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Womens and rigid worlds champs - monte Cucco

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Here I will add news from monte Cucco as I hear it from Kathleen

Day 2, a shorter task off the normal south/west side of monte cucco.
Kathleen crossed the goal line pretty much equal first with Corrina.

In class 2, Johnny car blew his launch on his swift and broke a bone in his foot. He expects to end up in plaster so the competition is over for him.

Results for first day (top 10)
1 25 RIGG, KATHLEEN (Moyes LITESPEED S) GBR 747
2 2 PETROVA, NATALIA (Aeros Combat) RUS 590
3 9 TOBLER, CAROLE (Moyes LITESPEED S) CHE 503
4 1 SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN, CORINNA (RED BULL LITESPEED) DEU 499
5 31 GLAS, REGINA (Aeros Combat L12) DEU 493
6 7 DIEUZEIDE, FRANCOISE (Icaro Laminar Z9 13.2) FRA 481
7 3 WERNER, MONIQUE (Aeros Combat L12) DEU 479
8 20 KAMINE, AKARI (Icaro Laminar Z9) JPN 458
9 33 BAZAN, LAURA (Aeros Combat) ARG 434
10 29 YAKOH, MITSUKO (Icaro Laminar Z9 13.2) JPN 426

Looks like Kathleen has won the first day!
So far she is the only glider in goal. She found a low save that Corrina missed at about 600ft agl. It was quite windy, launch at Tre Pezzi (North East). The task can be seen at www.cucco08.org, going south to penino, and then north up to Gubbio and back into Sigillo.
Kathleen had an advantage over Corrina gliding into wind, despite Corrinas new Litespeed RS3.5 (Kathleen is flying my 3 year old Litespeed S4).
Pics on Jamies blog lonked below.

Opening ceremony is sunday with first task on Wednesday (2 practise tasks).
check Jamie sheldon's blog for news and pics.

Forcast according to the rather noddy "metcheck" is light winds with only a few showery days in the next 2 weeks.
17th July was too windy, Carl flew and advised the girlies not to bother. Huge lenticular clouds in the lee of the ridge.
15th/16th July was good flying if a bit blue and stable.

Results For bos ROUND 2.

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Are now uploaded

Results of the British Open series, Round two can now be found on this page:
http://bhgc.wikidot.com/2008:meet-two

Carl Wallbank at the French Nationals, St. Andre

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It appears Carl came in 8th in the French Nationals, but should have done so much better. There were a couple of really nice days, but low cloud base, stability and wind limited the number of tasks.
The first task was very windy and marginal, and many pilots did not complete the course by choice, but some did get to goal. Carl landed short but I don't know if it was by choice or not…
The second task, despite Carl being on the task setting committee, he managed to go to an incorrect turnpoint. At this point Carl was pretty close to Kathleen well down the scores…
The next two tasks Carl won, and moved up to 8th. so congratulations to Carl on his continued improvement and world class performance!

Soon there may be more of the French nats in Jamies blog, but its not there yet…something must be keeping her busy…
http://naughtylawyertravels.blogspot.com/

Kathleen now travels to the womens worlds in monte Cucco Italy, where Johnny Carr will also fly his swift in the rigid worlds. Just the two brits will be there.

Latest NATS rules

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are now available

The updated version of the NAts rules are now available and can be downloaded from here
NATS rules 2008 updated

2008 Chabre Hang Gliding Open the Pre-Worlds

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Results are now in!

And the winners are…

Competition winner: Scott Barrett (Aus) glider:Airbourne C4 13.5mtr

Pre-Worlds, Laragne: Keep it up lads

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Awesome work by the British Team, very inspiring!

Forget about the tennis my eyes are peeled on the Worlds, excellent work by the British team as they confirm their lead which was established from day 1. Not to mention Gary Wirdnam who is in 2nd place!

The organisers of the Pre-worlds have some fantastic web pages that allow us to keep up to date with how the team are progressing. For those that don't have the URLs the links are below.

Official web page with results: http://www.chabre2009.com

A blog that gives you almost an hourly update at: http://www.chabre2009.blogspot.com. The Brits have already had a bit of coverage, I think Carl is captured on film coming in to goal "not first, but close", Gordon gets a mention in a very good interview with Scott Barrett after the first task and I could swear that's David Shields jumping off a cliff into the waterfall… the nutter!

If anyone in Laragne reads this then wish the team the best. Any chance we could get some posts on this site so we can get the latest from inside the British camp or is there something else similar that I am missing?

Go the Brits!

Top 5 Hang Gliding Videos on YouTube now uploaded to the Video Page

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I've added some of my favourite hang gliding clips to the video page of this site. Okay so it's purely subjective, but I'm sure those that haven't seen them already will enjoy them.

Europeans 08 news

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From http://www.drachenflieger.at

The first competition day - 9th june - was cancelled because of the bad weather conditions. All pilots were at the take off area - but unfortunately there was no chance to have a good task. But: tomorrow is a new day - and an new chance:-)

…the usual Austrian weather forecast, tomorrow is better, the day after should be very good! :)

More can be found here :- http://www.drachenflieger.at

NXCL mapping

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A new feature has been added to the UKNXCL mapping

If you go to your pilot log in the nxcl, and click on "map flights" you will get something like this.

note the new button in the top right hand corner. "earth"

click it.

it should then download a new plug in for either ie7 or firefox,
A restart of either browser will then be required.

going back to the mapping page, and clicking the "earth" button will then display your flights in google earth within the browser.

BOS first round

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The BOS was held over 5 days (2-6 May) in Mid Wales with only 2 tasks flown due to the lovely British weather A total of 51 pilots took part

Bruce Kavanagh

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2008 Sponsors

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We are pleased to announce ....

The following sponsors have agreed to support the "League" for the 2008 season.

Many thanks to them.

Latest "Nationals" entry Form

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Latest downloadable pdf for the Nationals are :-

	"Nationals " Guest Application Form
	"Nationals" UK Pilot Application Form

Nationals Entry Form

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Is now available

Please complete and return asap.

Comp details : http://bhgc.wikidot.com/2008:nats

Application Form : http://rogallo.co.uk/local--files/2008:nats/Laragne-2008.doc

BOS 2008 Rules

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Updated rules now available

They can be found here: http://bhgc.wikidot.com/bos-rules
PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CHANGES.
A few minor errors have been corrected to the original document.
I will upload a pdf version as soon as a bug in the system is corrected by the developers.
(wont let you use pdf's over 100k.)

2008 Comps Application Form

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Is now available

BOS 2008 entry

Please complete and return by 1st of March to get the discount!

2008 LARAGNE NATIONALS Go !!

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The UK Nationals in Laragne has been confirmed and accepted by the FFVL, dates are the same and a accomodation list will be added shortly on the Nationals Page under "The Comps"

Jan 2008 Comp Venue Updates

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Latest updates on 2008 BOS and Nationals comp dates & venues.

The following rounds of the BOS are fully confirmed:
1ST ROUND
British Open, Long Mynd, 2-6 May 2008
Event to have FAI Cat 2 status to allow pilots to qualify for Worlds in Monte Cucco 2008.
Mark Stewart will be your meet director – Many thanks to Mark!

2ND ROUND
Yorkshire Dales, 9-13 July 2008

The following competitions are NOT yet fully confirmed with local clubs
– EXPECT CONFIRMATION EARLY FEB 2008

3RD ROUND (DO NOT BOOK ACCOMODATION UNTIL MEET CONFIRMED)
Crickhowell, 22-26 August 2008 (venue to be confirmed with local club)

Nationals (DO NOT BOOK ACCOMODATION UNTIL MEET CONFIRMED)
Laragne 3-9 August 2008 (venue to be confirmed with FFVL).
Event will include Class 5 championship and FAI Cat 2 status if at least 6 pilots compete.

Kathleen Rigg
Comps Panel Chairman

Site goes Live!

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The New web site (wiki) becomes official.

As of 1 - 1 2008 this site has become the official UK hang gliding Comps web site.

All links to the old site should now be re - directed to here.
Thanks to Nigel B for sorting this.

The Blériot Cup 2007

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Reports now posted.

This year the Blériot was set in the picturesque region of Limoges in central France. The landscape is pretty much how you might expect 16th century Britain to have looked; very green with large forested areas stretching as far as the eye can see. September 2nd was a training day but we spent it driving from the British Nationals at St. Andre. After an initial mix-up, having been sent to the wrong location for the reception, we finally arrived at Treignac to be greeted by the organisers, their Mayor, the local TV and media network and over 50 local dignitaries. They all wanted to ask us (in French naturally) everything we knew about paragliding! Needless to say this was not much…

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FOREIGN COMPETITION PILOT FUNDING PROCEDURE - 2008 SEASON

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The British Hang Gliding Competitions Panel wants to encourage pilots to fly in overseas FAI Category 2 competitions.

To be eligible for the funding in 2007, pilots must have either paid and attended all 2007 Open Series meets or have flown the British Nationals in St. Andre, France 2007.(2006 Planning Meeting point 657d).

Pilots will be able to claim 200GBP per European competition and 400GBP per competition outside Europe. To receive the overseas funding the pilots must have flown in the competition and be able to produce the results � i.e. You can't just pay the entry and not attend.

Please apply for the funding before Sept 15th 2008 and send the pilot name and home address for the cheque, with the foreign competition dates, venue and results URL to ku.oc.enilnoku|snehpetssliH#ku.oc.enilnoku|snehpetssliH