Sporting Code

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This Subcommittee proposes revisions of the Sporting Code Section 7 to the CIVL Plenary, and ensures all revisions agreed are incorporated. Its decisions and recommendations are subject to approval by a 2/3 majority at the CIVL plenary meeting.

This Subcommittee is chaired by John Aldridge (UK).
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John has been flying hang gliders since 1984 and also took up paragliding at the start of the new millennium. He has flown in many countries and competed for some years but his flying is now strictly recreational. He has organised and run British national hang gliding competitions since 1995 and serves on the BHPA's executive board as Competition Director. He is the UK delegate and was elected Vice President of CIVL at the 2002 Plenary meeting; he is also head of the Sporting Code Subcommittee and the CIVL representative on CASI. He has been steward or a jury member at many CIVL sanctioned events. He is also a council member of the UK’s NAC, the Royal Aero Club.

Members:
These are the heads of the technical sub-committees, currently these are:
Pal Hamar-Rognoy (Norway)
Chris (Calvo) Burns (UK)
Jurij Vertacnik (Slovenia)
Dennis Pagen (USA)
Stewart Midwinter (Canada)
Scott Torkelsen (Denmark)

Sporting Code Subcommittee News
The changes to our sporting code mandated by the 2008 Plenary are now complete and available here. Work will start soon on any changes needed for 2009. The subcommittee welcomes any suggestions for change, and these will require the approval of your national CIVL delegate.