Weather forecast at S26E27 (directly west of Orient and north of Ventersdorp):

RAOB analysis forthis weekend. Thanks Sven!
The forecast at S26E27 (directly west of Orient and north of Ventersdorp):

Saturday

Winds – surfacewind: light west, increasing to 40kph at 10000ft, and 50kph at 15000ft
Blue with a stronginversion at 12500ft
No storms
Max temp 23.5, dewpoint -1C and trigger 21.6
Expect 2.5ms to12000ft

Sunday
Surface wind 10kphNW (up to 11000ft)
Blue (and no storms)
There is a clearindication of wave at 8 – 9000ft
Max temp 25.1, dewpoint -2.8C and trigger 22.8
Expect 2.5ms to12000ft

Gauntlet Round 2 - Saturday 5 November

A reminder – Saturday 5 November is Gauntlet Round 2 of the interclub contest – please get ready and be there!

Briefing (at FAWC) will be at 9h30 sharp. Will allcontestants (from CGC) please inform Ari latest by 20h00 on Wednesday 2November (we have to arrange tugpilots etc)

Another successful Gauntlet was held on Saturday.

Bad weather prevented Akavlieg Potch and Magalies Gliding Club from launching. Our sincere commisserations. No doubt they will be back with a vengeance on 5 November.

Jon Cross (now registered as a CGC member) built on his previous victory by again taking the honours. Well done Jon, keep it up.

The conditions were as difficult on day 2 as they were on day 1 – with high cloud cutting of development of the thermals under ragged cu. EY was seen getting away from a late downwind position and William Whittaker who bravely launched to Victoria Peak had the honour of outlanding, contributing a valuable 11.59 km to the CGC scorecard.

CGC will need every point it can get as the Gauntlet heads into its second day of the national interclub contest on 5 November. The upcountry lads (and lasses) will set out to recover lost ground. So all CGC pilots are requested to ensure that they are there on 5 November – we will need every point we can muster – remember the score of the top 15 pilots of each club counts!!!.

Results

Participant	Points	Distance (km)
Jonathan Cross	32.14	84.37
Sven Olivier	30.74	82.22
Ari Cotton	14.68	38.53
Wally Tamsen	6.31	15.31
Martin Gruenert	6.29	15.65
William Whittaker	4.68	11.59

UPDATE

A reminder that we are flying the Gauntlet on Saturday against the rest of South Africa!!!


The prediction is for a NW – so we will be racing the ridges from Huguenot Tunnel to Renosterhoek!!


Briefing at 9h30. Will those who intend flying please advise Ari.

Report – Contest Day 1

On Saturday we had the first official day of the 2011 Gauntlet, after the successful practice day held in August. Eight contestants took to the sickening skies (caused by the high cloud being blown in from the west). Although there were a few forced to land back, it was our new member, Jon Cross, who took first place in a fantastic first performance. Undaunted by the weak and fickle thermals in the blue he managed a creditable 122km in his 2h30, with EY at 93km and Mike Pascoe at 58 km
A special word of thanks to everyone who made the day possible, and in particular to Paul, our tug pilot, Cape Town ATC and all the support staff on the ground.
The calendar for the rest of the season is as follows 1 October, 5 November, 3 December, 4 Feb, 3 March, 7 April. Come and join us on 1 October for another exciting day of fun.

Time Table for the rest of the Cape Gauntlet competition

• 1 October
• 5 November
• 3 December
• 4 Feb
• 3 March
• 7 April

Cape Gauntlet Day 2 (Oficial Day 1) : Results and feedback

Please see below for the results of the first offical day of the competition.

PLEASE SEE THE PHOTO LIBRARY ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE FOR UPDATED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EVENT

Participant	Points	Distance (km)
Jonathan Cross	46.73	122.66
Sven Olivier	34.88	93.30
Mike Pascoe	22.04	57.85
Nicky Oberhofer	15.53	38.44

The results have been uploaded to OLC and details can be found by clicking the link below
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/daily.html?df=2011-09-10&sp=2011&rt=olc&st=olc-league&c=ZA&sc=&aa=WORCE1&filter

Gauntlet Day 2

The Cape Gauntlet Day 2 will be this Saturday.

Please email me your intentions to attend ari@firstpos.co.za.

I will notify which students can go as soon as we have confirmed the number of 2 seaters that are available.

Briefing will be at 09h00 Sharp.

Cape Gauntlet Day 1 : Results and feedback

The first day of the Cape Gauntlet was a huge success. Everyone that participated enjoyed the event tremendously and we look forward to a very successful season for the competition. Thanks to all that participated and made it such an enjoyable day for all involved.

PLEASE SEE THE PHOTO LIBRARY ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE FOR UPDATED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE EVENT

Participant	Points	Distance (km)
Sven Olivier	81.57	218.19
Quinton Hoole (2nd Ockert Brits)	79.88	193.72
Martin Gruenert (2nd Duncan English)	49.80	123.89
Sarel Oosthuizen	47.53	117.65
Jac Snyman	30.42	73.77
Durr Pieters	28.42	70.69
Martin Gruenert	28.06	70.69
Nicky Oberhofer (2nd Werner Hoppe)	28.06	71.55
Ari Cotton	23.25	61.04
Mike Pascoe	21.02	55.17
John Spargo	9.59	55.17

The results have been uploaded to OLC and details can be found by clicking the link below
http://www.onlinecontest.org/olc-2.0/gliding/daily.html?st=olc-league&rt=olc&df=2011-08-13&sp=2011&c=ZA&sc

Video - flight onboard with Sven Olivier


Timelapse - flight with Nicky Oberhofer and Werner Hoppe


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