PWRED ACFT AND GLIDER MEET ON SAME RWY AFTER LNDG ON OPPOSITE ENDS. DAMAGE RESULTED TO BOTH ACFT.

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AFTER A LCL FLT OF APPROX 15 MINS; I RETURNED TO LAND AT MY HOME FIELD. APCHING FROM THE N; I SAW THE GLIDER (ACFT #2) ON WHAT APPEARED TO BE A HIGH (ESTIMATED 1300 FT AGL) L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 26. AS I CROSSED RWY 8/26; THE GLIDER BEGAN TO TURN. I ASSUMED IT WAS GOING TO MAKE A 360 DEG TURN TO LOSE ALT AND CONTINUE A L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 26. SINCE MY ACFT IS CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN THE GLIDER AND I TEND TO MAKE CLOSE; SHORT PATTERNS; I TURNED L DOWNWIND AND CALLED L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 26 ON CTAF. IN ACTUALITY; THE GLIDER; NOW OUT OF SIGHT BEHIND ME; MADE A 180 DEG TURN AND INITIATED A R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 8. I PERFORMED AN EXPEDITED PATTERN ASSUMING THE GLIDER WAS WELL ABOVE AND BEHIND ME. I CALLED BASE TO FINAL FOR RWY 26 ON CTAF. ON SHORT FINAL; I CHKED THAT THE RWY WAS CLR; AGAIN ASSUMING THE GLIDER WAS ABOVE AND BEHIND. AS I TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 26; THE GLIDER WAS TOUCHING DOWN ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY ON RWY 8. AS I APCHED MID FIELD ON MY ROLLOUT; I SAW THE GLIDER STOPPED ON THE S EDGE OF THE RWY; L WING DOWN; APPROX 50 FT IN FRONT OF ME. (NOTE: THE ACFT IS A TAILWHEEL BIPLANE FLOWN FROM THE REAR COCKPIT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN; FORWARD VISIBILITY IS SEVERELY LIMITED.) I ATTEMPTED TO TURN R; BUT STRUCK THE GLIDER'S L WING WITH MY L MAIN WHEEL AND TAILWHEEL. AT THIS POINT I ESTIMATE I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 10-15 KTS. I CONTINUED TURNING R AND STOPPED APPROX 50 FT FROM THE GLIDER. NO ONE WAS HURT AND MY ACFT SUFFERED ONLY MINOR COSMETIC DAMAGE TO THE L WHEEL FAIRING. THE GLIDER SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE OUTBOARD 36 INCHES OF ITS L WINGTIP. THE GLIDER PLT STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN STOPPED FOR ONLY 5-10 SECONDS. I BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) THE WIND WAS SWITCHING FROM SE TO SW. BOTH RWY 26 (OUR NORMAL RWY) AND RWY 8 HAD BEEN USED DURING THE PRECEDING FEW HRS. 2) MY ASSUMPTION THAT THE GLIDER WAS MAKING L TFC FOR RWY 26. 3) MY ASSUMPTION THAT I WOULD MAKE A QUICKER PATTERN THAN THE GLIDER. 4) LOW OVCST REDUCED CONTRACT; MAKING THE WHITE GLIDER HARDER TO SEE. 5) NO RADIO CALLS FROM THE GLIDER. (GLIDER PLT RPTED AFTERWARD THAT THEY HAD CALLED; BUT THE RADIO MASTER SWITCH HAD BEEN TURNED OFF.) 6) POOR FORWARD VISIBILITY OF THE BIPLANE.