CSC 2023 Pilot Achievements & Awards

Club achievements in the National XC league:

• Cumbria finished 11th in the XC league out of 39 clubs with 1985 points
• 2022 – 13th place (out of 39) with 1660 points
• 2021 – 5th place (out of 38) with 2163 points
• 2020 – 4th place (out of 32) with just 811 points
• 2019 - 9th place (out of 40) with 1735 points
• 20 club representatives in the national XC league up from 13 last year)
• Highest placed Cumbrian in National XC league: Tom Hodgkin (45th 543.9 pts)
• Cumbria High Scorers were, Tom Hodgkin, Phil Kew, Keith Paterson, John Westall

2022 CSC XC

Club XC league 44 entrants = 288 flights and 9739 points (last year we had 35 pilots, 223 flights and 5805 points). We promised a prize for the most flights entered…Phil Kew 35 (same as last year!)

• Winner of league: Richard Meek 570 points
• Highest placed pilot in Cumbrian league flying a sports class Phil Kew
• Best scoring XC flight from a Cumbrian site: Richard Meek (211.4 pts) Flat Triangle Cautley Spout.
• Cumbrian Winter Warrior: John Hamlett 57.7 points.
• Weekend Warrior: Phil Kew 284 points
• 1st female pilot Sarah Eilbeck 60 points (30th overall)

Other Prizes

• LCC Top Cumbrian: A comp: Jacob Aubrey, B Comp: Elliott Brown
• Best Newcomer : Rob Urselmann
• Keenest Pilot : Martin Knight
• Chairman's Award : to Pete Askew - in recognition of many years of service to the club, organising the LCC

Northern Challenge Trophy

Overall: Geoff Crossley

Cumbria: Geoff Crossley

The popular Ken Ken Trophy – Established in 2017 for good things – flying and non-flying related.

Awarded to Darren Goodlad

2016 Award Winners

Club achievements in the National XC league:

• 16 club representatives in the national XC league
• Highest placed Cumbrian in National XC league: Mike Cavanagh 7th 1002.2 pts
• Top CSC female in National XC League: Jackie Knights 202nd 117.8 pts
• National XC League: Club achievement. Cumbria came 6th with 2304.7 pts
• Cumbria Team were: Mike Cavanagh, Richard Bungay, Ali Guthrie, Keith "Bud" Paterson

Club XC league

29 entrants = 233 flights and 5,403.7 points

• James Harrison, Mike Mason and Jackie Knights jointly logged the most xc flights 18 each
• Cumbrian Winter Warrior: (for flights logged between November - March) Ali Westle 94.3pts
• Weekend Warrior: (for those pilots with loyalty to their employers) Keith Paterson 314.3 pts
• 2016 CSC XC Winner: 1st male pilot Keith "Bud" Paterson 393 pts
• 1st female pilot Jackie Knights 117.8 pts
• Best scoring XC flight from a Cumbrian site: Mike Cavanagh (144 pts) FAI triangle flown from Murton Pike 23rd June

Other prizes

• Cumbria Cup : Geoff Crossley
• Clough Circles Challenge : Pat Holmes - 120 points on 15th May
• LCC Top Cumbrian : A comp: Gary Stenhouse, B Comp: John Lewis
• Best Newcomer : Rhett Harrison
• Keenest Pilot : Keith "Bud" Paterson
• Chairman's Award : Ian Henderson

2015 Award Winners

The award list from the 2015 Annual General Meeting. Congratulations to all award winners!

2015 Award Winners Club achievements in the National XC league

There were 21 club representatives in the National XC league

Highest placed Cumbrian in National XC league:

Mike Cavanagh 10th 915.7 pts

Top CSC female in National XC League

Jan Little 120.6pts

National XC club League:

Cumbria came 7th with 2443.6 pts

Cumbria Team representatives were

Mike Cavanagh
Chris Scammell
Steve Etherington
Ed Cleasby

Club XC league

39 entrants = 279 flights and 6,949.4 points

Steve Etherington and Chris Little jointly logged the most xc flights = 18 each

Cumbrian Winter Warrior

(for flights logged between the beginning November – end of March)

Jackie Knights 82.7pts

Weekend Warrior

(for those pilots less willing to pull a ‘sickie’ o n the best days)

Gary Stenhouse 160.pts 2015

CSC XC Winner

1st male pilot Chris Scammell 507.3pts

1st female pilot Jackie Knights 112pts

Best scoring XC flight from a Cumbrian site:

Chris Scammell (103.6 pts) FAI triangle flown from Blease 22nd April

LCC Top Cumbrian

A comp: Ben Keyes

B Comp: Dave Brown

Best Newcomer

Andrew Ross

Keenest Pilot

Gemma Roberts

Chairman’s Award

Gordie Oliver