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Winner in 18-metre class, Phil Jones
Winner in 18-metre class, Phil Jones

12 JUL 06: BRITS WIN WORLD GLIDER CHAMPS

THE British gliding team, ranked number 1 in the world, scooped two gold and two bronze medals at the World Gliding Championships last month.

Phil Jones, an airline pilot, from Hungerford won the title in the 18m Class and Leigh Wells, a teacher from Cheltenham, won the Standard Class.  There were also bronze medals for Jez Hood in the Standard Class and for Pete Harvey in the Open Class.

The Rocket Software sponsored UK team also won the overall Team Cup
The competition was fought over two weeks of gruelling competition, involving daily races of between 200 and 500km at Eskilstuna in Sweden.

The win by Wells, youngest member of the team at 26, is the second successive win in the Standard Class for members of the Bristol & Gloucester Gliding Club.
W: www.wgc2006.se
 

RESULTS

Standard
1 Leigh Wells (GB, LS-8)   
2 Olivier Darroze (FRA, Discus 2a)
3 Jez Hood (GB, LS-8)
9 Andy Davis (GB, Discus 2a)

18m
1 Phil Jones (GB, Ventus 2cxT)   
2 Wolfgang Janowitsch (AUT, Ventus 2cx)
3 Luciano Avanzini (ITA, ASG29)
8 Steve Jones (GB, Ventus 2cxT)

Open
1 Michael Sommer (GER, ASW22ble)
2 Giorgio Ballarati (ITA, eta)
3 Pete Harvey (GBR, Nimbus 4T)
11 Russell Cheetham (GBR, ASW22ble)

TEAM CUP
1 UK
2 Japan
3 Italy
4 Poland
5 France

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