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 five FAI Classes 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 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are available.
Open Class Dick Butler 99.082 % Club Class Henry Nixon 98.167 % Standard Class Phil Gaisford 97.161 % 15 Meter Class Rick Indrebo 96.762 % 20m Multi-Seat Class Team, Striedieck & Arnold 95.695 % 18 Meter Class Gary Ittner 95.321 %
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (Aug 14, 18) Lee, Jim : 1000 Butler, Dick : 982 2 (Aug 15, 18) Butler, Dick : 1000 Butler, Dick : 1000 3 (Aug 16, 18) Mockler, David : 1000 Butler, Dick : 996 4 (Aug 17, 18) Butler, Dick : 1000 Butler, Dick : 1000 5 (Aug 18, 18) Butler, Dick : 1000 Butler, Dick : 1000 6 (Aug 19, 18) Mockler, David : 991 Butler, Dick : 958 Totals Daily Winner : 5991 Contest Winner : 5936
Dick Butler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 99.082 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (Aug 04, 18) Chidekel, Phil : 917 Nixon, Henry : 915 2 (Aug 05, 18) Krolikowski, Ryszard : 802 Nixon, Henry : 758 3 (Aug 06, 18) Krolikowski, Ryszard : 792 Nixon, Henry : 757 4 (Aug 09, 18) Nixon, Henry : 856 Nixon, Henry : 856 5 (Aug 11, 18) Nixon, Henry : 574 Nixon, Henry : 574 6 (Aug 12, 18) Krolikowski, Ryszard : 695 Nixon, Henry : 691 Totals Daily Winner : 4636 Contest Winner : 4551
Henry Nixon's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 98.167 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (Jul 31, 18) Westbrook, Mike : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 912 2 (Aug 01, 18) Rogers, Walt : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 955 3 (Aug 02, 18) Westbrook, Mike : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 984 4 (Aug 04, 18) Huss, Bif : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 995 5 (Aug 05, 18) Westbrook, Mike : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 970 6 (Aug 06, 18) Sorenson, Danny : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 989 7 (Aug 07, 18) Gaisford, Phil : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 1000 8 (Aug 08, 18) Westbrook, Mike : 996 Gaisford, Phil : 964 Totals Daily Winner : 7996 Contest Winner : 7769
Phil Gaisford's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 97.161 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (Aug 14, 18) Leonard, David : 898 Indrebo, Rick : 872 2 (Aug 15, 18) Fidler, Sean : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 955 3 (Aug 16, 18) Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 1000 4 (Aug 17, 18) Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 1000 5 (Aug 18, 18) Sorenson, Ken : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 880 6 (Aug 19, 18) Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Totals Daily Winner : 5898 Contest Winner : 5707
Rick Indrebo's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.762 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (May 17, 18) Robison, Michael : 459 Team, Striedieck & Arnold : 420 2 (May 18, 18) Team, Striedieck & Arnold : 403 Team, Striedieck & Arnold : 403 3 (May 20, 18) Team, Striedieck & Arnold : 986 Team, Striedieck & Arnold : 986 4 (May 21, 18) Team, Mandelbaum & Gaisford : 963 Team, Striedieck & Arnold : 881 Totals Daily Winner : 2811 Contest Winner : 2690
Striedieck Team's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 95.695 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Highest Score 1 (May 01, 18) Morozov, Sergei : 993 Ittner, Gary : 921 2 (May 02, 18) Morozov, Sergei : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 904 3 (May 03, 18) Clark, Robin : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 980 4 (May 04, 18) Szemplinski, Jerzy : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 868 5 (May 07, 18) Sorenson, Ken : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 974 6 (May 08, 18) Morozov, Sergei : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 992 7 (May 09, 18) Nelson, Erik : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 989 8 (May 10, 18) Szemplinski, Jerzy : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 991 Totals Daily Winner : 7993 Contest Winner : 7619
Gary Ittner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 95.321 %.