Lake Keepit Soaring Club is hosting the 2009-2010 Club and Sports Class National Gliding Championships  News Update! The club has been a hive of activity recently with preparations for the comps. The greensmen have been out on the strip, digging irrigation ditches, planting, spraying watering, hoeing and levelling so that take offs can be on a smooth and dust free area of the strip. There are still some spaces in Camp-o-tels in the state park if anyone needs accommodation. Think these are slightly upmarket tents with bunk beds kettles and microwaves and presumably lights. Tugs It looks as if there will be a full complement of six tugs with Darian Thom flying the Club's Callair and the trusty Juho flying Brad Edward's Pawnee IGR. The Tug hangar has been cleaned, vacuumed and polished in preparation for holding the briefings. Weather for the comps will be courtesy of Harry and Wendy Medlicott… Wendy will fly the temp trace in her Jabiru each morning and Harry will mastermind the weather and task sheets each morning. Tasks Bruce Taylor is task setter in chief and is keen to send gliders to the east if it is safe to do so. The club had a camp up in Kentucky last weekend and everyone had a ball with heights up to 13,000'. Booze Robin Walker is manning the bar and has provided claims he has stocked it full of drinks for Queenslanders… presumably of a type that won't affect their flying. Catering Wendy and her gang of helpers are doing the catering for lunch and dinner. We have the offer of an Asian Night and the final dinner will be at the Sport and Rec club in the park with full table service. The cost of the final dinner is $45.00 per person. Anyone not attending the competition who would still like to be part of the final dinner will be very welcome but please let Wendy know if you intend to come by the beginning of the competition. Wendy says "I am looking forward to the laughter and friendship in the kitchen each day and the satisfaction of the pilots and crews with the quality of the food." Three chef's hats then! Breakfast is a continental or full English breakfast (on a strictly DIY basis) Entries Due to the expected last minute cancellations of one or two entrants there is still a vacant slot or two, so if you can get your act together in time, contact Dave Shorter or Peter Sheils. You can download the entry form here. Entries are 99% full but you might be lucky and get a cancellation. Dates - Practice day Monday 9th November
- Competition Tuesday 10th to Friday 20th November
Documents. People You’ll meet everyone on arrival, but the important people in charge will be: - Contest Director – Jenny Ganderton, club midweek manager, instructor and tuggie. She’s looking forward to keeping you all under control.
- Safety Officer – Vic Hatfield. Wants to ensure you all go home in one piece.
- Task Setter – Bruce Taylor, looking for the big days to set some goods tasks.
- Weather man – Harry Medlicott. Always a thankless job when it doesn’t turn out good. But Harry’s promising classic Keepit conditions.
- Chief Marshall – Jim Staniforth, travelling all the way from California just for the event.
- Catering Manager – Wendy Medlicott, who’ll ensure you get locally prepared, interesting and varied food each day.
- Bar Manager – Robin Walker. He’ll help you lubricate the day’s flying stories.
- Registration Officer – Peter Sheils. He’ll be happy to take your money and get you organized.
- Scorer – Chris Carr assisted by our Finish tuggie Juho – they’re working on stress testing the system right now.
- Tugmaster – Ron Cameron. Aiming launch you into a thermal each day.
Contacts: Competition organiser Dave Shorter.
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