As pilots progress through gliding, they may achieve different badges and qualifications from the British Gliding Association (solo, Bronze, Cross Country [XC], Aerobatics, Distance Diplomas, Instructor Ratings) and Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (Silver, Gold, Diamond recognising different levels of height, distance, and flight duration).
OUGC also has an annual awards night as part of the annual dinner. Each year, a student new to the club is awarded the ‘Outstanding Progress’ award.
The first major milestone is GOING SOLO - each year OUGC students reach this goal, often doing their first solo flight in our very own glider ESB - it is a fantastic feeling as you can see from the photos below.
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2025
Solo
- Haixuan Liu
Badges
- Adam Hu (Silver)
Club Awards
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2023
Solo
- Adam Slater
Badges
- Azmi Rahman (Basic Instructor Rating)
- Siobhan Tobin (XC Endorsement)
Club Awards
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Myriam A-K (Outstanding Progress)
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Rupert Taylor-Allkins (Best Flight of the Year)
2022
Solo
- Tai-Ying Lee
- Saraswat Bhattacharyya
- Aili Shao
- Oliver Kay
Badges
- Azmi Rahman (Bronze)
- Azmi Rahman (XC Endorsement)
- Azmi Rahman (Silver Distance & Duration)
- Siobhan Tobin (Bronze)
Club Awards
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Saraswat Bhattacharyya (Outstanding Progress)
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Azmi Rahman (Best Flight of the Year)
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Rowan Border & Siobhan Tobin (Club Contribution)
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Aili Shao (Best Competition Pilot)
2021
Solo
- Siobhan Tobin
- Azmi Rahman
Badges
- Azmi Rahman (Silver Height)
Club Awards
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None due to Covid
2019
Solo
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Badges
- Chia-Man Hung (Bronze)
- Peter Belcak (Bronze)
- Peter Belcak (XC Endorsement)
- Chia-Man Hung (XC Endorsement)
- Philipp Kerth (Basic Instructor Rating)
Club Awards
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2018
Solo
- Tor Walberg
- Chia-Man Hung
- Tjebbe Bodewes
- Pratyusha Sumathi
- Ania Liu
- Peter Belcak
- Rahul Shrimanker
Badges
- Tor Walberg (Bronze)
- Tor Walberg (XC Endorsement)
- Marc Galler (Bronze)
Club Awards
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Tor Walberg (Outstanding Progress)
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Anthony Landau (Best Flight of the Year)
2017
Solo
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Badges
- Dinant Riks (Basic Instructor Rating)
- Elliot Akama-Garren (Bronze)
- Elliot Akama-Garren (XC Endorsement)
- Mylynn Bowker (Bronze)
- Mylynn Bowker (XC Endorsement)
- Dinant Riks (Assistant Instructor Rating)
- Artur Doshchyn (XC Endorsement)
- Anthony Landau (UK 100 km Diploma Pt 1 & 2)
- Dinant Riks (Standard Aerobatics)
- Mylynn Bowker (Standard Aerobatics)
- Dina Morhij (Standard Aerobatics)
- Anthony Landau (Sports Aerobatics)
- Chris Ballance (Basic Instructor Rating)
Club Awards
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Charles Jenkinson (Outstanding Progress)
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Dinant Riks (Best Flight of the Year)
2016
Solo
- Julie Dequaire
- Elliot Akama-Garren
- Dina Morhij
- Bogdan Toader
Badges
- Anthony Landau (Bronze)
- Anthony Landau (Silver)
- Artur Doshchyn (Bronze)
- Artur Doshchyn (Standard Aerobatics)
- Jonathan Pedde (Bronze)
- Jonathan Pedde (Standard Aerobatics)
- Chris Ballance (Standard Aerobatics)
- Hayden Peacock (Standard Aerobatics)
- Rupert Taylor-Allkins (Bronze)
Club Awards
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Dina Morhij (Outstanding Progress)
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Chris Ballance (Best Flight of the Year)
2015
Solo
- Mylynn Bowker
- Ashley Cheng
- David Ascough
- Artur Doshchyn
- Jonathan Pedde
Badges
- Hayden Peacock (Bronze)
- Ashley Cheng (Bronze)
- Chris Ballance (Diamond Goal)
- Chris Ballance (Gold Distance)
- Dinant Riks (Gold Distance)
- Dinant Riks (Diamond Goal)
- Chris Ballance (UK 100 km Diploma Pt. 1)
- Qin Cao (Bronze)
- Dinant Riks (UK 100 km Diploma Pt 1 & 2)
Club Awards
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Ashley Cheng (Outstanding Progress)
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Qin Cao (Best Flight of the Year; P1: Ollie Bosanko)
2014
Solo
- David Felce
- Qin Cao
- Rupert Taylor-Allkins
- Adam Bozson
- Hayden Peacock
- Anthony Landau
Badges
- Chris Ballance (Silver)
Club Awards
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Anthony Landau (Outstanding Progress)
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Chris Ballance (Best Flight of the Year)
2013
Solo
- Maciej Malinowski
- Joel Scott-Halkes
- Bogdan Petrescu
Badges
- Chris Ballance (Bronze)
- Chris Ballance (XC Endorsement)
Club Awards
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2012
Solo
- Chris Ballance
- Natasha Spottiswoode
Badges
- Natasha Spottiswoode (Bronze)
Club Awards
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