Tue 26th January

Condor Racing

The task for the Tuesday regulars was  the Eurobattle task that Stewart had completed on Monday evening. - First flight of the new competition in Slovenia/ Austria was 219kms and Stewart in EB29 came 13th out of 54, with most of the leaders using the new JS3 and superior on handicap. 

Six of us took the more modest Discus2a for the afternoon entertainment and unusually Chris seemed to be hanging back and Jill led the way along the ridges to the 3rd leg. Thermals were needed to get on to the final leg, and it was pot luck if a cumulus was found in the building rather than declining phase. Geoff , Stewart and Chris made good climbs to cloudbase, whilst Jill, David and John struggled to make contact. 

Geoff raced off to the finish in his new VR goggles to win the race at 102kph, Chris had to break off and go for tea, Stewart hung around to  usher the stragglers home. Welcome to David Cottingham for watching the stream and enthusing about the new Condor landscape - hopefully joining the racing soon. 

In the evening, Dan flew in the UK Junior Gliding eWinter series Round 2, with the second race in New Zealand. Well done Dan for coming 6th out of 43, and retaining 1st place overall from 2 races. - J&P