Congratulations to the British Gliding Team on their success at the World
Gliding Championships which ended yesterday at Rayskala, Finland.

After two weeks' racing, the British team won the overall team cup, winning
by a large margin from France and Sweden. Brothers Steve and Howard Jones
took the gold medal in the newly inaugurated 20m multi-seat class, having
dominated the event from start to finish.

Britain took bronze in the very closely-fought Standard Class, with Jez
Hood (3rd) narrowly pipping his brother Richard (4th) for a medal spot.

G Dale and Tim Milner finished in highly creditable 5th and 9th places in
the Club Class, completing a great fortnight for the team.

Attention now turns to Leszno in Poland where the world championships for
the other three classes (15m, 18m, and open) begins in a fortnight's time.