A new day,.. a new week…..new tasks and new challenges..no stress…just relax[ed] !!!!
There are 5 days to go. The last day is on Friday. In the evening at 8 , the farewell party starts and on Saturday at 10 the prize giving ceremony.
So hopefully 5 full days of good soaring by all juniors.
GOOD LUCK THIS WEEK!!!!!
David from the USA writes nice reports as often as he can. The one from yesterday started with :
“My three goals for this whole entire contest are to make it home every day, get hit with no big penalties and to not have any major f*** ups. Today I almost failed at all three of these goals.”
You can read the full story of this August 7 pilots report on US Soaring Teams
Team UK is ready for a new day.
Picture is as blue as the skies are sometimes there.
British Gliding Team
Matej’s morning news;
“Today we woke up to a cold morning which will turn into a pleasant competition day. The direction of the tasks will today lead the pilots to the west according to the weather forecast. Few cumulus clouds can be expected. Pilots will fly over 300 km, which is appropriate training for the longer tasks, which are planned for tomorrow. The weather will probably stay suitable for the competition the whole week, so stay tuned for challenging but exciting races.“
During briefing , this morning, the daily winners got their prizes. Yesterday that was in Club class Jelmer from The Netherlands. In Standard Simon Briel from Germany.
As shared by team Germany
Dutch Junior Gliding Team
August 8; day 9….competition day 7 ….task 8;
Launching started at 11 sharp. A blue day BUT, as before, they can see cu’s as well. Another day with huge differences in start time.
Club; 303.56 km.…gate opened at 12.08. For a moment I thought Tereza [ASW 20] from Czech Rep would win the day, but not everybody was scored , had an early start and….. she moved down on the list ,to nice shared spot 6!!!
And then BAM,….at one moment the 2 UK boys Finn and Toby topped the list. Start at 13.28, so another late start. Their speed was 109. 78 km./h and 107.34, as Finn’s final glide was faster .
4 ASW 20’s in the top today and the UK boys added a few more points to their total. Still 1 and 2 [ 5.280 p and 5.132 p] at this stage with French Alexandre on 3 [5.085] ! He was 6th today.
But Nils, Lars and Miles are on their heels!!!!
Start times between 12.23 and 13.28 !!!
standard; 310.37 km....gate opened at 12.39.
Here 2 German boys on the daily top list. Jan and Simon, flying together with a speed of 116.29 km./h. and 115. 83 km./h. after a late start.
Dutch pilot Maurits was indeed resilient and flew to a nice 3d spot ;115.26 km./h. Here 6 LS 8′ s in the top except for Simons Discus.
Start times between 12.44 and 13.27.
Simons overall lead is a bit stronger again, [5.258 p] Czech pilot Lukas follows [5.141 p ]
Dutch Junior Gliding Team
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THE CCR in Rieti
As shared by the organizers
Tomorrow is the last competition day in Rieti from the CCR [Coppa City di Rieti] with 49 participants in 4 classes. The CIM also in Rieti , will be flown end of this week, from August 11 till August 20 with 35 participants.
I have visited the CIM several times, so I will check for you during the WWGC, also the CIM in Rieti.
With one day to go at the CCR, they had a small task today , only in open class, as thunderstorms were predicted over Italy today .
Till now they had 5 days.
As shared by the organizers
UK Peter Harvey and Chris Dawes are flying the ARCUS M in open class and are doing well .So is Max Seiss [France] in his JS 1c.21m.. It ‘s between them who will win. THOUGH, the Austrians , frequent flyers in Rieti , Reinhard Haggenmoeller and Heimo Demmerer are not far behind .
but it feels a bit like the Max and Pete/Chris show.
A flash-back about the week;
Max won the first day and the UK ARCUS still had to get used to the area and circumstances; A 14th spot [from 24] was the result . Though I know Pete has flown there before.
The 400 km task 2, the day after was won by the UK boy’s and Max was runner up.
As shared by the organizers.
Task 3 ,453 km was won by Max , but cancelled on the end of the day. Max had a speed of 156.77 km./h. but only 9 from 24 finished.
Day 4 was again for Max; 484 km with a speed of 143 km./h. Heimo was runner up and Pete and Chris 3d.
Day 5 with a 2.30 AAT showed Max with 344 km. in time 2.37; speed 131 km./h. 10 km. faster then Pete and Chris.
Today task 6; 1.30 AAT….other classes do not fly….so they might try to have 5 tasks for each class. All pilots started before 1 PM and it was a tough day!
When a lot are back between 2PM and 2.30 and some are not scored at 4 PM , you start to worry if they still can finish. More low finish altitudes as well……mmmm……
Alvaro and Pete and Chris were not yet scored at 4.30, so were 6 other pilots. 2 Of them might not have started.
At 5.30 no more scores either though they might by out or virtual out.
A 1.30 AAT is not much but such a day can “make or break “you.
Austrian pilot Bernard Leitner,[ 18 m. Ventus 2CXM] combined his distance and speed best; 223 km in time 1.35 so a speed of 139.75 km./h .
Max had 145 km in time in 1.38 so a speed of 145 km./h, BUT also for his JS 1c the highest handicap; 124., so spot 4 for him.
In the mixed class with 16 pilots, the overall leader at this stage [after 5 days] is Polish pilot Przemysław Bartczak in a 15 m. ASG 29 e. He leads with a good marge ;4.559 p. Runner up Sandro Etalle from Italy has 4.104 p and Luca Urbani 4. 006 p.
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11th FAI Womens World Gliding Championship
Husbands Bosworth, United Kingdom,
13 August 2022 – 27 August 2022
Opening on Saturday.
As shared by WWGC 2022
Looking ahead on the 11th WWGC in Husbands Bosworth in short HUSBOS.
CD , Liz Sparrow mentioned on a recent International Aviation Women’s Association Conference, why she is so passionate about involving more women in the sport:
“When every decision you make in the air has consequences… when every flight pits your abilities and experience against nature and gravity… when you must rely on yourself but also be open to learning and gaining information from others…I think it changes your attitude to life itself… All women should be able to experience this.” Liz Sparrow, WWGC2022 Competition Director and DfT Aviation Ambassador“.
GOOD LUCK WITH THE COMPS LIZ!!!!
Today is the first practice day with 226 km for
CLUB [ 18 pilots among them the defending CHAMPION from Lake Keepit Elena Fergnani and standard class [ 13 pilots, no defending champion here as Sarah Arnold just flew the WGC in Hungary], and 226 km for
18 m class. [12 pilots among them the defending CHAMPION Melanie Gadoulet]
A real nice “bunch” of ladies. Most of them I met at the LAST WWGC in AUSTRALIA. Tomorrow I will share the pictures from last WWGC’s winners and nearly ALL are now in HUSBOS.
My Luxembourg mates Diana and George [TC] travel today by boat to the UK.
When there is news later on the CCR, I will be back.
Also on the not-scored-yet pilot in club and standard.
That’s it for now.
Cheers Ritz
UPDATE: 8 PM.
The not-scored pilot in club class is scored and was in….slow[ 95 km./h ] but CHAPEAU he was HOME!!!!! Great spirit!!!!!!!
The not scored pilot in St .class was home as well.
So in both classes , ALL YOUNG ONES FINISHED….. TOP!!!!!!!! LIKE.
Of course all scores are still preliminary.
The CCR in Rieti shows no- new -news, so tomorrow is another day.
The last words to close the day are for Matej;
“Another day and another successful competition. Even though the weather forecast was not the best the pilots managed to fly almost 110 kph in club class. Today, the UK team has cemented their first position in club class with Finn Sleigh taking the first place and Toby Freeland coming in second. In the standard class, another victory went to Germany and today’s winner Jan Knischewski managed to fly over 116 kph. The weather for tomorrow is looking good and we expect to have another 1000-point racing day.“
Have a good evening and CU tomorrow.
Ritz