Congratulations to Jon Arnold for successfully defending his Interservices title and to DJ Graham for winning the Sport Class. Congratulations also go to the Army team for winning the Interservices team competition thus ending the RAF's dominance of over 50 years - well done but they'll be after you next year!

Thanks must go to all of the competitors, crews and volunteers who made it an enjoyable competiition. Well done for having a safe and fun comp - shame about the weather! Thanks must also go to all of the Bannerdown members for letting us use your facilities and for the work that went into the set up and clearing up.

Hopefully see you all next year!

Day Nine

1515 - Prize Giving will be at 1600.

1500 - Today is a scrub. There is a band of stratus cutting off the convection between here and the first TP.

1225 - It's a grid squat! The sky is clearing but no sign of Cu as yet.

1050 - The Wet man is convinced that it will clear up enough for us to get a task in. That being so, the tasks are:

Open Class: MAR (Marlborough) - BUR (Burbage) - BRF (Bradford-on-Avon) - FRO (Frome) Finish line F2 Task distance = 109.53km

Sport Class (Open Class fallback): MAR (Marlborough) - PEW (Pewsey) - BRF (Bradford-on-Avon) - WES (Westbury) Finish line F2. Task distance = 87.13km

The winner of the Duck of Daring Do was Al Stacey for his moves on the dance floor last night.

The winner of Mr Rude was Al Stacey for his antics in the bar last night. If you were there (or even if you were trying to have a quiet night in the campsite) you will have heard them!

0840 - Briefing will be at 1030. Grid before briefing, sport class on the front. Do not grid until called.

Day Eight

1330 - Today is SCRUBBED. The clearance is filling in as it approaches with massive over-convection.

The winner of the Duck of Daring Do was Liz Schwarzer for the allegedly smuggling Viagra into the country. Ged McKnight as her crew chief is now under suspicion for being a dealer...

The winner of Mr Rude was the weather and was accepted by Mel the Met braving enemy fire as the competitors took out their ire by subjecting him to a barrage (not of abuse) but of foam bullets.

1055 - More rain! The Met man is currently recalibrating his seaweed in the hope of a better outlook!

0840 - Breifing will be at 1200. Do not grid before briefing but wait for the next announcement on the tannoy, radio and internet as to gridding instructions.

0805 - Rain, rain and more rain! The ridge on the other side of the airfiled is hidden in cloud and it looks horrible!

Day Seven

1025 - Today is scrubbed. There are high winds and possible thunderstorms forecast for later this morning and through this afternoon. It is recommended that pilots derig.

0845 - Briefing at 1000. Do not grid before briefing.

Day Six

1900 - Official results for Day 3 are now available on the Daily Results section. Overall scores are in the Overall Results section. The team scores are as follows:

1st - Army 291 pts

2nd - RN 250 pts

3rd - RAF 243 pts

4th - Team Cranwell 212 pts

5th - KRH GRIT 45 pts

1447 - Today is scrubbed. The weather did not play ball and there just wasn't enough lift in the drop zone. Despite a retask to go west, the sky is dead in all directions. Better luck tomorrow!

1400 - Both classes have now fallen back to a minimum distance task.

Open and Sport Class fallback: RAB (Ramsbury) - RIV (Rivar Hill) Finish F1 Task distance 88.73km

The sniffer has now launched and we await further news.

1335 - Rebrief on the front of the grid in 5 minutes.

1300 - We are still sat on the grid and waiting for the weather to improve. There are a lot of people walking around wearing coats which is ridiculous considering it is supposed to be summer!

1150 - The tannoy is fixed! Hooray!

1148 - It's a grid squat. The sniffer has launched and come back and reported nothing useful in the drop zone. We are still waiting for the weather to do something useful.

1026 - Open Class Task: LON (Longleat)- FOR (Fordingbridge) - SHM (Shepton Mallett) Finish F2. Task distance 155.63km

Sport Class Task: LON (Longleat) - FOV (Fovant) - SHM (Shepton Mallett) Finish F2. Task distance 115.98km

First possible launch not before 1140.

We are having problems with the tannoy so please check with control for information as to waht is happening.

1025 - The winner of the "Duck of Daring Do" was Tim Davies for forgetting his parachute for the second day. He has now been renamed Cheryl Cole!

The winner of Mr Rude was Daz Smith for daring to park his glidern in someone else's personal private parking space!

0845 - Briefing will be at 1000. Grid before breifing on Rwy 24 with the Sport Class on the front. Do not tow out until called.

Day Five

2200 - There still some poor souls out on retrieve so we are still waiting for the last few pilots to make it back to the airfield. This is shaping up to be a late night!

2010 - VERY preliminary results are available on the Daily Results section. We are still waiting for several loggers to be brought back from fields.

1915 - All gliders are now accounted for. It will be a very long night for the scorer as we have gliders on retrieves everywhere between Keevil and Didcot. We will try and get some provisional scores out as soon as possible.

1910 - The last glider has just called 10km and is approaching from a very flat looking sky. A very difficult day with the weather not playing ball around Bicester. Either that or the Bicester magnet had been well and truly switched on and sucked all of the gliders onto the airfield.

1742 - All of the Sport Class are now accounted for; either finished or landed out. Two finishers so far in the Open class but the landouts are starting to come through from them as well. Fingers crossed.

1634 - Landouts starting to happen....

1628 - First landout. L11 motored back in.

1510 - All gone bar one.  Vulture squadron now on standby!

1500 - Nearly all gone and the sky is looking booming!

1442 - Start/ finish times are available on the Daily Results section.

1427 - Sport Class start line will open in 17 minutes. Maximum start height 5600 ft.

1404 - Open Class start line will open in 17 minutes, maximum start height 5400ft.

Sport class will stream launch behind the Open Class.

1335 - And they're off!

1325 - The weather is co-operating! First launch 10 minutes.

1240 - There was rebrief on the front of the grid and both classes have fallen back. Both classes will fly Task B. The good weather is tantalisingly close but is all in the Lyneham zone at the moment. There is some better weather upwind and the pilots are all willing it closer but not as much as the Director! The grid squat continues apace...

1020 - First launch not before 1100. If required, there will be a rebrief on the front of the grid for a fallback. Tasks as follows:

Open Class Task A: MEM (Membury) - GRW (Grafham Water) - TOW (Towcester) - CHV (Chieveley) Finish line F1 Task distance 355.7km

Sport Class Task A (Open Class Task B) : MEM (Membury) - MUR (Mursley) - BIC (Bicester Control Tower) - CHV (Chieveley) Finish line F1. Task distance 248.91km

Sport Class Task B : DID (Didcot) - CHV (Chieveley) Finish line F1. Task distance 151.08km

0835 - Briefing will be at 1000. Grid before briefing but do not tow out until called.

Nominations are requested for the Duck and Mr Rude please!

Day Four

1300 - Control is now closed. Next brief will be at 1000 tomorrow morning. Have a nice afternoon in the rain!

1215 - Today is SCRUBBED due to a surfeit of the wrong kind of weather!

The winner of "Tales of Daring Do" was the Director for proving that it is not just penguins which fall over backwards when an aeroplane flies overhead.

The winner of "Mr Rude" was Peter Kingwill for making suggestive comments about young ladies and their underwear.

1135 - It is raining. Lots of disgruntled pilots around.

0900 - Thanks to the eagle eyes of the Army team who were dismayed at being beaten by Team Cranwell, a mistake was found in the scoring spreadsheet. The actual team results are as follows:

4th - Team Cranwell 237 points

3rd - RN 244 points

2nd - RAF 254 points

1st - Army 284 points

0842 - Briefing will be at 1200. Do not grid before briefing.

Day Three

1818 - Overall results now available in the overall results section. Team scores are as follows:

4th - RN 244 points

3rd - RAF 255 points

2nd - Army 284 points

1st - Team Cranwell 289 points 

1755 - Official scores now available on the Daily Results section

1655 - Provisional scores are on the Daily Results section. More pilots are coming into Control having just got back from a retrieve so we will update as soon as possible.

1550 - Very provisional results are available stuck to the window outside control. We are waiting for a few more traces.

1541 - All accounted for. The scorers are now frantically working on the traces and we will have some scores as soon as possible. The Director is currently strutting around as we have managed to have a comp day in both classes while the Nationals have scrubbed! We obviously had more luck with the weather than them today.

The bar is now open.

1512 - All back bar one.

1350 - More finishers are calling and the first two in the Open Class have just called 10km. Please check the Daily Results for as accurate as we can make them at the moment Start/Finish times.

1322 - The first finisher in the Sport Class has just called 10km.

1320 - Most have now started but there a few still turning over the airfield. We have had two landouts already and the topcover is beginning to make its presence felt.

1225 - Open Class start line will open in 10 minutes. Maximum start height 4200ft.

Start times are available on the Daily Results section

Open and Sport class: MAR (Marlborough) - RIV (Rivar Hill) Finish F1. Task distance = 83.28km

1143 - Sport class start line will open in 10 minutes. Maximum start height 4000ft.

1138 - Open Class will launch on Task A.

1129 - Open Class rebrief at the front of the Open Class grid in 5 minutes.

1125 - And they're off....!

1115 - SPORT CLASS FIRST LAUNCH IN 10 MINUTES ON TASK A.

1043 - There will be a rebrief at the front of the grid at 1050.

1025 -  All competitors are to go the grid as soon as possible in anticipation of a potential rebrief once the met has been checked again.

The winner of "Tales of Daring Do" today was Tony World for impromptu use of a water ballast barrel as a shower for his crew.

The winner of "Poser of the Day" was Ged McKnight (callsign 126) for the start call "126 at 1:26".

The winner of "Mr Rude" was Pip Barley for his show upon emerging from his tent outside Control. Clothes are apparently optional!

Yesterdays results are now available on the Daily Results section of the website.

0850 - Briefing will be at 1000. Grid before breifing but please wait for the announcement that the grid is open. The grid marshall needs to set the cones up!

Day Two

1920 - Provisional scores are now available on the Daily Results section and in the bar.

1853 - Times are now on the Daily Results section. The scorers are working frantically and we will have some provisionals as soon as possible. Loggers are proving to be challenging at the moment with one competitor recording a maximum height around the task of -14000ft and recorded sink of more than -700kts!

1805 - Last finisher just called 10km.

1720 - Lots of activity while the finishers came pouring across the finish line. Just waiting for the last few pilots. Three landouts so far. Sounds as if there was some good racing today. Finish times will be added to the Daily Results section as soon as possible.

1547 - The first finishers are 5km away.

1531 - For start/ finish times, please go to Daily Results section.

1305 - Open Class start line will open in 10 minutes. Maximum start height 4200 feet.

1230 - Sport Class start line will open in 10 minutes. Maximum start height 4200 feet.

The Open Class will stream launch behind the Sport Class.

1200 - SPORT CLASS FIRST LAUNCH 10 MINUTES

1145 - The sniffer has just launched. Grid squat in progress!

Open Class task: AYL (Aylesbury) - SIL (Silverstone) - CHV (Chieveley) Finish line F1. Task distance 261.47km

Sport Class task: THM (Thame) - BIC (Bicester control tower) - ILS (Ilsley) Finish line F1. Task distance 221.17km

First launch not before 1045

0905 - The grid is now open. Please tow onto the grid.

0845 - Briefing will be at 1000. The Director has requested no dogs in briefing.

Grid before briefing but wait for the announcement that the grid is open before towing out.

Day One

1445 - Today is scrubbed (the met man lied!). Next brief will be 1000 tomorrow.

1425 - All is not lost. We have not scrubbed and the weather, (according to Mel the Met), is supposed to get better.

Open class task: FRO (Frome) - CKL (Chicklade) - SHM (Shepton Mallett) Finish line F2. Task distance 95.75km

Sport class task: FRO (Frome) - LBD (Longbridge Deverill) - SHM (Shepton Mallett) Finish line F2. Task distance 86.62km

1317 - Tasks have been set and competitors are asked to wait until the tannoy and radio call until going onto the grid.

Please move trailers which are on the runway onto the disused runway where all of the other trailers are.

Briefing was at 1000 for all competitors and the weather was not very encouraging at the time. It is currently raining and there will be a rebrief at 1300 when there may be a task.....

Do not grid at the moment; wait for the announcement.