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We are pleased to invite you to the annual edition of Shumen XC Open Cross Country competition. It will be held from 12 till 16 August.
As we like the endless flatlands surrounding the plateau of Shumen, we decided not to put limits on our competition tasks!
Shumen XC Open is not the traditional competition with a pre-defined route.
Flying site
Shumen plateau is situated in the northeast part of the Bulgaria and is known as the most thermic country part. The place used to be a National Gliders education center in the years of communism. The plateau with it`s 3 take offs for wind directions from North through East to South, surrounded with endless flatlands is a really good point to start your long open distance flight or in the days with less wind your big triangle.
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Contacts
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General Organizer
- Yavor Plashilski
- +359899907909
- plashilski1@abv.bg
Event info
We are pleased to invite you to the annual edition of Shumen XC Open Cross Country competition. It will be held from 12 till 16 August.
As we like the endless flatlands surrounding the plateau of Shumen, we decided not to put limits on our competition tasks!
Shumen XC Open is not the traditional competition with a pre-defined route. A suitable vector (direction) is chosen each day according to the wind forecasts. The winner is the pilot who manages to fly furthest before the deadline. Race the wind, chase the clouds, and reach the furthest horizon!
Scoring sistem - Leonardo. 1km - 1.5 points. Each pilot uploads his or her own tracklog to Leonardo's server. The sum of points received for all days of the race for each pilot form the final ranking. No discards are provided. Each pilot can upload several traclogs per day, but only the one with the highest score is calculated. Restart is allowed until 15.00
Selection and entry fee
Can be paid via:
IBAN: BG82UNCR70001523241974
BIC: UNCRBGSF
BENFLY LTD
Entry fee includes
- T-Shirt
- Water
- Scoring
If you wish, you can pay 50 euros extra (paid at the time of your registration) for:
- transport to the take-off
- retrieve on the main route for all the registered pilots during all competition days
Prize fund and scoring categories
General schedule
9:30 – 10:00 Mandatory Safety Briefing
10:00 – 11:00 Transport to the take-off
11:00 – 19:00 Fliyng and retrive
12 Aug - 16 Aug
Contest flying days
09:30 – 11:00 Transport to the take-off
10:30 – 20:00 Fliyng and retrive
Sunday, 16 Aug
21:00 Prize giving and Closing ceremony+
Daily schedule
09:30 Deadline for the previous day protests
09:30 – 11:00 Transport to the take-off
10:30 – 20:00 Fliyng and retrive
Accommodation and Activities
Main accommodation hotel is Hotel Rai (where the HQ is located at).
Additional hotels:
- Hotel Neon
- Hotel Zoti
How to get here
Shumen, Bulgaria
ул. „Охрид“ 26, 9700 Шумен Център, Шумен, България
Shumen Bulgaria
Plane
The nearest airports are in Sofia and Varna.
From Sofia Airport:
Taxi from Airport to Central Bus/Railway stations: ~7 Euro (max. 10 Euro)
- by train with Bulgarian Railways: ~400 km, ~13 Euro
- by bus from central bus station: ~400 km, ~18 Euro
From Varna Airport:
Taxi from Airport to Central Bus/Railway stations: ~7 Euro (max. 10 Euro)
- by train with Bulgarian Railways: ~100 km, ~6 Euro
- by bus from central bus station: ~100 km, ~6 Euro
Car
Shumen is located on the main road Sofia – Varna.
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Organizers
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Contacts
-
General Organizer
- Yavor Plashilski
- +359899907909
- plashilski1@abv.bg