The 8th Bordeaux Open International together with the French National
Championships was held on the 7th and 8th June 2008 after a break in
2007 when the event failed to materialise.
Five intrepid Brits travelled by Eurostar to Paris and then by TGV to
Bordeaux braving national strikes protesting about the cost of ptrol.
The event proved to be as enjoyable as ever with perfect flying
conditions and the usual warm welcome and that certain french
something encapsulated in ambiance, good food and wine and good
company.
The site is the national velodrome at Bordeaux Lac and is a maximum
height categoree 3 site. The structure comprises a shallow pyramid in
glue laminated timber raised off a rectangular structure at
approximately 70 ft height. The nature of the construction tends to
centralise models in the pyramid where warm boyant air gives rise to
excellent times.
The format is that each class has a slot on each of two days with F1D
having a longer slot at the end of the afternoons.
The Brits gave a good account of themselves however it was Ivan
Tregar of Slovakia who took top honours this year.
The meeting was truly international with top fliers from Spain, the
Check Republick, the UK and of course France.
Results were as follows:-
F1L 1st Ivan Treger 21.56 and 21.27 Total 43.23
2nd Bob Bailey 21.09 and 20.55 42.04
3rd Daniel Medina 20.08 and 19.50 39.58
4th Geoffrey Lefever 19.50 and 18.36 38.26
5th Gabriela Kaplanova 19.12 and 18.49 38.01
F1D 1st Ivan Treger 34.02 and 32.21 1.06.23
2nd Daniel Medina 33.09 and 31.50 1.04.59
3rd Bob Bailey 32.45 and 31.53 1.04.38
4th Didier Barberis 32.16 and 32.09 1.04.25
5th Mark Benns 32.14 and 31.47 1.04.01
F1M 1st Ivan Treger 19.22 and 17.44 37.06
2nd Geoffrey Lefever 17.51 and 17.00 34.51
3rd Bopb Bailey 17.28 and 17.15 34.43
4th Robert Champion 12.45 and 11.52 24.37
5th Brian Stichbury 07.15 and 06.51 14.06
35cm 1st Mark Benns 26.36 and 26.30 53.06
2nd Daniel Medina 26.09 and 23.42 49.51
3rd Zdenek Cinert 19.22 and 18.58 38.20
4th Peter Ing 18.17 and 17.33 35.50
Geoffrey Lefever
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