Paragliding National Championships 2013
Skywings Paragliding Club based in the Garden Route had a brilliant showing in NationalsParagliding Championships held in June 2013 in Barbeton . Skywings managed to win threeclasses out of the 6 available . The Western Cape as a whole was in top form with five 1st placing’s and 2nd overall . This has been one of best performances by the Western Cape as a whole for many a year .
The World Championship has just taken place in Bulgaria and locals Jan Minaar ( Team Manager) and Jane Bowden ( Team Pilot ) took part and overall the team did quite well in difficult conditions placing 18th out 38 Nations taking part .
Congratulations to all the winners
Novice class: 1st: Doc Hawkins (Glen Club - WC) 2nd: Christo Herbst (Flytribe - GP) 3rd: Oliver Esplin
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Intermediate class: 1st: Lloyd Wald (Glen Club - WC) 2nd:Kevin Mitchell 3rd: Laura Nelson (1stPara - GP)
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Sports class: 1st: Jan Minnaar(Skywings Wilderness) 2nd:Khobi-JaneBowden (Skywings Wilderness) 3rd:Ryan Mulholland (1stPara - GP)
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Ladies: 1st:Khobi-JaneBowden (Skywings Wilderness) 2nd: Chrissi Drunk (Flytribe - GP) 3rd: Laura Nelson (1stPara - GP)
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Tandem: 1st: DeonBorrett /Marisa Du Plessis (Skywings - Mc Donalds)/ 2nd:Bruce Zaayman (Cloudbusters - GP) 3rd: Thomas Webb (Glen Club - WC)
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Overall: 1st:RussellAchterberg (Cloudbusters - GP) 2nd:AnthonyAllen (Glen Club - WC) 3rd:Anton Naude (LSSC)
