Results: 2024 FAI F3K European Championships for Model Gliders
Day 5
Waking up to on a rainy Saturday morning would have set a nice romantic tone to the day... However, this was Friday and the height of the championships! Still unclear what would happen because of the weather, organisers, jury and competitors headed out to the field, hoping for the best.
Fortunately, prayers were answered: what initially appeared to be a rainy day that would shorten the competition, ended up as a pleasant day for most of the attendees.
The fight for the top ten spots and the “grand final” was still unclear, remaining open right up to the last flight. Favourite Adrian Hucaljuk from Croatia was keeping his lead, but was closely followed by other competitors.
At the end of the day, the best ten pilots battled it out in their mission to be crowned European Champion in F3K.
The next day, the remaining five flights decided who the champion would be. Congratulations go to Henri Sander from Germany, closely followed by the “flying Dutchman” Vincent Merlijn and Adas Siumbrys from Lithuania.
Hucaljuk, the favourite from the first four days, experienced two bad rounds, and placed fifth.
Senior Results
- Henri Sander, Germany
- Vincent Merlijn, Netherlands
- Adas Siumbrys, Lithuania
Team classification
- France
- Lithuania
- Germany
| RANK | NAME | NAC | SCORE | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SANDER, Henri | GER | 4411.1 | 100 |
| 2 | MERLIJN, Vincent | NED | 4200.7 | 95.23 |
| 3 | SIUMBRYS, Adas | LTU | 3207.6 | 72.72 |
| 4 | COLLIN, Steeve | FRA | 3048.5 | 69.11 |
| 5 | HUCALJUK, Arijan | CRO | 2982.7 | 67.62 |
Junior results
The junior competition wasn’t any less exciting than the senior one! There was no final round, so the one who won the fifth day became the “prince” of European F3K.
After an astonishing 24 rounds, Mateusz Ptaszek from Poland made a decisive win, leading the field by a margin of 2.28% ahead of the Austrian duo Luca Brudermann and Simon Walcher, who got the next two podium places.
- Mateusz Ptaszek, Poland
- Luca Brudermann, Austria
- Simon Walcher, Austria
Team classification
- Austria
- Poland
- Hungary
Closing Ceremony
The Prize giving ceremony was held in front of the airfield where all the winners received beautiful trophies in form of vases from host town, Wloclawek.
The banquet was held in the nearby hotel, with a great convivial atmosphere. Pilots, judges and jury talked until late in the night and enjoyed the final moments of a perfect championship!
