Well, I made some bad decisions yesterday, started just behind Jerzy but went a very different path – Jerzy beat me by over 20kph. By far my worst day and so dropped down to 10th overall. A bit disappointing as a reasonable day could have brought me up to 6th. At the final party Zbigniew complimented my flying and told me that Marta had warned him to watch out for me, and that she was right! Two day wins and the World Champion’s praise will have to do this time. It has been a long hard comp and none of us have reached full potential although we all did well at times. Lisa and Peter had a good day yesterday.
The standard of competition here has to be experienced to be fully understood. It is no surprise that the three champions here are all multiple winners.
We go out to the field now for closing ceremony and depart in various directions, always a bit sad.
Nobody was hurt and the few gliders damaged are just plastic. The Americans have been so great.
A big thanks to Al Tyler for letting me fly his ASG29 and to Bob Grove for his car at short notice.
See you back home,
Tom