Flygirl and the world of Paragliding

South Africa

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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

Winelands Paragliding Open 13-19 August 2009	434
Gradient XC Africa 14-21 November 2009	432
SAPC Round 2 Bulwer 3-9 August 2008	1207
SAPC 2008 Round 1 Barberton	1391
The All Africa Open 2007	1961
Wilderness Club Challenge - Report back by Ettienne Giani	1373
The All Africa - Pilot Registration List	1438
Wilderness Club Challenge	1190
SAPC 2007 Round 2 - Bedford - Class, Club and Team Results	1063
SAPC 2007 Round 2 - Bedford Open - Daily Task and Overall Results	1042
SAPC 2007 Round 2 - Bedford Open - Daily Reports	1251
SAPC 2007 Round 2 - Bedford Open	1494
SAPC 2007 Round 1 - Thabazimbi - THE SPONSORS	1882
SAPC 2007 Round 1 - Thabazimbi Final Results incl Day 5/6	1503
SAPC 2007 Round 1 - Thabazimbi Day 3 & 4	1658
SAPC 2007 Round 1 - Thabazimbi Day 1 & 2	1527
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct - Final Individual Results	1745
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct - Category Winners	1582
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct - Final Team Results	1499
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct - Task 4 - Flygirl 10th and 2nd Century 102km	1713
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct - Team Status after Task 3	1540
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct - Results after Task 3 - Flygirl 7th	1485
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct - Task 3 - Story - Flygirl 9th	1326
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct -Results after Task 2 - Flygirl 9th	1423
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct - Task 2 - Flygirl 7th	1409
De Aar North vs South - 2006 Oct - Task 1 - Flygirl 6th	1386
Wigwam - Last day at SA Paragliding Comp - 2006 Sep 30	1660
De Aar San Challenge 2005 Sponsorship Prizes from the People of Riebeek Valley	1518
De Aar San Challenge 2005 Sponsorship Vehicles from Rola Motors	1858
De Aar San Challenge 2005 Sponsorship Prizes and Financial Support	1427

Rankings ( 24 items )

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 )

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

XC Open Series 2009 ( 10 items )

       2009 Series

Manilla * Australia                  14FEB-21FEB 2009
Sopot * Bulgaria                    08AUG-15AUG 2009
Piedrahita * Spain                  30AUG-06SEP 2009

XC Open Series 2008 ( 24 items )

2008 Series
XC Open Series 2007 ( 38 items )

2007 Series
Hunting Records..... ( 18 items )

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

Leonardo ( 7 items )

This 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 )

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.

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

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