This update sees most change to Hang Gliding and Paragliding rankings with 15 competitions added and 9 deleted. PG Accuracy and Class 2 are unchanged.
HANG GLIDING (Class 1)
Results added are the Campeonato de Espana, Arcones; Russian Open; Nordic Open; Dutch Open, US Open, Big Springs; Vikings Open; British National, Laragne; Podbrezova Cup; Portuguese Open. Deleted were the Bogong Cup 01, the Millenium Cup and Zicosur. The Brazilian Nationals results have not been received so are not added to the rankings.
There is only a change to 10th place in the top 10 so the top 3 remain Manfred Ruhmer (AUT), Gerholf Heinrichs (AUT) and Antoine Boisselier (FRA).
In the nations ranking, France is still in number 1 slot, Austria stays 2nd but the UK take 3rd place deposing Germany (4th) and the USA (5th). Spain gains 10 places to be 6th. Israel is of note, moving up into 12th place with only 2 pilots ranked.
Full details of the HG rankings can be found on the FAI website: http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class1/
PARAGLIDING
Competitions added are; the Europeans; French Championship; Polish Nationals; PWC Monte Cornizzola; Iberian Open. Competitions not received or received late so NOT added are Dutch PG Open; Russian Open; the Greek PG Open. Deleted competitions are the All Africa Open 01; Bright Open; Millennium Cup; Australian Open; Real Minas Open; Zicosur;
Steve Cox (SUI) takes the number 1 slot with his strong showing in the Europeans and the PWC in Italy, Alex Hofer (SUI) remains in 2nd and is joined by Oliver Rossel (GER) who jumps 16 places. Jean-Marc Caron (FRA) drops from 1st to 4th while Marco (FRA) leaps 19 places to be 5th. Achim Joos (GER) drops a place to 6th, team-mate Norman Lausch (GER) gains 37 places to 7th. However, the biggest rise is by Jimmy Pacher (ITA), gaining 44 places to be 8th. Torsten Siegel (GER) makes 3 places to be 9th and Xevi Bonet Dalmau (ESP) completes the top 10.
In the nations ranking Switzerland obviously stays in 1st place. But France gains a place to be 2nd and Austria jump 5 places to be 3rd. There are plenty of changes in the rest of the countries – have a look at them all on the FAI website - http://www.fai.org/paragliding/rankings/
CLASS 5
Competitions added: Big Springs, Texas; some corrections to the Worlds results.
There is very little change to the top 10, with Christian Ciech (ITA) in 1st place, Alessandro Ploner (ITA) 2nd and Johann Posch (AUT) 3rd. Check it out on the FAI website at http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class5/
USA still leads the nations rankings with Switzerland in 2nd spot and Germany in 3rd.
Full details of the Class 5 rankings can be found on the FAI website - http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class5/
CLASS 2
No changes, Brian Porter remains in 1st as he has 4 competitions for his score as opposed to Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) in 2nd who has only 2. Robin Hamilton (GBR) is 1 point behind in 3rd, and Stephen Partridge-Hicks is in 4th with Bruno Metz in 5th.
There are now 6 teams with GBR in top spot followed by USA and Austria. Full details at http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class2/
PARAGLIDING ACCURACY
No competitions have been added or deleted. The Slovenian results have not been fully received and Target Austria was cancelled.
Full details of the PG Accuracy rankings can be found on the FAI website - http://www.fai.org/paragliding/rankings/precision/
QUALIFYING COMPETITIONS
Hang Gliding
Forthcoming hang gliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 2; Greek Open; St Bernard’s Canungra Classic; South African Nationals; Korean HG League;
Category 1; 14th World Champs Brazil (2003); European Champs Millau (2004)
Details of these competitions can be found on the CIVL web page: http://events.fai.org/hgpg/civl-calendar.asp
Paragliding
Forthcoming paragliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 2: Belgian Open; PWC Turkey; British Open Algodanales; South African Open; Pre PWC China; PWC Mung Yeong; Canungra Cup; US Nationals (Bishop); Canungra Cup; Korean PG League.
Category 1; PG Worlds (Portugal) 2003; Asian Championship (2004)
Details of these competitions can be found on the CIVL web page: http://events.fai.org/paragliding/calendar.asp
Paragliding Accuracy;
Category 2: Greek Open; Rescheduled Sky-Links (UK); British Nationals.
Category 1; 2nd World Accuracy (2003)
Details of these competitions can be found on the CIVL web page: http://events.fai.org/paragliding/calendar.asp
Rigid Wings;
Category 2;
Category 1;
Details of competitions can be found on the CIVL web page: http://events.fai.org/hgpg/civl-calendar.asp
Information and an application form for CIVL category 2 sanctioning are available on the CIVL website http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/ or from Paula Bowyer, paula@fai.org
All amendments should be e-mailed to Paula Bowyer (paula@fai.org )
