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For anyone who wants to download any of the full-resolution gallery images, you'll get the lot here.

They are 20 - 30 MB each.

Murchison Dawn Chorus

For anyone who managed to sleep through this, here's what it sounded like camping under the trees...at 5 a.m.



The background hum is insects.

Murchison 2020!

The last two meets at Murchison have been very successful and everyone's had a great time. The campsite is very accommodating and they'll be pleased to have us again next year, so we'll be back in 2020.

Thanks to all involved this year, including all the sponsors. TrackMe NZ kindly provided the satellite trackers which were a great help finding downed pilots, especially as the cell reception is limited in the Tutaki Valley and various other points.

The live tracking maps didn't always update quickly, but they would do so eventually.

 

Task 5

Task 5 was a record for NZ. There was no flying the previous day (Friday) as a front went through. We were expecting a light SW - maybe - when we got up the mountain, but found a fresh N, with base on the ranges below us. No clouds on the mountain.

The wind did drop - eventually to nothing - and John Smith & Ollie got off early, finding lift on the north facing ridges to the east of the top. They both disappeared quickly, as a long task was anticipated.

Most pilots got up easily on the mountain, and spread themselves around the route. You can replay the top ten at ayrvi.com here. Technology has eschewed the need to give a blow by blow account!

And here's Ollie's video...

2019 Final Results

Here are the final results after yesterday's epic (for NZ) 130 km task south to Maruia (Springs Junction turnpoint with a large radius) , back North to Lookout Mountain and south again to Murchison). Ollie Chitty blitzed the field but Steven Blackley made goal and sealed his win.

More photos to come.

41st New Zealand Hang Gliding Nationals 2019

2019-01-26 to 2019-02-02, FAI Category 2 event

Provisional

Total results

Provisional

Task	Date	Distance	Day Quality
T1 #HavelockToo	2019-01-27 11:00	58.2 km	66%	Race to Goal with 4 startgate(s)
T2 Knock The Bastard Off	2019-01-29 12:00	71.3 km	100%	Race to Goal with 6 startgate(s)
T3 Tutaki Or Not There Is No Try	2019-01-30 12:00	71.0 km	40%	Race to Goal with 6 startgate(s)
T4 Who Killed Bambi	2019-01-31 12:00	71.5 km	90%	Race to Goal with 6 startgate(s)
T5 Snowflake In The Sun	2019-02-02 12:00	137.1 km	100%	Race to Goal with 6 startgate(s)

#	Name		Nat	Glider	Sponsor	T 1	T 2	T 3	T 4	T 5	Total
1	Steven Blackler	M	GBR	Moyes RX3.5	www.drinkbaotic.co.uk	619	970	361	900	959	3809
2	Shane Mckay	M	NZL	Moyes S5		597	713	342	636	822	3110
3	Ollie Chitty	M	GBR	Moyes RX 5 Pro	MoyesUK, CrossCountry, X-Wings	536	512	390	609	981	3028
4	John Smith	M	NZL	icaro Laminar		628	553	386	380	852	2799
5	Geoff Christophers	M	NZL	Moyes RX3.5		548	722	310	383	534	2497
6	Grant Tatham	M	NZL	WW T2C		368	733	194	564	533	2392
7	Tom Kellner	M	NZL	Aeros Combat GT	IBL	120	611	146	701	811	2389
8	Hagen Bruggemann	M	NZL	Moyes RX4		361	640	146	725	411	2283
9	Derek Mckee	M	NZL	Moyes RS4		423	804	217	247	583	2274
10	Piers Throssell	M	NZL	moyes lightspeed		273	606	145	593	619	2236
11	Viv Clements	M	NZL	ICARO Laminar 14.8	Icaro OZ	240	711	149	296	641	2037
12	Matthew Barlow	M	NZL	Moyes RS4		309	503	172	718	249	1951
13	Leslie Graham	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2c		309	359	171	289	753	1881
14	Ollie Derry	M	NZL	Moyes Rx 3.5		505	675	143	149	296	1768
15	Adriel Kind	M	NZL	Moyes Litespeed RX		145	631	143	587	250	1756
16	Pete Helliwell	M	GBR	Aeros Combat L13		321	669	129	131	323	1573
17	Andrew McKirdy	M	NZL	Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5		272	415	129	315	390	1521
18	Carlos Palmer	M	NZL	Willswing T2C		145	481	129	562	197	1514
19	Abe Kemp	M	NZL	Moyes Litespeed S4	Cool Logic	120	611	129	131	498	1489
20	Rick Hawkeswood	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2C 144		294	216	142	630	148	1430
21	Glenn Meadows	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2C		252	241	185	311	406	1395
22	John Urlich	M	NZL	Airborne C4 13.5		120	216	129	302	561	1328
23	Ian Miller	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2C		164	243	129	293	331	1160
24	Thomas Mulder	M	NZL	Moyes RX5 PRO		120	359	129	314	232	1154
25	Andrew Sinclair	M	NZL	Moyes RS4		145	216	129	150	508	1148
26	Fraser Bull	M	NZL	Moyes Litesport		248	216	129	327	174	1094
27	Craig Manktelow	M	NZL	Moyes RX5		176	216	129	295	238	1054
28	Shane Morton	M	NZL	Aeros Discus		156	216	129	292	250	1043
29	Steve Bankier	M	NZL	Moyes Lightspeed S4	Trailer skip hire	249	333	129	143	139	993
29	Dave Austin	M	NZL	Aeros CombatL13		0	249	129	385	230	993
31	Gary Turner	M	NZL	Airborne Sting 2XC		156	216	129	134	327	962
32	Robin Cambell	M	NZL	Moyes Rs4		0	216	129	294	318	957
33	Kenneth Mitchell	M	NZL	Aeros Discus		120	216	129	233	206	904
34	Steve Cronin	M	NZL	Moyes Gecko		248	216	129	131	163	887
35	Aaron Darby	M	NZL	Wills Wing Sport 2		120	216	129	131	250	846
36	Neville Marinko	M	NZL	WW U2-160		147	216	129	131	216	839
37	John Burton	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2 144		170	216	129	131	173	819
38	Ian Bowie	M	NZL	Wills wing T2C		0	226	129	273	173	801
39	Rod Stuart	M	NZL	Moyes RX5	Tropicool	0	216	129	292	78	715
40	Henning Kruger	M	NZL	Airborn Fun		120	216	129	131	78	674
41	Donald Payne	M	NZL	Airborne Fun 2 190		151	216	0	131	164	662
42	Maya Korth	F	NZL	Airbourne Sting 2XC		0	216	129	131	78	554
43	Don Cramer	M	AUS	Moyes RX5 Pro	St George Engineering.	154	216	129	0	0	499
44	Kirk Milligan	M	NZL	Wills Wing U2 145		0	0	0	0	250	250
45	Mark Patton	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2C		172	0	0	0	0	172

Report created: 2019-02-02T22:21:29+13:00

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Results after 4 tasks

41st New Zealand Hang Gliding Nationals 2019

2019-01-26 to 2019-02-02, FAI Category 2 event

Provisional

Total results

Provisional

Task	Date	Distance	Day Quality
T1 #HavelockToo	2019-01-27 11:00	58.2 km	68%	Race to Goal with 4 startgate(s)
T2 Knock The Bastard Off	2019-01-29 12:00	71.3 km	100%	Race to Goal with 6 startgate(s)
T3 Tutaki Or Not There Is No Try	2019-01-30 12:00	71.0 km	40%	Race to Goal with 6 startgate(s)
T4 Who Killed Bambi	2019-01-31 12:00	71.5 km	90%	Race to Goal with 6 startgate(s)

#	Id	Name		Nat	Glider	Sponsor	T 1	T 2	T 3	T 4	Total
1	30	Steven Blackler	M	GBR	Moyes RX3.5	www.drinkbaotic.co.uk	635	970	361	900	2866
2	7	Shane Mckay	M	NZL	Moyes S5		612	713	342	636	2303
3	6	Ollie Chitty	M	GBR	Moyes RX 5 Pro	MoyesUK, CrossCountry, X-Wings	548	512	390	609	2059
4	360	Geoff Christophers	M	NZL	Moyes RX3.5		560	722	310	383	1975
5	13	John Smith	M	NZL	icaro Laminar		644	553	386	380	1963
6	1199	Hagen Bruggemann	M	NZL	Moyes RX4		367	640	146	725	1878
7	14	Grant Tatham	M	NZL	WW T2C		374	733	194	564	1865
8	1	Matthew Barlow	M	NZL	Moyes RS4		314	503	172	718	1707
9	40	Derek Mckee	M	NZL	Moyes RS4		431	804	217	247	1699
10	44	Piers Throssell	M	NZL	moyes lightspeed		278	606	145	593	1622
11	4682	Tom Kellner	M	NZL	Aeros Combat GT	IBL	119	611	146	701	1577
12	42	Adriel Kind	M	NZL	Moyes Litespeed RX		145	631	143	587	1506
13	4921	Ollie Derry	M	NZL	Moyes Rx 3.5		515	675	143	149	1482
14	400	Viv Clements	M	NZL	ICARO Laminar 14.8	Icaro OZ	243	711	149	296	1399
15	2652	Carlos Palmer	M	NZL	Willswing T2C		145	481	129	562	1317
16	301	Rick Hawkeswood	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2C 144		299	216	142	630	1287
17	53	Pete Helliwell	M	GBR	Aeros Combat L13		326	669	129	131	1255
18	420	Andrew McKirdy	M	NZL	Moyes Litespeed RS 3.5		276	415	129	315	1135
19	191	Leslie Graham	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2c		314	359	171	289	1133
20	604	Glenn Meadows	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2C		256	241	185	311	993
21	27	Abe Kemp	M	NZL	Moyes Litespeed S4	Cool Logic	119	611	129	131	990
22	62	Fraser Bull	M	NZL	Moyes Litesport		252	216	129	327	924
23	611	Thomas Mulder	M	NZL	Moyes RX5 PRO		119	359	129	314	921
24	96	Steve Bankier	M	NZL	Moyes Lightspeed S4	Trailer skip hire	252	333	129	143	857
25	69	Ian Miller	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2C		164	243	129	293	829
26	777	Craig Manktelow	M	NZL	Moyes RX5		177	216	129	295	817
27	9	Shane Morton	M	NZL	Aeros Discus		156	216	129	292	793
28	2019	John Urlich	M	NZL	Airborne C4 13.5		119	216	129	302	766
29	315	Dave Austin	M	NZL	Aeros CombatL13		0	249	129	385	763
30	5271	Steve Cronin	M	NZL	Moyes Gecko		251	216	129	131	727
31	20	John Burton	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2 144		170	216	129	131	646
32	5058	Andrew Sinclair	M	NZL	Moyes RS4		145	216	129	150	640
33	3	Robin Cambell	M	NZL	Moyes Rs4		0	216	129	294	639
34	2	Rod Stuart	M	NZL	Moyes RX5	Tropicool	0	216	129	292	637
35	99	Gary Turner	M	NZL	Airborne Sting 2XC		156	216	129	134	635
36	801	Ian Bowie	M	NZL	Wills wing T2C		0	226	129	273	628
37	21	Neville Marinko	M	NZL	WW U2-160		147	216	129	131	623
38	10	Aaron Darby	M	NZL	Wills Wing Sport 2		119	216	129	131	595
38	22	Henning Kruger	M	NZL	Airborn Fun		119	216	129	131	595
40	4108	Kenneth Mitchell	M	NZL	Aeros Discus		0	216	129	233	578
41	4611	Don Cramer	M	AUS	Moyes RX5 Pro	St George Engineering.	154	216	129	0	499
42	86	Donald Payne	M	NZL	Airborne Fun 2 190		150	216	0	131	497
43	1996	Maya Korth	F	NZL	Airbourne Sting 2XC		0	216	129	131	476
44	35	Mark Patton	M	NZL	Wills Wing T2C		172	0	0	0	172
45	3628	Kirk Milligan	M	NZL	Wills Wing U2 145		0	0	0	0	0

Report created: 2019-01-31T22:06:57+13:00

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2019 Gallery

Today (Friday) is non-flying as there is total overcast as a frontal system moves through.

It's looking great for tomorrow, and a provisional long task south to Springs Junction and back up to the Mount Owen area with goal in Murchison is likely.

There's a link to the gallery for this year on the right and here.

Sunday at Havelock