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Lausanne, 21 January 2000 World Pilot Ranking System update -The World Pilot Ranking System has just been updated with new leaders of HG and PG rankings going into the first season of the new millenium. IMPORTANT REMINDER - QUALIFICATIONS FOR CATEGORY 1 EVENTS Pilots, competition organisers and team selectors should note that for 2000 entry qualifications for FAI/CIVL Category 1 competitions require that a pilot has finished in the top 2/3 of a Category 1 or Category 2 competition in the last 3 years. For 2000 season ONLY pilots who do not fulfill this requirement, but who have competed in a Category 1 competition within the last 3 years, will be accepted. WPRS There is now a separate ranking for Speed Hang Gliding Competitions and Precision Paragliding Competitions. In addition there is the provision for ranking alternative style competitions (eg speed, precision) in other classes. The hang gliding rankings see some big changes in the top 10 due to the loss of competitions over 18 months old ( Pre Worlds 1998 and Alpen Open 1998). The only competition added to the ranking is the Australian Nationals, won by Joel Rebecchi (AUS) and takes him up to 15th overall (from 18th). Big changes in the top places see GB dominating with Allan Barnes (GB) now in 1st place (from 8th) with 269 points. Oleg Bondarchuk (UKR) climbs to 2nd place with 262 points, ahead of Manfred Ruhmer (A) who drops to 3rd (from 2nd) on 252 points. Gordon Rigg (GB) is 4th, with Lars Bo Johansen (DK) a newcomer to the top 10 in 5th. Gerard Thevenot (LUX) drops from 1st to equal 6th with Steve Cook (GB). Richard Walbec (F) is 8th (from 4th), Betinho Schmitz (BR) and Andre Wolf (BR) stay in 9th and 10th places respectively. Francoise Mocellin (F) heads the females and is in 15th place overall on 181 points, with her closest rival Marie-Jo Rufat (F) 77th on 70 points ahead on Natalia Khamlova (RUS). There are 431 hang gliding pilots ranked. There have been no PG competitions added since the last publication. However with the deleting of 1998 Spanish PG Open, 1998 US PG Nationals and 1998 European PG Championships (over 18 months old) there have been some big changes in the rankings but the Swiss still dominate the top 10. Kari Eisenhut (CH) is now top of the rankings (216 points), ahead of Steve Cox (CH) (previously 9th), Christian Tamegger (A) has dropped from 1st to 3rd and Jimmy Pacher (I) is now 4th. Tibor Berki (SWE) has leapt from 22nd to 5th place. Peter Von Kanel (CH) maintains 6th place ahead of Hans Bollinger (CH) 7th (from 2nd), Stephan Stieglair (A) is equal 8th with Xevi Bonet (ESP) and Rob Whittall (GB) 10th (from 16th). Petra Krausova (CZE) heads the female rankings in 58th place overall, with Claire Bernier (F) 2nd (68th overall) and Tjasa Jug (SLO) 3rd (88th overall). There are 468 pilots ranked. Speed Hang Gliding now has a separate ranking and the first publication sees New Zealand dominating the rankings with John Smith (NZ) in first place on 25 points, Karl Ewing (AUS) 2nd on 22 points and Callum Fisher (NZ) 3rd on 18 points. The only female to be ranked is Tascha McClellan (NZ) in 23rd. There are 26 pilots ranked. There have been no competitions added to the Class 2 rankings, but the US Nationals 1998 event has been dropped. David Sharp (USA) still heads the Class 2 rankings ahead of Brian Porter (USA) and Kristof Kratzner (D). There are 26 pilots ranked. Full rankings can be found on FAI/CIVL website at http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/.
Results not yet received : Forthcoming hang gliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 1: Pan American Championships, USA; Female World Championships,
Greece; European Championships, Austria; World Speed Gliding Championships, Greece. Future paragliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 1: European Championships, Germany; World Accuracy Champs, UK. Details on these competitions can be found on the CIVL web page http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/competitions/comp_schedule.asp Any queries/questions regarding the World Pilot Ranking SCheme should be sent to Sarah Fenwick, e-mail civl@ukonline.co.uk, tel/fax +44 1983 523003 or +44 1248 681755 Organisers wanting to apply for Category 2 sanctioning should contact Sarah Fenwick for information and an application form. |
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