42nd New Zealand Hang Gliding Nationals

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The main site for the Nationals is Mt Murchison. 360 degrees of take off, high mountain site, situated bang smack in the middle between the West and East Coasts. Easy landings right at the foot of the mountain and lots of good landings in the area we fly in.

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56 Pilots Confirmed
56 Pilots total registered
200 NZD Entry fee

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80 Pilots max allowed
5 Countries presented

left before start of event

Prize funds and scoring categories

Open
Sport

Organizers

Contacts

Competition Organiser
- Matt Barlow
- nat.matt3@gmail.com
Competition Organiser
- Shane McKay
- info@pelorusecoadventures.co.nz
Meet Director
- Kevin McManus
- kamdfc@gmail.com

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Event info

Last year saw our second New Zealand Nationals competition to be held in Murchison. The weather turned on for another phenomenal week of flying with 5 from 8 days/tasks flown. Again we saw the quality and consistency of the location for competition class flying. The competition saw Steve Blackler (UK) taking the win, Shane McKay (NZ) taking second place and Ollie Chiitty (UK) taking third place. We're now looking forward to another epic event and encourage international pilots to plan to come over to enjoy the atmosphere and flying on offer.

Flying site

Selection and entry fee

There is no selection requirement.

The main focus of the week will be to facilitate the Nationals Open Class for Intermediate and Advanced pilots. In conjunction with this we will also run a Sport Class for king-posted gliders. Novice pilots are welcome to attend and fly when conditions permit (and are within the parameters of their rating).

The competition fee is $200. The fee can be deposited in the account below or paid at the event during registration.
Bank Account: 02-0600-0020697-067. Put your own name in the 'Particulars' field, and your PIN number in the 'Reference' field. You will be sent a receipt.

In order to register for the 2020 Nationals, please:
- Register for the event through Air Tribune.
- Follow the Instructions that come in your event registration confirmation email.

Prize fund and scoring categories

Scoring Categories:
Open - 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Sport - 1st, 2nd, 3rd

General schedule

Thursday, Jan 23, 2019 - Practice Day
08:30 Briefing
10:00 head up to launch

Friday, Jan 24, 2019 - Registration and Practice Day
08:30 Briefing
10:00 head up to launch
17:00 onwards
- Official Registration
- Waypoint uploads

Saturday, Jan 25, 2019 - Saturday Feb 1, 2019
Competition flying days

Saturday Feb 1, 2019
19:30 Prizegiving and BBQ

Sunday, Feb 2, 2019
Reserve Flying Day

Daily schedule

07:00 - Headquarter opens
08:00 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings
08:30 - Pilots' briefing / Previous task official results / Task definition
10:00 - Transport to take-off
12:00 - Take-off window opens
18:00 - Scoring office opens
20:00 - Scoring office closes
22:00 - Provisional results

Accommodation and Activities

Accommodation: Linda & Robin Sanford Riverside Holiday Park Murchison 0800 523 9591 or +64 27 756 9016 or +64 27 667 3012 19 Riverview Road 7077 PO Box 140 Murchison 7049 NZ www.riversidemurchison.co.nz . Go here to book your accommodation. This place is amazing! It's located right beside the Buller river. Linda and Robin have kindly allocated us full and exclusive use of the open air dining and lounge facility which comes complete with its own kitchen and toilets including plates, knives, pots, pans etc so travel light as everything you need is there. Camping sites are $12.50 per night, and cabins are $30 per night. Camping sites can probably be booked on arrival however if you want to make sure just book ahead of time. If you want a cabin it would definitely pay to BOOK NOW as there is a popular country music concert happening 27-30 Jan 19 and they stay at the Riverside Holiday Park too. We can't speak highly enough of Riverside Holiday Park. It is extremely clean and just such good value for money, and so well positioned in terms of its proximity to the river, town, flying etc.