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 99.157 % 15 Meter Class Seaborn 96.510 % 18 Meter Class Elliott 95.417 % World Class Snead 94.785 % Standard Class Smith 91.961 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Aug 05, 08) Butler : 1000 Butler : 1000
2 (Aug 07, 08) Butler and Woods : 1000 Butler : 1000
3 (Aug 08, 08) Nadler : 1000 Butler : 974
4 (Aug 09, 08) Tabery : 1000 Butler : 991
5 (Aug 10, 08) Tabery : 1000 Butler : 986
6 (Aug 13, 08) Welles, G. Tim : 1000 Butler : 999
7 (Aug 14, 08) Tabery : 1000 Butler : 991
Totals : Daily Winner : 7000 Contest Winner : 6941
Butler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 99.157 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Aug 05, 08) Walker : 1000 Seaborn : 949
2 (Aug 07, 08) Seaborn : 1000 Seaborn : 1000
3 (Aug 08, 08) Mozer, Eric : 1000 Seaborn : 961
4 (Aug 09, 08) Seaborn : 1000 Seaborn : 1000
5 (Aug 10, 08) Cundiff : 991 Seaborn : 914
6 (Aug 13, 08) Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Seaborn : 940
7 (Aug 14, 08) Kelley : 1000 Seaborn : 983
Totals : Daily Winner : 6991 Contest Winner : 6747
Seaborn's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.510 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (May 13, 08) Tyler : 890 Elliott : 884
2 (May 15, 08) Jacobs, Doug : 978 Elliott : 896
3 (May 18, 08) Elliott : 426 Elliott : 426
4 (May 19, 08) Welles, G. Tim : 537 Elliott : 535
5 (May 22, 08) Weissenbuehler : 769 Elliott : 694
Totals : Daily Winner : 3600 Contest Winner : 3435
Elliott's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 95.417 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 22, 08) Westbrook : 1000 Snead : 943
2 (Jul 24, 08) Snead : 957 Snead : 957
3 (Jul 25, 08) Mockler, Dick : 1000 Snead : 975
4 (Jul 26, 08) Snead : 886 Snead : 886
5 (Jul 27, 08) Mcknight : 814 Snead : 813
6 (Jul 28, 08) Mockler, Dick : 873 Snead : 861
7 (Jul 29, 08) Mockler, Dick : 850 Snead : 778
8 (Jul 30, 08) Mockler, Dick : 363 Snead : 155
9 (Jul 31, 08) Tuckey : 946 Snead : 920
Totals : Daily Winner : 7689 Contest Winner : 7288
Snead's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 94.785 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (May 13, 08) Garner : 761 Smith : 728
2 (May 14, 08) Epp : 987 Smith : 981
3 (May 17, 08) Bearden : 564 Smith : 529
4 (May 18, 08) Litt : 400 Smith : 322
5 (May 19, 08) Huss : 1000 Smith : 878
6 (May 21, 08) Hall : 480 Smith : 417
Totals : Daily Winner : 4192 Contest Winner : 3855
Smith's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 91.961 %