Gerald, Tom and Nick all flew clean Unknown programmes which was a very good way to finish the Classic Aresti part of the Championships. Nick was the highest ranked British pilot. The British Team won the bronze team medal, although the three Spanish pilots flew brilliantly to accrue more points than the three British pilots, but their placing did not count in the medal standings because they competed as Independent entries, registered as EXP (Expain) for various political reasons concerning their National Aero Club.
Castor Fantoba flew a simply excellent Unknown programme, backed-up by a very good performances from Juan Verlarde and Anselmo Gamez - it was great to see their team put in such a strong performance and demonstrate their talent and commitment to the sport at the Championships. Our sport is richer for their participation.
One of the things that is very special about these Championships is that the pilots compete with total commitment when they are flying and are focussed on doing all they can to post the best scores and win medals, yet at the same time, once flying is complete all of the competitors and teams have fun together - the atmosphere at this contest has been very friendly and the Championships have been contested with great sportsmanship, something that is often missing from sport these days.
Here are some photos of the British and Spanish teams after the final Classic flights were complete today. The smiles say it all - lots of relief that the stress of Unknown sequence flights are over and good sequences have been flown.
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