Well done Matthew, a great effort and a fantastic result for Australia!
John Parncutt From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Scutter Sent: Monday, 14 December 2015 6:02 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] World Junior And a link to aforementioned page - https://www.facebook.com/MatthewScuttersGliding/ On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Matthew Scutter <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks all. Couldn't have done it without the great team on the ground and in the air with me. This was our victory, not mine. See the writeup on my FB page, or copied below for those not yet in 2015 ;) Whew! It's finally over, and after a couple of very nerve-wracking days, team Australia was victorious!!! (in standard class) How did we do it? We had a GREAT team, lead by our team captain Mandy Temple who kept us all under control and kept the outside world away from us. I had Todd Sandercock and my sister Claire as a great crew who could handle anything with or without me and meant I could focus on just the gliding when I really needed to. Bryan and Buch were our coaches who analysed the competitors flights every day which let us adapt to our weaknesses throughout the competition and avoid repeating mistakes. Alex Wallis was our wonder-weatherman who kept us up to date with the forecasts throughout our flights - talking with other teams at the afterparty, inaccurate weather forecasts were a big problem for them and we had a real edge with Alex on our team. Andy Maddocks wasn't officially part of our team, but he was inadvertently responsible for the maintenance on our fleet and kept quite busy with last minute repairs (Looking at you Joe!) Mak Ichikawa was invaluable providing the tactics for me to execute my catchup and then retain the lead nearer the end. Shinzo Takizawa generously loaned us a clubhouse and hangar which kept us out of the sun and well rested for the back to back 7 hour days we'd have to endure. We also had many, many additional helpers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to keep the pilots focused on the job. And of course, the pilots themselves - we had a dynamic team of three, Dylan Lampard and I mostly pair flying, often sacrificing himself for me, and collaborating with Ailsa McMillan and our club class boys, James, Joe and Eric who kept us up to date with conditions ahead or behind on task. I myself couldn't have done it without the coaching by my many mentors through the years - Peter Temple, Terry Cubley, Mak Ichikawa and Graham Parker. Not to mention the support from Michael in getting me started in gliding. It was a well executed competition by the organizers, lead by the inimitable Adam Webb and Terry Cubley who kept us honest, and of course Beryl! We had great financial support from many generous donors as well as the Gliding Federation of Australia. Lastly I would like to thank our great competitors who made for excellent racing - the Poles, the Germans, the Czechs and the Dutch in particular giving us a real competition. I hope they enjoyed our excellent weather as much as we do and that they'll come back to visit someday. On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Future Aviation Pty. Ltd. <[email protected]> wrote: Please let me join in! A fantastic effort, Matt - my best wishes for even better things to come! Kind regards Bernard Eckey Future Aviation Pty. Ltd. [email protected] Ph. 08 8449 2871 <tel:08%208449%202871> Mob. 0412 981 204 <tel:0412%20981%20204> > On 14 Dec 2015, at 11:18 AM, Teal <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cograts, Matt! Well deserved. > > > Teal > > On 12/12/2015 7:34 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: >> >> If I read the results properly it looks like we have a new World Champion. >> >> Congratulations, Matthew Scutter! >> >> The rest of the team did quite well too. Might be one of the better overall >> results ever. Well done, people! >> >> >> >> Mike >> >> >> *Borgelt Instruments***- /design & manufacture of quality soaring >> instrumentation since 1978 >> /www.borgeltinstruments.com >> <http://www.borgeltinstruments.com/>tel: 07 4635 5784overseas: >> int+61-7-4635 5784 <tel:%2B61-7-4635%205784> >> mob: 042835 5784 <tel:042835%205784> : int+61-42835 5784 >> <tel:%2B61-42835%205784> >> P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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