The claim form for world records have been revised. The new versions can be found here.

The next plenary meeting of the IGC will be held at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne on March 5th and 6th, 2010. The agenda is now available on the web, see http://www.fai.org/gliding/meetings.

Changes to the IGC Ranking List Sanction fee structure from 1st January 2010

During the last few years we have been discussing changes to the IGC Pilots Ranking List (IGC RL) competition sanction fee system. The system we have been using since the inception of the Ranking List was intended to be simple and easy to administer, however the system is now more mature and we are ready to change to a sanction fee structure based on the number of entries in the competition.

The changes have been approved by the IGC Bureau with a basic fee of 4 euro per entry with a minimum of 100euro.

For many smaller competitions this change will reduce the cost of their inclusion and we hope this will result in many more contests being included in future years.

Christmas News

May I wish you all the very best for the festive season and the New Year.

It is timely for me to update you all on activities in the past couple of months.

3rd FAI World Sailplane GP Final, January 2 – 9, 2010
Our friends in Santiago, Chile, have been working hard to get this event ready to go in January. The website is http://www.grandprixchile.org

The enthusiasm and energy shown by the organising team is tremendous. The event will have live internet streaming of the racing with commentary by Shaun Lapworth, who did the commentary at the World Air Games. IGC is sending Shaun to Santiago as an investment in this event. Brian Spreckley has been appointed Referee and Roland Stuck Contest Director.