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'Competition Enterprise was conceived by Philip Wills in 1974 and has run every year since. Probably less well-known, but alongside it, has been The National Enterprise Trophy awarded annually since 1985 by the Enterprise Club to the pilot/s believed to have achieved the most enterprising flight launching from anywhere in the UK. In 2009, Philip's name was added to the title to commemorate his legacy and for the first time is being presented through the BGA at this Award Ceremony.
The recipient for 2009 is Desmond Pearce from Edensoaring. On 24th May flying an Oly 463 from Skelling Farm, he flew 195k O/R visiting various TPs in the Lake District using ridge, thermal and wave. This highlights an example of the enterprising flying carried out by Edensoaring in the tradition of Competition Enterprise. Full details of his flight along with other entrants and their details plus previous winners will be seen on the Competition Enterprise web-site www.comp-enterprise.co.uk from this coming Monday onwards.
A challenge was set late last year to design a new trophy, to replace the original now missing, but there were no takers. This is now being addressed and in recompense today we can announce that Desmond is to be awarded a free entry to Competition Enterprise being held this year for the first time at Lasham early in July. He will of course receive the new trophy in due course.'
Past Winners:
| 1985 | Chris Rollings – triangular flight Petersfield
Welshpool York 1st 25% 750km tri in |
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| 1986 | Justin Wills – 835km cross channel flight from
Rufforth to near |
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| 1987 | Chris Garton- 670k O & R Lasham/York | ||
| 1988 | John Jeffries/Ron Parsons 300k O & R Dunstable/Monmouth | ||
| 1989 | Mike Brook 500k SHK Sutton Bank/Lasham/North Hill 3rd attempt in 5 days! | ||
| 1990 | Norman James – flight in tutor 300km | ||
| 1991 | 951k Portmoak various TPs. Also in recognition of his life-time achievements - over 760 x 300k's, 160 x 500k's, 16 x 700k+ and a 750k diploma, plus first to get all three diamonds in the UK | ||
| 1992 | Mike Cumming - 1000km attempt using various sea breezes and/or a cross channel attempt being converting into a circumnavigation of the London TMA | ||
| 1993 | John Jeffries 170k triangle & 345k O & R both using wave from Dunstable in February | ||
| 1994 | Ian Beckett - 300km flight in a Duster he built himself | ||
| 1995 | Chris Rollings - for his contribution to Enterprising gliding in the spirit of Philip Wills and the sponsorship from Mobil for young people in gliding | ||
| 1996 | Mike Oliver 2 x 500k in consecutive days in a SHK
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| 1997 | Peter Redshaw 1st 503k O & R from Barrow on Furness LS6c 17.5m | ||
| 1998 | Neville and Richard Allcott - 750km wave flight in a DG500 | ||
| 1999 | Charlton 65k in a K8 Kenley to Challock under controlled airspace | ||
| 2000 | Aerotow 2000A K21’s epic journey around the |
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| 2001 | Jack Stevens - 750km flight out through Lockinordie
(Lock Kinnord near Aboyne) Ros Dubh House, Roseneath, and
Huntly. It was thermal into wave flight of 8hrs 10 mins
of which 7 hrs 10 mins were on task in a DG400 not using
the engine at all because always high and there were no
‘dodgy bits’! |
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| 2002 | Robert Tait500k flight from Easterton in an Astir
CS77 in thermals from a winch launch. At the time
it was thought to be only the 4th Diamond distance flown
within |
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| 2003 | Not awarded | ||
| 2004 | Afandi |
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| 2005 | Roy Wilson 766k Aboyne various TPs | ||
| 2006 | Phil King – 600km flight from Carlisle to |
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| 2007 | John Williams – in a month flew 528km, 1312km (double 656km), 1536km (double 768km), finishing with a coast to coast 1,016km between a remote TP in the North Sea and 2 west coast TPs! | ||
| 2008 | Trevor Stuart – 602 km circumventing the London
TMA from Nympsfield, via |
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| 2009 | Desmond Pearce
195k O/R in an Oly 463 from Skelling to various TPs
into the |