LESZNO !
Waiting! TC Bob from the UK.
courtesy; shared on FB/ UK site
It was a long “wait” again on Wednesday as the wind was tough with 25 kts. and some showers from Germany had to pass by first. Launches were postponed till 2 PM.
Time enough for Katja to post some pictures from all flags. Nice! Here is one of them the most important;
The day continued with , chairs , tables and tents blowing away whilst the pilots hung on onto their gliders and as one of the teams mentioned:
“What did we do today?
Went to the briefing, rigged the gliders, gridded, got an A and B task and…waited….Then it rained, and we…waited some more…. Got a C and D task, standard class got cancelled and 30 min later club class was canned…”
You can’t say they did NOT try. A pity though, but we could already see that the good weather was around the corner!
”We are promised three good days when this system clears.”
So both classes cancelled on Wednesday. After ping pong, swimming and afternoon naps, it was video/movie time for a change!
A great picture from the South African team. I had to laugh when I read that Iain killed his time “killing flies with a shoe. His current tally is 40.”
At least the bird will fly today !
Thursday—yesterday there were high and well-founded expectations for flying in both classes; the meteo maps looked good and as I said before, “it was promised”.
So tasks in BOTH classes: 249 km for club class as A and a B task for “if necessary”not smaller but bigger at 260K!
It turned out to be the 249 km task and that was already pretty difficult for some, as five pilots outlanded!
One of the Dutch gliders.
Courtesy Dutch site.
French pilot Benjamin Vades won the first day in the JWGC in club class and got 809 points. In the top 10, there were three French pilots, two Dutch, three German and two Italian pilots.
Standard class got a 3.15 AAT (290.9 km/467.9 km (375.5km)) was 3.30 first and nine pilots did not finish.
It was a Swedish pilot who won the second day of this class—Simon Landquist. Good on him!
Simon flew 337 km in 3.16, at 103 km/h. Peter Svoboda was second and Peter Millenaar third. He leads overall after two days with12 points on Simon, and Peter S. is third.
Nice air shot as seen on the Dutch site.
All in all not an easy day as you can see;
” It wasn’t exactly the epic day we were hoping for” UK team.
“Rough day today—100% spread out around the start and along the first leg made for some very tricky conditions. Everyone seems to have experienced the same appalling conditions (except the pilots who started extremely early), but the pilots who took the strong climb at the power plant had a big jump on the rest of us who were working 1-2 kts for the last 120km”
Parts from Matthews blog for the Australian team ; for the rest of the story about their day go to
https://www.facebook.com/MatthewScuttersGliding/posts/492248880866698?notif_t=notify_me
“Our Juniors had a very difficult day; all had difficulties getting up to comfortable altitude and missed the good start window. When they got past the start line, it was already too late. Weather deteriorated and they never got back in their rhythm” Belgium team.
The day finished with the International Evening, always a top event.
Eager to see who comes in first.
UK team and Dutch team……POMMIES AND CLOGGIES…. friends as long as I have been in gliding.
courtesy Rob Millenaar.
Friday tasks .
Club: 4h AAT (263-522 km)
Standard class: 372 km racing task. A task changed later to B task, same distance but they more to the east. Eighteen minutes after 1 PM the lines were open for both classes. Long day for the clubbies … and a BLUE day! Dry thermals, not easy for everybody, but clouds in the eastern part of the task.
Lift averaged about 1.5 m/s in the beginning up to 1300m, and as expected with a blue sky …—gaggles!
Blue day, very blue!
As shared by Matthew!
While awaiting some nice pictures from Katja
Some need more naps,while some concentrate on the “job in the office”.
Nice Libelles—and where would we be without the TUGGIES!!!!
Well,…on the hottest day in five years here in Holland, I tried to keep an eye on “things”.
Good day in Leszno. Peter S. [Czech Rep] won the day in standard class whilst Peter M. [Holland] was runner up….
After three days Peter M is on top, Peter S is in second place, and Jacek from Poland in third. AND,…don’t underestimate the German boys, Enrique and Alexander, busy after a bad first day on a race to the top.
On a blue day you should not miss the boat by doing too much alone. By the way, Ingo Renner was one who had no problem with that! But that’s history for these young ones!
So gaggles till the end as you can see in a great picture by Jacek Lewinksky, as shared by Patrick Stouffs, who is, by the way, a great photographer!
You have to double click to really see this picture!
courtesy Jacek Lewinsky.
The clubbies had a big and long day! But ….they were ready for it. Luke Dale (family of G Dale) and Matthew Davis (son of Andy, if I remember well) from the UK, had a great day flying together and “deserving” the 1000 and 986 points; 330 km in 3.57. Another good Swedish pilot David Gustavson in spot three , Italian pilot Claudio in 4th and then Ard, Nick and Stefan from Holland with Jeroen from Belgium in his Libelle in 8th place with more kilometres but also (much) more time—4.32.
Three Outlandings and six not yet scored. All scores are, of course, preliminary. The German team was happy, the Dutch team was happy, and the UK team was happy—all “happy chappies”. Belgium mentioned “winning by not losing”, so happy enough too!!!
will be continued!
MENGEN!
They were a bit more lucky in Mengen with the weather on Wednesday. Not that it was super, but good enough for a speed of 124 km/h for Michael who won the day with 410 km in 3.18.
As I said before, they had 2.30 and 3 hour AAT’s and the day turned out much better than hoped for and forecast.
The runner up was Tassilo, who flew together with Michael. They started both reasonably late at 12.22; only Patrick Puskeiler started later at 13.06 (but ended up in 18th place). Tassilo and Michael finished together 1000 and 990 points for the day, respectively.
It was a bad day, unfortunately, for Uli, who finished as number 23 but still is in second overall, 33 points ahead of Tassilo. Young Patrick Gai was only ONE point behind Tassilo. All are flying an EB version. It’s nice to see that Bruno Gantenbrink is still competing too; he flies the ETA.
In 18 m “only” 830 points for winner Sven Weiland (ASG 29 E) flying 314 km in 2.34. Yves was in third place, but is still strongly leading the overall scores. Werner was thirteenth , but was still fourth overall behind Robert and Jean Luc.
Only two days to go and they looked good!
Thursday: Yesterday it was 487 km for open and 463 for 18 m. Blue thermals were predicted , but also occasional cu’s. Temperature 34°C like we have in Holland today!
In open Michael won again with 906 points. Uli had 905 and Tassilo 902!
In 18 m, Robert was in a good second place, Yves in fifth, and Werner in ninth.
Friday—the Last Day—Another HOT day. We all get a nice warm tropical African wind bringing African temperatures.
The last day had good tasks to make up for the four non-flying days; a a 3 hour AAT for the opens, who started first, and a 2.30 AAT for 18 m
So after seven days nothing is decided in both classes. On this, day eight, they all have to fight to keep their place or climb up the scoresheet , though at 300 points ahead of Uli and with 344 on Tassilo and knowing Michael, he would absolutely not be giving that away. Who wins the silver, who the bronze?
In 18 m, Yves will be most probably the winner, but not the German Champion since he is from Belgium. So who will be the champion? Robert (4886) , Werner (4794) or maybe Claus Triebel (4661)? We’ll know later.
At 13.24 the open class pilots could start; the line was open. After winning day two, Ewald Bombelka raced in his Nimbus 4 M over 349 km in 3.17, clinching a second day win. Patrick Puskeiler, also in a Nimbus 4 M, was runner up, but both were not fast enough to make it difficult for Michael who is the new GERMAN CHAMPION with 7014 points.
Good runner up Uli Schwenk earned 6668 points in the EB 29 and Tassilo is third with 6633 points. Bruno in the ETA finished in a nice 12th spot. Young Patrick ended seventh overall, losing 105 points today with a 16th place.
In 18 m, Claus Triebel won the day with 289 km in 2.34. Robert was second, so he will be the new NATIONAL CHAMPION in 18 m. Yves, from Belgium, was the winner with 5939 points. Robert had 5707 and Werner Meuser, still going strong, is in third place with 5566 and Claus in fourth with 5489.
Interesting competition AGAIN to follow!
And a message from Australia; “560 km done in the middle of winter out of Kingaroy.”
No more words needed! Maybe only who did it? David Jansen, who flew the last WGC in Uvalde, in the ASG 29E/18m.
That’s it for today. Do you know what’s VERY interesting…… the International Hackers festival is here in Holland! 3000 “ nerds ” have their tents and laptops close to Alkmaar.
We’ll be back on Monday; I have Australian guests for the weekend, and so will be busy! CU on Monday.
Cheers … Ritz, on Friday August 2 2013
www.soaringcafe.com www.glidinginternational.com
