Weekend Mini-comp - from Allan

Hi all,

This is just a note to thank all those that took part in the mini-comp over the weekend.

About a dozen hardy souls launched on Saturday for the task DDSC-Pittsworth-Warra-DDSC, in relatively weak, low, blue and breezy conditions, with only Jo and Jenny making it all the way round. Mike Codling salvaged some honour for the boys by making it back to within 10km of the club, while to my knowledge no-one else managed to make the second turnpoint. No doubt Jo felt personally obliged to prove that the task was in fact possible, since she had formulated it in the first place! On handicap, Jo narrowly beat Jenny and scored the wine.

On Sunday, it was evident that Jo's efforts had exhausted her, and Jenny was considerate enough to not risk humiliating the boys for a second day. This reticence was reflected across most of the other competitors, with only brave Dave (Nash) venturing to challenge Mike and me. The task was an assigned area distance task (rarely flown in Australia) of DDSC - Bunya Towers - Brigalow - each with 20km circles. It was a better day than the Saturday, and both Mike and me managed to complete the task, albeit with a few low saves and a marginal final glide. So the second bottle of wine was retained for another day's challenge.

Thanks to Helen and Ralph for organising the comp, and to our crew - Captain Charlie Downes, Graham Hennessy, and Keith Allen, who put a great effort into making the weekend as realistic a competition as it could be.

Hopefully another mini-comp may be on the cards before we depart in mid-July for the wintry European summer.

Team Dingo

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Mike.