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 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are available.
World Class Pin 99.398 % 15 Meter Class Ruehle 97.713 % 18 Meter Class Elliott 95.095 % Open Class Tabery 88.248 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 01, 10) Pin : 788 Pin : 788
2 (Jun 02, 10) Pin : 735 Pin : 735
3 (Jun 07, 10) Mcknight : 1000 Pin : 976
4 (Jun 08, 10) Pin : 831 Pin : 831
5 (Jun 10, 10) Pin : 635 Pin : 635
Totals : Daily Winner : 3989 Contest Winner : 3965
Pin's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 99.398 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Aug 03, 10) Striedieck : 1000 Ruehle : 988
2 (Aug 04, 10) Keene : 1000 Ruehle : 950
3 (Aug 06, 10) Seaborn : 1000 Ruehle : 977
4 (Aug 07, 10) Leonard : 1000 Ruehle : 926
5 (Aug 08, 10) Ruehle : 1000 Ruehle : 1000
6 (Aug 10, 10) Ruehle : 1000 Ruehle : 1000
7 (Aug 11, 10) Ruehle : 1000 Ruehle : 1000
8 (Aug 12, 10) Seaborn : 1000 Ruehle : 976
Totals : Daily Winner : 8000 Contest Winner : 7817
Ruehle's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 97.713 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 16, 10) Jacobs : 676 Elliott : 619
2 (Jun 17, 10) Ittner : 1000 Elliott : 931
3 (Jun 18, 10) Elliott : 845 Elliott : 845
4 (Jun 20, 10) Sorenson, Ken : 965 Elliott : 920
Totals : Daily Winner : 3486 Contest Winner : 3315
Elliott's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 95.095 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 04, 10) Butler : 726 Tabery : 506
2 (Jul 05, 10) Butler : 588 Tabery : 585
3 (Jul 06, 10) Butler : 470 Tabery : 410
4 (Jul 07, 10) Tabery : 624 Tabery : 624
Totals : Daily Winner : 2408 Contest Winner : 2125
Tabery's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 88.248 %