There are changes to Hang Gliding, PG Accuracy and Paragliding.

PARAGLIDING ACCURACY

Accuracy results include the Yugoslavian Open 01. The Slovenian Open 00 was deleted.
The top 10 pilots are all from Slovenia. Simeon Klokocovnik retains top place, Matjaz Feraric jumps from 4th to 2nd, Matjaz Sluga slips a place to 3rd and Franc Unuk leaps 4 places to 4th. Jurij Vertacnik slips 2 places to 5th and David Sluga drops a position to 6th. Tomaz Gorisek, Tone Svoljsak and Damjan Pregelj stay in 7th, 8th & 10th respectively while Joze Senica falls from 5th to 9th.

In the team scores, SLO maintain their dominance, way ahead of GBR in 2nd and NED in 3rd.

HANG GLIDING

The Canungra Classis is the only competition to be added to the rankings. Deleted are the Brazilian Nationals 00, Wallaby 00, Atlantic Coast 00, Japanese Nats 00 & the Spanish HG Open 00.

Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) remains unassailable in 1st but Oleg Bondarchuk (UKR) slips from 2nd to 6th. Robert Reisinger (AUT) maintains his move upwards to 2nd (from 3rd), with Gerolf Heinrichs (AUT) up one place to 3rd (from 4th). Josef Zweckmayer (AUT) and Gordon Rigg (GB) are 4th. A few places remain unchanged with Mario Alonzi (FRA) in 7th, Jean-Francois Gerard (FRA) in 8th, (Richard Walbec (FRA) in 9th and Carlos Schmitz finally making it into the top ten in 10th place (from 11th).

In the team competitions, FRA takes 1st place from AUT (2nd) while GBR keeps 3rd place.

PARAGLIDING

The paragliding rankings see many competitions deleted - the German Open 00, Pre-PWC Austria, Pre PWC Greece, Pan American 00, Slovenian Open, OstTirol Open, PWC Brazil and the Manilla Open. Only 2 competitions were added - the British Champs St Andre and the Canungra 01.

Steve Cox (SUI) maintains 1st place overall, 26 points clear of 2nd. Joos Achim (GER) slides from 2nd to 7th. Christian Tamegger (AUT) and Kaspar Henny (SUI) move up to 2nd, Tsuji Tsuyoshi (JPN) and Hans Bollinger (SUI) are 4th. Patrick Berod regains his 6th place, whilst Martin Brunn (AUT) & Jean-Marc Caron (FRA) stay 8th and Jimmy Pacher stays 10th.

Louise Crandal (DEN) keeps her in the lead of the female rankings, in 38th place. Numbers of pilots keep increasing with 875 in the Paragliding rankings.

The top 3 countries remain the same, SUI, FRA & AUT but JPN overtakes GER for 4th place and GBR regain 6th place from DEN.

Results not yet received (and therefore not included in WPRS yet the Korean HG & PG Champs, Canarias, Buenos Aires Flatlander.

Full details of the rankings (PG and HG) can be found on the World Pilot Ranking System website: http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/

Pilots should check that their personal record shows the correct nationality, particularly as there are still a number of hang glider and paraglider pilots of unknown nationality.

FORTHCOMING COMPETITIONS

Forthcoming hang gliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 2: Australian National, Hay, Bogong Cup, Australia; Zicosur, Chile; Flytec Championships; Canadian Championships; Millau Classic.

Category 1: European Champs.

Forthcoming paragliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 2: Australian Nationals; Venezuelan Open; Colombian Championships;
PWC Mexico; Zicosur Chile; Il Real Minas, Ladares; Manilla Open; Canadian Champs; PWC Monte Cornizzola; Portugese Open; Pre PWC Portugal; PWC Morzine; PWC Turkey; PWC Mung Yeong.

Category 1; European Champs.

Details of these competitions can be found on the CIVL web page:
http://events.fai.org/hgpg/civl-calendar.asp

Any queries/questions regarding the World Pilot Ranking Scheme should be sent to Paula Bowyer, e-mail paula@fai.org.

Information and an application form for CIVL category 2 sanctioning are available on the CIVL website http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/prs_qualifications.asp or from Paula Bowyer.

All amendments should be e-mailed to Paula Bowyer (paula@fai.org) Full
details of the rankings can be found on the FAI/CIVL website at
http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/