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Qualifying Grand Prix Events 2008/9

The table below lists the sites, dates and contact persons of the Qualifying Grand Prix events in 2008 and 2009, with links to the web sites.

Sailplane Grand Prix Newsletter 8 (23.02.2009)

2008 – 2009 GP Round

Dear Friends

Six qualifying GP events have been completed on the 2008-2009 calendar.

Location Pilots Countries Tasks
Torino, Italy 7 2 4
St Auban, France 15 4 6
Lasham, UK 16 1 1
Nitra, Slovakia 18 7 7
Narromine, Australia 19 5 7
Santiago, Chile 19 6 6

Chilean Qualifying Grand Prix Results

The winners are

  1. Uli Schwenk, Germany, 37 points
  2. Tilo Holighaus, Germany, 26 points
  3. Thomas Gostner, Italy, 24 points.

The first two qualify for the GP final.

More information can be found on the event website at http://www.grandprixchile2009.org/

World Gliding Championships in Lüsse

The World Gliding Championships in Lüsse, Germany, have finished.

The new world champions are, from left to right: Michael Sommer, Germany (Open Class), György Gulyas, Hungary (15m Class) and Olivier Darroze, France (18m Class).

The winners of the World Championships in Rieti, Italy, were: Laurent Couture, France (World Class), Matthias Sturm, Germany (Club Class) and Michael Buchthal, Germany (Standard Class).

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