Operators Club Final 2015 The Operators Club finals took
place in Treviso, Italy this year with finalists from across Europe taking part. GB finalists Nigel McCann and Phil Port were among those competing in the championship.
Three challenges took place on Saturday 10th October and after the warm-up round which involved driving an A30G through an obstacle course, Nigel McCann was first to go. This challenge involved moving tennis balls from one set of posts to another using an ECR50D excavator with a specially made attachment fitted to the bucket. At the end of the first challenge, Othmar Pletzer of
Austria was in pole position with Johannes Unger (Austria) second and current champion Ermes Gemo of Italy, third. Phil Port finished in eighth place and Nigel McCann in fourteenth. After a typical Italian lunch, the operators returned for the second challenge. This challenge used an EC160E and the contenders had to swing a weight on the arm of the machine to knock over a piece of wood positioned between 2 cones which each had a tennis ball balanced on them. There were 5 wooden pieces and penalties were issued whenever a tennis ball fell to the ground. Following this challenge only the top 12 operators were
taken through to the final round. Phil Port finished in thirteenth place, falling just short of qualification, but Nigel McCann made it through to the final knock-out stages. The final challenge used an L120H to lift and guide a pole through a metal maze which was constructed on either side of the machine. Nigel suffered from a few penalties and at the end of the final round finished in twelfth place. The winner of the Operators Club Final 2015 was Othmar Pletzer from Austria with Reijer van der Grift (Netherlands) in second and Nicolas Monnaye (France) in third. Well done to GB champions Phil and Nigel who both
performed well and showed great team spirit throughout the event. If you would like a chance to qualify for the Operators Club final 2016 in Austria, the UK heats will be held on the Volvo stand at Hillhead in June 2016.
50 THE VOICE MAGAZINE No26 2016
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