Full name: Neil Young
Activity: Team Manager
Started Flying in: 1964 until late-1970s
What was / is the reason for your decision to compete in air sports? Introduced to the sport by my partner, Dee Bond
Flying experience and activities:
Professional. I am the co-owner of the Mercer Airport with my partner, Dee Bond
Recreational: I had a PPL accumulating approx.. 200hrs but let it lapse 30yrs ago. Since purchasing the Mercer Airport four years ago I have become interested in doing a RPL
Hobbies: Cycling, kayaking, multi-sport – have competed in the NZ Coast to Coast Multisport event, the Rarotonga Triathalon, and the Noosa Triathalon, as well as touring the Tour du France cycle race, and walking the Himalayas to Base Camp
Full name: John Brian Brunskill
Activity: Pilot
Started Flying in:
What was / is the reason for your decision to compete in air sports?
Flying experience and activities:
Professional.
Recreational:
Hobbies:
Full name: Cathy Brunskill
Activity: Supporter
Full name: Gordon Hughes
Activity: Pilot
Started Flying in: 1972
What was / is the reason for your decision to compete in air sports? Challenge
Flying experience and activities:
Professional. Part Time Commercial Charters, Photography, Banner Towing, Low Level Pipeline and Wildlife Surveys
Recreational: Fun, Cross Country, Flying Sky Diving Aircraft and Competitions
Hobbies: Flying, Boating, Coastguard Boat Crew Volunteer, Fishing and Sailing Radio Control Model Yachts
Participation at previous international championships
| Year | Country | Kind | Rank or | Position |
| 1985 | USA | 6th WPFC | 20 | |
| 1987 | Finland | 7th WPFC | 54 | |
| 1990 | Argentina | 8th WPFC | 31 | |
| 1993 | Poland | 11h WPFC | 57 | |
| 1996 | USA | 12th WPFC | 51 | |
| 1999 | New Zealand | 13th WPFC | 8 | |
| 2008 | Austria | 18th WPFC | 43 | |
| 2009 | Poland | 19th WPFC | 46 | |
| 2011 | South Africa | 20thWPFC | 48 |
Full name: Donella (Dee) Bond
Activity: Pilot
Started Flying in: 1984
What was / is the reason for your decision to compete in air sports? I competed originally in order to improve my skills. Today I compete to maintain my skills.
Flying experience and activities:
Professional. I hold a CPL(A) with 4,300+hrs total time, am a Flight Instructor with 1,600+hrs experience, and have flown Part 135 & 121 Air Transport operations for a small airline operator. We currently own and operate a small airport at Mercer, New Zealand.
Recreational: I enjoy Air Racing, having competed in races in New Zealand, and USA in the all-women’s Air Race Classic, as well as being a FAI International Juror on the 2001 London to Sydney Air Race, after ferrying a Mooney aircraft from NZ to the UK for that Race. I have also set a number of FAI World Speed Records. I Captain a PBY Catalina for the NZ Catalina Preservation Society. I have not competed in Precision Flying for 15yrs.
Hobbies: I enjoy sailing and skiing as well as the performing arts.
Participation at previous international championships:
| Year | Country | Kind | Rank or | Position |
| 1996 | USA | 12th WPFC | Pilot (700hrs) | 77th |
| 1997 | Turkey | 1st World Air Games – Rally | Pilot (740hrs) | 65th |
| 1999 | NZ | 13th WPFC | Pilot (860hrs) | 30th |
| 2000 | Sweden | 14th WPFC | Pilot (1000hrs) | 55th |