On Sep 29, 7:52*pm, "noel.wade" wrote:

1) UK pilots: *Can you actually take enough time off work and such to
compete in many of these 7 - 9 day competitions each year? *Or do
folks still only go to 1 or 2 apiece?

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If you are refering to the Inter-Club League, they are arranged in
small groups of geographically adjacent clubs and flown at the
weekend, so not time off work is required. Also my own club will
field a different team each day- the longest drive for folks at my
club would be a little over 2 hours club-to-club. A sporting retrieve
could take a lot longer of course.