EGC 2024

Good evening everyone!

Today we had our first racing task at the EGC with very different conditions to yesterday. As our meteorologist Horác said “we turned off the clouds today, but unfortunately, most of them…”. The competitors encountered patches of high cumulus and then sections of blue thermal on their task with the 15m class flying 405 km, Standard class 389 km, and Club class 369 km.

The competitors proved to be very capable and managed to reach the speeds of up to 117 kph in the 15m class, 115 kph in Standard class, and 106 in Club class. Our daily winners are Lukasz Grabowski (POL), Jeroen Jennen (BEL), and Hugo Corbille (FRA) respectively.

Congratulations to everyone and rest well for the next days. Even though the forecast is a bit more pessimistic, the weather should be useable!

Today we had a “weather lottery” that luckily ended up with us winning.

All the classes flew 2 hour AAT, that was shortened from 2:30 AAT due to much worse weather than expected by all the forecasts. The club class fortunately got on task before a mid-level cloud cover patch weakened the weather around the airfield. However, the standard class and 15m class had a very complicated pre-start situation with the necessity to stay airborne until around 16:00, when majority of the competitors were finally able to get on task with a promising window ahead of them.

Currently, the winner in club class is Jacek Fils (POL) with 81 kph, in standard class Norbert Scarlat (ROM) with almost 99 kph, and in 15m class Filip Bojanowski (DEN) with 89.67 kph.

Congratulations to everyone who made it back home safely, and don’t worry if you were not the lucky one today… we have the whole championship ahead of us, so stay motivated!

(check out our gallery for all the photos from today)

We have prepared two version of the tracking to track the gliders in flight.

Thanks to Mel Jenkins, we have OnGlide tracking that provides live task speed calculation during flight.

We have also prepared conventional tracking using Glide and Seek, where you can filter by class with task overlay.

Please remember that our tracking is based on live OGN data and pilots may decide if they will be visible or not.

Due to the bad weather today, the competition day was cancelled in the mornining. The weather looks promising for the next few days, so the competitors can use today to explore Czech Republic from the ground and look forward to exploring it from the air from tommorow onwards.

Today we had the official Opening Ceremony of the 22nd European Gliding Championships 2024 at Náměstí T.G. Masaryka. From 16:00 the citizens of Tábor could view the parade of all the 25 nations competing at the EGC, alongside several interviews and speeches of important figures explaining soaring as a sport, and wishing our competitors all the best. Additionally, we had a surprise at the end of the ceremony; a lowpass of two fighter jets Gripen JAS39 to celebrate the official start of our championship.

Unfortunately, the weather for tomorrow does not look too promising, but we will be ready in full power for any usable window, and if it does not work out, the competitors will have time to enjoy the beautiful region of Southern Bohemia!

For live news follow our instagram EGC_2024 and for daily dose of smiles and planes check out our Google Gallery (and feel free to add photos of your own too).

Tie-down Area Map
Please in Documents the map of the tie-down area. Each country has been allocated a designated space based on the number of gliders. The tie-down area will be mowed just before the training begins, so if you plan to arrive before 27/7 please contact Jiří Lískovec at +420 739 275 750 upon arrival for instructions where to park.

Campsite Map
In Documents is a map of the campsite with suggested space for each country. The indicated location of each country is approximate. The campsite is large enough to fit everyone comfortably.

Official WhatsApp Group Chat
Invite to the official group chat has been sent via email to all competitors and team captains.
Team Captains will also be given access to a separate WhatsApp group. All communications towards the Organisers should be done through the Team Captain’s group including outlanding reporting. Please make sure that all team captains have registered using the entry form on competition website.

Frequency Allocation List
In Documents, you can find a list of allocated frequency for each nation and the competition and safety frequency.

Selfbriefing and Local Procedures Updates
New version of Selfbriefing and Local Procedures has been published. It includes minor changes, mainly the new frequencies, updated grid map and email for igc file submission.

Scrutineering and Registrations
Please remember to reserve a slot for scrutineering and registration. Please make sure to upload all documents before registration. Team captains are invited to register from 28/7 as soon as they arrive.

Launch Fees Prepayment
Please remember that 10 launches will need to be paid in advance during registration. This can be done by bank transfer beforehand or by card during registration.

We are looking to welcoming you all in Tábor very soon!

Scrutineering and Registration Time Slot Reservation
– Please remember that all pilots must book a slot for scrutineering in advance. Time slots can be reserved on the competition website using a password received during submission of entry form.
– Time slots for registrations are optional but encouraged. Team captains can come for registration at any time.

Personal and Glider Documents Uploads
– Please use the entry form to upload your documents ahead of registrations as this will significantly speed up the process. We will be reviewing uploaded documents beginning July 22.

Arrival in Tábor
– Please follow route in Selfbreifing for arrival with trailers and caravans. Each country will have allocated space in camp and for glider tie-down. Please ensure accommodation information is accurate in order to be allocated enough space. Spaces will be physically allocated on July 21.

Selfbriefing is now published. Please familiarise yourself with it before arrival.

Version 2.0 of Local Procedures has been published. The new version includes up-to-date wording of IGC Bureau decisions and minor corrections. All changes are marked.

Airspace and turnpoints files are now available for download from Soaringspot. Airspace V2 is valid.

Reservation of time slots for scruitneering and registration is now possible using the TIME SLOT RESERVATION link in the main menu.

Due to limitations of the electrical supply to the airfield it will not be possible to charge electric vehicles on site.

There are numerous chargers nearby including in the shopping zone just by the airfield. We recommend using Chargemap to find the stations but registering/paying directly with the charging station provider to get the best price.

We want to remind you that all pilots and team captains must complete the entry form on the competition website before the deadline next week on Sunday, 31st March 2024. Over half of the pilots nominated to compete at the EGC have not yet submitted the entry form.