At 06:15 PM 1/07/2012, you wrote:
Hi Folk,
Argentina applied to run the comp and I understand they were the
sole applicant for Std Class and Club Class, everyone else focussed
on the flapped comps, IMHO this does raise the question about
priority and continuance of the Std class at a IGC/WGC level.
Awarding it to some corrupt third world country where hardly anybody
will go won't do much for Standard Class at world level either. Or club Class.
If you can't find a suitable place, just defer the contest. The last
time the Argies were going to hold a worlds it was held in Texas
because the Brits weren't welcome in Argentina about then. Something
to do about some little islands 500 km off the coast.
Mike
I think the Argentinian organizers are doing the best they can in
the circumstances, but Argentina still has significant import/export
barriers due lack of foreign exchange and therefore has various
charges associated with major capital equipment (aka a modern Std
Class Glider)amounting to circa 5k each way to get the glider
to/from the airfield.
This in itself would not have precluded me competing, but the
cumulative affect of this, plus glider freight costs,
uncertainty/inability to source insurance, and the total cost became
prohibitive for both myself and Allan. Tobi and Craig can rent
locally and thus Club Class is much more viable, albeit still
expensive for each individual.
Suspect that the Standard Class comp will be dominated by the fully
funded teams and perhaps locals.
I wish the organizers and all competitors a very successful
competition, especially the Australian team in Club and World class,
who will each make significant personal sacrifices to compete on our
behalf, whatever class they fly in.
Best Regards,
Mike Durrant
VH-FQF/OD
On 01/07/2012, at 5:57 PM, Mike Borgelt
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wrote:
At 05:18 PM 1/07/2012, you wrote:
So who was genius that awarded the WC to Argentina?
Cheers
Paul
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