20th European Gliding Championships StalowaWola, Poland

26/05/2019

To all our competitors, helpers and guests - we wanted to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. We're grateful to have met you on the Turbia airfield and we hope to see you again. We wish everyone safe trips back home. Until next time!😀

25/05/2019

Briefing before last task was long anticipated- final tasks are here! Gliders went to the grid in orderly fashion, having in mind, that the airstrip is still a bit wet. Today we'll know, who won the Championships!

24/05/2019

24/05/2019

Welcome to day thirteen!
It's still raining 💦, so some of our contestants went for a tour to Kraków.🗺🏰 Others wait for the airfield to dry out.

23/05/2019

Welcome to day twelve of our competition. It's a rest day. Briefing was short, and focused on safety. We're waiting for the weather to get better and planning new leisure activities for our contestants :)

22/05/2019

As the rain stopped, a great bonding opportunity unveiled itself :) International Day was a great way to taste specialties from all around Europe and discuss in a friendly atmosphere. Not only about gliding ;)

22/05/2019

Welcome to day eleven of our competition. It's a rest day for all competitors. No task today. During briefing we've discussed the proximity incident from last competition day.
Plans for the afternoon include an 'international evening' at 18:00

21/05/2019

Welcome to the competition day number ten!

It's a rest day. There will be no competition nor any other flying due to rain.💦 Briefing was short today and it focused on safe flying.

During briefing we've awarded winners of the last task in 20m dual seat class:

1st place team Jones & Coppin, GB
2nd place team Lehto & Sorri, FIN
3rd place Morel & Labatut, FR

Congratulations! 🏆

Then we've awarded the winners of yesterday's table tennis tounament :) :

1st place Philip Jones (United Kingdom)
2nd place Yves Gerster (Switzerland)
3rd place Peter Harvey (United Kingdom)

It was a fierce competition guys, thanks for playing! 🏆🏓

Today, to not get bored, we've got board...game for you!
At 16:00 in the briefing room, there will be a presentation of a new game called "Gliders racing", followed by a small tournament. Each participating team will get one game as a gift. See you there! 🎲