Re: [Aus-soaring] Calender of Gliding Events

2011-11-12 Thread Adam Woolley
Bring on one week Nationals! I think it's the next big step in making sure our sport doesn't die a slow death. With the exception of last season, do we really need 10+ days to declare a champion? 3-4 (within the week) days at a minimum would be enough. Jay Rebbeck (previous world champion) que

Re: [Aus-soaring] Calender of Gliding Events

2011-11-12 Thread Stuart & Kerri FERGUSON
Bernie, you are obviously much younger than most of us to be talking in terms of organizing grand parents; most of us are either Grand Parents, or of Grand Parenting age. Personally I can't wait to retire and become a "Gliding Bum" get to more camps and comps, do a lot more glider fl

Re: [Aus-soaring] Calender of Gliding Events

2011-11-12 Thread Ross McLean
Hi Bernie Good point but, your statement that “most if not all comps & training camps for next season are already known”, is actually not correct. Events for 2012 that I know are scheduled at this point are: 1. FAI Worlds/Pre-Worlds 32nd Un-Flapped Pre-World Gliding Championships Argenti

Re: [Aus-soaring] Calender of Gliding Events

2011-11-12 Thread Ross McLean
Actually, my apologies, I have just been corrected regarding Women In Gliding Week and Squad Week (thank you Mandy). Women in Gliding is before Benalla this year 31st Dec to 6th Jan and Squad Week is 19th to 25th March. So my point is that apart from the three events that are always schedul

Re: [Aus-soaring] Calender of Gliding Events

2011-11-12 Thread Bernie & Sue
Untitled DocumentHi all. Thanks Ross, I'm happy to be corrected on the points that you make, but there is still nothing on next years calender & this is the point I'm trying to make. I would imagine that the clubs & state bodies would have a good idea of what events they are running next season.