Hi All On the weekend we held the first regatta that has been hosted by AUGC for many years. It was very well attended which perhaps underscores the need for these entry level competitions now here in SA for the "next generation". There were 11 gliders from 4 clubs competing and additional gliders "local soaring". Entries ranged from the Grunau 2 to the Mini-Nimbus. Balaklava shifted their entire operation over to us for the weekend.
Of course after 2 weeks of 35+ temperatures, there was a front through Friday night. Typical! Saturday was cool - 23 degrees with another front line hanging around south of the airfield most of the day until it finally hit in the evening. The threat of wind and rain meant we set a very small unofficial task of AUGC-Bute-AUGC as many times as you like. The winner was the club Bergfalke GZM with Mark Tyler and Derek Spencer since they were the only ones to get to Bute and outlanded on the way back. They were retrieved by the Balaklava winch. Second was GZS the Libelle from Barossa Valley Gliding Club, flown by Bryn Williams. The only other glider to actually leave the airfield. Prizes were also awarded for height gain (3050' - David Hichens Club Libelle GMI) and duration (Bryn Williams - only flight greater than 1 hour). Sunday dawned with a complete overcast which broke as the temperature hit 20 degrees. Lighter winds and forecast climbs with cu to 4-5000' meant a 119 km task of AUGC-Redhill-Blyth-AUGC was set for the higher performance gliders and AUGC-Snowtown-Bute-Nantawarra-AUGC for the Grunau and Arrow. There were some outlandings when pilots were caught by the cycling conditions but the final results were: 1st Keith Willis - PW5 2nd Derek Spencer/Alban O'Brian - the mighty Bergfalke 3rd Derek Eilers - Boomerang There were other awards for best club two seater - Derek Spencer/Alban O'Brian - the mighty Bergfalke Best Junior - Igor Blazujevic - Club Libelle Best Low hours pilot - Derek Eilers - Boomerang (flying his first competition and his first XC season) Best Wooden aircraft - Derek Spencer/Alban O'Brian - the mighty Bergfalke The catering was superb with webbered roast lamb and beef on Saturday and a BBQ on Sunday - David Hichens has once again done a fantastic job. Thanks to all who helped organise and run the event, and to the Balaklava guys for bringing their winch. Clubs represented were Adelaide University Gliding Club Balaklava Gliding Club Barossa Valley Gliding Club Bordertown-Keith Gliding Club In addition we had visitors from Port Augusta Gliding Club Whyalla Gliding Club See you again next year! Thanks Cath (CD) _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
