Cross Country Championship Tables, Events

New Zeala N d Para G l I d ING Cro SS -Cou NT ry Cham PI o NS h IPS New Zeala N d Paraglidi N g Cross-Cou N try Cham P io N shi P s

April 1st - March 31st. Sponsored by Wings & Waves

April 1st 2021 to March 31st 2022 Top scores as shown on XContest in 7/2021

Pilot, flight date/time Site Distance Points Total

mark Hardman [mhardman]

1 12.05.21 12:00 Treble Cone 45.30 km 90.60 p. 2 24.04.21 12:35 Buscot 22.02 km 22.02 p.

Stew Karstens [nelpara]

1 03.07.21 12:57 Barnicoat 29.95 km 44.93 p.

2 01.07.21 12:32 Barnicoat 27.93 km 41.90 p.

3 22.06.21 13:02 Barnicoat

Greg Allum [Gregnz]

7.13 km 10.70 p.

1 20.07.21 12:45 Barnicoat 34.75 km 34.75 p. 2 03.07.21 13:01 Takaka Hill 32.22 km 32.22 p. 3 17.04.21 14:33 Takaka Hill 12.69 km 19.04 p.

Scott beavis [beavdogg]

1 16.06.21 09:03 ? 52.66 km 78.99 p.

peter Jones [jonesie]

1 03.04.21 14:13 Kaimai 48.99 km 61.24 p.

2 16.05.21 14:29 Devicich

Anand Srinivasan [Anand]

1 03.04.21 14:06 Kaimai

rob Gillard [rob_gillard]

11.39 km 11.39 p.

49.38 km 61.73 p.

1 03.04.21 14:04 Kaimai 44.72 km 55.90 p.

Nicolas Sand [Nicosan]

1 12.05.21 11:56 Treble Cone 55.71 km 55.71 p. bex rae [bex1907]♀ 1 03.04.21 13:33 Kaimai 30.72 km 38.40 p. 2 31.05.21 16:23 Te Mata 4.05 km 8.10 p. 3 11.07.21 12:21 Burma Road 8.02 km 8.02 p.

mark macKenzie [mrmacKenzie]

1 17.04.21 14:48 Takaka Hill 14.74 km 22.11 p. 2 22.04.21 13:46 Takaka Hill 10.31 km 15.47 p. 3 03.07.21 13:07 Takaka Hill 14.52 km 14.52 p.

Anthony Saupin [willow1633]

1 12.05.21 12:46 Treble Cone 17.46 km 26.19 p. 2 15.05.21 12:03 Treble Cone 17.18 km 17.18 p. 3 17.04.21 13:58 ? 6.85 km 8.56 p.

luke Nicol [lukenicol]

1 21.04.21 11:34 Coronet Peak 39.32 km 49.15 p.

Stephen O’Shaughnessy [soshaugh]

1 28.04.21 11:41 Barnicoat 11.76 km 17.64 p.

2 01.05.21 10:26 Barnicoat 15.35 km 15.35 p.

3 26.05.21 12:53 Barnicoat 15.23 km 15.23 p.

ben Kellett [benjamin.kellett]

1 21.04.21 13:45 Soho 28.58 km 35.73 p. 2 21.04.21 11:35 Coronet Peak 9.27 km 11.58 p.

doug patterson [dougpatterson]

1 24.04.21 12:45 Mt Buscott 18.64 km 18.64 p. 2 21.04.21 12:35 Treble Cone 14.30 km 14.30 p. 3 07.04.21 13:08 Treble Cone 10.09 km 10.09 p. Kyla macdonald [burg]♀ 1 03.04.21 14:01 Kaimai 33.88 km 42.35 p.

mark macdonald [brick]

1 03.04.21 14:05 Kaimai 23.82 km 29.78 p. 2 16.05.21 14:21 Kauaeranga 10.82 km 10.82 p.

Jakub Krauz [jakub-krauz]

1 11.07.21 14:16 Mt Dobson 16.18 km 16.18 p. 2 24.04.21 11:42 Towers 13.00 km 13.00 p. 3 22.05.21 14:11 Towers 5.65 km 11.30 p.

Craig miller [craigm]

1 03.04.21 13:58 Kaimai 29.27 km 36.59 p.

Ondrej Wieden [OndraW]

1 02.05.21 13:33 Mt Cheeseman 26.40 km 26.40 p. 2 12.07.21 16:21 ? 7.52 km 7.52 p. dominique le Sellin [Frogiwi]♀ 1 03.04.21 14:13 Kaimai 21.97 km 27.46 p. 2 16.05.21 14:51 Mount Maunganui 2.13 km 2.13 p. 3 03.07.21 14:06 Mount Maunganui 1.75 km 1.75 p.

112.62 p.

97.53 p.

86.01 p.

78.99 p.

72.63 p.

61.73 p.

55.90 p.

55.71 p.

54.52 p.

52.10 p.

51.93 p.

49.15 p.

48.22 p.

47.31 p.

43.03 p.

42.35 p.

40.60 p.

40.48 p.

36.59 p.

33.92 p.

31.34 p.

Pilot, flight date/time Site Distance Points Total

Cliff Swailes [rapscallion]

1 02.05.21 13:49 Mt Cheeseman 13.78 km 13.77 p. 2 20.07.21 14:46 Taylors Mistake 5.55 km 8.34 p. 3 12.06.21 10:35 Taylors Mistake 5.50 km 8.25 p.

Jean brossard [jeanbrossard]

1 02.05.21 13:29 Mt Cheeseman 15.79 km 15.78 p. 2 14.04.21 14:03 ? 7.49 km 7.49 p. 3 29.04.21 13:06 Towers 4.36 km 6.54 p.

brent edwards [pcbrent]

1 03.07.21 13:01 Barnicoat 6.37 km 12.74 p.

2 03.07.21 14:24 Barnicoat 5.56 km 8.34 p.

3 11.07.21 12:36 Barnicoat 7.96 km 7.96 p.

lorraine Johns [kiwigal]♀ 1 22.05.21 13:23 Mt Somers 8.32 km 10.40 p. 2 23.05.21 14:14 Mount Oxford 6.86 km 8.58 p. 3 03.07.21 13:51 Mount Oxford 6.77 km 8.46 p.

Nick Webster [nickwhl]

1 03.04.21 13:41 Kaimai

dan Clearwater [chucky3]

1 07.04.21 08:43 ? 20.52 km 25.65 p.

9.08 km 9.08 p. 2 21.04.21 14:15 ? 6.84 km 8.55 p. 3 13.05.21 11:03 Coronet Peak 5.34 km 5.34 p.

James Gibson [Jaims]

1 03.07.21 13:52 Mount Oxford 5.99 km 7.49 p. 2 26.05.21 10:24 Taylors Mistake 4.65 km 6.98 p. 3 20.05.21 11:15 Taylors Mistake 4.45 km 6.68 p.

Chris Cain [ccfroths]

1 02.05.21 14:20 Mt Cheeseman 10.39 km 10.39 p. 2 08.04.21 17:43 Taylors Mistake 5.30 km 7.95 p.

barry Sayer [bazza]

1 20.05.21 14:43 Te Mata 6.38 km 12.76 p. 2 04.07.21 14:45 Te Mata Peak 2.50 km 5.00 p.

Fraser monteith [Icemaneli186]

1 23.05.21 13:45 Long Spur 9.00 km 9.00 p. 2 02.05.21 14:45 Leith Hill 7.92 km 0.00 p.

Ken beach [ken.beach]

1 02.05.21 13:39 Mutiny 11.92 km 14.90 p.

Sanae Noguchi [Sanae]♀ 1 02.05.21 13:35 Mt Cheeseman 9.69 km 14.54 p.

rob Hughes-Games [robhughes-games]

1 02.05.21 14:45 Horrible 7.92 km 7.92 p.

2 02.05.21 15:40 Horrible 3.06 km 3.06 p.

3 02.05.21 13:50 Horrible 2.27 km 2.27 p.

Warrick boustred [Waz24]

1 04.07.21 12:18 Treble Cone 8.32 km 8.32 p. 2 12.07.21 12:43 Treble Cone 4.59 km 4.59 p.

bruce Vickerman [bruce.V]

1 16.05.21 14:16 ? 11.44 km 11.44 p.

philip Jansen van rensburg [plrensburg]

1 22.05.21 12:19 Little River 4.79 km 4.79 p. 2 12.06.21 13:34 Taylors Mistake 1.36 km 2.72 p. 3 12.06.21 12:43 Taylors Mistake 1.53 km 2.30 p.

Alex Cornford [Alex7]

1 03.04.21 10:10 Mt Hutt

richard Sidey [rsidey]

7.34 km 9.18 p.

1 14.04.21 11:50 Rocky Mountain 3.01 km 3.01 p. 2 17.04.21 11:30 Rocky Mountain 2.99 km 2.99 p.

Yuan Fu [Yuan]

1 02.07.21 14:54 Taylors Mistake 3.46 km 3.46 p. 2 06.05.21 15:47 Towers 1.69 km 1.69 p.

david drummond [daved]

1 12.06.21 13:45 ? 5.13 km 5.13 p.

30.36 p.

29.81 p.

29.04 p.

27.44 p.

25.65 p.

22.97 p.

21.15 p.

18.34 p.

17.76 p.

16.92 p.

14.90 p.

14.54 p.

13.25 p.

12.91 p.

11.44 p.

9.81 p.

9.18 p.

6.00 p.

5.15 p.

5.13 p.

mark Sedon [marksedon]

1 14.04.21 13:58 wifi tower 2.92 km 3.65 p.

3.65 p.

The web site for scoring and uploading your track logs is XContest at: www.xcontest.org/newzealand/ranking-xc-championship/

THE COUNTRY CODE

We are all dependent on good relations with the farmers who own the land we fly from. Here are some guidelines to ensure that you and other pilots will be able to continue to enjoy flying there.

ALWAYS CHECK with local pilots before flying at new sites. ALWAYS ASK PERMISSION to fly unless you are absolutely certain that the owner allows use of the site without asking. CHECK AGAIN at Springtime as most farms have pregnant and newborn stock that can easily be frightened and injured. DO NOT show displeasure or abuse an owner if permission is refused. This could hamper getting permission in the future. ALWAYS GET PERMISSION to take a vehicle onto a property. Ensure that vehicles without gliders are not taken onto the property. Put all gliders on one car rather than have a convoy crossing the property. If stock is near, drive slowly. LEAVE GATES as you find them, gates may be closed to keep stock in or open to allow stock to feed. Ensure that all pilots and drivers understand. USE STILES and gates where ever possible, if you must cross a fence, cross at a post or strainer post. AVOID hay standing or cut unless permission has been given to cross it. AVOID landing in paddocks containing crops or stock. Carefully move off crops to avoid damage. DO NOT LIGHT FIRES at any time. DO NOT SMOKE during fire risk times. DO NOT TAKE DOGS onto any farm or property. DO NOT disturb plants or machinery, move around it. LEAVE NO RUBBISH.

EVENTS Paragliding Competition Committee Write Up

July 2021

the first decent snows have arrived here down south and many of us have cut our first tracks for the year.

This weekend the Southern Club is getting checked out by NZ Ski for lift use approval so that pilots can access the summit of Coronet Peak by ski-lift so as to fly during the winter months. It’s quite special to be able to do so. A bit chilly but spectacular!

The PCC has recently revised/updated the NZ Competition Rules (Version 23) due to some issues that arose after last season. Not many changes and the new version was posted to the NZHGPA website on the 1st July for review.

The main changes were to S2.7 (Validation) which has been greatly simplified; S3.8 (Emergencies and Compensation) which has been more streamlined to flow better and to remove some terms that were no longer in use; S4.6 (Awards) regards awarding of Class trophies if a PG Open doesn’t get 2000 points so that Class trophies will now be awarded as well and also CCC gliders go into the Open Class (they were in Serial), (which is in line with the Australian classes structure) and a single sentence in S6.5 (Records) regards a more accepting criteria for tracklogs for record flights which is also in alignment with FAI.

Ross Gallagher has been working hard these last few years looking after XContest by liaising with Jakob (who ‘owns’ XContest’) and ensuring that costs are met, sponsors are sought and that our XContest competition runs smoothly. There’s not a lot to do and it’s pretty simple but it takes a lot of pressure off the PCC if someone from the community can do it. Ross would like to step down from that role next season due to (new) family commitments and we are looking for a volunteer to take over XContest oversight. If you are interested, please let the PCC/Ross Gallagher know. That’d be really helpful.

I’ve just received an email from Dave Gibbs in Australia who is looking at organising our NZ PG Open in Corryong next year in late February. Yes, we know there may be some Covid issues, but maybe there won’t be as well, it’s still a way off yet but Dave would like to get the competition up and running on Airtribune by the 1st August. At the moment the cost has been set the same as for the Australian Corryong Cup 2022 at AUD$270 (NZD$290) which I think is pretty good.

Stay warm. Best wishes - PCC

Omarama Hang Gliding Cross Country Classic

Saturday 5 February to Sunday 13 February 2021

Flying around Omarama is spectacular; expect to fly to 9 or 10,000ft and an easy 20km to over 100km depending on your skill and conditions.

It’s a great place to beat your Personal Best; height, distance etc, move up the XC Champs table, or maybe fly to Mt Cook!

This summer, Monday 7th is the Waitangi public holiday so even if you are working, that’s still 5 days that you can fly.

This time of year gets the most flyable days with the least strong winds and turbulence, but it’s still hot so gives the most XC flying opportunities. Launch and landing areas are massive and the event is stress free; there’s no queues or waiting.

Last years weather wasn’t great but we still had good flying; even though it was stable there was good thermalling and a smooth light wind wave day that enabled a tour around the Mackenzie. Don’t be put off by poor forecasts, it’s usually better and even a stable day at Omarama beats coastal flying. Strong winds are usually forecast more reliably but are more common in Dec-Jan, so if it’s not too windy, it’s on.

Fly open distance, in any direction from any site in the Omarama area. Enter any number of flights and improve your personal best flight. Scoring is by GPS or you can use witnessed launch & landing positions. The main thing is to enjoy the flying, share your knowledge, improve your skills and your personal best.

Fly the whole week, just the weekends or just the days you want, when you want; it’s up to you, only your best 3 flights score. You decide if, when and where to fly and a few unlucky flights won’t ruin your total.

High at Ohau, on the way to Mt Cook (centre distance) Photo: Bill Degen

Accommodation; free camping, cabins, caravans, motels, luxury hotels and now there’s fewer overseas tourists! The gliding airfield campground welcomes hang glider pilots, has weather briefings and a cafe that’s often open late. REQUIRED; Advanced rating with mountain/ XC skills. Pilots with lower skill ratings may fly under supervision if conditions are suitable. Printed site briefings are available.

The track up Magic Mountain is limited to 4WDs with low ratio gearing for safe descents or brakes will burn out. To maintain the track we ask pilots for a donation but the competition is free of charge.

For more information, site briefings etc; contact Bill Degen at aero@xtra.co.nz and check www.hgpg.co.nz for updates.

Covid-19 and Events

due to the changing Covid-19 virus situation, events and competitions may be cancelled or postponed. please check with event organisers or their online notification system, to check if events are still being held before booking travel and accommodation. It will be worth checking again immediately prior to the event.

2021; What a season for Competitions & Events

What a fantastic social and competition scene we had in 2021. In all my years, I have never known a flying season where we had such diversity of awesome events.

Whatever your flying discipline it was well catered for from Acro Fest, first NZ Hike & Fly, HG Regional and Nationals, 2 x PG Regionals and Nationals, plus Pigeon Island Fly in and Omarama cross over weekend.

Then there were club socials and representation to promote are sport of free flight to the wider public at numerous kite festivals, trade shows and air shows. This has been an outstanding contribution to our flying community from all those involved and I salute the army of volunteers that made these events happen to put big smiles on the faces of our pilots. The Association also helped out by producing a generic Safety Management Plan and providing insurance for competition organisers, we got you covered. If your thinking of an event no matter what it may be social, competition or promoting the sport, the Hang gliding Competition Committee (HGC), the Paragliding Competition Committee (PCC), your local Club and the NZHGPA are all here to help facilitate. If your thinking about it, go for it and lets create even bigger and better memories for 2022.

Check out the new NZHGPA Social Calendar on the NZHGPA Website. Let’s Fly. - Nick Taber, CEO NZHGPA

Hang Gliding World Championships Cancelled

The 2021 Hang Gliding World Championships have been cancelled. The international competition was due to have been held in Krushevo, North Macedonia 18-30 July this year.

However, since announcing that the competition would go ahead despite the difficulties presented by international cross-border travel, six major nations withdrew from the competition. The competition was therefore rendered “senseless”, CIVL said.

Organisers in Krushevo had convinced CIVL to support the competition in the face of the major travel restrictions around the pandemic. Earlier CIVL said that “the majority of countries” had indicated they would send pilots if the championship took place. But instead, six countries withdrew their teams. Australia, Austria, Brazil, Italy, UK and the USA all pulled their pilots and told organisers and CIVL they would not be taking part. As a result, the competition has now been postponed to 2023.

Competitions at Canungra

The Canungra Cup (paragliding) will be held in Queensland 9 - 16 October, and the Canungra Hang Gliding Classic 23 - 30 October. Canungra Hang Gliding Classic 2021: https://airtribune. com/canungra-hang-gliding-classic-2021/info

These two competitions are a great way to start the flying season.

Check Airtribune for details at https://airtribune.com/canungra-cup-2021/info

Aoraki Classic

Start 1st January with prize giving on the 8th January 2022.

Contact Rod Stuart rod.tropicool@gmail.com 027 434 4822

Sat 19 - Wed 23 mar 2022

Paragliding Acro Festival

Queenstown, Cromwell, New Zealand

HG Cross Country Championships

No new flights were entered this time so we’ll update in the next issue. Meanwhile, results are posted as they come in at www.hgpg.co.nzl and linked to the NZHGPA website at www. nzhgpa.org.nz/competitions/hg-competitions/ hang-gliding-cross-country-championships. Email your entries to; aero@xtra.co.nz (Please write “XC Entry” in the header and please keep separate from other emails) or post entries to;

NZ Hang Gliding XC Champs,

Bill Degen, 99A Panorama Road,

Christchurch 8081, NZ

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