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Event Report – Warrnambool, April 2025

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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.

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Results

These are the placings for this race weekend, plus the fastest times. For all the results, see the “Result” button below.

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Anthony Thurgood
2nd Glenn Matthews
3rd Brian Steele

Fastest Time (Red Box): 71.76 Brian Steele
No. of competitors: 5

Class – F3T

Places:
1st Andrew Davies
2nd Brian Steele
3rd John Schmidli

Fastest Time (Red Box): 69.82 Andrew Davies.
No. of competitors: 9

Class – Q500

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd John Schmidli
3rd Eddie Rich

Fastest Time (Red Box): 97.76 Jim Orenshaw
No. of competitors: 8

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Season Championship

FA1

No change in the top 3 placings.

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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Next Race Events:
– Mount Wallace – May 4 – Q500/Sports (Come Try Race).
– Hamilton – May 17 – 18 – F3D, F3T & Q500.

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Report  – John Schmidli.
Photos – John Schmidli

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Event Report – 2021 AMPRA/WC Team Trial – Warrnambool Feb 2022

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On the weekend of February 26-27, 2022, we finally had a chance to get together and run our 2021 AMPRA Champs. The AMPRA event was also a team selection for the F3D World Championships to be held later this year in the U.S. This meant we had lots of competitors from interstate come down, which was great to see.

We had some of our interstate visitors arrive earlier in the week. On the Friday afternoon when I arrived, there were many people there practising and set up ready for the weekend.

To ensure our best chance of getting through our flying programme for the weekend, we scheduled to start racing quite early (at 8 am), meaning people were turning up to setup their planes in the dark.
The first class we ran, this being a team trial, was F3D, one of the priority classes for the weekend. We managed to get through the five minimum required rounds very early.

After a short break, we commenced flying F3E and Q500 to give the competitors of F3E, a chance to charge batteries between rounds, which worked quite well and kept a good flow for the event.

We managed to get through the eight rounds of combined F3E & Q500 by about the middle of the afternoon, meaning we could bring forward the AMPRA meeting. We had to discuss some items of business for AMPRA. AMPRA (Australian Miniature Pylon Racing Association) is the Australian body for pylon racing. This event was the AMPRA Championships, which we hold once a year, normally in June, but due to COVID, this had been delayed from last year.

The next day we started early again. First up, we had to finish the remaining three rounds of F3D, making up a total of eight rounds. This done, we had completed the required racing for the team trials.

It was still early in the day, so we had time to run a good eight rounds of F3T. This class is always great to race and we had a good mix of Victoria and Queensland flyers flying this event.

F3T all finished up in the early afternoon after a short break for lunch. Presentations were made and we started leaving the field about 2:30 in the afternoon.

In general, it was a great event. It was excellent to have competitors from interstate, including Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria.

We saw some fantastic racing. In particular, some very tight racing between Beau Murphy and Lea Hocken, with Beau coming out on top with some excellent times. It was also great to see some good results in F3E.
Quickie 500 was competed only by Victorians and as usual, Jim Orenshaw came out on top.

The Warrnambool club did another great job of hosting, and we all very much appreciated it. Everyone pitched in and helped with pylon judging and timing. A great weekend had by all.

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Results

Class – FA1

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

Fastest Time: 54.55 Beau Murphy
No. of competitors: 6

Class – F3E

Places:
1st Tyler Mees
2nd Tony Singleton
3rd Trevor Pearce

Fastest Time: 56:27 Tony Singleton
No. of competitors: 6

Class – F3T

Places:
1st Andrew Wall
2nd Steve Hughes
3rd Glenn Matthews

Fastest Time: 60.51 Andrew Wall
No. of competitors: 6

Class – Q500

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd James Hurley
3rd John Schmidli

Fastest Time: 94.49 Jim Orenshaw
No. of competitors: 6

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Season Championship

FA1

1st – Leigh Hocken 
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Tom Wetherill

F3T

1st – Glenn Matthews
2nd – Jim Orenshaw
3rd – Andrew Davies

Q500

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – James Hurley

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Next Race

The next race meet will be on March 26-27 at Rick Townsend’s model airfield.
Classes being raced will be F3D, F3E & Q500.

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Report & Photos  – John Schmidli

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

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.

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Event Report – Warrnambool Nov 2021

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Finally, the VMPRA was able to go back to racing and back to the Warrnambool Model Aircraft Club. What a fantastic club facility they have there. The field was beautifully prepared, the club put on great catering and the help was incredible. 

Saturday was a little wet particularly in the morning and early afternoon so after completing 4 rounds of Q500, we held the AMG. After that, the weather had clear enough to fly 4 rounds of F3D,

Sunday, the weather was more stable and with an early start, we completed 8 rounds of F3T, then the balance of the Q500 and F3D rounds. All in all, it was a great weekend and the welcome return to pylon racing in Victoria.

We look forward to returning to this club for our world champs team selection event in Feb 2022.

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Results

Class – FA1

Places:
1st Leigh Hocken
2nd Brian Steele
3rd Tom Wetherill

Fastest Time: 56.77 Leigh Hocken
No. of competitors: 6

Class – F3T

Places:
1st Andrew Davies
2nd Glenn Matthews
3rd Jim Orenshaw

Fastest Time: 61.04 Andrew Davies
No. of competitors: 6

Places:
1st Jim Orenshaw
2nd John Schmidli
3rd Gary Whitbourne

Fastest Time: 98.18 Jim Orenshaw
No. of competitors: 6

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Season Championship

FA1

1st – Leigh Hocken 
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Tom Wetherill

F3T

1st – Andrew Davies
2nd – Glenn Matthews
3rd – Jim Orehshaw

Q500

1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – Gary Whitbourn

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Next Race

The next race meet will be a World Champs team selection event at Warrnambool on Feb 26-27, 2022.
Classes being raced will be F3D, F3E & Q500.

Check Out Complete Calendar >>>
 

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.

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.

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