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Event Report – Warrnambool Nov, 2019

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The event was at Warrnambool on Nov 16-17. This field was in absolutely perfect condition with the club having recently upgraded all their facilities and the weather had been very kind with very green pastures and hay being cut everywhere.

Thanks to the Warrnambool Club for hosting this event and we look forward to revisiting you at the end of Feb 2020.

Results

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Andrew Davies
2nd Tom Wetherill
3rd Brian Steele

Fastest Time: 63.39 Beau Murphy
No. of competitors: 6

Class – F3T

Places:
1st Glenn Matthews
2nd Brian Steele
3rd John Schmidli

Fastest Time: 64.00 Andrew Davies
No. of competitors: 8

Places:
1st Mike Kellet
2nd John Schmidli
3rd Gary Whitbourn

Fastest Time: 96.27 Jim Orenshaw
No. of competitors: 8

Check out the full results>>>

Season Championship

This was the first event for the new 2019-2020 season championship.

FA1

Andrew Davies and Brian Steels remain in 1st and 2nd places respectively. Leigh Hocken has displayed Beau Murphy for 3rd Place.

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Leigh Hocken

F3T

Brian Steele and Andrew Davies have moved up a position each leaving Jim Orenshaw in 3rd place after not competing at this event.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Andrew Davies

Q500

Jim Orenshaw remains in first place and Gary Whitbourn has moved up to 2nd pushing Allan Swift down to 3rd place.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Gary Whitbourn
3rd – Allan Swift

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Next Race

Warrnambool Feb 29 – Mar 1.

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Report  – John Schmidli

Please note: We are looking for people willing to write event reports or photograph the events. This is an important and valuable to pylon racing in Victoria, Australia and Worldwide as this site has a vast viewership.

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Photos published as feature images are selected purely for their quality, general interest or topicality. They are chosen from a pool of photos taken by myself and others when time permits.

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Event Report – Newbridge Oct 2019

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This event was run out at Rick Townsend’s private aeromodelling field at Newbridge.

Results

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Andrew Davies
2nd Brian Steele
3rd Beau Murphy

Fastest Time: 58.03 Beau Murphy
No. of competitors: 8

Class – F3T

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd Brian Steele
3rd Marcus Guss

Fastest Time: 65.35 Andrew Davies
No. of competitors: 9

Places:
1st Allan Swift
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Robin Gray

Fastest Time: 96.57 Jim Orenshaw
No. of competitors: 6

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Season Championship

This was the first event for the new 2019-2020 season championship.

FA1

Andrew Davies and Brian Steels remain in 1st and 2nd places respectively. Beau Murphy has displayed Leigh Hocken for 3rd Place.

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Beau Murphy

F3T

Jim Orenshaw and Brian Steele have moved up a place each into 1st & 2nd respectively displacing Andrew Davies who’s now in 3rd position.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Andrew Davies

Q500

Allan Swift has moved up to 2nd position with Alan Whitbourne next in 3rd place.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Allan Swift
3rd – Alan Whitbourne

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Next Race

Warrnambool 16-17 November.
Proposed schedule F3T, FA1 & Q500 both days.

Please note that the December 7-8 Munro event has been cancelled.

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Report  – John Schmidli

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Event Report – Cohuna – State Championships 2019

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What a fantastic club to go pylon racing at. With so much enthusiasm from the club members to help man the pylons, it was an absolute pleasure to race at Cohuna (the home of VIC Pylon) again.

Results

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Andrew Davies
2nd Brian Steele
3rd Leigh Hocken

Fastest Time: 59.69 Andrew Davies
No. of competitors: 3

Class – F3T 

Places:
1st Andrew Davies
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Brian Steele

Fastest Time: 65.10 Andrew Davies
No. of competitors: 7

Class – Q500

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd John Schmidli
3rd Allan Swift

Fastest Time: 93.79 John Schmidli
No. of competitors: 6

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Season Championship

This was the first event for the new 2019-2020 season championship.

FA1

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Leigh Hocken

F3T

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Jim Orenshaw
3rd – Brian Steele

Q500

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – Allan Swift

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Next Race

Newbridge (Rick’s Field) Oct 12-13, 2019

Field Location >>>

Proposed schedule:

  • Friday (11/10/2019):
    • Course set-up
    • Practice
  • Saturday (12/10/2019):
    • 8:45am Entries closed / Field Closed / Pilots Briefing / Everyone to assist with Timing System set-up etc.
    • 9:30am Q500
    • Midday FA1
    • Afternoon F3T
  • Sunday (13/10/2019):
    • Q500
    • FA1
    • F3T

 Accommodation:

  • Camping is available on-site (but there is limited water for showers).  Shower facilities are also available locally in Newbridge.
  • Accommodation is available at Marong and Newbridge.

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Report  – John Schmidli

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Event Report – Munro June 2019

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Back on June 29 – 30, the VMPRA held a pylon race meet at Barry Murphy’s pylon racing field at Munto in Victoria. Due to the F3D world championships not being long after this date, we raced F3T & Q500 only for this event.

The intention was to fly 12 rounds of each class over the weekend. The weather had a different idea. Conditions were very windy and flying stopped for a while on several occasions.
By the end of the event, 8 rounds of Q500 and 3 rounds of F3T were completed.

Below are the results and championship standings for this event

If anybody has any photos they would like to contribute to the gallery and/or would like to add an event report, please email them to my usual address email or the below.

Results

Class – F3T 

Places:
1st John Schmidli
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Brian Steele

Fastest Time: 67.10 Andrew Davies
No. of competitors: 8

Class – Q500

Places:
1st John Schmidli
2nd Allan Swift
3rd Jim Orenshaw

Fastest Time: 96.78 Allan Swift – Note: Q500 Class racing was a non-compliant race. Not all pylons were observed. The fastest time will not be recorded.
No. of competitors: 9

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Season Championship

This was the final race event for the 2018/2019 Seasons Championship, so below are the final top 3 positions for each class. The 1st place getters will receive their Seasons Champion trophies at the Cohuna AGM.

FA1

Congratulations goes to Daniel Arapakis for winning his 3rd Season Championship for FA1.

1st – Daniel Arapakis
2nd – Leigh Hocken
3rd – Andrew Davies

 

 

 

 

 

F400/F3T

There was no change in the top 3 positions post the Munro race. A big congratulations goes out to Andrew Davies. This is also his 3rd Championship win in the last 4 seasons.

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Jim Orenshaw
3rd – Gary Davidson

 

 

 

 

 

Q500

Again there was no change in the top 3 positions post the Munro race. A big congratulations goes out to Jim Orenshaw. This is his 4th season championship in 4 years.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Allan Swift
3rd – John Schmidli

 

 

 

 

 

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Fastest Times for the season.

Through-out the season we keep a record of the fastest race times for the season. This is an informal competition but everybody loves to win the fastest time for an event. I’ve only just become aware that it is now becoming commonly known as the “Red Box”, named after how the fastest time is indicated on the results table. Here are the fastest times for the year.

Next Race

Cohuna – FA1, F3T & Q500  plus our AGM. Sept 14-15, 2019

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Report  – John Schmidli

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Event Report – Warrnambool, May 2019

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Below are the results and championship standings for the recent Warrnambool event

If anybody has any photos they would like to contribute to the gallery and/or would like to add an event report, please email them to my usual address email or the below.

Further to this, for future events, I’m needing contributions in the form of an event report and photos, as I need to pull back for doing this.

Daniel & Andrew all set for the world champs in August.

Results

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Daniel Arapakis
2nd Glenn Matthews
3rd Leigh Hocken

Fastest Time: 57.52 Leigh Hocken
No. of competitors: 5

Class – F3T 

Places:
1st Brian Steele
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Glenn Matthews

Fastest Time: 68.91 Jim Orenshaw
No. of competitors: 7

Class – Q500

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd John Schmidli
3rd Allan Swift

Fastest Time: 93.83 John Schmidli
No. of competitors: 5

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Season Championship

FA1

This was the final round of F3D for the 2018/2019 season championship.
So a big congratulations go to Daniel Arapakis. This is the 3rd time he has won a season championship.

1st – Daniel Arapakis
2nd – Leigh Hocken
3rd – Andrew Davies

F400/F3T

No change for 1st and 2nd positions, but Gary Davidson has popped back in 3rd place again.

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Jim Orenshaw
3rd – Gary Davidson

Q500

No change for the top 3 positions.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Allan Swift
3rd – John Schmidli

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Next Race

Munro F3T & Q500 only. June 29-30, 2019

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Report  – John Schmidli

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Event Report – Munro Feb, 2019

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Below are the results and championship standings for the Munro/VMPRA Trophy event which had been re-scheduled from what was to have been the Camperdown race from earlier in the year.

If anybody has any photos they would like to contribute to the gallery and/or would like to add an event report, please email them to my usual address email or the below.

Further to this, for future events, I’m needing contributions in the form of an event report and photos, as I need to pull back for doing this.

Results

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Beau Murphy
2nd Leigh Hocken
3rd Barry Murphy

Fastest Time: 56.93 Leigh Hocken
No. of competitors: 5

Class – F3T 

Places:
1st Beau Murphy
2nd Andrew Davies
3rd Barry Murphy

Fastest Time: Non-compliant race. Not all pylons were observed therefore fastest time will not be recorded.
No. of competitors: 10

Class – Q500

Places:
1st Mick Kellet
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Allan Swift

Fastest Time: 95.58 John Schmidli
No. of competitors: 9

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Season Championship

FA1

No change for the lead position but both Leigh Hocken and Beau Murphy moved up into 2nd and 3rd positions respectively displacing Andrew Davies down into 4th position.

1st – Daniel Arapakis
2nd – Leigh Hocken
3rd – Beau Murphy

F400/F3T

No change for 1st and 2nd positions, but Barry Murphy has popped up fro 5th to 3rd position. displacing Garry Davidson.

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Jim Orenshaw
3rd – Barry Murphy

Q500

No change for the top 3 positions.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Allan Swift
3rd – John Schmidli

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Next Race

Warrnambool February 30-31, 2019

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Report  – John Schmidli

Please note: We are looking for people willing to write event reports or photograph the events. This is an important and valuable to pylon racing in Victoria, Australia and Worldwide as this site has a vast viewership.

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Photos published as feature images are selected purely for their quality, general interest or topicality. They are chosen from a pool of photos taken by myself and others when time permits.

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Event Report – Warrnambool Dec, 2018

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Below are the results and championship standings for the last event for 2018 which was held at Warrnambool. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend and therefore there are no photos or report.

Results

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Daniel Arapakis
2nd Leigh Hocken
3rd Glenn Matthews

Fastest Time: 58.32
No. of competitors: 8

Class – F3T (For the first time for the VMPRA)

Places:
1st Andrew Davies
2nd Brian Steele
3rd Jim Orenshaw

Fastest Time: 68.19
No. of competitors: 7

Class – Q500

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd Allan Swift
3rd Mike Kellet

Fastest Time: 96.49
No. of competitors: 4

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Season Championship

FA1

1st – Daniel Arapakis
2nd – Andrew Davies
3rd – Leigh Hocken

F400/F3T

This season championship will be a combination of F400 & F3T. As of the November 2018 Munro event, all future races will be to the F3T rules.

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Jim Orenshaw
3rd – Gary Davidson

Q500

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – Allan Swift
3rd – John Schmidli

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Next Race

Camperdown February 2-3, 2019

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Report  – John Schmidli

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Event Report – Munro November 2018

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Here are the results from the event run on November 10-11, 2018 at Barry Murphy’s Munro pylon racing field.

The last Formula 400 race for the VMPRA

The last Formula 400 race for the VMPRA

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Results

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Beau Murphy
2nd Daniel Arapakis
3rd Glenn Matthews

Fastest Time: 57.93
No. of competitors: 6

Class – F400 (For the last time ever)

Places:
1st Beau Murphy
2nd Barry Murphy
3rd Glenn Matthews

Fastest Time: 61.82
No. of competitors: 9

Class – Q500

Places:
1st David Chippindall
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Allan Swift

Fastest Time: 91.91 – Not recorded (no one on pylon #3).
No. of competitors: 8

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Season Championship

FA1

Andrew Davies remains at the top position but Beau Murphy moved from 5th to 2nd position and Daniel Arapakis moved from 4th to 3rd.

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Beau Murphy
3rd – Daniel Arapakis

F400/F3T

This season championship will be a combination of F400 & F3T. As of the November Munro event, all future races will be to the F3T rules.

1st – Beau Murphy
2nd – Barry Murphy
3rd – Glenn Matthews

Q500

The top 2 positions swapped with Jim Orenshaw now leading.

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – Allan Swift

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Next Race

Warnambool December 8-9, 2018

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Results and Photos  – John Schmidli

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Event Report – Crib Point Oct 2018

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A great day was had by all at WPMAC at Crib Point back on October 14. Although numbers were a little down from usual due to some clashes, we had some fantastic weather, exciting racing and generously hosted by this great club.

Except for this excellent group shot taken by Andrew Arapakis, unfortunately there are no more photos of this event due to a setting error on the camera. Oops….. Sorry everybody!

Results

Class – Q500

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd Tom Wetherill
3rd John Schmidli

Fastest Time: 89.72 – Tom Wetherill
Note: Not all pylon judging positions were officiated. Fastest times wont be recorded (unfortunately).
No. of competitors: 13

Results

Class – Sports

Places:
1st Tom Wetherill
2nd Cameron Sexton
3rd George Angelov

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Season Championship

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Q500

No change at the top 3 positions but Jim has closed in on top position with only 1 point in it.

1st – John Schmidli
2nd – Jim Orenshaw
3rd – Allan Swift

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Next Race

Munro on November 10-11.

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Event Report  – John Schmidli

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Cohuna – 2018 VMAA State Championships

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It’s was great going back to the home of pylon racing in Victoria, 41 years from the first pylon event at this great club. We held the VMAA State Championship on this weekend which included the 2nd F3D Australian Team Trial for next years World Championships in Queensland, Australia.

The Cohuna club always provides a full compliment of helps which is absolutely necessary for running the team trials on the 10 lap course. What a great job all the helpers did. Thanks to the Cohuna Club.

We started with 2 rounds of Q500 after a little delay getting the timing system sorted. Once the Q500 races finished, it was into the half an hour of flight testing for the F3D and then 5 rounds were run in nice sunny and warm conditions. later in the day, F400 ran 3 rounds before running out of time.

Sunday started with the remaining 3 rounds of F3D followed by Q500 and the F400 after lunch. 

The event was a great success with Andrew Arapakis and Andrew Davies CDing for the weekend plus Allan Swift running the timing systems with help from Daniel Arapakis. Great job everybody

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Results

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Leigh Hocken
2nd Beau Murphy
3rd Ranjit Phelan

Fastest Time: 55.90 – Leigh Hocken
No. of competitors: 10
10 Lap Course

Results

Class – F400
This was a clean sweep from Team Jacobsen.

Places:
1st Shaun Jacobsen
2nd Jarrod Jacobsen
3rd Tom Jacobsen

Fastest Time: 63.66 – Shaun Jacobsen
No. of competitors: 8
10 Lap Course

Class – Q500
This was a smaller field than usual but it was great having Robin Gray back flying pylon.

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd John Schmidli
3rd Allan Swift

Fastest Time: 90.13 – Jim Orenshaw
No. of competitors: 4
10 Lap Course

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Season Championship

This was only the second event for this new championship season. Being an VMAA Championships and a F3D team selection trial, it was a 10 lap course with a good amount of cut judges. We done Cohuna club!

FA1

Leigh Hocken jumps up from 8th to 2nd position after this convincing win.

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Leigh Hocken
3rd – Barry Murphy

F400

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Jim Orenshaw
3rd – Gary Davidson

Q500

1st – John Schmidli
2nd – Jim Orenshaw
3rd – Allan Swift

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Next Race

The very next race is at the Westernport Club where there’ll be a Sports & Q500 race on Oct 14. There is always a great turn out at this event and a heap of fun had.

The next 2 day/3 class event is being held on Nov 10-11 at Munro.

There have been quite a few changes to the calendar of late so make sure you have them all in your diary so as to not miss out.

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Event Report and Photos  – John Schmidli

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