CL Stunt Series 2014/2015

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The 2014/2015 CL Stunt Series begins in about six weeks, so here is a full run-down of dates and places:

Round 1 - Mercer - 8th November 2014
Kimikimi Road, Mercer
F2B and Sportsman Aerobatics
CD - Volunteer required!
Field contact - Kevin Barnes K.Barnes@xtra.co.nz


Round 2 - Waharoa Nationals - 5th January 2015
MFNZ Nationals, Waharoa Airfield, Waikato
F2B from 8:30am & Sportsman from 1pm
CD - Brian Howser b-h.howser@clear.net.nz


Round 3 - Waikato - 7th of February, 2015
Kimikimi Road, Mercer
F2B Aerobatics
Sportsman Aerobatics
Slow Combat, Slow Goodyear, Classic Team Race
CD - Brian Howser b-h.howser@clear.net.nz


Round 4 - Whangarei - 7th March 2015
Portland Sports Club
F2B Aerobatics, Sportsman Aerobatics
8th March - Slow Combat, Team Race, fun-flying
CD - Kim Webby kwebbyharp@xtra.co.nz


Round 5 - Taranaki - 4th April 2015
NPMAC CL Site, Junction Rd, New Plymouth
F2B and Sportsman Aerobatics
All other events over the Easter weekend
CD - Andrew Robinson a_robinson_nz@hotmail.com


Round 6 - Rotorua - 25th April, 2015
Arawa Park, Rotorua
F2B and Sportsman Aerobatics
Also - 26th April, 2015 - RMAC Field, Mead Rd, Rotorua
Combat, Classic Team Racing, fun-flying
CD - David Thornley dthornley47@clear.net.nz
Map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mi ... AboRANazvs

Google Maps page for all venues with dates: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... 8P4Z7Ilpus
Updates may be published here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/clnz/

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Here's a short link for the CL contest venue map: http://bit.ly/1oGKhjo

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Round 1 is in the books! A really beautiful day at Mercer with the sounds of rowers in the river, drag racing over the hill at Meremere, and a Spitfire roaring out of Ardmore in the distance.

We had a great turnout of fliers on the field, too. Seven in F2B and four in Sportsman.

Here are the results:

F2B
1 Loren Nell 4437.0 1000.0
2 Kevin Barnes 4352.0 980.8
3 Kim Webby 4201.0 946.8
4 Danny Walker 4197.0 945.9
5 Don Robinson 3541.0 798.1
6 Chris Allen 3332.0 751.0
7 Dave Wright 345.0 77.8

Sportsman
1 Bryce Rackley 720.0 1000.0
2 David Ackery 712.5 989.6
3 Graeme Duncan 623.5 866.0
4 David Thornley 550.5 764.6

The next round of the Series is at the Waharoa Nationals on the 5th of January 2015
More info on the Waharoa Nationals is here: http://modelflyingnz.org/nats/

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Note - the Waikato round is at Mercer on Waitangi weekend, not at Horotiu as with previous years.

The next round is at the Waharoa Nationals.

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Round Two of the 2015 Stunt Series was at the Waharoa Nationals. Note - Sportsman and Classic stunt were combined, so Dave and Kevin, being ineligible for Sportsman, are not included in the Sportsman results for the Stunt Series. Here are the results:

The third round of the 2015 Stunt Series has been completed in glorious Waikato weather and saw some of the best F2B performances ever flown in NZ. Loren and Kevin have certainly raised the bar in their preparations for the Perth World Champs next year!

Here are the results of the Waikato round of the Stunt Series:

Here is the Series table after three rounds:

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The next round of the CL Stunt Series:

Hi all,

A heads up that the Whangarei event is to be held on the weekend of the 7th and 8th of March at our Portland site:

https://maps.google.co.nz/maps?q=McGill ... +0178&z=15

Two prepared grass circles and room for a third.

Saturday is the fourth round of the NI stunt series F2B (doubling as the first world champs team trial) and sportsman followed by Basic flight (for beginners and re-treads) and Phantom/classic racing
Sunday is scheduled for the second F2B world champs team trial with Slow combat on the league field and Slow good year following stunt.

General sport/scale flying encouraged in between and around events

Camping available on site with toilets, showers and kitchen.

The stadium will be available Saturday into the evening for indoor flying

10:00am start Saturday practice from 8:30am
10:00am start Sunday practice from 9:00am

Sat./Sun. lunch sausage sizzle, Sat. evening BBQ on the field

Contact Dan Walker 094360615 or 021450338

Kim Webby 094360185

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Stunt Series 2015 has concluded, results have been collected, tables collated and winners determined. For those wondering how the Stunt Series scores are collated, here's the gist of it:

The series runs from October to May each flying season and takes the flight scores from each round and converts them in proportion to the winning score on a scale from 0 to 1000 points. Over the series, each competitor's top three performances are added to give their overall score for the season, thus the maximum for three wins is 1000 points. In the event of a tie for overall winner the countback is on wins outside the best three, then points overall. The overall winner gets first pick from the prize pool. Second pick from the prize pool goes to the winner of the draw, which includes one entry for every paid entry in a stunt series round and each of the volunteer judges.

Congratulations to Loren Nell, winner of the F2B Series for the third time running with a maximum possible score of 3000 (backed up by a fourth win on countback). Another great set of performances and some really excellent flight scores that will set Loren up very well in preparation for next year's World Champs in Perth.

Congratulations also to Bryce Rackley, who has come back out of the duck swamp and remembered how to fly the Sportsman schedule to take three victories for maximum points in the Sportsman division.

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The Stunt Series prize draw will occur automatically on at Random Result about this time tomorrow: http://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=18512E544E

Check back to see who gets second pick from the prize pool.

This year's pool includes $60 worth of balsa from the Stunt Series collection, an Aviastar 60 stunt engine and two aged bottles of chardonnay.