Rounding up Day 2

After a 6am start for the team. The day started out with tough conditions and it was expected to rain later in the day. Luckily that didn't eventuate and the weather by miday was warm with lots of big fluffy clouds- lots of big thermals and also big sink.

They flew a total of 7 rounds which included three junior rounds. With 6 slots in each round and a five minute break in between it was taking about an hour and 30 to get through each one- the programme was changed to alternating a snr round with a jnr round and they skipped the lunch break in an effort to mke up for the time lost due to the weather on Day 1. And they didn't finish up till almost 8pm. The NZ team headed for Macca's for a quick dinner and by the sounds of it were collapsing in exhausted heaps around 10pm.

Round 3
Joe 9.55 and 100 (1000 pts)
Scott 9.54 and 97 (994.8 pts)
Les 9.54 and 90 (986.5 pts)

Les said they all had good flights only marred by his sliding a bit on the landing.

Round 4
Joe 9.57 and 100 (1000 pts)
Scott 9.52 and 98 (991.9 pts)
Les 9.47 and 96 (983.5 pts)

Les said this round was ok but he ran out of ideas and height after having eye issues which made him leave a good thermal way downwind early.

Overall:
Les 25th (3968 pts)
Scott 35th (3877.8 pts)
Joe 40th (3814.7 pts)

The leaderboard:

1. Philip Kolb (GER) 3995.4
2. Carl Strautins (AUS) 3996.6
3. Arend Borst (Can) 3996.2
4. Daryl Perkins (USA) 3996.2
5. Benedikt Feigl (GER) 3994.9

The Aussies (what's a competition without some good trans-tasman rivalry?)

See Carl above
Dave Hobby 3706.6 (51st)
Jim Houdalakis 3758.3 (46th)

Do the math:
Aus: 11461.5 and NZ 11660.5- the Octopus is right so far. :-) (Kieran is a huge fan of Paul the Octopus especially as Kieran was picking Spain since before the FIFA WC started.)

Today's flying will start with the Junior Round 4 so will be a bit later before results start coming in.

Good luck for day 3 Team NZ (and you Aussies- be cool to see both teams on the winners podium- so long as we can look down on Emu and his mates)!

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On a completely different note we are a Defence Force Family so our sincerest condolences goes to the family, friends and comrades of the NZ Soldier who died in Afghanistan this morning and our thoughts for a full and speedy recovery to the men who were injured. It sucks big time that a family has lost their son whilst working to help families a world away to be safe!