Pribina Cup 2026
March 29th - April 6th 2026 NITRA, SLOVAKIA

2026-04-11 12:05:40 (News from Competition)

 All gliders are in the air.

2026-04-11 08:08:49 (News from Competition)

Good sunny morning, everyone!

Once again, we will be operating from Runway 33 Center in the following order:

1. Club Class (at the front)
2. 15m & 20m Multi-Seat
3. Open Class (at the back)

The briefing starts at 10:00 AM in the tent.

2026-04-10 15:42:32 (News from Competition)

All gliders are back on the ground and all pilots are accounted for. It was another good competition day with shorter tasks than usual.

Tomorrow is the last competition day. But today, everyone is invited to the farewell party at 17:30 in the briefing tent :)

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2026-04-10

Friday did not look promising from the ground, and the forecast was doubtful enough that there was no grid before briefing. But once the gliders launched, the day turned into a very pleasant surprise. Organisers set shorter 2 hour Assigned Area Tasks, with Club and 15m sharing a 132-250 km range around Morovno, Valaska and Tlmače, while Open had a 169-336 km range around Turčianske Teplice, Elektra and Tekovský Hrádok. In the end the weather worked much better than expected, pilots reported a lot of fun, and all gliders were safely back on the ground by late afternoon. The planned farewell party then gave pilots a chance to share the good feelings and memories from the whole competition.

Club Class flew the shorter 2 hour AAT and saw Michal Lesinger (LL) take the day win in the ASW-20 with the full 678 points after covering 212.38 km at 96.79 km/h. Mateusz Kruszynski (TF) finished 2nd on 625 points and Christoph Spath (I) took 3rd with 540. Overall, Lesinger stays in front with 4,506 points, extending his margin over Kruszynski to 104 points, while Spath moves up to 3rd overall on 3,868.

15m Class used the same 2 hour AAT and produced another close Czech result. Karel Novak (AX) won the day with the maximum 562 points after flying 228.14 km at 112.65 km/h. Miloslav Cink (JB) placed 2nd on 472 points and Jan Pavlik (JW) 3rd on 469. Overall, Pavlik remains in the lead on 4,270 points, with Cink on 4,185 and Novak now closing in from 3rd on 4,042.

Open Class also flew a 2 hour AAT and made the most of the better-than-expected conditions. The Finnish crew of Kettunen & Tourula (AM) won the day in the Arcus with 528 points after covering 240.35 km at 118.33 km/h. Home pilot Vladimir Foltin (3) took 2nd on 515 points and Pavel Jiranek (CS) placed 3rd with 505. Overall leader Tomas Rendla (EZ) remains on top with 4,092 points, while Alena Netusilova (A7) stays 2nd on 4,036 and Janowitsch & Schwan (13) 3rd on 3,993.

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