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102 Pilots Confirmed
102 Pilots total registered
250 GBP Entry fee

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120 Pilots max allowed
27 Countries presented
✅ EN-C and below allowed
❌ CCC & EN-D wings prohibited
🏆 FAI Status = CAT 2 🏅

left before start of event

Registration will open on
10/12 19:30 (Europe/Paris)

Safety

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The organiser will supply Live trackers to you, for safety and scoring

Live trackers supplied
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The region supports helicopter rescues

Helicopter rescue
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The region generally has good phone coverage

Good phone coverage
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We will be monitoring radios for your safety whilst you fly

Radio coverage
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Live Tracking is MANDATORY in this event to score. The organiser will provide the trackers.

Live trackers mandatory

Organisation

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There will be vehicles supplied to take you to launch

Launch Transport
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There will be retrieve vehicles available to return pilots to HQ

Retrieve included
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There are toilets at, or near, the launch

Toilets on takeoff
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The organisers will download the tracklogs at HQ for scoring

Tracklogs managed
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The organisers are using Airtribune for registration, tracking, blogging and to publish scores

Airtribune blogging

Benefits

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There will be daily lunch packs for pilots

Lunch packs
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The organisers will give you an ID card with all the essential items listed

ID Cards
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There will be a social evening with food

Food
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There will be an organised party during or after the event

Party
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There will be live music or a DJ at the event

Live music
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You will receive a tshirt or other welcome gift

Free gift

Environment

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The organisers have commmitted to Carbon Offset the event and/or Plant a Tree for each competitor

Carbon offset / Plant a Tree
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The organisers support reducing the use of unnecessary plastic at the event. This includes NOT giving disposable water bottles

Plastic reduction

Contacts

Event Queries
- Registration Administrator
- admin@pgcomps.org.uk

Event info

The British Sports Trophy will be an FAI event, scoring full WPRS points. It will be open to all pilots flying wings that are certified EN-C and below.

This is the 4th British Sports event. The events objective is to find a British Sports Champion, whilst offering an environment for up and coming pilots to compete on a more level playing field, without having to fly in tasks designed more for competition gliders. We are sure to attract a high level of pilots flying EN-B and EN-C wings that can demonstrate what is possible to achieve while still remaining in most pilots comfort zone.

The event is in the beautiful St Soca Valley near Tolmin, in the Julian Alps. The event will be based in the popular flyers paradise of Camp Gabrje. The launch is large and grassy. The scenery is stunning!

The Event will be limited to 120 Pilots mainly to allow everyone to fly with a little bit less stress.

What do you get?
The entry fee includes all the usual aspect, plus a few extras for this year!

- Seven high quality tasks of up to 80km
- A full tracking system for safety and scoring
- t-shirt or other souvenir
- Transport to launch
- Retrieves
- Mid week party

The week before is an Naviter Open event, in the same venue. This makes for a perfect opportunity for pilots to link two events together if they want to expand their competition experience in a short period. Both events can be found on Airtribune.

Please be aware, to fly in Slovenia, in competitions, it is mandatory you are IPPI 5 qualified and that either your wing is under 2 years old, or that it has been serviced in the pior 12 months. You must upload a photograph of a document to prove the airworthiness of the glider into your registration form. For example, the glider label, if it has a date on it, or a receipt from purchase, or a copy of the trimming sheet, with a date on it.

Flying site

Kobala is a famous flying site in Soca river valley in Slovenia. With the landing place in Tolmin it is intended for flying hang gliders and paragliders, for sport flying, competitions, events and training hang glider and paraglider pilots. Kobala ia a popular paragliding and hang gliding take-off, as well as an excellent starting point for long cross-country flights on the southern crest of the Julian Alps and a well-known competition site. The best conditions for long cross-country flights are with a very weak general N or E wind. However, the western wind, more suitable for local flying, will normally predominate. Allowed airspace up to 2900 m AMSL.

Kobala take-off 1080 m ASL, N46° 10.86, E13° 46.76.
Suitable wind direction: E, SE, SW, W.
A very large ,nicely maintained meadow on the pointed top of the forest-covered Kobala hill. Two take-off directions are possible depending on the direction of the wind. It is located above the town of Tolmin offers good conditions to launch in a wide range of winds, from ENE to WNW. Although not too big, on a flying day gentle breeze allows many pilots to launch quick without any problems. Access 4 km by car, right to the take-off area.

Landing: official Kobala landing is 2 km after the city of Tolmin on the road going to Kobarid, rigth side of the road along a dirt road, 500m from main road. good reference point is the helipad, there're two windsocks on this field. the emergency landing field is in front of Tolmin, where the road splits like figure V. During the competition we will be using the main landing by the campsite Gabrje, located 2,5 km NW from the official Tolmin landing.

Selection and entry fee

Registration Process 2024
Your registration requires approval that you meet the minimum Pilot Entry Requirements for the British Paragliding Open Competitions 2024. Full details about the registration process and eligibility criteria can be found at the following URL
https://pgcomps.org.uk/home/pilot-entry-criteria/

Approved pilots will be invited to pay for each competition according to their pilot rank (see below). Your place at a competition is not confirmed until we have received your payment for the competition. The Pilot Lists show the current status of your registration.

- BHPA members with a British Sporting Licence will be offered places before other nations, in the order of registration*
- Other nationalities will receive payment offers around 14 days later #
- 15% (21 places) are reserved for female pilots until 45 days before the start of the event.
- Up to 10 places are reserved for wildcards
- The organisers reserve the right to vary the above method at their discretion at all times

# The first 50% of the places are selected according to WPRS. Any remaining places will be selected according to Time Registered. The above selection criteria will be adhered to throughout. This ensures a high scoring event, and a healthy mix of pilot abilities.

Please press the green Org CIVL button on the top, right of the Participants page to see the correct order for selection/ British pilots will be invited to pay first in ranked order, followed by pilots of other nations one week later, also in ranked order.

IMPORTANT: When you register for a competition, if you do not enter your ‘correct’ CIVL number then you will not be ranked correctly. Your CIVL number you can look up with the link on the Registration page. Also when you register you will be required to enter your ‘FAI Sporting Licence Nationality’. This is not another nationality you happen to hold, nor is it where you were born, or where you currently live, but is the country that issued your Sporting Licence (‘United Kingdom’ for BHPA issued licences).

Once a competition is full, pilots will be added to a waiting list and then if a place becomes available it will be offered to the next highest ranked pilot on the list. The pilot will receive an email from us inviting them to pay their entry fee and will have 1 week to do so before the place is offered to the next highest ranked pilot on the list.

Payment
• The entry fee for 2024 will be 250 GBP*. Fees and dates will be strictly adhered to. Payments are made with PayPal.
• If you are offered a place at a competition venue, at the start of the competition, then you must pay your pilot entry fee in cash, in the local currency.

*£250 is approximately 300 euro with Paypal exchange rates.

Please contact us if you have a difficulty making payment @ admin@pgcomps.co.uk

Last minute registrations
Any pilot wishing to participate in the event by attending the venue must come to HQ at 18:00 on registration day. Your name and details will be recorded, and we will inform you in the evening if you have been successful in gaining a place. Selection will be by priority to British pilots, and thereafter by a mixture WPRS points or time registered, according to the Panel's recently announced selection method for future events (It is no longer exclusively by WPRS. See panel news).

Documents required at registration

Issued by your local NAC on behalf of the FAI. You cannot normally compete in an FAI event without one. Contact your National Association (NAC)

FAI Sporting Licence
The FAI IPPI card is an International card that states your skill level. It is issued by your National Association and matches the level or your flying Licence

FAI IPPI Card
The organiser requires you to present your National flying licence.

National Licence
You will need to sign an applicaton form at the venue. Usually the organiser will provide it on arrival.

Signed Application form
You will need to sign a waiver or release document to show you understand the risks. Usually the organiser will provide it on arrival.

Signed Waiver/Release form
You must provide the organiser with a copy of your liability (3rd party) insurance documents

Liability Insurance
You must provide the organiser with a copy of your medical, rescue and repatriation insurance. You can purchase Global Rescue cover from Airtribune

Rescue/Medical Insurance

Cancellation Policy

REFUNDS
Any pilot who cancels their registration will be given a refund as follows (based on Full Entry Fee):

• Cancellation date more than 60 days before competition start date: 75% refund
• Cancellation date between 60 and 30 days before competition start date: 40% refund
• Cancellation date less than 30 days before competition start date: 0% refund

Any pilot proving (with medical certificate) incapacity to compete through illness should contact the organiser as soon as possible. Any refund, if appropriate, will be decided by the Organisation. Refunds will NOT be issued to ill/injured pilots cancelling within 7 days of the start of a competition regardless of personal circumstances. Rather pilots should contact their travel insurance provider for advice on any compensation due.

Cancellation of the Competition by the Organisation
In the event the organisers deem it necessary to cancel, relocate, or reschedule the competition, you will be entitled to a partial refund:
- Up to 30 days before the first official event day: 100% less a £25/30€ admin charge
- Between 30 and 7 days before the first official event day: 75% refund
- Less than 7 days before the first official event day: a lesser percentage to be determined. This lesser percentage will be the balance of funds once any costs incurred by the local organiser have been deducted.

After the start of the competition, any refunds will be at the sole discretion of the organisers.

The organisers will not be liable for any costs incurred by anyone attending, or intending to attend the event, or any consequential losses arising from the cancellation, relocation, or rescheduling of the event.

Prize fund and scoring categories

Overall Winner
Female Class
Reynolds Class
Standard Class
Junior Class
British Sport Class Champion
British Female Class

There will NOT be any cash prizes. There may be some small gifts from some of our sponsors.

*Classes may be withdrawn if there are less than 5 pilots in a class

General schedule

REGISTRATION
Saturday 22 June

PRACTICE DAY
Saturday 22 June
- Transport to launch to be booked through camping
- Weather will be given
- Suggested task will be given
- No scoring or trackers or lunch

MANDATORY BRIEFING
Saturday 22 June @ 20:00

TASK DAYS
1st task Sunday 23 June
Last task Saturday 29 June

PRIZE GIVING
Saturday 29 June

Daily schedule

09:00 - Headquarter opens
9:30 - Transport to take-off
10:00 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings
10:30 - Pilots briefing / Previous task official results / Task definition
11:00 - Take-off window opens
16:30 - Scoring office opens
20:00 - Provisional results

*** Daily schedule can change, depending of the weather conditions.

Accommodation and Activities

How to get here

No need to pre book.
A pleasant spot by the river.
Accepts tents, campers and caravans.

The HQ and transport will be located here daily.

Camp Gabrje Gabrje Soca Valley Slovenia
Camp Gabrje, Tolmin Slovenia

Plane

The nearest international airports are Ljubljana (85 km away) and Trieste (70 km away) in Italy. From there you can catch a bus to Tolmin.

Bus

You can get to Tolmin by bus from most of the major cities in Slovenia.
If you travel from Ljubljana, you will find the timetable here:
http://www.ap-ljubljana.si/en/
If you travel from Nova Gorica, you will find the timetable here:
http://www.avrigo.si/potniski_prevozi/linijski_promet/vozni_red/

Train

There is a train station at the nearby town of Most na Soci. It is about 10 minutes by taxi to Tolmin. Connecting trains are hard though as it is a small service. You can come from the north, through from Austria, with a change at Jesenice. You can also board at Nova Gorica in the south.

There is a Car Train service from the north than can turn a 1 hour car drive into a 35 minute ride through the beautiful valleys. But there are only 3 or 4 services a day, from Bohinska Bistrica.

Car

You can get to Tolmin either from Kobarid, Nova Gorica or Ljubljana/Idrija. The Headquarters are located at Gabrje Campsite, which is ca. 4 km NW from Tolmin by the Soca river.