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5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'Hills, Nov 2014 - Daily Diary - 8th November

Final Approved Results                        On-line TV Coverage of the Championships

Competitors meeting

The competitors meeting was held at 15.00 hrs with Dr. 'Exi' Rainer Hoenle (Committee Chair, CP) explaining the changes to the rules proposed for the coming year.  These were generally well accepted and the questions raised by the competitors will be considered by the committee at the next IPC plenary meeting in Jan/Feb 2015.

The closing ceremony happened as planned at 18.30 and medals and diplomas were awarded.  This was followed by the closing banquet, with good food and a happy and relaxed atmosphere.  Jim Heyhurst handed out the various certificates for National records that had been broken during the competition.

 

 

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5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'Hills, Nov 2014 - Daily Diary - 6th November

Final Approved Results                        On-line TV Coverage of the Championships

Congratulations to all our new Canopy Piloting World Champions

 

Overall World Champion

Curtis Bartholomew

U.S.A

USA CP Curt Bartholomew

 Carved Speed World Champion

Curtis Bartholomew

U.S.A.

 Drag Distance World Champion

 Jason Saunders

 U.S.A.

 Zone Accuracy World Champion

 Keven Walters

 Australia

 KEVEN WALTERS

65th IPC Plenary - Vashets, Bulgaria - 28 Jan - 1 Feb 2015

 

IPC Bulgaria_nac

 

Bulletin No. 1 is available on this site for the 65th IPC Meeting to be held in

Bulgaria, Vashets, Spa Hotel ATA from 28th January - 1st February 2015

5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'Hills, Nov 2014 - Daily Diary - 5th November

JudgesLive Results                                                  Live On Line TV Coverage 

Today, or rather this morning, saw the completion of 3 rounds of Zone Accuracy in down-wind conditions - so a few bruises and I guess the judges looked less relaxed than they do in the picture.  Fortunately amongst the INTERESTING landings no serious problems.  After lunch it is planned to do the third round of Dragged Distance and complete the competition.  So watch the TV and the results as they get posted (once agreed by the Chief Judge).

According to the "unofficial" results we have a new star in 1st place for Zone Accuracy, Keven Walters from Australia, but the results have to be carefully checked before we can announce any winners.

Thanks to Alberto Martin Paracuelios and his daily reports from Z'Hills, U.S.A.

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5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'Hills, Nov 2014 - Daily Diary - 4th November

Background
Live TV On Line Coverage              Live Results    

 

After a 7 am start 3 rounds of speed were completed with Chris Bartholomew, USA in first place.  There then followed two rounds of Distance after which Pablo Hernandez fo Spain was in first place.

5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'hills, Nov 2014 - Pre-Competiton reports

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Promotional video

 

3rd November - End to Training and Opening Ceremony

 

Training jumps continued through the day until time for the Opening Ceremony.  This consisted of speaches and a demonstration jump from a military team.  Unfortunately two of the team members suffered a canopy collision during the jump which looked much worse than it actually was, with one jumper suffering a broken leg and the other a broken shoulder.  We wish them a speedy recovery.  

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World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'Hills, Nov 2014 - Delegation Argentina

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5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships

Zephyrhills, Florida, USA

1st - 7th November 2014

Delegation:  "Argentina"

Argentina 

Marcos Javier Rodrigues  Head of Delegation/Competitor
Marcos Ivan Darman  Competitor
Diego Andres Zazzarini  Competitor
Gaston Nocholas Reyes  Competitor

 1 - Argentina

World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'Hills, Nov 2014 - Delegation Australia

 

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5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships

Zephyrhills, Florida, USA

1st - 7th November 2014

Delegation:  "Australia"

Australia 

Ronnie Perry  Head of Delegation
Sharney Perrow  Team Manager
Andrew Woolf
 Competitor
Ben Lewis  Competitor
Brad Jones  Competitor
Kevin Walters  Competitor
Mark Edwards  Competitor
Robert McMillan  Competitor
Glen Farrell  Competitor
Darren Griggs  Competitor

 3 - Australia

World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'Hills, Nov 2014 - Delegation Austria

 

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5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships

Zephyrhills, Florida, USA

1st - 7th November 2014

Delegation:  "Austria"

Austria 

Dominic Roithmair  Competitor
Marco Fuerst  Competitor

 

World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'Hills, Nov 2014 - Delegation Belgium

 

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5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships

Zephyrhills, Florida, USA

1st - 7th November 2014

Delegation:  "Belgium"

Belgium 

Grim Swinnen

 Competitor
Pieter Wittevrongel

 Competitor

Roy Seber  Competitor
Laurent Venhecke  Competitor
Ronald Emonts  Competitor

 4 - Belgium

World Canopy Piloting Championships, Z'Hills, Nov 2014 - Delegation Brazil

 

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5th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships

Zephyrhills, Florida, USA

1st - 7th November 2014

Delegation:  "Brazil"

Brazil 

Carlos Marques  Competitor
Manoel Neto  Competitor
Paulo Marques

 Competitor

Eduardo Meirelies  Competitor

 8 - Brazil