11/8 – Competition Day 6

The Competition Day 6 is over and we are all grateful to our weatherman again as his predictions bring optimism into our otherwise negative forecasts from other models. All the classes flew over 300 km racing tasks with blue or 1/8 cumuli conditions, sometimes with cloud bases up to 1600 m AGL and 3 m/s thermals.

Nevertheless, each class had a very different experience of the day. The 15m class flew to the SE and then NE. The standard class had the task first towards NE of Tábor and then SE, and finally club class flew all the way to the borders of Czechia and Austria then up north and home.

Our two daily winners are current junior representatives of their countries in club class and standard class, so congratulations Kim Toppari (FIN) and Henry Inigo-Jones (GBR) for showing the world that gliding skills and success are not necessarily dependant on age. In 15 m class the official winner was Stephan Grunder (NED), but with 1001 pts. the HC Henrique Navarro (BRA) was the fastest pilot of the day.

Today the pilots are already on task with completely blue conditions and high temperatures, so let’s hope they at least get high enough to cool down a little bit ☁️