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 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are available.
Open Class Douglas Jacobs 99.067 % 15 Meter Class Sean Fidler 97.515 % Club Class Mike Westbrook 94.282 % 18 Meter Class Gary Ittner 93.419 % Standard Class Rich Owen 93.341 %
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (Jun 08, 17) Jacobs, Douglas : 680 Jacobs, Douglas : 680 2 (Jun 09, 17) Lee, Jim : 1000 Jacobs, Douglas : 998 3 (Jun 10, 17) Butler, Dick : 1000 Jacobs, Douglas : 977 Totals Daily Winner : 2680 Contest Winner : 2655
Douglas Jacobs's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 99.067 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (Jun 08, 17) Clark, Robin : 656 Fidler, Sean : 648 2 (Jun 09, 17) Ittner, Gary and Morozov, Sergei : 1000 Fidler, Sean : 979 3 (Jun 10, 17) Ittner, Gary : 1000 Fidler, Sean : 963 Totals Daily Winner : 2656 Contest Winner : 2590
Sean Fidler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 97.515 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (Jun 20, 17) Westbrook, Mike : 1000 Westbrook, Mike : 1000 2 (Jun 21, 17) Sorenson, Danny : 914 Westbrook, Mike : 908 3 (Jun 22, 17) Brayer, Andrew : 480 Westbrook, Mike : 410 4 (Jun 25, 17) Marshall, Michael and Snead, Bill : 611 Westbrook, Mike : 554 5 (Jun 27, 17) Opitz, Mike : 767 Westbrook, Mike : 686 6 (Jun 28, 17) Eyler, Keith : 666 Westbrook, Mike : 599 7 (Jun 29, 17) Marshall, Michael : 966 Westbrook, Mike : 938 Totals Daily Winner : 5404 Contest Winner : 5095
Mike Westbrook's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 94.282 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (Aug 01, 17) Taylor, Bruce : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 1000 2 (Aug 02, 17) Leonard, David : 733 Ittner, Gary : 547 3 (Aug 03, 17) Taylor, Bruce and Ittner, Gary : 940 Ittner, Gary : 940 4 (Aug 04, 17) Ittner, Gary : 975 Ittner, Gary : 941 5 (Aug 05, 17) Taylor, Bruce : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 1000 6 (Aug 08, 17) Mockler, David : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 973 7 (Aug 09, 17) Taylor, Bruce : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 1000 8 (Aug 10, 17) Springford, Dave : 676 Ittner, Gary : 441 Totals Daily Winner : 7324 Contest Winner : 6842
Gary Ittner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 93.419 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (Jun 08, 17) Gaisford, Phil : 703 Owen, Rich : 686 2 (Jun 09, 17) Huss, Bif : 1000 Owen, Rich : 898 3 (Jun 10, 17) Retting, Henry : 1000 Owen, Rich : 939 Totals Daily Winner : 2703 Contest Winner : 2523
Rich Owen's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 93.341 %.