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    Round 7 at TMAC played out over the weekend and Chris     Sportsman:
    Chambers has kindly produced a report on how it all went   Chris Chambers flew Kevin Barnes' electric Sky Dancer 8
    and update the results spreadsheet, which you can view    into first place; Chris Renton flew his electric Vector 40 into
    by clicking the link:                                     a  close  second,  in  a  reversal  of  the  results  from  the
                                                              Taranaki round.
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-
    1vTQkMsoFj4om_FEzBzWe0AUC7KHNIDo8lDew_hR                  Overall Standings:
    RJTX5zbp0yEGgOaej9V9tn54MA/pubhtml?gid=49278              As we head into the series finale at Christchurch MAC the
    4859&single=true                                          top of the table is firmly commanded by Kevin Barnes, who
                                                              holds first and second with his Classic and F2B efforts.
    Round 7 of the 2023 - 2024 Stunt Series was hosted by the   After  that  things  get  a  bit  more  interesting  with  Chris
    Tauranga Model Aero Club at their brilliant site in TECT   Chambers  and  Owen  Rogers  sitting  on  maximum
    Park on Saturday 4th May.                                 normalised points and identical bonus points! Only Chris's
                                                              higher fourth score separates them to put Chris into third
    The weather forecast for TECT Park was looking great for   place. Both are just one point off second place and four off
    up to a week in advance, and this was confirmed on the     first,  so  must  be  seriously  considering  a  trip  south  to
    day with bright sunshine, and very light breezes which    harvest the finest Canterbury stunt air!
    drifted between South East and very light South West.
                                                              Another notch down we have Chris Renton and Roscoe
    As we are now well into Autumn, the sun was quite low in   Smith separated by less than two points. A fascinating
    the afternoon sky, so as was the case in New Plymouth,    finale is on the cards!
    sunglasses were a great help.
                                                              Thanks to:
    With a slightly lower than average number of entrants, it   Competitors  took  on  judging  duties  for  classes  they
    was  possible  to  comfortably  complete  three  rounds  of   weren't  competing  in:  Kevin  Barnes  (Classic);  Chris
    flying across three classes.                               Renton (F2B) and Owen Rogers (Sportsman

    Special thanks to Maggie Lethbridge from the host club for   Again, many thanks to the TMAC team who prepared the
    providing a magnificent lunch. Competitors could refuel    stunt circle to a very high standard.
    between rounds, which kept momentum going smoothly
    all day.                                                  The Grand Finale:
                                                              The next and final round of the Stunt Series is -
    This event marked the first time the new TMAC concrete
    C/L circle had been put through its paces and it came     Round 8.
    through with flying colors. Thanks to the dedicated efforts   Southern Champs - Saturday 1st June, 2024
    of  Paul  Lethbridge,  David  Thornley  and  their  team  of   Club - Christchurch MAC
    volunteers, the concrete was laid and circle marked out   Venue - CMAC Field, Thompsons Rd, McLeans Island.
    over the past few weeks, in time for this round           Contact - Julius Long juliuswlong@gmail.com

    Results:
    F2B:
    Kevin Barnes took out first place over Owen Rogers, and
    maintains his clean sweep of F2B with 7 wins out of 7.

    F2B Intermediate:
    Roscoe  Smith  now  has  4  wins  in  Intermediate  and
    maintains first place overall in the Intermediate class.

    Classic:
    Owen Rogers again flew his Spacehound into first place.
    Chris  Renton  flew  Chris  C's  OS  .15-powered
    Peacemaker into second place. Roscoe Smith flew his
    Fox-35 powered Ringmaster into third place.





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