Ramblers DZ Round-up
Here we go again, DZ Round-Up No4.
From 21-6-11
Tues.21: Chris Bailey finished his AFF9 and Adam Martin did Stages 2&3 which kept Wade, Phil and Louis busy.
Thurs 23rd: David King completed Stages 4, 5&6 and again kept Wade, Belgy and Louis happy.
Fri 24th. David King continued on with Stages 6, 7&8, making Belgy and Louis again happy! Senan Gibson came out and did some solos. Nick Chaperon came out and converted his BPA instructor ratings to APF Aussie ratings.
Weekend of 25/26th June
Sat 25th: Axelle Champagnat and Fred Riou were back for their final weekend at the dz before returning to France.
Axelle Champagnat
(photo by Lisa Perdichizzi)
Corey “Mac” Parkes from the US was also back for the weekend back. He’s a local now! Joel Johnson scored a new rig at the right price – Zero! A Jav, 190 main and Cypres if you please! Adrian Kennedy did Stages 4&5 with Belgy and Wade.
The Big Ways were off to a great start with a 3 point 8 way, with organiser John McMahon.
  
Lisa Perdichizzi, Load Energiser for the weekend, was there and took some great shots (photos above). On the load were Frank Klaus, Al White, Rab McCulloch, John Leach, Garry and Lea Rickwood, John McMahon and Louis Trerise who also did his final STAR CREST & his 300th jump.
Other jumper who got amongst it included Adam Morgan, Adam Harrington, Kate Monaghan, Bastion Blum, who also got his STAR CREST, Mat Coles, Blaino, Sarge and Dave Brown with his new camera set-up. Martin McKenzie was also seen flying a wingsuit – go birdman!
Sunday saw the arrival of Owen, Bubba and Josh. We did a tracking dive with Garry, Lea and Sarge.
 
001 plus Bubba (Rear Floater) Sarge,
and Lea Rickwood (diving)
Sam G , Kristo K also did a couple of leaps.
Keith Littlewood from SA brought along 3 of our 7 tandem for the day. Greg Callaghan did his AFF 4&5 with Wade.
Crew Jumps
Peter Barnett got the crew-dogs going with a great CRW jump with Sarge, Belgie & Wade.
Lisa took the photos (photo on right), it was her first CRW jump and she put on a carton. You are a great Load Energiser Lisa!
Monday was recovery day – Sunday pub night was a killer!! Adam Martin got us going again Tuesday and did Stages 4&5 with Wade and Belgy. The rest of the week was a bit quiet but then it all started happening again Friday. We had tandem Mark Evans, students David Schmuttermaier and Jackson Montgomery, and regulars/locals Louis Tresise, Jordan Scarlet, Dave Bleakley, Pat Hopkins (in his new jumpsuit), Josh Costa and Phil Kemper do the sunset load,.......... and then is was the weekend again!
Weekend of 2/3rd July.
And what a weekend it turned out to be. It was quiet, but busy! It was Jackson Montgomery’s birthday bash weekend. Jacko brought along a heap of friends to party at the dz and to do tandems. Fourteen in fact. Fifteen if you count Nathan Predo who did two!
Plus our students; On Saturday David S did more, Adrian Bramwell finished his Accredation package, and Matt Lynam finished his Addiction package.
 
Matt Lynam during his B-Rel (photos by Mark Durgaz)
Jacko did a heap of camera geek jumps, Lee Marshall, Dave King, Brian Stephensons and Jack Elford all continued on towards their A licence, Kylie Stephensons got her A licence and Sharpa Soleymanian got back in the air again – and jumped, twice!!
The staff were flat out doing tandems and AFF. Belgy was Load Energiser for the weekend and gathered up all the novice flatties for some terrific bigger-ways and he took some great photos (see Gallery below). There was Jordan, and Josh and Pat, and Pete Sakrzewski and Dale Findlay and Owen and Jenny Thornton. Mark Laing was taking photos.
The last jump sunset load was a beauty, a 4-point 12 way. Al White and Big Ben helped out on that one. Greg White and Alec Adsett were back, tracking away. So were me and Alex Woodward, Holly Gano, Mat Taylor and Owen. What a jump! We went tracking after Alex who was on his back, and then he went steeper and FASTER! Holly reckons it was the fastest she’s ever been. Me too- I couldn’t hear my ditter from the wind-noise!
Sunday was quiet but again we were busy with tandems and students. Rhyley Herron rocked up and did two more 8-granders for his Static Line course – a delta and turns.
  Static line student Rhyley on a 30 sec. delay
(photos by Belgy)
Alan and Julie Wills were back for more; Julie did stages 4, 5&6 with Ris. (She also did 6 (again), and 7&8 on Monday. She’s doing stage 9 tomorrow – more beer!)
Ris (left) with Julie Wills on exit, Stage 7
Joe Rutter and Michael Devries finished their Completion package. Liam Cunningham was back for more. Brian and Kylie ditto. And Pete Flanagan got stages 5 & 6 done. Reece Wallace did 4 wingsuit jumps. He’s also just brought his new BASE rig!!
Reece Wallace wingsuiting
(photo by Louis Trerise)
Monday – today was a beaut little day. We did 3 loads; Reece and Louis went bird-manning, David Hodge did his 1st Jump Course with Belgy, and stage 2.
I did a 2-way with Alan Wills.
And I did a track with Jordan and a cling-on with David and Belgy. Julie I’ve already mentioned did stages 6 and 7 with Ris and stage 8 with Phil Kemper.
And Mariette Van Den Berg from Holland, with 10 jumps, did her first jump in Aus!
 
Mariette (left) did her first jump at Ramblers!
Phew! That’s it!
See ya,
Macca.
More News
Next weekend is already shaping up. On Saturday the SEQS Club is putting on a canopy handling course with (the famous) Michael Vauhan.
On Sunday me and Doug Stewart are doing a demo into the Fernvale Fun Run.
Dougie is jumping the River 949 flag.
And the following weekend we are doing full moon night jumps. We are doing a sunset/ moonrise jump Friday and more night jumps on Saturday. We even have a couple of people doing night tandems Saturday night. Yahoo.
And don’t forget to join the Toogoolawah Skydivers Club. They are having a club comp Xmas in July weekend on the 30/31st July; sausage sizzle Friday night, subsudised jumps and scrambles comp Saturday, and a 10 jump raffle draw Saturday Party night.
Well I hope you are enjoying our dz round-ups. Please send in any stuff you want to include in the newsletter, photos, jump stories, etc.
Photo Gallery
Adrian Kennedy, Stage 4
Dan Edmonds, Stage 7
Reece Wallace Sitfly
 
Jack Elford completed his Aff during Skysisters
(Photos by Belgy)
 
Brian Stephenson (Kylies husband)
completed his Aff during Skysisters
(Photos by Belgy)
 
2nd point 10 way
Jumpers include John McMahon, Frank Klaus, Al White, John Leach, Rab McCulloch, Blaino, Mat Coles, Garry Rickwood, Lea Rickwood, Corey 'Mac'Parkes.
Marc Dergacz
Stage 3 with student Jimmy Farrugia
Matt Coles & Josh Costa
"Energised"
Josh Costa, Gabriel Phillips, Mat Coles, and Martin McKenzie.
(photo by Lisa)
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