LOGO COMPETITION
As some of you are aware, a new website is being developed. In conjunction with this, we would like to announce a new competition to design a logo. A full brief can be found here.

The winner gets 10 jump tickets (student or experienced), a t-shirt with the winning design on it and free Sunday roasts for a month. We are looking for something modern, punchy and visually reflective of the sport.



PROGRESSION DAY - Thursday 7th December 2006
H has announced the next progression day as being Thursday the 7th December. Find out more here.

CHRISTMAS PARTY
There will be a Christmas party at the dropzone on the 9th December. Naturally there will be good music and a free buffet available.

COMPETITION DATES ANNOUNCED
The competition season for 2007 has just been announced and confirmed on the BPA's website. In a continuation of the trend from last year, the Nationals have been moved from the end of July to mid-August. In addition, we are now hosting the CF and 8-way Speed nationals.

British Open Nationals 2007

	4-way Sat 18 - Mon 20 August 2007
	4- and 8-way Sat 25 - Mon 27 August 2007
	8-way reserve Sat 1 - Mon 3 Sept 2007
	Artistic & Speed Sat 25 - Mon 27 August 2007
	Artistic & Speed Reserve: Sat 1 - Mon 3 Sept 2007
	8-way Speed Sat 22 - Sun 23 September 2007
	Canopy Formation Sat 22 - Mon 24 September 2007

Grand Prix 2007

	FS 4-way Sat 7 - Sun 8 July 2007
	Canopy Formation Sat 21 - Sun 22 July 2007
	FS 8-way & Freefly Sat 28 - Sun 29 July 2007

10-WAY SPEED FROSTBITE FRIENDLY - 28/29th October 2006
This is arguably one of the biggest parties held at Target Skysports each year. Every year, people travel from far and wide to take part in the 10-way speed competition. This year, we had 7 teams compete and although there was bad weather on the Saturday, 5 teams did make it on the Sunday morning to complete round 1. Kicking and Screaming (Steve Doran) won the competition with a build time of 36.1 seconds and +6 bonus for completing 3 points afterwards. In second place came the X-Factor led by Darren Bailey with a good time of 37.2 and a +4 bonus.

Click here for photos.

SKYDIVE SPAIN CHRISTMAS BOOGIE LINE-UP
Many of you maybe wondering which turbines we are having at the Christmas Boogie at Skydive Spain. Well, its all of them - 3 x G92 and 1 x SMG. Fill your boots.

WEEKEND 7th - 9th October 2006 - Click here for photos.
In the second of our Scrambles competitions this year, we had 9 teams register. Simon Brentford, Karen Bain and Simon Cathrine organised the competition. The dive draw was different this time to include some easy blocks with small movements and some unusual formations. Skills being tested were cross-referencing, working towards your piece partner and altitude awareness.

Although there was a lot of wind this weekend, 3 rounds were completed including special note to several people who competed without their FS1 and scored many points. H is reviewing the tapes and we will let you know who has to buy the beer!

SCORES:

In other news, Leeds Uni and Hull Uni brought their first time students along for their first static line courses. Both did well and all jumped on the Sunday. In fact, many did their 2nd jumps.

Lastly, Cyril Nightingale aged 90 did a commemorative jump to celebrate the Arnham landings. He plans to come back on his 100th birthday for another parachute jump.

WEEKEND 9th - 10th September 2006 - Click here for photos
Many teams were taking a well deserved break from competition and 50-way this weekend, whilst the others battled to win their classes in the European Skydiving League finals in Spa, Belgium.

Victories went to Rookie Class Phobia and Murphy's Law who took Gold and Silver. Congratulations also go to Escondido (4th) in the A class and Wingnutz who won it. Also congratulations to AA class attendees Damn Zebra (3rd), Vertically Challenged 5th and Polaris 6th. Finally in the AAA class well done to Fusion who came 5th.

This weekend, we also had visits from the Madame Mayoress of Wakefield, Yvonne Travis and Lord Charles St. Oswald. They were there to jump for charities in their area and were represented by the local TA and parachute regiment. There was also a large group who raised money for Islamic Relief led by Whaida Shafrey.

BCPA TO COME TO HIBALDSTOW
Mark Fletcher from the BCPA has just announced that the Freshers event will be held at the dropzone on the 11-12th November. Competitions, coaches and of course beer will be laid on.

WEEKEND 2-3rd September 2006 - Click here for photos
This weekend was originally booked in as the reserve weekend for the 8-way and the Artistics. However the competition was completed successfully last weekend, so we had a 50-way weekend instead. Unfortunately, the weather was overcast, so no big-ways could be put up at all on the Saturday. Sunday saw a break in the weather briefly and with that came 2 jumps. Considering the group had not done many jumps together, they built a 48-way on the second jump. Click here to see the photos.

NATIONALS 2006
Click here to find out all the news about the competition this weekend.

WEEKEND 12-13th August 2006
Weather was not on our side unfortunately with no lifts taking off. This did not stop many teams from turning up and all they could do was groundwork. Douggie McLelland commented that this had been a very useful time for team Fusion. They worked through a lot of the exits and consolidated their continuity plan.

To substitute for a lack of news, we have something different for you. Katie Platt is a recent addition to the Hibaldstow community. She writes her experiences of her AFF level 6 jump in the following poem.

Sat in the classroom for your brief
Knowing your safe, what a relief
Find a jumpsuit and a rig
Not too small but not too big
Kitted up and set to go
To the plane and through the unknown
Talk through your jump on the way there
Flying thousands of feet into the air
15,000ft you reach the place
Where nerves and thrill look you in the face
Out you go and face the wind
If you arch, the sky's your friend
Turns and rolls, tracking fast
Do it quick because it wont last
6,000ft wave-off and arch
5,000ft arch, reach and pull
Count 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000 and check your canopy
Malfunctions and nuisances can be panicky
Take control and enjoy the ride
It gives you a warm feeling inside
Zig Zag around in the holding zone
Your talked down, your not alone
Listen to the instructors and do as they say
They know what they're doing at the end of the day
Standby, Standby, Standby, Flare
Touch down on the ground, you've done it, you're there

THE G-92 IS BACK
News just in is that the G-92 has passed its flight test and has been returned to operational duty. This weekend, there will be 2 G-92's operating as we are now a little over 1 week away from the FS Nationals.

WEEKEND 5-6th August 2006
This weekend was basked in good weather again. Hannah Prideaux attained her FS1 on an amazing dive with Geetha Narayanan, Rich Aveyard and Simon Brentford. Hannah did 12 points in the first 30 seconds after requesting that a slow pace be taken! For the remaining 30 seconds, she geeked the Noel Purcell on camera with the rest of the team. Below is the dive she did.



Many other organised dives, tracking dives and one-on-ones were made this weekend. Team Phobia were also training with coach Simon Brentford.

NATIONALS INTERVIEW
We have 2 more interviews online in the Nationals page - Andy Ibbetson and Andy Scott. Take a look.

G-92 & SMG INFORMATION
The G-92 which had a hard landing recently is well on the road to being repaired. The new stub wing has been fitted, the engines are in and it will be flight tested on Monday 7th next week. Further, the 2nd SMG to be added to the fleet will hopefully be ready August 15th.

WEEKEND 29-30th JULY 2006 - Click here for photos
Another sunny weekend, meant our G-92 and SMG were busy all weekend. In addition to 4-way teams training at the DZ, we had a BPA coaching roadshow. Chris Hollis, Tarn Hollis, Simon Brentford, Calvin Blacker, Karen Bain and Steve Rossall were all on hand to provide coaching on a 1:1 format and for 4-ways. 15 People registered for the event including established local team, Murphy's Law. The objective of the roadshow was to provide no-fee coaching to people looking to improve their FS ability. Gavin Holderness managed to get within 1 jump of his FS1 after doing nothing but solos for the last 2 years!. Congratulations went to Ben Cornick who got his FS1 with 16 points.

Next week, we have a BPA Instructors course running. If you fancy doing some summer mid-week jumping, let the dropzone know. We are open!.

New interviews will also be posted on the Nationals page this week from topic people who can offer different perspectives on the event.
 

NATIONALS PAGE ONLINE - Click here for more information
Finally, the nationals page has been put online. It includes information such as current aircraft availability, prices, rules and regulations, interviews, accommodation, food and drink, etc.

Click Nationals 2006.

50-WAY SEQUENTIAL WEEKEND
Another big-way sequential weekend has been scheduled for the 2-3rd September 2006. Find out more here.

Organisers will be Dave Lewis and Simon Cathrine.

WEEKEND 22-23 July 2006 - Click here for photos
This weekend equalled the record for the highest turnout of a Grand Prix event with 23 teams split across 4 categories in formation skydiving. The scores leapt up from last year's event. To put things in perspective, the Rookie class saw 2 20's and a 24 scored in time.
 

Scores:

In the Rookie class, it was obvious that many teams had recently completed training camps. Phobia, put a 2 point average on from their previous competition, and Team 100% surprised everyone with a 24 in time on the 5th round (H, E, F). The separation from 2nd to 5th place in the A class was very small. Exile and Maelstrom came very close to taking medals and it was all within a single round to decide who would take a place on the podium.

The AA class saw competition from Bodyflight team Storm who has Kate Stephens in as alternate against established Damn Zebra. Back in Bronze, Vertically Challenged took Bronze despite their lack of exit practice. Finally in the AAA class, this biggest surprise of all was Havoc who put 2 points on their average and on some rounds were only just being beaten by Rage. Fusion took 3rd place having done very well considering bad weather in their foreign training camps.

Chief judge, Karla Cole commented that the overall standard this year was much higher and made note of the camera people also. Alan Thompson was chosen as the best camera person of the event.

For the next weeks, many teams are training at Hibaldstow, so if you are interested, please give the dropzone a call.

MURPHY'S LAW & SHAVEN HAVEN
In news which wasn't mentioned at the time, congratulations goes to Murphy's Law who took a Silver at the Sibson Grand Prix recently. Andy Myers was jumping as alternate and considering he is a Free Flyer, they did well together. Congratulations also goes out to Shaven Haven who took Bronze.

THIS WEEKEND - 22-23rd July 2006
We will be operating a G-92 and an SMG for the Grand Prix this weekend.

CAMERA PEOPLE NEEDED
Target Skysports is looking for committed, reliable camera men and women. We have lots of tandems which need filming, plus 4-way teams who do not have their own camera. If you are interested in working with us, please speak to our CCI, H who will be happy to speak to you. He can be contacted on 01652 648837.

WEEKEND 15-16th July 2006 - Click here for photos
We had another busy weekend at the dropzone with glorious weather. The main event, was a CRW weekend linking canopies together in many different formations. A big thank-you goes out to Ian Marshall, Steve Saunders, Pat Hammond, Eugene Brennan, Paul Yeoman and Gordan Mission. They gathered more than 20 participants together to work toward their CF1's.

CF1 - Rich Aveyard, Darren Bull, Dave Humphries
First 4-way Stack - Pete Shew, Rich Aveyard, Hinesh Patel, Darren Bull, Dave Humphries
First 8-way Stack - Rich Aveyard, Hinesh Patel, Darren Bull, Dave Humphries

There will be more weekends organised soon from the success of this one. If you want to see some video of this weekends jumps, click here. Thanks to Darren Bull for compiling this.

In other news, we had nine 4-way teams training with us - 100%, Phobia, Vertically Challenged, Fusion, Rage, Havoc, Escondido, Storm and Maelstrom. They contributed to 85 lifts over the weekend. Simon Brentford and Chris Hollis were also on hand to do some organising.

WEEKEND 15-16th July 2006 - 2 Turbines
News just in is that we will have 2 turbines running at Hibaldstow this weekend - the SMG and the G-92. We are coming closer to the Nationals, so we wanted to make sure that all teams and fun-jumpers were going to be able to get on the lifts that they wanted.

WEEKEND 8 - 9th July 2006 - Click here for photos
As is usual, Target Skysports pulled out all the stops to support what is becoming a very popular annual event. Team names being Hibnosis (Hibaldstow), Herding Cats (Langar) and 28 Hour Party People (mixed).

Competition briefing started the Saturday at 0830 and the first team was in the air by 0915. A crowd of people were on hand on the ground to watch the aircraft running in and the first formation being built over the DZ, accompanied by cries of “go on, get in” by the ‘experts’ on the ground!

The formation flying by the pilots, Tony De Brugen and James Swallow, looked awesome from the ground and even better from the aircraft. From the G92 the Skyvan exits looked amazing and watching the G92 from the tail of the Skyvan was impressive too. A lot of people on their first 28 Way were amazed at the skill of the pilots flying in formation.

The Team Captains, Simon Cathrine, Simon Brentford & Dave Lewis were excellent in keeping their teams focussed and motivated throughout the day and were really impressive with the way they worked on big way skills & safety with all team members.

Herding Cats took an early lead, which they maintained throughout, although both Hibnosis and 28 Hour Party People looked a threat on some of the rounds. Hibnosis managed to complete all 6 rounds by Saturday night, despite several ‘guest’ appearances from various members of the Hib Staff, Herding Cats and 28 Hour Party People completing 5 rounds by close of play on Saturday night.

The bar soon got busy, helped by Gregster, who was DJ for the night. Sadly, there was quite a bit of ‘Dad’ dancing going on by the end of the night. Unfortunately, Sunday started with poor weather which gradually got worse. Team Captains decided to call the Competition on Round 5, the final scores being:



Consequently, Herding Cats retained the Trophy from last years competition.

LOAD ORGANISING

If you are looking for something slightly different, we also have a series of wingsuits for hire and a qualified Bird Man instructor.

COACHING
Many experienced UK skydivers come to Hibaldstow to be taught specific disciplines. Our skydiving coaches will train you to FS1, FF1 and FF2 standards on a jump-by-jump basis.

1 on 1 coaching jump     £

COURSES
The British Parachute Association operates a series of courses designed to give you safety training and experienced in specialist disciplines. Once you have passed your basic A License qualification, you can then move forward to your B License.

You may also be interested Formation Skydiving or Freefly. All our coaches work together using the same techniques. Therefore, even if you change from one instructor to another over a period of several weekends, you will still have consistency. Learn more about FS1, FF1 & FF2.
 

We have a large camping field which is free; and a big accommodation block which can hold up to 62 people in bunk rooms (groups of 4 and 6). More details about these can be found in our FAQ section.

When you are preparing your skydives it is normal to use an exit mock up of the aircraft and creepers. Target Skysports has a large covered creeping area suitable to hold up to 5 teams at a time. In addition, once you have jumped, we have a large indoor packing area which is padded.

KIT HIRE
Our store rooms have a wide range of kit available to qualified skydivers. The price is £15 per jump and includes packing costs. All equipment have AAD's installed and range from a Sabre 120 to a PD230.
 

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The bottom line is if you come to the dropzone, you have a chance to jump. If you don't come and the weather is contrary to the forecast, you can't jump.
 

THE RIGGING WORKS (BPA parachute rigger 217)
There is an extensive rigging loft at the centre where maintenance is undertaken of all the centre's student, tandem and kit hire rigs. Turnaround for the completion of work for private customers is usually within one week. Rich Aveyard also has a close working relationship with Thomas Sports Equipment, where he helped design and manufacture the new 'Viper' container. His rig is a prototype of this new design.

He offers a complete custom rigging service including all repair work, CYPRES servicing, equipment valuations, weight belts and reserve repacking. He is available for general advice on the dropzone, through the office, by email rigger_rich@yahoo.co.uk or direct on 07706 017183.

Rich on the left with 4-way team Exile.
 

RESERVE ASSEMBLY

Inspection and repack £35.00
Tandem inspection and repack £65.00
Container opening & re-closure £10.00
Reserve ripcord £45.00
Cut-away pad and cables £30.00
CYPRES ready £25.00
Pop-top cover £25.00
TSE reserve pilot chute £100.00
TSE free bag £65.00

HARNESS AND MAIN CONTAINER

Closing loop £0.50
BOC pocket (fitted) £25.00
Bridle cover (fitted) £25.00
Hook knife stud £3.00
Chest strap replacement £12.00
TSE main bag £55.00
Legstrap replacement (pair) £0.50
Leg pad loops (sit elastic) £4.00
Leg pad set £35.00
Leg pad length reduction £20.00

MAIN CANOPY AND LINES

Pack job £4.00
Tandem pack job £6.00
Inspection £10.00
Re-line (supply own lines) £50.00
Lower brake replacement £12.00
Canopy patch (simple)* £15.00
Collapsible slider channels £45.00

* Price can vary depending on difficulty and position of the patch needed.

PILOT CHUTE AND BRIDLES

Pilot chute £50.00
Collapsible bridle £25.00
Non-collapsible bridle £12.00
Kill line replacement (line included) £12.00
Curved pin £3.70
Pin replacement (pin not included) £10.00

RISERS

Type 17 risers(mini) £80.00
Type 8 risers £80.00
Steering toggles £12.00
Dive loops retro fitted £8.00
Canopy hook up (on risers) £4.00
Canopy hook up (off risers) £10.00
Riser elastic replacement £10.00
Hard inserts £22.00
PD main Slinks £18.00
PD reserve Slinks £35.00

ACCESSORIES

Weight belt £25.00
Weight (per lb) £3.00
PD bungies £1.00
Hook knife (with tape) £3.00
Hook knife pouch £3.50
Log book holder (custom) £15.00
Packing mat 20.00
Tunnel harness £24.00
Cloth badge fitted to jump suit £2.00

Storage of the rig beyond the agreed pick-up date is charged at £10.00 per month. All rigging work, repairs, modifications, safety bulletin and replacement parts are available. If you cannot find a price for the work you need, please contact Rich for a quote.

rigger_rich@yahoo.co.uk or 07706 017183.