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2022 European Hang Gliding Championship »

Thu, Jul 21 2022, 6:20:25 pm GMT

Eighth task - 167 km

European HG Championships 2022

https://civlcomps.org/event/21st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

Longer but faster. 2:47 vs. 3:30 yesterday. 73 in goal. Everyone home before 6 PM.

Task 8:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Jochen Zeischka AUT Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:46:45 1000.0
2 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:47:48 980.2
3 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:47:58 976.7
4 Peter Neuenschwander CHE Aeros Combat C 02:49:10 963.7
5 Franz Herrmann CHE Aeros Combat C 02:49:46 958.7
6 Arne Tanzer NLD Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:52:09 940.3
7 Petr Polach CZE Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:53:21 930.7
8 Joost Eertman NLD Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:54:06 920.8
9 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 02:55:35 907.7
10 Roland Wöhrle DEU Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:55:27 905.3

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 7697.0
2 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 7456.0
3 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 7150.0
4 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 7117.0
5 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 7037.0
6 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T3 6921.0
7 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 6802.0
8 Petr Polach CZE Icaro 2000 Laminar 6689.0
9 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 6631.0
10 Olav Opsanger NOR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 6595.0

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2022 European Hang Gliding Championship »

Wed, Jul 20 2022, 6:14:06 pm GMT

Seventh task - 152 km

European HG Championships 2022

https://civlcomps.org/event/21st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

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Again another incremental (20 km) increase in the task length from the preceding day. 55 pilots in goal with Mario Alonzi last into goal at 5:47 over two hours later than Christian.. Christian and Alex were on final glide with Christian higher and going faster when Alex stopped to work some lift thinking perhaps that he wasn't going to make it after all.

Pedro 6th, with pilots clumped together. Petr Polach was out in front but had to find some lift in the last cylinder to be able to make it in fourth ten minutes behind Christian.

Task 7:

# Name Nat Glider Time Lead.
Points
Total
1 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:29:32 81.2 975.3
2 Petr Polach CZE Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:39:06 105.9 936.5
3 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:35:48 83.7 936.4
4 Franz Herrmann CHE Aeros Combat C 03:38:21 85.8 922.9
5 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 03:39:51 79.6 903.8
6 PEDRO L. GARCIA USA Wills Wing T3 03:40:22 79.6 898.7
7 Roland Wöhrle DEU Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 03:55:57 83.7 833.6
8 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 03:56:29 83.5 828.8
9 Jiri Gut CZE Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:56:46 71.8 813.5
10 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 03:56:58 72.2 810.8

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 6717.0
2 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 6479.0
3 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 6275.0
4 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 6263.0
5 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 6130.0
6 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T3 6047.0
7 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 5931.0
8 Olav Opsanger NOR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 5770.0
9 Petr Polach CZE Icaro 2000 Laminar 5758.0
10 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 5757.0

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2022 European Hang Gliding Championship »

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 7:03:11 pm GMT

Sixth task - 135 km

European HG Championships 2022

https://civlcomps.org/event/21st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

Tasks getting a bit longer. 58 pilots in goal. Pilots back after 6 pm. Jocken was in first place 22 km out, but on his own and didn't get the last thermal that he needed, while those just behind him stuck together.

Task 6:

# Name Nat Glider Time Lead.
Points
Total
1 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:09:15 106.2 989.4
2 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:08:56 92.0 984.2
3 Walter Mayer AUT Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro 03:08:58 86.8 975.6
4 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:09:24 94.7 971.4
5 Pedro L. Garcia USA Wills Wing T3 03:09:16 87.7 968.1
6 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:09:32 94.7 967.7
7 Juri Bressanello ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:09:49 90.7 959.1
8 Franz Herrmann CHE Aeros Combat C 03:09:53 90.2 955.8
9 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T3 03:10:01 85.5 947.8
10 David Gregoire FRA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:10:25 90.6 945.8

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 5781.0
2 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 5524.0
3 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 5504.0
4 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 5447.0
5 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 5359.0
6 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 5319.0
7 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T3 5285.0
8 Gerd Dönhuber DEU Aeros Combat C 12.7 5226.0
9 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 5173.0
10 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 5062.0

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2022 European Hang Gliding Championship »

Mon, Jul 18 2022, 6:34:43 pm GMT

Fifth task - 110 km

European HG Championships 2022

https://civlcomps.org/event/21st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

Shorter task. 80 pilots in goal. Corinna and Gordon didn't fly. Pilots back before 6 pm.

Task 5:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:11:27 1000.0
2 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:11:56 982.4
3 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:12:13 971.3
4 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 02:12:50 962.2
5 Olav Opsanger NOR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:13:00 961.1
6 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:12:54 957.8
7 Jochen Zeischka AUT Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:13:31 955.1
8 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:14:10 940.0
9 Franz Herrmann CHE Aeros Combat C 02:15:36 931.8
10 Akira Nagusa JPN Wills Wing T3 02:16:32 931.2

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 4810.0
2 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 4670.0
3 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 4534.0
4 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 4520.0
5 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 4456.0
6 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 4419.0
7 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 4383.0
8 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T3 4337.0
9 Gerd Dönhuber DEU Aeros Combat C 12.7 4320.0
10 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 4205.0

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2022 European Hang Gliding Championship »

Sat, Jul 16 2022, 7:04:05 pm GMT

Fourth task - 200 km

European HG Championships 2022

https://civlcomps.org/event/21st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Live tracking: https://lt.flymaster.net/bs.php?grp=4489

Task 4:

21 in goal. Jonny Durand, the second to last pilot in goal at 6:53 PM. Pedro Garcia, the closest pilot to goal to not make it in. Launch open at noon. Pilots in the air for over 6 hours.

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 04:42:21 1000.0
2 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 04:47:10 974.3
3 Franz Herrmann CHE Aeros Combat C 04:52:33 949.3
4 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 04:53:14 944.7
5 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 04:56:32 934.3
6 Peter Siess AUT Wills Wing T3 04:59:43 914.3
7 Joost Eertman NLD Icaro 2000 Laminar 05:01:43 901.9
8 Gerd Dönhuber DEU Icaro 2000 Laminar 05:03:25 900.5
8 Arne Tanzer NLD Icaro 2000 Laminar 05:02:47 900.5
10 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 05:16:41 871.2

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 3844.0
2 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 3811.0
3 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 3589.0
4 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 3566.0
5 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 3534.0
6 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 3530.0
7 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T3 3520.0
8 Gerd Dönhuber DEU Icaro 2000 Laminar 3491.0
9 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 3440.0
10 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 3405.0

From Regina Glas. Tomorrow a rest day with strong winds in the forecast.

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2022 European Hang Gliding Championship »

Sat, Jul 16 2022, 12:24:06 am GMT

Third task

European HG Championships 2022

https://civlcomps.org/event/21st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Task 3:

# Name Nat Glider Time Total
1 Peter Neuenschwander CHE Aeros Combat C 03:04:34 1000.0
2 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:06:11 981.7
3 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 03:06:45 975.9
4 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:07:14 970.2
5 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T3 03:08:24 955.3
6 Jochen Zeischka AUT Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:12:58 931.0
7 Roland Wöhrle DEU Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 03:19:34 885.7
8 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 03:25:25 854.2
9 Petr Polach CZE Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:27:12 848.4
10 Gerd Dönhuber DEU Icaro 2000 Laminar 03:28:36 836.4

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider Total
1 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 2869.0
2 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 2811.0
3 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 2717.0
4 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 2698.0
5 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 2695.0
6 Filippo Oppici ITA Wills Wing T3 2694.0
7 Jochen Zeischka AUT Icaro 2000 Laminar 2676.0
8 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 2655.0
9 Petr Polach CZE Icaro 2000 Laminar 2654.0
10 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 2648.0

170 km task, 74 pilots in goal. Task deadline is now moved to 8 PM. Last pilot in goal at 6:29 PM.

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2022 European Hang Gliding Championship »

Thu, Jul 14 2022, 6:20:29 pm GMT

Second task

European HG Championships 2022

https://civlcomps.org/event/21st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

Task 2:

# Name Nat Glider Time Lead.
Points
Total
1 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:49:11 96.7 995.6
2 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 02:50:06 92.0 979.5
3 Vanni Accattoli ITA Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro 02:50:59 101.1 979.3
4 Petr Polach CZE Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:53:23 91.8 946.5
5 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 02:53:58 94.3 943.0
6 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:52:44 77.9 942.3
7 Christian Ciech ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:52:48 78.3 939.3
8 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:54:07 82.9 928.2
9 Steve Docherty AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:56:44 99.8 919.9
10 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:55:07 77.0 914.4

Cumulative:

# Name Nat Glider T1 T2 Total
1 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 948.3 942.3 1891.0
2 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 892.0 995.6 1888.0
3 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 923.7 943.0 1867.0
4 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 930.3 928.2 1859.0
5 Primoz Gricar DEU Aeros Combat GT 855.6 979.5 1835.0
6 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 906.8 914.4 1821.0
7 Vanni Accattoli ITA Moyes Litespeed RX 4 Pro 832.4 979.3 1812.0
8 Petr Polach CZE Icaro 2000 Laminar 859.4 946.5 1806.0
9 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 957.3 836.2 1794.0
10 Steve Docherty AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 872.8 919.9 1793.0

Steve Blenkinsop last into goal at 6:44 PM, 16 minutes before the close.

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2022 European Hang Gliding Championship »

Wed, Jul 13 2022, 5:33:33 pm GMT

First task

European HG Championships 2022

https://civlcomps.org/event/21st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship/results

# Name Nat Glider Time Lead.
Points
Time
Points
Arr.
Pos.
Points
Total
1 David Gregoire FRA Icaro 2000 Laminar 01:57:47 83.9 446.0 79.6 970.6
2 Jon Durand AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:00:27 100.1 420.8 75.3 957.3
3 Grant Crossingham GBR Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:00:15 87.4 422.4 77.4 948.3
4 Lorenzo De Grandis ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:01:57 86.6 409.5 73.1 930.3
5 Dan Vyhnalik CZE Aeros Combat C 02:02:48 88.1 403.4 71.1 923.7
6 Marco Laurenzi ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:05:28 91.4 385.2 69.1 906.8
7 Alessandro Ploner ITA Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:07:56 96.3 369.4 65.2 892.0
8 Gerd Dönhuber DEU Icaro 2000 Laminar 02:07:02 87.3 375.1 67.1 890.6
9 Pedro L. Garcia USA Wills Wing T3 02:08:39 93.5 364.9 59.8 879.3
10 Trent Brown AUS Moyes Litespeed RX 3.5 Pro 02:08:05 80.9 368.4 63.3 873.7

Australian team is first in the European Championships.

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2022 European Hang Gliding Championship »

Thu, Jul 7 2022, 8:35:46 pm GMT

July 10th through 23rd

European HG Championships 2022

https://www.italy2020.eu/en/

The maximum number of pilots in the championship is 130 (125 European pilots + 5 non-European wild cards pilots).

The maximum number of pilots constituting a national team is 6.

The maximum number of pilots that may be entered by a NAC is unlimited.

https://civlcomps.org/event/21st-fai-european-hang-gliding-class-1-championship

Pedro Garcia is the only US pilot flying in the competition.

The Australian team:

Twenty one Italians. No indications yet of who is on the various teams and who is flying as individuals.

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Dalby Big Air 2022 »

Fri, Apr 8 2022, 6:22:40 pm MDT

Day 6

Dalby Big Air 2022|Vicki Cain

http://xc.highcloud.net

Task 5:

1 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:55:02 83.67 1000
2 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2:06:09 83.67 956
3 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 Pro 79.65 744
4 Hagen Bruggemann Moyes RX 4 Pro 67.37 636
5 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro Skylite 67.00 634
6 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 64.91 625
7 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 63.08 617
8 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 62.46 614
9 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 60.00 603
10 Nils Vesk Moyes RX 3.5 58.15 563

Cumulative:

1 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4487 952 877 792 910 956
2 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4389 741 898 857 893 1000
3 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4126 926 697 878 1000 625
4 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4066 968 921 989 571 617
5 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4044 860 865 797 919 603
6 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 3965 968 832 998 553 614
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3931 925 827 788 757 634
8 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3.0 Pro 3754 1000 752 929 569 504
9 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3613 926 846 770 568 503
10 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3578 957 883 810 568 360

Last day cancelled. Vicki writes:

Day 7 task 6 is canned with high winds and rain on course so we have our podium at the Dalby Big Air 2022!
Jonas Lobitz
Tony Cross
@jonnydurand
Top ten: Rohan Taylor 10th, Craig Taylor, 9th. Rory Duncan, 8th. Steve Docherty 7th. Olie Chitty 6th. Steve Blenkinsop, 5th. Olav Opsanger 4th.

The entire top 10 flying Litespeed RX Pro's!

After a challenging week of weather with rising floods and many closed roads we managed 5 solid tasks!
Colin Rushtom wins sports class flying his Gecko 155.
Thanks to @peakpictures for the photo!

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Dalby Big Air 2022 »

Thu, Apr 7 2022, 4:56:20 pm MDT

Day four

Dalby Big Air 2022

http://xc.highcloud.net

Task 4:

1 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:34:21 85.91 1000
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:44:35 85.91 919
3 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:45:58 85.91 910
4 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 pro 1:48:34 85.91 893
5 Steve Docherty 2:12:26 85.91 757
6 Jason Kath WW T2C 144 2:17:13 85.91 732
7 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 85.59 571
8 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 85.22 569
9 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 84.74 568
9 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 84.64 568

Cumulative:

1 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3531 952 877 792 910
2 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3501 926 697 878 1000
3 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3449 968 921 989 571
4 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3441 860 865 797 919
5 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3389 741 898 857 893
6 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 3351 968 832 998 553
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3297 925 827 788 757
8 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3.0 Pro 3250 1000 752 929 569
9 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3218 957 883 810 568
10 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3110 926 846 770 568

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Dalby Big Air Photos

Wed, Apr 6 2022, 7:51:44 pm MDT

Zupy

Dalby Big Air 2022|Michael "Zupy" Zupanc

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Dalby Big Air 2022 »

Wed, Apr 6 2022, 7:47:02 pm MDT

It's on

Dalby Big Air 2022

http://xc.highcloud.net

Task 3:

1 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 1:37:22 998
2 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:37:23 989
3 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 Pro 1:41:18 939
4 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3 Pro 1:41:28 929
5 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:40:22 878
6 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:40:55 857
7 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:55:11 810
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:54:54 797
9 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:55:49 792
10 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1:55:35 788

Cumulative:

1 Olav Opsanger Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2878 968 921 989
2 Ollie Chitty Moyes RX 5 Pro 2798 968 832 998
3 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 3.0 Pro 2681 1000 752 929
4 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2650 957 883 810
5 Jonas Lobitz Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2621 952 877 792
6 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2542 926 846 770
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2540 925 827 788
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2522 860 865 797
9 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2501 926 697 878
10 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2496 741 898 857

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New South Wales State Titles 2022 »

Sat, Feb 26 2022, 7:55:25 am MST

Seven days, two tasks

New South Wales State Titles 2022

http://williamolive.com/comps/manilla/2022/comp%252520results%2525202014.html

http://williamolive.com/comps/manilla/2022/gap_task_result_2022-02-26.html

http://williamolive.com/comps/manilla/2022/gap_comp_result.html

Terrible weather and most of the people went home.

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Distance Total
1 Jon Durand Jnr Moyes Gecko 170 00:42:47 34.68 135.4
2 Brodrick Osborne Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 23.75 90.1
3 Bruce Wynne 12.48 67.4
4 Troy Horton Moyes Gecko 155 6.50 53.4
5 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5.44 50.3

Final results:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 Total
1 Jon Durand Jnr Moyes Gecko 170 912.3 135.4 1048
2 Tim Osborn Aeros 14 GT 725.1 48.7 774
3 Brodrick Osborne Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 628.2 90.1 718
4 Troy Horton Moyes Gecko 155 586.7 53.4 640
5 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 578.6 50.3 629
6 Tony Cross 617.4 0.0 617
7 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 534.8 48.7 584
8 Steven Crosby 541.4 0.0 541
9 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 4 Pro 498.2 0.0 498
10 Andrew Sutton Moyes Gecko 155 488.7 0.0 489

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New South Wales State Titles 2022 »

Thu, Feb 24 2022, 2:17:21 am GMT

Four days, one task

New South Wales State Titles 2022

Rain on the first two days. Haven't heard what is up with the fourth day.

http://williamolive.com/comps/manilla/2022/gap_task_result_2022-02-22.html

# Name Glider Time Distance Total
1 Jon Durand Jnr Moyes Gecko 170 01:13:03 66.80 912.3
2 Tim Osborn Aeros 14m GT 63.17 725.1
3 Brodrick Osborne Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 49.74 628.2
4 Tony Cross 48.30 617.4
5 Troy Horton Moyes Gecko 155 45.09 586.7
6 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 44.37 578.6
7 Steven Crosby 41.61 541.4
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 Technora 41.18 534.8
9 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 4 Pro 39.08 498.2
10 Andrew Sutton Moyes Gecko 155 38.58 488.7

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Thu, Jan 13 2022, 4:12:27 pm MST

Day five, task four

Corryong Cup 2022

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_result.html?comPk=335&tasPk=1442

There are no leading or arrival points, so launch and start later.

Task 4:

# Pilot Time Tot
1 Jon Durand 1:32:57 1000
2 Neale Halsall 1:44:05 903
3 Mitch Butler 1:50:37 858
4 Jason Kath 1:55:39 825
5 Mikhail Karmazin 1:56:39 819
6 Paul Bissett-Amess 1:57:33 813
7 Richard Martin 1:58:58 804
8 Neil Hooke 2:05:59 761
9 Bruce Atkinson 2:06:31 757
10 Steve Docherty 2:13:36 715
11 Troy Horton 2:23:11 661

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jon Durand Moyes Gecko 170 2978
2 Neale Halsall Moyes RX 4 Pro 2299
3 Mitch Butler Moyes LS4 2221
4 Paul Bissett-Amess Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2220
5 Hughbert Alexander Aeros Kombat 2077
6 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2075
7 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2051
8 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2011
9 James Wynd Moyes RX 3.5 1958
10 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX5 Pro 1827

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Wed, Jan 12 2022, 5:26:54 pm MST

Day four, task three

Corryong Cup 2022

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_result.html?comPk=335&tasPk=1442

Task 3:

# Pilot Time Kms Tot
1 Peter Burkitt 1:54:26 62.65 845
2 Neale Halsall 57.99 692
3 Jon Durand 57.11 687
4 Paul Bissett-Amess 55.17 676
5 Hughbert Alexander 52.10 636
6 Neil Hooke 51.60 633
7 Troy Horton 47.41 579
8 Ward Gunn 44.05 556
9 Peter Adriaans 38.22 500
9 Bruce Atkinson 38.18 500

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jon Durand Moyes Gecko 170 2017
2 Hughbert Alexander Aeros Kombat 1666
3 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX5 Pro 1492
4 James Wynd Moyes RX 3.5 1449
5 Paul Bissett-Amess Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1441
6 Neale Halsall Moyes RX 4 Pro 1431
7 Mitch Butler Moyes LS4 1370
8 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1315
9 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1256
10 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1253

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Mon, Jan 10 2022, 3:36:35 pm MST

Day two, task two

Corryong Cup 2022

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_result.html?comPk=335&tasPk=1442

Task 2:

# Pilot Time Tot
1 Hughbert Alexander 1:39:21 693
2 Steven Crosby 1:49:11 658
3 Jon Durand 2:00:36 627
4 Mikhail Karmazin 2:03:47 619

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jon Durand Moyes Gecko 170 1358
2 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1098
3 Hughbert Alexander Aeros Combat 1064
4 Mitch Butler Moyes LS4 1014
5 James Wynd Moyes RX 3.5 1009
6 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 1001
7 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 910
8 Steven Crosby Moyes S5 881
9 Todd Wisewould Wills Wing T2C 873

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Sun, Jan 9 2022, 6:02:15 am MST

40 open day pilots

Corryong Cup 2022

http://xc.highcloud.net/task_result.html?comPk=335&tasPk=1440

# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Jon Durand Moyes Gecko 170 1:48:51 745
2 Mitch Butler Litespeed S4 2:02:16 702
3 James Wynd 2:21:54 655
4 Richard Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2:25:45 646

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2022 Forbes Flatlands »

Wed, Jan 5 2022, 5:41:30 am MST

Day 8, final day

Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain

Vicki writes:

And that's a wrap! Forbes '22 is done!

With the final day canned due to predicted overdevelopment and the safety committee pulling the pin, it was time for an air conditioned presentation at the Forbes Aeroclub!

Open class results:
1st - Attila Bertok - Moyes Litespeed RX5 Pro - 6710 points
2nd - Jonnie Durrand - Moyes Litespeed RX3.5pro - 5945 points
3rd - Scott Barrett - Aeros Combat - 5620 points

left to right: Scott Barrett #3, Attila Bertok #1, Jon

Sports class:

1st - Richard Hughes - Moyes Gecko 155 - 4290 points
2nd - Peter Garrone - Moyes Gecko 155 - 3583 points
3rd - Richard McLeod - Wills Wing Sport 2 - 2306 points

Richard Hughes #1, Peter Garrone #2, Richard McLeod #3

Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334

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Tue, Jan 4 2022, 7:24:41 am MST

Day 7

Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain|XC

Vicki writes:

Today was a mammoth effort for everyone involved with some pilots flying for over 30 hours in the last 7 days.

Unfortunately today Steve Docherty managed to meet up with the resident angry eagle and took some battle scars in flight.

Craig Taylor writes:

Day 7 saw us flying our 7th consecutive task with light winds and blue skies. A closed quadrilateral course back to BMIA of 137km in the shape of a Rogallo wing was thought up by the clearly getting rather bored task committee.

Strong climbs to 10,000 feet were promised, however it quickly became clear straight off the rope that the oppressive inversion would instead make the day a slow and tedious one. With the field packed together like sardines under a 4000ft ceiling, and the flock jostling for position, the first start gate came and went with no takers, with the field moving off somewhat lethargically on the second at 2:30pm.

Trent charged out ahead and found the climbs for much of the first leg, with the inversion slowly lifting to 5000ft.

After rounding Ktwo the first TP, Scott managed to find a boomer to 7 grand, quickly joined by the lead gaggle, whilst the rest continued to struggle under the inversion for much of leg 2. Those patient enough to hang in the 100-ups and doddle along course were finally and rather suddenly rewarded at the second turn with clouds, and the promised strong climbs to 10 grand. Jonny picked a 9-up and skied out, with Attila, Blenkie, Jonas and myself making up the lead gaggle.

Finally we could pull in the bar, and the race was on! That feeling however was quickly dispensed as the third leg took us straight across a big blue hole and we were back to crappy lift and long, toe pointing glides. Attila, knowing that he’s got the trophy already all but bagged, became a passenger and let the rest of us do the hard work. Scott rejoined, and together we made a low save 12 kms out from the final turn point, providing the gaggle with some much needed beeps.

It was getting late however, and this would be one of our last climbs, topping out at a truly inadequate 4000ft. It was becoming apparent that reaching goal was becoming out of reach. We struggled on, turning in pretty much anything that wasn’t sinking, and gained a few more kilometers.

I snagged a little bubble just big enough for one, and managed to top out at 5 grand 6 kms from the final turn. Then the glide to the deck was on, landing well after 7pm for a long day in the saddle. Attila won the day 10km short, me second, followed by Jonas, Blinkie, Scott, Jonny, Noma, and several others closely behind. It was a long hard day indeed.

Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334

Day 7 open class (not complete with some scores missing):

# Pilot Kms Tot
1 Attila Bertok 132.31 0
2 Craig Taylor 130.79 916
3 Steve Blenkinsop 128.34 907
4 Scott Barrett 126.68 903
5 Yasuhiro Noma 123.79 892
6 Jon Durand 118.59 871
7 Steve Docherty 116.36 0
8 Mikhail Karmazin 109.12 834
9 Rob de Groot 103.46 769
10 Trent Brown 59.15 339
11 Guy Hubbard 45.69 0
12 Peter Burkitt 16.99 148
13 Michael Free 13.55 137

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5930
2 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 5792
3 Scott Barrett Aeros Combat 5626
4 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5185
5 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4658
6 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4595
7 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4236
8 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3543
9 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3021
10 Rob de Groot Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2792

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Mon, Jan 3 2022, 7:00:23 pm MST

Day 7 task

Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain

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2022 Forbes Flatlands »

Mon, Jan 3 2022, 4:16:19 pm MST

Day 6 updated

Forbes Flatlands 2022|Jonas Lobitz|triangle|XC

Jonas writes:

The Forecast

Today’s forecast was similar to yesterday with 20-30km/h winds from the south west, 6-700fpm climbs up to 9000ft with scattered CU’s and patchy lift in some areas. However, there wasn’t the approaching trough line from the west that we had to navigate yesterday.

The Task

The task committee called a 192km dogleg task to Gilgandra, to the North East of Forbes with a 20km turn point radius at Trangie to keep the field away from the Naromine and Dubbo airspace.

The Race

Launch at Bill Moyes International opened at 1PM. The lift was blue and patchy in the start gate and the thermal cores were moving around a lot. Essentially the entire field took the first start at 2PM just as clouds were starting to develop down the course line.

Jonny Durand led the pack for the majority of the first leg, Trent Brown, Scott Barrett, Jonas Lobitz were closely on his heels. The CU’s were lining up well on the way to the first turn point with tight and punchy cores up to 7-800fpm topping out over 8000ft as we sped down the course line with the strong tail wind.

However, the clouds became more sparse about 30kms from the first turn point, we hit the blue and things slowed down with pilots having to stop in 3-400fpm climbs. Most of the field including Attila Bertok, Trent Brown, Scott Barrett, Craig Taylor, Steve Dogherty, Jonas Lobitz amongst others converged just after the first turnpoint in the blue before climbing out under a developing cloud about 50kms from goal.

From this position we were confident we’d make goal needing perhaps only one last climb before going out on final. Trent Brown led the charge from cloud base as we dove out over the forest towards Gilgandra. There was a large patch of overdevelopment and a Cu Nim building to our east, making its way towards course line.

Our glide numbers started falling as the overdevelopment encroached. The lift significantly weakened, and the wind switched round to the east, so the pilots now had a solid cross wind to battle. Attila Bertok took a slightly different line further to the west and managed to avoid the worst of the sink crossing the finish line in first place while the rest of the field struggled low in weak 50-100fpm lift in the strong cross wind.

Jonas Lobitz was a little higher and hit a light climb 8kms out from goal which was just enough to make it into the 2km goal cylinder. The rest of the pilots landed several kms short.

Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334

Day 6 open class updated:

# Pilot Time Kms Tot
1 Attila Bertok 3:30:15 202.01 1000
2 Jonas Lobitz 3:51:16 202.01 915
3 Scott Barrett 198.63 719
4 Trent Brown 195.70 706
5 Jon Durand 195.88 700
6 Yasuhiro Noma 192.83 693
7 Craig Taylor 187.63 675
8 Steve Docherty 187.99 674
9 Steve Blenkinsop 195.73 672
10 Peter Burkitt 138.48 358

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 5792
2 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5059
3 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4846
4 Scott Barrett Aeros Combat 4723
5 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3766
6 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3679
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3543
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3329
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2598
10 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2187

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Mon, Jan 3 2022, 6:54:43 am MST

Day 6

Forbes Flatlands 2022|triangle|Vicki Cain|XC

Vicki writes:

Today has been the hottest day of the competition so far and the conditions in the paddock were temperatures exceed 40°C.

With the increase in temperatures we had no clouds for today's task, a dogleg heading north to Trangie with a goal at Gilgandra for a total distance just over 200km!

With many pilots landing out today they're all late returning home so no wrap up today! Maybe one in the morning.

It looks like Attila and Jonas were the only 2 to make goal today after a whole gaggle landed within 5/10km of goal as the slower conditions and SE wind drifted them off course line. Attila will extend his lead but the mid field battle is hotting up.

Notable mention to Scotty Ireland for making goal in the sports class, unfortunately the two eagles that tried to help him along the way left quite their mark on his glider.

Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334

Day 6 open class (not complete with many scores missing):

# Pilot Glider Time Kms Tot
1 Attila Bertok 3:30:15 202.01 1000
2 Scott Barrett Aeros 198.63 0
3 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 195.88 731
4 Steve Blenkinsop RX3.5 195.73 0
5 Trent Brown RX3. 5 195.70 736
6 Yasuhiro Noma 192.83 724
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RS3.5 Pro Skylite 187.99 0
8 Craig Taylor Moyes RX3.5 Pro 187.63 706
9 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX5 Pro 138.48 574
10 Rob de Groot Moyes RX3.5 123.60 373
11 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX3.5 Pro 52.29 0
12 Mikhail Karmazin RX35 51.40 143

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 5792
2 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 5090
3 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4876
4 Scott Barrett Aeros Combat 4004
5 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3797
6 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3710
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2869
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2657
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2448
10 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 Pro 2353

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Sun, Jan 2 2022, 9:23:15 am MST

Day 4

Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain

Vicki writes:

We are officially into the new year and we start things off with amazing conditions and a primo Forbes triangle task!

Today's task starts at BMIA with a 5km exit cylinder, 1stturnpoint sends the competitors south west for 54km to "Caraga" with a 3km entry cylinder, next up is a 61km leg heading east to brush past the northern end of the Coninbla national park with another 3km entry radii, the final leg is an into wind push back to BMIA for another 50km.

With back to back 1000 point scores Attila takes another decisive win on his Moyes Litespeed RX5pro, second was Jonnie Durrand followed closely By Scott Barrett.

Attila's round up of the day:

"After a slow start unable to catch the forming gaggle in the start cylinder I was forced to take the start in a sub optimal position some 5-600m lower than the rest."

"Leaving the start we had very good clouds and it was very easy making it to the first turnpoint at Caraga, linking clouds and flying fast, after the poor start I started to feel better about the task, heading to the second turnpoint I had great clouds again for about ¾ of the 2ndleg, until I reached the turnpoint I was flying alone, unaware of where my competitors were."

"Leaving the first turnpoint I manage to get a visual on some other pilots coming up from low, at this point I realized I had at least a 6km lead and at least a full climb ahead, a nice place to be."

"Reaching the second turnpoint I was having to fight cloud suck, another good feeling! The clouds had started to disappear and by the time I had taken the turnpoint it was blue all the way home."

"There were some slight caps in the inversion layer and the big climbs left some small wisps to navigate the way home, on the last leg I was a little slower than the previous 100km and actually flew back down course line to take my final climb, I left at around 8-1 as the climbs were good and plentiful, it was seemingly a perfect final glide until a monster 1000ftpm climb threw me into orbit and ruined my goal line arrival style points!"

"Never the less a beautiful day in Forbes and another perfect score."

Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334

Day 3 open class:

# Pilot Time Tot
1 Attila Bertok 3:22:45 1000
2 Jon Durand 3:27:26 924
3 Scott Barrett 3:30:06 891
4 Trent Brown 4:12:14 692
5 Craig Taylor 4:32:49 570
6 Yasuhiro Noma 4:34:20 558
7 Steve Blenkinsop 4:39:31 540

Cumulative

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 3843
2 Scott Barrett Aeros Combat 3687
3 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3486
4 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3140
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2695
6 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2424
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2396
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2259
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1821
10 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 Pro 1455

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2022 Forbes Flatlands »

Sun, Jan 2 2022, 9:18:27 am MST

Day 5, what's with the zeros?

Forbes Flatlands 2022|triangle|Vicki Cain|XC

Vicki writes:

It's groundhog day! Today was a tough one!

The forecast had a few possibilities of rain with some fairly solid lines of showers predicted, this left the task committee a pretty hard job! They smashed it and got a perfect task between two lines of showers

Today we start once again at BMIA and head NNE to our first turnpoint at "Alec" a small town on the A39 highway running reciprocal to the Goobang national park, with a radii of 1km. Once tagging this turn point some 50km away from Forbes it's time to run north following the range for just over 100km before arriving at goal with a radii of 2.5km at the town of Trangie (turnpoint "Trang").

Our amazing ground crew got everyone off the deck within 30 minutes today with no one needing a reflight! Great work in temperatures exceeding 37°C.

Jonny Durand gives us today's wrap up!

"Conditions were a little tricky around launch and 10 minutes before the start nearly everyone was together and all did our own thing with no one ending up with the perfect start."

"First leg was good if you stayed high I managed to pull away from most pilots after hitting some strong climbs. Once rounding Alectown we faced a 101kms cross tailwind leg to Trangie, the sky blued up on course line and I was forced to go more upwind, The lift became broken and I was never able to reach cloudbase again."

"Attila had a similar story to me whilst the day winner Trent claimed to have a good run getting 700fpm climbs and even a 1000fpm climb on the second leg. Both of them flew over me and Trent will beat Attila by a couple of minutes with me 10 minutes behind Attila."

"Around 8 pilots in goal with Scott landing out. It was not the day to be low and trying to push and catch up."

While Attila extends his lead the leader board takes a change for 2ndand 3rdplaces with pretty much all spots up for grabs!

Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334

Day 5 open class (unclear why the zeros):

# Pilot Glider Time Kms Tot
1 Trent Brown RX3. 5 2:53:12 160.97 1000
2 Attila Bertok Moyes 2:57:47 160.97 941
3 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3:08:28 160.97 861
4 Yasuhiro Noma 3:46:26 160.97 636
5 Jonas Lobitz Moyes Litespeed RX3.5 3:54:23 160.97 596
6 Mikhail Karmazin RX35 3:53:34 160.97 593
7 Rob de Groot Moyes RX3.5 96.16 325
8 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX5 Pro 112.19 320
9 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 99.62 305
10 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX3.5 3:52:23 160.97 0
10 Michael Free 34.89 0
10 Scott Barrett AEROS GT 106.28 0
10 Steve Blenkinsop RX3.5 5:05:58 160.97 0
10 Steve Docherty MOYES RX3.5 PRO SKYLITE 4:21:13 160.97 0

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 4784
2 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4347
3 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 4140
4 Scott Barrett Aeros Combat 3687
5 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3060
6 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3000
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2396
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2259
9 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2032
10 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1821

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Fri, Dec 31 2021, 8:13:51 am MST

Day 3

Forbes Flatlands 2022|triangle|Vicki Cain|XC

Vicki writes:

We are well underway for the Forbes Flatlands 2022 and for the last task of the year!

Task 3 sees a Triangle task starting off from BMIA we had a classic looking Forbes day, Cu's forming from the early AM, slight breeze and beautiful temperatures!

The first leg of the task heads the competitors NNW to "Billa" a 400m radius turnpoint 74km away, arriving at the most northern point it's time to hang a U-turn and head 35km SW for "Skulls" another 400m radii before heading east and into the slight head wind arriving at the goal "Bogan"

Guy hubbard reports the conditions today to be quite technical and punishing when low but great clouds and approximately 15/20% cloud cover, cloud base topping out around mid day of 8500ft!

Attila turns on the heat flying his Litespeed RX5Pro taking today's win by over 20 minutes followed by Scott Barrett and Jonny Durrand rounding out the podium for the day!

The scores are compressing for the top spot and it's all to play for on the final days!

Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334

Day 3 open class:

# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Attila Bertok Moyes 3:03:24 1000
2 Scott Barrett Aeros 3:22:25 846
3 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3:33:16 765
4 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.6 3:33:52 748
5 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 3:34:16 740
6 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro Skylight 3:50:57 660
7 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 3:52:38 648
8 Yasuhiro Noma 4:06:49 581
9 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 4:07:43 563
10 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 4:16:33 534

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 2843
2 Scott Barrett Aeros Combat 2796
3 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2562
4 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2448
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 2125
6 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1972
7 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1866
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1719
9 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1606
10 Rob de Groot Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1422

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Thu, Dec 30 2021, 7:51:26 am MST

Day 2

Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain

Vicki writes:

Today is task 2 and with the cobwebs blown away we set a slightly more challenging 145km crosswind task to Tallim (Tallimba town) with a first turnpoint to the west at "ootha".

Winds in the paddock were a fairly consistent 10/15kmh E - ESE with Cu's showing a promising looking sky ahead.

Soon enough all competitors were in the air and seeing cloud base of around 7000ft (2100m) making the first turnpoint in good time with a reasonable tailwind, the task became more challenging as the pilots had to turn 90° heading SSW, on the plus side increasing Cu's to show the way but having to glide east of course line so as not to drift away from the optimised course line when thermalling.

We have a large radius around goal (17km) because we are not sure how the local area has been affected by the local floods, this give competitors better options for landing fields but makes final glide a little trickier!

Scott Barrett takes the win on day 2 followed by Trent Brown around 5 minutes behind and Attila Bertok in 3rd place.

Scott Barrett, Craig Taylor
Our day winner Scott Barrett and Craig Taylor in goal!

Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334

Day 2 open class:

# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Scott Barrett Aeros 2:43:50 996
2 Trent Brown RX3. 5 2:47:30 955
3 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 2:51:23 906
4 Jon Durand Moyes RX Pro 3.5 3:04:12 793
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX3.5 3:18:49 719
6 Guy Hubbard Moyes 3:35:01 615
7 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes 3:58:15 523
8 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 PRO SKYLITE 4:01:58 499
9 Steve Blenkinsop Litespeed RX3.5 4:09:11 441

Cumulative:

# Name Glider Total
1 Scott Barrett Aeros Combat 1951
2 Attila Bertok Moyes RX 5 Pro 1843
3 Jon Durand Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1793
4 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1700
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1478
6 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1311
7 Yasuhiro Noma Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1287
8 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1185
9 Rob de Groot Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 1098
10 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 Pro 953

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Wed, Dec 29 2021, 5:50:16 pm MST

Day 1

Forbes Flatlands 2022|photo|Vicki Cain

With no foreign pilots the Forbes Flatlands is a much smaller meet with only thirteen open class pilots and six sport class pilots.

The day was blue as seen in this photo from Vicki:

Results:
Open Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=333
Sport Class: http://xc.highcloud.net/task_overview.html?comPk=334

Day 1 open class:

# Pilot Glider Time Tot
1 Jon Durand 2:54:31 1000
2 Scott Barrett 2:58:46 955
3 Attila Bertok Moyes 3:00:56 937
4 Rob De Groot Moyes RX 3.5 3:16:24 825
5 Steve Docherty 3:18:20 812
6 Yasuhiro Noma 3:25:48 764
7 Craig Taylor 3:26:36 759
8 Trent Brown Trent 3:26:38 745
9 Steve Blenkinsop Litespeed RX3.5 3:28:59 744
10 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX5 3:33:06 710

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Forbes Flatlands 2022 »

Wed, Dec 22 2021, 7:13:41 am MST

The field is mowed and ready to go

competition|Forbes Flatlands 2022|Vicki Cain

Vicki writes:

Forbes is happening this year and Bill and Molly will be joining us!

While we were not anticipating any international participation, we are pleased that Forbes will continue in 2022, albeit a smaller competition than we are use to!

It’s been wet at Forbes the past months though the paddock is mowed and ready to tow and we are hoping for some super weather and flights!

We look forward to seeing our friends and hosting a great competition!

Practice flying Tuesday 28th January 2021
1st Competition day Wednesday 29th January 2021
Last Competition day Wednesday 5th January 2021
Headquarters this year will be at the Forbes Aeroclub.
Full details and registration at our website: http://www.forbesflatlands.com/

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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition

Sun, Nov 21 2021, 4:02:45 pm MST

The podium

Barraba Big Toe 2021

Scott Barrett, Steve Docherty, Rory Duncan

See results in previous article.

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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition

Fri, Nov 19 2021, 10:37:21 am MST

Last Task

Barraba Big Toe 2021

http://www.williamolive.com/comps/barraba/comp results 2018.html

Task 4:

# Name Glider Distance Total
1 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 Pro 15.04 35.3
2 John Harriot Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 12.16 30.8
3 Rory Duncan Airborne Rev 8.82 25.5
4 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 8.63 25.2
5 Rick Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 8.57 25.1
6 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 7.01 21.4
7 Adrian Bosco Moyes RX5 Pro 6.59 20.3

Final Results:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 Total
1 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 1000.0 649.1 763.7 15.8 2429
2 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 869.3 698.7 708.4 25.2 2302
3 Rory Duncan Airborne Rev 558.4 505.2 926.2 25.5 2015
4 Vic Hare Wills Wing T3 144 245.4 751.0 1000.0 15.8 2012
5 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 Pro 428.4 712.7 572.6 0.0 1714
6 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 785.3 660.4 242.0 21.4 1709
7 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 434.1 717.8 460.1 15.8 1628
8 Rick Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 614.6 581.0 305.2 25.1 1526
9 Peter Adriaans Moyes RX5 Pro 489.7 514.2 475.6 15.8 1495

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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition

Thu, Nov 18 2021, 9:05:04 pm MST

They stopped to help

Barraba Big Toe 2021|Peter Burkitt|scoring|Scott Barrett|Troy Horton|William "Billo" Olive

Regarding the zeros on the second task, Billo writes:

I'll have to average those pilots (Scott, Pete and Troy) for round two after the final round. So, not fixed until then. Assisted a pilot after deployment. The pilot who deployed is OK, but won't be flying further this comp.

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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition

Thu, Nov 18 2021, 9:47:57 am MST

Third Task

Barraba Big Toe 2021

http://www.williamolive.com/comps/barraba/comp results 2018.html

Task 3:

# Name Glider Time
(h:m:s)
Total
1 Vic Hare Wills Wing T3 144 01:32:52 1000.0
2 Scott Barrett Wills Wing Sport 2 155 02:05:30 774.4
3 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:14:52 721.6
4 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 Pro 02:39:19 591.9

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 Total
1 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 869.3 386.3 721.6 1977
2 Scott Barrett Wills Wing Sport 2 155 1000.0 0.0 774.4 1774
3 Vic Hare Wills Wing T3 144 245.4 414.2 1000.0 1660
4 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 Pro 428.4 393.6 591.9 1414
5 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 785.3 366.8 235.4 1388
6 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 434.1 396.4 478.4 1309
7 Peter Adriaans 489.7 289.1 494.8 1274
8 Rick Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 614.6 325.5 306.6 1247
9 Neale Halsall 459.4 326.2 146.3 932
10 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 5 Pro 558.4 284.4 0.0 843

Still wondering about task 2.

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2021 Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition

Wed, Nov 17 2021, 11:37:08 pm MST

Second Task - not all accounted for

Barraba Big Toe 2021

http://www.williamolive.com/comps/barraba/2021/gap_task_result_2021-11-17.html

# Name Glider Distance
(km)
Altitude
(m)
Adj. Distance
(km)
Total
1 Vic Hare Wills Wing T3 144 61.17 +1906 70.70 417.7
2 Guy Hubbard Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 60.56 +1511 66.27 399.8
3 Steven Crosby Moyes RX 5 Pro 58.62 +1600 66.33 396.8
4 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 57.65 +1480 64.95 389.5
5 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 58.84 +627 61.62 370.0
6 Neale Halsall 48.88 +1622 56.99 329.0
7 Paul Bissett-Amess 50.43 +1177 56.25 322.8
8 Peter Adriaans 47.27 +1209 53.32 294.1
9 Rory Duncan Moyes RX 5 Pro 53.04 +0 53.04 289.4
10 John Harriot Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 48.10 +0 48.10 240.3
Pilots not yet processed
Rick Martin
John Spencer
Troy Horton
Peter Burkitt
Scott Barrett

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Barraba Big Toe Hang Gliding Competition

Tue, Nov 16 2021, 10:32:01 am MST

14th November to 20th November 2021

Barraba Big Toe 2021

https://wow.asn.au/comps/web/bbt2021

The Barraba Big Toe is a Trike Aero Tow Category 2, AA rated competition held at Barraba (near Manilla NSW).

This region offers big air thermals and is ideal for getting in some big flights early in the season. As it is early season, the thermals should be a bit softer round the edge while still pumping in the middle. New Comp 2020, tasks averaged around 100km with 1000ups achieved (and it was a wet season).

Barraba in late Spring is a perfect location for inland flying. Great lift, not quite as rowdy as peak summer. The area offers wide open landing fields and plenty of options for tasks.

Camping is $10 per night for pilots and support staff at Aerodrome, toilets, and power for radio gear available.

http://www.williamolive.com/comps/barraba/2021/gap_task_result_2021-11-16.html

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Scott Barrett Wills Wing Sport 2 155 02:11:34 1000.0
2 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:33:33 859.6
3 Mikhail Karmazin Moyes RX 3.5 02:51:27 769.3
4 Rick Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 03:32:04 585.9

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2021 Dalby Big Air »

April 24, 2021, 9:05:08 pm EDT

2021 Dalby Big Air

Final Results

Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html

Final Results:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 Total
1 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 963.6 873.0 36.8 937.6 958.1 3769
2 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 1000.0 892.5 36.3 860.0 974.5 3763
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 879.1 904.1 16.5 862.0 920.6 3582
4 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 774.9 877.1 22.8 901.4 921.1 3497
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 875.6 588.9 36.2 878.7 935.0 3314
6 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 870.3 863.7 36.2 637.9 825.9 3234
7 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 283.5 762.2 32.1 945.1 851.6 2875
8 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 37.7 936.1 43.0 912.7 900.3 2830
9 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 978.0 39.0 36.1 864.1 900.9 2818
10 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2c 144 588.3 826.6 16.5 961.9 307.3 2701

2021 Dalby Big Air »

Sat, Apr 24 2021, 8:00:12 pm EDT

Task 3, 4, and 5

Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Nick Purcell|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html

Results from task 3:

# Name Glider Distance (km) Total
1 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 14.26 43.0
2 Peter Burkitt Moyes RX 5 Pro 11.56 38.3
3 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.76 36.8
4 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 10.52 36.3
5 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.46 36.2
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.47 36.2
7 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.42 36.1
8 Hossain Tefaili Moyes RX 4 10.37 36.0
9 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 10.27 35.6
10 Peter Adriaans Moyes RX 5 Pro 10.13 35.2

Task 4:

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2C 144 01:14:41 961.9
2 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:14:46 945.1
3 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:14:46 937.6
4 Oliver Chitty Moyes RX5 Pro 01:15:07 926.5
5 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 01:15:14 912.7
6 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:15:37 901.4
7 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:17:44 878.7
8 Vic Hare Ww T2C 136 01:18:12 865.9
9 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:19:04 864.1
10 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 01:18:40 862.0

Task 5

# Name Glider Time Total
1 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 02:14:31 974.5
2 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:15:16 958.1
3 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:17:23 935.0
4 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:17:54 921.1
5 Steve Crosby Moyes RX 5 02:17:36 920.7
6 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:18:13 920.6
7 Nick Purcell Moyes Rs 4 02:11:59 912.8
8 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:20:11 900.9
9 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 02:20:12 900.3
10 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:26:04 851.6

2021 Dalby Big Air »

April 21, 2021, 3:36:33 pm EDT

2021 Dalby Big Air

Task 2

Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Steve Blenkinsop|Trent Brown

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html

Results from task 2:

# Name Glider SS ES Time Total
1 Rory Duncan Moyes RX3 Pro 13:15:00 15:47:54 02:32:54 936.1
2 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 13:15:00 15:51:32 02:36:32 910.2
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 13:00:00 15:46:57 02:46:57 904.1
4 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 13:00:00 15:51:32 02:51:32 892.5
5 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 13:15:00 15:56:06 02:41:06 877.1
6 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 13:15:00 15:56:38 02:41:38 873.0
7 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 12:45:00 15:47:40 03:02:40 863.7
8 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2c 144 13:00:00 15:59:17 02:59:17 826.6
9 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 12:30:00 15:54:11 03:24:11 762.2

Cumulative:

# Name Glider T 1 T 2 Total
1 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 1000.0 892.5 1893
2 Jonny Durand Jnr Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 962.9 873.0 1836
3 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 876.9 904.1 1781
4 Tony Cross Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 868.0 863.7 1732
5 Josh Woods Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 771.0 877.1 1648
6 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 873.4 588.9 1462
7 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 521.9 910.2 1432
8 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2c 144 581.3 826.6 1408
9 Rick Martin Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 735.5 530.2 1266
10 Steve Blenkinsop Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 277.2 762.2 1039

Day 4 canceled due to high winds.

2021 Dalby Big Air »

April 19, 2021, 8:45:26 pm EDT

2021 Dalby Big Air

Scot Barrett

Dalby Big Air 2021|Jon "Jonny" Durand jnr|Rohan Taylor|Scott Barrett|Trent Brown

http://williamolive.com/comps/dalby/comp results.html

Results from task 1:

# Name Glider Time Distance (km) Total
1 Scott Barrett Aeros GT 01:56:05 66.32 1000.0
2 Steve Docherty Moyes RX 4 Pro 01:58:34 66.32 979.2
3 Jonny Durand Jnr 02:00:38 66.32 965.6
4 Rohan Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 Pro 02:15:18 66.32 885.8
5 Craig Taylor Moyes RX 3.5 02:15:58 66.32 882.5
6 Tony Cross Airborne REV 13.5 02:16:59 66.32 877.5
7 Rick Martin Moyes RX 3.5 02:44:13 66.32 754.5
8 Jason Kath Wills Wing T2c 144 66.24 611.3
9 Trent Brown Moyes RX 3.5 55.50 549.3

Don't know if Jonny is flying a Gecko or not. Looks like he caught up to three other pilots after taking a clock fifteen minutes later. Steve Blenkinsop is back flying after injuries from his bicycle incident. Missing goal by 80 meters must have been a let down for Jason.

Sport Class flew a shorter version of the open task but pilots didn't make it back to Dalby. Interesting to see a U2 in the lead over the Geckos.