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Posted By: MDMC Webmaster July 25, 2023

2 weeks ago

We have come to the end of another successful year of Club Flying Competition so ably organised by our Club Secretary and Competition Secretary Roy Ridealgh. We managed to run 8 rounds of the competition and got defeated by the weather on a couple of occasions. However much fun was had taking part and a chance to meet up with other flyers and have a good laugh!The awards were done at the MDMC AGM for members and the Non-Members awards where done at the LMA weekend in December -see photos belowMembers Competition 2025 Awards1st Place Roy Ridealgh 284 points2nd Place Derek Ridealgh 202 points3rd Place Stuart Sirrell 175 pointsNon-Members Competition 2025 Awards1st Place Simon Illsey 269 points2nd Place Lewis Langwade 260 points3rd Place Owen Seagrade 156 pointsSimon Askew CupThe award of the Simon Askew Cup for the most entertaining flight / Incident / etc goes to:Bill VeitchFor pictures and more details see the posting on the MDMC Club website mdmc.bmfa.org/flying-competition-the-results-2025 ... See MoreSee Less

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4 weeks ago

Reminder: MDMC Annual General Meeting Wednesday 3rd December 2025 7.00pm for 7.30pm Start. For all MDMC Club members please book the Club AGM date into your diary.It will take place at the usual venue - The Melton Mowbray Golf Club - Waltham Road, Melton Mowbray LE14 4SDOn Wednesday 3rd December 2025 from 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start.We had good attendance last year so let's improve on 2024Kind RegardsMichael CampbellPRO Melton & District Model ClubOn behalf of The Committee MDMC ... See MoreSee Less

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Melton & District Model Club

4 weeks ago

Winter 2025 MDMC FlightSim Challenge. Dave Peet is kindly running our full-size flight simulator in the clubhouse on alternate Wednesday's and has set a number of flying and air navigation challenges for us. The challenges have names such "New York, New York" (NY NY), "Kamikaze", "Menai" (Taking a picture of the bridge over the Menai Straights) etc. There is a fee of £2 per session as part of the club fund raising challenge for the flyers. The current championship scores are:Name NY NY Kamikaze Menai DIY Total PositionDon D 10 1 10 1 22 1stRoy R 4 4 4 10 22 1stTrevor M 1 10 7 1 19 2ndRichard P 0 7 0 1 8 3rdRichard S 7 0 0 0 7Stuart S 0 0 0 7 7 Trevor W 0 0 0 4 4 Michael C 1 0 1 1 3Alan B 0 0 1 0 1Next session will be notified by your PRO. (Picture courtesy of John Walwyn) ... See MoreSee Less

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Melton & District Model Club

1 month ago

Unfortunately due to the poor weather forecasts for tomorrow and 30 November, the final rounds (9 & 10) of the Club Flying competition have been cancelled. Some words from Roy Ridealgh, our Competition Secretary :"Anyway, can i say thank you to all that have attended this year, been some excellent flying, and only a few silly mishaps. Special thanks to all who have travelled a distance to join in the fun & banter. Roll on 2026 😜. Results for club members championship will be given out at AGM, but non members championship is: 3rd place: Owen Seagrave 156 points.2nd place: Lewis Langwade 260 points.1st place: Simon Illsley 269 points.Well done to all. 🥳 ... See MoreSee Less

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