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Main Take off: La Figuerassa

Coordinates: N 42°07’18’’ E 1°49’26’’
1.490 m MSL;
Direction: S, SE...

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117 Pilots Confirmed
117 Pilots total registered
300 EUR Entry fee

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120 Pilots max allowed
30 Countries presented
✅ EN-C and below allowed
❌ CCC & EN-D wings prohibited
🏆 FAI Status = CAT 2 🏅

left before start of event

Registration will open on
13/01 14:00 (Europe/Madrid)

Safety

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The organiser will supply Live trackers to you, for safety and scoring

Live trackers supplied
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The region supports helicopter rescues

Helicopter rescue
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There will be medical rescue services at launch

Medic on takeoff
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The region generally has good phone coverage

Good phone coverage
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We will be monitoring radios for your safety whilst you fly

Radio coverage
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Live Tracking is MANDATORY in this event to score. The organiser will provide the trackers.

Live trackers mandatory

Organisation

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There will be vehicles supplied to take you to launch

Launch Transport
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There will be retrieve vehicles available to return pilots to HQ

Retrieve included
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The organisers will download the tracklogs at HQ for scoring

Tracklogs managed
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The organisers are using Airtribune for registration, tracking, blogging and to publish scores

Airtribune blogging

Benefits

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There will be daily lunch packs for pilots

Lunch packs
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The organisers will give you an ID card with all the essential items listed

ID Cards
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The organisers will have free WiFi available at HQ

Free WiFi
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There will be an organised party during or after the event

Party
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You will receive a tshirt or other welcome gift

Free gift

Environment

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The organisers have commmitted to Carbon Offset the event and/or Plant a Tree for each competitor

Carbon offset / Plant a Tree
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The organisers support reducing the use of unnecessary plastic at the event. This includes NOT giving disposable water bottles

Plastic reduction

Contacts

SRS Organisation
- REGISTRATION QUERIES
- https://sportsracingseries.org
- office@sportsracingseries.org
Local Organizer
- Jordi Aymerich Casas
- https://puntxat.wixsite.com/puntxat
- aymecasas@hotmail.com

Event info

Ready to Race?
Welcome to the Sports-Class Racing Series, a series of international high-level competitions to crown a Sports-Class Champion at the end of 2024. If you enjoy racing mid-aspect wings, you’ve come to the right place!

The SRS is for pilots who have outgrown fun and national competitions, and are looking to take the next step. It’s also for experienced EN-B & EN-C pilots who want to finally be able to race on a level playing field. In the SRS, pilots will enjoy all the thrills of high-level racing without needing to fly an EN-D or CCC wing.

In short, it’s paragliding racing for a new generation.
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This is 2nd edition of the 2024 series and BGD will be our partner for the event.

For this edition we are going to the Berga, in the heart of Catalunya, Spain. The event will have 6 racing tasks.

Our meet director will be Joanna Di Grigoli. Joanna has expansive experience in our sport and in Spain has previously MD’d the Nordic Open 2021 and Belgian Open 2022. She also runs a very successful Spanish podcast (link to the podcast)

The Berga venue
Berga has previously hosted the Spanish Nationals of four occasions. Be ready to be amazed by the Catalan culture and cuisine. The local club is well known for organising the most fun events in the whole Spanish territory. Being a part of the Pyrenees we can expect some reliable weather, strong thermals and generous convergences lines.

PRIZES
At the end of the event, there will be a draw for a BGD Sports wing of the winners choice, and an Oudie N instrument from Naviter.
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You can find out a lot more about the SRS series on the FAQ section of our website:
https://sportsracingseries.org/faq/

Flying site

Main Take off: La Figuerassa

Coordinates: N 42°07’18’’ E 1°49’26’’
1.490 m MSL;
Direction: S, SE

Selection and entry fee

QUALIFYING
The event is a Sports Class only competition. That means no CCC or EN-D gliders. But EN-C's and below are allowed. 2-liner C's are also allowed.

The event is open to all pilots, but those with prior competition experience on Sports wings will have priority.

SELECTION
Selection is based on an algorithm that considers WPRS scored on a Sports wing. The organisers decision is final.
More details can be find here: https://sportsracingseries.org/about-us/selection/

SRS MEMBERSHIP
All participants of the SRS series of events must be a member of the SRS Organisation. You only need to join once per season, regardless of how many SRS events you participate in. The annual cost of membership is 25 euro. You do not need to pay until after your registration is accepted into the first SRS event. Details will be sent when you register and are accepted to this event. The membership fees is used towards the administration costs of linking all the SRS events.

EVENT PAYMENT
♦ Payment will be made by Paypal. Details will be sent by email if your application to participate is accepted.
♦ If you receive a payment offer you should pay immediately, otherwise we will offer your place to another pilot on the waiting list.
♦ Do ensure you have read the cancellation policy before making any payment!

INCLUDED
The payment will get you:
♦ Daily transport to launch for all tasks
♦ Retrieves daily
♦ Daily lunch packs
♦ Trackers, for safety and scoring
♦ Typical tasking/scoring services
♦ T-shirt & other souvenirs as we are able
♦ Discounts for alternative activities in the event of bad weather
♦ Other event benefits, as they are made available
♦ Access to social evenings
♦ Entry to any prize draws

REQUIRED BY YOU
All Pilots must hold the following:
♦ An FAI IPPI 4 licence
♦ An FAI Sporting Licence (Don't confuse this with an IPPI card)
♦ Medical/Travel insurance
♦ Third party liability insurance (usually from your National Organisation)
♦ A mobile phone
♦ Recently repacked reserve parachute
♦ Helmet, certified for paragliding use
♦ Harness with certified back protection (Check rules for harness restrictions)
♦ 2M Radio capable of 143.900 Mhz FM
If you do not have ALL of the above you will NOT be permitted to participate.

Documents required at registration

Issued by your local NAC on behalf of the FAI. You cannot normally compete in an FAI event without one. Contact your National Association (NAC)

FAI Sporting Licence
The FAI IPPI card is an International card that states your skill level. It is issued by your National Association and matches the level or your flying Licence

FAI IPPI Card
The organiser requires you to present your National flying licence.

National Licence
You will need to sign an applicaton form at the venue. Usually the organiser will provide it on arrival.

Signed Application form
You will need to sign a waiver or release document to show you understand the risks. Usually the organiser will provide it on arrival.

Signed Waiver/Release form
You will need to provide photo ID on arrival. This could be Passport, Driving Licence or National ID, for example.

Identification documents needed
You must provide the organiser with a copy of your liability (3rd party) insurance documents

Liability Insurance

Cancellation Policy

CANCELLATION BY YOU
Pilots who want to cancel their registration should do it as soon as possible.

♦ A pilot who cancels at least 45 days before the event start can ask for a refund of the entry fee (an administrative fee of €60 will be deducted).
♦ Cancellations received less than 45 days before the event start will be refunded 50% of the entry fee.
♦ Cancellations received less than 2 weeks before the event start will not be refunded.

Cancellations must be informed by email and the date at which the email is received will be used to calculate your refund, if one is due.

♦ Refunds are not immediate. We have one admin day per month.
♦ Your deposit and/or payment is NOT transferable to another pilot. There is a strict selection process and you cannot bypass this by passing your payment to another pilot.
♦ Please ensure you have adequate holiday travel insurance to cover any losses if you later find you are unable to participate.

CANCELLATION BY US
In the event the organisers deem it necessary to cancel, relocate, or reschedule the competition you will be entitled to a partial refund:
♦ Up to 45 days 45 days before the event start : 100% less a 30€ admin charge
♦ Less than 45 days before the event start: 75% refund
♦ Less than 7 days before the event start: A percentage of funds once any costs incurred by the local organiser have been deducted.
♦ After the start of the competition any refunds will be at the sole discretion of the organisers.

The organisers will not be liable for any costs incurred by anyone attending, or intending to attend the event, or any consequential losses arising from the cancellation, relocation, or rescheduling of the event.

Prize fund and scoring categories

EVENT AWARDS & PRIZES
♦ Overall - All gliders in the competition
♦ Standard - All gliders EN-B and below
♦ Women - All females
♦ Lightweight class - Pilots 85kg or under
♦ Medium weight class - Pilots between 85kg -100kg

♦ A Sponsor prize*. The winners name to be drawn at random.
♦ A brand new Naviter Oudie N. The winners name to be drawn at random.

There will not be any cash prizes at the event. This is an amateur racing competition.

More info here: https://sportsracingseries.org/trophies/

SRS SERIES PRIZES
Constructors Trophy
♦ A share of a 1,600€ prize pool for the winning teams
♦ 6 free places for 2025 events

More about the CONSTRUCTORS TROPHY

♦ Each manufacturer can select up to four pilots per event
♦ The top two pilots from each team will score for the day
♦ The team with the highest score at the end of the season wins the trophy for the manufacturer
♦ The team with the highest score wins the prizes

See website for more information on entering as a Constructor team pilot.
https://sportsracingseries.org/constructors-trophy/

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*if one of the prizes will be a wing, it is going to be limited to EN-C or below. The wing must be for the pilots own use and be selected based on their abilities. No cash alternatives.

General schedule

Sunday, June 2, 2024
Practice Day (Task & general site safety on launch. No trackers, no downloads, nor scoring)

14:00 - 18:00 Official Registration and Equipment Inspection.
Official Venue of the Event

20:00 - Mandatory Safety Briefing

June 3 Monday - June 8 Saturday, 2024
Competition flying days.

Saturday, Jun 8, 2024
19:00 - Prize giving, celebration meal and closing ceremony

Daily schedule

08:00 - Headquarter opens.
09:00 - De-Briefing of Latest Task
10:00 - Transport to take off
11:00 - Meet Director / Task and Safety Committee meetings.
12:00 - Pilots briefing / Previous task official results / Task definition.
12:30 - Take off window is Open.
17:00 - Scoring Office Opens
19:00 - Provisional results

*** Daily schedule can change, depending of the weather conditions.

Accommodation and Activities

https://maps.app.goo.gl/VLnuuUbCSPz48hUs9

The Headquarters location has toilets, showers, electricity, Wifi and storage room for gliders and a big landing area. Camping and caravan parking will be allowed trough the event free of charge.

There it will be a bar operated by the club with breakfast and drinks from early morning till the night. Dinner options will also be available at the HQ.
Dinner and price giving will be held at HQ as well.

If you are staying in a paid accommodation, please reserve in advance since it will be high season and everything will be booked close the date of the event

There are two very large camping sites also located near by:
The Camping Berga Resort https://www.bergaresort.com/
and the Camping Font Freda https://www.campingfontfreda.com/

There are many hotels in the area, the very large one is Hotel Berga Parc https://www.hotelbergapark.com/

The Berguedá district offers also a wide range of options in typical rural houses.

Major attractions in Berga are related the natural environment.
Hiking is fantastic, there is the Baells Dam https://visitmuseum.gencat.cat/en/centre-d-interpretacio-de-la-presa-de-la-baells and there are many areas for swimming and kayaking such as https://maps.app.goo.gl/m7qpFBhTsmQ6VdG98

For non-flying areas, we'll have some local speakers giving some lectures about how to fly the local site plus some cool history.

How to get here

Alongside you can find a field for camping or hard standing for caravans. There are showers and toilets available however the camping is informal.

Via Plane:
You can fly into Barcelona and from there, connect via metro to the bus station. Then take the ALSA bus from Estación de Autobuses Barcelona Nord to Berga, this journey takes 2 hours.

You can also fly into Girona, but from there is best to rent a car.

Via Train:
Most of europe is connected via train lines, you can take a tain to Barcelona Sants and from there connect to the same bus you may take coming by air.

Driving
Driving is a good option, since would be faster and rentals are not expensive. You can organise sharing some rental cars via the pilots group in the SRS WhastApp channel.

The organization wont be doing collections from airports to the event.

C/ de la Sardana, 24, 08600 Berga, Barcelona, Spain
Berga Spain