Ramblers DZ Round-up

Hi again and welcome to Newsletter 9.

Here’s the latest goings-on at the DZ from the 1st of September.

First up Brian Long kept going with his S/L training all week and got his “A” licence with flying colours. 

Brian Long - Stage 9 - Jump 17. Photos by Belgy

The 182 was kept busy and we did a couple of Caravan loads before the week was done. Dingo, Naomi Adam, Phil K, Rob Olgivie, David Smedley and Reilly Cartlidge went for a leap Thursday. (Reilly has become a DZ “estate resident” and rented an “ordinary” caravan for 12 months). Hayley Murphy did her Stage 9, on ya Hayley! Kyle Johnson, Bubba, Marc Dergacz, Rob Burke, Flip Bates and Saleena Levett made up the sunset load Friday. 

Marc having a blast. Photo by Phil.

Saturday was a beauty, Greg Callahan and Jack Elford continued on with their training, we did seven tandems, Louis packed like a machine and there were 35 licensed jumpers doing all sorts of disciplines: CRW, Freefly, tracking, wingsuiters and of course good old RW. Lisa, Kyle, Reilly, David Bleakley and Clay all got their CReW Crest – congratulations! 

CRW Cresters: Dave Bleakly, Kyle Johnson, Clay Anderson, Reilly Cartlidge, Lisa Perdichizzi. Photos by Ben Nordkamp.

5 people achieved their CRW crests on this 9 way stack, and to prove it wasn't a fluke, they did it again, but faster!

 
Clay Anderson, Belgium Steve, Ben Nordkamp, Riss Anderson, Peter Barnett, Lisa Perdichizzi, Reilly Terence Cartlidge. Photo by Mark Laing.

There were quite a few new faces on the dz too. 

Phil & Louis. Photo by Macca.

There was a changing of the guard at the TSC AGM Saturday night. Our new president is John McMahon, 

John AKA "El Presidente" - Static Line Endorsment 4.
Photo by Phil. 

new treasurer Jenny Thornton and new secretary Marc Dergacz. Committee Members are Clay Anderson, Riss Anderson and Holly Gano. A BIG THANK YOU to outgoing Secretary for more than 10 years, Russell Ravenscroft and Treasurer Ben Nordkamp, and ex-president Belgy. 

Belgy with long lense, Photo by Louis.

Sunday was a little quieter, however the CRW jumpers kept at it. We did another six tandems including Wade’s dad Ken,...

Ken's Tandem - Wade's Dad. Photo by Phil.

...and students James White and David Schmuttermaier!! Were back for continuation training. Plus there were a few new faces again doing fun jumps. It was a great weekend. And Belgy went on holidays with Emma to Europe and Linny’s wedding.

The 182 fired up again on Monday. Thomas Owens 

Thomas - Stut hang. Photo by Wade.

from the USA started Monday and completed his S/L “A” license on Friday, well done Tom. 

Thomas - Last Static Line drop. Photo by Macca.

Thomas - 1st Freefly. Photo by Macca.

Thomas landing. Photo by Wade. 

Gary Bird and Reece Wallace went hard Monday. Reilly was still here! And Doug Pender (with new gear) did a jump. So did Steven Wainberg, and John Pownall. Alan and Julie Wills arrived during the week and did lots of jumps, both sporting new jumpsuits and helmets! Very impressive.

  
Alan H&P. Photos by Macca.

Alan also got his “A”. Cameron Faust got three in on Wednesday.

The big news of the week was that John McMahon, Phil Kemper and Wade all did their Static Line Instructors Rating which included doing a couple of static line jumps as part of the course. 

Static Line group shot. Photo by Louis.

Even I did 3, my first static line jumps since 1967 !! 

Macca's Static Line. Photo by Wade. 

I wasn’t scared a bit but you should have seen the others! 

  
Static Line Endorsements:
Phil - Photo by Wade & Wade - Photo by Phil.

And then they had to jump off the Tower of Terror!
Love it.

Matt Stuart, Christian Stricklen and Ken Garrard arrived Friday for their AFF FJC but the wind blew! And it blew something fierce all day Saturday as well. But Sunday was a beauty and they all did three jumps each. Stuart Matin and Myles Cake also continued on with their AFF jumps. Emily Hatfield was back for the weekend and finished her packing and “A” licence. Peter Flanagan, Dan Darvill and Cameron Faust were also back for continuation training. 

Cameron. Photo by Wade.

We also had three tandems jump. The instructors sure were kept busy.

Welcome back Doug Pryor, old Rambler from way back. Our pilot Roger went for a fun-jump. Filippo Balbina and Ilya Nalivkin, previous visitors from overseas were also here Sunday for a few leaps and Allison Mitchell was back from her overseas holiday. Other locals made up the numbers and then it was Sunday night pub night. Actually it was pub night Friday and Saturday as well!

And then it was Monday again. 

Matt - Freefall & Opening. Photos by Wade. 

Matt Stuart hasn’t stopped his AFF training and Dan Durvill got stuck into his B-Rel jumps. 

Dan cruising through B-Rels 2-5.

Dan tracking towards town. B-Rel 5.
Photos by Phil. 

And now it’s Tuesday and time to get this Newsletter out.

See ya,

Macca.   

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