Hi all,
The new Swiss XC Contest year has just started (Oct. 1st) — who is up for being on the ZFC XC team this year?!
http://www.xcontest.org/switzerland/de/
It would be great to get some of you interested & involved in what is a super exciting and interesting sport (think 3d chess). Anyone who is a member of the ZFC and has a valid Swiss SHV paragliding license can participate (you also need to get an SHV Sport License, which costs 52.80.- for the first year, then 28.- per year afterwards).
http://www.shv-fsvl.ch/fileadmin/redakteure/Bilder/Sport/Sportreglement_13_A_d.pdf
Here are the XC Contest categories that one is entered in when you sign up to the contest (obv. not all categories apply to all pilots & wings!)
- PG Open
- PG Sport
- PG Fun and Safety
- PG Damen
- PG 50plus
- PG Tandem
- PG Clubs (Zermatt Flight Club)
For the 2013 XC Contest, the ZFC had two participants:
Chris Banford (372.93 points -- 193rd PG Open, 128th PG Sport, 64th PG Fun and Safety [Ozone Mojo3], and 36th in PG 50plus)
Phil Glutz (173.72 points -- 398th PG Open, 291st PG Sport. [Ozone Delta])
The Zermatt Flight Club was ranked 57th out of 80 clubs in the Club results for 2013. Not bad for our first year!
To do better this year we need to have more pilots flying in the comp (the best 4x pilots from each club are used to calculate the results).
Besides the SHV Sport License, you’ll need a decent GPS – Flight Computer to log your flights.
Please contact me or Francis Schwery (vp@zermattflightclub.com) if you’re interested or have any questions. The SHV Sport License application forms are ready!
Cheers,
-Chris
P.S. Please pass this along to anyone who might be interested!
P.P.S. Here are some intersting links for those interested in doing any XC flying:
CH Segelflugkarte: http://tinyurl.com/ch-glider-map
XC Planner: http://www.dgfc.at/xcplanner/
3D Kabeln Schweiz: http://acroclub.ch/kabel/ (needs Google Earth plugin)
-- ******************************* Chris Banford president@zermattflightclub.com Zermatt Flight Club www.zermattflightclub.com *******************************