I love the idea of gold, silver etc. Makes good sense. I love the idea of the "handicapped assigned tasks" too which change the distance of the points on various radials to create level distances for each handicap level (I think this how it works...).

But overall the whole reason I got into soaring was the enjoyment of "racing" with fellow pilots to specific turnpoints in Michigan. I was hooked. But, sadly, now that I fly organized US contests, assigned racing tasks have turned out to be extremely rare and still shrinking while the rest of the world runs them like crazy.

Hat tip to the our US Junior team for sure. They did an outstanding job. In part due to their great performance, I think energy is building enough to restart the idea of an organized junior camp or perhaps even a US Junior nationals in the not to distant future. Fingers crossed...

Sean