F5J State Championships 15 May 16

F5J State Championship 15 May 2016

Report by Gerry Carter

Bob Wilson, Norm Ripp, Wrenford Brown, Jim Houdalakis, Gerry Carter, David Milward, Bruce Clapperton, Dave Pratley, Russell Wiltshire (mIssing - Andrew Fenech)

We were fortunate to have a day of flyable weather in Melbourne after continuous strong winds and some rain for what seemed like weeks.

10 pilots made the trip to Diggers Rest and we flew for as long as the weather remained reasonable. That gave us five rounds with the last flight group dealing with increasing wind strength.

The flight scores tell the story. Some brave attempts at a low launch altitude with only one managing to fly out the working time. Lots and lots of outlandings with zero landing points. The occassional zero score for landing more than 75 metres from the designated landing spot. Some pilots, for various reasons did not fly all of the rounds and that reflects in their scores.

But overall, it was great to get out flying again and I believe that everybody thoroughly enjoyed themselves. I certainly did!

Here are the top placings -

First place and State Champion - Wrenford Brown
Second place - Russell Wiltshire
Third place - Dave Milward

Click on these links to see the scores-
f5j_overall_results.pdf
f5j_flight_scores.pdf
f5j_height_penalty.pdf
f5j_landing_results.pdf