Post 1.498 on May 19 2024

Dutch Nationals flown at Terlet.
May 9-18 2024.

Wednesday May 15; small tasks BUT …tasks!!!!
First the winners were cheered on from Tuesday. Steven[18m] was one of them.

Club; 121.81 km….task to the NE …The LS3 from Jeroen [van Dijk] flew fast!!!! 99.96 km./h Runner up Robin [Smit] in LS 4 neo flew 86.29 km./h.
All 9 started for this short task and ALL finished.Some started at 13.40 the winner at 14.07 and the last on 15.08!! Maybe problems??? I don’ t know….Lars is still very young.
18m; 158.99 km….There was a difference from 3 points in the scores between winner Hadriaan and runner up Steven [Raimond]; 110.90 and 110.88 km./h.
All 14 started between 14.04 and 14.22 and they all finished.
open;  173.31 km…CANCELLED.
combi; 134.31 km….start times between 13.38 and 14.42; Ralph Nijhoff from the Gelderse flew the ARCUS with 94.29 km./h. and he started at 14.25. All 11 started and 2 were out

Thursday May 16; NO TASK.

Friday May 17; small tasks due to uncertain weather, but they fly. Tasks more to the NE where the weather should be best. Flying day 7 out of 9, for Club, open and 2 seaters and 8 for 18 m class.
In the evening there is a a special event to raise money for the juniors travelling to the JWGC. Part of the payment for all drinks will be for the young ones.
See picture below.
Club; 114.95 km….
18 m; 163.49 km….
open; 173.81 km..
combi; 133.18 km….
All flights were cancelled. So no changes in the scores with 1 day to go;

Saturday May 18. Possibility for showers and thunderstorms on the very last day of these interesting NATIONALS.
Should I go to Terlet or not?
I went, and good I did as they flew on the last day. And as always it was great fun.
Club; 185.22 km….the last couple of days 3 pilots were in the top 3. Thies, Robin and Jeroen. On the last day , number 4 Lars [van Breemen] in LS4b Neo did well; 80.59 km./h.They were in before the thunderstorm arrived.
One was out .
After 7 out of 10 days we got a NATIONAL CHAMPION , a runner up and a 3d place in club class;
1. Thies Bruins in ASW 20WL with 4.567 points.
2. Robin Smit in LS 4 neo X with 4,424 points.
3. Jeroen van Dijk in LS3 with 4,321 points.
Lars who won the last day missed out on 10 points to be on spot 3 as well.

18 m; 233.75 km….We heard at the ground that some pilots had difficulties with the showers but before we knew they were back. Jeroen won the day with a speed of 123.35 km./h in an ultimate attempt to get on spot 2. That worked; 10 km/h faster than the rest. Steven was on spot 1 most of the comps and with a good last flight as number 3 , he was sure of the CUP. By the way Dutch Lasham pilot Mark Weering was runner up.
Hadriaan had a bad day. Starting as number 2 overall in the morning, he was only 10th BUT IN. Unfortunately for him he moved from 2 to 3 overall.
4 from 14 were “hit” by showers with bad air behind them, so they used their engine.
After 8 out of 10 days we had a Dutch 18 m CHAMPION we had seen before;
1. Steven Raimond in AS33es with 4,106 points.
2. Jeroen Verkuijl in JS 3 with 4,017 points.
3. Hadriaan van Nes in JS1 BTJ with 3,976 points.

Open class; 262.78 km….there was no doubt that Francois in the EB was going to be the champion, but also he had to fly the last task first. He did; he was runner up with 122,45 km./h. Rien Bastiaanse & Jeroen Kole [ASH 30 Mi] were the Daily winners and all 9 started and finished on this last day.
So the new Dutch CHAMPION was CLEAR;
1. Francois Jeremiasse in EB 29R with 4,465 points.
2. Marco Vermeer & Ronald Termaat in the NIMBUS 4DT with 4,083 points
3. Max Leenders & Bart Renckens in EB29DR with 3,715 points.

Combi class; 216.34 km ……Sylvain van der Meer won de last day in his LS6.Great effort.102 km./h. All 11started and 2 were out. The had a better window than the rest.
The champion is this class;
1. Robbie Seton in LS 8 neo with 4,439 points.
2. Tom Conings in LS8 with 4,082 points.
3. Ralph Nijhoff in ARCUS T with 3,988 points.
Eric Borgmann and his mate flew HC , practiced hard for Uvalde and “got” 4,039 points.

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The Danish Nationals flown from Arnborg
9 May 2024 – 19 May 2024

They continued on Wednesday with short tasks, but in all classes TASK 5 was cancelled.
Till now 3 tasks out of 7 in club, standard and 15 m and 4 out of 7 in 18m and the 2-seaters.
So we look at Thursday May 16;
But the message was clear no flying BUT,…. HOPE for better weather.

So after 2 non-flying days they continued on Friday with small tasks indeed also here counts; THEY FLY.
Friday May 17.
Club; 173.34 km…..a difficult day and only 3 pilots from 18 finished. Felipe Cvitanich did well and won the day in his DISCUS CS.57.15 km./h!!!!!!!!Uffe Edslev in LS4 a and Jens Andersen in Mosquito are worth mentioning for their finish.
Standard; 170.73 km…Lasse Edslev in LS8 neo won with 67.24 km./h and 5 from 8 finished.
15 m;  170.73 km….Poul Kim Larsen [Ventus 2CT] won the day with 81 km./h that was faster than Rasmus who flew 67.62 km./h. in the JS 3.
18 m; 169.06 km….Arne Boye Møller showed what he can and won the day’ 90.44 km./h 18 started and 13 finished.
2-seaters; 159.84 km….Døssing & Knudsen in the ARCUS t were the only finishers from 13!!What a day for them.80.46 km./h was their speed.

BUT the better weather arrived and on the last 2 days they REALLY had some tasks. Nearly 600 and a 4hour AAT in 18 m.
I write more about them on Wednesday as today is not yet scored and they deserve time as well.

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——-The British Junior Flying Team has 2 pilots in 2 classes. They travel to Poland to fly from the well known field of Ostrow for the JWGC between July 13 and 27 2024. Here they are;

—–The DUTCH Junior flying team has 6 pilots and here they are;

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The spectacular finish of the Danish Nationals with big tasks nearly 600 and a 4 hour AAT for 18 m, on the last 2 days you will find on Wednesday.

Cheers Ritz, tomorrow I will share some pictures and stories I made on Saturday.