PARAGLIDING
Competitions added are; the PWC in Turkey, Belgian Flatlands, German Open, Norwegian League, Dutch Open, Welsh International, Russian Open, Hungarian Nationals and the Belgian Mountain competition. Competitions not received so NOT added are the Polish Nationals, US Nationals in the Owens and the British Open in Algodonales. Only the South African Nationals were deleted.
Even after several new competitions, the top 10 stays the same; Steve Cox (SUI) remains in number 1 slot, Alex Hofer (SUI) and Oliver Rossel (GER) stay 2nd with Jean-Marc Caron (FRA) 4th and Marco (FRA) keeps 5th place. Achim Joos (GER) is in 6th, team-mate Norman Lausch (GER) 7th, Jimmy Pacher (ITA) 8th, Torsten Siegel (GER) 9th and Xevi Bonet Dalmau (ESP) completes the top 10.
In the nations ranking there is no change to the top 7 but Spain gains 2 places to 8th. Switzerland stays in 1st place with France 2nd and Austria 3rd. Details on the FAI website - http://www.fai.org/paragliding/rankings/
HANG GLIDING (Class 1)
Results added are the German Open, Brazilian Nationals, Brazilia competition, and a correction to the Millau results. No competitions were deleted.
There are some changes to the top 10. The top 5 remain Manfred Ruhmer (AUT), Gerholf Heinrichs (AUT), Antoine Boisselier (FRA), Gordon Rigg and Oleg Bondarchuk, despite the Brazilian competitions. Robert Reisinger (AUT) and Guido Gehrmann (GER) both gain 2 places to 6th and 7th, pushing down Jean-Francois Gerard (FRA) and Mario Alonzi (FRA) to 8th and 9th. Andreas Olsson (SWE) remains in 10th place.
In the nations ranking, Austria has finally moved into number 1 place, deposing France to 2nd. Germany also moves up a place into 3rd, pushing the UK into 4th. The other nations remain the same – USA, Spain, Australia and Brazil. Ukraine moves up a place to 9th, while Sweden regains its top 10 place, knocking out Switzerland for the first time in 18 months.
Full details of the HG rankings can be found on the FAI website: http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class1/
PARAGLIDING PRECISION
No competitions have been added or deleted.
Matjaz Feraric (SLO) still leads from his fellow Slovenians; Matjaz Sluga and Simeon Klokocovnik.
Full details of the PG Precision rankings can be found on the FAI website - http://www.fai.org/paragliding/rankings/precision/
CLASS 5
The German Open was added;
There is little change to the top 10, with Christian Ciech (ITA) in 1st place, Alessandro Ploner (ITA) 2nd and Johann Posch (AUT) 3rd but Toni Raumauf(AUT) and David Chaumet (FRA) both rise a place to 4th and 5th.
USA still leads the nations rankings but Germany overtakes Switzerland to be in 2nd place.
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.
GBR is in the top spot followed by USA and Austria. Full details at http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class2/
QUALIFYING COMPETITIONS
Paragliding
Forthcoming paragliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 2: South African Open; Pre PWC China; PWC Mung Yeong; Canungra Cup; Copa Ruitoque.
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
Hang Gliding
Forthcoming hang gliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 2; St Bernard’s Canungra Classic; South African Nationals; Korean HG League; Buenos Aires Flatlander.
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 Precision;
Category 2: Yugoslavian Open; Greek Open; 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 )
