What is Purpose of Sports Class Nationals?

Since I flew in the highest handicapped glider in Mifflin this year, I
am not one to comment. However if you attended the SRA meeting, you
would have a good understanding of the answer.

Where do we decide the handicap range for the Sports Class Nationals?
Because the Club Class Worlds are allowed to change, they allowed the
ASW24, and it had not been allowed before.

How many pilots flying the Sports Class Nationals have the intent of
making the US Team to fly in the Club Class? Not many, same in the
other classes.

The issue of tasking came up after Parowan last year and was discussed.
The outcome is discussed in the minutes (which nobody reads)
http://www.sailplane-racing.org/Rule...es%20Final.pdf
The tasks should be designed for the mid range gliders. At Mifflin I
thought they were, but I was not flying the Cirrus, I was flying the
80ft+ monster with the Iron thermal in the back. We did have a few days
where we were running out of room, and a Cirrus was much better suited.

The handicaps do a pretty good job of making gliders equal, however
there are times where you cannot beat performance. If we made a Club
Class Nationals to select the Club class team? How many gliders would
show up? There were 3 that showed up (Tim Welles won the Pinto trophy),
and I believe you need 8 for a Nationals. Maybe select the Club Class
Team from pilots flying Club class gliders.

Maybe there could be an incentive for a club class ship to show up? But
what about the glider that is right on the edge of the handicap, we
don't know 2 years before the Worlds what that handicap is going to be.
What if there is a change, and that pilot's glider is now out after
they have been selected for the pre-worlds.

What about keeping the Sports class just that....sport, but no
selection (would that keep poeple from comming?).

Having a Club Class Nationals....who will host it? it is already hard
to get organizations to host the ones we have now.

I am not being negative for the club class, I am actually for it, I
sold the D2ax with the intent of buying a Libelle. Mike and I almost
flew two Cirrus', but the Rotax crew is hard to beat. I am mearly
pointing out some problems that we have run into.