The Australian team has continued it's great start to the FAI Women's World Gliding Championships, winning two of the three classes on Wednesday.
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The day's racing took the pilots from their Lake Keepit base to the north with tasks set for the 18m class at 561.75km, standard class 454.29km and club class 406.42km.
In the 18m class, Australia's Ailsa McMillan had a fast day, flying the 561.75km at 151.92 kph to win the day and 1,000 points. Elizabeth Sparrow, Great Britain, finished second at 151.14 kph followed by Stephanie Mule from Germany at 145.32 kph.
France's Mélanie Gadoulet leads the class after four races from Anne Ducarouge and Alena Netusilov, who had her second day win flying a JS3 on Tuesday.
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Jo Davis also had an excellent day in club class, flying the course at 121.71 kph to beat Tuesday's winner, German Christine Grote who finished at 116.28 kph. Davis' team-mate and former Lake Keepit Soaring Club club manager Jenny Ganderton bounced back from a horror day three, finishing at the bottom of the table, to come in third at 118 kph.
Davis' win sees her maintain her overall lead from Celine Rault (France) and Grote.
In standard class, world champion Aude Grangeray took first place, flying the course at 131.30 kph and beating Ayala Truelove who flew at 129.7 kph. After taking out Tuesday's race Anna Piotrowska from Poland was third at 129.46 kph followed by class leader Sarah Arnold from the USA at 129.17 kph.
Arnold's fourth placing was enough to keep her at the top of the standings after four races.
Piotrowska is second and Grangeray third with Australian Lisa Trotter is fourth after coming in seventh in race four.
