[aus-soaring] Nats update & Provisionals

[Wendouree Water Treatment]

39th FAI Nationals                               GULGONG                                     Feb 16th Due to a strong easterly late in the day massive outlandings occurred.   Only Bob Ward and Graham Parker  in 15/18M  and less than half of standard class managed to complete the set task.  All of Open class completed the task. Three times world Champion Ingo Renner from Sth Australia is showing his class and has moved into the lead in Standard class,  followed Miles Gore-Brown NSW  and then Matt Anglim of Qld.  Miles Gore-Brown was in the lead until an outlanding yesterday cost him his points lead. In 15Metre class Graham Parker has a firm hold on the lead followed by Narromine local Arnie Hartley/ In 15/18 Metre class Graham Parker leads followed by Queenslander Bob Ward then Tracy Tabart from Vic. In Open class Gerrrit Kurstjens of the Netherlands holds the lead from Dion Weston from Sth Aust then Queenslander John Buchanan. In the prestigousTrans-Tasman Challenge Richard Downer [no relation to Alexander!!] representing NZ  has a firm grip on the title with two wins and one 2nd… an impressive result as he has successfully completed the task each day when many experienced pilots have failed.  The Australian representative in the challenge Matt Anglim from Queensland had a win yesterday to bring him within 50 points of Richard’s lead.   Provisional Progressive Positions as follows,  due to a scoring program glitch points are unavailable.  Open Class 1         Gerrit Kurstjens 2         Dion Weston 3         John Buchanan 15M 1          Graham Parker 2          Arnie Hartley 15/18M 1          Graham Parker 2          Bob Ward 3          Tracy Tabart Standard Class 1          Ingo Renner 2          Miles G-B 3          Matt Anglim   I include a copy of the competitors list for those who missed it the other day.  Ref attachment  A_.doc.

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