11th WWGC
Husbands Bosworth, United Kingdom
14 August 2022 – 26 August 2022

First of all Liz with her view on yesterday;
“An impending front with high winds tipped the race director to cancel the club class early and just grid 18m and Standard with the chance to do minimum distance tasks in a short weather window. 1145 the grid began launching into a quickly changing sky. The first half of the race was under the sun with some stronger thermals present. The pilots were pleasantly surprised with the good conditions in such a short window. The race really came down to having a good start and nailing the final glide. It was a spectacle watching over 10 pilots in standard class all arriving back at the field within two minutes. Due to the minimum distance it wasn’t a 1000 point day so the overall leaderboard didn’t shift a lot. Tomorrow is looking similar but a tiny bit warmer so the chances for another short racing window are high.”
We’ll find out today.

When you wonder who is behind Claudia’s Gliding Page then, have a look this is Claudia.

In the evening they often have dinner together to look back at the day and to “just be together”

TUESDAY August 23;
for CLUB task 10…flying day 5…, for standard and open task 10 and flying day 7.

During briefing, Mandy Temple [Australia] ,one of the stewards in Hus Bos , who was the perfect CD in Lake Keepit, gave , as I heard an excellent presentation of the use of the parachute.
I know her already for a long time , not really good I must admit , but from comps and as “fellow-TC’s” or as her soaring-journalist at the/her last WWGC and I never knew she was an experienced sky diver.
With the recent JWGC we could see again, how important the knowledge of a parachute is when you have to bail out. Luckily that one went OK again.

“The weather this morning doesn’t look inspiring. Low clouds covers the site, with the occasional break. However, all gliders have been asked to grid, in all classes. The comp team is obviously hopeful for a weather window big enough to launch everyone”; Women Gliding

Prize winners from the day before were honored and the French “coq” created some fun. I remember the young man from Lake Keepit.

Tasks were set!!!! For all 3 classes this time. It is supposed to be better than yesterday, so a bigger window hopefully today.
BUT …then the message…changing to B task for ALL classes.
order; club….standard…18 m.
12. 15 first start. THEN…12.30….off they went….
At 12.45 the base was 1000 m. MSL and 1 m/s lift…..but whilst reading what is going on, I learned that the base was more going down,…. rather than up.
BY THE WAY……….All start gate openings are in BST. [British Summer Time]
So here in The Netherlands I have to wait for an hour ,as we are one hour later.
A few were really low and some needed a relight. A really VERY tricky day!!!!
In the end with “losers” who were in the top and winners who went UP.!!!!
You can nearly call it a lottery-day today!

Club; 212.36 km;…..changed to 160.13 km….gate opened at 13.10 . Klara the runner up overall had to land for a relight. And to get away from the field was too difficult.
She was out after 2.85 km. So sad!!!!
Some ,as our Dutch Lilian also landed out not long after they started.;15 km.
Also Olena from Ukraine landed out after 49 km.
Paula from Argentina ,yesterday runner up, could not get away. She tried 3 times..in vain!!
BUT,….there were finishes!!!!!
The first to finish was Ukrain pilot Valentina!!!It took her 3 hours and 17 minutes to fly over the set 160 km.
She was 3d for the day.
The German girls had a perfect day ; Inez in LS 1f and Ulrike in LS 4 finished as well. They are on spot 1 and 2.
4 in and Claudia was only 10 k out…… and 9 outlandings .
It’s waiting now for 5 pilots and I know 3 of them are out. Don’t know about Elena and Alizee.
A tough day for 456 points.
Will come back later on them.
UPDATE; Elena was out after 145 from the 160 km. I know Petra did not finish and ” poor” Klara and Paula good NOT get away!!!

standard; 221.23 km….changed to 172.13 km.…gate opened at 13.28. Some were at 1000 m others at just 600. Team Germany flew together ,but when one misses the “lift”, it gets difficult. Chrissie had to land, after 24 km, but she missed already out on a valid start…..ONLY o to 0.5 km. from the start line
58 km./h and Czech pilot Barbora is HOME!!!! equal 3d with Jana.
What a great day for the Czech team.
Also finished … Francesca Roberts from the UK. [5th today]
But then a few more arrive!!
Cornelia and Sabrina from Germany and Czech pilot Dana. POOR Sabrina it seems she forgot her PEV!!!!!
The French girls Aude and Anais are not yet counted for, as is Ayala, but already 6 finished from 13.
So it should be a valid day!
A tough day here as well for 350 points, but each point is important.
UPDATE: Aude and Anais just could not make it; 167 and 163 km…..Ayala is not yet counted for. more tomorrow.

18m; 248.46 km…..changed to 188.14 km….gate opened at 13.47 MM [ Diana] and BK [Katrin] put on their engine just before 3 PM after 35 and 37 km. Around that time the lift was only 0.3 m /s.
Whilst waiting for scores, that takes longer when many are “out” , I noticed 5 pilots in in 18 m; TOP.
The 3 Czech girls Alena, Jana and Hana and 2 French girls Anne and Melanie.
With a rather late start Elena flew around with 79.51 km./h, whilst the other 2 had 74km/h. and The French 74 km./h.
It looks like a valid day in this class! 6 in and 5 out, one not yet counted for.
Mind you, Alena was already world champion in 2003 in 15 m. class in Jihlava, the same year that Chrissie won in club and Cornelia in standard class. NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO and then all 3 WORLD CHAMPION and now all 3 participating in this WWGC!!!!
Max amount of points today is 336.
UPDATE; Sandra is not yet counted for, more on her tomorrow.

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And to finish this HUSBOS -DAY a great picture AND story from 14 year old Kai Gray, the young scout who walked with the sign LUXEMBOURG in the parade. He adopted team MM from Luxembourg , as his team and visits regularly.
He is a super aviation enthusiast, who wants to become a professional pilot.
At home he has already an airbus simulator and flies around the world in it.
Every day is at the field as one of the field runners.
What a great young man!!!!!
On the picture thumps up from Kai for Diana.

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In the French place Beynes the French Nationals for Juniors were flown and they finished yesterday. Due to bad weather they only had 3 flying days out of 7. Not a lot of flying , but fun enough so to see!!!

In club class the winner was François-Xavier Poisson. They had 2 days with over-300-km-tasks and one 2.30 AAT. So only 3 competition days!
Nicolas Caudrelier won 2x 1000 points by 2 daily wins in the Pegase. Not enough to win as the consistent flying of Francois-Xavier gave him 2.437 points and Nicolas 2.266 .
Nicolas was out on task 2, loosing about 300 points that day.
12 Pilots and 2 HC one from Belgium and one from Switzerland.

The other class with standard class gliders, 2-seaters and 15m gliders was won by Timoté Gard in LS 8.
Out of 17 he was the best with 2.617 points.
4 LS 8 gliders in the top.
They had a 2.30 AAT, a 408 and 350 racing task. Nice tasks, unfortunately not too many.
17 participants and 3HC pilots , 2 from Germany and 1 from Belgium.

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AND,….for the Free Known Program this World Glider Aerobatic Championships 2022 is over;

CU tomorrow! Then only 3 day’s to go in Hus Bos.
Might take a while ,when Liz keeps travelling like this!!

Cheers Ritz
All scores very preliminary!!!