For safety reasons the take off at Laragne-Chabre will be closed for the period of the Hang Gliding Worlds - 20th June to 4th July 2009, to non authorised pilots between midday and the opening of the start gate. There are several other sites in the region where pilots can fly including those at Aspres, Sederon, Colombis and St Vincent, St Genis etc. Worlds HQ staff will be happy to give details of other available sites and how to get to them.

The website for the Worlds is HERE

Cheers,
Nicky

miles.hockliffe(AT)edwardsvacuum.com
or
miles.hockliffe(AT)gmail.com

call or txt
07500833340

I know that there is big HG comps here this year and I just wanted to make sure that people knew there was a local contact with accommodation and transport for the comp weeks.

I hope that I am not being too forward but just did not know who to contact to get the news out.

If you would like me to prepare a snippet about us and our services please let me know.

I had my first group of hang glider pilots here last year with Gordon Harris and they are coming back this year so we must have done something good :)

Look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Winston and Amanda
moc.liamelgoog|ofniylfogew#liamE
http://www.wegofly.co.uk

The previous website was superior. All that is needed is someone who can update a conventional site and that should be a job for a specific competitons panel post.

Everyone is saying this off the record so its about time the truth was stated.

Regards Will Greenwood.

This maybe something useful for you guys.

http://nxcl.collectivex.com/

See you in Àger!

Nicky
www.ager2010.com

We hope to be awarded the Europeans in 2010 but whatever happens the Open will be run from 11th - 18th July 2009 ( task days)
Competition information is on the website Àger Open

Please be patient for the next few days while I sort out any teething problems with the registration system. If you have any problems with rego please email me : nicky[at]ager2010.com

We look forward to seeing you in Àger!
Nicky

The full article

British Open Series – will again comprise 3 x 5 day events all of which will be over bank holiday weekends.

• 1st Round: Fri 1st to Tue 5th May – Long Mynd/Mid-Wales with comp HQ same as last year.
• 2nd Round: Fri 22nd to Tue 26th May – Yorkshire Dales/North Yorks with comp HQ at Green Dragon, Hardraw (same as last year).
• Final: Fri 28th Aug to Tue 1st Sep – SE Wales with comp HQ in Crickhowell (details to be finalised)

All of the above detail has yet to be confirmed with local clubs and landlords of comps HQs.

Nationals – unfortunately some information required to finalise this is not available yet but the panel have chosen dates so that pilots can book holidays; these are Sunday 19th to Saturday 25th July 2009.

Option 1 – venue Ager with our Nationals running immediately or soon after the Pre- Europeans. CIVL is still considering the Spanish bid to run the 2010 Europeans at Ager but dates for the practice event have not yet been announced, however they should be very similar to the 2010 dates (4-18 Jul).

Option 2 – the fall-back position is to go to Laragne over the same period.

Please note that arrangements for comps in other countries are always subject to agreement by the local club and the national governing body.

John

Grant Crossingham

Robin Hamilton

Carl Wallbank

Gary Wirdnam

The following first reserve is expected to be added to the above four man team once the total number of entries is confirmed based on the WPRS nation ranking on 1 Feb 2009. Until all teams with four pilots entered in the worlds have been offered a fifth place, this 5th pilot will not be scored for the team event or be eligible for a team medal.

Bruce Kavanagh

The following additional reserve pilots have been selected in priority order:

Gordon Rigg

Dave Matthews

Kathleen Rigg

Thanks to our sponsor for the event Eurocell Ltd

Results XC 1st keith matthews 41k 2nd richard hunt 16k 3rd mike cushion 14k
Spot 1st keith matthews 25points 2nd steve meadows 20 points 3rd steve biggs 15points

I currently fly with an older style "barn door" pod with the chute on the
front and multi point riser.

I am now wanting to trade up to either a Tenax , Matrix (used) or
Myth2……or another of recommendation.

Can anyone give me an appraisal of these?

If I get enough info I may translate and compile it into a hang points
article for the winter months, so the more comments the better.

Thanks

James

James Roy
BMT Nigel Gee Ltd
(Sent via Blackberry)

The Panel

Day 2 is a race from Merthyr SW to Ross on Wye with a further distance section to Castlemorton Common. Day started really dreary and unsoarable but picked up later. The pilots who were ready for the change in conditions will probably do best with the later ones struggling.

more on Richards Blog

Overall there were 4 Brits in the top 10: Rich, Malcolm Brown, Nick Pain and Tony Brown.

I guess it is going to be a real battle at the British Nationals this year with all the flying that has already gone on in Laragne: the Worlds, Belgians and the Dutch Competitions. I bet the French will be out for some revenge too after being beaten on their home 'terroir' at the worlds! Should be some interesting watching, good luck everyone involved and hope you have a safe competition.

Day 10

Corrina has a decent lead with Francoise second and Kathleen a close third.
The day has been cancelled due to thunderstorms.
final results at http://www.cucco08.org/

Day 9

task7
Hard to get much above the top from the norh launch and gradually they all had to dive over the back, some getting up and some going down. Kathleen was late dong this and by the time she was at the first most distant turnpojnt it was starting to rain and a group had already passed coming back. Kathleen landed with Jamie just after the turnpoint and was thoroughly soaked (pictures on jamies blog).
half a dozen of the girld got into goal, including corrina.
noy a good day for us, kathleen drops back in the scores, stuff is stollen from my harness in france, and we find out our broken car, in a garage in france, needs parts that will not come until september…

Day 8

task6
Good conditions with 9000 ft base - Kathleen and Corrina took a route back onto Monte Cuco north side from Gubbio while the others went along the gubbio ridge and got ahead of them. Carrina came in 3rd but kathleen missed a climb and finished the race but landed just outside of the goal circle, losing some distance points and 20% of her time points. So now kathleen is 2nd just behind corrina in the scores but it is still very close with two tasks to go.

Day 7

task 5
Kathleen landed in the little hills east of Gubbio over 50k into the 82k task. More than half the compeitors landed below takeoff. she didn't see any other flexwings for most of the flight and she has no idea that Francoise was above her when she landed but dueto the terrain she could only go 1km further than kathleen. Corrina made a suprising mistake at the start and ended up getting flushed on the south west side of the ridge while kathleen was soaring the NE side. Corrina managed to get up from very low indeed and then, unable to make it back over the main ridge ended up flying most of the task a long way off track, but somehow managed to make it into the first two turnpoints, then about two hours after kathleen had landed she was able to make it over the ridge to Gubbio for an extra 8km. Kathleen met the rigid wings coming the other way on the north east side of the ridge and they were a big help finding the very rare thermals on this very difficult day.

todays task
1 SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN, CORINNA DEU 216
2 DIEUZEIDE, FRANCOISE FRA 200
3 RIGG, KATHLEEN GBR 199
4 PETROVA, NATALIA RUS 158
5 KAMINE, AKARI JPN 130
6 LARITSKAYA, EVGENIYA RUS 123
7 BAZAN, LAURA ARG 118
8 HOFFMAN, UTE DEU 108
all other score 97 min distance

Overall
1 25 RIGG, KATHLEEN, (Moyes LITESPEED S) GBR 2767
2 1 SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN, CORINNA, (RED BULL LTSPD RS) DEU 2663
3 9 TOBLER, CAROLE, (Moyes LITESPEED S) CHE 2402
4 7 DIEUZEIDE, FRANCOISE, (Moyes LITESPEED 3) FRA 2377
5 2 PETROVA, NATALIA, (Aeros Combat) RUS 2202

Kathleen still leads by 104 points, now there is a bigger gap to Carole in 3rd and Francoise, womens champion in Nanyo Japan, is very close to third. although there was a great deal of luck involved in todays weak conditions, and the pilots were well separated when flying the course Kathleen and Corrina were still very close. Lets hope for improved conditions for the remaining days!

Day 6

Monday, the task is cancelled 15 minutes after the start time due to big clouds building and the threat of storms.
A task can still count if it is stopped due to adverse weather, but only if it has run for 2 hours or at least one glider has completed the course. When that happens everyone is scored to their GPS position at the stop time, minus 15 minutes.

Day 5

Sundays task is cancelled eventually after they waited on the north launch in high winds with lowcloud. In fact all the competitors just packed up at 3.00pm before any official task call!

Now half way through the comp in days, with potentially 5 tasks left and 3 flown.
1 25 RIGG, KATHLEEN, (Moyes LITESPEED S) GBR 747 977 844 2568
2 1 SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN, CORINNA, DEU 499 994 954 2447
3 9 TOBLER, CAROLE, (Moyes LITESPEED S) CHE 503 958 844 2305
4 7 DIEUZEIDE, FRANCOISE, (Laminar Z9 13.2) FRA 481 861 835 2177
5 2 PETROVA, NATALIA, (Aeros Combat) RUS 590 708 746 2044
Note the points separating the pilots are between 100 and 130 points each place.

Day 4

Task 3. A short task as there was some overcast, with showers forcast later (tomorrow is forecast stormy).
It was very fast being mainly on the ridge, and conditons improved unexpectedly. Kathleen came in 2nd equal with Carole with Corrina winning by 5 mins. The task scored unexpectedly high, 954 for the winner - corrina said in her blog it wouldn't be woth much! (they used only 1.30 time and 50km in the gap program). Kathleen is now leading by 111 points from Corrina with Carol about the same gap to third. Kathleen reports that she made a mistake at the start (only one start time used so far so the tasks are a straight race), and Corrina had the 5 minutes right from the start, but kathleen caught her, then she got away again. No difficult valley crossings in this task and no real mistakes made, and hardly any decisions to be made - fly that task again and it could be the other way round!

Day 3

Task cancelled due to strong winds, just as Kathleen was about to launch.
Day 3 looks more stable and lower cloud base. Light south westerly on the normal cucco launch.

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, just 5 seconds behind Corrina (DEU)and 1 minute ahead of Carole Tobler (CH). Kathleen had to do some button pressing to sort her GPS at the last turnpoint and allowed Corrina to get ahead. Kathleen is using her trusty Brauniger IQ with a separate GPS while Corrina has the latest compeo - a better instrument to use with a short last leg of the taskmeaning the final glide starts beofre the last turnpoint (if you are worried about 5 seconds on your goal time!).
Regina Glass and Monique Werner (the same monique that was John Pendry's girlfriend many years ago) had a bad day and didn't get far and now they have a lot of points to catch up.
Its starting to look like its Carole, Corrina and Kathleen that are going to be the lead gagle most days…but the two fast improving Russians are only 20 years old and could come good yet!

After 2 tasks

1 25 RIGG, KATHLEEN, (Moyes LITESPEED S) GBR 747 977 1724
2 1 SCHWIEGERSHAUSEN, CORINNA, (RED BULL LITESPEEDE) U 499 993 1492
3 9 TOBLER, CAROLE, (Moyes LITESPEED S) CHE 503 957 1460
4 7 DIEUZEIDE, FRANCOISE, (Icaro Laminar Z9 13.2) FRA 481 860 1341
5 2 PETROVA, NATALIA, (Aeros Combat) RUS 590 705 1295
6 33 BAZAN, LAURA, (Aeros Combat) ARG 434 606 1040

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

Day 1

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 Monte Cucco north side -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 linked 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.

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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Many thanks to them.

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

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

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

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

The easiest way i have come across to date is by using a converter.

So here is an idiots guide. Written by an idiot.

1 Generate your excell file

eg:-

Get the excell converter loaded.

to do this, whilst on your excell sheet hit ALT and F8
you will get a pop up like this.

stick something in the macroname box (anything will do)
Create should now highlight. hit it

the box will expand.
remove the:

 Sub e() End Sub 

Next, copy and paste from the code in the box below, when you hit "show me the code"

Code

 Option Explicit Public Sub ExcelToWikidot() ' 'ExcelToWikidot 'Version 2.1.007 du 04/11/2007 'Author gerdami 'Credits: ' McGimpsey and Associates, for the idea: http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/udfs/multicat.html ' David McRitchie, for the colors: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/colors.htm#hexconv ' John Walkenbach, for the split function: http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip93.htm ' Chip Pearson, for the Conditional Formatting Colors: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CFColors.htm Dim aRange, rCell As Range Dim nRows, nCols, i, j, x As Long Dim sAlign, sBackgroundColor, sCell, sWdLf, xColor As String Dim xString As Variant sWdLf = " _" 'sWdLf = " _" & vbLf Set aRange = Selection.CurrentRegion nRows = aRange.Rows.Count nCols = aRange.Columns.Count 'Sheets.Add.Name = "Wikidot" ... test whether Wikidot sheet exists and delete TODO ! Sheets.Add ActiveCell.Value = "[[table style=""width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border:2px solid""]]" 'ActiveCell.Value = "[[table]]" ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate For i = 1 To nRows ActiveCell.Value = "[[row]]" ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate For j = 1 To nCols Set rCell = aRange.Cells(i, j) sCell = Trim(aRange.Cells(i, j).Text) 'remove spaces before and after text sCell = Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(sCell, vbLf, sWdLf) 'replace char(010) by " _" 'ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & "[[cell]]" '[[cell style is build piece by piece ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & "[[cell style=""border:1px solid silver; " Select Case rCell.HorizontalAlignment Case Is = xlGeneral sAlign = "" Case Is = xlCenter sAlign = "text-align: center; " Case Is = xlLeft sAlign = "text-align: left; " Case Is = xlRight sAlign = "text-align: right; " End Select ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & sAlign ' background-color ' xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(rCell.Interior.Color), 6) 'David Mc ' xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(ColorOfCF(rCell, 0)), 6) 'Chip Pearson xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(ConditionalColor(rCell, "interior")), 6) ' xColor = "#" & Right(xColor, 2) & Mid(xColor, 3, 2) & Left(xColor, 2) If xColor <> "#FFFFFF" Then sBackgroundColor = " background-color: " & xColor & ";" Else sBackgroundColor = "" End If ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & sBackgroundColor ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & """]]" If Len(sCell) > 0 Then 'Wikidot does not like empty cells: v2.1.007 'cell emphasis is applied piece by piece If rCell.Font.Bold = True Then sCell = "**" & sCell & "**" If rCell.Font.Italic = True Then sCell = "//" & sCell & "//" If rCell.Font.Strikethrough = True Then sCell = "--" & sCell & "--" If rCell.Font.Superscript = True Then sCell = "^^" & sCell & "^^" If rCell.Font.Subscript = True Then sCell = ",," & sCell & ",," If rCell.Font.Underline = xlUnderlineStyleNone Then Else sCell = "__" & sCell & "__" ' font colors ' http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/colors.htm#hexconv ' xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(rCell.Font.Color), 6) ' http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CFColors.htm ' xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(ColorOfCF(rCell, 1)), 6) xColor = Right("000000" & Hex(ConditionalColor(rCell, "font")), 6) xColor = "#" & Right(xColor, 2) & Mid(xColor, 3, 2) & Left(xColor, 2) If xColor <> "#000000" Then sCell = "#" & xColor & "|" & sCell & "##" ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & sCell Else ' Len(sCell) = zero then nothing End If ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & "[[/cell]]" ' With the above I have all cells in one row, with the split function, ' I will split the cells containing the Wikidot linefeed " _" ' http://j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip93.htm xString = Split(ActiveCell.Text, sWdLf) For x = 0 To UBound(xString) ActiveCell.Value = xString(x) If x <> UBound(xString) Then ActiveCell.Value = ActiveCell.Value & sWdLf ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate ' I have currently a side effect: one cell per line ' but I will keep it for readibility Next x Next j 'ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate ActiveCell.Value = "[[/row]]" ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate Next i ActiveCell.Value = "[[/table]]" Selection.CurrentRegion.Select End Sub ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Function ConditionalColor(rg As Range, FormatType As String) As Long 'http://www.vbaexpress.com/kb/getarticle.php?kb_id=190 'Returns the color (either font or interior) of the first cell in range rg. If no _ conditional format conditions apply, then returns the regular color of the cell. _ FormatType is either "Font" or "Interior" Dim cel As Range Dim tmp As Variant Dim boo As Boolean Dim frmla As String, frmlaR1C1 As String, frmlaA1 As String Dim i As Long ' Application.Volatile 'This statement required if Conditional Formatting for rg is determined by the _ value of other cells Set cel = rg.Cells(1, 1) Select Case Left(LCase(FormatType), 1) Case "f" 'Font color ConditionalColor = cel.Font.Color Case Else 'Interior or highlight color ConditionalColor = cel.Interior.Color End Select If cel.FormatConditions.Count > 0 Then 'On Error Resume Next With cel.FormatConditions For i = 1 To .Count 'Loop through the three possible format conditions for each cell frmla = .Item(i).Formula1 If Left(frmla, 1) = "=" Then 'If "Formula Is", then evaluate if it is True 'Conditional Formatting is interpreted relative to the active cell. _ This cause the wrong results if the formula isn't restated relative to the cell containing the _ Conditional Formatting--hence the workaround using ConvertFormula twice in a row. _ If the function were not called using a worksheet formula, you could just activate the cell instead. frmlaR1C1 = Application.ConvertFormula(frmla, xlA1, xlR1C1, , ActiveCell) frmlaA1 = Application.ConvertFormula(frmlaR1C1, xlR1C1, xlA1, xlAbsolute, cel) boo = Application.Evaluate(frmlaA1) Else 'If "Value Is", then identify the type of comparison operator and build comparison formula Select Case .Item(i).Operator Case xlEqual ' = x frmla = cel & "=" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlNotEqual ' <> x frmla = cel & "<>" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlBetween 'x <= cel <= y frmla = "AND(" & .Item(i).Formula1 & "<=" & cel & "," & cel & "<=" & .Item(i).Formula2 & ")" Case xlNotBetween 'x > cel or cel > y frmla = "OR(" & .Item(i).Formula1 & ">" & cel & "," & cel & ">" & .Item(i).Formula2 & ")" Case xlLess ' < x frmla = cel & "<" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlLessEqual ' <= x frmla = cel & "<=" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlGreater ' > x frmla = cel & ">" & .Item(i).Formula1 Case xlGreaterEqual ' >= x frmla = cel & ">=" & .Item(i).Formula1 End Select boo = Application.Evaluate(frmla) 'Evaluate the "Value Is" comparison formula End If If boo Then 'If this Format Condition is satisfied On Error Resume Next Select Case Left(LCase(FormatType), 1) Case "f" 'Font color tmp = .Item(i).Font.Color Case Else 'Interior or highlight color tmp = .Item(i).Interior.Color End Select If Err = 0 Then ConditionalColor = tmp Err.Clear On Error GoTo 0 Exit For 'Since Format Condition is satisfied, exit the inner loop End If Next i End With End If End Function 

Then Hit ALT and F4
which will return you to you sheet

Make the table pretty

eg:

select the whole table
then Hit Alt F8

which will give you

Hit RUN

A new sheet will appear with a load of horrid yukky code in column A.

Copy that code

And PASTE it into your wiki page.

And low and behold, you should get something like

Spanners in the workscan be caused by

• Not selecting the whole table
• Blank lines
• trying to do two differnt "styles" of tables on the same sheet.
• other things that i haven't fully determined…. yet.

Have fun

Tony

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

Eventually got it to save by choosing "Save and Continue" rather than "Save" AND entering something in the "Short description of changes" box - not sure which made the difference.

(Editing the raw HTML is an enormous PITA).

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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

a. Class 1 venue & dates

Laragne-Monteglin is the preferred venue with dates of 3-9 August - subject to local and FFVL approval. This would be back-to-back with the planned Dutch Nationals, an 8 day Cat 2 comp running from 26 Jul to 2nd August. We will again run our nationals in tandem with an Open FAI Category 2 meet i.e. all pilots will require FAI licences. WG has agreed to be the co-ordinator again. JA will check local club clearances and when that is received WG will approach the FFVL and deal with other local matters. Concern was expressed that we have better meteo information for this meet than we had in St Andre.

Action: JA, WG & NRB

b. Entry Fees.

These will remain £90 (approx �130) but a subsidy of £10 will be given to UK pilots with entry paid by 6th May 2008. Qualified pilots (i.e. those with AP) entering the nationals for the first time will again be subsidised to the full amount. UK pilots with a rating of Pilot will be accepted in the Cat 2 Open comp. Guest pilots from the host nation will receive a 50% discount on entry fees but this will not include a T-shirt.

Action: JA

c. Class 5.

A Class 5 national championship will be programmed to run alongside the flexwing championship and this will also have FAI Cat 2 status if a minimum of 6 pilots (including any guests) compete. Entry fees as for Class 1.

Action: JA & JC

683. BRITISH OPEN SERIES 2008 (from draft planning meeting minutes)

a. Format.

This was considered at length in view of the discussion on the mailing list but it appears to be impossible to reconcile the preferences of all. Although initially the panel wished to stick with some variation of the 3/5/5 day format it was eventually decided that we did need to cater for those who preferred non-BH weekends. We will therefore have three 5 day competitions next season, two of which will be over bank holiday weekends. The suggestion of running our meets abroad did not gain any support and, with two extra flying days in the calendar, there will be no provision for a back-up comp.

b. Costs and income.

The series continues to be self-funding but entry fees and discounts will have to change a little to reflect the extra 2 days of competition. They will be £50 per meet with a discount of £45 for pilots who pay for the full season by 1 March 2008 i.e. those who pay by that date will get all 3 comps for £105.

Action: JA

c. BOS 2008 - 1st Meet.

This will be the British Open and, subject to club agreement, will run 2 -6 May and be based at the Long Mynd; KR will approach Mark Stewart to be the local organiser. JA is not available for this meet and KR intends to fly in is; MS has provisionally agreed to act as Meet Director and will confirm this before Christmas. JA will apply for FAI Category 2 sanctioning and it is hoped this will provide an opportunity for UK pilots (female and Class 5) who are not currently eligible to get qualified before the 2008 Cat 1 championships. MS will publicise this on the Class 5 forum.

Action: MS, KR and JA

d. BOS 2008 - 2nd Meet.

Subject to negotiation with the local gliding club and site owners it is hoped to run this in the Derbyshire Dales, based at the club airfield. Dates are to be 9 - 13 July and KR will follow up on this. TB will arrange a fall-back position of going to the Yorkshire Dales for the same dates.

Action: KR and TB

e. BOS 2008 - Final Meet.

This will be based at Crickhowell (subject to club agreement) from 22 to 26 Aug with Graham Phipps as local organiser, although DB will book the Market Hall for scoring and accommodation for JA and himself.

Action: GP and DB

d. Classes.

These will be Class 1 and Class 5 at all meets. The scoring of a "Sports Class" (i.e. king-posted) was considered but there have been insufficient qualifying entries in recent years so this was not pursued.

UK representation was by a sole Brit. Neil Hammerton.

Finall results and a bit more info can be found here

July 19th and 20th for registration. July 21 and 22nd for practice days. August 2nd for closing ceremony.

Montecucco was the site of the 1999 Worlds and is a great site with an easy launch and lots of semi-flatland flying.

• The decision on whether to use the first weekend will be made by THU evening 28 Jun
• The decision on whether to use the second weekend will be made by THU eve 5 Jul
• Decision will be based only on the likelihood of having two tasks over the weekend
• An email will be sent out to this email list on the THU evenings

Both weekends will be based in Crickhowell with scoring at the Park Farm campsite in Llangattock just south-west of Crickhowell across the river (grid ref 3:08:44W, 51:51:09N).

Initial daily briefings will be at 9am Sat/Sun in Crickhowell car park behind the fire station.

Entry to this competition will be free if you have paid to enter any of the BOS series meets, else the cost will be �20.

Your meet director will be Kathleen Rigg who can be contacted on 07768-961971 or via the above email address. Clive Belbin has kindly offered to score for the weekend meets in Dave's absence. Local organiser for the meets is Graham Phipps.

Back row left to right: Gary Wirdnam; Richard Lovelace; Dave Matthews; Robin Hamilton
Front row left to right: Carl Wallbank; Bruce Kavanagh

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Rest of team selection in alphabetical order:
Robin Hamilton
Bruce Kavanagh
Dave Matthews
Gary Wirdnam

Carl Wallbank has been selected as the team captain with Bruce Kavanagh in charge of the team organisation and budget pending appointment of a team manager.

The final sixth team place will be selected following the completion of the Florida comps this spring from the following pilots:

Nigel Bray
Grant Crossingham
Shaun Kimberley
Richard Lovelace
Dave Shields

More details Here Black Mountains Open 2007