GNZ AWARDS & CERTIFICATES OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2012
QGP No 3183 3184 3185 3186 3187 3188 3189 3190 3191
The opportunity to meet with so many others from across the country, and to discuss … the various issues around the sport, was most welcome.
opened. Most people were fairly tired by this stage and so once again early nights were the general order of the day. Sunday started with rain and low cloud over the ridge, so most judged it to be none too promising. However, the locals were predicting things would improve, so the fleet was moved down to the threshold, before we all had breakfast. The weather did indeed start to clear, and following a full briefing we were split up to fl y, with the hope that everyone could fit in at least one more flight before lunch. I ended up flying another Puchacz, which turned out to be slightly more comfortable than the one I had flown on Friday. Just as well too. After I had briefed my ‘student’ on cross wind take-off and landing, off we went, so I could teach him in the definitely cross wind conditions. Once we were safely airborne, it was off to the ridge for around an hour of exercises, including not just ridge fl ying but also teaching spiral dives, as well as various control and turning exercises. Then we were back to the field, to see just how well my pupil would cope with the circuit and landing exercise in a cross wind. Suffice to say that we got back on the ground safely, and I got to learn heaps about teaching such activities in the process. Overall, this was an excellent course, with lots of input from a great many skilful pilots and instructors. It was a really good opportunity to develop further in the sport, and it was particularly good to see many people there for a ‘refresher’. The opportunity to meet with so many others from across the country, and to discuss, sometimes at length, the various issues around the sport, was most welcome. For myself, I feel I learned a great deal about both gliding and instructing, although I have come away very aware of just how much there is still to learn.
Pilot’s Name Laurence M. Mathewson Darren Smith David R. Muckle Roger Fothergill Delio Fagundes Peter W. Barrell Peter Shields Moritz Althaus Carl F. Henderson
Club Central Otago FC Wellington GC Piako GC Taupo GC Taupo GC Wellington GC Youth Glide Omarama Wellington GC Piako GC
Date Glider 02 10 2012 28 10 2012 30 10 2012 30 10 2012 30 10 2012 03 11 2012 09 11 2012 11 11 2012 11 11 2012
SILVER DISTANCE Philip C. Dunlop Neil Raymond
Auckland GC Piako GC
27 10 2012 PW5 03 11 2012 Club Astir
GOLD DISTANCE Sandra A. Griffin
Tauranga GC
14 10 2012 Discus
GOLD BADGE 321 Sandra A. Griffin
Tauranga GC
01 11 2012
1000 KM DIPLOMA 42 Jamie Halstead
Marlborough GC
13 05 2012 ASH 25e
AIR NZ CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Pilot’s Name Glider NORTHERN DIVISION David Hirst Discus Neil Raymond Club Astir Philip Dunlop PW5
Distance
Points
332.43km 138.12km 112.16km
334.94 156.09 135.83
SOUTHERN DIVISION No Claims so far OFFICIAL OBSERVERS 09/101 Andrew Austin 09/102 Colin McGrath
Taupo GC Taupo GC
21 10 2012 21 10 2012
GNZ FIRST COMPETITION AWARD 020 Philip C. Dunlop 021 Neil Raymond
Auckland GC Piako GC
07 11 2012 1411 2012
GNZ Awards Officer Edouard Devenoges gnzawards@xtra.co.nz 40 Eversham Road, Mt Maunganui 3116.
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