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)

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Time to wrap up the first year of Zermatt Flight Club and plan for a new one.

Everyone is welcome! Do get involved.

ZERMATT FLIGHT CLUB
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2013 (AGM)

MEETING INFORMATION
Date: [20/09/2013]
Time: 19:15
Location: [Potter’s Bar, Zermatt]

~Minttu – President ZFC

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Phil’s leading the individual score board with a 140 km flight, while Chris has logged some long ones (6 & 7 hours) but without getting as far (107 km is his best).

We’ve come up with a logo for our cross country efforts. Team Pro Schisshasen (shit bunnies) — scared and proud of it! The logo was born after a great day of flying in Pokhara Nepal. Here’s a link to a hi-res pdf: Pro Team Schisshase – Zermatt Flight Club.pdf

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It’s on again and we are looking forward to another sensational competition of paragliding acro, among other mind blowing fetes of aerial display. Base jumpers, wing suits, sky divers, delta wings, paragliding acro sync demos and much more.

Situated in Villeneuve on the edge of Lake Geneva this is a show not to be missed. Zermatt Flight Club members will be there soaking up the atmosphere so come and join us. Email us on info@zermattflightclub.com if you’d like to come along.

Website
Event Schedule

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Big thanks to Stu for his hard work not only on the graphics, but on getting everyone excited about a design (i.e. getting them to agree on one!).

T-shirts and patches to be organized shortly so stay in touch and place your orders.

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The shoveling effort was matched only by the number of discussions as to how best dig the (large) hole and tip/push/pry the boulder into it, without it getting stuck in a worse position than it was already in, or accelerating off down the side of the mountain and causing unhappiness in the valley below…

The Riffelberg launch is now just that modicum safer and more relaxing to start from!

Thanks to all the club members who came up and pitched in! Great start to an exciting new club.

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