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Waikato Grass
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                             SIG                   Adrian      Saturday 1st & 2nd February, 2025



                                                 Hamilton                       Hamilton MAC
                                                                 Venue – Meremere Sports Park, Heather
    It's December already! Merry Christmas and Happy Nats                  Green Place, Meremere
    Preparation to one and all!
                                                                Contact – Brendan Robinson or Kevin Barnes
    We're  well  into  flying  season  now  with  the  traditional  Latest rumours out of Western Australia are that there's a
    season-opener  at  New  Plymouth  MAC  having  battled  bid brewing to host the next CL World Champs there in
    through  some  challenging  weather. Andrew  Robonson  May 2026. It's early days yet, but a quick survey of NZ
    has compiled the results here:                            contenders revealed strong support for the idea and this
                                                              has been passed on to the Perth team. Perth hosted the
    https://www.facebook.com/share/14BoGFkyFX/                2016 CL World Champs at a purpose-built facility and that
    (No log-in required to view)                              venue is expected to be used again if the bid is successful.
                                                              Stay tuned for more news.
    Unfortunately  the  Tauranga  MAC  combat  event  was
    undersubscribed, so did not go ahead. Perhaps a timely  In light of that news, the NZ CLWC team selection criteria
    reminder that we're a dedicated, but small bunch and we  has been revised. It's essentially the same as previous
    often run close to minimum numbers to sustain an event.  years, but for the F2A minimum standard being revised to
    Opportunities to fly together or to foster new participation  273km/h. The previous mark was quite close to the NZ
    are fleeting, so grab them while you can!                  F2A record and as such, unlikely to be reached by any
                                                              active/interested  speed  fliers.  The  full  Team  Selection
    By now the North Shore MAC's Auckland Champs will  document will be available on the CL SIG page of the
    have  passed  and  the  next  big  thing  is  the  Nats  at  MFNZ website.
    Clareville. After that it's the Waikato Champs on the grass
    at Meremere:                                              Best of luck to all Nats competitors - see you there!



















































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