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XC Open Series 2007
Preview2007 Series

2007 - 6 South African Female pilots seeking SPONSORSHIP 1299
2007 XC-OPEN - Piedrahita - SA Ladies TEAM Sponsor Presentation 1485
2007 XC-OPEN - Piedrahita - SA Ladies Team Sponsorship Update - July 2007 1382
2007 XC-OPEN - Piedrahita -The South African Ladies Paragliding Team Costs & Media Exposure 1602
2007 XC-OPEN - Piedrahita. We need a sponsor for our Media Man and the SA Ladies Paragliding Team 1502
XC OPEN 2007 Carpinteria, Argentina 1064
XC Open World Series 2007 - Flygirl is Best Lady 1383
XC OPEN 2007 Piedrahita - FLYGIRL and the XC Open World Series 1397
XC OPEN 2007 Piedrahita - Final Results for all classes 1468
XC OPEN 2007 Piedrahita DAY 8 - The Race between 4 Pilots 1482
XC OPEN 2007 Piedrahita DAY 8 - Flygirl wins Task 8 1479
XC OPEN 2007 Piedrahita DAY 7 - The Swiss are back! 1311
XC Open 2007 Piedrahita - How NOT to get home early.... by Godfrey Wenness 1193
XC OPEN 2007 Piedrahita DAY 6 - The Swiss Fight Back 1406
XC OPEN 2007 Piedrahita DAY 5 - Godfrey wins his third day 1462
XC OPEN 2007 Piedrahita DAY 4 - Godfrey on a roll 1447
XC OPEN 2007 Piedrahita DAY 3 - Godfrey Wenness takes the day 1500
XC Open 2007 Piedrahita Day 2 - Hmm...XC Delight :-) 1461
2007 XC-OPEN - Piedrahita Day 1 1373
2007 XC-OPEN - Piedrahita house mates and Flygirls Personal Goal 1299
2007 XC-OPEN - Piedrahita & our South African Ladies Paragliding Team 3146
2007 XC-OPEN World Series - press release June 20 2007 3017
2007 XC-OPEN - Piedrahita - Update from the Organiser Hans Bausenwein 1351
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - Summary of Final Results 1962
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - Official Daily and Final Results 2599
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 6, 7 & 8 - Best flight 70km, Friendly Eagles 1946
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 6 Update on He Zhongpin's Death 4696
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 5 - Cautious 39kms 2636
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 4 and 5 - Some Placings 2297
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 4 - AWESOME MANILLA flying - Flygirl 144kms 3642
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 3 - Day cancelled in Honour of He 2443
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 2 - Confirmed one pilot dead 3420
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 1 News Stories 2284
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 1 - Sydney Morning Herald 3248
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 1 Ewa talks to Kari Castle 4013
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - DAY 1 - CLOUDSUCK and Lightning 15636
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - Flygirl Checklist 2789
2007 XC-Open - Manilla - First International Pic of Flygirl 2118
  • Rankings  ( 24 items )
    FAI
  • XC Open Series 2010  ( 3 items )
    2010 Series Dates
      Araxá - Brazil # 10.OCT - 17.OCT 2009 
      Manilla - Australia # 30.JAN - 10.FEB 2010 (*) 
      Piedrahita - Spain # 28.AUG - 04.SEPT 2010
  • Other Internationals  ( 29 items )
    Paragliding Internationally

    International competitions (other than XC Open World Series) 


    2010 Corryong (Australia)
    2010 Bright Open 2010 (Australia)
    NSW Hang Gliding State Titles (Australia)
    2009 Killarney Classic (Australia)
    2008 German Open (Spain)
    2007 Czech Open (Italy)

    There is also information about competitions I followed from a distance

  • South Africa  ( 30 items )
    South African Flag

    CLICK ON THE SA flag to read about South African Competitions 
    Latest competitions Flygirl took part in:
             CAT 2 - Gradient XC Africa De Aar       14 - 21 November 2009
    CAT 2 & SAPC - 3rd Round - Winelands PG Open Pampoenfontein, Porterville 13 - 19 December 2009
    Includes competitions from 2005 -2009

  • XC Open Series 2009  ( 10 items )
    Preview       2009 Series

    Manilla * Australia                  14FEB-21FEB 2009
    Sopot * Bulgaria                     08AUG-15AUG 2009
    Piedrahita * Spain                  30AUG-06SEP 2009
  • XC Open Series 2008  ( 24 items )
    Preview2008 Series

  • Hunting Records.....  ( 18 items )
    Nevil Hulett - The Man!


           Going where no man has gone before .........................                                         

  • Leonardo  ( 7 items )

    LeonardoThis category is now archived. Leonardo provided an awesome platform to promote flying achievements and tourism in our country, but with Greg Hamerton and I no longer driving this initiative in SA, it died a sudden death in January 2008.  Cross Country pilots like myself enjoyed keeping track of what flights were flown where.  It inspired us to fly more and further and brought many overseas pilots to our country to experience flying in South Africa.
    Thank you to the Leonardo developers. They continue to do a great job incorporating more and more databases around the world into their system.

  • 2008 Pre-PWC Banning  ( 11 items )
    SAHPA

    FLYGIRL did NOT cover the 2008 Pre-PWC in Porterville due to the banning by organiser Rob Manzoni.
    Reason: Personal disputes in 2007 between Gaynor Schoeman and Rob Manzoni.
    Process: Despite asking SAHPA to mediate, who in turn approached FAI and CIVL, resulting in an official investigation and SAHPA Ruling in Flygirl's favour, SAHPA found itself unable to enforce its ruling with the competition organiser. 
    Result: I withdrew my entry to stop the war that was threatening to polarise our community and was penalised on the National Rankings through not being able to compete on a fair basis.  This is abuse of an organisers position. All allegations are stored here. Please keep in mind that these are Rob's words.  They are not the same as the truth.  I have not offered public defence.  There was no need to defend myself. 

    Aero Club

    UPDATE 30 July 2009:  Regarding ongoing disputes with the organiser of the All Africa Open, Rob Manzoni, SAHPA has made the following ruling which will apply to all paragliding competitions in South Africa.  This ruling is in line with AeroClubs signature motto : Yours in Preserving Free Flight!
    Sanctioning of competitions at Dasklip,Porterville.pdf