2020 F5J State Championships

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— Saturday The members that joined in to fly the F5J comp today enjoyed a varied and sometime challenging day. We had a few spots of rain, less than that was forecast as was the lesser wind speeds. Still gusts and turbulence near the ground created some very dramatic landing results. A credit to our flyers. Congratulations to Keith Douglass, a newer member,  for his very commendable first effort in comp with our club. 8 rounds were flown today and we will endeavour to get another 8 rounds flown tomorrow. The results overall are attached – you will see that some scores are shaded blue. This is the pilots lowest score and is not taken into account when calculating their  positions –
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Christmas Dinner and Trophies (2018)

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Well last night was another successful SSL event at Milang. We were blessed with a pleasant day for flying and then a magnificent dinner provided by Robert, Jennifer and the team. Roast pork, beef and chicken with roast potatoes and salads, bread and gravy followed later by Christmas pudding, mince pies, cream, custard and ice cream! All served with elegance. It was superb! Garry and his team had put up 5 gazebos and set out tables and chairs so that everyone had a seat at a table for dinner. The club trophies were presented to the winners, Mike O, Andrew, Garry and Jennifer. See the overall results in the spreadsheet attached. We had a nice table of prizes for the
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Tapanappa January 26-28 2018 (Permit Required)

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If you plan to Slope fly at Tapanappa in January, 2018 (or any other time) please ensure that you renew your permit if required. New permits last for 3 years (subject to change). An updated application form from DEWNR (Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources) can be found here (Link) , or should you require a PDF version here (link) . Also, available from Robert Gunn should you require a hard copy or possibly can’t download. If you are intending to fly you will need to send this form soon. Some of you may still have permit left from past applications as they are valid for a couple of years. Please check your existing form. The most important thing is there
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End of Year Report and Class Winners!

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Extract from Greg Potter’s (President) speech at the 2016 SSL end of year dinner: The 2016 SSL flying season has come to an end with a sweet victory in the Midway Cup – an Open Thermal competition between SA and Victoria. After being beaten twice we finally triumphed at Horsham a few weeks ago in a very closely fought event. SSL members placed 1st, 3rd and 5th to gain 100+ points more (out of 36,000) than the 3 Victorians who placed 2nd, 4th and 6th. We also outnumbered them 2 to 1 with 14 flyers from SA to 7 from Victoria. The cup will spend 8 months at the Modelflight warehouse (Jamie was 1st and Mike 5th) and 4 months
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