FRIDAY; AUGUST 12….VERY LAST DAY of the 12th FAI JWGC flown from Tabor.
as seen by Stefano Radman and shared in the gallery of the organizers.
There are many , when you are interested.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1
Yesterday evening, the last words from Matej were;
“ Tomorrow is the last chance for the pilots to win more points and move upward in the total ranking, therefore we can look forward to one last arresting competition day.“
Like yesterday , for today, a 3 hour AAT was set for both classes.
The Dutch boys try to “just do the same as yesterday” Why not!? For Simon and Jelmer this is their last JWGC, Lars has at least one more JWGC to go, he is 22 now.
For Simon it is also the last day of “using” the LS 4 AU, [for Tabor changed in AA] in which he flew for 3 years and flew over 200 hours in it. The LS 4 is owned by a foundation as is another LS 4. [SZN]
David from the USA had a double report again. His last words on yesterday;
“I placed 23rd on the day with the winner’s speed being 115kph. So between 1st place and 25th place the speed differential for the day was only 3mph. That’s 7minutes difference. Even though each race takes hours to do it really is a game of minutes. The caliber of this competition never ceases to amaze me.”
You can read the full story on US Soaring Teams
The UK had a comment ;
“A unique challenge today came in the form of Gastro. The team is really suffering now ,but despite this Finn & Toby have maintained their positions and Henry has managed to climb 2 more positions!”
There seems to be a “BUG” hanging around at the field and more people suffer from it.
Hope they can stand the last day. It will be extra tough to fly under such demanding circumstances ,for sure you do not need an upset tummy high up in the air!!!
“Today is the final day. Despite the difficulties of the last few days, Toby and Finn have held onto their positions and Toby is feeling a lot better today. Conditions are tricky so it will be a tough final battle.”
The last briefing started with ” a round” of presentation of the TEAM. Tomas and Matej Rendla , CD and deputy CD, started and all “passed by” .
They deserve a TROPHY for their top job!!! They got straight away a huge applause.
Weather about the same as yesterday, but some local showers might appear. The meteo man got an even bigger applause and a thank- you -t-shirt .
ALL procedures are the same as all days before so, no confusion there on the last day.
Prizes were given to Simon in Club Class and Simon in standard class….to win you might change your first name in SIMON!! LOL.
From the gallery.
Well the last day of flying has started!!
AUGUST 12;….day 13….valid flying day 10..[very good]…task 12!!!!
Before the start, at 10.45, the group photo was taken, all were asked to come in their red JWGC shirt.
Quite a few arrived at the field “in red”. As did the German team.
First start at 11 AM.
I do not expect a lot of news on the internet ,as the last day is always a bit mysterious, with tactics and hiding on tracking.
So I did not expect ,… a lot of trackers on the tracking system.
BUT,…when I looked , that was certainly not the case in club class. I missed the German pilots and the UK pilots, but the Dutch and French were open and proud to be found.
Club class; 3 hour AAT… with 5 sectors….gate opened at 12.25….12.53 was already a late start by young Belgium pilot Emilien. He flew 92 km. and was out.
The Finns had a really good day , both Kim and Mikko, flew a good distance [358 and 351 km] with a speed of 116. 25 and 114. 57 km./h. in their LS 7.
Kim moved from 13 to 8!!!!!
Toby from the UK was in his ASW 20 a bit faster; 116.66 km./h. flying 371 km. He started at 12.49.
But where was Finn? Celebrating already or,…..I was sure he would start again with Finn and fly together, but Toby finished at 4PM and no sign from Finn at 4.30, neither at 5 PM.
AND,…there were showers from east to west and the young ones had to avoid them or fly in between them.
Such weather can make or “kill” the day.
15 in ,1 out and for a long time no more scores!!!
At 5,..there were 2 Finnish pilots in, 2 French, 2 Swedish, 2 Dutch , 2 Danish and a few more.
At 5 PM, within one second , 37 scores were visible. Maybe a short problem, but not good for my heart!!!!
The hotshots were in as well. Nils even won the day with 116.61 km./h.
Alexandre was runner up; 388 km in time 3.13; speed 120 km/h. He moves from 7 to 5 overall.
Finn was on spot 6, Miles on spot 30??? Ouch not good,… he dropped from 3 to 7 and Nils is now on spot 3!!
Finn remains on spot 1, sick or not, he had a great competition.
Believe me they will celebrate tonight!!!!
Toby and Finn 2 and 1 Here is what the team had to say:
“JWGC 2022: We’ve done it, world champions.
Club Class, Finn Sleigh (right) – 1st and Junior World Champion, Toby Freeland (left) – 2nd
Standard Class
Sadly due to a combination of illness and glider damage, both Tom and Henry have had to miss a few of the last flying days but their contributions to the team have been immeasurable.“
Standard class;3 hour AAT….with 3 sectors. ….gate opened at ?????? It took a long time before we got the gate opening time from this class. At 2.30 it was still not mentioned on the official site.
Would there be a B task!?
Or did they forget to mention it on this last day??
I decided to look at the tracking and YES, they were flying. A lot already in the second sector!!
So just forgotten, no worries!!!
Normally it’s half an hour behind club.
Benjamin shared this picture with the message; “It seems that finally the sky wanted to put a bit of chaos in the Standard Class cruising day”
As you can see the standard class had most of the troubles with the showers in the last sector.
Ouch,…..hopefully not a luck factor on this last day!!!
But,..they finished as well. The Dutch had a great day and Maurits ,who had that one totally-off-day, could have been in the top 3. But IF, does n’t count. He flew today 396.51 km in time 3.15; speed 121.44 km./h!!!!
Today he wins and Dutch Nick is runner up.
The overall top 3 till now is in.
Simon on 14, Engeurrand on 18 and sadly drops to 5 and Lukaz on 19, he stays on 2.
Still some changes in the top 3 after today.
as shared by Benjamin Neglais who visits for a few days. He flew the JWGC in 2001.
And that was that !!!!
Both the new WORLD CHAMPIONS flew as the only one in their class to over 8000 points.
Very preliminary OVERALL scores;
1. Finn Sleigh in ASW 20 with 8,132 p, the only one in the 8000 p range deserved WORLD CHAMPION.
2. Toby Freeland in ASW 20 l with 7,874 p.
3. Nils Fecker in LS 4a with 7,852 p
4. Lars Van Breemen in LS 4 b NEO with 7,781 p
5. Alexandre Fierain in LS 4 with 7,738.p
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.
Very preliminary overall scores;
1. Simon Briel in Discus 2a with 8,053 well deserved WORLD CHAMPION.
2. Lukas Kriz in LS 8 with 7,636 p.
3. Jaromir Macoun in LS 8 with 7,620 p. He moved from 4 to 3.
Not all have been scored yet I miss about 4 and some did not fly anymore.
So 2 UK boys in club and 2 Czech boys in standard class in the top 3.
Looking ahead at the prize giving tomorrow morning , I got a comment in my blog which I want to share with you. It’s about one of the trophies.
I got it from Matthews dad, Michael, who I met in Narromine during the JWGC ,which was won by Matthew.
“The standard class trophy is in fact in memory of a glider pilot.
The Giulia Incisa della Rocchetta Challenge Cup, donated by the Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) in 2007 on the occasion of the Junior World Gliding Championships in Rieti, Italy, in memory of Giulia, a member of the Italian Air Force sport squadron, who was killed in an outlanding in Romorantin, France, during a local gliding contest, just before she was to compete in the Junior World Gliding Championships in 2005.”
In 2007 I attended that JWGC and I heard from the accident, but it was far away in my mind now. Glad I got this comment.
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11th FAI Womens World Gliding Championship
Husbands Bosworth, United Kingdom
11 August 2022 – 27 August 2022
The last practice days …….and though tasks were short due to the very hot , pretty stable weather and the waiting for more tugs, as there were only 3 yesterday, they go for another short one , to get ALL MISTAKES out of the system, specially the pilots, as some struggle with PEV, wrong TP rounding’s etc.
Hopefully today ALL ladies will fly!!!!
During the comps there will be 8 tow planes, so that’s GOOD!!!!!
On the site was written about yesterday ;
“The UK is breaking all expectations of the international pilots with another blinder of a blue hot day! The pilots had to be very careful with their hydration, sometimes drinking 2L of water in the aircraft was not enough. The day started with a lower than forecasted thermal height of 3900 but it built to 5200 mid-task. Everyone made it home and enjoyed an evening of fun with an open mic night and later on watching the August Moon rise over the airfield.“
As shared by the organizers.
Today; another blue but good day.
Great practice period from the French ladies!
Club; 157 km....Klara Teichmannova from Czech Rep was faster than the 3 French girls, flying LS4’s and LS 7’s.
standard ;168 km...More French girls doing well. Spot 1 and 2 were for Aude Untersee and Anais Gaubert.
18 m; 201 km….Best speed by the French girls . Anne Ducarouge flew around with 122.92 km./h as did Melanie, starting and finishing together. Good- team- fly-practice.
More tomorrow.
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AND TO FINISH these sad pictures from a mini-tornado in Vinon.
Those flying diverted to St Auban.
As shared by Willem.
AND,…that the weather is the weather and not too predictable here news from the Scottish Wave Hunters
“In my last post I commented that wave can occur at any time of the year.
Sunday 7th August was such a day with Alastair Mutch from the SGU doing a heady height gain of 27,588′ reaching an altitude of 29053′, the highest anyone has been since 2018 (John Tanner from the Deeside gliding Club).
What is particularly interesting is that the winds were relatively light with no jetstream. Alastair broke off the climb still climbing at 3 to 4 knots. The forecasts did not really predict significant wave but the temperature profile was however quite good. The temperature profile is always a good indicator Just goes to show what can be achieved on an unremarkable day.“
CU tomorrow, I guess we can see the prize giving via a live stream, I hope!
Otherwise pictures from the glorious winners .
Then after all this,…..the WWGC and the CIM in Rieti in Italy ;10 August 2022 – 20 August 2022 with 44 competitors.
Tomorrow also the 18 m and 20 m class fly the UK Nationals from Lasham.
Very interesting too. 13 August 2022 – 21 August 2022 with 65 competitors.
Photos by Matt Cook/Piers Murray
Normally it looks like this.
AND
for the competition ,BUSY, like this, not as green….
Cheers Ritz