The weather this season has already seen some pilots achieve their personal best in flying distance, height and speed with pilots flying their 300km and 500km flights which allows them to claim silver and gold badges.
This year has seen a return of Japanese university student pilots, who come to Tocumwal to further enhance their soaring experiences.
Our skies enable them to fly long distances, which is very difficult to achieve in Japan.
Tocumwal has a rich history that continues to attract glider pilots who want to do distance and cross-country flying.
Pilots have experienced some exceptional conditions since before Christmas, with several flights of over 1000km flown, some at Australian record speeds.
Multi-sport convergence
Do you fancy yourself an athlete or just want to challenge yourself?
Test your abilities at Echuca-Moama Tri Club’s Multisport Weekend on Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, January 19.
Run, swim and bike your way through the weekend with a category to suit everyone starting with the junior triathlon on Saturday morning, with registrations opening from 8am and racing commencing at 9am.
Across the two-day spectacle, 650 visitors and locals are poised to take part in the three major events, with spots still available for the Wharf to Winery swim on Sunday.
Following the junior presentation, there will be a break in proceedings before the 26th edition of the Morley Auto Group Sprint Triathalon gets under way, registrations opening at 3pm.
Garbo charged over crash
A Shepparton man alleged to have been at the wheel of a garbage truck that caused a serious crash and hospitalised two people has pleaded guilty in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court to dangerous driving and driving while suspended.
Prosecutor Leading Senior Constable Braden Wright told the court the man had been travelling east on the Midland Hwy at Shepparton East when the crash occurred at 11am on October 24, 2022.
A B-double truck further up the road had stopped on the road to turn right into a driveway, with a Holden sedan stopping behind it.
The garbage truck was driving 80m behind the Holden and the driver braked 65m before the crash, but it was not enough to stop the garbage truck hitting the Holden from behind and pushing it into the path of a Toyota HiAce van, Leading Sen Constable Wright said.
The HiAce driver was flown to a Melbourne hospital after the crash with leg, chest and vertebrae injuries.
The driver of the Holden spent three days at Goulburn Valley Health in Shepparton.
