NEWS ! Benalla has been voted the 2016 / 17 World Gliding Comps for Open / 18m / 15m at a vote in Netherlands yesterday Sat. 1pm their time.
Dates are likely to be Jan 2017 results of IGC vote as written by Ritz on her blog, (who is there at the IGC meeting in Netherlands.) see http://soaring.eu/ .. . .SAT 2nd March 5 PM they voted for Eric (Mozer) again (as IGC President) and he seems to run a meeting so efficient, that they finished at 3.30 already!!!!! The- board -only , then had a meeting , but the 2013 PLENARY was over. With a smile from ear to ear Vitautas came out of the room. He got 2 WGC’s !!! Benalla got the WGC and Terry couldn’t hide a smile as well, though he mentioned it was all “close” [ it turned out 17 for Benalla and 16 for Lasham!!!] but maybe the smile was because he was choosen as VICE PRESIDENT!!!!!!Good on you Terry! .Summary of voting: For implemention this year: 1. Mandatory FLARM at competitions 2. Flight Recorders recalibration interval: 5 years 3. No change to Free/Declared distance record rules For implementation next year: 4. New start height limit rules 5. Start time reporting is deleted. 6. Turnpoint geometry changed in competitions 7. No change to Finish Ring rules Championships: 2016 WGC in Open, 18, 15: Benalla 2016 WGC in Std, Club, 20: Pociunai 2015 WGC in 13.5: Pociunai Awards: Lilienthal: Bob Henderson (NZ) Gehriger: Jaroslav Vach (CZ) Majewska: Maria Bolla (HU) Our new IGC President is Eric Mozer (USA)
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