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Back on August 17th to 18th, the VMPRA went off to the home of Victorian pylon racing, Cohuna, for our annual pilgrimage. Unfortunately, the weather was similar to Bendigo, where running of races on Saturday was limited, only flying six rounds of F3T before having to call it a day. We had better weather on Sunday, so we could run six rounds of F3D and then Q500 to complete the race weekend.
The great thing about being at Cohuna is the great bunch of helpers there to man the pylons. The number one pylon cage was full, and we also had helpers on two and three, which is fantastic and frees up competitors to be able to concentrate on racing.
Unfortunately, we had some issues with running the timing system, which resulted in confusion about the scores at the end of the weekend. Since then, a few errors have been corrected and the scores, as published on the website, are now correct and the championship standings have been updated accordingly.
At the end of the weekend, we had a birthday cake for Gary Whitbourn and Gary Davison, who both had significant birthdays on either side of the weekend. Thanks to Wendy and Anthony for organizing that.
Our next event is from September 14th to 15th, which will be the state championships at Warrnambool, where we will also be holding the team trials for the F3D and F3E world championships.
So we hope to have some interstate competitors as well as good numbers from Victoria there, which always adds another level of interest to the weekend.
So it should be a great weekend and fingers crossed for better weather this time. It’ll be great to see you all there.
These are the placing for this race weekend plus the fastest time. For all the results, see the “Result” button below.
Places:
1st Brian Steele
2nd Barry Murphy
3rd Andrew Davies
Fastest Time (Red Box): 66.55 Rick Townsend.
No. of competitors: 5
Places:
1st Brian Steele
2nd Andrew Davies
3rd Jim Orenshaw
Fastest Time (Red Box): 66.19 Andrew Davies.
No. of competitors: 8
Class – Q500
Places:
1st John Schmidli
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Eddie Rich
Fastest Time (Red Box): 96.05 John Schmidli
No. of competitors: 7
No change in the top 3 placings with only 2 points separating Andrew and Brian.
1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Tom Wetherill
Brian Steele and Andrew Davies are sitting at the top on equal points and only divided by Brian having a slightly better average race time over the championship.
1st – Brian Steele
2nd – Andrew Davies
3rd – Jim Orenshaw
No change in the top 3 placings for Quickie also
1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – Eddie Rich
Report – John Schmidli.
Photos – John Schmidli
Please note: We are looking for someone to write event reports regularly. Also, it would be wonderful to have someone photograph these events. This site has a vast readership and is important and valuable to pylon racing in Victoria, Australia and Worldwide.
The written content in this post is accurate to the best of my/our knowledge at the time of publishing. It is written from my/our perspective and reflects how I/we have experienced this event. Photos published as feature images are selected purely for their quality, general interest or topicality. When time permits, they are chosen from a pool of photos taken by myself and others. If a perspective is not being represented, I am more than happy to publish any written content or photos supplied to me, provided it is fair and reasonable.
On the 20th and 21st of July, the VMPRA held a pylon racing event the Bendigo Model Aircraft Club. Despite the threatening weather forecasts, we were fortunate that rain didn’t impact the weekend at all. Although, Saturday was both cold and very windy.
We decided to kick things off with the Quickie 500 class. Due to the harsh conditions, we managed to fly only four rounds throughout the whole weekend. The severe weather forced us to restrict flying to just one class on Saturday and postpone the others to Sunday.
Sunday started with a challenge of its own. We aimed for an early start at 9 o’clock, but the field was engulfed in fog that didn’t clear until 11. This delay significantly reduced our flying time. However, once the fog lifted, the conditions turned favourable, with minimal wind and a nice cloud cover, making it ideal for flying without the low Winter sun in our eyes.
We commenced with five rounds of F3T in these perfect conditions, followed by four F3D rounds in the afternoon. The event concluded around 3 o’clock with the presentation of awards and then we headed home.
A special thanks to Wendy Dean for managing the computer for Quickie and F3T and acting as the starter for F3D. Her help was invaluable and it was gratifying to have sufficient helps to man all the pylons throughout the weekend. Quickie class was particularly challenging in terms of getting enough helpers, but in the end, we managed well.
Looking ahead, our next race is scheduled for August 17th and 18th in Kahuna. We’re excited and look forward to seeing everyone there!
These are the placing for this race weekend plus the fastest time. For all the results, see the “Result” button below.
Places:
1st Brian Steele
2nd Tom Wetherill
3rd Tom Allen
Fastest Time (Red Box): 63.23 Andrew Davies.
No. of competitors: 6
Places:
1st Andrew Davies
2nd Brian Steele
3rd John Schmidli
Fastest Time (Red Box): 66.74 Andrew Davies.
No. of competitors: 7
Class – Q500
Places:
1st Tom Wetherill
2nd Tom Allen
3rd Jim Orenshaw
Fastest Time (Red Box): 97.02.07 Tom Wetheril
No. of competitors: 7
The top two places remain the same with Tom Wetherill moving u into third place displacing Anthony Thurgood down into 4th.
1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Tom Wetherill
No change in the top three positions for this class also……..again. Only a point between Andrew and Brian though.
1st – Brian Steele
2nd – Andrew Davies
3rd – Jim Orenshaw
The top two places remain the same with Eddie Rich moving u into third place displacing Tony Eichstadt down into 4th.
1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – Eddie Rich
Report – John Schmidli.
Photos – Tom Wetherill and John Schmidli
Please note: We are looking for someone to write event reports regularly. Also, it would be wonderful to have someone photograph these events. This site has a vast readership and is important and valuable to pylon racing in Victoria, Australia and Worldwide.
The written content in this post is accurate to the best of my/our knowledge at the time of publishing. It is written from my/our perspective and reflects how I/we have experienced this event. Photos published as feature images are selected purely for their quality, general interest or topicality. When time permits, they are chosen from a pool of photos taken by myself and others. If a perspective is not being represented, I am more than happy to publish any written content or photos supplied to me, provided it is fair and reasonable.