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 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are available.
Open Class Dick Butler 99.243 % Standard Class Phil Gaisford 97.575 % 18-Meter Class Sean Fidler 97.374 % Club Class Daniel Sazhin 96.285 % 15-Meter Class Mike Sorenson 95.922 % 20M-Multi Class Striedieck&Arnold Team 95.865 %
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (Jun 04, 23) Butler, Dick : 1000 Butler, Dick : 1000 2 (Jun 05, 23) Butler, Dick : 931 Butler, Dick : 931 3 (Jun 06, 23) Butler, Dick : 952 Butler, Dick : 952 4 (Jun 07, 23) Lee, Jim : 928 Butler, Dick : 884 5 (Jun 09, 23) Butler, Dick : 1000 Butler, Dick : 1000 6 (Jun 10, 23) Butler, Dick : 1000 Butler, Dick : 1000 Totals Daily Winner : 5811 Contest Winner : 5767
Dick Butler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 99.243 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (May 16, 23) Ittner, Gary : 635 Gaisford, Phil : 594 2 (May 17, 23) Good, John : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 997 3 (May 18, 23) Gaisford, Phil : 561 Gaisford, Phil : 561 4 (May 19, 23) Ittner, Gary : 619 Gaisford, Phil : 611 5 (May 21, 23) Gaisford, Phil : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 1000 6 (May 22, 23) Ittner, Gary : 1000 Gaisford, Phil : 886 7 (May 23, 23) Gaisford, Phil : 931 Gaisford, Phil : 931 8 (May 24, 23) Gaisford, Phil : 471 Gaisford, Phil : 471 9 (May 25, 23) Gaisford, Phil : 628 Gaisford, Phil : 628 Totals Daily Winner : 6845 Contest Winner : 6679
Phil Gaisford's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 97.575 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (Aug 16, 23) Ittner, Gary : 965 Fidler, Sean : 956 2 (Aug 17, 23) Greenhill, David : 1000 Fidler, Sean : 944 3 (Aug 18, 23) Szemplinski, Jerzy : 1000 Fidler, Sean : 984 4 (Aug 20, 23) Blackburn, Andy : 1000 Fidler, Sean : 969 5 (Aug 21, 23) Szemplinski, Jerzy : 1000 Fidler, Sean : 982 6 (Aug 24, 23) Greenhill, David : 1000 Fidler, Sean : 989 7 (Aug 25, 23) Huss, Bif : 966 Fidler, Sean : 925 Totals Daily Winner : 6931 Contest Winner : 6749
Sean Fidler's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 97.374 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (Aug 13, 23) Sazhin, Daniel : 777 Sazhin, Daniel : 777 2 (Aug 16, 23) Sazhin, Daniel : 535 Sazhin, Daniel : 535 3 (Aug 19, 23) Mampe, Charlie : 734 Sazhin, Daniel : 658 Totals Daily Winner : 2046 Contest Winner : 1970
Daniel Sazhin's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 96.285 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (Jun 04, 23) Sorenson, Mike : 1000 Sorenson, Mike : 1000 2 (Jun 05, 23) Murphy, Sean : 902 Sorenson, Mike : 776 3 (Jun 06, 23) Sorenson, Mike : 1000 Sorenson, Mike : 1000 4 (Jun 07, 23) Sorenson, Mike : 794 Sorenson, Mike : 794 5 (Jun 09, 23) Ittner, Gary : 993 Sorenson, Mike : 940 6 (Jun 10, 23) Clark, Robin : 1000 Sorenson, Mike : 947 Totals Daily Winner : 5689 Contest Winner : 5457
Mike Sorenson's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 95.922 %.
Day Date Daily Winner Score Contest Winner 1 (May 16, 23) Team, Murphy&Hanke : 603 Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 457 2 (May 17, 23) Reitter, Noah : 1000 Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 995 3 (May 18, 23) Reitter, Noah : 565 Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 507 4 (May 19, 23) Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 630 Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 630 5 (May 21, 23) Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 1000 Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 1000 6 (May 22, 23) Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 982 Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 982 7 (May 23, 23) Team, Huss&Gillis : 1000 Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 930 8 (May 24, 23) Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 661 Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 661 9 (May 25, 23) Seymour, JC : 742 Team, Striedieck&Arnold : 724 Totals Daily Winner : 7183 Contest Winner : 6886
Striedieck&Arnold Team's total score as a percentage of total daily maximum scores is 95.865 %.