Liz get’s the last word about the last flying day:
“Hugs all round on the final day of racing here at the Women’s World Champs! The day started off with low developing cu’s but gradually the cloud base raised high enough to make cross country flying feasible. With tight points in all three classes, everything was to play for today. The first sector everyone managed to go deep into but the second sector caught a lot of pilots out. The tops of the cu’s began spreading and the lift turned off, half the field landed out, but those who made it back had really big gains on the leaderboard. AeroSPARX finished the night out right with an amazing aerobatic, pyrotechnic display here at the Gliding Centre.“

Of course the French were very happy with their 1-2 in 18 m. class with Anne and Melanie. So they should!!!As said yesterday , it is Anne’s 3d title as WORLD CHAMPION!!!
With the great French results they were runner up in the TEAM CUP!!!!!!

After 2 weeks of ” variable weather and challenging racing“…
The team CUP was for Germany with 922.74 points. They had 3 ladies on the podium.
Runner up was France with 919.11 with 2 ladies at the podium
Third Czech Rep with 918.85, with 3 ladies at the podium.
THE UK was 4th with 783.71 AND Claudia at the podium and the 5th spot was for Italy with 761.25 points.

The last finishes!!!!

AND NOW I would have loved to share the pictures of the CHAMPIONS and WINNERS in each class. Like every other comp I write about. BUT…. NO!!!!!
I waited all day, no pictures about the prize giving, no stream to follow it at home, as in Tabor or Szeged.
Maybe a a bit of a missed chance , from the organization, for the people looking at home at a laptop screen with for 20 hours the same news on the day of the prize giving!!
Finally in the evening Lilian from the Dutch Gliding Team shared 2 pictures; TOP!!!!! THANKS Lilian!
The prize giving was under a sky full of cu’s and a nice warm temperature, so no winter jackets necessary anymore..

First the TEAM CUP winners with a smiling , clapping and laughing Mandy to the right. The German girls in the middle, The French girls to the l. and the girls from Czech Rep to the r.

I used over the last 2 weeks a lot of pictures and special THANKS go to the WWGC photographer Georgia and the FAI photographer Markus.
Other friends, who co-operated to make this blog successful,….. a HUGE THANK you!!!!!

That was that, all done and dusted….now…pfff….
A lot have to “race” to the harbor, to get their timeslot on a boat ,bringing them back to the mainland.
Another nice competition where life-long-friendships have been made again.
Soaring/gliding is such a nice sport!!!!!

CU Wednesday

Cheers Ritz

AND,…look at these skies in Tocumwal Australia, this morning in “not-yet-spring-time” and so nice green!!!!!