Leagues 2019/2020

Waikato (Kaimais/Paeroas)
Rick Hawkeswood will be organising a League on 30 November/1 December 2019, with reserve dates on the following weekend.

Wellington
Grant Tatham has put his hand up for a New Year's 'Weekend'  1 - 5 Jan 2020

Cromwell/Omarama
John Smith will organise a  league Labour Weekend 26/27/28 October 2019.

Bill Degen is arranging the Omarama XC Classic 1/9 Feb.

Sterling Big Sky
Most likely in Omarama, organised by Rod Stuart 2/3/4 Jan 2020

Canterbury
Canterbury Anniversary Weekend (provisional) 15/16/17 Nov
Mt Cheeseman? . Matt Barlow

Havelock
19/20 Oct, organised by Dan Campbell & Shane Mackay.

Worlds Results T1-T8

https://www.airtribune.com/22nd-fai-world-hg-championship/results/task4283/comp/class-1

Download Full Resolution Gallery Images

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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