The VMPRA finally raced the Mt Wallace state field after several past cancellations. It was blowy, but we completed 5 rounds of Q500 with 7 competitors. It was also fabulous to have 2 home club members competing in the Sports race, both flying Scanners and doing quite well for their first time flying pylon.
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It was a pleasure to return to the Warrnambool Model Aircraft Club for another exciting pylon racing weekend on April 12–13. As always, the Warrnambool club were fantastic hosts, and a big shoutout to the members managing the No.1 pylon—they did an outstanding job.
Saturday brought ideal flying conditions, while Sunday remained fine but noticeably windier. The weekend turned out to be a real test of endurance, with a higher-than-usual attrition rate. By the end, only two competitors remained in F3D and F3T, and just three in Q500.
It was great to have Steve and Jo Taylor join us from Queensland. It was wonderful to have Steve racing with us.
1st – Anthony Thurgood 2nd – Glenn Matthews 3rd – Brian Steele
F3T
Brian Steele consolidated his top position, ahead by 6 points, Andrew Davies moved from 4th to 2 nd place, pushing Anthony Thurgood down a place into 3rd position.
1st – Brian Steele 2nd – Andrew Davies 3rd – Anthony Thurgood
Q500
Again, there has been no change in the top 3 placings.
1st – Jim Orenshaw 2nd – John Schmidli 3rd – Alan Whitbourne
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How good was that weekend at Munro? Good weather, good attendance, good competition and a good banquet? Thanks to all the interstate competitors making the trip, it was great to see South Aus and Queenslanders, some I hadn’t seen for 30-odd years.
Thanks to the interstate girls for helping run the event, timing and no.1, and Wendy for running the computer, I hope they enjoyed their jam doughnuts; I didn’t win the US Lotto, so I couldn’t give them a car each.
Thanks to Barry, Alan, Greg and Andrew for the banquet and lunch food and Nerida for the yummy dessert.
Thanks to Glenn for all his efforts in keeping the timing equipment running.
Thanks to Barry for his work preparing the excellent field, and thanks to Lyn for allowing him out
Hoping we can continue such good attendance and running this great sport/hobby we all love Maybe next time we won’t let the interstaters kick our butts.
Fastest Time (Red Box): 57.15 Beau Murphy (Note: This was raced over a 10 lap course and doesn’t count to the fastest time over the season). No. of competitors: 14
Class – F3T
Places: 1st Marc Hamilton 2nd Shaun Jacobsen 3rd Andrew Wall
Fastest Time (Red Box): 61.60 Brian Steele. No. of competitors: 15
Class – F3E
Places: 1st Trevor Pearce 2nd Bruce Dechatel 3rd Tony Singleton
Fastest Time (Red Box): 58.74 Tony Singleton. No. of competitors: 4
Class – Q500
Places: 1st John Schmidli 2nd Jim Orenshaw 3rd Gary Whitbourne
Fastest Time (Red Box): 91.18 John Schmidli (Note: This was raced over a 10 lap course and doesn’t count to the fastest time over the season). No. of competitors: 7
Report – Eddie Rich & John Schmidli. Photos – John Schmidli
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It was wonderful to be back at the Warrnambool Model Aircraft Club for the second time this year to hold our State Championships combined with the World Champs team selections.
Again, for the third time in a row, we encountered difficult weather on Saturday, with improved conditions on Sunday, where we carried out the majority of the racing. This meant we flew reduced rounds for the whole weekend.
No change in the top 3 placings, with Andrew increasing his lead by another 2 points, making him 4 points ahead of Brian. Anthony Thurgood remains in 3rd place.
1st – Andrew Davies 2nd – Brian Steele 3rd – Anthony Thurgood
F3T
Andrew Davies has regained the lead over Brian by 7 points, having been on equal points prior to this race. Jim Orenshaw remains in 3rd place.
1st – Brian Steele 2nd – Andrew Davies 3rd – Jim Orenshaw
Q500
No change in the top 3 placings for Quickie.
1st – Jim Orenshaw 2nd – John Schmidli 3rd – Eddie Rich
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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.
No change in the top 3 placings with only 2 points separating Andrew and Brian.
1st – Andrew Davies 2nd – Brian Steele 3rd – Tom Wetherill
F3T
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
Q500
No change in the top 3 placings for Quickie also
1st – Jim Orenshaw 2nd – John Schmidli 3rd – Eddie Rich
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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!
Report – John Schmidli. Photos – Tom Wetherill and John Schmidli
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