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 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are available.
Open Class 97.074 % US Club Class 95.889 % 15 Meter Class 94.646 % Standard Class 92.785 % 18 Meter Class 89.806 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 21, 16) Jonker/Kotze, Uys/Ap : 906 Essex, Keith : 850
2 (Jun 23, 16) Jonker/Kotze, Uys/Ap : 1013 Essex, Keith : 1000
3 (Jun 24, 16) Taylor, Bruce : 1000 Essex, Keith : 920
4 (Jun 26, 16) Jonker/Kotze, Uys/Ap : 677 Essex, Keith : 666
5 (Jun 27, 16) Essex, Keith : 1000 Essex, Keith : 1000
6 (Jun 28, 16) Essex, Keith : 873 Essex, Keith : 873
Totals Daily Winner 5469 Contest Winner 5309
Keith Essex's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 97.074 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 13, 16) Sazhin, Daniel : 958 Opitz, Mike : 932
2 (Jun 14, 16) Krolikowski, Ryszard : 993 Opitz, Mike : 944
3 (Jun 15, 16) Opitz, Mike : 883 Opitz, Mike : 883
4 (Jun 17, 16) Opitz, Mike : 917 Opitz, Mike : 917
5 (Jun 18, 16) Mann, Erik : 652 Opitz, Mike : 632
6 (Jun 19, 16) Reitter, Noah : 949 Opitz, Mike : 824
Totals Daily Winner 5352 Contest Winner 5132
Mike Opitz's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 95.889 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 21, 16) Deane, Peter : 925 Deane, Peter : 925
2 (Jun 23, 16) Deane, Peter : 1000 Deane, Peter : 1000
3 (Jun 24, 16) Fletcher, Bob : 905 Deane, Peter : 775
4 (Jun 26, 16) Fidler, Sean : 879 Deane, Peter : 794
5 (Jun 27, 16) Cochrane, John : 1000 Deane, Peter : 959
6 (Jun 28, 16) Ittner, Gary : 969 Deane, Peter : 921
Totals Daily Winner 5678 Contest Winner 5374
Peter Deane's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 94.646 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (Jun 21, 16) Huss, Bif : 975 Huss, Bif : 975
2 (Jun 23, 16) Rogers, Walt : 1000 Huss, Bif : 918
3 (Jun 24, 16) Sorenson, Danny : 930 Huss, Bif : 904
4 (Jun 26, 16) Stieber, Joerg : 840 Huss, Bif : 551
5 (Jun 27, 16) Lee, Jim : 1000 Huss, Bif : 996
6 (Jun 28, 16) Huss, Bif : 813 Huss, Bif : 813
Totals Daily Winner 5558 Contest Winner 5157
Bif Huss's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 92.785 %
Day Daily Winner Contest Winner Score
1 (May 11, 16) Szemplinski, Jerzy : 820 Clark, Robin : 732
2 (May 13, 16) Gawthrop, Bill : 927 Clark, Robin : 876
3 (May 14, 16) Linnekin, Dennis : 996 Clark, Robin : 874
4 (May 15, 16) Szemplinski, Jerzy : 1000 Clark, Robin : 942
5 (May 16, 16) Arnold, Sarah : 701 Clark, Robin : 567
Totals Daily Winner 4444 Contest Winner 3991
Robin Clark's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 89.806 %