37th FAI WORLD GLIDING CHAMPIONSHIP
Szeged, Hungary
 24 July 2022 – 5 August 2022

Looking back at yesterday.
This time with the picture collage from the South African team,….they really had a good day…., these are the winners from yesterday in each class.

Here is a small part of John’s report on yesterday, the rest is on US Soaring Teams
“There’s always a sense of relief when it’s actually time to cross the line and race.
Which pilots finally did, mostly around 14:00. All tasks sent gliders east, on zig-zag style tasks. Lift was not as strong nor as high (best climbs were to a bit over 7000’) but still quite good by normal European standards. Compared to yesterday, speeds were down roughly 10%. It was definitely easier to get low, and typically harder to “dig out”.”

The South African team was so kind to publish a list of the tugs ,so I share them also with you, as they always do such a fabulous job!!!!
The nine tow planes of the competition:
1 x Zlin Z-143
2 x Radial Cmelak Zlin Z-37
1 x Turbine Cmelak Zlin Z-37T
1 x Cessna 182
1 x Robin DR400
3 x Piper Pawnee PA25C

AND,….I was really pleased to see my Aussie mates Allan and Harry in 20 m. on spot 9 yesterday!!!!! GREAT EFFORT!!!

Lets go to TODAY!!! Briefing at 10,

Tasks have been set, but the day started different. Not sunny and blue skies ,but cool and clouds….overcast. They even spoke about B-Tasks.
The start has been postponed to 12.30 .At 12 still 7 / 8 clouds . The trigger temperature is still 2 dgr. too low.
My UK mates say it so much better than I, with my Ritz-English. “Currently waiting for cloud to clear & trigger temp of 30c with tasks sets for later. First launch not before 12noon“. perfect!
THEN,……Postponed to 12.45. Clouds were supposed to burn off, but they did not yet.
In the end the pilot and crews got confirmation from the first launch at 13.30.
AND,…with TASK A.
They started with 18 m. Their start line opened at 14.37. Then they STOPPED!!! BUT,…the good thing, the cloud base got slowly higher up to 1100 AG.

July 28; day 5 ,task 4……only the pilots from 18 m will fly………

18m; 301.58 km…..!It was waiting for a long time to get rid of the overcast, but the organizers decided to launch the 18 m and then stop and let them be the only flying class today. They left with 1100 m height AG. But some had problems to get high enough to depart. There are quite a few forbidden zones around the airfield, so pilots have to take care of that too,….and the PEV….and looking around for other pilots.
WELL,…they could n’t stay up, the day was cancelled in the air at 2.30 , so all 42 gliders had to land and also their day has been CANCELLED.

20m; 268.47 km...CANCELLED !!!!
open; 323.89 km...CANCELLED !!!!!
By the way, Felipe who is on spot 1 overall in open, was junior WORLD champion in 2009 in Rayskala in Finland and in 2011 in Musbach in Germany. So an excellent pilot for MANY years!!!!

Tomorrow is another day. A day with the INTERNATIONAL EVENING.

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Good news from Dutch pilot Peter Millenaar, former junior champion.[2013 in Leszno]
“What a day! Declared 1000km out and return to Reinsdorf from Aachen Merzbrück. The conditions weren’t always so easy, but luckily the day was long. The power plants in the end didn’t really give great thermals anymore due to the wind. Another hop to Bergheim would have made the 1200km, which was possible. However too tired to continue, and my 4 liters of drinking water was finished!”
https://www.weglide.org/flight/193829
Great job Peter! 1.163 km.
Still good weather in parts of Europe where it still is hot. Fuente has so many 1000 km flights already this year , too many to mention BUT, you can find them on the OLC or WEGLIDE.

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THE 12th FAI JWGC
Tábor, Czech Republic
30 July 2022 – 13 August 2022

Talking about the JUNIORS. I told you already that they start on July 30. There will be 2 classes standard and club. Today was practice day 4 , this time the 2d official one, with tasks just over 300 km. in both classes.
Matthew Scutter the junior world champion from Narromine in 2015 is NOW the TC from the UK, with some “strong” pilots . But the French, the Dutch and Aussie pilots are very good too and for sure a few more I don’t know now.
The first official practice day in Club class, yesterday was won by Jelmer Vis from the Netherlands . Over the 1.30 AAT he flew 162.82 km in time 1.29.18; speed 108.55 km./h.
Not everybody went up only 33 and several [11] were “out”.
In standard it was James from Down Under but only a few flew the 1.30 AAT. In the end their day was invalid.

The 2d official practice task today in CLUB CLASS, was won by Simon Siska [SVK] in an ASW 24.Speed 105.36 km./h
Danish pilot Jens Andersen was runner in Mosquito103.87.
43 did fly and 39 finished. 4 Were out.
7 Warnings, so hopefully lessons learned.
9 Pilots flew over 100 km.
USA mate David was on spot 38 , but IN. The UK boys Toby and Finn on 9 and 10, and my Dutch mates Jelmer and Simon on 14 and 15.

In standard class Polish pilot Wiktor Lacinski won the practice in a Discus 2A with 118.61 km./h.
2 Czech pilots , flying together, were on 2 and 3.
My Aussie mates James on 6 and Ryan on 15.
24 from 29 were in and 4 out ,one not scored.
Incorrect PEV and finish altitude were lessons to learn from.
The official site mentioned:
” The weather in Tábor was good the whole day with cloud bases up to 1500 m AGL. Everything for the competition is now prepared and when the last few pilots finish their registration and scrutineering, the only thing left to begin will be the official opening ceremony that will take place in the Tábor centre on Saturday at 16:00.”

Lets see what happens during the comps. I look forward to this JWGC.

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The FAI Sailplane Grand Prix in Germany was busy with race 5 today ; 374. 99 km.
And with 2 races to go, Pete Harvey had a great day in his Ventus 3TS and won with a speed of 127.8 km./h. Just a tad faster than Christoph Matkowski in the AS 33; 127.7 km./h .
Robin was 8th today with 126.2 km./h
He still leads with 27 points , followed by Andreas Kühl with 24 points, Dirk Windmüller in AS 33 with 23 and Pete now with 22 points.
As said 2 more days to go race 6 and 7.
Exciting!!!

Early evening so CU tomorrow again.

cheers Ritz