The German Nationals for CLUB, STANDARD and 15m.
6 June 2022 – 17 June 2022 Zwickau
96 entries.

Club ;
June 15…task 8; 3.30 AAT....The weather was still in competition mood , so were the pilots and with 3 days to go, this was already a good one for decisions, for the pilots with club-gliders. Most probably they will have difficulties to become German champion , as that place seems to be already all time in the hands of Stefan [Langer] ,who also won this AAT, with 388 km. in time 3.33. He leads now with 6.903 points on Uwe [Melzer] who achieved 6.172 points.
June 16; task 9….one but last day.….217.65 km.... CANCELLED!!!!
June 17; Task 10….281.31 km……..Last day!!!
Stefan can’t sit back and look, he still has to fly one more day even with more than 700 points ahead. He was beaten on handicap by Benedikt Sindermann in LS 1f; speed 87 km./h. Stefan was runner up. In the top 3 overall nothing changed;
German CHAMPION and winners in 15 m. class
1. Stefan Langer in LS WL with 7.882 points !!!!!!!
2. Uwe Melzer in LS4WL with 7.052 p.
3. Marcus Dawert in DG 300WL with 6.994 p.

Standard;
June 15…task 8; 3.30 AAT...Jan [Knischewski] in his LS 8neo managed to fly 404.60 km. in time 3.26.51. He “got” the 1000 points and is on his way to the top 3 , as he is only 15 points behind Simon [Briel], who is at this stage on spot 3.
Jan [Omsels] had a bit of a bad day finishing on spot 25, “falling out” of the the top 3, now on 5 overall.
June 16; task 9....202.90 km....CANCELLED.
June 17; task 9….295.30 km….6 pilots flew with a speed of over 100km./h. Best was Benedikt Lang in Discus2T. All 34 finished on this last day.
The top 3 overall remained the same.
German CHAMPION and winners in Standard class ;
1. Enrique Levin in Discus A with 5.755 points.!!!!!!
2. Robin Sittmann in Discus 2A with 6.569 p.
3. Simon Briel in Discus 2A with 6.495 p.

15m;
June 15…task 8; 3 hour AAT.…with 395 km. Uwe [Wahlig] flew to victory in his LS 3WL. He moved from 8 to 4 overall. Well deserved …flying in an LS 3 against top gliders as AS 33es, Ventus 3 and JS 3 jet.You see,…the pilot IS IMPORTANT.
Tilo [Holighaus], Jan [Umlauf] ,Christoph [Nacke] and Katrin [Senne] are still in the top 10 overall.
Henrik [Bieler] leads the pact at the moment.[6.424 points.]
June 16; task 9...217.69 km….Cancelled!!!
June 17; task 9….307.38 km…. Christoph once more tried hard with an early start at 13.15; he was 3d. Katrin was 6th, Jan 17th , Uwe 20th and Tilo 25th,…pfff challenging day. BUT,…there were winners and a CHAMPION.
The TOP 3 remained the same.
1. Henrik Bieler in Ventus 2b with 7.044 points.
2. Steffen Goettler in Ventus 2A with 6.977 p
3. Marc Schick in Ventus 2b with 6.883 p.
4. Uwe Wahlig in LS 3 WL with 6.752 p.
5. Christoph Nacke Ventus 2CXT with 6.747p.
Jan Umlauf on 7 [6.685 p] and Katrin Senne on 8[6.663 p]
Congratulations to ALL.

I think Tilo, Ralf, their mum Brigitte and their dad Klaus [R.I.P. 1994] can be VERY proud on all the winning gliders coming from their manufactory.

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THE UK 15m. Standard and OPEN class NATIONALS.
11 June 2022 – 19 June 2022 Aston Down
82 entries.

15 m;
June 15…task 5; 208.85 km.…and Richard [Hood] won the day ahead of Gary[Stingmore] and Leigh [Wells] They were the only 3 flying over 80 km./h.
11 from 15 were in, Phil Jones was unfortunately out. The Jones brothers always fly good!!! Now I am not often more at comps, so I don’t see them anymore, but I do even remember their dad well . Then they were still very young.
June 16…Task 6; cancelled.
June 17; task 7...no points
June 18; cancelled.
June 19; task 8…278.92 km....VERY LAST DAY!!!! With Leigh [ 4.712] Gary [4.628] and Darren [4.615] as the “toppers” to beat.
“It’s the final day of the 15m, Standard Class and Open Class Nationals for 2022! After 3 scrubbed days, we may get one last opportunity for a small task today to shake up the points. It’s all to play for so there’s no telling who will come out on top of the three classes.” by the organizers Cotswold Competitions
It was in vain. SO the new National CHAMPION in 15 m class is;
1.Leigh Wells in JS 3 with 4.712 points.
2. Gary Stingmore in AS 33es with 4.628 p.
3. Derren Francis in Ventus 3Ts with 4.615 p.

Standard
June 15…task 5; 157.97 km.…Jez Hood won the day and was till now every day in the top 3,so very consistent!!! Overall he is 24 points behind Howard who was the daily runner up.
Ayala was 3d and 4 pilots from 18 were out.
June 16; task 6….cancelled.
June 17; task 7.…no points. “Welcome to day 7. Yesterday’s scrub means no results for the day. A very hot day awaits so let’s see if the weather plays ball and lets us fly.” It did not!
June 18; cancelled.
June 19; task 8…278.98 km….They tried hard ..but the day had to be scrubbed.
National ChAMPION IN STANDARD CLASS IN 2022 IS;
1. Howard Jones in Discus 2a with 4.330 points.
2. Jez Hood in LS 8 with 4.306 p.
3. Andy Holmes in LS 8 with 4.144 p.

Open;
June 15; task 5.….. 208.38 km and Russell had another TOP-DAY. He , Andy and Tim were the only ones flying over 85 km./h.
23 started and only 12 finished!!
June 16; task 6…..cancelled.
June 17; task 7….no points.
June 18 ; cancelled.
June 19; task 8….280.32 km….no day….
So the NATIONAL CHAMPION in open class is;
1. Tim Jenkinson in JS1 C with 4.529 points.
2. Andy Davis in JS 1MD C with 4.406 p.
3. Russell Cheetham in JS1 C with 4.387 p.

Congratulations to ALL. I guess a few , looking at the scores, would have loved to fly on the last day.
They had 5 out of 9 days, the first ones were GOOD!!!

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UPPSALA MASTERS 2022
11 June 2022 – 18 June 2022 Sundbro
27 entries.

Club;
June 15…task 5; 3 hour AAT....Per from Sweden, Thomas from Norway, still a JUNIOR I read and Tapio from Finland were the 3 daily best. 6 Pilots flew over 300 km. Best speed 106.98 km./h.
June 16; task 6….224.52 km….and they did fly! Tapio was in before Per; 102 43 km./h and 96.83 km./h. Young Thomas was 4th.
June 17; task 7…2.30 AAT...invalid day….the best daily pilot Tapio flew 86 km.
June 18; Also here they pondered to yes or no set a task. They did/could not. In the end they had 5 out of 8 days.
So we know the WINNERS of the UPPSALA MASTERS;
1.Per Carlin [Sweden] in LS1f with 3.039 points.
2. Tapio Tourula [Finland] in LS 7WL with 2.971 p.
3. Thomas Hansen[Norway] in St Cirrus WL with 2.864 p.

Racing;
June 15…task 5; 3 hour AAT...except for Thorsten [Norway] all pilots in this class are from Sweden. Daily best was Jan Ola [Nordt] who increased his overall score from 3 to 1!!! Thorsten was 3d, only lost 50 points but moved from 1 to 2; difference in points …..THREE!!!!!
June 16…. task 6 ; 252.89 km.…Simon Landqvist in LS 8 won the day. He was with 101.74 km./h the only one over 100 km. Simon moved from 5 to 1!!!!!! Jan-Ola was 3d; 83.47 km./h., but still lost nearly 200 points on Simon.
For Thorsten the day was not good at all, he was out after 243 km and moved from 2 to 6!!!!!
June 17; 2.30 AAT....86 km. for Jan,… but….an invalid day!
June 18; cancelled. So 5 out of 8 days.
Winners UPPSALA MASTERS;
1. Simon Landqvist in LS8T with 3.064 points.
2. Jan-Ola Nordh in Discus 2T with 3.010 p.
3. Peter Cutting in Discus with 2.989 p.

Well fought all pilots. Not an obvious week but it was a lot of flying anyway! Welcome again 2024! Uppsala Masters

In addition, the Junior National Championship was organized and the result was:
1. Samuel Richardsson in Mosquito
2. Dylan Osolian in LS3A
3. Ludvig Jauring in DG 100G

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The OPEN MILITARY CHAMPIONSHIP 2022.
13 June 2022 – 17 June 2022 Malden
24 entries.

Club class :
June 15…task 3; 3 hour AAT…..another more or less blue day.
Jeroen van Dijk in the LS 3 WL, won the day with 203.66 km. in time 2.44; speed 74.42 km./h. a tad faster than Sjors [Schoenmakers] in Discus B WL with 197.30 km. in time 2.39 making his speed 74.06 km./h.
June 16; task 4; 221.82 km..….Blue with high cirrus firmaments. BUT,…another day.
Jeroen won again and till now did so 2 more times and he was twice runner up as well. He leads with ONE DAY TO GO, but the team from glider IV, an ASW 20 WL, is only a few points behind. [3.274 for 3.207]
June 17; task 5....LAST DAY….102 km.…Starts around 2.30, with a short task you can easily loose but also gain a few points .
Winner was the team flying the ASW 20, 75.77 km./h![ for 204 points] Jeroen was 4th, lost 60 points but remained on spot 1;
OMK winners in club class;
1. Jeroen van Dijk in LS 3WL with 3.418 points.
2. Team VI in ASW 20 WL with 3.411 points.
The MILITARY champion was Janiek Meesters in Pegase 101Z with 2.833 points.

Open class;
June 15; 3 hour AAT.…The ASH 26E was with Dennis [Schouten] the best; 295,87 km. in time 332.59.; 83.35 km./h Hans [Biesters] in his ASG 29 was runner up . Those 2 lead with 2 days to go overall and it’s very close; 2.696 and 2.695 points. George [Schuit] in his JS 3 is 3d overall with 2.618 points. George was a daily 4th, as Max [Leenders] was just in front of him.[30 points difference]
June 16; 273,69 km…..Fastest was George, 109. 46 km./h, only just as Hans flew 109.14 km./h., but handicapped he was 4th.
June 17; task 5….109.95 km…..This last day was hot, up to 32 dgr. C pretty stable , blue and some high cirrus . Nearly no wind.
But they flew…and,…only 3 finished. George won day 1 and the last day; 72.38 km./h. for 86 points!!!! The runner up had 54 km./h so it was a tough day.
Number 1 overall Hans, was out, but just got enough points to stay on top; 27 points!!!!
Winners OMK 2022 in open class;
1. Hans Biesters in ASG 29 with 3.351 points.
2. George Schuit in JS 3 with 3.336 points
3. Dennis Schouten in ASH 26E with 3.334 !!!!!“beaten” by only 2 points!!!!
The MILITARY champions were team  Adrie en Lennart Batenburg in Duo Discus XLT , unfortunately they were out on the last day after 36 km. after a start at 3.14 PM.

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EUROGLIDE 2022.

They start tomorrow on June 20, for a race of 2500 km. with teams from Germany, Belgium, Switzerland Slovakia and The Netherlands.
Who has flown it once, is HOOKED!!!!
A team can be one pilot, with a crew who follows him through the West of Europe. Some German teams in 2 seaters have 7 participating pilots.
3 Kind of gliders ;
— ” Just ” gliders; as Arcus, Nimbus 4D, Duo Discus, Marianne and DG 800 s. with a total of 34 pilots.
—-Turbo’s; 27 x in all variations with 92 pilots.
—Self launchers; 25 teams….62 pilots.
There are daily reports .
View the team-positions, shoutbox, notice board and summary reports for each day.
Here is one Dutch team;

The briefing is today in Venlo. After 35 dgr.C., some of the hottest tropical days and nights in history in June, it’s RAINING. Good for the garden.
BUT, the weather improves again!!!!
By the way France and Spain just had already heat-waves with up to 43 dgr. C.
Here is the map and the link ; http://euroglide.nl/news.php

Busy, busy ,it’s the HIGH season for European soaring comps, and more to come. Can’t do them all, but I will give you the link to follow the scores of a lot of comps.
www.soaringspot.com

Cheers CU on Wednesday again.

Just to let you know already;…… My annual high school-friends-week, is next, so SORRY NO news from June 24 till July 6!!