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Heathcote Soaring League

Locality: Maddens Plains

Address: Princes Highway 2508 Maddens Plains, NSW, Australia

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23.01.2022 Reminder that this Sunday the 22nd of Nov will be the HSL Spring Club Competition. This round will be the last in the 2020 club championship series. The HSL club championship comprises the best scores from 4 events during the year. The events that count are the Heathcote Cup, Club competitions and the Heathcote Millennium Cup Round. See attached photo of the standings so far this year. There is a perpetual trophy which is awarded each year to the championship winner. See you... there, come along to try and improve your position!! https://fb.me/e/1b0wyJpsy See more

22.01.2022 https://fb.me/e/4t7KGoC1b

20.01.2022 The forecast for the Heathcote Cup on Sunday is looking good F5j open and limited. Come along for a great days flying... See you there

20.01.2022 Last night we received advice from ANSW that the Government has restricted events to 20 people (Including spectators) under their COVID 19 powers Given that there could be that less than 20 show up, we just don’t know, this makes it really tricky to know how to manage this situation and not inconvenience people. The Committee has been in discussion regarding how best to manage this and has decided on the following:... That we ask those wishing to attend to reply via email to advise us of that intention ASAP. The first 20 responders will be able to attend, any others will be advised they have missed out. It will be based on the time of your response. All respondents will be advised will get a response one way or another. You won’t be able to bring any spectators with you. It is extremely unfortunate that we have had to do this and thank you for your understanding and co-operation. HSL Committee

18.01.2022 Hi Guys. Thanks for understanding and getting back to us so quickly. As of 2pm we have 15 pilots attending the Heathcote Cup tomorrow. Due to COVID we have a limit of 20 at the field. If your name is on the list below we have recieved your correspondence and we will see you in the morning.... If you would like to attend and you are not on the list below please let us know ASAP and we will let you know if there is still space available. Don Farrar Rob Watson Rob Budniak Jack Murphy Stephen Weatherstone Phil Bird John Haren Mike Malherbe Bob Nutman Phil Stevenson Klaus Metzger Matt Lowe Richard Chard Douglas McDonald Ken Woodward Have a good comp, Col Woodward, HSL Secretary

14.01.2022 Hi Guys, Here are the results from yesterday, congrats to the winners. Disappointed I could not be there, it sounded like an interesting day. Great to see Matt Lowe back, showing us what can be done as usual!! I have also included the updated results for the HSL Club Championship. We are working on improving the FM transmitter clarity, thanks for giving it a go.... See you at the field soon, Col Woodward, HSL Secretary

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13.01.2022 A reminder that as per our rules we do not allow flying at Maddens Plains on TOBAN days. Please check the RFS website before you fly. We are in zone 5, Illawarra/Shoalhaven. https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fdr-and-tobans One of the conditions to fly over 400ft is to monitor the local area frequency, we also highly recommend that the CTAF frequency for Wedderburn is monitored as well. The other listed frequencies on the rule sheet are for general interest only and ...will be removed from the rule sheet next update. - Sydney Centre, Kings Tableland area frequency, 124.55 MHz - Wedderburn CTAF, 122.55 MHz Thx Col Woodward HSL Secretary

11.01.2022 Report for the HSL Mil Cup by Kevin Weston, join the Millennium Cup facebook Group for more Millennium Cup info and photos. What a wonderful day, 19 people enjoying one of the best gliding contests this year!! Special congratulations to Mike Macherbe who took out the day, Col Woodward who came second with Klaus Metzger completing the podium in third.... As we only were able to hold one round of the Millennium Cup this year, it was decided to carry this round into the 2021 competition. Thank you all who attended and who made this particular competition one of the best for a very long time. One final observation, 19 competitors, 9 rounds with 0 broken models

11.01.2022 Sadly Murray Scott passed away today on his 80th birthday. Murray was a founding member of SSL and was our first President. He was also a founding member of Hea...thcote Soaring League in Sydney. From a control line background, Murray moved into RC and gliding. He was one of the first glider pilots in Australia to achieve LSF Level One and was number 433 in the world. Murray went on to fly nearly every facet of our hobby. Aerobatics, scale and helicopters were part of his long passion for aeromodelling. Our thoughts go out to his wife Bev, and children Alexis and Yolanda. See more

11.01.2022 Mike Malherbe with the HSL Club Championship Trophy being awarded by Jack Murphy Club President, Mike Col and Phil, 1st 2nd and 3rd in the club championship.

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10.01.2022 Great day flying today, we had 5 rounds flown to f5j rules. The wind did not come up as forecast which was great. 18 pilots enjoyed some interesting thermal conditions with Radians winning a few heats. Large lift and tricky sink patches/cycles had to be negotiated. Congrats to Mike Malherbe winning the day and the club championship. Don came second today and Phil Bird third, well done all.... In limited congrats to Geoff Ross-Clift first today with John Town second and Rob Watson third. The next event at our field will be the Picton Cup Round 2 on the 6th of Dec. See you all then, Col

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01.01.2022 Hi guys The Committee have been monitoring the weather forecast closely over the past week and have decided just now to cancel the event. Thank you to the 16 people who registered to attend the Millennium Cup competition tomorrow, hopefully the weather and covid restrictions are more favourable for Shoalhaven on the 1/11/20... Kevin And from Fred, All, The Sydney area forecast for tomorrow (Sunday) has a 90% chance of showers in the morning and afternoon along with a chance of thunderstorms. These are not suitable conditions for thermal glider flying nor for standing out in an open field. So, The HSL round of the 2020 Millennium Cup is cancelled. The next round is the Nowra round (and the Shoalhaven Shield). This might be the only round we are able to actually run in 2020. Cheers Fred Lodden On behalf of the Millennium Cup Committee.