Toogs DZ e-News #384 (27 May – 2 June 2019)

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

ACHIEVEMENTS

Todd Pickering – Certificate A
Harrison Carrodus – Certificate A
Brendt Hughes – Certificate B
Benji – 300 Jumps
Ty Fels – Coach Endorsement

Monday 27th May – A good start to the new jumping week. Sammy K, Matt Drew and Brendan Green got a few fun jumps in, whilst the locals Cory, Ellen, Eddie, Kurt, Aaron, Nick, Janelle, Oli, Johnny and Cam kept the plane loads full.

Tuesday 28th – Four loads for today, was a little bit windy for the students. Benji worked thru his headup crest with Matt Drew. Few new faces at the DZ today.

Wednesday 29th New jumper Jacob Chin arrived for a refresher jumps with us today, unfortunately those westerly winds kept him on the ground. Chris, Kurt, Drewy, Shelby, Johnny, David, Jamie, Jay, Oli and Zeb all got some great skydives in today. Chris Blinks completed B-Rel 4 with local coach Shelby.

Thursday 30th Nevan Murray joined us for a Tandem skydive today. Zeb powered though his B-Rel 3 with Darren and B-Rel 4 with Adrian. A few other fun jumpers were here having fun too.

Friday 31st Funtastic Friday was here. Beautiful weather, blue skies and light winds. Jacob worked on his brel 6 with Adrian, Oli and Johnny helping out. The ‘Boys’ took to the skies for some FreeFly Friday jumps.

Jacob B-Rel 6 with Oli and John – Photo Adrian

Saturday 1st June – Winter! What a great day! We had everything from Students to Starcrests, Hop ‘n’ Pops to Freeflying today. Students Dennis Liew and Todd Dowsley completed Stage 1 of their AFF Courses. Zeb and Chris both working on their B-Rel stage 5 and 6 together. Brendt completed his B-Rel training with Sara. Jared completed some B-Rels too. DZ welcomed back Micky for a short visit, check out the photo below. Benji completed his 300th jump today with Drewy, Congrats.

Todd TAF Stage 1 with Adrian – Photos by Doyley

Zeb and Chris 4 point 3 way – Photos by Adrian

Brendt B-Rel 6 with Johnny and Nicole – Photo Sara

Jared smashing through his B-Rels with help from Tim – Photo Anthony

Sunday 2nd – Tricky weather conditions for today but we still manage to get a few loads in. Tandems for today were Mark Kernohan and Shawn Frey, congrats. Students Dennis Liew completed stages 2, 3 &4 of his AFF course with Darren and Adrian whilst Todd Downsey completed Stages 2, 3 & 4 of his AFF jumps with Sara and Tish. Smithy took to the skies for a Hop ‘n’ Pop jump. Thanks all for a great week, see you all next time.