After the thunderstorms, the sun was shining brightly again and on Wednesday they set a task of 136 km. for the 20 pilots of the qualifying FAI SGP at the Aero Club Adele Orsi Acao.
You might remember, race 1 was won by local hero Alberto Sironi and race 2 by former European champion [3x] Pete Harvey from the UK, who was many times UK champion as well.

Race 3; 136.08 km…..was one with HIGHS and lows.
A HIGH certainly for Mario [Kiessling in Ventus 3T ] who won the 10 daily points. He was really fast with 113.5 km./h.
His motto; “Keeping the glider closer to the mountains and waiting for the right moment to reach height was the formula for victory.”
Only 1 point for Alberto and no points for Pete , Jon [Gatfield] and Mike {Young} ,all UK pilots were “out”.
Alberto and Yves are still on top overall with both 15 points, but Mario is closing in on them with 14.
Yves missed out on points by being 13th due to ‘not turning a TP correctly’ ; 5 minutes.[300 sec].

Race 4; A long one 306 km….
The organizers wrote;
“Take offs have started very early to avoid strong cross wind on the ground that would have prevented pilots to fly. The start line will anyway open at 1.00 oc local time. Weather conditions are wonderful and for sure all the pilots will be able to enjoy a flight in the Alps”.
The wind however increased every minute. “It’s windy from the north, We’re constantly checking the wind because it’s increasing really considerably.”
Mario-time again with ” good old ” Gilles [Navas] as runner up and Alberto still in the race as well. Speed from Mario 126.3 km/h and from Gilles 119.7 km./h.
race 5; 254.68 km…speed 113.9 for the AS33es with UK pilot Jon Gatwick in it; 10 points in the pocket. And that on a blue day!!!
On this one but last day, Alberto was runner up with 8 points , BUT, Mario was on spot 4 with 6 points.
“All in all it has really been a good challenging day! Dry at the very beginning and a bit tricky before joining the first turning point, then high plafond and a technical final glide made the day a beautiful one.”
15 from 20 finished. So 5 not, Yves was one of them after 202 km.
Result; EACH 30 points for Alberto and Mario with ONE day to go!!!!
race 6; 206 km.….”fight between2 toppers, both good in mountains and for Alberto more or less a” home race”. A clear sky they mentioned and WARM.
Thomas [Gostner]won the day with a speed of 61.9 km./h in the Ventus 3T. [7 points] Indeed slow, so not an easy flight and only 5 pilots finished.
Mario was 00.44 slower and Alberto 00.48. How did they come up with such a scheme???
It meant for the 2 TOPPERS, 2 points for Mario and 1 for Alberto.
SUPER MARIO did it again.
Also IN, was Didier Hauss from France, so was Ugo Pavesi it took him half an hour more than Thomas , but he was IN!!!!For ONE daily point.
The rest was out some close, between 155 and 190 km.
And ,…on the last day still 10 penalties mainly for being one minute early on the wrong side of the start line. [between 10 and 60 sec].

Final result; http://italy22.sgp.aero/results
1. Mario Kiessling in Ventus 3T with 33 points!
2. Alberto Sironi in JS 1c with 32 points.
3. Gilles Navas in ASG 29 with 19 points.

“Welcome to “Super Mario” Kiessling and Alberto Sironi for the next Final next year in Pavulo, Italy!”

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The Uppsala Masters started last Saturday June 11 and continue till the 18th. They fly from Sundbro with 31 pilots.
CLUB class;
Task 1; 2 hour AAT,……10 started and 5 finished. Best result by Tapio Tourula in LS 7WL; 170 km in time 2.04 for 327 points !!! Runner up Samuel Richardsson in Mosquito flew 139 km in time 1.59.54 for 280 points.
Task 2; 154 km...Nobody finished but Per Carlin won after 55.61 km.
Task 3; 2 hour AAT...8 out of the 11 starting pilots flew between 90 and 98.51 km./h. just over or under 200 km….but all 11 finished. Lars Jauring in PIK 20 won the day.
task 4; 2 hour AAT….3 Arboga members in the top 4 with on spot 2 Finish pilot Tapio Tourula. Per won the day with a speed of 102 km./h over 227.68 km.
task 5 ;today they have a 3 hour AAT.

RACING CLASS;
task 1; 2 hour AAT...8 from 13 finished and Danish pilot Thorsten Mauritsen in Discus 2T was the best.
task 2; 148.98 km….3 pilots managed to finish. Thorsten won the day again with a speed of 65 km./h Jan -Ola Nordh was runner up with 59 km./h.. He started and finished together with Richard Swanström.
task 3; 2 hour AAT…and 15 started and finished .Simon Landqvist, [LS 8T] really did well, being faster and further than runner up Peter Cutting [Discus] ; 215 km. in time 1.58.55 and 209.94 km. in time 2.01.34. Jan Ola was 5th.
task 4; 2 hour AAT…3 x a Discus 2T at the top with as winner Danish pilot Thorsten Mauritsen. Richard and Jan Ola followed on 2 and 3.
Task 5; today….3 hour AAT.

“Something else to keep an eye out for is a potential shakeup of the current world order in Racing. Yesterdays winner, current leader (and daily winner twice already) Thorsten Mauritsen has managed to outfly the super duo Jan Ola Nordh and Richard Swanström in spite of being more than 1500 points behind them in the world IGC ranking list. Well done! (But it ain’t over until the fat lady sings as they say!)”Uppsala Masters

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GERMAN NATIONALS for CLUB, STANDARD and 15 m.

In Zwickau in Germany the Nationals for the smaller “ships” [ club, standard and 15m] were flown between June 6 and 17!
I noticed former junior world champion Christoph Nacke among them[2005 Husbos] he flies in 15 m. Quite a few former juniors, who I met at several JWGC ‘s, are still flying on tope level .Good to see.
club class ;33 participants.
task 1; 3 hour AAT ....Stefan Langer was the daily best with 290.86 km. in time 3.11.He flies an LS3 with winglets.
19 were in, 4 of them flew over 200 km.
task 2; 250 km…cancelled.
task 3; 281 km.…very challenging day with only 9 finishers!!! Best speed by daily winner Uwe Melzer in LS 4WL with 73.50 km./h.
Stefan was runner up.
task 4; 357 km….the weather was good again and off they went after a non flying day .Winning 3 days already and 1 runner up spot on task 3; Stefan Langer is the name!! A 1000 points-day and ALL 33 pilots finished.
task 5; 3 hour AAT, and,….YES Stefan is in great “shape” as he won another 1000 points!!!326.60 km. in time 3.01.
2 out, one virtual one really.
task 6; 409.19 km..…Stefan won another day and with a nice speed of 117.36 km./h about 7 km/h faster than runner up Jan Schulz in Discus cs.
Except for 1 day [ runner up] he was till now the best!!!!!
NO TASK on June 13.
Task 7; 4.30 AAT....Stefan is in great shape,…he won another day with 417 km. in time 4. 41. With 3 days to go he leads with nearly 700 points.

standard; 35 entries.
task 1; 227,45 km....won by Simon Briel with a speed of 100.91 km./h The only one OVER 100 km. When I remember well he flew in Namibia and even 1.300 km. He is the junior EUROPEAN gliding champion [in Lithuania] as well.
27 were in , some close by between 207 an 227 km.
task 2; 2.30 AAT…scrubbed.
task 3; 3.30 AAT.…so a busy day for the pilots. 320 km. was the best distance combined with time 3.41. It “delivered” 1000 points for Dirk Gintzel in LS 8 neo.28were in.
task 4; 409.60 km....14 flew over 110 km./h and the winner flew around with 115.25 km./h. Name….Sebastian Naegel!!!!
ALL 35 pilots finished!!!
task 5; 2.30 AAT....another winner and another JWGC pilot; Enrique Levin in the Discus 2A; 250.96 km in time 2.32. His brother Felipe was twice JWGC champion.
33 were in.
task 6; 421.45 km….Christian Lampert 125.41 km./h. [ Discus 2A] won the day for 1000 points. 34 started and finished among them Chrissie [Grote] on spot 19 and Sabrina [Vogt] on 10. Both fly Discus 2A. Enrique was on 4. Simon , who belongs to the junior squad was on 6.
NO TASK on June 13.
task 7; 387.54 km....New faces here and only 9 from 34 have finished , some close by. Phillip Schulz won with a speed of 84 km./h,…I do not say anything …you know. Among the non finishers the overall top 3 Enrique, Jan and Christian and the girls Chrissie and Sabrina.
I noticed that the early starters between 13.07 and 13.14 were the daily numbers 1 to 9. Some started after 2 PM.

15 m; 28 pilots
Task 1; 2.15 AAT.….Henrik Bieler in a Ventus 2b was the only one over 100 km./h flying 241.58 km in time 2.24.
22 were in.
Task 2; 277.08 km….not flown.
Task 3; 356 km….and Christoph [Ventus 2CX] showed that he can still do it; win!!!Speed 87.80 km./h so hard work.
Only 11 were in, the first out was Katrin [Senne] after 333 km. , the last in, a bit low though, Tilo [Holighaus].
Uwe Wahlig in his LS 3WL, was 10th.
task 4; 402.92 km….Jan Umlauf [Asg 29e] did well. He won the day but only just. 5 points more then runner up Philip Goralski in ASW 27; 1000 and 995 points. Katrin [Senne] was 4th!!!!
Task 5; 3 hour AAT….. and again Jan was the best. In Tocumwal he could stay up for hours and loved every minute .
Jan won again from Philip and again with 5 points!!!!Indeed,…they fly together and start and finish together.
Christoph was 6th.
task 6; 419.93 km.…Jonas Florin in an ASW 27 won ;115.76 km./h.Tilo was 4th. Katrin 6th and Jan 8. Somewhere “en route” they must have lost each other as Philip finished after 4 hour and 14 minutes.[24th]
27 started and 1 was out.
No task on June 13.
task 7; 408.68 km…..Good but difficult day ….Best speed in the Ventus 3T by Tilo; 95.82 km./h. Good on him. Uwe was 3d with 91.16 km./h.
27 Started 24 were in. NOT, Philip and Christoph , they were close, at 370 km. .
More on Sunday.

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UK NATIONALS for STANDARD, OPEN and 15m .

The Cotswold Gliding Club at Aston Down airfield in Gloucestershire is one of the foremost sites in the UK for gliding competitions. In 2022 they are hosting the UK National Championships in the Standard [ 24 ] , Open [25] and 15 meter [18 entries] classes.
So another very interesting competition.
It started on the 11th of June 2022 last Saturday and ends on the 19th of June 2022. AND,…they started with awesome weather….. look at the distances!!!
As in Germany, also here many well known pilots.
15 m;
Task 1; 327.98 km...flown by 11 from the 15 pilots in this class. Leigh Wells , indeed former world champion in 2006 in Eskilstuna], won the day with 106.29 km./h followed by Matt Davis, yes son from Andy, also in the JS 3 ;105.20 km./h.
task 2; 497.88 km….The CD from the next HUSBOS WWGC , Liz [Sparrow] won the day. Good on her!!! She started pretty early. Leigh started nearly half an hour later and was runner up, loosing 8 points on Liz.[ASG 29E]
3 were out.
task 3; 344.48 km....9 pilots flew around with over 100 km./h. Daily winner was Leigh; 106.10 km./h for 1000 points. Runner up Steven Ell in ASG 29.
All 15 finished.
task 4; 411 km.…Gary [Stingemore] and Matt Davis in AS 33es and JS 3 were the best with 3 points between them. Leigh was 4th and Derren 5th.
Good day again, ALL finished!!!

standard class;
task 1; 247.72 km.…Steve Eyles flew in his LS 8 to victory. Not 1000 points in this class but 911.Jez Hood was runner up and from 19 ,10 pilots were in.
I counted 6 ladies in this class, so good practice for the WWGC in August in Husbos in the UK.
task 2; 409.74 km.…107 km./h for Jez was the best daily performance. 3 “girls” were in and 3 out. 13 were in.
task 3; 344.85 km… and Howard Jones was the winner in his Discus 2A. 18 Started and 16 were in; Jez was 3d, Ayala [Truelove in LS 8] 4th.
Task 4; 351.47 km….Another win for Howard and Jez as runner up. 17 started and 15 were in.

Open;
task 1; 361.24 km.…The “engines” gave some problems as several pilots were warned for “late completion of engine test”. There was a winner, Kenneth Barker in JS1; 109 km./h.
In this class also Andy Davis [ World champion in 1993 in Borlange and Leszno in 2003] and Russell Cheetham, both in JS1 C on spot 5 and 6.
task 2; 487.06 km.…4 pilots flew more than 120 km./h. Best was 126.58 km./h for Kenneth Barker. Andy was 4th, Russell 7th.
17 from 23 were in. Our Tocumwal/ Benalla mate Richard had an off-day with 122 km.
Task 3; 383.70 km....7 x a JS 1 C -types in the top with Russell as the best. With quite a big marge; 117.82 km./h and runner up Andy had 108.59 km./h…difference in points…137!!
All were in.
Task 4; 484 km.…Tim Jenkinson and Andy Davis managed to fly over 100 km./h The rest could not. Russell was just under.
Tim leads at this stage and Andy is runner up.
23 started and 20 were in. It was a 1000- points -day.

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Some great flight’s in the USA and EUROPE, with extremely great weather.
One on June 4 a declared 1000 km by Clemens Ceipek,
“Epic! First Ever 1000km Declared FAI Triangle in Colorado” in a Ventus 2CT.
Here is his story with pictures
https://chessintheair.com/epic-first-ever-1000km-declared-fai-triangle-in-colorado/
On June 6 Keith {Essex} flew 1.209 km. [938 FAI triangle] ]in the EB 29R., from  Moriarty.
AND,…what about June 9 in Europe when Baptiste Innocent flew a declared 1.575 km from Fayence in France in a 21 m ASH 31. Wave up to nearly 6000 m . Flying from France to both Italy [Calcinate] and Spain [La Cerdanya] ???!!!TOP!!!!
His mate Gil Souveron flew from Perpignan in the Stemme S 12 ; 1;127 km.
He was VERY pleased for himself and Baptiste ;”What a flight! very slow but a link between the Alps and the Pyrenees. Very tricky with ATC to cross Rhone Valley, and no waves in the morning at Pic de Bure. But Baptiste did a fantastic flight”
On June 10 Germany had 4 x 1000 km plus. 3 in a Ventus [3, 2x 2 CM] and and 1 in ASH 26e.
June 11, was a day with great clouds here as well, but it started a bit late, but over 600 km was possible.
It was VERY good again in the USA, where James Lee flew 1.275 km. a flight looking as a GOAL FLIGHT from Minden, direction East, passing places as Ely and South of Nephi, to fly “from the map”. Wonder who is going to get him back, hopefully he can fly back. He a flew a 21 m. JS 1C ; speed 148 km./h..
A very nice declared FAI 1000 km Triangle , was flown by Bert Schmelzer jr. Switzerland from Hausen am Albis in his 18 m. Ventus 3T.
More 1000 km flights in Germany also in LS 8 T and Discus 2ct .
Great weather!!!!!
June 12…AND the wave stayed on in Minden, 2 more, now over 2000 km flights; 2.581 km by Jim Payne and Alan Coombs in the NIXUS. My goodness what a distance. Speed 239 km./h.
” The Nixus rocked…it was so good at redline we kept having to turn upwind to get out of the good wave to avoid getting pushed into Class A airspace.“
2.027.08 km. by Uwe Kleintempel in the 18 m Ventus CM; 199.85 km./h!!!
Several good 1000 km. flights in Europe as well, have a look on the Sunday June 12 on OLC and WEGLIDE.
June 13; Dutch pilot Lars set a 900 km. out and return from Holland, it was in the end just not possible. He flew 924 km in his ASG 29. TOP JOB!!
No engine and 475 k out is pretty daring. I read he still is full of adrenaline today….the young ones call it …COOL.
“Wow, what a flight. Almost made it home, but it just wasn’t possible. Doesn’t make the day any less cool though.“
He landed at Malden just SW of Terlet. https://www.weglide.org/flight/169816

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AMSTEL GLIDE, also a 2 day competition flown from Soesterberg [Holland] had good weather, hence 2 days of flying in club and open class.
Club had a 337 km [ only 2 from 15 finished] and 200 km task .[11 from 15 in. Winner of Amstel Glide in this class ;Simon van de Eijkel in the LS 4 .[1.289 points.] He won day 1 and was runner up on day 2.
Open; 415.60 km and 258.21 km. won by Robert Werts in Nimbus 3DT and Robin Smit in the Duo Discus. Lizzy [van Someren] was 2d and 3d, so most consistent and she won the Amstel Glide in this class!! 1.464 points. Good on her!!!

CU hopefully next Sunday, with the final days of some comps and with news from the Open Military Championship flown at Malden in the Netherlands, flown with also very nice soaring weather.
They had 2 days till now with 251 and 379 km in club and 376 and 454 km. in open class.

So on Sunday evening, more about the comps and news about the 15th EUROGLIDE 2022, starting on June 20, from Venlo, for 2500 km through the West of Europe. Pilots love that race!!! 65 gliders, each glider has between 1 and 4 pilots and crews driving behind them …… they have to be back after 12 days or earlier.
www.euroglide.nl

cheers Ritz.