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The Canungra Cup (PG XC event in Australia) was organised as a two round competition this year and the organisers applied for each round to be sanctioned as a separate competition, each with a set of non-overlapping dates. They subsequently sent in results for a single competition covering the combined dates and these were inadvertently input to the WPRS in this form. After complaints were made, the matter was referred to the Bureau which decided that the results should be split and input to the two separate competitions, as they were applied for, sanctioned and published on the FAI Competition Calendar.

The PG Nations ranking of the 24th October 2006 is published here. This ranking is being used to set the team size for the 2007 PG Worlds in Manilla.

(photo : Malbos/CIVL)

This Subcommittee assists, encourages and helps prospective organisers in any way it can. When a bid has been approved by the CIVL Plenary, the Subcommittee support the organiser in order to make the event as good as possible.

The current situation is that every pilot entering an international competition (FAI Category 1 or 2) must show his Sporting Licence. The country issuing the Licence is considered to be the country that pilot is flying for in Category 1 events. If a pilot wants to fly for another country, he will have to observe a 2 calendar year delay without flying in any Category 1 events before he can switch his allegiance. However he can fly in Category 2 events during this period. This is why……