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The competition is the official national championship with all the best Polish and Hungarian pilots participating. Once again the event will be hosted by the amazing Soca valley from 22 till 28 of May, 2016.

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133 Pilots Confirmed
133 Pilots total registered

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135 Pilots max allowed
10 Countries presented
✅ All certified wings allowed
🏆 FAI Status = CAT 2 🏅

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Organizers

Contacts

Registration
- Karolina Kocięcka
- +48601072702
- sport@psp.org.pl

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Local Regulations

Event info

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

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
• Previous competition experience
• Valid pilot license and valid FAI sporting license
• Medical insurance covering paragliding
• Third party liability insurance covering paragliding
• IPPI card level 5 - if you dont have it please contact us by email

100 places reserved for the national championship pilots.
The remaining 25 places will be allocated to foreign pilots according to their WPRS ranking. Selection for foreign pilots will be announced on 1st April 2016 - the selected pilots will receive an email with payment details.

ENTRY FEE:
130 EUR until 16.04.2016
150 EUR from 17.04.2016

The entry fee includes:
• Transport to take-off
• Retrieve
• Livetracking
• Lunch packet
• T-shirts, maps and other gadgets
• Medical emergency services
• Prizegiving

INFO DLA UCZESTNIKÓW PMP:
26 marca otrzymasz osobnego maila, jeżeli zostaniesz zakwalifikowany/a. Tam też znajdziesz szczegóły dotyczące opłaty wpisowego.

Wymagania dla uczestników Mistrzostw Polski 2016 są następujące:

• wcześniejszy udział w zawodach FAI bądź doświadczenie przelotowe
• certyfikowana paralotnia (EN bądź CCC)
• licencja sportowa FAI wydana przez AP (instrukcje na stronie AP)
• IPPI 5 (jest to wymagane przepisami słoweńskimi; wniosek na IPPI złożysz w prosty sposób przez XCPortal)
• ubezpieczenie OC (na 1 mln PLN wystarczy)
• ubezpieczenie kosztów leczenia (poza EKUZem zalecamy dodatkowe ubezpieczenie KL, które pokrywa m.in. powrót do Polski)

ZASADY SELEKCJI NA PMP
1. Zapisywać się na zawody można do 25 marca. 26 marca zostanie ogłoszona pierwsza lista kwalifikacyjna: 60 miejsc zostanie przyznanych zgodnie z polskim rankingiem pilotów z dnia 31.10.2015 r., a 7 miejsc przyzna organizator w ramach dzikich kart. 10% miejsce jest zarezerwowanych dla dziewczyn (czyli 7).
2. Osoby zakwalifikowane będą miały 7 dni na potwierdzenie udziału opłacając wpisowe.
3, Po tym terminie, jeżeli nie dokończą procesu rejestracji, ich miejsca zostaną zaproponowane kolejnym osobom z rankingu.

Prize fund and scoring categories

Overall
Serial Class
Sport Class
Women
Polish Championship
Hungarian Championship

*Serial class (max EN-D either with less than 6.51 aspect ratio or three-liners)

General schedule

Saturday, May 21, 2016
17:00 - 20:00 - Official Registration

Sunday, May 22, 2016
07:30 - 09:00 - Official Registration
9:00 - Mandatory Safety Briefing and Opening Ceremony
10:00 - Transport to the Take-off, first official task

Sunday, May 22 - Friday, May 27, 2016
Contest flying days

Saturday, May 28
Reserve day in case of less than 4 tasks

Friday, May27 OR Saturday, May 28, 2016
20:00 - Prize-giving and closing ceremony

Daily schedule

07:00 - Headquarter opens
8:30 - Briefing at the HQ
9:00 - Transport to the take-off
11:00 - Pilots' briefing / Previous task official results / Task definition
12:00 - Take-off window opens
16:30 - Scoring office opens
21:00 - Provisional results

Accommodation and Activities

Main accomodation for pilot will be at Camp Gabrje, which offers a 10% discount for the period of the competition.

All aorund, in Tolmin, Gabrje, Volarje, Kamno and Kobarid there are many private guesthouses, with prices at around 15-25 EUR.

How to get here

The easiest way to get to Tolmin is by car, but there are also connections by bus from the main Slovenian cities.
Camp Gabrje coordinates
N46° 11' 46.8234"
E013° 41' 49.3074"

Libia
Tolmin/Gabrje 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.