OLC IGC Southern Hemisphere Champions!!

After two weeks of flying, Martin Grünert (TR) took overall line honours in the International Gliding Commission’s prestigious 100 Year Anniversary Southern Hemisphere Challenge with a flight of 991km from Worcester.

Cape pilots took 3 of the top 4 overall places:

• Martin Grünert (DG500M 22m – 1st),
• Alan O’Regan (LS8 – 2nd), and
• Reinhold Lawrenz (DG500M 22m – 4th).

Pilots from the Cape Gliding Club at Worcester, also won 4 out of 6 possible individual class medals:

• Martin Grünert (Open Class – DG500M 22m - 991km),
• Peter Farrell (15m Class – Ventus 1 - 820km),
• Alan O’Regan (Standard Class – LS8 - 958km), and
• Sven Olivier (Club Class – Astir CS - 544km).

The World Class (PW5) was not contested and Australian Rudolf Hertzog of the Murray Valley Soaring Club won the 18m class (Ventus 17.6 – 828km) flying from Corowa, Australia.

Well done team!