Fwd: Last gasp?

Contest results from October 13 here.

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From: Don

October 13 allowed one more contest day, although participation was at
the bare minimum: three pilots. As usual Ron won the day, but Todd
Rutledge had a nice flight too, and was able to improve his standing
in the scoresheet by supplanting one of his low scores with a higher
one. Terry "fell" upon bad luck on his final leg home and had to
settle for a landout 24 miles from home. At least we have unlimited
landing fields now that the crops have been harvested. Average lift
was in the 200 fpm range and all three pilots climbed to over 5500
feet during the day. But it wasn't all smooth soaring. Todd bottomed
out about 600 feet above the ground just northwest of Richmond before
making a great save. Ron got down to 1300 feet south of Muncie.
Given that some regular contestants decided not to tempt fate and flew
locally, it is a credit to the three that did go out and make the best
of it. As I write this on a gloomy late October Saturday, I have to
wonder if the scoresheet might be final. But tomorrow has potential
and a few weekdays before the end of the month look possible based on
the long range forecast, so maybe the fat lady has not sung.