Back on the 25th and 26th of July, the VMPRA travelled to the Bendigo club for our yearly visit to this town for a pylon race.
Results
Season Championship
F3D
With only three events left for this season’s championship, there were a few movements at the last event in Kahuna. In F3D, Anthony Thurgood and Andrew Davies remain in first and second place, respectively, but Brian still moved up one spot from fourth to third place, displacing Tom Weatherall back down to fourth
F3T
F3T saw some big changes. Jim Orenshaw remains in first place, but Andrew Davies has moved from fifth place up to second place. Anthony Thurgood’s moved from fourth place up to third place, pushing Brian Steele down to fourth and John Schmidli down to fifth. Andrew Davies, Anthony Thurgood, and Brian Steele are all on 45 points, separated only by their average times over the last season. So it’s very close
Q500
For Q500, the top two places, Jim Ronchard and John Schmidli, remain the same, but Alan Whitburn has moved up from fourth place, displacing Eddie Richard down to fourth place.
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We initially had a dilemma about cancelling the event due to the bad weather prediction, but decided to continue; after all, we all enjoy being together, regardless.
Thanks to the guys for setting up the course on Friday, ready and saving time on Saturday. The weather on Saturday turned out very well, with a full complement of club members helping. We managed to combine the Q500 and F3D in alternating heats, which allowed for time to service the models.
John and James raced their 3D-printed models around the course as a demonstration, which was quite impressive, and possibly a class to be included later at Sports/Q500 events. Noted James was faster with a higher capacity battery, John found and damaged no.3 pylon on Sunday.
With five rounds of each class flown, we stopped for the day due to the low, bright sun at No. 1 causing poor visibility. The owners of the Stockyard restaurant opened up for us on Saturday night for dinner, and we were treated to a good feed and a great musical performance by a four-piece band, featuring Wendy, Anthony, Barry, Trevor, and young Stephanie as the microphone assistant.
On Sunday, we ran two more rounds of F3T but only managed one of Q500 and tried for F3D before the rain closed in, and we decided to end it at that. We managed to pack up during rain showers, with results tallied and trophies handed out, and headed back home early. Editor’s Note: A big thanks to Eddy, who produced State Championship Trophies himself.
Thanks to the Cohuna club for their excellent help in running the event, with no re-runs required. Also, thanks to the ladies running the canteen. Thanks to James for working hard as a starter over the two days. Also, of course, thank you all for making my CD job easy again, with great camaraderie.
Report – Eddie Rich. Photos – John Schmidli & Eddie Rich
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Back on the 13th & 14th of August. The VMPRA returned to Cohuna, the home of pylon racing in Victoria. Below are the results and Season Championship standings, plus a link to a gallery of images from the weekend.
Report – John Schmidli Photos – Tom Allan & John Schmidli
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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. They are chosen from a pool of photos taken by myself and others when time permits. If a perspective is not being represented, I am more than happy to publish any written content or photos that are supplied to me, provided it is fair and reasonable.
