Czech Open 2009

Date:May 10 - May 16, 2009
Place: Levico Terme, Mt. Panarotta - Italy
Discipline: Paragliding - Cross Country
Category: FAI 2
General organizer: AIR CENTRUM
Competition director: Karel Vejchodsky
Technical director:Vaclav Konecny

Contact information

www: http://www.xcontest.org/czechopen2009

email: czechopen2009@xcontest.org

tel: +420777560735

Rules fo participants and Registration

Registration for the competition on-line at registration page.

!!! The registration is valid only if the full entry fee has been paid, otherwise you are at the waiting list !!!
Maximum number of participants is limited to 110.

Entry Requirements

valid pilot license

valid FAI sporting license

medical insurance covering paragliding (proof will be checked at competition registration)

third party liability insurance covering paragliding (proof will be checked at competition registration)

unmodified certified paraglider (a documentation of line strength requirements fulfillment according to Section 7 of FAI Sporting Code for will be required for prototypes), helmet, reserve

radio 2m

entry fee payment

Entry Fee

160,- EUR.
Pilots taking part at XCamp 2009 (May 4 - May 9, 2009) can use total special fee 240,- EUR!

Entry fee includes:

results processing

take-off and landing zones fees

transportation to take-off

retrieves

GPS coordinates, map of the area

t-shirt

closing party

Entry fee should be paid:

by bank transfer:

account no: 1060010723
variable symbol: FAI license number

IBAN: CZ09 6800 0000 0010 6001 0723
account name and address: Karel Vejchodsky, Podnasepni 16, 602 00 Brno, CZ
bank address: Volksbank CZ, a.s., Herspicka 5, 658 28 Brno
SWIFT: VBOE CZ 2X
The payment must be passed to the account before 6th April to qualify for the fee without a late payment surcharge!!!
For international bank transfers you have to pay all transaction fees (your payment order must be marked OUR).

by PayPal in rare cases (we removed PayPal because of hight transactions costs. If are not able to send funds via bank transfer, contact us and we will send you PayPal invoice)

Processing of Results

GPS will be used for the flight verification. CompeGPS 5.7 will be used for downloading and validation of GPS track-log. All types of GPS supported by this software will be accepted in case the pilot provides a cable for PC – GPS connection. The organizer provides cables for GARMIN GPS.

Awarded Categories

OPEN – order of all competition participants.
OPEN FEMALE – order of all female competition participants.
TEAM – order of teams of 4 pilots. The team score is a sum of points of all team members in each task.
CZECH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 OPEN – order of all czech competition participants holding a Czech pilot license.
CZECH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 FEMALE – order of all czech female competition participants holding a Czech pilot license.
CZECH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 SERIAL – order of all czech competition participants holding a Czech pilot license flying certified gliders of categories Performance or DHV 2-3.
Minimum number of participants in each category is 5.

Registration for the Competition

Competition office - Levico Terme landing (more informations about location here)

9. 5. 2009 18:00 – 22:00

10. 5. 2009 08:00 - 09:00

Competition Schedule

10th May 2009	09:00 a.m.	opening ceremony, general briefing
10th May 2009	10:00 a.m.	transportation to take-off task briefing competition task
11th May – 14th May 2009	09:00 a.m.	transportation to take-off task briefing competition task
15th May 2009	09:00 a.m.	transportation to take-off task briefing competition task
15th May 2009	08:00 p.m.	results, closing ceremony
16th May 2009 (reserve day in case less than 3 valid tasks)	09:00 a.m.	transportation to take-off task briefing competition task
	08:00 p.m.	results, closing ceremony