Whilst driving home you get time to think...lots of time.
I think that there were 12 North Island pilots who made the effort to travel down to the Nationals.
So a third of the field were flatlanders...
The Nationals that were held in Taupo had 3 South Islanders.
What does this mean??
I guess that without the support from the Nth Is a Nationals in Omarama would be a non-event...or at least a very small contest.
However its still possible hold a contest of 30 pilots in Nth Is venues with any requirement to get pilots to cross the Strait.
I have heard calls for the Nationals to be only held in Omarama...or at least more often than elsewhere. Clearly this is bollocks.
Overriding all of this is the slow decline in the total number of pilots willing to compete at a contest. I know some people dislike contests but there are still the focus point for much of the gliding calender.
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