Feb 22, 2010

2010 Australian Canopy Piloting Champion - Rob McMillan

The 2010 Aussie CP Nationals are complete. 24 Aussies plus a Kiwi and a Swede competed in the open class. Rob McMillan duelled it out throughout the comp with 2007 Champion Cameron Rolfe with the lead changing 4 times in the 9 rounds. The final results saw Rob take out the title for the first time by less than 7 points.

The top 8 finishers now get to represent Australia at the World Championships in Russia in August including Deepseed sponsored pilots Cameron Rolfe and Michael Vaughan. They are:

Gold Rob McMillian
Silver Cameron Rolfe
Bronze Kaz Sheekey
4 Michael Vaughan
5 Gary Hamilton
6 Alex Nelson
7 Shane Price
8 Cameron Jarrett


In the intermediate class, Ben Lewis led the field of 9 competitors for 8 of the 9 rounds ultimately winning by a solid margin of 55 points from Dan Smith.

Gold Ben Lewis
Silver Daniel Smith
Bronze Alex Kaiserman


Go the Aussies at the World Championships.

Thanks go to the APF Sports DevelopmentFfunding for helping to bring Jay Moledzki to coach before the nationals.
Swoop photos by Grant Barnes. Keep an eye on his website for more action photos www.gbphotography.com.au