Competitions Panel Structure
The BHPA structure for competitions is that the Competitions Committee is chaired by the Competitions Director who is a member of the association's executive board. Other members are representatives (usually the chairman and treasurer) from the Accuracy, Hang Gliding, and Paragliding competition panels.
These panels are responsible for organising national championships in their discipline, selecting national teams and overseeing all other competitions.
The BHPA Competitions Director is currently John Aldridge and the Hang Gliding Competitions Panel is:
| Chairman | Gary Wirdnam |
| Meet Director, BOS | Pete Coad |
| Scorer and scoring matters | Dave Bluett |
| Weather briefs | Nigel Bray |
| Member | Graham Phipps |
| Member | Carl Wallbank |
| Member | Craig Dolwin |
| Member | Grant Crossingham |
| Member, SE Wales local organiser | Bruce Kavanagh |
| Scoring matters, sport class | Steve Penfold |
| Panel secretary | [[[]]] |
| Treasurer/Vice Chairman | Mike Stephens |
Responsibilities not currently allocated: drugs, women’s matters, site information, sponsorship, day prizes, rules & rulebook production.
Other people and committees:
Safety Committee
Craig Dolwin (Head), Mike Armstrong, Dave Matthews Grant Crossingham, Gary Wirdnam
Others may be appointed if these are not present.
Task Advisory Committee
Pete Coad Nigel Bray Justin Needham Gordon Rigg, local site rep and others co-opted as necessary.
Local Coordinators
South East Wales - Bruce KAVANAGH
Yorkshire Dales - Trevor BIRKBECK
Long Mynd/Mid Wales - Mark STEWART
Website
T-shirts
Hillary Sharp Stephens & Trevor BIRKBECK
Terms of Reference
Refering to the minutes 768
768. TERMS OF REFERENCE
It was felt that due to the large change in people on the competition panel we needed to identify all roles required for running the BOS and Nationals and then write down what each role encompasses. This will ensure panel members and volunteers are clear about what activities they are expected to do and will reduce the risk of tasks not being completed.
The roles and persons responsible for writing the description are listed below:
| Chairman | action: GW |
| Vice Chair | action: MS |
| Treasurer | action: MS |
| Secretary | action: JA |
| Scorer | action :SP |
| Notams organiser | action : MA |
| T Shirt organiser | action: TB |
| Trophy organiser | action: TB |
| Day Prizes Organiser | action : CD |
| Meet director | action : CD |
| Entry/Membership secretary | action: PC |
| Web Page Master | action: PSC |
| Marketing/PR officer | action: MK |
| Local Organiser | action: ? |
| Sports Class Organiser | action: SP |
| Task Setting Committee | action: BK |
| Safety Committee | action: CD |
