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 FAI 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 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are available.
15-Meter Class Rick Indrebo 99.398 % Open Class Dick Butler 96.850 % 18-Meter Class Sean Fidler 96.458 % Standard Class Gary Ittner 96.033 % 20-Meter Class Reitter&Sazhin Team 93.772 % Club Class Gary Ittner 93.552 %
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (Jun 23, 22) Walker, Jae : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 975 2 (Jun 24, 22) Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 1000 3 (Jun 25, 22) Nelson, Erik and Sorenson, Danny : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 975 4 (Jun 26, 22) Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 1000 5 (Jun 27, 22) Indrebo, Rick : 808 Indrebo, Rick : 808 6 (Jun 29, 22) Nelson, Erik : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 998 7 (Jun 30, 22) Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 1000 8 (Jul 01, 22) Leonard, David : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 999 9 (Jul 02, 22) Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Indrebo, Rick : 1000 Totals Daily Winner : 8808 Contest Winner : 8755
Rick Indrebo's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 99.398 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (Jun 23, 22) Mockler, Dan : 1000 Butler, Dick : 933 2 (Jun 24, 22) Butler, Dick : 1000 Butler, Dick : 1000 3 (Jun 25, 22) Butler, Dick : 1000 Butler, Dick : 1000 4 (Jun 26, 22) Lee, Jim : 1000 Butler, Dick : 957 5 (Jun 27, 22) Butler, Dick : 826 Butler, Dick : 826 6 (Jun 29, 22) Mockler, Dan : 1000 Butler, Dick : 976 7 (Jun 30, 22) Lee, Jim : 1000 Butler, Dick : 904 8 (Jul 01, 22) Butler, Dick : 1000 Butler, Dick : 1000 9 (Jul 02, 22) Lee, Jim : 1000 Butler, Dick : 952 Totals Daily Winner : 8826 Contest Winner : 8548
Dick Butler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.850 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (May 11, 22) Ittner, Gary : 616 Fidler, Sean : 598 2 (May 15, 22) Murphy, Sean : 983 Fidler, Sean : 891 3 (May 16, 22) Walker, Jae : 810 Fidler, Sean : 794 4 (May 17, 22) Fletcher, Bob : 1000 Fidler, Sean : 974 5 (May 18, 22) Fidler, Sean : 882 Fidler, Sean : 882 Totals Daily Winner : 4291 Contest Winner : 4139
Sean Fidler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.458 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (Jun 07, 22) Rogers, Walt : 488 Ittner, Gary : 429 2 (Jun 08, 22) Bostik, Czech Joe : 350 Ittner, Gary : 324 3 (Jun 10, 22) Condon, Tony : 807 Ittner, Gary : 803 4 (Jun 15, 22) Gaisford, Phil : 775 Ittner, Gary : 768 Totals Daily Winner : 2420 Contest Winner : 2324
Gary Ittner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.033 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (Jun 07, 22) Team, Arnold&Striedieck : 432 Team, Reitter&Sazhin : 333 2 (Jun 08, 22) Team, Reitter&Sazhin and Team, Westbrook&Fairbairn : 312 Team, Reitter&Sazhin : 312 3 (Jun 10, 22) Team, Westbrook&Fairbairn : 647 Team, Reitter&Sazhin : 605 4 (Jun 15, 22) Team, Reitter&Sazhin : 873 Team, Reitter&Sazhin : 873 Totals Daily Winner : 2264 Contest Winner : 2123
Reitter&Sazhin Team's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 93.772 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (Aug 30, 22) Ittner, Gary : 293 Ittner, Gary : 293 2 (Aug 31, 22) Ittner, Gary : 806 Ittner, Gary : 806 3 (Sep 02, 22) Ittner, Gary : 909 Ittner, Gary : 909 4 (Sep 03, 22) Grandstaff, Sylvia : 573 Ittner, Gary : 561 5 (Sep 04, 22) Ittner, Gary and Holloran, Tom : 269 Ittner, Gary : 269 6 (Sep 05, 22) Westbrook, Mike : 600 Ittner, Gary : 415 7 (Sep 06, 22) Marshall, Michael : 590 Ittner, Gary : 509 8 (Sep 07, 22) Marshall, Michael : 1000 Ittner, Gary : 953 Totals Daily Winner : 5040 Contest Winner : 4715
Gary Ittner's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 93.552 %.