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Secretary / Treasurer David James ( PN ) – 06 3543452 ,
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Committee Aneil Patel ( Auckland ) Bill DeRenzy ( Tauranga ), Scott Chisholm , Dave Griffin and Peter Hewson ( Christchurch ), Heather Mardon and Joe Wurts ( Hawkes Bay ) Soaring SIG email News & info at nzsoaringtc @ hotmail . com http :// nzmaa . org . nz / soaring www . facebook . com / pages / NZ- Soaring-SIG / 122980667806846
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2013 Soaring Calendar :
June |
NDC Thermal A ( Open ) |
June |
NDC , FAI F3F |
Saturday 8 June |
SI F3K Event |
Saturday 15 June |
NI F3B |
Sunday 16 June |
NI F3B |
July |
NDC ALES 123 Class M |
July |
NDC Slope Distance Class F |
July |
NDC Thermal B ( 10 min ) |
July |
NDC X5J UNLIMITED Class O |
22-28 July |
FAI WCWorld Champs F3K Denmark |
August , |
NDC Thermal D ( F500 ) |
Saturday 3 August |
SI F3K Event , TBA |
Saturday 17 August |
NI F3B , Matamata |
Sunday 18 August |
NI F3B , Matamata |
September |
NDC ALES 200 Class N ( scoring per |
3.13.7 ) |
September |
NDC R / C Electric 7 x 7 Class E |
September |
NDC Slope Pylon Class G |
September |
NDC Thermal J ( 2,4,6,8,10 ) |
September |
NDC Slope Distance Class F |
Saturday 7 September |
NI F3K Event |
Saturday 28 September |
NI F3B |
Sunday 29 September |
NI F3B |
October |
NDC ALES 123 Class M |
October |
NDC R / C Electric 7 x 7 Class E |
October |
NDC F3K Tasks B , D , G , H ( total raw scores ) |
October |
NDC FAI F3F |
Saturday 19 October |
NI F3K Event |
F3K World Champs 2013
Next month the F3K team of Joe Wurts , Kevin Botherway , Peter Williams and Team Manager John Shaw travel to Denmark to defend their Champion team title and Joe the World Champion title . The team was the best in the world in 2011 and I ’ m sure you all will join with the SIG and wish the team every success in the 2013 challenge .
2013 SoarChamps & 2013 WC F3J Trial
Another successful Soarchamps has been completed with a total of 21 entries . All events were flown with the exception of the Champagne fly-off . Some rain interrupted the programme on Friday morning and midday Saturday but apart from that it was a great weekend . It was great to see Dave Pratley come from Aussie , guys from Auckland in the north and Timaru in the south make it to a prestigious event in a fantastic location . It was good to have some female competition with Suetonia Palmer in the ALES .
ALES 200 proved to be a popular event given the rules were only finalized at the Nats AGM and flown for the first time at this national championship event .
The F3J trial was successfully held with a combined total of 11 rounds between F3J & Premier Duration . Congratulations to Joe Wurts , Dave Griffin and Scott Chisholm for making the 2014 team .
Dave Griffin , Joe Wurts & Scott Chisholm 2014 F3J team
Please look for a full article elsewhere in this magazine .