Australian National Skydiving Championships

Sunday 15 March 2009 | By Cookie |

Australian National Skydiving Championships 2009-03-15

I have just arrive at Sydney Skydivers for the Australian national Championships .

The weather is a perfect 29 deg C with nice 5 knots on the ground. The DZ as been well prepared and the jump plane for the competition is the PAC 750

Currently the 2 way CRW competition is under way with two teams registered. Team Ookoonono with Jules, Michael and Crash are the favorites for this event as they are the current Australian Team.

I have had a chance to catch up with most competitors and get the gossip on the prospective medal winning teams.

There has been a few line up changes from previous nationals. The 4way team Airtite (Last Years Aussie Team) have disbanded which leaves the door open for a new national team to emerge.

Team BLACK is one of these team. Primarily constructed from two Airtite members and two of last years Silver medalist C4. They have only completed 60 jumps prior to this competiton and are looking like the favourites. Team ROTOR-OUT comprising of ex Aussie Champs Stephanie, Gary, Darren and a ring in from Germany Jens. Jens was a member of the German EADS Team that competed at previous world championships with scores of +19 Avg. This will be a hot battle in the 4 way Open.

From the Intermediate teams perspective there seems to be only one favorite. Team KAOS has been putting in the efforts this year completing quite a few training camps at Nagambie .

I am competing on a 8 way Open Team call Violent Uprising. We are completing our 1 jump training camp this after noon and I’m feeling confident we take it to a new level.

The 4 way draw will be done tonight with competition starting first ting Monday morning.

More up dates to follow

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