I 100% agree with Glen. I remember when I first moved to D6, of thinking that I'm going to have to practice often as I know the level of competition is stiff. I know that when I was going to a contest, knowing Glen was going to be there that I had to bring my "A" game, and I'm reasonably certain that he felt the same. I think the competition did nothing but raise the level of the competition in the entire district. In 2007, 5 of the Masters finalists were from D6 and 6 of the top 10. At every contest you had better be on, or you could go from winning to 5th pretty easily at a local contest. This really made it a lot of fun, and I'm sure the high level of competition raised everyone's level of flying. As Glen said, there are a lot of people who fly occasionally, and just show up for the fun of it, but I personally really enjoy the competition side of it. I enjoy putting in the work and the rewards at the end.

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