Fifteen pilots entered Round 5 of the F3B series with entries from Auckland, Wellington, Gisborne, Hawkes Bay and Palmerston North. It was great to have new flyer, Rob a "new Kiwi" from Gisborne. Rob flew a Caracho in his first F3B and thoroughly enjoyed himself and steadily improved during the weekend.

Saturday was fairly cold all day with the temp ranging from 5 to 10 degrees during the day. Forecast was for a breezy Northwesterly and the high cloud indicated the same but early conditions at ground level had us setting up with a light downwind breeze. During the first round duration task the breeze slowly swung to the forecast direction. Patchy thermal conditions saw a range of times recorded. Distance and speed were "average" with round 1 scores typically better than the afternoons round 2 scores. Best scores for Saturday was a 18.86 sec speed run for Peter Williams, Chris Kaiser & Craig Dawson with 20 laps in distance and a perfect 10/100 for Kevin Botherway in duration.

Saturday evening had the majority of the flyers eat out at the SteakOut. The usual camaraderie, banter and bullshit flowed. Another good night had by all. The weather at this point was not looking good for Sunday.

The morning was a different story. Clear skies, no wind and about 13 degrees, however the forecast was for a strong northwesterly. It must have been warmer as it was long before Kev had cut the legs off his jeans. Duration once again was a mixed bag of scores. As soon as duration finished, a light breeze settled in straight down the winch lines. Round 3 & 4 distance & speed tasks followed before the competition was called off due to strong wind. All task scores counted as we had completed 2 full rounds. Best scores for Sunday was a 17.09 sec speed run by Craig Dawson, Daff Niles with 24 laps in distance and a perfect 10/100 for Aneil Patel in duration. Kevin Botherway posted 2 sub 18 speed runs at 17.81 & 17.89 sec.