Registration Process 2022
Your registration requires approval that you meet the minimum Pilot Entry Requirements for the British Paragliding Open Competitions 2022. Full details about the registraion process and eligibility criteria can be found at the following URL
http://pgcomps.org.uk/?page_id=199

Approved pilots will be invited to pay for each competition according 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.

Pilots are listed for each competition in ranked order and confirmed entry to the competition will be prioritised based on rank.

Pilots will be ranked for the competition as follows:

British pilots will be ranked by date/time of registration (NOT date/time of payment).
Pilots of other nations will be ranked by their current WPRS position.

British pilots will be listed first, followed by pilots of all other nations by rank. (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. The Panel reserves the right to award places out of ranking order. They also reserve the right to award wildcards where they feel it is appropriate.

15% of places are reserved for female pilots until 60 days prior to the start of the event. Thereafter unallocated places may be awarded to men.

IMPORTANT: When you register for a competition, if you do not enter your ‘correct’ FAI and CIVL numbers then you will not be ranked correctly. Note: if you are a British pilot your FAI number is your BHPA number. 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 2022 will be £250 for each Open competition. (1,300,000 COP or 345 USD for local currency payments)
Fees and dates will be strictly adhered to. Payments are made on our website via PayPal with a Credit Card, Debit Card, or using your own PayPal account. PayPal uses data encryption for the protection of your card details. The pilot entry fee includes the fee charged by PayPal for administering your online payment. We do NOT accept cheques or American Express. If you wish to pay for more than one person’s entry fee on-line you must do so logged-in as each pilot.

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.

The pilot entry fee for each competition is set according to the real cost of organising and hosting the competition. We do not aim to make a profit.

Please Contact Us if you have a difficulty making payment.

Last minute registrations
Any pilot wishing to participate in the event by attending the venue must come to HQ at 16:30 (4.30pm) on the Sunday 30th. Your name and details will be recorded and we will inform you at 19.00 (7.00pm) 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 panels recently announced selection method for future events (It is no longer exclusively by WPRS. See panel news ).

Any pilot that cannot attend registration before the close of registration at 18.00 (6pm) MUST inform us in advance. Failure to do so will mean your place being given to another pilot. You can find contact details at the bottom of this page


Accident Insurance
The local organisers have taken out a master policy for this competition that will give some level of accident insurance for all competitors. They have included the cost of this in the entry fee. It does NOT cover repatriation, nor things such as cancelled flights, lost luggage etc. It is strictly intended to assist with recovery & medical costs in Colombia in the event of an accident. It is deemed of sufficient level to cover many accident costs, but will not be enough for the most extreme accidents, such as pelvis and back injuries.

The local organisers are offering this as a new initiative by themselves as they are aware that competition cover is increasingly hard to find by Europeans. The British Panel welcome this initiative, but you should continue to ensure you have a level of insurance you are happy with. You will need to take a policy to cover the standard travel insurance things, such as cancelled flights, lost luggage etc.

Airtribune would also recommend taking out a Global Rescue membership. This will get you rescue and repatriation at a very high level of cover, and with competition risks included. You can review and subscribe to this here: https://partner.globalrescue.com/airtribune/

There are two document examples of the local organisers Rescue insurance available for download below. You will be covered by both insurances listed, but only for the 6 competition dates. You can however pay an additional amount to the local organisers if you wish to extend this insurance to cover the entire duration of your travel dates in Colombia. Just fill in the details on the registration form and the organisers will contact you direct to organise the details. The cost will be 28,500 COP per day (around £5.50).