SSA-OLC Regional Update

Here is an update on the regional results to date for the SSA-OLC, with
less than a month to go in the 2006 season.

SSA-OLC Classic Regional Leaders (as of 17 September 2006)

Reg:# Points Last First Home Club
----- ------- ---------------- ---------- --------------------------
R01:1 1907,51 Koepper Mark US (R1) GBSC Boston
R02:2 4433,90 Templin Robert US (R2) Aero Club Albatross
R03:1 721,08 Murphy Sean US (R3) Harris Hill Soaring
R04:1 2968,86 Higgins Michael US (R4) M-ASA Mid-Atlantic Soaring
R05:1 2902,60 Tyler Allison US (R5) Airscapes Glider Club
R06:1 2012,81 Lubon John US (R6) Caesar Creek Soaring
R07:1 3158,31 Hard James US 126 Association
R08:1 2909,54 Funston Nelson US (R8) SGC Seattle Glider Council
R09:3 4708,78 Feager Tim US (R9) Albuquerque Soaring
R10:1 3462,49 Johnson Richard US (R10) Dallas Gliding Assoc
R11:1 4469,63 Krueger Wilfried CA (ON/QC) SOSA Gliding Club
R12:1 4724,18 Payne Jim US (R12) Tehachapi Soaring
ALL:1 5425,77 Haluza Doug US (R2) Ridge Soaring Irregulars

SSA-OLC Total Scoring by SSA Region (as of 17 September 2006)

Reg:Members Pilots % Total Dist # flights Average Dist
---- ------ ------ ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
R01: 567 15 2.6% 13,899 km 67 flights 207 km/flight
R02: 856 94 11.0% 219,117 km 725 flights 302 km/flight
R03: 467 8 1.7% 3,779 km 23 flights 164 km/flight
R04: 661 37 5.6% 34,663 km 177 flights 196 km/flight
R05: 1417 72 5.1% 116,185 km 574 flights 202 km/flight
R06: 984 27 2.7% 40,213 km 214 flights 188 km/flight
R07: 981 31 3.2% 31,530 km 178 flights 177 km/flight
R08: 645 47 7.3% 123,909 km 435 flights 285 km/flight
R09: 1370 229 16.7% 671,992 km 1999 flights 336 km/flight
R10: 1280 74 5.8% 224,923 km 698 flights 322 km/flight
R11: 856 130 15.2% 345,705 km 932 flights 371 km/flight
R12: 963 107 11.1% 316,462 km 1059 flights 299 km/flight
ALL: 11047 2,142,377 km 7081 flights 303 km/flight

Note that OLC participation varies significantly by region, even after
correcting for SSA membership, and without regard to distance flown.
Hopefully we can improve this situation in the 2007 season.

I'm a little surprised there hasn't been more publicity for the
international OLC league results. Nothing's better at making Americans
take interest in an obscure sport, than the prospect of seeing a bunch
of foreigners get whooped but good. USA! USA!


Doug Haluza wrote:
Here is an update on the regional results to date for the SSA-OLC, with
less than a month to go in the 2006 season.

SSA-OLC Classic Regional Leaders (as of 17 September 2006)

Reg:# Points Last First Home Club
----- ------- ---------------- ---------- --------------------------
R01:1 1907,51 Koepper Mark US (R1) GBSC Boston
R02:2 4433,90 Templin Robert US (R2) Aero Club Albatross
R03:1 721,08 Murphy Sean US (R3) Harris Hill Soaring
R04:1 2968,86 Higgins Michael US (R4) M-ASA Mid-Atlantic Soaring
R05:1 2902,60 Tyler Allison US (R5) Airscapes Glider Club
R06:1 2012,81 Lubon John US (R6) Caesar Creek Soaring
R07:1 3158,31 Hard James US 126 Association
R08:1 2909,54 Funston Nelson US (R8) SGC Seattle Glider Council
R09:3 4708,78 Feager Tim US (R9) Albuquerque Soaring
R10:1 3462,49 Johnson Richard US (R10) Dallas Gliding Assoc
R11:1 4469,63 Krueger Wilfried CA (ON/QC) SOSA Gliding Club
R12:1 4724,18 Payne Jim US (R12) Tehachapi Soaring
ALL:1 5425,77 Haluza Doug US (R2) Ridge Soaring Irregulars

SSA-OLC Total Scoring by SSA Region (as of 17 September 2006)

Reg:Members Pilots % Total Dist # flights Average Dist
---- ------ ------ ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
R01: 567 15 2.6% 13,899 km 67 flights 207 km/flight
R02: 856 94 11.0% 219,117 km 725 flights 302 km/flight
R03: 467 8 1.7% 3,779 km 23 flights 164 km/flight
R04: 661 37 5.6% 34,663 km 177 flights 196 km/flight
R05: 1417 72 5.1% 116,185 km 574 flights 202 km/flight
R06: 984 27 2.7% 40,213 km 214 flights 188 km/flight
R07: 981 31 3.2% 31,530 km 178 flights 177 km/flight
R08: 645 47 7.3% 123,909 km 435 flights 285 km/flight
R09: 1370 229 16.7% 671,992 km 1999 flights 336 km/flight
R10: 1280 74 5.8% 224,923 km 698 flights 322 km/flight
R11: 856 130 15.2% 345,705 km 932 flights 371 km/flight
R12: 963 107 11.1% 316,462 km 1059 flights 299 km/flight
ALL: 11047 2,142,377 km 7081 flights 303 km/flight

Note that OLC participation varies significantly by region, even after
correcting for SSA membership, and without regard to distance flown.
Hopefully we can improve this situation in the 2007 season.

wrote:
I'm a little surprised there hasn't been more publicity for the
international OLC league results. Nothing's better at making Americans
take interest in an obscure sport, than the prospect of seeing a bunch
of foreigners get whooped but good. USA! USA!


Here is the IGC Press release:

September 12, 2006
Press Release IGC-OLC World League 2006

The first Season of the IGC-OLC World League has been succesfuly
accomplished. Despite the bad weather in Europe in spring and August,
all participating Clubs of the 10 National Leagues managed to score
during all 19 rounds, between 29th April and 3rd September 2006.

The IGC-OLC World League is an multi-national decentralized soaring
competition sanctioned by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale
(FAI) that runs in conjunction with the Aerokurier Online-Contest for
19 consecutive weekends during the Northern Summer season. Club members
flying from their Club's home airfield on the competition weekend days
are scored on an optimized 2.5 hour sprint task, all in gliding flight,
with the finish altitude no lower than the start. The longest
cross-country distance flown in 2.5 hours is handicapped by the
glider's performance index to generate a handicapped average speed. The
top three club member's speeds are added to get the club's speed score
for the weekend round. Each club is ranked by total speed in their home
country, then the top 5 clubs from each country are entered in the
international scoring for that round. Scoring is similar to
Formula-One, with each higher finishing position worth one additional
point for the round. Scoring is totaled at the end of the season to
declare the overall winner.
(Explanation Courtesy of Doug Haluza SSA-OLC Administrator )

We are honored to declare the winning local Clubs/Teams 2006 (total
scoring after round 19/ Final Score):
Points Club Speed (km/h)
1 217 Albuquerque Soaring (US) 4. 447,46
2 211 Warner Springs Gliders (US) 4. 052,85
3 153 Soar Truckee (US) 2. 935,56
4 150 TSA-Texas Soaring As (US) 3. 034,75
5 131 Black Forest Soaring (US) 2.959,18
5 131 SFZ Königsdorf (DE) 2. 488,18
7 120 SFG Giulini/Ludwigsh (DE) 2.715,91
8 117 FSG Öhringen (DE) 2. 234,79
9 107 Associazione Volovelistica Roma (IT) 2. 820,71
9 107 Tehachapi Soaring (US) 2. 035,15

Congratulations to the USA/SSA gliding clubs for winning the first 5
places.

During this first season, the following number of clubs qualified for
the IGC-OLC World League:

22 US clubs, out of 72 clubs
27 German Clubs, out of 31 clubs Premier League + 498 clubs secondary
league
15 Italian clubs, out of 18 clubs
14 Swiss clubs, out of 33 clubs
16 Canadian clubs, out of 17 clubs
18 Netherland Clubs, out of 27 clubs
13 Finish Clubs, out of 18 clubs
30 Czech/Slovakian Clubs, out of 56 clubs
7 French Clubs, out of 7 clubs
16 Austrian Clubs, out of 23 clubs
A total number of 800 local clubs competed in this season!

Detailed scores of each round inclusive links to all flights can be
found on www.fai.org/gliding/olc on the FAI-Gliding site and through a
link on the OLC server www.onlinecontest.org .

We hope, that this first worldwide Club League encourages additional
Clubs from other countries to take part next year. Additional National
Leagues can be created, by contacting the administrator of the OLC or
the FAI-Gliding OLC Specialist.

Axel Reich, OLC-Specialist & IGC Vice-President

The number of German clubs qualified to qualify for the IGC-OLC World
League was only 31. The 498 clubs form the secondary league were not
scored in the IGC-OLC World League, even when they were faster than the
fifth of the German Premier League.

So that number of clubs participating in the IGC-OLC World League was
not the 800 clubs claimed by the FAI-Gliding Specialist but only 302 clubs.



Doug Haluza schrieb:
wrote:

Here is the IGC Press release:

September 12, 2006
Press Release IGC-OLC World League 2006

During this first season, the following number of clubs qualified for
the IGC-OLC World League:

22 US clubs, out of 72 clubs
27 German Clubs, out of 31 clubs Premier League + 498 clubs secondary
league
15 Italian clubs, out of 18 clubs
14 Swiss clubs, out of 33 clubs
16 Canadian clubs, out of 17 clubs
18 Netherland Clubs, out of 27 clubs
13 Finish Clubs, out of 18 clubs
30 Czech/Slovakian Clubs, out of 56 clubs
7 French Clubs, out of 7 clubs
16 Austrian Clubs, out of 23 clubs
A total number of 800 local clubs competed in this season!
We hope, that this first worldwide Club League encourages additional
Clubs from other countries to take part next year. Additional National
Leagues can be created, by contacting the administrator of the OLC or
the FAI-Gliding OLC Specialist.

Axel Reich, OLC-Specialist & IGC Vice-President

wrote:
I'm a little surprised there hasn't been more publicity for the
international OLC league results. Nothing's better at making Americans
take interest in an obscure sport, than the prospect of seeing a bunch
of foreigners get whooped but good. USA! USA!

I agree that this would make a great story - both nationally and in the
hometown of the regional winners. As a volunteer publicity chair for
the SSA, I will work to gain national coverage.

We need volunteers in each region to get out press releases for their
regional winner. I will create a press release if a volunteer will
collect the specific information. Please contact me for the details.

The SSA site has more information. THE SOARING PUBLICITY HANDBOOK is
located at the botton of the page in the Development Section.
http://www.ssa.org/development/development.asp

OLC is a great opportunity to gain public attention for our sport.
Please volunteer.