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.
Open Class Tabery, Ron 98.770 % 18 Meter Class Ittner, Gary 96.709 % Standard Class Gaisford, Phil 96.570 % 15 Meter Class Taylor, Timothy 85.971 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Aug 06, 11) Tabery, Ron : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 1000
2 (Aug 07, 11) Tabery, Ron : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 1000
3 (Aug 08, 11) Butler, Dick : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 989
4 (Aug 09, 11) Tabery, Ron : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 1000
5 (Aug 10, 11) Butler, Dick : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 999
6 (Aug 12, 11) Ruehle, Bill : 858 Tabery, Ron : 806
7 (Aug 13, 11) Kozlik, Wiktor : 944 Tabery, Ron : 912
8 (Aug 14, 11) Tabery, Ron : 1000 Tabery, Ron : 1000
Totals : Daily Winner : 7802 Contest Winner : 7706
Ron Tabery's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 98.770 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 21, 11) Ittner, Gary : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 1000
2 (Jun 22, 11) Ittner, Gary : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 1000
3 (Jun 23, 11) Gimmey, Ray : 995 Ittner, Gary : 903
4 (Jun 24, 11) Gimmey, Ray : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 965
5 (Jun 25, 11) Gimmey, Ray : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 962
6 (Jun 26, 11) Mockler, David : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 954
7 (Jun 28, 11) Ittner, Gary : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 1000
8 (Jun 29, 11) Seaborn, John : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 915
9 (Jun 30, 11) Ittner, Gary : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 1000
Totals : Daily Winner : 8995 Contest Winner : 8699
Gary Ittner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.709 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 07, 11) Retting, Henry : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 986
2 (Jun 08, 11) Retting, Henry : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 958
3 (Jun 09, 11) Garner, Chip : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 967
4 (Jun 10, 11) Gaisford, Phil : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 1000
5 (Jun 11, 11) Greenhill, David and Litt, Baudouin: 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 983
6 (Jun 13, 11) Greenhill, David : 843 Gaisford, Phil : 795
7 (Jun 14, 11) Huss, Bif : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 936
8 (Jun 15, 11) Huss, Bif : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 949
Totals : Daily Winner : 7843 Contest Winner : 7574
Phil Gaisford's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.570 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jul 19, 11) Leonard, David : 719 Taylor, Timothy : 298
2 (Jul 20, 11) Cochrane, John : 859 Taylor, Timothy : 656
3 (Jul 21, 11) Mockler, David : 1000 Taylor, Timothy : 953
4 (Jul 22, 11) Cochrane, John : 1000 Taylor, Timothy : 989
5 (Jul 24, 11) Indrebo, Rick : 711 Taylor, Timothy : 452
6 (Jul 25, 11) Keene, Mark : 1000 Taylor, Timothy : 946
7 (Jul 26, 11) Pin, Francois : 702 Taylor, Timothy : 641
8 (Jul 27, 11) Vassel, Bruno and Bonniere, Nick: 1000 Taylor, Timothy : 948
9 (Jul 28, 11) Taylor, Timothy : 957 Taylor, Timothy : 957
Totals : Daily Winner : 7948 Contest Winner : 6833
Timothy Taylor's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 85.971 %