2023 South African National Gliding Championships (Potch)

Potchefstroom, South Africa,   29 September 2023 – 7 October 2023

Champions

Club
1 97 Dicky Daly 5,609
2 27 Dave Maver 5,236
3 4L Maarten Jonker 5,137
15m
1 EY Wayne Schmidt 6,191
2 2T Mark Holliday 5,816
3 3J Uys Jonker 4,536
18m
1 OG Oscar Goudriaan 5,907
2 S Phillip Jonker 5,853
3 AJ Attie Jonker 5,755
2Seat
1 EN Yamauchi & Greenhill 5,854
2 EF Nouwens & Nouwens 5,665
3 KG Pieter Geldenhuys 5,354
15-18metre
1 OG Oscar Goudriaan 5,894
2 S Phillip Jonker 5,861
3 AJ Attie Jonker 5,746

Day 8

The final day.

To make my joy complete, 3J (JS3, 15m) is today flying with 18m wings, so his score won't count in the 15m class nor will he appear in the 18m class - but he will be showing in the 15+18m combined ( no prizes) class. 

There are a few pilots missing due to ill health (nothing catching I hope) and one unflyable glider.

Written by: Peter Wyld on 7 October 2023 at 08:59.

Day 7

Well, we've got to the penultimate contest day and scoring is just about sorted, not helped by a curious desire to combine 15m and 18m classes (thankfully dropping 2 Seaters from the mixture) you won't believe the hassle that has been causing!)  Oh, but wait! now they want to try PEV starts. Deep joy! More fun to be had (but PEV won't be included for the actiual scoring process).
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Written by: Peter Wyld on 6 October 2023 at 09:25.
Edited by: Peter Wyld on 6 October 2023 at 09:26.

Day 1

Seem to have got most of it working, as usual the competition starts with no flight recorder information from the usual suspects. Should you be wondering about the apparent duplication of Pilots oin the Pilot list, this is because of a request that there be a 'Superclass' which has everything except the club class in it, for scoring purposes so that a couple of SA team pilots can be judged against everyone else in similar performance gliders ( that would be 15m JS3s in case you couldn't work it...
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Written by: Peter Wyld on 30 September 2023 at 10:32.
Edited by: Peter Wyld on 30 September 2023 at 13:36.

pre-comp setup.

Turnpoints and Airspace are from last year's Nationals and will likely be changed before the competition begins, but will give you something to play with until they are finalised. If you (competitors) want to be helpful, please check occasionally that your personal and aircraft details are correct. The Scorer (me) would appreciate a representative recent igc file from each flight recorder that you will be using during the competion, send it to igcscorer@outlook.com , DO NOT think it is helpful t...
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Written by: Peter Wyld on 22 August 2023 at 17:00.
Edited by: Peter Wyld on 31 August 2023 at 18:58.

Latest winner

1. Dicky Daly 113.51 km/h
2. Dave Maver 120.39 km/h
3. Rene Coetzee 119.13 km/h
Updated: 18/10/2023, 15:18
15m
1. Mark Holliday 143.41 km/h
2. Wayne Schmidt 140.82 km/h
Updated: 18/10/2023, 15:16
18m
1. Oscar Goudriaan 182.57 km/h
2. Attie Jonker 182.20 km/h
3. Riaan Denner 182.02 km/h
Updated: 18/10/2023, 15:14
1. Yamauchi & Greenhill 163.57 km/h
2. Stefan Langer 142.18 km/h
3. Nouwens & Nouwens 138.90 km/h
Updated: 18/10/2023, 15:12
1. Oscar Goudriaan 182.57 km/h
2. Attie Jonker 182.20 km/h
3. Riaan Denner 182.02 km/h
Updated: 18/10/2023, 15:02

Latest task

Task 8, 7 Oct 2023
Task distance: 276.14 km
Updated: 07/10/2023, 12:27
15m
Task 8, 7 Oct 2023
Task distance: 404.34 km
Updated: 07/10/2023, 12:28
18m
Task 8, 7 Oct 2023
Task distance: 404.34 km
Updated: 07/10/2023, 12:29
Task 8, 7 Oct 2023
Task distance: 404.34 km
Updated: 07/10/2023, 12:36
Task 8, 7 Oct 2023
Task distance: 404.34 km
Updated: 07/10/2023, 17:02