I didn't go to New Castle this year. I am hoping that one of the locals
will
see this message and post some news for all of us. ...

Good news everyone.

I have upgraded the US contest scoring program, Winscore, to automatically
connect and send scores and flight logs to an Internet server. What this
means is that seconds after the scorer clicks a "send scores" button in
Winscore, the scores will be available on the Web. There will be no delays
associated with emailing the scores to a SSA staff member and waiting for
them to post the scores to the web.

I have made arrangements with the scorer, Leo Buckley, at New Castle to use
this system for their contest this week. The latest results New Castle
(2004 Region 4 South) can be viewed from the Winscore homepage at:

http://www.gfbyars.com/winscore/results.shtml

The New Castle practice day (Sept./20) has already been posted using this
system. There are some other contests on that web page so you can get a
feel for how the system works. The Perry (Region 5 North) contest even has
flight logs in .zip format for a few of the contest days. In addition to
flight logs, those .zip files also contain contest and scoring data in .xml
format. The Winscore viewer program can open those .zip files directly and
display the logs, scoring, turnpoint and task information automatically.
Or you can use your favorite viewing program to view the .igc files
directly.

So, check the Winscore webpage this week for the latest scores from New
Castle. The first 2 scheduled contest days at New Castle were canceled, so
the first contest day is now set for Tue Sept 21.

Guy Byars

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