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February 2013
PGAWC Portugal
For the first time Portugal will have a Paragliding Accuracy World Cup. The chosen location is Larouco – Montalegre with excellent flying spots. It allows take off to almost any directionin Portugal and Spain.In case of stronger winds there are close alternatives.SheduleMay 24th (Friday) – Training and registration day
Training
17h to 19h30 and 21h to 23h – Local registrationMay 25th (Saturday) – Main Competition day
General briefing and mandatory safety briefing
9h00 – Transport to flying siteMay 26th (Sunday)
Competition day if more rounds are necessary
Trophy giving ceremony
On competition day, if weather conditions don’t allow flying, there will be a cultural tour.Local time is UTC+1Competition website: http://pgawc2013.sam-cam.com/en/
2 – 5 May 2013 at Khao Yai, Suphanburi, Thailand
2013 PGAWC (Thailand) will be held at Khao Yai, Suphanburi Province, Thailand. Approx 150 km. from Bangkok.
Organizer: PGAWC, RASAT THAILAND
Contact person: Gp. Capt. Veerayuth Didyasarin (President / Chairman National Air Sport Control)
Date: 2 – 5 MAY 2013 (official practice day: 2 May 2013)
Location: Khao Yai, Suphanburi Province, Thailand
Quota Participants: 100 pilotsPlease see shedule in word document here: Information_2013PGAWC_Thailand.docx
December 2012
October 2012
PGAWC Super Finals competition report
Exhibition competition called Super FInals was ment for the best accuracy pilots to compete ammong each other on a different way, like they were used to. From top 10 pilots, only one did not appear and since a total of 27 pilots came, additional qualifications were not needed.
All pilots completed the first two rounds but than only top 16 went to take off place for the third one. A couple of very experienced pilots did not manage to qualify for that round and ammong them, there were 3rd and 4th from a total season`s ranking.
Next round was a dissaster also for actual World and European Champions but for the fourth round, 9 pilots were lucky (two pilots with the same score on eight position). Unlucky pilot was behind for 1 cm only. Ammong them were also Team 5 Manager Mr. Radko Gabric and the only female pilot left: Liz Adriani from Indonesia.
For the fifth round, only top four pilots started: Matjaz Sluga, Matjaz Feraric, Elisa Manueke and German pilot Gerd Rosenau. Matjaz Feraric won even with not great result from the last round, followed by Matjaz Sluga, who climbed from fourth to the second place. The third position bellonged to Elisa Manueke who confirmed his position ammong the best World accuracy pilots.At the end, this Super Finals have shown a different way of competition and thank to competition sponsor Team 5 and their great prizes, it was an interesting event.At the prize giving ceremony, beside Super Finals, prizes were also given to females, individuals and teams after the final season ranking.Results are here –>>
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