EUROGLIDE 2022.

A reasonable day to start with , so most are on their way direction Poland over Germany; Szczecin, N E of Berlin is the first TP. From there far to the SW to Zurich, then into Czechia and then back HOME.
the first departures were at 12.

You can follow them day by day on www.euroglide.nl
Hodenhagen and Oerlinghausen were arrival-points from day 1.
I heard for day 2 also Jena and Zwickau.

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French 18 m. and OPEN NATIONALS
Buno Bonnevaux
19 June 2022 – 25 June 2022

On the practice day some flew, on day 1 nobody did, as the tasks had to be cancelled,… but on
June 20 a task was set;
18 m; 264 50 km....in this class with 27 pilots fly 4 HC, Danish pilots Arne Boye Moeller , Peter Eriksen and Henrik Breidahl and from Belgium Francois Delfosse. CANCELLED!!
On June 19 a 2 hour AAT was set, but after ,….scrubbed.
On June 20,264 km. was set , but….cancelled.

open; 247 km....14 pilots or teams are flying for the highest honor.2HC teams from Belgium; De Broqueville / Spruyt in EB 29 DR and de Broqueville / Dresse in ARCUS 20T.
Also in open class 2 days were cancelled after it was impossible to fly a 2.30 AAT and 247 km. set task.
A 3d task was set but 211 km, for open only, but,….Cancelled.
So no flying yet. Why???? You can see it on the picture.

The next day however Arne send another picture;

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CLUB CLASS NATIONALS in ITALY.
Ferrara 17 June 2022 – 26 June 2022

Good to see Elena our last WWGC champion from Lake Keepit. again in a competition. Also her brother Nicola and sister Michelle are participating. A total of 25 pilots.
They started on June 17 with small tasks as well.
task 1; 167. 31 km.…Giovanni Repola in his Discus 2 won the day , [440 points] just ahead of Luca [Urbani] in a Discus 2A. The Fergnanies did well; Nicola on 5, Elena on 6 and Michele on 22. Nice to see Giorgio Ballarati in a gliding competition too, last I saw him, he was organizing them. He flies a twin acro 3.
25 started and finished!
task 2; 158.31 km….won by Elena with a late start at 16.06. One way or another Nicola did not fly.
task 3; 208.52 km….Frederico Montanini in LS 4 won the day [85.20 km./h] Only 16 pilots were in, so were Michele [ 11] and Elena [15]
June 20 had NO task.
June 21…no task.

18 m. NATIONALS in Italy.
Ferrara 17 June 2022 – 26 June 2022

Several comps from Ferrara in Italy. Also the Coppa and Classe Unica[ for both see www.soaringspot.com .]
18 m NATIONALS counts 21 pilots and a few toppers.
Task 1; 189.30 km…..Gorgio Galetto just won the day in his Ventus 3 ahead of Alberto Pozzi in JS 1cevo and Giancarlo Grinza in Ventus 3. Speed 116.87 for 116. 21 km./h. and 116.19 km./h.
All 21 finished.
task 2; 159.14 km.…late start around 3.30 with Giuseppe Dal Grande in Ventus 2cxm, as daily winner, for 318 points.
Ricardo [Brigliadori] was 3d, Davide [Schavotto] 4th and Giorgio 9th.
task 3; 271.42 km…. with improving weather . Best speed still only 97 km./h. Ricardo won, Davide was runner up and Giorgio was 4th.
20 started and 18 finished.
June 20; NO TASK.
June 21; no task.

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The 2022 NATIONALS for OPEN and 15 m in the USA are flown from Hobbs.
June 23- July 2 2022.

Look at their weather….Practice days today and yesterday.
New Mexico has often TOP WEATHER, like Minden in Nevada and Uvalde in Texas.
Dutch pilot Kees Musters [R.I.P. 1987] became WORLD CHAMPION in HOBBS in 1983 in 15 m. class.
Ingo won open that year and Stig Oye was world-champion in standard class.

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In the WEGLIDE MAGAZINE [June 18 2022] is an interesting interview with Baptiste Innocent;
https://magazine.weglide.org/pushing-limits-with-baptiste-innocent/

OR
https://magazine.weglide.org/pushing-limits-with-baptiste-innocent/?fbclid=IwAR0mtVmAprwZTndSnYO-uIX6kMhqsE1BFq06sv5mmZkI1p-ZL2ffhsPsDpQ

We had the longest day here, and my friends in Australia the shortest.
So ,….it’s summer/winter now. Slowly we prepare then for circumstances the other way around.
So do the organizers from Kiripotib:
“The season is getting closer, so get to know our team and Champions. Let´s start with Pete Harvey our English gentleman. Everyone loves him for his fine and polite manner, always good mood and his charisma. The three-time European and 10-time British champion does not only fly gliders, but has also been a national champion in hang gliding. He is the head coach of Flying with the Champions. Before that, he has worked as a management consultant for many years.
More about “Flying with the Champions”: https://bit.ly/3tQltAm
Indeed Pete is a lovely guy!!!!!

Soon to be;
the 4th WGC for 13.5 m in combination with the 21st FAI European champion ship for standard, club and 15 m class in Lithuania at the airport of Pocuinai.
Unofficial training; 25 June to 28 June 2022 Official; June 29-July 1
Competition; July 3 -July 15.
When I am back I look at how they go and finish them.

Off on Friday for our annual week with my high-school -friends.

47th Polish OPEN CLASS Nationals are from June 30 to July 9 in Ostrow, with 36 competitors.
The Swiss nationals are flown from Schänis, between 25 June 2022 – 2 July 2022
All results on www.soaringspot.com

CU on July 6.
Cheers Ritz

The German Nationals for CLUB, STANDARD and 15m.
6 June 2022 – 17 June 2022 Zwickau
96 entries.

Club ;
June 15…task 8; 3.30 AAT....The weather was still in competition mood , so were the pilots and with 3 days to go, this was already a good one for decisions, for the pilots with club-gliders. Most probably they will have difficulties to become German champion , as that place seems to be already all time in the hands of Stefan [Langer] ,who also won this AAT, with 388 km. in time 3.33. He leads now with 6.903 points on Uwe [Melzer] who achieved 6.172 points.
June 16; task 9….one but last day.….217.65 km.... CANCELLED!!!!
June 17; Task 10….281.31 km……..Last day!!!
Stefan can’t sit back and look, he still has to fly one more day even with more than 700 points ahead. He was beaten on handicap by Benedikt Sindermann in LS 1f; speed 87 km./h. Stefan was runner up. In the top 3 overall nothing changed;
German CHAMPION and winners in 15 m. class
1. Stefan Langer in LS WL with 7.882 points !!!!!!!
2. Uwe Melzer in LS4WL with 7.052 p.
3. Marcus Dawert in DG 300WL with 6.994 p.

Standard;
June 15…task 8; 3.30 AAT...Jan [Knischewski] in his LS 8neo managed to fly 404.60 km. in time 3.26.51. He “got” the 1000 points and is on his way to the top 3 , as he is only 15 points behind Simon [Briel], who is at this stage on spot 3.
Jan [Omsels] had a bit of a bad day finishing on spot 25, “falling out” of the the top 3, now on 5 overall.
June 16; task 9....202.90 km....CANCELLED.
June 17; task 9….295.30 km….6 pilots flew with a speed of over 100km./h. Best was Benedikt Lang in Discus2T. All 34 finished on this last day.
The top 3 overall remained the same.
German CHAMPION and winners in Standard class ;
1. Enrique Levin in Discus A with 5.755 points.!!!!!!
2. Robin Sittmann in Discus 2A with 6.569 p.
3. Simon Briel in Discus 2A with 6.495 p.

15m;
June 15…task 8; 3 hour AAT.…with 395 km. Uwe [Wahlig] flew to victory in his LS 3WL. He moved from 8 to 4 overall. Well deserved …flying in an LS 3 against top gliders as AS 33es, Ventus 3 and JS 3 jet.You see,…the pilot IS IMPORTANT.
Tilo [Holighaus], Jan [Umlauf] ,Christoph [Nacke] and Katrin [Senne] are still in the top 10 overall.
Henrik [Bieler] leads the pact at the moment.[6.424 points.]
June 16; task 9...217.69 km….Cancelled!!!
June 17; task 9….307.38 km…. Christoph once more tried hard with an early start at 13.15; he was 3d. Katrin was 6th, Jan 17th , Uwe 20th and Tilo 25th,…pfff challenging day. BUT,…there were winners and a CHAMPION.
The TOP 3 remained the same.
1. Henrik Bieler in Ventus 2b with 7.044 points.
2. Steffen Goettler in Ventus 2A with 6.977 p
3. Marc Schick in Ventus 2b with 6.883 p.
4. Uwe Wahlig in LS 3 WL with 6.752 p.
5. Christoph Nacke Ventus 2CXT with 6.747p.
Jan Umlauf on 7 [6.685 p] and Katrin Senne on 8[6.663 p]
Congratulations to ALL.

I think Tilo, Ralf, their mum Brigitte and their dad Klaus [R.I.P. 1994] can be VERY proud on all the winning gliders coming from their manufactory.

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THE UK 15m. Standard and OPEN class NATIONALS.
11 June 2022 – 19 June 2022 Aston Down
82 entries.

15 m;
June 15…task 5; 208.85 km.…and Richard [Hood] won the day ahead of Gary[Stingmore] and Leigh [Wells] They were the only 3 flying over 80 km./h.
11 from 15 were in, Phil Jones was unfortunately out. The Jones brothers always fly good!!! Now I am not often more at comps, so I don’t see them anymore, but I do even remember their dad well . Then they were still very young.
June 16…Task 6; cancelled.
June 17; task 7...no points
June 18; cancelled.
June 19; task 8…278.92 km....VERY LAST DAY!!!! With Leigh [ 4.712] Gary [4.628] and Darren [4.615] as the “toppers” to beat.
“It’s the final day of the 15m, Standard Class and Open Class Nationals for 2022! After 3 scrubbed days, we may get one last opportunity for a small task today to shake up the points. It’s all to play for so there’s no telling who will come out on top of the three classes.” by the organizers Cotswold Competitions
It was in vain. SO the new National CHAMPION in 15 m class is;
1.Leigh Wells in JS 3 with 4.712 points.
2. Gary Stingmore in AS 33es with 4.628 p.
3. Derren Francis in Ventus 3Ts with 4.615 p.

Standard
June 15…task 5; 157.97 km.…Jez Hood won the day and was till now every day in the top 3,so very consistent!!! Overall he is 24 points behind Howard who was the daily runner up.
Ayala was 3d and 4 pilots from 18 were out.
June 16; task 6….cancelled.
June 17; task 7.…no points. “Welcome to day 7. Yesterday’s scrub means no results for the day. A very hot day awaits so let’s see if the weather plays ball and lets us fly.” It did not!
June 18; cancelled.
June 19; task 8…278.98 km….They tried hard ..but the day had to be scrubbed.
National ChAMPION IN STANDARD CLASS IN 2022 IS;
1. Howard Jones in Discus 2a with 4.330 points.
2. Jez Hood in LS 8 with 4.306 p.
3. Andy Holmes in LS 8 with 4.144 p.

Open;
June 15; task 5.….. 208.38 km and Russell had another TOP-DAY. He , Andy and Tim were the only ones flying over 85 km./h.
23 started and only 12 finished!!
June 16; task 6…..cancelled.
June 17; task 7….no points.
June 18 ; cancelled.
June 19; task 8….280.32 km….no day….
So the NATIONAL CHAMPION in open class is;
1. Tim Jenkinson in JS1 C with 4.529 points.
2. Andy Davis in JS 1MD C with 4.406 p.
3. Russell Cheetham in JS1 C with 4.387 p.

Congratulations to ALL. I guess a few , looking at the scores, would have loved to fly on the last day.
They had 5 out of 9 days, the first ones were GOOD!!!

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UPPSALA MASTERS 2022
11 June 2022 – 18 June 2022 Sundbro
27 entries.

Club;
June 15…task 5; 3 hour AAT....Per from Sweden, Thomas from Norway, still a JUNIOR I read and Tapio from Finland were the 3 daily best. 6 Pilots flew over 300 km. Best speed 106.98 km./h.
June 16; task 6….224.52 km….and they did fly! Tapio was in before Per; 102 43 km./h and 96.83 km./h. Young Thomas was 4th.
June 17; task 7…2.30 AAT...invalid day….the best daily pilot Tapio flew 86 km.
June 18; Also here they pondered to yes or no set a task. They did/could not. In the end they had 5 out of 8 days.
So we know the WINNERS of the UPPSALA MASTERS;
1.Per Carlin [Sweden] in LS1f with 3.039 points.
2. Tapio Tourula [Finland] in LS 7WL with 2.971 p.
3. Thomas Hansen[Norway] in St Cirrus WL with 2.864 p.

Racing;
June 15…task 5; 3 hour AAT...except for Thorsten [Norway] all pilots in this class are from Sweden. Daily best was Jan Ola [Nordt] who increased his overall score from 3 to 1!!! Thorsten was 3d, only lost 50 points but moved from 1 to 2; difference in points …..THREE!!!!!
June 16…. task 6 ; 252.89 km.…Simon Landqvist in LS 8 won the day. He was with 101.74 km./h the only one over 100 km. Simon moved from 5 to 1!!!!!! Jan-Ola was 3d; 83.47 km./h., but still lost nearly 200 points on Simon.
For Thorsten the day was not good at all, he was out after 243 km and moved from 2 to 6!!!!!
June 17; 2.30 AAT....86 km. for Jan,… but….an invalid day!
June 18; cancelled. So 5 out of 8 days.
Winners UPPSALA MASTERS;
1. Simon Landqvist in LS8T with 3.064 points.
2. Jan-Ola Nordh in Discus 2T with 3.010 p.
3. Peter Cutting in Discus with 2.989 p.

Well fought all pilots. Not an obvious week but it was a lot of flying anyway! Welcome again 2024! Uppsala Masters

In addition, the Junior National Championship was organized and the result was:
1. Samuel Richardsson in Mosquito
2. Dylan Osolian in LS3A
3. Ludvig Jauring in DG 100G

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The OPEN MILITARY CHAMPIONSHIP 2022.
13 June 2022 – 17 June 2022 Malden
24 entries.

Club class :
June 15…task 3; 3 hour AAT…..another more or less blue day.
Jeroen van Dijk in the LS 3 WL, won the day with 203.66 km. in time 2.44; speed 74.42 km./h. a tad faster than Sjors [Schoenmakers] in Discus B WL with 197.30 km. in time 2.39 making his speed 74.06 km./h.
June 16; task 4; 221.82 km..….Blue with high cirrus firmaments. BUT,…another day.
Jeroen won again and till now did so 2 more times and he was twice runner up as well. He leads with ONE DAY TO GO, but the team from glider IV, an ASW 20 WL, is only a few points behind. [3.274 for 3.207]
June 17; task 5....LAST DAY….102 km.…Starts around 2.30, with a short task you can easily loose but also gain a few points .
Winner was the team flying the ASW 20, 75.77 km./h![ for 204 points] Jeroen was 4th, lost 60 points but remained on spot 1;
OMK winners in club class;
1. Jeroen van Dijk in LS 3WL with 3.418 points.
2. Team VI in ASW 20 WL with 3.411 points.
The MILITARY champion was Janiek Meesters in Pegase 101Z with 2.833 points.

Open class;
June 15; 3 hour AAT.…The ASH 26E was with Dennis [Schouten] the best; 295,87 km. in time 332.59.; 83.35 km./h Hans [Biesters] in his ASG 29 was runner up . Those 2 lead with 2 days to go overall and it’s very close; 2.696 and 2.695 points. George [Schuit] in his JS 3 is 3d overall with 2.618 points. George was a daily 4th, as Max [Leenders] was just in front of him.[30 points difference]
June 16; 273,69 km…..Fastest was George, 109. 46 km./h, only just as Hans flew 109.14 km./h., but handicapped he was 4th.
June 17; task 5….109.95 km…..This last day was hot, up to 32 dgr. C pretty stable , blue and some high cirrus . Nearly no wind.
But they flew…and,…only 3 finished. George won day 1 and the last day; 72.38 km./h. for 86 points!!!! The runner up had 54 km./h so it was a tough day.
Number 1 overall Hans, was out, but just got enough points to stay on top; 27 points!!!!
Winners OMK 2022 in open class;
1. Hans Biesters in ASG 29 with 3.351 points.
2. George Schuit in JS 3 with 3.336 points
3. Dennis Schouten in ASH 26E with 3.334 !!!!!“beaten” by only 2 points!!!!
The MILITARY champions were team  Adrie en Lennart Batenburg in Duo Discus XLT , unfortunately they were out on the last day after 36 km. after a start at 3.14 PM.

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EUROGLIDE 2022.

They start tomorrow on June 20, for a race of 2500 km. with teams from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland Slovakia and The Netherlands.
Who has flown it once, is HOOKED!!!!
A team can be one pilot, with a crew who follows him through the West of Europe. Some German teams in 2 seaters have 7 participating pilots.
3 Kind of gliders ;
— ” Just ” gliders; as Arcus, Nimbus 4D, Duo Discus, Marianne and DG 800 s. with a total of 34 pilots.
—-Turbo’s; 27 x in all variations with 92 pilots.
—Self launchers; 25 teams….62 pilots.
There are daily reports .
View the team-positions, shoutbox, notice board and summary reports for each day.
Here is one Dutch team;

The briefing is today in Venlo. After 35 dgr.C., some of the hottest tropical days and nights in history in June, it’s RAINING. Good for the garden.
BUT, the weather improves again!!!!
By the way France and Spain just had already heat-waves with up to 43 dgr. C.
Here is the map and the link ; http://euroglide.nl/news.php

Busy, busy ,it’s the HIGH season for European soaring comps, and more to come. Can’t do them all, but I will give you the link to follow the scores of a lot of comps.
www.soaringspot.com

Cheers CU on Wednesday again.

Just to let you know already;…… My annual high school-friends-week, is next, so SORRY NO news from June 24 till July 6!!

After the thunderstorms, the sun was shining brightly again and on Wednesday they set a task of 136 km. for the 20 pilots of the qualifying FAI SGP at the Aero Club Adele Orsi Acao.
You might remember, race 1 was won by local hero Alberto Sironi and race 2 by former European champion [3x] Pete Harvey from the UK, who was many times UK champion as well.

Race 3; 136.08 km…..was one with HIGHS and lows.
A HIGH certainly for Mario [Kiessling in Ventus 3T ] who won the 10 daily points. He was really fast with 113.5 km./h.
His motto; “Keeping the glider closer to the mountains and waiting for the right moment to reach height was the formula for victory.”
Only 1 point for Alberto and no points for Pete , Jon [Gatfield] and Mike {Young} ,all UK pilots were “out”.
Alberto and Yves are still on top overall with both 15 points, but Mario is closing in on them with 14.
Yves missed out on points by being 13th due to ‘not turning a TP correctly’ ; 5 minutes.[300 sec].

Race 4; A long one 306 km….
The organizers wrote;
“Take offs have started very early to avoid strong cross wind on the ground that would have prevented pilots to fly. The start line will anyway open at 1.00 oc local time. Weather conditions are wonderful and for sure all the pilots will be able to enjoy a flight in the Alps”.
The wind however increased every minute. “It’s windy from the north, We’re constantly checking the wind because it’s increasing really considerably.”
Mario-time again with ” good old ” Gilles [Navas] as runner up and Alberto still in the race as well. Speed from Mario 126.3 km/h and from Gilles 119.7 km./h.
race 5; 254.68 km…speed 113.9 for the AS33es with UK pilot Jon Gatwick in it; 10 points in the pocket. And that on a blue day!!!
On this one but last day, Alberto was runner up with 8 points , BUT, Mario was on spot 4 with 6 points.
“All in all it has really been a good challenging day! Dry at the very beginning and a bit tricky before joining the first turning point, then high plafond and a technical final glide made the day a beautiful one.”
15 from 20 finished. So 5 not, Yves was one of them after 202 km.
Result; EACH 30 points for Alberto and Mario with ONE day to go!!!!
race 6; 206 km.….”fight between2 toppers, both good in mountains and for Alberto more or less a” home race”. A clear sky they mentioned and WARM.
Thomas [Gostner]won the day with a speed of 61.9 km./h in the Ventus 3T. [7 points] Indeed slow, so not an easy flight and only 5 pilots finished.
Mario was 00.44 slower and Alberto 00.48. How did they come up with such a scheme???
It meant for the 2 TOPPERS, 2 points for Mario and 1 for Alberto.
SUPER MARIO did it again.
Also IN, was Didier Hauss from France, so was Ugo Pavesi it took him half an hour more than Thomas , but he was IN!!!!For ONE daily point.
The rest was out some close, between 155 and 190 km.
And ,…on the last day still 10 penalties mainly for being one minute early on the wrong side of the start line. [between 10 and 60 sec].

Final result; http://italy22.sgp.aero/results
1. Mario Kiessling in Ventus 3T with 33 points!
2. Alberto Sironi in JS 1c with 32 points.
3. Gilles Navas in ASG 29 with 19 points.

“Welcome to “Super Mario” Kiessling and Alberto Sironi for the next Final next year in Pavulo, Italy!”

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The Uppsala Masters started last Saturday June 11 and continue till the 18th. They fly from Sundbro with 31 pilots.
CLUB class;
Task 1; 2 hour AAT,……10 started and 5 finished. Best result by Tapio Tourula in LS 7WL; 170 km in time 2.04 for 327 points !!! Runner up Samuel Richardsson in Mosquito flew 139 km in time 1.59.54 for 280 points.
Task 2; 154 km...Nobody finished but Per Carlin won after 55.61 km.
Task 3; 2 hour AAT...8 out of the 11 starting pilots flew between 90 and 98.51 km./h. just over or under 200 km….but all 11 finished. Lars Jauring in PIK 20 won the day.
task 4; 2 hour AAT….3 Arboga members in the top 4 with on spot 2 Finish pilot Tapio Tourula. Per won the day with a speed of 102 km./h over 227.68 km.
task 5 ;today they have a 3 hour AAT.

RACING CLASS;
task 1; 2 hour AAT...8 from 13 finished and Danish pilot Thorsten Mauritsen in Discus 2T was the best.
task 2; 148.98 km….3 pilots managed to finish. Thorsten won the day again with a speed of 65 km./h Jan -Ola Nordh was runner up with 59 km./h.. He started and finished together with Richard Swanström.
task 3; 2 hour AAT…and 15 started and finished .Simon Landqvist, [LS 8T] really did well, being faster and further than runner up Peter Cutting [Discus] ; 215 km. in time 1.58.55 and 209.94 km. in time 2.01.34. Jan Ola was 5th.
task 4; 2 hour AAT…3 x a Discus 2T at the top with as winner Danish pilot Thorsten Mauritsen. Richard and Jan Ola followed on 2 and 3.
Task 5; today….3 hour AAT.

“Something else to keep an eye out for is a potential shakeup of the current world order in Racing. Yesterdays winner, current leader (and daily winner twice already) Thorsten Mauritsen has managed to outfly the super duo Jan Ola Nordh and Richard Swanström in spite of being more than 1500 points behind them in the world IGC ranking list. Well done! (But it ain’t over until the fat lady sings as they say!)”Uppsala Masters

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GERMAN NATIONALS for CLUB, STANDARD and 15 m.

In Zwickau in Germany the Nationals for the smaller “ships” [ club, standard and 15m] were flown between June 6 and 17!
I noticed former junior world champion Christoph Nacke among them[2005 Husbos] he flies in 15 m. Quite a few former juniors, who I met at several JWGC ‘s, are still flying on tope level .Good to see.
club class ;33 participants.
task 1; 3 hour AAT ....Stefan Langer was the daily best with 290.86 km. in time 3.11.He flies an LS3 with winglets.
19 were in, 4 of them flew over 200 km.
task 2; 250 km…cancelled.
task 3; 281 km.…very challenging day with only 9 finishers!!! Best speed by daily winner Uwe Melzer in LS 4WL with 73.50 km./h.
Stefan was runner up.
task 4; 357 km….the weather was good again and off they went after a non flying day .Winning 3 days already and 1 runner up spot on task 3; Stefan Langer is the name!! A 1000 points-day and ALL 33 pilots finished.
task 5; 3 hour AAT, and,….YES Stefan is in great “shape” as he won another 1000 points!!!326.60 km. in time 3.01.
2 out, one virtual one really.
task 6; 409.19 km..…Stefan won another day and with a nice speed of 117.36 km./h about 7 km/h faster than runner up Jan Schulz in Discus cs.
Except for 1 day [ runner up] he was till now the best!!!!!
NO TASK on June 13.
Task 7; 4.30 AAT....Stefan is in great shape,…he won another day with 417 km. in time 4. 41. With 3 days to go he leads with nearly 700 points.

standard; 35 entries.
task 1; 227,45 km....won by Simon Briel with a speed of 100.91 km./h The only one OVER 100 km. When I remember well he flew in Namibia and even 1.300 km. He is the junior EUROPEAN gliding champion [in Lithuania] as well.
27 were in , some close by between 207 an 227 km.
task 2; 2.30 AAT…scrubbed.
task 3; 3.30 AAT.…so a busy day for the pilots. 320 km. was the best distance combined with time 3.41. It “delivered” 1000 points for Dirk Gintzel in LS 8 neo.28were in.
task 4; 409.60 km....14 flew over 110 km./h and the winner flew around with 115.25 km./h. Name….Sebastian Naegel!!!!
ALL 35 pilots finished!!!
task 5; 2.30 AAT....another winner and another JWGC pilot; Enrique Levin in the Discus 2A; 250.96 km in time 2.32. His brother Felipe was twice JWGC champion.
33 were in.
task 6; 421.45 km….Christian Lampert 125.41 km./h. [ Discus 2A] won the day for 1000 points. 34 started and finished among them Chrissie [Grote] on spot 19 and Sabrina [Vogt] on 10. Both fly Discus 2A. Enrique was on 4. Simon , who belongs to the junior squad was on 6.
NO TASK on June 13.
task 7; 387.54 km....New faces here and only 9 from 34 have finished , some close by. Phillip Schulz won with a speed of 84 km./h,…I do not say anything …you know. Among the non finishers the overall top 3 Enrique, Jan and Christian and the girls Chrissie and Sabrina.
I noticed that the early starters between 13.07 and 13.14 were the daily numbers 1 to 9. Some started after 2 PM.

15 m; 28 pilots
Task 1; 2.15 AAT.….Henrik Bieler in a Ventus 2b was the only one over 100 km./h flying 241.58 km in time 2.24.
22 were in.
Task 2; 277.08 km….not flown.
Task 3; 356 km….and Christoph [Ventus 2CX] showed that he can still do it; win!!!Speed 87.80 km./h so hard work.
Only 11 were in, the first out was Katrin [Senne] after 333 km. , the last in, a bit low though, Tilo [Holighaus].
Uwe Wahlig in his LS 3WL, was 10th.
task 4; 402.92 km….Jan Umlauf [Asg 29e] did well. He won the day but only just. 5 points more then runner up Philip Goralski in ASW 27; 1000 and 995 points. Katrin [Senne] was 4th!!!!
Task 5; 3 hour AAT….. and again Jan was the best. In Tocumwal he could stay up for hours and loved every minute .
Jan won again from Philip and again with 5 points!!!!Indeed,…they fly together and start and finish together.
Christoph was 6th.
task 6; 419.93 km.…Jonas Florin in an ASW 27 won ;115.76 km./h.Tilo was 4th. Katrin 6th and Jan 8. Somewhere “en route” they must have lost each other as Philip finished after 4 hour and 14 minutes.[24th]
27 started and 1 was out.
No task on June 13.
task 7; 408.68 km…..Good but difficult day ….Best speed in the Ventus 3T by Tilo; 95.82 km./h. Good on him. Uwe was 3d with 91.16 km./h.
27 Started 24 were in. NOT, Philip and Christoph , they were close, at 370 km. .
More on Sunday.

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UK NATIONALS for STANDARD, OPEN and 15m .

The Cotswold Gliding Club at Aston Down airfield in Gloucestershire is one of the foremost sites in the UK for gliding competitions. In 2022 they are hosting the UK National Championships in the Standard [ 24 ] , Open [25] and 15 meter [18 entries] classes.
So another very interesting competition.
It started on the 11th of June 2022 last Saturday and ends on the 19th of June 2022. AND,…they started with awesome weather….. look at the distances!!!
As in Germany, also here many well known pilots.
15 m;
Task 1; 327.98 km...flown by 11 from the 15 pilots in this class. Leigh Wells , indeed former world champion in 2006 in Eskilstuna], won the day with 106.29 km./h followed by Matt Davis, yes son from Andy, also in the JS 3 ;105.20 km./h.
task 2; 497.88 km….The CD from the next HUSBOS WWGC , Liz [Sparrow] won the day. Good on her!!! She started pretty early. Leigh started nearly half an hour later and was runner up, loosing 8 points on Liz.[ASG 29E]
3 were out.
task 3; 344.48 km....9 pilots flew around with over 100 km./h. Daily winner was Leigh; 106.10 km./h for 1000 points. Runner up Steven Ell in ASG 29.
All 15 finished.
task 4; 411 km.…Gary [Stingemore] and Matt Davis in AS 33es and JS 3 were the best with 3 points between them. Leigh was 4th and Derren 5th.
Good day again, ALL finished!!!

standard class;
task 1; 247.72 km.…Steve Eyles flew in his LS 8 to victory. Not 1000 points in this class but 911.Jez Hood was runner up and from 19 ,10 pilots were in.
I counted 6 ladies in this class, so good practice for the WWGC in August in Husbos in the UK.
task 2; 409.74 km.…107 km./h for Jez was the best daily performance. 3 “girls” were in and 3 out. 13 were in.
task 3; 344.85 km… and Howard Jones was the winner in his Discus 2A. 18 Started and 16 were in; Jez was 3d, Ayala [Truelove in LS 8] 4th.
Task 4; 351.47 km….Another win for Howard and Jez as runner up. 17 started and 15 were in.

Open;
task 1; 361.24 km.…The “engines” gave some problems as several pilots were warned for “late completion of engine test”. There was a winner, Kenneth Barker in JS1; 109 km./h.
In this class also Andy Davis [ World champion in 1993 in Borlange and Leszno in 2003] and Russell Cheetham, both in JS1 C on spot 5 and 6.
task 2; 487.06 km.…4 pilots flew more than 120 km./h. Best was 126.58 km./h for Kenneth Barker. Andy was 4th, Russell 7th.
17 from 23 were in. Our Tocumwal/ Benalla mate Richard had an off-day with 122 km.
Task 3; 383.70 km....7 x a JS 1 C -types in the top with Russell as the best. With quite a big marge; 117.82 km./h and runner up Andy had 108.59 km./h…difference in points…137!!
All were in.
Task 4; 484 km.…Tim Jenkinson and Andy Davis managed to fly over 100 km./h The rest could not. Russell was just under.
Tim leads at this stage and Andy is runner up.
23 started and 20 were in. It was a 1000- points -day.

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Some great flight’s in the USA and EUROPE, with extremely great weather.
One on June 4 a declared 1000 km by Clemens Ceipek,
“Epic! First Ever 1000km Declared FAI Triangle in Colorado” in a Ventus 2CT.
Here is his story with pictures
https://chessintheair.com/epic-first-ever-1000km-declared-fai-triangle-in-colorado/
On June 6 Keith {Essex} flew 1.209 km. [938 FAI triangle] ]in the EB 29R., from  Moriarty.
AND,…what about June 9 in Europe when Baptiste Innocent flew a declared 1.575 km from Fayence in France in a 21 m ASH 31. Wave up to nearly 6000 m . Flying from France to both Italy [Calcinate] and Spain [La Cerdanya] ???!!!TOP!!!!
His mate Gil Souveron flew from Perpignan in the Stemme S 12 ; 1;127 km.
He was VERY pleased for himself and Baptiste ;”What a flight! very slow but a link between the Alps and the Pyrenees. Very tricky with ATC to cross Rhone Valley, and no waves in the morning at Pic de Bure. But Baptiste did a fantastic flight”
On June 10 Germany had 4 x 1000 km plus. 3 in a Ventus [3, 2x 2 CM] and and 1 in ASH 26e.
June 11, was a day with great clouds here as well, but it started a bit late, but over 600 km was possible.
It was VERY good again in the USA, where James Lee flew 1.275 km. a flight looking as a GOAL FLIGHT from Minden, direction East, passing places as Ely and South of Nephi, to fly “from the map”. Wonder who is going to get him back, hopefully he can fly back. He a flew a 21 m. JS 1C ; speed 148 km./h..
A very nice declared FAI 1000 km Triangle , was flown by Bert Schmelzer jr. Switzerland from Hausen am Albis in his 18 m. Ventus 3T.
More 1000 km flights in Germany also in LS 8 T and Discus 2ct .
Great weather!!!!!
June 12…AND the wave stayed on in Minden, 2 more, now over 2000 km flights; 2.581 km by Jim Payne and Alan Coombs in the NIXUS. My goodness what a distance. Speed 239 km./h.
” The Nixus rocked…it was so good at redline we kept having to turn upwind to get out of the good wave to avoid getting pushed into Class A airspace.“
2.027.08 km. by Uwe Kleintempel in the 18 m Ventus CM; 199.85 km./h!!!
Several good 1000 km. flights in Europe as well, have a look on the Sunday June 12 on OLC and WEGLIDE.
June 13; Dutch pilot Lars set a 900 km. out and return from Holland, it was in the end just not possible. He flew 924 km in his ASG 29. TOP JOB!!
No engine and 475 k out is pretty daring. I read he still is full of adrenaline today….the young ones call it …COOL.
“Wow, what a flight. Almost made it home, but it just wasn’t possible. Doesn’t make the day any less cool though.“
He landed at Malden just SW of Terlet. https://www.weglide.org/flight/169816

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AMSTEL GLIDE, also a 2 day competition flown from Soesterberg [Holland] had good weather, hence 2 days of flying in club and open class.
Club had a 337 km [ only 2 from 15 finished] and 200 km task .[11 from 15 in. Winner of Amstel Glide in this class ;Simon van de Eijkel in the LS 4 .[1.289 points.] He won day 1 and was runner up on day 2.
Open; 415.60 km and 258.21 km. won by Robert Werts in Nimbus 3DT and Robin Smit in the Duo Discus. Lizzy [van Someren] was 2d and 3d, so most consistent and she won the Amstel Glide in this class!! 1.464 points. Good on her!!!

CU hopefully next Sunday, with the final days of some comps and with news from the Open Military Championship flown at Malden in the Netherlands, flown with also very nice soaring weather.
They had 2 days till now with 251 and 379 km in club and 376 and 454 km. in open class.

So on Sunday evening, more about the comps and news about the 15th EUROGLIDE 2022, starting on June 20, from Venlo, for 2500 km through the West of Europe. Pilots love that race!!! 65 gliders, each glider has between 1 and 4 pilots and crews driving behind them …… they have to be back after 12 days or earlier.
www.euroglide.nl

cheers Ritz.

The weather was not really flash last Wednesday on June 1,with local showers, but good enough to set tasks for nearly up to 400 km. …That’s what they thought, at least hoped for, but it was not meant to be.
Club; 270 km....cancelled.Combi; 287 km…cancelled.18m; 326 km…cancelled.open; 360 km..cancelled2-seaters; 319 km….cancelled.

June 2; Task 7. Big tasks again, so now the weather should perform as well,…and now in the evening I am happy to say…IT DID!!!!1000 points-day in each class and only 1 pilot out.[in 18m]
Club; 332 km.…Robin flew in his LS 4neo to victory with a speed of 110.51 km./h. That was 5 k faster than runner up Roelof ;105.71 km./h.
Robin moved to spot 1 overall with 2 days to go, as Thies who was on 1 overall, had a bit of an off-day, or maybe was pushing too hard; last spot and nearly loosing 250 points. A pity as he is a very good pilot. BUT,…so is Robin.
combi; 356.75 km.…with early starters at 13.01 and later starters at 13.33. It really did n’t matter too much . Daily winner, Steven[ Ventus 2CT] started at 13.13 and won the day with a speed of 112.96 km./h whilst runner up Max [ JS3 ] was a tad slower with 112.88 km/h. and started 10 minutes later. The number 3 was one of the later starters.
18m; 407.97 km….3d win for Peter who flew his JS3jet with a speed of 116.37 km./h over the track, gaining the 1000 points, making his first spot overall even more firm. Sjaak [ ASG 29 es] was runner up and Jelmer [ LS 10] 3d.
The overall scores stayed the same with Peter, Steven and Lars.
open; 416.65 km...122.12 km./h was the speed in the EB 29r with Francois . Bas in his JS1 was runner up ; 115.35 km./h. for 889 points. So Bas who was number 1 overall over ALL days, now moved to 2 , but 64 points behind…with 2 days to go….everything is possible.
2-seaters; 411.29 km.…between the power of the ARCUS M and T, there is ONE Duo Discus WL, with Annemiek and Sikko AND,….they were runner up; 99.15 km./h. AND with 2 days to go…runner up overall.
Joost and Erik won the day;111.98 km./h
They are 600 points ahead overall.

June 3; Task 8. It’s not that often, that the Dutch Nationals have 6 days AND still one more to go. Sometimes it was squeezing in a day to make it a valid competition. This year is pretty good.
Club; 274.43 km....yesterday he was last, today he won again. Thies flew with a speed of 92 km./h to daily victory, his 2d win.
With one more day; Robin leads with 4.512 points, Thies with 4.464 and Frank 4.442.
Combi; 284.40 km; Good day for my former junior during the JWGC in Husbos; Robbie was the best ….3x an LS 8 in the top 3. Yesterday Steven won, today he was last. All 8 finished.
And with 1 day to go the overall scores are; Marissa with 4.344 points, Mark with 4.310 and Robbie with 4.115.
18m; 322.89 km....Once a world champion,so we all know how good Sjaak is. He won, but Peter is for sure a future world champion and as I told you already he was a JWGC champion.
He was runner up and Lars still is in the race, good on him. Looking ahead on tomorrow; Peter leads with huge margin; 4.718 points…..Steven with 4.321 points and Lars with 4.291 points ,…..BUT, they are trying to “get” him, as Sjaak has 4.276 and Jeroen 4.235 points. Who has the best nerves. Exciting!!!!
open; 327.43 km....Marc van Bremen won the day in the Nimbus 4 DM. Hard work as the speed was “only” 97.63 km./h. All 9 had a speed in the 90 -plus -km./h range.
Well with 1 day to go Francois still leads , Bas is runner up; 4.584 for 4.456 points. Ronald is 3d with 4.191 points.
2 seaters; 314.56.…A bit of a “rest-day” for toppers Erik and Joost , they were on spot 7 for the day, a 1000 points day for this class. No worries they could have it. And those points were for team Bart Renckens/ Max Dolfin.
Overall at this stage; Erik and Joost with 4.858 points. Then Sikko and Annemiek with 4.357 and team Rein Groot[ dad from Lars] / Paul Wijsman 4.212 p.

June 4; Task 9….LAST DAY!!! The weather was ,according to the TV, still good enough to fly. After tomorrow we get a few day’s of rain, so the Nationals had a great period.
It was rather fresh this Saturday morning and it took a long time here [about 125 km. SE] to heat up. Also at Terlet.
Tasks were set , not big ones but 2 hour and 1.30 AAT’s.
I heard already that the task for 18 m, open and 2-seaters was cancelled. It just started too late.
So winners and DUTCH CHAMPIONS in 18 m, open and the 2-seater class were known early and they could start celebrating straight away.
2 hour AAT’s were still on for Club and Combi, so task 9; BUT,….for combi only 3 from 8 just flew over 100 km, so not enough to make it a valid day.
More celebrations and maybe a bit of emotions for Tom, Steven and Marissa as they flew over those 100 km. for zero points. But with this result, Marissa is, I think, the first National female CHAMPION!!! Top!!!!
Then it was waiting for Club class
Task 9; 2 hour AAT....The juniors and former juniors started around 4PM.
And yes,…7 of them managed to fly over 100 km.
So task 9 was for them a fact. Simon and Jelmer [Vis] and Frank former junior flew between 114 and 128 km. in time 1.50 for 299, 295 and 255 points.
It did not change the overall results as scores were “low”.
Thies was one of the 4 “out-landers”, but lost not much [120 daily p] so kept his runner up spot. Robin was 6th with 246 p.
Overall winners in CLUB class over 7 out of 10 days;
1. Robin Smit in LS 4 neo with 4.758 points and DUTCH CHAMPION.
2. Thies Bruins in ASW 20 with 4.584 p.
3. Frank Hiemstra in LS 4WL with 4.479 p.
4. Jelmer Vis in LS4 with 4.445 p.

Robin and Marissa are from the same club at Gilze Rijen. I noticed already over the last year ,looking on the OLC, that they practiced together in a Duo Discus quite regularly. I asked Robin and he wrote that they ” checked out a few things” and they did some pair-flying each in their own glider as well. She learned a lot from that, I heard. We could see……
For this National Championship, they prepared each flight together , now they are both CHAMPION each in their own class……. Good on them.
AND,…indeed Marissa [30] is the first female Dutch champion.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Overall winners in the combi class after 6 out of 10 days;
1. Marissa Prins in LS 8 neo with 4.344 points and CHAMPION.
2. Mark van den Ham in ASW 24 with 4.310 p.
3. Robbie Seton in LS 8 with 4.115 p.

Overall winners in 18 m;
1. Peter Millenaar in JS 3 jet with 4.718 points, a clear champion.
2. Steven Raimond in AS 33es with 4.321 p.
3. Lars Groot in ASG 29Ewith 4.291 p.

Overall winners in open class;
1. Francois Jeremiasse in EB 29 R with 4,584 points.
2. Bas Seijffert in JS 1c with 4.456 p
3. Ronald Termaat in JS 1c with 4.191 p.

Overall winners in 20m/ 2-seaters;
1. Borgmann & Wolff in ARCUS T with 4.858 points. CLEAR CHAMPIONS!
2. Vermeer & Koers in Duo Discus WL with 4.357 p.
3. Groot & Wijsman In ARCUS T with 4.212 p.

This was a bit more writing than normal about a National Competition, but it WAS IN THE NETHERLANDS , my home country. So forgive me. I have lots of great memories on Terlet and the Nationals since the 60thies.
And,…we do have good pilots too!!!
I do have to apologize too, I called Thies a Dutch Champion, last week, but he was a runner up in 2019. Sorry for that …still good. Roelof Corporaal ,who flew the Nationals this year as well ,won club class that year in a Pegase. This year Roelof had a few out landings and that does n’t help. He was still 9th.

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The qualifying FAI SGP in LITHUNIA and ITALY [Varese]

On May 31 they had the first valid flying day in Paluknys, Lithuania, where the FAI SGP [qualification] from series 11 is flown. The first time a SGP is in this country, with 5 Lithuanian pilots and one from Germany.
They fly in 4 ASW 20’s and 2 LS 3 a’s.
After 2 cancelled days, the weather was still not really co-operating, but 1 pilot, Tomas Kuzmickas, in ASW 20, managed to fly the 224 km. task.

On the site of the Vilniaus Aeroklubas was written:
“The day started with promising forecast for the race and 224km task even looked rather short in the beginning. But low cloudbase and strong wind made the day difficult for everyone at the start sector. Almost everyone outlanded in the first 30km and made it into a two horse race till the very last leg“
The weather for June 1 was not good either.

4 days cancelled and only 1 race with 2 points and 2 days to go on Friday.
BUT. ….the one but last day was flyable so on Friday race 2 was set.
100 km with a speed of 75 km./h and won by Darius Gudziunas in the ASW 20.
“The day started with a lot of humidity and looked nothing like forecasts promised racing day. But with the short task drawn we waited patiently for a sunny gap in the skies. First take offs attempt was unsuccessful but luckily everyone landed back to the airfield. In a while the sky started clearing up a little and we went for the second round of take offs. This time successfully“
Last day on Saturday with race 3 and 169 km;
“Finally, we had weather conditions that we’ve been waiting for the whole competition and it helped to put up a great show for everyone. We had an amazing last race with top pilots fighting for the overall win until the very last seconds – the real grand prix style, pure racing. Finishing up with Linas taking the win over the finish line and claiming a champion’s title!“
In the end the organizers could smile.
“A very tight race for the win and we have a winner ! After a very exciting race with the overtake just before the finish line, Linas took the winners title of the FAI SGP Qualification and claims a ticket to the World Sailplane Grand Prix Final in Pavullo“
15 points out of 3 days for Linas. Tomas had 12, so had Darius. Both won a race.

And it’s VARESE now for the next qualifying FAI SGP . President Margherita Acquaderni from Aero Club Adele Orsi Acao welcomed everybody and hoped for a fantastic competition from the airfield of Calcinate Del Pesce, between 4 June 2022 – 11 June 2022. They started last Saturday with practice and 20 pilots, also from the UK, Germany and France. Very interesting mix!!!!
race 1; 197.98 km; As always in the beginning, the scores are colored with penalty signs. There was a winner too; Alberto Sironi . It was a struggle because of the weather; low cloud base , heavy rain along the task, poor visibility at places and a severe thunderstorm in front of the Varese airfield at landing time, hence a lot non-finishers. But as some pilots called it ” INTERESTING!!!
“It was a very difficult task due to a thunderstorm that caused impressive lifts and sinks. Only 6 out of 20 pilots were able to complete the task.”
Mario [Kiessling Germany] passed the line first [15 seconds], but was penalized for a too low finish. He was 3d behind Yves [Gerster Switzerland].

Race 2;a nice sunny day in Varese….193 km…
“Today pilots will fly to Lago Maggiore, then very close to Bergamo and back. Weather conditions should be nice, probably we will have a very fast race today.”
“The first part of the race was very selective, some pilots flew very low, and others decided to stay high, flying slower in order to wisely manage their next move. The meteo boomed after the last turning point, letting pilots increase considerably their average speed on the task.”
7 from 20 flew over 100 km./h , so not that fast. Yves was the best, 10 points for him. Pete [Harvey] was runner up . [8 p]
It turned out to be a tricky day, specially in the beginning.
Yves; “a lot of fun, the ridges worked but the first part was difficult.”
Pete;” first part was horrible and So low”!!
From the finish line interviews with Margot.

Race 3; cancelled…During gridding it was raining already and heavy thunderstorms were expected for the day.

More Next week!

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My Finish mates were less lucky with their weather during the Nationals, between 26 May 2022 – 4 June 2022 from good old Rayskala.
They only had 3 days out of 10 and the winners in Racing class were
1. Kristian Roine in LS 8st with 1.974 points. That says enough!!!
2. Antti Koskiniemi in Discus 2b with 1.671 p.
3. Pasi Pulkkinen in ASG 29E with 1.660 p.
There were 8 participants.
They had to deal on those 3 days, with low cloud base , but also a cloud street, sometimes a howling sea- wind and early end’s of the day.

The combi class also had 3 days for their 13 participants ;
1.Mikko Nurminen in Ventus-2 cxa FES with 2.177 points.
2. Martti Koivula in JS 1Cn 21m with 2.114 p
3. Sami Rissanen in EB 28 edition with 2.038 p.
Other pilots in this class I know were Aku Jaakkola in Ventus 3T on spot 6, Hannu Halonen in Ventus 3M on spot 7, Martti Sucksdorff in AS 33es on spot 8, Heikki Horma in ASG 29 on spot 9 [if I remember well he was a real good meteo man, BUT there were a few Heikki’s in the years I was there] and Lasse Virtanen in ARCUS on spot 10.

Club class results, all very close with so less days;
1. Kim Toppari in LS 7 with 2.082 points.
2. Mikko Ylihärsilä in LS 7 with 2.069 p
3. Sakari Pyörre in LS 7 with 2.062 p

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My Danish mates finished their Nationals , from Arnborg as well on June 5.
The overall results, after 4/5 out of 11 days;
Standard class; 10 pilots….one 1000 points-day with a 4 hour AAT
1. Jacob Bøgelund Lassen in Discus 2a with 3.155 points.
2. Filip Bojanowski the same glider with 2.906 p.
3. Poul Kim Larsen, same glider with 2.650.
Jacob and Filip have been mostly on top overall.

club class; 15 participants….4 days out of 11….one 1000 points-day on a 4 hour AAT won by Rasmus….one only outlandings.[task 11 last day]
1. Rasmus Ørskov in ASW 20 f with 2.997 points. He won 2 days!!!
2. Jens Andersen in LS 4 with 2.781 p.
3. Jan Walther Andersen in ASW 20 with 2.745 p.

15 m; 11 pilots …..not a 1000 points day…last day all out.
1. Morten Nørgaard in ASW 27b with 3.307 points.
2. Henrik Breidahl in JS 3 with 3.016 p. Pleased to see him still in the top.
3. Knud Møller Andersen in Ventus 2cT with 2.871 p.

18 m; 14 participants….Stig was the only one in on the 4 hour task….
1. Stig Øye in Ventus 3M with 2.464 points. GOOD ON HIM.
2. Peter Eriksen in AS 33es with 2.378 p. won 2 days.
3. Arne Boye-Møller in JS 3 jet with 2.324 p. also won 2 days.

2-seaters; 5 teams….2x a 1000 points day on a 4 hour AAT and 300 km race.
1. Jørgensen & Nielsen in ARCUS T with 3.039 points
2. Mix & Talenter in DUO DISCUS XLT with 3.002 p.
3. Døssing & Knudsen in ARCUS T with 2.939 p.
Michael Mix flew the comps with 2 talents. He lost his lead on the last day. As I heard we will “see more of him in the future”.

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When you are planning to avoid the winter in Europe and don’t want to go to Africa for a change, you can go to Australia where they fly AUSTRAGLIDE from Narromine.
“AusGlide 2022: The Narromine Gliding Club is hosting the 2022 Standard, 15 Meter & Club Class National Gliding Championships at Narromine Airfield from 27 November to 10 December 2022.The NCC have advised that this competition attracts 100% selection points for the Australian Team to compete at the 2023 World Gliding Championships at Narromine in November/December 2023.It is also the Pre-Worlds event for the 2023 World Gliding Championships and will attract a lot of International Competition Glider Pilots.“
Entries are now open, click on this link http://www.narromineglidingclub.com.au/…/AusGlide2022.html to go to the Comp website and Register Online.

What a great weekend the UK offered the world, with the platinum jubilee of their 96 year old queen, already for 70 year their QUEEN.
I loved with million of other people ‘TROOPING THE COLOUR” , AND the FLY PAST, the music festival opened by the Queen and Paddington, with toppers as Queen, Duran Duran ,Andrea Bocelli ,Rod Stewart and many more in front of the palace and that fabulous colorful” platinum Pageant” with thousands of performers from the Common Wealth. They showed dance , music, cars, motors etc. from the time the Queen reigned.

More than enough news
CU Next week
Ritz,
OH, also interesting…. the amount of glider pilots in 2005, 2015 and 2021.Look at Japan …increase of 376 %!!!!!And Argentina….458 %
As shared by Dinant Riks
https://drive.google.com/…/1d_SYhbOgDSZ…/view

On Wednesday May 25, they still had only 1 day in Standard, 15 m and open class and 2 in 18 m and 2-seater class.
That changed that day, as 5 tasks were set on a , as meteorologist Jupp, expected/predicted, good soaring day, with a top job by the tuggies as well; all 105 gliders up in 1hour 30 .
18 m; 366 km.…a rather late start by Wolfgang [Janowitsch] at 13.41 whilst the first on track left at 13.02. It turned out to be a good choice ,…he won the day with a speed of 119.50 km./h. Pete [Harvey] was runner up ,he started 9 minutes earlier and was back 8 minutes earlier;1000 points for Wolfgang and 998 for Pete , both flying the Ventus 3T.
From 37, only 3 were out , unfortunately also Stefanie [Muhl] after 332 km.
standard; 278 km…In my last blog I told you that I expected a lot from my young Belgian mates and the UK boys. They performed!!!!
Dennis [Huybreckx] and Jeroen [Jennen] ,I noticed over several comps they flew together, seem to have the best pair-flying-skills; they shared spot 1!!!
Speed 115.59 and 115.56 km/h , starting and finishing together; the cousins both got 764 points.
Henry [Inigo -Jones] also in the Ventus 3 had a speed of 103 km./h and was 3d.[613 p]
His UK mates , Jake Brattle, Tom Pavis and Tom Arscott were on spot 12,13 and 15.
From 20 only 1 was out!!!
15 m; 308 km...”Our -Tocumwal –kilometer- eater” Jan [Umlauf] won the day!! I am very pleased. He also flew together with a club mate ; spot 1 and 2 and 938 and 936 points. They had a rather late start at 13.40 whilst the number 3 Timothy [Scott] started at 13.13 and “lost” 2 points on them.
16 started and 11 were in.
open; 331 km.…Markus [Frank] in his EB 29R , one of the last to start, was the fastest with 132 km./h. He was followed by 2 EB’s from Jim[Acketoft] and Pierre[ de Broqueville ], but they were a bit slower; 126.50 km./h
17 started and 14 finished, sorry to see Uli Knauss “out”, 10 km in front of the finish.
2 seaters; 313 km…they had the more challenging conditions, from 15 only 8 were in. Martin[Theisinger ] won his 2 successive win with 108 km./h. Norbert [Sommer] another of our long-time-ago former Sportavia guests, was runner up; 104 km./h.
Sorry to see Steve Jones out!
In the evening before there was a Schempp-Hirth -invitation for dinner.

Thursday May 26;
They started the day with blue skies BUT , “there is hardly anything left of the blue sky.” m
Meteorologist Jupp,” our weather is affected by shielding, accompanied by strong winds. Only in the afternoon should conditions improve for our pilots. “ Well, we had to wait and see.
First they cancelled 18 and 20 m. rest-day for them.
Then gliders were put at the grid with open upfront and 15 m and standard behind them. They expected late starts.
Then also standard was scrubbed.
open;
15m; task 6….138 km....the longest ‘sit” in the glider was by a French pilot. For the distance he needed 2 hours and 34 minutes in his Ventus, but he was in.
Only 1 was out.
Daily winner; Werner Amann from Switzerland who ,with a speed of 85 km./h “raced” his AS33es over the track.
With 2 days to go it’s UK pilot Timothy who leads ahead of 2 German and 3 French pilots.
Open; task 6….187 km...Normally Uli would not get his ETA out of the hangar for such a small task, but it’s a competition , so he had to. Good he did, as he won the day; speed 97.51 km,/h.
The other 16 starting pilots had to fly as well and 11 finished.
Markus ,who won task 5 did not start.

Friday May 27; one but last day but NO FLYING for all classes !!!!Nice picture though. In the evening Bert Schmelzer jr spoke about Soaring in the Swiss Alps. Bert is from Belgium but lives already for years in Switzerland.

Saturday LAST DAY and a good one, to finish this always exciting competition!!! Out of 8 ,they had 4 flying days for each class .
“The weather seems promising, so all classes will be allowed to start. The gridding has already started. As usually runway 31 is in use.” at 8AM. First launch expected at 11.15. “Small ones” upfront, “bigger ones” behind , with open as last. If they have the weather we had here in Holland yesterday it should be good.
18 m.; 4 hour AAT…472 km. was good for spot 1 on this last day. Christophe Abadie flew it in 4.07. Bert jr. had a few kilometers more ….497…but needed also some more time ;4.21.
NO 1000 points for Christophe as he just was 7 m higher at start, than the allowed 1700 m.;991 points. Wolfgang was 3d and Christian Maex in the new AS33es did a good job during this comps , by being consistent.
35 started and finished!!!!!
Winners of the 2022 HAHNWEIDE COMPETITION in 18 m;
1. Wolfgang Janowitsch[Austria] in Ventus 3T with 3.175 points.
2. Christian Maex [Germany] in AS 33es with 3.154 p.
3. Bert Schmelzer jr.[Belgium] in Ventus 3T with 3.071
Close scores and the top 3 pilots were the only ones over the 3000 points mark.

Standard ;4 hour AAT.…my 3 Keiheuvel mates did a real good job. This time Jeroen and Dennis also took cousin Tim in the pair flying and they finished on the first 3 spots, after a late start at 13.15 [the first pilots started at 12.40.] They flew 430 km. in time 4.07.
From the 19 starters , 16 finished. I was a tad disappointed in the UK boys, as I know how good they are/can be.
2022 HAHNWEIDE WINNERS IN STANDARD CLASS:
1. Jeroen Jennen in LS 8a with 2.334 points.
2. Dennis Huybreckx in LS 8 with 2.196 p.
3. Helmut Koelle in Discus CS with 1.974 p.

15 m; 4 hour AAT.…Sebastian Huhmann flew in his AS 33 461 km in time 4.09 good for 1000 points. He was every day in the top 10. Julien Duboc [Ventus 2xa] was runner up with 429 km. in time 4.09. Jan was 7th , nearly loosing 300 points .
16 started and 16 finished! What do you want more!?
15m HAHNEIDE 2022 WINNERS;
1. Sebastian Huhmann [Germany ] in AS 33with 2.867 points.
2. Julien Duboc [France] in Ventus 2ax with 2.635 p.
3. Timothy Scott [UK] in ASG 29 with 2.609 p. Jan was 4th with 2.587 p.

open; 4 hour AAT….ONLY one pilot , Max Kolmarr in Nimbus 4 T , flew 500 km in 4.11, so a nice speed of 119.49 km./h going from spot 8 to 5 overall. BUT, he did not win the last day. That was Markus who flew 488 km in time 4.02; speed 120.82 km./h. his second win!
Sylvain was 3d and Uli 4th. 17 started and 3 were out.
OPEN winners in the 2022 HAHNWEIDE competition;
1. Uli Schwenk [Germany] in ETA with 2.507 points.
2. Sylvain Gerbaud [France] in EB 29R with 2.275 p.
3. Pierre de Broqueville [Belgium] in EB 29DR with 2.243 p.
On spot 4 Markus who missed 1 day of flying.

20 m; 4 hour AAT...413 km for Steve Jones ; speed 102 km./h followed by Martin with 102 km./h.
13 started and finished! Nothing changed in the overall top 3;
Hahnweide 20 m winners;
1. Martin Theisinger [Germany] in Arcus M with 2.814 points.
2. Norbert Sommer [Germany] in Arcus M with 2.645 p.
3. Louis Bouderlique [France]in Arcus T with 2.633 p.

The Belgium airfield Keiheuvel can be proud on their participants at this Hahnweide competition. I asked Bert sr. to send me some pictures and /or news. He send this lovely picture of 4 of the members also 4 family members.

AND ALL GLIDERS and PARTICIPANTS;

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Dutch Nationals ,…..as we say the NK.
24 May 2022 – 4 June 2022

On May 25 tasks were set for the practice day in each of the 5 classes with 50 competitors; a lot of them real Dutch toppers with WORLD , JUNIOR WORLD and European experience. After 2 years finally a busy Dutch soaring event on National level again.
18 m,[13] , open [9] and the 20m. [9 teams] had 260 km ,
club [12] and combi class [8] 199 km. .Only one 18 m. class pilot finished from all 50 competitors .
May 26; day 1 and task 1 in all classes.

Day 1 Task 1;
Club;139 km...won by Jelmer Vis….speed 76 km./h.
12 started and finished, a lot in an LS 4; 8x.
Combi; 147 km.…Max Leenders in the JS 3 won ;speed 83 km./h
8 started and 2 were out.
18 m; 156 km….Peter Millenaar , flew with a speed of 111 km./h to the daily victory, in his JS 3jet. Followed by Jeroen Verkuijl, Steven Raimond, Sjaak Selen and Lars Groot, all names you read already over the years in this blog.
12 started , 1 was out.
Open ;165 km….”speedy Gonzales ” Bas Seijffert, won the firs day ;speed 110 km./h in the JS 1jet, followed by Francois Jeremiasse in the EB 29R; 106 km./h.
9 started and 9 finished.
20m; 149 km…The Duo Discus from the Amsterdamse was the best with 369 points for a speed of 88 km./h. Erik and Joost , still practicing for the WGC in Hungary were runner up in their Arcus T; faster with 92 km./h but handicapped.
9 started and 8 finished, so a good day for all.

Day 2, Task 2;
a day on which pilots from other field flew over 800 km. cloud base over The Netherlands was 1200 and over Germany 1600 m. Tough wind though 35/40 km./h.
From Stadtlohn, not that far from Holland and a frequent TP for our pilots, Max Mensing flew a 1000 in an 18 m. Ventus 2c.
Club ; 284 km....good day for Joep Heesakkers in his LS 4;97 km./h. Robin Smit was runner up. All 12 who started finished as well.
Combi;342 km...Female pilot Marissa Prins won the day in her LS 8neo for 1000 points. 8 started and 1 was out; Max , who won the day before. He always flew Nimbus 4DM, so might have to get used to the JS 3.
18 m; 358 km Steven flies a different glider as well nowadays ;the AS33es and it seems to fit him , as he was the best and also for 1000 points; speed 111km.h. Peter was just behind him with 110 km./h.
12 started and 11 finished
Open ; 367 km...and it was Bas again winning the day. He finished a bit low so no 1000 points for him but 941. Bas flew with a speed of 117 km./h quite a bit faster than runner up Francois in his EB ; 104 km./h
All 9 starters finished!!!
20 m; 345 km….5 x an ARCUS T in the top . Erik and Joost had a nice speed of 111 km./h whilst runner up team Groot/Wijsman, flew around with 104 km./h. 9 teams started 8 finished.

Day 3 , Task 3; A good day over several parts of Europe, but windy again direction NW and temperatures between 14 and 18 dgr. here in Holland.
Club; 4 hour AAT….Thies Bruins , was the first for the day; 412 km with a speed of 97 km./h in his ASW 20, for 1000 points.
11 flew the task and 8 were in.
Combi; 4 hour AAT...young ones at the top, always good to see; Nick Faber [Discus 2]and Mark van der Ham[ASW 24] got 1000 and 998 points for 403 km with a speed of 96 km./h. Marissa, one of the few girls, was 4th.
8 started ,5 were in.
18 m; 4 hour AAT….3 toppers in the top 3! Peter Millenaar , former JWGC champion in Leszno in 2013, who already won a day in his JS 3jet flew 520 km!!! Speed 125 km./h TOP!!!
Steven Raimond former European champion was runner up; 475 km …speed 119 km./h and Jeroen Verkuijl frequent WGC pilot, 471 km …speed 116 km./h Between all those toppers young Lars Groot keeps going; spot 4 with 481 km…speed 115 km./h.
open ; 4 hour AAT...NO, not Bas today, he was 5th , but Victor Wetzinga in a Nimbus 4DLM; 459 km …speed 115 km./h. Francois was runner up and Ronald Termaat 3d.
20 m; 4 hour AAT...474 km [116 km./h] for Erik and Joost another great practice day for the WGC in Hungary. Runner up was Sikko [Vermeer] , who was in “my” team in the Uvalde WGC 1991 and in Rayskala in 1988 at the Europeans. He now flies the Duo Discus together with Annemiek [Koers] ,who was a top junior , studied aviation and aerospace technology at the Delft university and was in 2013 involved with solar cars ,…..she was one of the designers of the solar car [NUNA 7] who won during the Australian World Solar Challenge.

Day 4; BUT no task 4 , it rained cat’s and dogs here.

Day 5 ;task 4....
A day with all kinds of weather….so small tasks BUT tasks!!!!!
Late starts as it was waiting for the moment they could stay up. In the end it was much better than it looked and they all had a pleasant flying day.
Rob Looisen, who flew several WGC’s in the past , is not participating but flew from Terlet 500 km. in the ARCUS M.
“a short run in polar air, fun” was one opinion.
Club; 165 km.….all 12 flew and finished and the best was Robin in his LS4 neo; 97.04 km./h. whilst runner up Thies had 97.79 km./h! Points; 479 and 466.
Combi;158 km.…start between 3.15 PM and 3.56. 8 started and 8 finished and 1 of my “husbos-boys” won the day in his LS 8; Robbie Seton.410 points.
18 m;170 km….AND,..young Lars ,who flew a lot over the last year, managed to win the day.;107.91 km./h followed by topper Peter with 107.28 km./h for 356 and 352 points. All 12 started and finished!
Open; 170 km.…It’s getting boring, but Bas [JS 1jet] won again; 123 km/h. Runner up Francois [EB 29r] had 121 km./h.
All 9 who started fished as well!!!
20 m; 159 km.… and YES, Erik and Joost were the best again;108.28 km/h. whilst team Bart Renckens/Dolfin flew around with 107 km./h.

May 31, last day of the month already! A pretty cool day again [16 dgr.C] with nice morning conditions , but the expectation of local thunderstorms in the [late] afternoon with gusty wind and downpours.
Light at the horizon as the temperatures rise to 25 again and the rain will stop,…at least that’s what they predict.
Day 6; task 5…
Club; 108 km...in the end cancelled. Code yellow in Holland for hail and gusty wind.
Combi; 124 km...cancelled.
18 m; 124 km.…THEY had to fly…a quick up and then gain down but mostly back at the field. With 104 km./h Jeroen raced up and down for 257 points, but points they are!
Open; 146 km...Fast run for Francois , needing 1 hour and 11 minutes in the mighty EB. All 9 were in.
20 m; 127 km….Not the best day for Erik and Joost, just squeezing in as number 8 from 9 ,BUT IN. Sikko and Annemiek won the day with a speed of 86.76 km./h un the Duo.

June 1, beginning of the meteorological summer here.
No tasks yet, but I keep you informed. It will still be a day with showers in their area.

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OLC; Last Saturday there were a lot of 1000 km flights!!! At least 10 in Europe. 6 from several places in Germany but also 4 from Holland and one from Belgium. Very special!!!!! I thought the LS 3 GOAL- flight from Soesterberg ,[Amsterdam Club of Soaring] was a pretty gutsy one as, going with the strong wind over Germany , he landed in Czechia. Jeroen van Dijk was that hero! And it was for sure not an easy flight. He called the first 6 hours, ‘hours of sweating’.
“special thanks to our Czech friends from Strunkovice, thanks for your hospitality.” And of course for Lennart who drove up to get him back. Nice adventure and lots of pictures on the OLC [flight number 3 on May 28.]
2 More flights from Soesterberg by soaring mates Alfred Paul and Mark in their ASG 29; 1.130 km. also far into Germany a bit more SE.
They called it a bizarre good day which started very early.
From Terlet a 1000 as well by young Nick Hanenburg. [Discus 2ct] He could start early, ahead of the National-pilots.
With the family at the HAHNWEIDE , Tijl Schmelzer [ brother from Bert jr]flew in his Ventus 3 1.131 km…. flew a Belgian Record free out and return 1052km.!!!!!All the way to Bayreuth and back!!!!
This was option B as the A option did not work due to less conditions read slower, over the Sauerland.
Also in the UK the weather was good and 2 young pilots flew their GOLD DISTANCE and DIAMONF GOAL from Oxford.

Last Monday another 14x a 1000 and today SUMMER starts so we might call it a pretty good spring here in Europe. One was even flown from the Hahnweide in a Ventus 3T.
Though, in the night from Monday to Tuesday ,we had frost- at -the-ground, which is not good for the garden and orchards, but creates nice polar conditions for the pilots, hence, it should not rain or create thunderstorms !!!

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In between the FAI SGP in Lithuania started on May 29. It’s the 3d of series 11 and the very first one in Lithuania. There was a 50 % chance of flying , but it turned out not possible.

So task 1 went in the “bin” and then there was NO TASK but yesterday the pilots had to fly 224 km. Only 1 pilot finished.
More next week.

Look for many more comps at www.soaringspot.com
The Lasham Regionals continue till June 4 with 58 pilots.
So does the Finish National Gliding Championship with 30 competitors from Rayskala.
The 2022 Canadian Soaring Competition is still on in Chipman till June 3.
The Danish Nationals with 55 competitors from Arnborg till June 5.
The 67 th National in Hungary from Szatymaz till June 5, but not 1 day flown yet.
Uppsala Masters; from June 11-18 2022.

CU ,cheers Ritz