NZ F3B Trial #1 by Les Stockley

Hi Sergi, I promised I'd send info of our WC's trials. So here it is.

Cheers, Les.

New Zealand F3B Team Trials

In NZ, our main F3B series is held over 6 events throughout the year. Two of these events have been designated trials events for selecting next years F3B team. This past weekends event was held near Matamata in the North Island, an excellent venue central for most competitors to travel to, good (cheap) accommodation and a very large (1200 x 700m) field.

Conditions were pretty good despite an ominous weather forecast, although the promised rain did arrive after lunch on Sunday. Not much in the way of thermals but some good air was able to be found on the distance course.

3 rounds were flown and the results are below. Popular models in NZ include the Viking, X21, Caracho, Crossfire, BigSting and Ellipse 3 with a few others thrown in as well. The cost of shipping to this part of the world means group buys are the norm. Last year it was Vikings, this year, about 7 Crossfires so far.

Best Distance Reece James (junior) 23 laps !!!
Best speed run Dave Larsen 17.86 seconds!!!

1 Dave Larsen
2 Sven Zaalberg
3 Peter Williams
4 Les Stockley
5 Kevin Botherway
6 Craig Dawson
7 Rod Hale
8 Ken Duffell
9 Dave James
10 Reece James
11 Aneil Patel
12 Andrew Niles
13 Ted Bealing
14 Peter Barrell

For full results visit www.f3b.org.nz
Photos here