Indeed, but a serious competitor would always subordinate "fun" to
"efficiency",

True, but one thing we are missing is that this is a JUNIOR
championship. These are young people and FUN does come higher for the
majority - I say this having crewed at several UK juniors for top
competitors. For top pilots efficiency was top of the list until they
knew they could get back - then the fun element hit the top of the list.
For lesser mortals it's a fun event surrounded by similar thinking
young people. This changed when I crewed for the same pilots at full
nationals - the atmosphere was different as they were surrounded by more
experienced competition pilots.

Face it - gliding is fun, if it weren't we wouldn't do it. That's why
we don't fly powered.

Dave Kearns

PS these were RAFGSA pilots!!