NZ Club Class Nationals

Drury, New Zealand,   2 January 2026 – 10 January 2026

Champions

Club
1 HM Dane Dickinson 4,703
2 KT Steven G Wallace 4,351
3 VC John Coutts 4,323

Day 8

Very Blue, Very Hot Forecast with no thermals between here and Thames. Sadly, not taskable today.

Written by: Rob Lyon on 9 January 2026 at 22:49.

Day 7

Forecast strong Westerlies make the Kaimai Ridge the favoured option again. Low cloudbase makes it difficult to get away from Drury and a strong headwind makes it hard to get back. In the end, Wave from the Wairanga set up over Tirohia and the Swamp made for climbs to 6500  to get homewards to Mercer. However, must needed another climb around Hotel DeVin in order to make it home to Drury.
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Written by: Rob Lyon on 9 January 2026 at 22:47.

Day 6

Finally a change in the weather. Forecast gentle westerlies implied the Kaimai ridge would act as a trigger but in the end the wind was strong enough for the ridge to work properly. Returning from the Kaimai ridge to Drury is allways difficult in this weather but most made it home.
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Written by: Rob Lyon on 9 January 2026 at 22:42.

Day 5

Another weather repeat. Task setter felt confident enough to post a 300Km Triangle racing task down to Ranginui, with the option of claiming a 300km diamond again. In the end the thermals died too early to get everyone home in time
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Written by: Rob Lyon on 9 January 2026 at 22:40.

Day 4

Weather much the same as yesterday but a little less certain. AAT task to Wharepapa South today.
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Written by: Rob Lyon on 9 January 2026 at 22:37.

Day 3

Overdevelopment and rain showers forecast later in the day. So the task setter compromised and set a 300km Out and Return. Only one landout. Two Diamond Claims pending. Go figure.
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Written by: Rob Lyon on 5 January 2026 at 18:09.

Day 2

Everyone got away and home again. Forecast proved a little optimistic and speeds were lower than expected.
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Written by: Rob Lyon on 4 January 2026 at 18:46.

Day One ( Day Zero)

No Tasks Today. Weather Forecast Awful.  
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Written by: Rob Lyon on 3 January 2026 at 05:50.

Latest winner

HC Tim Bromhead 103.97 km/h
1. John Coutts 98.89 km/h
2. Dane Dickinson 89.39 km/h
Updated: 15/01/2026, 00:28

Latest task

Task 7, 9 Jan 2026
Task distance: 272.20 km
Updated: 09/01/2026, 09:35

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