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 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are available.
18 Meter Class Jacobs, Douglas 96.860 % Open Class Gawthrop, Bill 96.346 % 15 Meter Class Gimmey, Ray 93.343 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 10, 14) Jacobs, Douglas : 1000 Jacobs, Douglas : 1000
2 (Jun 11, 14) Ittner, Gary : 1000 Jacobs, Douglas : 976
3 (Jun 12, 14) Walters, Rick : 864 Jacobs, Douglas : 749
4 (Jun 13, 14) Walters, Rick : 704 Jacobs, Douglas : 703
5 (Jun 15, 14) Jacobs, Douglas : 981 Jacobs, Douglas : 981
6 (Jun 18, 14) Fidler, Sean : 1000 Jacobs, Douglas : 992
7 (Jun 19, 14) Fidler, Sean : 916 Jacobs, Douglas : 861
Totals : Daily Winner : 6465 Contest Winner : 6262
Douglas Jacobs's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.860 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 24, 14) Gawthrop, Bill : 806 Gawthrop, Bill : 806
2 (Jun 27, 14) Walters, Richard : 891 Gawthrop, Bill : 867
3 (Jun 28, 14) Gawthrop, Bill : 933 Gawthrop, Bill : 933
4 (Jun 29, 14) Gawthrop, Bill : 919 Gawthrop, Bill : 919
5 (Jul 01, 14) Nadler, Dave : 1000 Gawthrop, Bill : 785
6 (Jul 02, 14) Gawthrop, Bill : 1000 Gawthrop, Bill : 1000
7 (Jul 03, 14) Gawthrop, Bill : 991 Gawthrop, Bill : 991
Totals : Daily Winner : 6540 Contest Winner : 6301
Bill Gawthrop's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.346 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 24, 14) Ittner, Gary : 834 Gimmey, Ray : 833
2 (Jun 27, 14) Kelley, Tom : 848 Gimmey, Ray : 816
3 (Jun 28, 14) Schmidt, Mark : 908 Gimmey, Ray : 838
4 (Jun 29, 14) Ittner, Gary : 842 Gimmey, Ray : 792
5 (Jun 30, 14) Sazhin, Daniel : 672 Gimmey, Ray : 598
6 (Jul 01, 14) Taylor, Timothy : 1000 Gimmey, Ray : 975
7 (Jul 02, 14) Sazhin, Daniel : 956 Gimmey, Ray : 839
8 (Jul 03, 14) Ittner, Gary : 1000 Gimmey, Ray : 993
Totals : Daily Winner : 7060 Contest Winner : 6590
Ray Gimmey's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 93.343 %