3rd FAI Women’s European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2015

European Champion 2015

Mistrzynią Europy Kobiet
Europameisterin
Europees Kampioen

Ewa Prawicka-Linke
Leszno, Poland

5 168 Points
[See Ewa on YouTube]

Daiva Rakauskaite, Lithuania

Vice European Champion 2015 & 2012
Silver Medal

5 049 Points

Elisabeth Kindermann
Austria / Österreich

3rd / Dritte & Vice World Champion 2014
Bronze Medaille

4 939 Points

All pages will be updated with more links & photos within the next days.

The Dutch Hosts

Annelotte, Sanne, Caroline

Sanne Haarhuis

Rank 16  -  3 542 Points

Caroline Splinters

Rank 25  -  2 524 Points

Annelotte Tolboom

Rank 27  -  2 156 Points

Best Team: Poland

Daria, Ewa, Beata & Victor

Ewa Prawicka-Linke

European Champion

5 168 Points

Beata Choma

Rank 4  -  4 833 Points

Daria Dudkiewicz

Rank 8  -  4 389 Points

The Germans - Die Deutschen Frauen

Siegrid, Astrid, Sylvia, Dolly, Elise (v.l.)

Sylvia Meinl

Rang 10  -  4 286 Punkte

Astrid Carl

Rang 18  -  3 388 Punkte

Elise Kloss
Rang 21  -  3 114 Punkte

Siegrid Ibes
Rang 29  -  1 534 Punkte

Dolly Deimling
Rang 30  -  1 258 Punkte

All Results

Total of all scored tasks.					Flt 1		Flt 2			Flt 3
Ra.	Nr.	Competitor	NAC	Total	1 HWZ	2 FON	3 PDG	4 HWZ	5 3DT	6 JDG	7 HWZ
1	25	Ewa PRAWICKA-LINKE	POL	5168	873	729	433	945	557	709	922
2	2	Daiva RAKAUSKAITE	LTU	5049	609	902	652	994	838	921	133
3	4	Elisabeth KINDERMANN	AUT	4939	300	931	1000	918	941	649	200
4	23	Beata CHOMA	POL	4833	914	862	875	267	828	367	720
5	16	Agne SIMONAVICIUTE	LTU	4615	924	960	712	333	619	67	1000
6	3	Ann HERDEWYN	BEL	4420	556	619	772	367	728	978	400
7	7	Stephanie BAREFORD	GBR	4398	808	700	685	467	167	833	738
8	24	Daria DUDKIEWICZ	POL	4389	931	637	267	623	600	831	500
9	6	Marketa OLSANOVA	CZE	4341	900	658	267	918	722	809	67
10	10	Sylvia MEINL	GER	4286	756	608	533	300	955	167	967
11	19	Migle VAITULEVICIUTE	LTU	4048	333	500	400	1000	751	831	233
12	1	Lindsay MUIR	GBR	3934	167	1000	750	200	133	910	774
13	28	Ekaterina LARIKOVA	RUS	3852	979	333	843	100	500	500	597
14	14	Rita BECZ	HUN	3669	67	395	601	908	467	300	931
15	29	Montserrat LLADO-GAMBIN	ESP	3600	200	400	685	720	400	433	762
16	21	Sanne HAARHUIS	NED	3542	800	333	467	601	333	400	608
17	17	Kristina SUNAITIENE	LTU	3391	267	651	0	973	67	1000	433
18	11	Astrid CARL	GER	3388	467	533	631	167	533	333	724
19	30	Janet HAASE	SUI	3383	133	300	598	533	558	620	641
20	26	Maria OPARINA	RUS	3252	683	79	500	433	557	533	467
21	13	Elise KLOSS	GER	3114	682	100	799	233	1000	200	100
22	15	Kristine VEVERE	LAT	3057	533	467	333	133	834	590	167
23	18	Rita NAUJALIENE	LTU	2804	601	233	67	870	367	133	533
24	5	Moniek VANDE VELDE	BEL	2713	100	-223	799	916	267	554	300
25	22	Caroline SPLINTERS	NED	2524	500	827	133	33	233	100	698
26	27	Julia SELEZNEVA	RUS	2160	433	-41	200	67	200	934	367
27	20	Annelotte TOLBOOM	NED	2156	33	23	200	777	33	467	623
28	8	Chloe HALLETT	GBR	2155	367	367	100	655	300	33	333
29	12	Siegrid IBES	GER	1534	200	67	233	400	100	267	267
30	9	Dolores DEIMLING	GER	1258	233	159	167	500	433	-267	33

Copyright (©) 2015 Mathijs R. De Bruijn

3rd FAI Women’s European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2015
Europameisterschaft im Heißluftballonfahren der Frauen
EK Ballonvaren
Balonowe Mistrzostwa Europy Kobiet 2015
Copyright (©) 2015 Photos & Text Rudolf H. Boettcher

Day 5 - Flight 3

Last day - last flight - two tasks: [TDS: In fact it is flight 3b - two tasks had been cancelled in a field briefing.]

A wonderfull morning at the Landal village of Orveltermarke. It is the fifth day of the 3rd FAI Women’s European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2015 in Drenthe, Netherlands. Due to the bad weather it is the thrird flight. Two of four tasks will be cancelled. 

It is a short flight, but is the chance to get fantastic photos for the early birds at the Landal GreenPark.

Mother & daughter: Pilots Lindsay Muir & Chloe Hallett
(GBR) preparing their flights

Winner of Task 6: Kristina Sunaitiene, LTU  17

Judge declared Goal

Kristina is winner of the Schroeder Fire Balloons Prize

Kristina made a perfect drop with her marker, missing the target by 23 centimeters!
The photo shows the drop of Agne.

Winner of Task 7: Agne Simonaviciute, LTU  16

Hesitation Waltz

The balloons are leaving Orveltermarke and are approaching the first target.

A second evening with the black flag

If it is safe - not too windy - the next start will be at this evening between 18:00 and 19:00.

A task data sheet can be found here: [eNOTICE BOARD] as TDS flight3 (pdf) between 16:45 and 17:00. [It is here.]

I am very sorry, but I am not able to sent updates out of the briefing tent.

Waiting at the launchfield, but no yellow flag and finally the black flag. Only two fiesta balloons had been launched.

Red flag & officials at the Orveltermarke launchfield

The VENKO fiesta balloon is starting

Last take off this evening: PH-TYR at Orveltermarke

It is almost sure that the Kubicek prize will go our friends of Lithuania. Congratulations!

Day 3 - No Hare - No Hound - No Waltz

Update:  Kein Fuchs - keine Hunde - kein Walzer ...

This flight had been cancelled after a field briefing. 

Cars and trailers are ready for tomorrow morning

There might be slight chance to fly, if the rain stops at 18:20 as predicted. - In fact it stopped earlier.

Start approx. at the Orveltermarke start field: 19:00  - it might be cancelled by the black flag.

Target Areas / Ziele: Direction of flight is West to Northwest

The targets are between Schoonoord and Borger.

• Target 1:  5160/6245 MMA R 75m 
• Target 2:  5141/6126 MMA R 75m 
• Target 3:  5142/5796 MMA R 75m 
• Target 4:  4830/5558 MMA R 75m

Alternate Tasks / Aufgaben:

• Task 3a: Hesitation Waltz
• Task 3b: Hare and Hound (Fuchsjagd) chasing a dark blue ballon with red white blue spirals.

If the green flag goes up and the Hare has taken off, then the task will be a HNH. If the green flag goes up without the hare taking off, the task will be a HZW.

Latest at 19:00 it is either the green or the black flag.

End of flight: Sunset

The weather might be better on Friday and Saturday.

Pitch & Putt Texas Scramble Tournament

6:30  No morning briefing (cancelled) - no flight.

9:30  All six teams had been winners of the golf tournament at Landal Orveltermarke:
- Belgium, Britain, Germany, Netherlands, Officials 1, Officials 2.

Team Nederland with Sanne Haarhuis

Team Deutschland mit Sylvia Meinl

3rd FAI Women’s European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2015, Drenthe

Day 2 - Flight 1

Mr. METEO Ab Maas: Wind is ok, the other conditions are difficult.

Wind to the North West, decreasing a little bit. The warm front has passed, there will be showers in the evening.

More substantial rain at about 8:00.

6:44 It is raining, a chance to fly, if it is clearing up.

Het weer - The weather was better than predicted ...

There is a flight this morning.

The flags changed from red to yellow, from yellow to green.

Start direct at Orveltermarke Launchfield near the Landal GreenPark.


Task 1: Hesitation Waltz (3 targets)

Task 2: Fly On

Wind to northwest, direction Smilde.

Results [30 pilots: here]

Total of all scored tasks.					Flt 1
Ra.	Nr.	Competitor	NAC	Total	1 HWZ	2 FON
1	16	Agne SIMONAVICIUTE	LTU	1884	924	960
2	23	Beata CHOMA	POL	1776	914	862
3	25	Ewa PRAWICKA-LINKE	POL	1602	873	729
4	24	Daria DUDKIEWICZ	POL	1568	931	637
5	6	Marketa OLSANOVA	CZE	1558	900	658
6	2	Daiva RAKAUSKAITE	LTU	1511	609	902
7	7	Stephanie BAREFORD	GBR	1508	808	700
8	10	Sylvia MEINL	GER	1364	756	608
9	22	Caroline SPLINTERS	NED	1327	500	827
10	28	Ekaterina LARIKOVA	RUS	1312	979	333

                                                                       Copyright (©) 2015 Mathijs R. De Bruijn

The Dutch Results:

•   9  Caroline Splinters
• 20  Sanne Haarhuis
• 28  Annelotte Tolboom

Leading: Agne SIMONAVICIUTE, LTU 16

Best Task 1 (979 points): Ekaterina LARIKOVA, RUS  28

Got 1000 on Task 1: Marketa OLSANOVA, CZE  6
- but lost 100 (Rule 11.5 Ground Contact 1)

Winner Task 2: Lindsay MUIR, GBR  1

Time to talk after a safe landing.

3rd FAI Women’s European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2015
Drenthe, Netherlands

© Text & photos:  Rudolf H. Boettcher

Day 1, No Morning Flight

The AM briefing had been cancelled at 4:55 - the PM briefing will be held at 16:45.

It is going to be a fantastic day - for tourism ... or sailing.

Sunrise at Landschapspark Orveltermarke 7:18

Weather: Fantastic - Wind: "Terrible"

At 4: 30 this morning the sky is clear and the stars are visible, however a low with high winds is dominating the area. The ground winds are 10 knots (18,5 km/h) gusting up to 16 knots and in 500 ft the wind is 17 knots. 

Forecast is 11 knots on the ground, 16 knots in 250 ft and 21 knots in 500 ft.

Measured (4:33): 34,9 knots in 949 ft / gemessen: 35 Knoten Wind in ca. 320 m Höhe über Grund.


Time to list some

Favorites of this Competition

3rd FAI Women’s European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2015

• Agne Simonaviciute, LTU
• Ann Herdewyn; BEL
• Beata Choma, POL
• Daiva Rakauskaite, LTU
• Dolly Deimling, GER
• Elisabeth Kindermann, AUT
• Elise Kloss, GER
• Kristine Vevere, LAT
• Lindsay Muir, GBR
• Stephany Bareford, GBR

You will find them on the next pages.

google15590e00212f539d.html

Briefing Blog - Aktuelle Information - Het laatste nieuws - Schedule

19:00, There might be a flight at Landal Orveltermarke!  - Task & Targets: [See first blog post]   

18:20, The rain might stop.

16:45, 17 September 2015 - Competition Briefing

16:30, it is raining cats and dogs ...

06:30, 17 September 2015 - Competition Briefing - CANCELLED

AM heavy rain & too windy

16:45, 16 September 2015 - Next Competition Briefing

16:16, heavy rain & too windy

06:30, 16 September 2015 - First Competition Briefing - First Flight (2 tasks)

16:45, 15 September 2015 - Weather Briefing

06:30, 15 September 2015 - First Competition Briefing - CANCELLED


16:00, 14  September 2015 - General Briefing

06:45, 14 September 2015 - Provisional briefing

This morning: Jan Oudenampse: Weather for fishing - not for flying!

The event director suggests places to visit: The Dutch Venice and the Frisian village Sleat.

There might be last updates on my twitter acount: [Link to follow]

Hashtags will be:

#HotAirBalloon
#HotAirDrenthe
#FAIwomen3

QR-code of this page

Qr-code of my tweets

Tuesday 15 september 2015 - 7:00
First Day - First Competition Flight
Tag 1 - Erste Wettbewerbsfahrt

(tentative, depending on weather conditions)

The first flight might be on Wednesday - depending as a result of the current weather.

06:30, 15 September 2015 - First Competition Briefing

• Starting Location / Startort :
• Start approx.: 7:00  
• Target Areas / Ziele:

1. Target 1:
2. Target 2:
3. Target 3:

• Tasks / Aufgaben:

1. Task 1: ..........
2. Task 2:
3. Task 3:
4. Task 4:
5. Task 5:

• Weather / Wetter:
• The morning flight will be finished at ..:... (beginning of thermals) / Fahrtende morgens
• The evening flight will be finished at sunset / Fahrtende abends bei Sonnenuntergang.

The tasks are explained in this blog: [Link to follow] 

Starts are planned for 7:00 (AM) and 17:30 (PM), the exact time is dependend on wheater conditions.

Startzeiten sind gegen 7:00 und 17:30 Uhr, die genaue Uhrzeit ist wetterabhängig.

De ballonnen starten vanaf 07:00 en 17:30 uur. De precieze starttijd is altijd afhankelijk van het weer.

16:45, 15 September 2015 - 2nd Competition Briefing

Schedule / Zeitplan

    (tentative, detailed times to follow later, last update: 14 September)

Saturday 12 September 2015: 

• Training flights AM and PM / Trainingsfahrten morgens und abends

Sunday 13 September 2015:

• Training flights AM and PM / Trainingsfahrten morgens und abends 
• PM Check-In / nachmittags Check-In der Pilotinnen

Monday 14 September 2015:

• 08:00 Training flight / Trainingsfahrten morgens
• AM Check-In /  Check-In der Pilotinnen 
• 16:00 General Briefing / nachmittags: Wettbewerbs-Briefing
• 18:30 The Opening Ceremony will be held in the afternoon on monday the 14th. Orvelte

Die Eröffnungsveranstaltung findet am Montag 18:30 Uhr in Orvelte statt.

De openingsceremonie in Orvelte wordt vanaf 18:30 gehouden op maandag de 14e.