Registration is now open. The cost, per pilot, is NZ$250.

Please note that, if we fly at the Kaimais, then this will cost an additional $10 per pilot as a once-off fee. We will try to absorb this into the cost but can't confirm this until nearer the time. Meanwhile - please budget for this.

Note that the entry fee does NOT include any transport or lunches.
Pilots are required to upload their own tracklogs for this event. There will be some limited help (e.g. laptop and assistance) available to help with this.

It will include pilot barbecues, prize giving dinner, a beer, an ICEBREAKER MERINO SHIRT (!!!) and a jolly good time.
Extra tickets for prize giving are $40 per head.

All pilots must have the following or they will not be allowed to partake in the competition and no refund will be offered:
* A valid NZHGPA membership (visitors see here: http://www.nzhgpa.org.nz/visiting-pilots)
* A satellite tracker (e.g. Delorme or Spot)... this is now MANDATORY for safety reasons
* A wing, certified up to CCC. For NZ pilots this must have a current WoF.
* Helmet and certified back protection in your harness
* GPS Tracker
* Altimeter
* UHF Radio (476 to 477 Mhz)
* An emergency parachute
* A responsible attitude and a sense of humour


*Selection Schedule*
PLEASE DO NOT TRANSFER ANY PAYMENT UNTIL INVITED TO DO SO.
If a pilot transfers money before they invited to pay then the money will be immediately refunded minus any bank costs.
Places will only be offered to pilots who have registered for the event on Airtribune.
Places will be allocated to pilots based on the following schedule:

31st July 2019
5 wild card places will be offered to the main organisers of the competition who are also intending to compete.

31st August 2019
10 places based on WPRS points, then 10 places based on NZPRS points

30th September 2019
10 places based on WPRS points, then 10 places based on NZPRS points

31st October 2019
5 places based on WPRS points, then 5 places based on NZPRS points

30th November 2019
5 places based on WPRS points, then 5 places based on NZPRS points

1st December 2019 onwards…
Places will be awarded at the discretion of the Comp Director in the form of wild cards. No correspondence will necessarily be entered into regarding these allocations. Pilots who have previously been allocated a place but have not yet paid will not necessarily be entitled to a wild card.
As per FAI rules, sufficient places may need to be retained until 16th February to ensure the 25% criteria is met for international pilots.

*Invitation to Pay*
Immediately after an allocation round, the selected pilots will have their status changed (on Airtribune) to “Waiting for Payment” and an email will be sent, with payment details, inviting the pilot to pay.
The pilot then has three weeks from that date to have their payment confirmed.
If a pilot does not pay within the three weeks then they will be invited to pay one more time (assuming they still meet the selection criteria) in the next allocation cycle. If they do not pay after being invited to do so twice then they will be offered no further invitations to pay and not necessarily offered a wild card place. Therefore it is strongly recommended to pay at your soonest convenience and it makes it a hell of a lot easier for us. x x

*REFUND POLICY*
Refund request received before 31 December 2019 = 50% refund
Refund request received after 31 December 2019 = no refund
All refunds will have any administration fee, such as bank transfer deducted.
If you decide to drop out then it is NOT possible to nominate someone to replace you - you will be refunded and the slot will be filled by another pilot at the organiser's discretion

Pilots who are deemed to detract from the safety, or successful organisation, of the competition may be refused entry. A reason may nor may not be given and correspondence on this will probably not be entered in to.