Overseas Championships 2008

Ocaña, Spain,   26 May 2008 – 6 June 2008

Champions

Overseas
1 57 Mike Young 5,611
2 X1 Gary Stingemore 4,822
3 C64 Paul Crabb 4,800

Wednesday 4th June

Day 6 is upon us. Mostly blue sky and sunshine at present, just waiting for soaring conditions before launching the grid. Start Line will open at 1420 Local  (Fallback) Task set is 337Km polygon
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Written on 4 June 2008 at 08:22.

Tuesday 3rd June (2)

1725:  The first glider has just landed back: E1 Russell Cheetham, started at 1425 approx 130kph.
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Written on 3 June 2008 at 13:40.

Tuesday 3rd June, Day 5

This morning dawned sunny for a change. By mid-morning we had warm sun and blue sky and by launch time the Cu had developed, ready for an afternoon's racing.  Today's task - a 393km polygon. The grid has been launched, Start line will open at 1342 local (1242 BST)  
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Written on 3 June 2008 at 09:22.

Monday 2nd June - Day 4 at last

It\'s been a bit like groundhog day with us stuck on day 4, but at last we\'ve managed to get another competition day. Everyone accounted for, just 1 trace to come (the others didn\'t fly)
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Written on 2 June 2008 at 16:17.

Sunday 1st June

The weather is not playing the game, so the day is scrubbed.  Some pilots are remaining airborne while the rest practice filling the airfield with gliders. Some of the comp went out and flew the task anyway, their 'results' are available (but not included in any competition scores).  
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Written on 1 June 2008 at 11:10.

... and they\'re off!

Off the ground at least.. All airborne but the start line is being held closed for a short time in the hope that cloudbase will improve.
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Written on 1 June 2008 at 10:49.

Day 4 (again)

After another non-flying day, an AAT of 2h30 has been set. Pilots have been called to the grid to gird their loins ready for launching.  
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Written on 1 June 2008 at 09:32.

The rain in Spain is falling mainly on the planes

18:00 at the airfield we have been treated to some flashing and banging along with fairly heavy rain. All pilots accounted for, unfortunately those not yet on the score sheet are somewhere else, not enjoying the rain in Spain.
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Written on 30 May 2008 at 14:04.

Day 3

Day 3 Task is 2h30 Assigned Area Task.  12:30 Competition launching started. 13:30 Start line opened 15:30 some outlanding reports and some turbos motoring home.
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Written on 30 May 2008 at 11:23.

Latest winner

1. Mike Young 100.95 km/h
2. Andy Hall 97.50 km/h
3. Jorge Madrigal 95.41 km/h

Latest task

Task 12, 6 Jun 2008
Task distance: 192.10 km  /  407.70 km  (251.92 km)
Task duration: 2:30:00
Updated: 21/05/2015, 06:26

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