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March Newsletter 2010

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5th FAI European Paraski Championships and 8th FAI World Cup of Paraski, Predazzo, Bellamonte, Italy - 10 - 14 March 2010

RSA competitor, Tim Mace, approaches the target: photo from Oliver NothenRSA competitor, Tim Mace, approaches the target: photo from Oliver Nothen

Congraulations to our new European Champions:

Individual Female:  Irena Aubelj, Slovenia

Indiviudal Male:  Marco Valente, Italy

Team:  Austria

and

Winners of the European Masters Class:   Corrado Marchet, Italy   and European Junior Class:  Artur Bikmetov, Russia

The same competitors won the various World Cup Medals in their Classes. 

Saturday 13th March.  16.10     The final day of the competition started with a beautiful clear sky. The town of Predazzo requested that the jumps on Saturday be done in town so an area was prepared and snow brought in to built up the slope for the landing pad.  A large tent was installed and packing was done on the track of the local sports stadium, 100 mtrs away.

Minutes of the 61st IPC Meeting 2010 in Lausanne + Editions of Sporting Code and Comptition Rules (effective March 1, 2010)

The Minutes of the 61st IPC Meeting in Lausanne January 2010 are now available on http://www.fai.org/parachuting/meetings/2010

The Sporting Code Section 5 and the majority of the Competition Rules are now available by following :

http://www.fai.org/parachuting/documents/sportingcode2010

The balance will be available over the next couple of weeks.

Also various IPC Documents have been updated following the IPC Meeting in Lausanne. 

Competitions outside the FAI/IPC Calendar of Events

For details on competitions that fall outside the 'official' calendar - click on the "Other Events" Block to the right of this page .. POPS Meet, Petrus Cup etc.

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