32nd Summer Soaring Criterium Anthisnes 2026
26 competitors from 6 countries (France, Australia, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium) were registered. Alas, Michal Skarwecki from Poland had a car problem that prevented him to reach Anthisnes.
Friday May 1st
The traditional Speed Cup was flown by 22 competitors.
- Denis Duchesne - 2. Tim Bischoff - 3. Jan Timmermans
Best speed Denis Duchesne : 11.6 seconds - Unofficial World Record
Saturday May 2nd
Nice sunny weather. Light winds made this day a delight to fly. Best distance tasks raised at 30 laps. Two complete rounds and part of duration round 3 were flown. An imminent thunderstorm imposed the end of flights around 18:15.
Sunday May 3rd
Flights started at 8:30, as planned. Wind was stronger than yesterday. Due to some rain around noon, the competition was concluded after flying the distance task of round 4.
On the Podium...
- Christian FIEDLER, 2. Thomas GRUBER, 3. Jens BUCHERT
Results, per round and per task
Round 1 - Duration - Distance - Speed
Round 2 - Duration - Distance - Speed
Round 3 - Duration - Distance - Speed
Competition was scored by GliderScore, the excellent software by Gerry Carter (AUS). Data were uploaded to the GliderScore online site. Thanks to Gerry for this...
Final results are
Jury report is
Some pictures (slide show - click on arrow in bottom left corner)
If you have pictures to contribute, don't hesitate to send them by email
Here the Excel file with the history of all "Summer Soaring Criterium" over the years - from 1977 till today