Hi

I've been following the thread for a while and a common theme seems to be
that 'organising a comp is difficult and a huge effort'. I am surprised
by this. In the UK pretty much every soaring club runs a annual comp to
BGA rules thereby qualifying their pilots for rating points which are used
for prioritising entry to Nationals comps which are run in FAI classes.

My club runs such a 'regionals' every year usually with an entry of
about 30, mostly club members. Some clubs get larger entries and split the
field into two classes around about a handicap of 98 (our club class
boundary).

The last two years these 9 day comps were run by just three people:
Director, Asst Director / Task Setter, and Scorer.

Modern tools make Met, Task Setting, and Scoring a complete doddle. We
already have 5 tugs on site and plenty of tuggies giving us the ability to
launch our field in about 30 mins.

All in all running a comp is little different from our normal Saturday
activity, only scored.

The bottom line is that, if comps are kept simple to run then every club
can have one and all pilots can experience a comp on their doorstep and
learn the trade.

Jim