Les Horvath Trophy

Origin Conceived and donated by Bob Kupps, of California (a member of the 1989 US glider team), in honor of Les Horvath. Les Horvath of Arizona was a former member of the U. S. Glider Aerobatic Team and a pioneer in glider aerobatics in the United States. The trophy was first presented by the Sailplane Aerobatics Association and was donated to IAC when the SAA merged with IAC. Criteria Up until 1992, the trophy was presented to the winner of the Unknown program (of any category in terms of percentage of possible points achieved) at the U. S. National Glider Aerobatic Championships. In that year, the Board of Directors elected to present the trophy to the winner of the Unlimited category at the U. S. National Glider Aerobatic Championships and the holder of the title of U. S. National Glider Aerobatic Champion.
Procedures The name of the recipient is provided the Contest Director by the Scoring Director after the contest is completed. The recipient's plaque is ordered by the Executive Director along with the other trophies for the Glider Nationals. No name is inscribed. Presentation Recipient trophies are funded by IAC and consist of a laser cut plaque with a photograph of the permanent trophy set in the plaque. The master trophy remains on display at the IAC Pavilion in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The plaque is presented at the U. S. National Glider Aerobatic Championships annual awards banquet. Notes: Records are not on hand for the years preceding IAC's assuming control of the U. S. National Glider Aerobatic Championships. Therefore, only the winners for 1992 and the years subsequent are included.
THE LES HORVATH TROPHY - CHRONOLOGY OF RECIPIENTS
1992 - Charles Kalko 1993 - Steve Coan 1994 - Gary Gillmore 1995 - Ken Hadden 1996 - Ken Hadden 1997 - Ken Hadden 1998 - Bill Lumley 1999 - John Lumley 2000 - Kim Reniska	2001 - John Lumley 2002 - John Lumley 2003 - Charles Kalko 2004 – 2005 – 2006 – Jason Stephens 2007 – Jason Stephens 2008 – Jason Stephens 2009 – Paul Jennings

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