I started shooting in November 2009, and competitively early in 2010. By the end of 2010, I’d achieved a lot in my new sport, by discovering a hidden natural talent for shooting. As noted in a previous thread on Becsta.COM, I was given the opportunity to qualify for selection to the Australian Shooting Team, heading [...]
Well, what a fortnight it was! I attended a Prize Shoot, and won, attended Jerilderie LSF flying event, and came near last, and was witness to the Canley Vale plane crash a few days ago. North Rocks Prize Shoot (Benchrest) I’ve not mentioned on Becsta.COM yet that I’m a sports shooter, but the past fortnight [...]
Jerilderie 2009 has been staged for another year, and I didn’t do too badly this time around, finishing 26th out of 65 competitors. I had some great backup from Joe Wurts, Steve Keep, Nick Chabrel, and Brian Hamilton, who all provided awesome and lasting advice. Along with a great crew, I was flying a great [...]
The Jerilderie 2008 LSF Tournament was held back in June, and I went down there with an expectation of flying well, and with a new glider to boot. I also went down to Jerilderie with some trepidation, given the disaster that occurred last year with my near-new Icon TD. I drove down to Jerilderie from [...]
The 2007 Jerilderie LSF tournament will be an event I will not forget for a long time to come, for lots of reasons, one being that my TD Icon “died” during its first flight of the competition. That failure really capped off a very traumatic few weeks for me, actually. I went into the Jerilderie [...]
I attended the Hunter Valley Championships on the weekend, competing in the Open Class Thermal Glider division, and flew some great flights with my trusty Icon. So much so that I ended up flying into second place, which was a huge surprise!
In 2007, I attended the Millennium Cup 2M Glider competition being held at IMAC, and came third, which was a bit of a surprise. It was my first trophy win since I started flying in this competition last year. Given the conditions on the day (strong breezes, some lift bands, passing showers, no thermal activity [...]
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