Toogs DZ e-News #327 (23-29 April 2018)

Achievements

Luke Puxley – Certificate A
Jett Girvin – Certificate A

Kane Challis – Certificate B
Barry Gill – Certificate B
Elise Smith-Bessen – Certificate B
Mitchell Redfern – Certificate B

Gavin Boyle – Certificate C
Kurt Cooper – Certificate C

Ty Fels – Head Up Freefly Crest
Kurt Cooper – 100 Jumps

Olli Dixon – Instructor D AFF
Holly Godwin – Instructor D AFF
Alex Cattaneo – Instructor D AFF
Rangry Jas – Instructor D AFF

Here we go again, it’s Newsletter time from….Monday 23rd April and another Learning Curve Camp begins. And what a beaut week it was. Jumpers Hubert Genty (New Caledonia), Kiran Narang, Shai Lewis, Barry Gill, Mitchell Redfern, Ash Robinson and Charmaine Nielsen came from far and wide to visit and to learn, jump and get their landings videoed by Harvey Hutch. Plus Ben’s AFF Instructors’ Course was in full swing. Other regulars and local jumpers came and went all week. All sorts of jumping started happening and went all week in near perfect weather.

On Tuesday the pace continued. Kurt Cooper did his 100th Jump, yahoo!

Anzac Day Wednesday 25th April was special. Heaps of skydivers came for the day. It was like a Saturday! Our Tandems were Matthew Linning and Natalia Povey.  Students Luke Puxley and Ashley Robinson did jumps towards their licences. The LCC crew were getting plenty of advice and experience. Harvey’s landing video was going down a treat and the evening seminars were good.

On Thursday it was back to business with the LCC. Ben’s new instructors were half way through their course. Adam Mitchell, Robert Stockhill & Blake Price arrived for a Tandem.

Friday was pretty quiet but we still did 5 big Caravan loads. It was all Learning Curve Campers filling the loads. Star Crest attempts were happening. The Sausage Sizzle was good and lead into the last landing seminar of the week. The bonfire was lit. It was a beaut Learning Curve Camp.

There were five new jumpers on Saturday. Trent Richardson, Amy Harburg, Steve Hamilton and local Toogoolawarians Cameron & Julie Lipp all did Tandems.  Student Russell Riley did Stage 8 of his AFF Course. We did 14 sorties with lots of everything happening; Angles and wing suiters, Star Crests, B-Rels, refreshers and fun jumping in general. The pub didn’t know what hit it when two busloads of jumpers arrived for dinner. Then it was back to the fire.

Sunday was just about as busy as Saturday. We did 13 sorties. Again it was a bit of everything, including some scary stuff. A stiff wind roared through just as a few jumpers were landing and caused some unwanted turbulence! It didn’t worry David Pitman & Simone Filshie who enjoyed their Tandem jumps. B-Rels were still the go and there was some sit fly coaching happening.

Ben’s AFF Instructor Candidates, Alex Cattaneo, Holly Godwin, Rangry Jas and Olli Dixon all passed with flying colours, well done and Congratulations.

And then it was all over, there was hardly a soul left on the drop zone. What a great week.

Macca and the Ramblers Team.