34th FAI World Gliding Championships Benalla Australia in Benalla, Victoria | Organisation
34th FAI World Gliding Championships Benalla Australia
Locality: Benalla, Victoria
Address: Samaria Road 3672 Benalla, VIC, Australia
Website: http://wgc2017.com
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25.01.2022 CLOSING CEREMONY! Don't forget to turn your eyes skyward at 10.45am today for a Roulette solo display, which will kick off the closing ceremony of the 2017 World Gliding Championships. More details here: http://wgc2017.com/news_/list-of-news/closing-ceremony.aspx... Picture credit: Glynn Jones/Commonwealth of Australia
23.01.2022 Team Champions WGC Benalla Gold - Great Britain Silver - France Bronze - Germany
21.01.2022 Before the championship medals were awarded, the finlal day winners received their day win medals. Photo; Open Class Day winners 21 January Riccardo Brigliadori, 1st centre, Peter Szabo2nd left, Bruce Taylor 3rd right
19.01.2022 Final Competition day at WGC Benalla Low, blue, windy, yup, a really poor flying day, Australia-style. In Europe, it may be more straightforward - rain. But not at this comp. However, no matter how crummy the day was, it was still sparable. It was proven to be sparable by the pilots who made it around the course, complaining that they had to start at only 600 metres AMSL. Yes, it looked tough from the ground, and the look on the faces of the pilots when they landed said it, t...oo. A bad day. All pilots had the same look - except for young Marcus Nouwens from South Africa, who says he had a good, challenging day. Still, the pilots made around the course and finished the championships. Please have a look at the numerous videos I have posted with pre-launch interviews with many of the pilots as well as their reactions after they landed. What they said and how they looked at the sky, will tell you more than I ever could about the most difficult flying day of the championships. At the end of it all, we have three new World Gliding Champions. Russell Cheetham in Open Class, Killian Walbrou in 18m Class, and a not so new champion, but a champion nevertheless after holding off his great rival Mac Ishikawa - Sebastian Kawa. More from me in the morning. I know most of you are just waking up on wintry Saturday morning. Make a pot of coffee, forget the newspaper, just look at the videos from the final day of WGC Benalla. Sean Young [email protected]
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18.01.2022 All of us who worked as volunteers, members of GCV, visiting pilots and competitors from 27 nations, would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the people of Benalla and the region for their hospitality, understanding and welcome during WGC Benalla. It must have been trying to have several hundred people speaking numerous languages darting around the town wearing funny hats. But maybe you enjoyed our company? We certainly enjoyed yours. We especially wish to thank thos...e who shared their homes and friendship with us. Your generosity will never be forgotten. Thank you for making WGC Benalla a memorable event. We look forward to visiting Benalla again in the gliding seasons to come. We Love, nous aimons, wir lieben, milujeme, wij houden van, amiamo, Ons is lief vir, me rakastamme, szeretünk, grá againn, , vi elsker, mes mylime, , мы любим, milujeme, ljubimo, kochamy Benalla!
15.01.2022 18 Metre Class Champions WGC Benalla Gold - Killian Walbrou - France Silver - Mario Kiessling - Germany Bronze - Mike Young - Great Britain
14.01.2022 Champion smiles after the final days racing, Russell Cheetham and Sebastian Kawa, unfortunately Killian escaped the tie down area before I could snap his well deserved smile.
13.01.2022 WGC Benalla Team Cup Scores
12.01.2022 WGC Benalla Report from the CD
11.01.2022 The organisers of WGC Benalla and the Gliding Federation of Australia greatly appreciate your participation in WGC Benalla. We are also grateful for the support and enthusiasm of your teams, team captains, families back home, your national gliding clubs and organisations. We couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you for being such great competitors and sportspeople. It was our great pleasure to have you as our guests at WGC Benalla. We look forward to meeting you again soon, on a gliding field somewhere.
07.01.2022 15 Metre Class Champions WGC Benalla Gold - Sebastian Kawa - Poland Silver - Makato Ichikawa - Japan Bronze - Lukasz Grabowski - Poland
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04.01.2022 WGC Benalla could not have taken place without the nearly 100 people who volunteered their time, effort and talent to run the event. Every aspect of the championships relied on people to make it all happen. Many of these people were visible to the competitors and public - highly visible - keeping the airfield safe and marshalling the 116 gliders and 16 tugs every day in the heat and dust. Many others served in a variety of roles in the GCV office or from their homes, taking o...n a wide variety of essential tasks. Other volunteers worked in the stewards’ offices onsite, scoring the races, logging the aircraft in and out, task setting, weather and much more. Special thanks to the team of tug pilots and tugmaster who efficiently pulled the gliders into the air each day. Our technical wizards brought you the terrific, large-format video screens that displayed the Livetracking of the races in the club houses, well as on internet and other AV. Still more people worked on the video and editorial coverage, the website, social media, marketing and sponsorship. Special mention should be made of two local GCV club members who garnered the support of local businesses to sponsor competing teams and supply a variety of essentials, such as umbrellas, and services as well as sponsorship for the event. There was also the committee and management, including members of GCV and GFA, who worked tirelessly over many months on the preparation as well as overseeing the championships. Thank you to everyone who contributed in any way to WGC Benalla. The organisers are truly grateful to you.
04.01.2022 Open Class Champions WGC Benalla Gold - Russell Cheetham - Great Britain Silver - Michael Sommer - Germany Bronze - Andrew Davis - Great Britain
03.01.2022 World Champions who competed at WGC2017
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