On Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 6:30:16 PM UTC-4, Ron Gleason wrote:
On Sunday, 13 August 2017 15:13:53 UTC-6, Craig Funston wrote:
Has a site and date been selected yet? Nothing on SSA site.

Thanks,
Craig 7Q

At the Uvalde pilot meeting Monday 8/7/2017 Mark says they are bidding for next years, 2018, 15M and Open class Nationals. He asked about dates as they want to go later and are thinking about 8/11-20. A nine day contest with a tenth day if needed.

Watch the video on the W&W Facebook page

It is sad that the SSA has either had no bids for the 2018 15M/standard/open class or could not agree on on a bid for the.

Ron Gleason

Thank you for the information. This is not the first time that a national contest is being scheduled from Saturday to Monday. This kind of arrangement works well for local pilots but it does not work well for pilots from far away places, as it requires us to take more days off than in case of a contest that runs from Tuesday to Thursday.

Saturday-Monday 6 days off plus 1 day for Practice and 6 days for travel (3 days each way, ALL WORKING DAYS). In total 13 days.

Tuesday-Thursday contest. Prior Friday, Saturday and Sunday travel and Monday Practice. After the contest Friday, Saturday, Sunday travel back. In total 11 days.