Omarama Classic Results

Here's a link to the Classic results. Bill Degen 1st overall, 2nd Warren Simonsen.

Day 1 - Sherry River

A great first day at Sherry River with a 38 pilots taking off into a light north easterly.
 
John Smith led the charge, giving an impressive display of working light lift. The rest of us followed and were surprised with amount of lift around. Most pilots got to around 4200ft above the hill and pushed out to the next ridge in front of take-off to get there next thermal.

The first turn point was Tapawera township and then down to Inwoods and back to Tapawera . 

It was impressive to see gaggles along the line of hills to Tapawera. Gliders littered the roadside to Tapawera and down to Kohatu. Two pilots landed on the northern side of Inwoods in not such a pretty paddock. John Smith landed 4km from goal after getting flushed off the hills to the east of Tapawera.

14 pilots crossed the Strait to compete against the best of the south but at this stage it looks like John Smith won the day (unconfirmed) .

Someone was heard to say it was a 50/50 comp. 50 pilots with an average age of 50!
Carbon and aluminium were sacrificed on the to the thermal gods today.

It looks like we are heading up to Mt Murchison tomorrow for day two.

NZ Nationals Cup

Mark Alton has had all past winners (up to Smithy last year) engraved on the new Cup. They extend around 1 1/2 sides of the plinth so far. Plenty of room for more...

Nelson Waypoints

If you follow this link Waypoints on NZHGPA website to and look for the Nelson waypoints, you can download all waypoints which may be used in the competition.

They're listing as 'Paragliding' but they're the same ones.

Do yourself a huge favour and load them to your GPS now - and learn how to do it if you have to.

2016 Pilot List

There's now a link to the registered pilots list over on the left. This will be updated as pilots register.

Late Registration Update

From the organiser:
We are continuing the discount for early registration until Jan 11 for those who haven't registered yet. Please contact gmeadows@xtra.co.nz.

From the THPGC:
Extreme Fire Risk likely in February. All vehicles must carry a Fire Extinguisher of at least 0.9 kg, and a shovel. No smoking at all at launch or landing areas.

Nelson PG Open

A reminder that the Nelson PG Open early-bird discount runs out at the end of December. If you want to sign up, go to the PG Open website at http://www.pgopen.org.nz/home/nelson

Thanks - Frog Twissell, Comp Director