World Championship F3K Hand launch gliders

All 107 participants !

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From July 28 till August 3, the 2025 F3K World Championship is to take place in Tarp (Germany), close to the Danish border. Our Team consisting of Kristof Verschoren, Steven De Weerdt (team manager) and Guy Hufkens, with the help of Willy Verschoren and Rudi Mariën, will compete in a well attended competition counting 106 participants from 26 countries. The competition is going to run 17 rounds, in groups of 12 pilots !

Pilot in this picture is Steven De Weerdt, also acting as our team manager.

Have a look at the website of the championship here. The scoring uses the excellent online GliderScore system. Thus, you can follow the competition day by day. Look at the site Gliderscore.com, select the competition from the drop-down list and look for the round scores and individual results after round 1, or 2 or any other as they become available.

After 17 rounds, the top 12 competitors (3 CRO, 2 GER, 1 each from FRA, ITA, LTU, NED, POL, UKR and SUI) were engaged in the fly-off rounds. After five flights, the winner was Marco DAMJANOVIC (CRO), followed by Arijan HUCALJUK (CRO) and Henri Sander (GER). The best team was Croatia, with three pilots in the first 12 ! Fantastic !

Our team ended at the following places :

30. Guy Hufkens 90.30 %

31. Kristof Verschoren 89.35 %

58. Steven De Weerdt 79.44 %

Closing ceremony is scheduled on Saturday August 2nd.