This update does not include Paragliding. The March ranking will be used to calculate team sizes for the World Championships in Portugal and it will wait for the Manilla and Russian competitions to finish before the final ranking is made on March 15th.
1 HG comp has been added and 4 class 1 deleted, 3 class 5, and 1 class 2.
HANG GLIDING (Class 1)
The South African National Championships were added. Delete were the UK Open, Podrezova Cup, German Open and the US Nationals. The Korean HG League and the Open Canarias were not valid.
Oleg Bondarchuk (UKR) still leads with Gordon Rigg (GBR) in 2nd, Gerolf Heinrichs (AUT) 3rd. Antoine Boisselier (FRA) 4th and Mario Alonzi (FRA) 5th. Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) is still in 6th and Jean-Francois Gerard (FRA) in 7th. Richard (FRA) and Paris Williams (USA) re-enter the top 10 at 8th and =9th and congratulations to Bruno Guillen (FRA) who makes into the top 10 for the first time at =9th.
In the nations ranking USA leaps 4 places to take the top spot, shifting France into 2nd. Australia moves up 1 place to 3rd.
Full details of the HG rankings can be found on the FAI website: http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class1/
CLASS 5
Christian Ciech (ITA) still leads, Alessandro Ploner (ITA) and Johann Posch (AUT) swap places to 2nd & 3rd.
In the Nations rankings, USA still leads Switzerland takes 2nd and Germany drops to 3rd.
Full details of the Class 5 rankings can be found on the FAI website - http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/class5/
PARAGLIDING ACCURACY
There is no change to the ranking, Matjaz Feraric (SLO) still leads.
Slovenia still leads with GBR in 2nd and Yugoslavia in 3rd.
Full details of the PG Accuracy rankings can be found on the FAI
website- http://www.fai.org/paragliding/rankings/precision/
CLASS 2
No changes, Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) stays 1st.
GBR is in the nations top spot. 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: World Cup Ibaraki (Japan); Emberger Alm Cup; Pre-World Cup Abtenau; British Open (Mid-Wales); Canadian Nationals; Berchtesgarten Open; Croatian Open; British Open (Spain); Lithuanian Open; Veltins Schmitten Pokal; YU Open (NIS); Russian Open (Austria); British Open (Spain); Welsh International Open; British Open (France).
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; Flytec Championships; Wallaby Open; Canadian Nationals; Eva Menyhart Comp; Croatian Open; Lithuanian Open; Millau Classic;
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 Accuracy;
Category 2: European Cup; NIS Open.
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; Flytec Championships; Carinthian Open.
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://fai.org/hang_gliding/ or from Paula Bowyer, paula@fai.org
All amendments should be e-mailed to Paula Bowyer paula@fai.org
