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The BMFA runs six Area Centralised Meetings that allow flyers to compete against each other nationally, even though they fly from different venues across the country. The South-East venue is Ashdown Forest. |
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This map shows where the SE BMFA hold the Area Meetings.The shaded green area is where we are allowed to fly our models as laid down in the Ashdown Licence. I have marked the car parks generally used depending on the wind direction. However, the actual launch point, marked by a X, may require a short walk onto the forest. Remember, Ashdown Forest is a popular place for walking and horse riding, so the utmost care must be given to safety precautions when flying. Any accident or complaint could see the Licence revoked. The area marked as Nature reserve is out of bounds |
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The RAFA Shield This is a club competition open to all SE Area clubs run in tandem with the BMFA Area Centralised contests. At each meeting there are contests for glider, rubber and power classes. These are further arranged so that one is open, one is FAI and one is a mini. Each meeting also has two extra contests referred to as other. The open event is shown as combined ie C/P is combined power. |
ASHDOWN CONTEST DIARY 2008 |
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| 1st Area | 2 March | C/P | F1A | F1G | Vintage | HLG/CLG |
| 2nd Area | 6 April | C/G | F1B | 1/2A | Mini-Vin | P30 |
| 3rd Area | 20 April | C/R | F1C | F1H | SLOP | Tailless |
| 4th Area | 15 June | C/P Team | F1B | F1H | Mini-Vin | Classic G |
| 5th Area | 14 Sept | C/R Team | F1A | 1/2A | SLOP | E30 |
| 6th Area | 5 Oct | C/G Team | F1C | F1G | Mini-Vin | Classic R&P |
The Scoring SystemAll flyers get RAFA points, as long as they have recorded a score. A clubs RAFA total is the aggregate score of their members points. RAFA points are calculated by converting a flyers time to a percentage of the maximum total, allowing times to be compared across all classes. The RAFA points are in reverse order to the flyers position in the combined rankings. eg If there are 9 entries, the winner will be awarded 9 points, second place will get 8 points and so on until the last place gets 1. In the FAI comps the FIRST three flights count as that flyers RAFA total, in the rest all flights count. |
| RAFA Individual An award is made to the top three flyers in each of the glider, rubber and power disciplines. CO2 and electric are included in the power category. These are based on the RAFA comps. A flyer’s best five contest scores in one class gives his RAFA Individual total. Fly-offs are not included. |
The Riggs
Trophy This is awarded to the flyer with the most RAFA points who has not received a trophy in any of the other classes. |
| BMFA SE Area Champion This is awarded to the flyer scoring the highest aggregate of his best five totals across all three categories. They will be based on the BMFA totals. |
The Nordic Shield
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