Day 6 provisional winners were the same as the previous day winners in each class:
Standard: Peter Temple (LS 8) -126.7 km/h - 504.8 km
15m: Peter Trotter (ASW 20) - 125.0 km/h - 519.2 km
18m: Bruce Taylor (Ventus 2cT) - 133.2 km/h - 490.3 km
Day 5 provisional winner:
Open: Gerrit Kurstjens (Nimbus 4T) - 126.2 km/h - 477.9km
Leaders after 6 days of flying are:
Standard:
1. Peter Temple - LS 8 - 5648
2. Tom Gilbert - SZD55 - 5540
3. Tobias Geiger - LS 4A - 5296
4. Lisa Trotter - LS 8 - 5025
15m:
1. John Buchanan - ASW 27 - 5941
2. Peter Trotter - ASW 20 - 5525
3. Miles Gore-Brown - LS 8 - 5341
4. David Pietsch - ASW 20 - 5188
18m:
1. Graham Parker - ASG 29 - 5714
2. Bruce Taylor - Ventus 2cT - 5680
3. David Jansen - ASG 29 - 5678
4. Tom Claffey - ASG 29 - 5411
There is a protest meeting tonight regarding day 2 Open Class scores.
Today there is a total fire ban in Victoria and south-western New South Wales. The day is difficult to predict. A high pressure system is in the Tasman. Benalla surface wind 340/15. Max temp predicted 41 degrees. Lift unstable; max height DALR 12,000; ave lift 7 - 9 kts, max 12+. Start 1200 hrs, cut off at Benalla late.
Graham Garlick predicts that it could be very very good because a trough of low pressure near western and coastal regions is moving north-eastwards into the task area. Cu is already popping over the mountains.
An AAT has been set in each class - Mount Beauty (50), Euroa (40), Coreen (50), Glenrowan (10). 15m has 3.5 hrs; all other classes 3.0 hrs. Grid 15m, Standard, 18m, Open.