All competitors must officially register and sign the provided waiver forms.

All competitors will be required to have a GPS receiver and logger that will be used exclusively for flight evaluation. Any GPS unit that has a down-loadable logging function, such as most Garmin units, will suffice. You must also have a working aviation radio and be wearing a parachute with up-to-date packing certification.

The most recently published SAC handicap list will be used for sailplane handicaps. Water ballast will be permitted in the Racing Class and voted on for Club Class. Water ballast will not be allowed in the Novice Class.

The initial, MANDATORY pilots’ briefing will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, 4 Sept. in the TSC Hanger #1/Clubhouse and will include brief lectures on flying safety and off-airport landings in the local area. The Competitors will be asked to vote in the Task Committee at this time.

Within 5 km of the TSC airfield all circling shall be to the left.

Tasks and Scoring will be per the 2009 National Soaring Competition Rules and Regulations.

Gridding & Launching
The initial launch position will be determined by lot. There will be a rotation of
positions after day 1.

We will announce the Grid time at the briefing. The Grid time is when we want all gliders to be actually staged on the grid on the runway. Gliders which arrive at the start point after the announced marshalling time will be put at the back of the grid.

All gliders will be launched to 2,000’, generally upwind of the airport. The tow pilots will attempt to find thermals for competitors, but not go out of their way to do so. Pilots can release from tow at any time. Relights will be moved to the back of the grid and get new tows in the order of their landing.

The Tasks

The Task will be determined by the Task committee and can be TAT or MAT with a minimum time requirement. When determining the Task, the committee will take into consideration the Competitors’ experience and Glider types in the Class.

A pilot may start the task at any time after the start gate has been declared open by the start gate official on radio frequency 123.4. The start will normally be opened 15 minutes after the last competitor (not relights) has been launched. The start gate official will give warnings at appropriate intervals before the start is opened.

Turn points (LINK http://soaringweb.org/TP/Southcentral_ontario )

For scoring, a pilot's task starts when his GNSS logger shows the last time he crosses a 5km radius centered on the Start turn point. The task may be started at any altitude. A pilot will be considered to have reached a turn point when his logger shows at least one valid fix anywhere within the TP cylinder. The task will be considered finished when the logger shows a fix within the finish cylinder boundary above the minimum height, or when the glider comes to rest. Pilots must call Contest Ground on 123.4 when 5 km out, giving the contest number and arrival direction. The pilots must also advise ground of any rolling finishes.

In all cases, special care must be taken to ensure that finishing gliders be extremely careful look for other glider traffic in the finish area.

After flying finishes, pilots are to make a standard circuit for landing on the active runway (or, with permission, on another clear runway). Please ensure adequate spacing between all landing aircraft.

As soon as possible after landing, fill out a landing card with the appropriate information and hand it and your flight recorder/memory media to the scorer or other person designated for accepting the information and downloading the data.

Landouts

Landouts are common in competition flying. It is essential that pilots have a retrieval crew assigned and that trailers and tow vehicles are prepared for easy use. Competition Pilots who are covering each other must have a backup crew assigned. The Landing Coordinator will carry the Retrieval Crew List and will attempt to keep track of returning competitors. Pilots who land out are expected to arrange their own retrieval. Either the crew or the pilot must advise the Landing Coordinator of the location, that a retrieve is in progress and again when the pilot has been located/retrieved. This will ensure nobody is left in a field overnight.

Awards will be given as follows

Daily prize to the top pilot.

Overall prizes awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of each Class.
Overall prizes to the members of the top team