2008 Competitions and Results
IGSA National Ladder
No entries to date
Irish Nationals 2008
Competition will be held over two weekends in August. Competition is being run in conjunction with the Dublin Gliding Club who are hosting the event.
Venue: Gowran Grange
Dates: 2nd to 4th August
8th to 10th August
Download Entry form, updated 22nd July.
Update: 9th August
The Irish Summer behaved with its usual mix of rain, wind and cloud and resulted in a ZERO score for all eight entries. During the week we had two near record breaking rainfall events! See all the results at http://www.soaringspot.com/ienat2008
Better luck next year!
UK Overseas Nationals – Ocana, Spain
26th May to 6th June
Five Irish pilots competed in this year’s competition and 3rd place was won.
- Paul Crabb – Ventus 2ax – 3rd
- Kevin Houlihan – DG 808 – 17th
- Kieran Commins – ASW20 – 23rd
- Daire McMahon – Discus B – 26th
- Bruno Ramseyer – DuoDiscus – 29th
- Crew and DuoDiscus 2nd Pilots: Michael Walsh, Martin McHugo, Thomas Deane
- Web site: http://www.soaringclub.com
- Detailed Results: http://www.soaringspot.com/Overseas2008
World Championships, Luesse, Germany
2nd to 16th August 15m and 18m classes
Owning to the competition being oversubscribed, only one place per class is available for Irish Pilots. This year’s entries are:
- Paul Crabb, 15m Class – Ventus 2ax – 20th
- Stephen Crabb, 18m Class – ASG29E – 24th
- Web site: http://www.wgc2008.org/
- Blog: http://irishglidingteam.blogspot.com
Midland Regionals, UK
16th to 24th August – Husbands Bosworth
- Bruno Ramseyer – DuoDiscus – 40th
- Web site: http://www.glidingcentre.co.uk
- Results: http://www.soaringspot.com/midreg2008/results/
Dunstable Regionals, UK
16th to 24th August – London Gliding Club
- Kieran Commins – ASW20 – 3rd
- Peter Denman – DG200 – 14th
- Alan McKillen – ASW20 – 19th
18m Nationals, UK
17th to 25th August, Bicester
- Kevin Houlihan – DG 808C – 30th
- Web Site: http://www.windrushers.org.uk/Competitions/18-metres2008/index.htm