Striedieck : 1000 Ittner : 932
5 (May 21, 07) Seaborn : 402 Ittner : 392
6 (May 22, 07) Striedieck : 801 Ittner : 779
7 (May 23, 07) Ittner : 1000 Ittner : 1000
8 (May 24, 07) Ittner : 1000 Ittner : 1000
Totals : Daily Winner : 7018 Contest Winner : 6829
Ittner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 97.307 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 17, 07) Ittner : 1000 Ittner : 1000
2 (Jul 18, 07) Smith : 1000 Ittner : 955
3 (Jul 19, 07) Keene : 1000 Ittner : 945
4 (Jul 23, 07) Epp : 892 Ittner : 841
5 (Jul 24, 07) Giltner : 994 Ittner : 952
6 (Jul 25, 07) Keene : 1000 Ittner : 986
7 (Jul 26, 07) Sorenson, Ken : 1000 Ittner : 952
Totals : Daily Winner : 6886 Contest Winner : 6631
Ittner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.297 %