Round 10 and half of 11

So while you were sleeping...

They completed round 10:

Joe 9.53 and 100 (1000 pts)
Scott 9.51 and 98 (995.9 pts)
Les 8.54 and 99 (912.37 pts)

And flew the first four spots of round 11- the other two with Joe in one will be flown tonight (Friday morning in France).

Round 11:

Joe: Yet to fly
Scott: 9.50 and 98 (996.81 pts)
Les: 9.51 and 100 (996.9 pts)


So after 10 rounds:

The leader board:
1. Benedict Feigl 8993.8
2. Carl Strautins 8990.19
3. Daryl Perkins 8989.33
4. Philip Kolb 8988.61
5. Ricardis Siumbryus 8988.48
6. Joe Wurts 8984.99

14. Les 8956.04

20. Scott 8941.89


The Teams:

1. New Zealand 26882.93 YIPEE Ya-ooo! as Will would say.
2. Slovenia 26636.67
3. Germany 26612.81
4. Lithuania 26503.8

The Aussies are unfortunately well out of but for crappy reasons rather than beating them fair and square which really sucks all round.
Our best wishes go to Dave Hobby for a speedy recovery and full eye sight! And our serious condolences at having to pull out of the competition. Serious bugger!!!

And various comments around the place....

We're going,we 're going, mostly waaaaayyy downwind after the thermal, and we almost always get it too Les here, just before bed, another long day, up at 6am, first round of the day at 8am (lucky its literally a 4 minute drive to the field from our hotel) and I flew in the final slot of the day that launched at 7.30pm. A quick pack up, a couple of beers, put the models away in the shed and tonight it was McD's for speed and cheapness (did you know you can get a beer with your combo here!!!) Team NZ is in a great place, we are 250 points ahead so with 4 slots to go we can afford one real failure, but not two. We shall see by lunchtime tomorrow how it all plays out but there is a good chance that you will see an RC Soaring NZ cap on the podium somewhere. (Gypsy, can you ask the kids rugby haka trainer if he is free tomorrow night?) Will try to update from the field tomorrow but as you can imagine we will be focused on other things. Regards, Les.

Hi All, Thanks for your best wishes via text and email. Having a great time here in France but not a lot of time to take in the countryside. Flying started today at 8am and finished around 8pm. Back again for a 8am start with Joe flying in Round 11 slot 4 - the first slot of the morning. It will be tough. Both Scott and Les have flown there round eleven flights with good results. We are just chipping off one flight at a time and working our way thru all our flights. At the end of round 10 the team is in a good position in first place. Tomorrow will reveal the winning team and 15 the individuals that will go into the flyoffs. Cheers DJ & the team.