RULES:
Welcome to the 4th Grey Arrows Drone Club Birthday Challenge and Treasure Hunt.
PLEASE read and understand these rules before flying. They are NOT the same as last year’s or the years’ before.
The Challenge:
You have a list of 25 objectives that form the Treasure Hunt. You gain a point for posting a photograph or video that matches the requirements of each objective. Each objective has one or more bonus points available. There is no requirement to achieve all objectives or all points for each. At the end of the Challenge the person who has accrued the highest number of points is judged the winner.
Rewards:
The first-placed contestant will win the top £200 cash prize. They will also win the unique 1st Place Gold Trophy Badge for the 2021 Birthday Challenge that can be displayed on every post that you make in the forum. 
The person who achieves the second-highest number of points will be awarded £100 cash and the 2021 Birthday Challenge 2nd Place Silver Trophy. 
The contestant who has accumulated the third-highest number of collected items will be awarded the 3rd Place Bronze Trophy and a cash prize of £50 
In the event of a tie at any position the Challenge Committee reserve the right to declare an outright winner or to allocate the rewards as they see fit.
The Rules
All flights are the sole responsibility of the individual conducting them. Each competitor must abide by the drone code and adhere to the limitations and restrictions imposed upon them by aviation law, the aircraft being used and the qualifications they hold. Landowners wishes and permissions must be respected and adhered to.
1. To enter an item for the Challenge you need to make a post in this thread containing:
- Your photo or video
- The number and name of the objective it relates to
- Which, if any, bonus points relating to that objective you are claiming
- The link to the newly published information in Drone Scene (if required as a bonus)
- Any other information that has been requested or a link to it
In the absence of Drone Scene information you MUST state when and where (geographically) the photo/video was taken and provide some information about any significant items included in the image
To earn the point a Drone Scene marker and description must be placed on the map shortly after your flight. The place to which it relates must be at least 1 kilometre measured on the Drone Scene map from any prior entry for the same subject.
Failure to include the required information may result in your image being rejected
Example entry below
2. Entries:
You may only post TWO entries per day during the Challenge which will run from 0800 Tuesday, August 17th until 22:00 on Thursday, September 30th. All entries must be taken within this time frame, any photos or videos taken outside of this time will not be accepted.
Once your entry has been confirmed as eligible and/or added to the Leaderboard it may not be replaced or substituted for another entry at a later date
Entries must have been obviously taken from a drone in flight and within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland except for our overseas members, all media must have been captured exclusively in their home country.
In the case of any dispute or query the committee may request the original, unedited and uncropped image that has formed part of a submission. This may be sent to them by means of a message to @Challenges_Committee.
3. Format
The objective illustrated must be framed as the dominant subject of your image; the judges may disqualify images they consider do not match this requirement
Only one image is allowed per post, the image may only illustrate one objective. Two or more images captured from the same location will be disallowed.
Images may be a photograph, panorama or 360. They may be videos less than thirty seconds long, posted on YouTube or Vimeo and the link to them placed in your post. They may incorporate time- or hyperlapses.
Images, both photo and video, must be as they came from the camera. Cropping is allowable but no colour manipulation, copy/pasting of other images or erasing of any objects in the original images is permissible
4. Help
If you are unsure about the definition or specific requirements of any item in the treasure hunt list or require clarification of a rule please ask first, before going to the effort of capturing your intended subject. If you are uncomfortable asking in public, message @Challenges_Committee for clarity and confirmation
5, The stern stuff
The Challenge Committee reserve the right to modify the rules at any time, including retrospectively to existing entries, should the committee decide there was an unforeseen loophole that has been exploited.
The Challenge Committee’s decisions are final
If you have read this far then well done, good luck and, above all, HAVE FUN!
Example entry:
Item 33. Second World War structures
Hayling Island Heavy Anti-Aircraft Site
I claim 4 bonus points for:
- Remaining in military use after 1950 - Royal artillery to 1956
- Repurposed original building - Ammunition store used for council storage
- Drone Scene entry
- Scheduled monument. Link to Historic England
Hayling Island Heavy AA Gun Site
This location has been recommended to fly your drone in the Historic Buildings category in the South East region.
Ferry Road, Hayling Island, Hants. 30/09/2021 DJI Matrice 600, Zenmuse z30**
The site was constructed in 1941/2 and was home to four 4.7 inch anti-aircraft guns as part of the defences for the City of Portsmouth. Three of the gun enclosures remain (the fourth and the control room are buried beneath the grass of the council landscaped site) A memorial plaque to the six men killed by an aerial mine can be found in one of the gun pits
Please remember:
All flights are the sole responsibility of the individual conducting them. Each competitor must abide by the drone code and adhere to the limitations and restrictions imposed upon them by aviation law, the aircraft being used and the qualifications they hold. Landowners wishes and permissions must be respected and adhered to.