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Event info
Bulgarian National AeroClub, the town of Sopot, the Centre of extreme sports SHAMBHALA, and club SkyNomad have the pleasure to invite you to the test even for World Championship 2013.
The test event will be held in Sopot from 14th to 21st of July 2012.
Flying site
Sopot is the most famous flying site in Bulgaria. This little town is situated at the southern foot of Stara Planina, the longest Balkan mountain chain. Its length 560 km and it crosses Bulgaria from the western border to the Black sea.
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Prize funds and scoring categories
- Overall
- Women
- Teams
Event info
Bulgarian National AeroClub, the town of Sopot, the Centre of extreme sports SHAMBHALA, and club SkyNomad have the pleasure to invite you to the test even for World Championship 2013.
The test event will be held in Sopot from 14th to 21st of July 2012. The main take-off in Sopot is well known and used for many national competitions and few Pre-World and World Cups from 2004 to 2011. The competition is sanctioned as FAI Category 2 event, but as a test event will be run on rules for FAI Category 1 events with only a few exceptions described in the Local Regulations.
Selection and entry fee
The entry fee is €160
Bank transfer
Amount to be received: €160
In favor of Bulgarian National AeroClub
IBAN: BG12 UNCR 7000 1520 4942 54
BIC CODE: UNCRBGSF
In favor of Sport Club "Shambhala"
IBAN: BG88 UNCR 7630 1476 0643 40
BIC CODE: UNCRBGSF
UNICREDIT BULBANK
PayPal
To Sport Club Shambhala
info@shambhala-center.ru
In the additional information field please specify your CIVL ID!
Entry fee includes
Map, badge and other printed materials
Waypoints upload, tracklog download and scoring
Transportation to the take-offs and retrieval
Competition T-shirt
Access to all competitions parties and cultural events
WiFi Internet access at headquarters building and scoring point
Livetracking device with SIM card
Livetracking service
Rescue service, first aid service and transportation to hospital
Available payment methods
Prize fund and scoring categories
1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked - Standard class in the competition
1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked - Woman Overall in the competition
In “Standard class” will compete all pilots flying gliders not specifically designed for competitions. This includes (but not limited to) gliders certified by EN 926 standard (or equivalent) in category A, B, C and gliders certified in category D before November 2011.
General schedule
Opening and Training day
12:00 - 19:00 Registration from
20:00 - 21:00 Opening ceremony
Sunday, July 15, 2012
09:00 Mandatory safety meeting at
12:00 First competition briefing at
Sunday, July 15 - Saturday, July 21, 2012
Contest flying days
Saturday, July 21, 2012
20:00 Prize-giving and closing ceremony
Daily schedule
10:00 - Transport to take-off
11:30 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings
12:00 - Pilots briefing / Task definition
12:30 - Take-off window opens
17:00 - Scoring office opens at the main Headquarter
18:00 - Safe landing report deadline
20:00 - Scoring office closes
21:00 - Provisional results
Accommodation and Activities
How to get here
HQ is located in the cinema center "Aleksander Vazov" in the center of the town of Sopot.
42° 39' 51.732" N, 24° 44' 49.9704" E
Sopot, cinema center "Aleksander Vazov"
Sopot Bulgaria
Plane
Sofia International Airport - regular flights to many destinations. You can easily arrive to the city center from Sofia Airport.
There is a underground station at the airport. That is the most convinient way to get to the center or to the Bus/Train station.
After you pass imigration and custom control you exit from the Arrival Hall and enter the public area of the airport. Turn left and walk to the far east end of the the terminal and there you will see the signs for the metro (underground) station. This is the last station so you have only one option (Metro line 2).
To get to the Train/Bus station you have to transfer to Metro line 1 at Serdica station. Tickets are sold in the station and the price is 1BGN ( if you have a big bag - like a paraglider, you have to buy 1 more ticket for the luggage).
The journey time to the Train/Bus station is around 30min
Bus
You may as well come to Sopot by bus directly from Sofia or take a bus to reach Sopot from Karlovo if you come from this direction. In Sofia you have 2 bus stations: Central Bus Station and Serdika bus station in front of Sofia Central Railway Station.
From Sofia to Sopot
From Serdika bus station in front of Sofia Central Railway Station there is a bus to Karlovo/Sopot leaving at 12:00 and arriving to Sopot at 14:35
Web site: http://www.union-ivkoni.com
Tel: +359(2)989-0000
Tel: +359(2)989-1111
There is a bus leaving Sofia at 14:30/16:30 on Sunday.
Web site: www.kastelexport.com
Tel: +359(335)99144
From Karlovo to Sopot
05.30 - 23.00 (about every 30 minutes)
Web site: www.kastelexport.com
Check Central Bus Station (near Central Railway Station) for buses to Kazanlak. Some of them go via Karlovo, some take the highway to Plovdiv and go via Banya (10 km from Karlovo). There are buses every hour from Banya to Karlovo.
From Sofia Central Bus Station you can take a bus to Plovdiv (60 km from Sopot/Karlovo).
From Plovdiv to Karlovo
From "Avtogara Ug"/South Bus Station
Plovdiv, blvd Hristo Botev 47
Tel: +359(32)626-937
Departure:06.00; 06.30; 07.00; 08.00; 09.00; 10.00; 11.00; 12.00; 13.00; 14.00; 15.00; 16.00; 17.00; 18.00; 19.00; 20.00
From Burgas to Karlovo
Veliko Tarnovo - Banya (Plovdiv) - 08:00; 13:30.
Gorna Oryahovitsa - Karlovo - 06:00 - 9:55
You can alos arrive to Bulgaria by bus. For example there is bus line from Istanbul.
From Istanbul to Plovdiv
Cost about 20 euro
Departure: 09:00, 12:00, 20:30, 21:30 и 23:00
Platform 121
www.metrotourism.net
www.hunturturizm.com
www.ozvarolturizm.com
www.varan.com.tr
Train
To come to Sopot you can take a train to Sopot or Karlovo. Check Bulgarian railways official website www.bdz.bg for time-table updates. Here are some suggestions.
From central railway station in Sofia
Sofia (05:45) - Sopot (09:17)
Sofia (07:35) - Karlovo (10:01)
Sofia (08:48) - Sopot (11:44)
Sofia (16:10) - Karlovo (18:24)
Sofia (17:00) - Sopot (20:33)
From Plovdiv railway station to Karlovo
Plovdiv (07:43) - Karlovo (09:06)
Plovdiv (11:35) - Karlovo (13:06)
Plovdiv (14:00) - Karlovo (15:25)
Plovdiv (16:30) - Karlovo (18:00)
Plovdiv (18:00) - Karlovo (19:33)
From Burgas railway station to Karlovo
Burgas (05:35) - Karlovo (09:23)
Burgas (14:25) - Karlovo (18:45)
Car
Just keep your GPS navigator guiding you to the headquarters location: 42° 39.285'N 24° 45.386'E
Travelling hint to those who travel to Sopot by car:
Don't confuse Sopot town near Karlovo (south of Stara planina mountains on the road Sofia-Burgas) with Sopot village on the main road Sofia-Varna (north of Stara planina mountains).
Rent a car services:
"Top Rent-a-Car "
Web site: http://toprentacar.bg/en
Sofia Airport
140 "Mimi Balkanska" str.
Mobile.: +359 888 333 548
Phone.: +359 2 9815381
Varna Airport
Arrivals Hall
In Terminal
Mobile.: +359 887 205 813
Varna Downtown
17 "Tsar Osvoboditel" blvd.
Mobile.: +359 886 282 898
Phone.: +359 52 601 353
Bourgas Airport
Arrivals Hall
Mobile.: +359 882 425 516
Phone.: +359 56 872 309
Bourgas Downtown
Burgas Plaza Mall
Mobile.: +359 885 178 819
Phone.: +359 56 521 411
"Kepito"
Tel: +359 (0335) 9 22 37
Tel: +359 (0887) 528 431
Tel: +359 (0887) 657 668
Email: kepito@abv.bg
"Siona"
Evgeniya Yoncheva
Tel: +359 (0878) 82 28 30
Tel: +359 (0899) 25 00 66
Taxi
From Sofia Airport to Sopot
From the airport you can take a taxi directly to Sopot or to the Central Railway Station or the Central Bus Station. At the arrival hall look for the office of "OK super trance" taxi service. When you exit terminal 1 or 2 you will have the official taxi parking to "OK super trance" to your right.
The trip to Central Railway Station costs about 6 euro during the day and about 8 euro during the night.
Sopot airport taxi service
Taxi Service: "OK super trance"
Tel: +359(2)973-2121
Web site: http://www.oktaxi.net/cgi-bin/oktaxi.pl?code=main&lang=en
From Karlovo to Sopot
Not more than 10 euro.
Downloads
Waypoint files
Organizers
Tel: +359 878 877 665
Contact: Sotir Lazarkov
E-mail: national_aeroclub@mail.bg
http://www.bnac.bg/
Tel: +359 31 346 376
Tel: + 359 899118446
Contact: Albina Yasinskaya
E-mail: info@shambhala-center.ru
http://www.shambhala-paragliding.com
GPS coordinates: N 42°39.312' E024°45.455'
Mobile: +359 89998 2566 (8:00 - 20:00 GMT+2)
Tel/Fax: +359 3134 8480 (9:00 - 18:00: GMT+2)
http://www.skynomad.com
Contacts
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We are ready for the World's!
It was a fine competition with 5 interesting tasks within 7 days. The FAI observeres were glad to find the place is absolutely ready to accept the World Paragliding Championship in 2013. The pilots thanked the organizing team for excellent care support and interesting leisure programs. Still there is a sorrow that cannot be forgot. We shall always remember Dilip Kotecha an Indian pilot who died in the unknown-reason accident during the first task.