Alphen aan den Rijn      19-10-2008

 The clubclass national glidingchampionships are over with great winners.Bruce Taylor, Hank Kauffmann and Peter Trotter were the the numbers 1-3 in sportsclass and in clubclass Allan Barnes ,Phillip Ritchie and Mike Coldling were the 3 toppers.

VERY interesting is, that the total organization of these comps was in the hands of WOMEN.
As they write on their site:” Women take the controls for the Club Class Nationals.Women interested in the sport of gliding have offered to take up keyroles in the Club Class National Championships being hosted by the Kingaroy Soaring Club from 6th to 17th October 2008″

What I heard they did a GREAT job, which pleases me a lot! Wendy Medlicot was the director and 14 other ladies were involved with the rest , as weather, PR webnews etc. Even the tug master was female! I love it!! And….I am NOT a feminist! Look for their site to see the names of all other ladies.Will ask Jo , who was also involved {PR and radiomaster, as well as media relations and web news}for some more newsey news.

No more time, guests and the garden are waiting. Today; Preparing the garden for WINTER!!!So see you next time for more news, or somewhere during the week.

Ritz