PARAGLIDING INTERNATIONAL EVENT CAT. FAI 2 OPEN 
“CAMPIONATO ITALIAN OPEN GEMONA 2017”

 
LOCAL RULES:

1. Organization The event is organized by AEROCLUB BULE PHOENIX

  
2. Flying site

Flying area: FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA (ZONA del Gemonese) North East ITALY
Official Take-off: : Monte Cuarnan  - Gemona del Friuli -  (UD) – alt 1.180mt slm
Official Landing: landing area managed by “Gemona del Friuli zona “GODO”  – alt. 190 mt slm” and Paragliding
Headquarters: Hotel Willy Gemona del Friuli Via Bariglaria 164

 
3. General Schedule 

Registration and recognition flight day: Sunday  16 july 2017
Contest flying days: from Monday, 17 July to Saturday, 22 July , 2017.

 
4. Daily Schedule

The competition schedule might change because of weather conditions and

organization needs. Any schedule variation will be published in the official

board at the HQ.

Recognition Flight Day: Sunday  16 july 2017

Pilots’ Registration: Sunday  16 july 2017 from 17.00 to 21.00

Contest flying days: from Monday, 17 July  to Saturday, 22 July, 2017.

Monday, July 17  – 08.30: SAFETY BRIEFING at the HQ.

Daily Schedule:

08:30 – Pilots Meteo Briefing (HQ)
09:00 – 1° transport to Take-off
11:30 – Task and Safety Committee meetings (at Take-off)
12:00 – General Briefing, Meteo briefing, Task Briefing (at Take-off)
12:00 – 18:00 flown task
16:30 – Scoring Office opens
22:00 – Provisional Results

Thursday 20 July 2017 “MIDDLE PARTY”  (dinner or similar).

 Prize giving cerimony:  Saturday 22 July 2017.

 
5. Regulations

Italian Sportive Regulations – Paragliding – Cross Country
FAI Sporting Code Section 7A - Class O Paragliders Cross Country 1st May 2017

 
6. Admitted paragliders

The admitted paragliders must be certified EN 926-2 and EN 926-1 B, C, D and CCC (Civl Competition Class). Paragliders certified EN A or similar will not be admitted.
All CCC certified gliders must be flown in this configuration, even if previously purchased in the EN certified version. For these gliders, manufacturers have issued an upgrade Kit.

The list of the certified CCC gliders is available on the FAI web site at the following link:
http://www.fai.org/civl-our-sport/competition-class-paragliders
All the gliders not included in the list, must be flown in the original configuration.

 
7. Validation and Results

The Competition will assign the title of “ITALIAN CHAMPION 2017”, with a minimum of 1500 points.
The Competition will assign the title of “CAMPIONATO ITALIANO OPEN GEMONA 2017”, with a minimum of a flown task.

The following rankings will be produced:

- Open Class – International
- Open Class – Italian Championship
- Female Category – International (with at list 5 participants)
- Female Category – Italian Championship
- Sport Class – International
- Sport Class – Italian Championship

OPEN Class:
Includes all the partecipants (up to CCC certified gliders)

SPORT Class
Includes all the partecipants, except pilots using:

- CCC (CIVL Competition Class) certified gliders;
- Any certified glider with Flat Aspect Ratio over 7.0;
- Any of the following gliders in any size:
Dudek Coden
Gin Boomerang X
Niviuk Icepeak 6
Niviuk Icepeak 7
Ozone Enzo
Swing Core 2
Axis Mercury Sport
SkyCountry Evo-X

 
8. Complaints

Any complaint must be submitted before 8.30 a.m. of the day following the publication of the provisional results, or within 30 minutes from the publication of the final general results.

 
9. Participants 

The maximum number of participants to the competition is 125.

- 50% of participants will be selected using Italian General ranking.
- Remaining 50% using WPRS ranking system.
10 wild cards will be available:
Nr. 7 wild cards to Organizers
Nr. 3 wild cards to the Italian Team leader

  
10. Registration and

Payment

Pilots must register on the official website
http://www.livetrack24.com/events/ItalianOPENGemona

Payment by Bank Transfer to:

Banca di Carnia e del Gemonese
Filiale Gemona

Registration Dead line: Saturday, April 22, 2017
Payment Dead Line: Sunday, April 30, 2017

Selected pilots will receive the payment request and the updated list will be available on the official website
http://www.livetrack24.com/events/ItalianOPENGemona

Pilots will have to pay the entry fee within April 30, otherwise they will be replaced by the next in waiting list.
A fee of 30,00 euros will be applied to late registration and late payments.

11. Entry fee

Regular entry fee will be 170,00 euros, including:

- Transports to Take-off
- Retrievals each competition day
- Gadgets and Benefits offered by the Organizers
-Packed Lunch each competition day
- Medical emergency service
-“Middle Party”
- Prize-giving Ceremony

In case of no valid tasks, we will refund subscriptions minus organization costs.

  
12. Required Documents

The following MANDATORY documents must be submitted upon registration:
- National pilot Licence
- FAI Licence – Class O
- Receipt of Entry Fee payment
- Third-Party Insurance

Note: All documents must be valid.

For safety purpose, it is MANDATORY to have a LPD and/or VHF radio, tuned on the safety frequency set by the organizers.

 
13. GPS, Software and

Scoring System

Tracks will be downloaded using GPSDUMP
For Scoring will be used FS Comp (fs.fai.org) Scoring System: PWC2016

14. Waypoints

Waypoints can be downloaded at the following link:
http://www.livetrack24.com/events/ItalianOPENGemona

 
15. References

Aero Club Blue Phoenix:   www.vololiberofriuli.it
Registration: http://www.livetrack24.com/events/ItalianOPENGemona
FAI Rules are available on the FAI-CIVL website www.fai.org