Alphen aan den Rijn Sunday June 26 2011 ritzdeluy@hotmail.com
Prize giving under a great sky!!! Saw that before!!!
While I am writing the ladies are preparing for the prize ceremony. Great winners and a good mix of countries as well; here are the best 3 in each class , now it is official;
club class;
1. Agnete Olesen [Denmark] 2435 points Standard Libelle WL
2. Ayala Liran [UK] 2362 points Standard Libelle
3. Amelie Audier [France] 2328 points in Standard Cirrus
From Australia I received a message from Anne Elliot; ” Congrats all…especially Agnete,I am almost sure she flew Keith’s [former] glider LS8 in Narromine a few years ago. A truly delightful person”.
There you go!!!
Swaantje ended last, but she just had bad luck, this was not her competition, as I know she is a fine and really good pilot.A pity ,Liz [UK] flew for 0 points yesterday, she flew 123 km , they needed 4 more to be over 100 km.and they flew between 94 and 99 km. SOOOO close!!!It was not her day!
Standard class ;
1. Sue Kussbach [Germany] 2443 in LS 8. She defended her title with true colors.
2. Gunilla Lindell [Sweden] 2432 in Discus 2T.
3. Gaby Haberkern [Germany] 2364 in Discus 2B
This was not the best comps for Gill Spreckley [UK] and Nathalie Hurlin [France] both former WWGC winners in 2007 and 2009 , but I felt most sorry for Joanna Biedermann. She won day 1 and the last day but lost points on that one and only 1000- points- day after an early [ 26 km ]outlanding , receiving only 65 points, while the best got between 916 and 1000. A real pity!!!
15 m. class;
1. Susanne Schödel [Germany] with 2908 points and again defending her title with verve in Ventus 2AX
2. Anne Ducarouge [France] with 2637 points in ASG 29, sole finisher on day 5 in her class.
3. Alena Netusilova [Czech Rep] with 2572 points in ASG 29 E. World champion in 2003.
Congratulations to all participants for flying safe, specially the best 9. What I felt here at home with the info I received I think it was a pleasant competition even with the not so pleasant weather. A pity there was only ONE 1000 points day but that’s all in the game.
That’s it about Arboga !
The sad looking but very honest and good predicting meteoman Gunnar Larsson. Feel sorry for him! He did not MAKE the weather!
What an unrewarding task he had.
As said back to normal again. The Austrian National Championships will start on July 1 with 58 participants in 6 classes. Under them Wolfgang Janowitsch who celebrates if I remember well his birthday tomorrow, Happy Birthday Wolfgang, Heimo Demmerer, Guido Achleitner, Werner Amann, Josef Eder and more. Looks like a tough competition. I will be not home so for results I advise you to look at www.soaringspot.com or to their home site. www.aeroclub.at/ssm2011
Also in Lüsse is an interesting competition . The Nationals in 15-18 m class AND open!!!
http://contest.fccberlin.de
I will analise them when I am back on July 10 in my sunday morning blog.
On the OLC a lot of flights yesterday from Hobbs in New Mexico from Industrial Park where the USA is flying day 5 from their 18 m. Nationals. Flights up to 741 km . The USA has a real nice soaring season till now, Ely, Minden, Moriarty, Hobbs they all seem to have good weather.
A small aircraft accident, a flying boat,crashed in the Lake of Jindabyne. Look when you are interested to the next link. Thanks Vanessa!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/25/3253359.htm?site=newcastle
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/24/3252714.htm
That’s it for today, CU maybe later with the pictures. Tomorow a tropical day here with expected temperatures of 33 dgr. WOW! First seen , it is grey here now cheers Ritz