A few chums looking like they used to...

 

West Wales soaring

After the Welsh Open Vic, Mike and myself headed off to West Wales for a week of coastal soaring.  We had a ball in great weather on half a dozen different cliffs, most of which probably hadn't been soared before.
Some photos are below.

Welsh Open 2015 final results and photos

Thanks largely to very kind weather we had a truly excellent event with 13 rounds.
Photos and a write up soon, first though the results...

Fastest time of the event Inaki Elizondo 32.51

1	Simon Thornton	10949.04
2	Joel West	10873.91
3	Peter Gunning	10780.76
4	Martin Newnham	10606.39
5	Greg Dakin	10602.92
6	Inaki Elizondo	10417.80
7	Mark Treble	10335.98
8	Mike Evans	10250.86
9	Richard Bago	10249.23
10	Stefan Bertschi	10210.18
11	Graeme Mahoney	10194.47
12	Kurt Planitzer	10186.40
13	Ronnie Lampe	10074.38
14	Kevin Newton	10051.00
15	Jose luis Alvarez	10012.71
16	Daniel Schneider	9959.05
17	John Phillips	9953.30
18	Stefan Fraundorfer	9941.96
19	Stefan Bernardy	9857.97
20	Lazaro Martinez	9793.96
21	Fernando Moro	9776.22
22	Frits Donker duyvis	9759.22
23	Keith Wood	9715.88
24	Clayton Landells	9678.49
25	Jorge Medina	9673.09
26	Tony Livingstone	9627.25
27	Martin Drewett	9583.61
28	Reto Blumer	9569.39
29	Inigo Herrera	9548.21
30	Dave Rumble	9528.69
31	John Treble	9516.02
32	Alejandro Gil garcia	9486.13
33	Mike Shellim	9447.50
34	Paul Stubley	9392.71
35	Andy Burgoyne	9373.67
36	Ewan Maxwell	9370.90
37	Erik Heijne	9348.00
38	Christian Schnepfleitner	9261.29
39	Scott Ravenscroft	9220.91
40	Rick Ruijsink	9047.12
41	Marcelino Punal	8956.90
42	Jon Edoson	8837.83
43	Jason Bioletti	8735.97
44	Ian Mason	8634.13
45	Mark Abbotts	7254.93
46	Tony Robertson	6185.69
47	Frank Hulton	5776.88
48	Vic Eldridge	3983.62

Team results

Mickey's Masssive	Joel West	Peter Gunning	Stefan Bertschi	31864.85
GBU	Kevin Newton	Martin Newnham	Simon Thornton	31606.43
Ye lo que hay	Inaki Elizondo	Jose Luis Alvarez	Fernando Moro	30206.72
GIFCOF	Martin Drewett	Tony Livingstone	Graeme Mahoney	29405.32
XEIS	Kurt Planitzer	Christian Schnepfleitner	Stefan Fraundorfer	29389.66
All Stars	Mark Treble	John Treble	Mike Shellim	29299.51
Tea Swillers	Ian Mason	John Phillips	Greg Dakin	29190.36
Bonkers	Paul Stubley	Mike Evans	Andy Burgoyne	29017.24
Fake Pilots	Lazaro Martinez	Jorge Medina	Inigo Herrera	29015.25

Welsh Open results to day two

1	Joel West	7446.82
2	Simon Thornton	7356.41
3	Martin Newnham	7311.00
4	Inaki Elizondo	7235.77
5	Peter Gunning	7200.50
6	Greg Dakin	7173.13
7	Mark Treble	7073.78
8	Mike Evans	7051.99
9	Richard Bago	7043.73
10	Ronnie Lampe	6921.82
11	Graeme Mahoney	6906.30
12	Stefan Bertschi	6869.59
13	Jose luis Alvarez	6856.97
14	Daniel Schneider	6821.54
15	Kurt Planitzer	6791.09
16	Keith Wood	6747.37
17	Stefan Bernardy	6730.23
18	Frits Donker duyvis	6699.36
19	John Phillips	6664.29
20	Kevin Newton	6637.66
21	Fernando Moro	6635.80
22	Reto Blumer	6624.33
23	Stefan Fraundorfer	6616.51
24	Tony Livingstone	6604.99
25	Martin Drewett	6594.82
26	Lazaro Martinez	6545.97
27	Mark Abbotts	6540.89
28	Clayton Landells	6535.08
29	Jorge Medina	6516.69
30	Dave Rumble	6458.93
31	Andy Burgoyne	6429.76
32	Inigo Herrera	6409.57
33	John Treble	6392.26
34	Mike Shellim	6381.40
35	Erik Heijne	6360.11
36	Ewan Maxwell	6337.35
37	Paul Stubley	6314.43
38	Christian Schnepfleitner	6243.45
39	Alejandro Gil garcia	6170.00
40	Scott Ravenscroft	6089.08
41	Rick Ruijsink	6088.77
42	Jason Bioletti	6041.86
43	Marcelino Punal	5983.84
44	Ian Mason	5943.73
45	Jon Edoson	5828.96
46	Tony Robertson	5687.49
47	Frank Hulton	5163.14
48	Vic Eldridge	3983.62

Welsh Open results contd.

Welsh Open results cont.

Welsh Open results cont.

Welsh Open results cont.

Results day 1

Welsh Open - important notice

The forecasts all point at us flying on the Crest tomorrow, so unless there are clearly different conditions in the morning please make your way straight across. Ideally we would like everyone starting to make their way across by 9.30 please.

Be sure to park with your wheels inside the white line and follow the path indicated by the yellow sign.  Don't wear sandals, the terrain means you need a bit of ankle support!

The conditions there today were awesome and the forecast is for the same again... don't leave your ballast in the hotel!

The Crest is awesome today

Several hours later.....

Sent from my iPhone

Slight dent in the plan....

Packing

Slightly different transport this year compared with the usual camper van. Fair play to Porsche... Fitting two F3F models, a Vector DS, a foamie and a DLG , with enough kit for a lads week in West Wales isn't bad going.