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The 2nd FAI Paragliding Pan-American Championship will be held at Loma Bola, Sierra de San Javier, Tucuman, Argentina 1 to November 10, 2014. The Argentine spring will be delivering a beautiful thermals producing landscape that only a maximum of 150 ranked pilots will enjoy.
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Loma Bola is a mountain sports center, focused primarily on paragliders. Over 20 years of experience, we are pioneers in this activity, that it allows us to invite the public to a unique experience, enjoy guided flights and outdoor activities.
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Prize funds and scoring categories
- Overall
- Women
- Nations
Contacts
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Meet Director
- Sergio Bujazha
- +543814908454
- sbujazha@ciudad.com.ar
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Safety Director & FAI coordination
- Mauricio Miguel
- +543814056207
- mauriciomiguel@lomabola.com.ar
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Scorer - General Info
- Matias Fortini
- +543816528941
- matiasfortini@gmail.com
Event info
The 2nd FAI Paragliding Pan-American Championship will be held at Loma Bola, Sierra de San Javier, Tucuman, Argentina 1 to November 10, 2014. The Argentine spring will be delivering a beautiful thermals producing landscape that only a maximum of 150 ranked pilots will enjoy.
Selection and entry fee
• The maximum number of pilots in the championship is 150.
• The maximum number of pilots that may be entered by a NAC is 40 total.
• The maximum number of pilots constituting a national team is 6 total and 5 of one
gender.
All applications made through the official web site must be confirmed by the NAC or their official representative starting from August 1st 2014.
Pilot qualification criteria for the Championship is: The reference ranking is July 2014 ranking published on August 1st 2014, therefore the rankings to be used will be August 2012 to July 2014 inclusive. A pilot has to have either: * Ranked in the top 500 Pan-Americans WPRS. For non-American guests, ranked in the top 1500 World WPRS or * scored a minimum of 20 WPRS points in any single FAI sanctioned event.
Pilot qualifications will be checked at 2th August 2014.
Select procedure
First allocation round will be made immediately after the pilot qualification check. First pass will allocate to each country a maximum of 20 pilot, the best ranked each country ranking.
Results from the first allocation round will be published on the official web site and it is then when the entry fee payment process starts. The deadline for payments will be August 15th2014
After the payment deadline the table will be updated. Any unpaid places will be re-allocated in the second round, which will be run until a total of 150 pilots are reached or no more applications are left. The deadline for the second payment will be August 30th2014.
After the payment deadline of the second round the team allocation table will be updated. Allocation for non-American pilots will be open, the selection will be make for WPRS. Any unpaid places will be re-allocated in the third round, which will be run until a total of 150 pilots are reached or no more applications are left. The deadline for the third payment will be September 30th2014.
After the payment deadline of the Third round the team allocation table will be updated. Any unpaid places will be re-allocated in the fourth round, which will be run until a total of 150 pilots are reached or no more applications are left. The deadline for the fourth payment will be October 15th2014.
The pilot who doesn´t pay on time, but is still interested in compete, keep the chance to be selected after the last allocated pilot in the last selection.-
Entry Fee
The Entry fee will be:
• 375 US$ per pilot.
• 150 US$ per team leader.
• Team leaders who are also pilots in the competition will pay only pilot entry fee.
The Entry fee includes:
• Transport to the take-off and retrieve on the main routes for all competition days,
• Emergency rescue and first aid medical service
• Upload of turn-point’s GPS coordinates
• GPS track-log download,
• Competitor and glider identification
• Color map
• ID card & safety/contact information,
• Lunch package, water,
• competition’s souvenirs,
• Free access to all championship events and parties,
• Free internet (Wi-Fi) access at the HQ and Scoring Point,
• Live tracking service
Prize fund and scoring categories
1, 2, 3 ranked in Women
1, 2, 3 ranked in Nations
General schedule
Official Registration and training day:
09:00 - 17:00 Official Registration and equipment inspection:
09:00 - 17:00 Training
18:30 - 19:30 Mandatory Safety Briefing: Saturday,
19:30 - 20:30 Team Leader Briefing: Saturday
starts 21:00 Opening ceremony:
Sunday, 2 Nobember - Monday, 10 November, 2014
Contest flying days
Monday 10 November, 2014
Prize-giving and Closing ceremony
Daily schedule
08:30 - Deadline for protests of the previous day
09:00 - Team leader briefing
09:30 - Transportation to Take off
11:00 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings
11:15 - Pilots' briefing / Previous task official results / Task definition
12:30 - Take-off window opens
16:30 - Scoring office opens
18:30 - Safe landing report deadline
21:30 - Scoring office closes
22:00 - Provisional results
23:00 - Complaints resolution published
The daily schedule is subject to change. Any changes to the schedule will be announced by
the Meet Director at the Daily Team Leader Briefing or Pilot Briefing.
Accommodation and Activities
How to get here
There will be carried out registration, receipt of tracks and other activities.
The hotel is located at Calle Tucumán Miguel Lillo 365, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán.
http://www.hgitucuman.com.ar/
The organization will arrange the transfer from HQ to take off in Loma Bola and from the base of the hill to the HQ each day of competition.
San Miguel de Tucumán is located in 1300 km NE from Buenos Aires.
Argentina , 0000 , San Miguel de Tucumán , Tucumán , Calle Tucumán Miguel Lillo 365
Tucuman Argentina
Plane
To get to San Miguel de Tucuman from Ezeiza International Airport you can take a taxi or a bus to the city of Buenos Aires and then go to the Retiro bus terminal or take a flight at the Jorge Newbery airport to San Miguel de Tucuman.
Ezeiza International Airport "Ministro Pistarini"
Lt. Highway. General Ricchieri Km 33.5 - (B1802EZE) Buenos Aires.
Phone: (54 11) 5480 2500
Jorge Newbery Airport
Av Rafael Obliged S / n, 1425 Buenos Aires
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Phone: 011 5480-2500
Benjamin Matienzo International Airport
Gallo Delfin S / N, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán
Phone: 0381 426-5072
Bus
Bus Station of Tucumán
Av JB Terán 250, San Miguel de Tucuman - Tucuman
Taxi
In San Miguel de Tucuman.
If you will arrive by land to the Bus Station of Tucumán where you can take a taxi to the HQ for about $120 AR (US $86).
If you took a plane, arrive at the Benjamin Matienzo International Airport. There you can take a taxi to the HQ with a value of about $250 Argentines (US $17).
Downloads
Waypoint files
Organizers
Contact: Eduardo Sanchez Granel
E-mail: efsg@fibertel.com.ar
http://www.favl.org.ar
Tel: +54 9 3814908454
Contact: Sergio Bujazha
E-mail: sbujazha@ciudad.com.ar info@lomabola.com.ar
http://www.lomabola.com
Weather Forecast
Contacts
-
Meet Director
- Sergio Bujazha
- +543814908454
- sbujazha@ciudad.com.ar
-
Safety Director & FAI coordination
- Mauricio Miguel
- +543814056207
- mauriciomiguel@lomabola.com.ar
-
Scorer - General Info
- Matias Fortini
- +543816528941
- matiasfortini@gmail.com
Socials
Category | Tagline | Participant | Phone | Description | Price |
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Overall
- Bernardo Medina Sastre (116)
- Michel Guillemot (88)
- RICARDO ANDRES GOMEZ ARROYAVE (999)
Tasks and results
Task 1
05 Nov, 2014
70.6 km — Race to goal
Task 2
06 Nov, 2014
62.8 km — Race to goal
Task 3
08 Nov, 2014
79.4 km — Race to goal
Task 4
09 Nov, 2014
65.2 km — Race to goal
Task 5
10 Nov, 2014
44.2 km — Race to goal