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9 OCT 07: TIGER TALE!

TIGER TROPHY SHERBURN 22 SEP

BY NICK BUCKENHAM
Chief Judge

THE Tiger Trophy, a magnificent and greatly prized bronze Esso Tiger on a decorated plinth, is the British Aerobatic Association's oldest trophy. It was first won by John de Milt Severne in 1959 and subsequently by most of the names in British aerobatics.

These days, the trophy is won by the pilot with the highest percentage scored in an Unknown sequence carefully set for each level - so a first-year standard competitor can beat the unlimited aces. And that's exactly what happened!

This year, 33 pilots put their skills to the test over Sherburn's lovely airfield, mostly in favourable conditions. With at least one pilot from each of the four levels in the top five, it was clearly very close.

Only two pilots have ever managed to win the Tiger in consecutive years, and 2007 made it three - a positively delighted John Wicks proved age and experience can triumph over younger skills.
In the packed Beginners class (growing as a result of the influence of the successful LOOP Beginners Days), Andy Leitch proved his third place from the LOOP event in August was no fluke by running away with the top spot.

The two freestyle contests held over from Sywell were also run. Gary Ferriman comfortably secured the Advanced Masters crown, while, at Unlimited, local pilot Richard Gee remembered how to operate his stopwatch and contained his exuberant four-minute freestyle within the allotted time. Gerald Cooper didn't, and paid the penalty despite a riveting display.

RESULTS
Tiger Trophy 2007
Sherburn in Elmet

1 STD John Wicks, CAP 10C 74.78%
2 STD David Thomson, Decathlon 73.84%
3 INT Alex Smith, Edge 360 71.62%
4 UNL Tom Cassells, CAP-232 71.56%
5 ADV Julian Murfitt, 71.34%
6 INT Alan Wood, Extra 230 71.16%
7 UNL Gerald Cooper, CAP 232 69.66%
8 INT David Jenkins, Laser Z200 68.76%
9 ADV Gary Ferriman, Extra 300L 68.27%
10 INT Brian McCartney, Pitts S-2A 67.99%
11 INT Paul Tomlinson, Pitts S-1T 66.85%
12 STD Elise Mason, Decathlon 66.80%
13 STD Martin Hill, Pitts S-2A 66.60%
14 ADV Ron Allan, Pitts S-2B 65.87%
15 STD John Calverley, Yak-52 65.85%
16 INT Richard Buchan, Laser 64.99%
17 ADV Clive Butler, Edge-360 63.09%
18 STD Steve Kirton, Slingsby T-67M 62.17%
19 INT Mark Davies, Pitts S-2A 62.05%
20 ADV Corinne Dennis, Extra 230 59.35%
21 STD Trevor Bailey, Cessna 152 57.60%
22 INT Simon Janvrin, Pitts S-2A 57.29%
23 ADV Cas Smith, Pitts S-2A 55.75%
24 INT Adrian Willis, Extra 200 52.58%
25 INT Neil Bigrigg, Pitts S-2A 51.63%
26 STD Rob Deeth, Robin 2160i 50.63%
27 INT David Cowden, Pitts S-2C 49.69%
28 STD Richard Jones, Slingsby T-67M 46.48%
29 INT Etienne Verhellen, Yak-52 44.97%
30 STD Costas Lambropoulos, Pitts S-1E 37.32%
31 STD Farrell McGee, Pitts S-1SE 30.71%
32 ADV Tony Maxwell, Pitts S-2B 30.63%
33 STD Andy Leitch, Slingsby T-67M 26.40%

Beginners
1 Andy Leitch, Slingsby T-67M 68.46%
2 Peter Schofield, Slingsby T-67M 64.65%
3 John Kershaw, Slingsby T-67M 64.04%
4 Martina Willis, Extra 200 59.14%
5 Michael George, CAP 10B 57.30%
6 Dave Holland, Yak-52 54.18%
7 Richard Jones, Slingsy T-67M 52.44%
8 Louise Renz, Pitts S-2B 50.91%
9 Mike Rennoldson, Slingbsy T-67M 27.53%

Advanced Masters Freestyle
1 Gary Ferriman, Extra 300L 76.26%
2 Julian Murfitt, Extra 230 71.97%
3 Clive Butler, Edge 360 70.22%
4 Ron Allan, Pitts S-2B 69.11%

David Perrin Trophy Freestyle
1 Richard Gee, CAP 232 66.97%
2 Gerald Cooper, CAP 232 48.18

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