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in 4-way are as follows: AAA
1 H 16, 3 22 5, L E F 19,
10 Q P 7, D 11 8, 2 A 18,
B 6 12, 20 9 4
AA
1 H 4, 22 13, L E F 19, Q P 7,
D 11 8, 2 A 18, B 6 O, 20 9
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H4, 19 M, L E F, Q P 7, D 8, 2 A
B 6, 9 C,
Rookie
H O A, M B C, L E F, Q P G,
D J K, A N H, B O L, C M E |
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| Last year we had 53 teams in the 4-way event. Many of those were
formed with days to spare or even on the registration day
itself. If you want to form a team have a look at this
checklist: |
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Let the dropzone know by email or telephone ASAP |
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Work out what category you want to enter? You may have
1000 jumps, however you might also be able to provide
some good coaching to a team of newcomers |
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Can you come to Hibaldstow a few days earlier and do a
team training jumps. There will be plenty of decent
coaches there |
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What position do you want in the formation? You may be
an excellent at float exits but not enjoy outfacing
moves. Take a look at
the
synopsis below of
the positions of 4-way |
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For freefly teams, are you proficient at head-down and
want to only do category Freefly A? |
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The four slots in a 4-way team are: Outside Centre; Inside
Centre; Point; and Tail. The slots refer to the position on
exit. Outside Centre tends to be floating and Inside Centre will
probably be diving. As you would expect Tail is closest to the
aircraft’s tail and Point to the sharp end. The slots define
where each person is most likely to be. Generally the two
centres set up and key the formations. Tail will mostly be at
the back of the formation looking in and Point is at the top,
often facing out.
The most experienced jumper should be in either the Outside
Centre or Inside Centre position, to control the launches.
Beyond that, we figured Inside Centre needs to display awareness
and communication, Outside Centre needs to be good at turning,
Tail needs to be the quickest, and Point needs to be the most
confident.Taken from the BPA Magazine
website. |
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| We are in the process of laying on
entertainment as soon as possible.
During the course of the event we
provide food from the bar and/or
specific meals such as BBQ / buffets.
Details to follow. |
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4-way - DJ Doom tbc |
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8-way - Gregster tbc |
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During the weekend of the 4-way, a
raffle was held in aid of Lincolnshire
Air Ambulance. £400 was raised for the
charity and top prizes included tunnel
times, CYPRES services, Buff headgear
and others.
Lincolnshire
Air Ambulance
Another raffle will be held during
the weekend of the 8-way, Artistics and
Speed events. |
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Welcome to Nationals 2006 at
Target Skysports |
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designed to give you helpful information and the latest news
hour by hour. It contains help about registration, coming to the
event, new competition rules, news and photos updated regularly
through the weekend. |
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The competition is now complete. See all the medals photos
here.
Results can be found
here.
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Last year we had 40% of all the teams
register online. This saved a huge
amount of time during check-in on the
Friday. Please fill out this
registration form to help
the dropzone help you. |
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Full rules for the
following disciplines can be found here:
Rules and
Regulations including Addendums
Please note the following important
rules which should be brought to your
attention and are only some listed in
the main document.
Formation Skydiving
Rules 2006
1. COMPETITION DATES
a) The 4-way will take place on the
first weekend 19th - 21st August 2006.
The draw for the 4-way will take place
on Friday evening of the 18th August
2006 and if all rounds have not been
completed by close of Monday 21st August
2006, the 4-way will continue over the
second weekend, scheduled by the Meet
Director, with the incomplete rounds
being re-drawn on Friday 25th August
2006.
b) The 8-way will take place from the
second weekend 26th – 28th August 2006.
The draw for the 8-way will take place
on Friday evening of the 25th August
2006 and if all rounds have not been
completed by close of Monday 28th August
2006, the 8-way will continue over the
third weekend, scheduled by the Meet
Director, with the incomplete rounds
being re-drawn on Friday 1st September
2006.
WEEKEND 2 ONLY – FORMAT
Should weekend 1 4 way FS not be
complete, all incomplete rounds will be
completed on weekend 2. Weekend 2 will
start with rounds of 4 way FS first
until 8 rounds have been completed to
allow a meet to be called if needed.
During “On year” selection, after the
6th round is complete the Open and or
Female teams in first place in their
category will continue to jump 4 FS 4
way rounds as a priority over junior / A
/ AA and all FS 8 way in order to
achieve completion of as many rounds as
possible up to ten rounds for funding
criteria scoring. Once 8 rounds of FS 4
way are complete in all categories, 8
way FS will start. The semi-finals and
finals of the 4 way will then be
completed once judging, manifest and
meet director see fit. FS 4 and FS 8
will not run together in order to avoid
catch up situations arising. However if
none of the team members conflict this
may occur. During periods of non event
activity, teams will be stood down for
the duration of the other event rounds
and be subject to a 1 hour notice of
change in event between jumps. 1 hour
notice of event change can occur an hour
prior to the end of the other event but
must allow competitors entered in both
categories to have 1 hour on the ground
at the DZ between events. At the end of
weekend 2, the FS 4 way will be called a
meet with results based upon the
completed rounds. Teams who are not
present for any round will be called as
scheduled for that round and failure to
attend will result in a nil score for
that round only.
WEEKEND 3 FORMAT
Should weekend 2 FS 8 way not be
complete, all incomplete rounds will be
completed on weekend 3. At the end of
weekend 3, the FS 8 way will be called a
meet with results based upon the
completed rounds. Teams who are not
present for any round will be called as
scheduled for that round and failure to
attend will result in a nil score for
that round only.
INCOMPLETE COMPETITION ROUNDS RE-DRAW
In the event of the competition event
not being completed, a re-draw will be
carried out on the Friday evening (date
/ time as per the admin instruction) on
that next weekend as follows:
FS Junior / A / AA– All unused
formations first and, if more rounds are
required, then all formations will be
used again to generate only the
remaining rounds required.
FS Senior – unused formations only will
be used for a re-draw to generate the
number of rounds required
10. WIND TUNNEL
Competitors are reminded that under FAI
rule 4.4 ( page 3 ) competitors are not
allowed to use a wind tunnel (freefall
simulator) after the draw has been made.
Freestyle Skydiving,
Freeflying and Skysurfing Rules 2006
9 Reserve Weekend
Should the competition not complete then
the reserve weekend will be used.
Any teams who are not present for any
round will be called as scheduled for
that round and failure to attend will
result in a nil score for that round
only.
Any Compulsory rounds incomplete at the
end of weekend one will be disregarded.
All teams will then complete the
round/rounds with the Reserve Weekend
re-draw only for incomplete compulsory
rounds.
If the competition has not been
completed by the end of the reserve
weekend, then the meet competition will
be called with result based upon
completed rounds ONLY.
Discipline: the discipline will
comprise the following events:
# Freestyle Skydiving, exit altitude
13,000 feet (3960m.) AGL, working time
is 45 seconds.
A Category 7 Rounds, 2 Compulsory
Rounds, 5 Free Rounds
B Category 5 Rounds, 1 Compulsory
Rounds, 4 Free Rounds
# Skysurfing, exit altitude 13,000 feet
(3960m) AGL, working time is 50 seconds.
A Category 7 Rounds, 2 Compulsory
Rounds, 5 Free Rounds
B Category 5 Free Rounds
# Freeflying, exit altitude 13,000 feet
(3960m.) AGL, working time is 45
seconds.
A Category 7 Rounds, 2 Compulsory, 5
Free Rounds
B Category 5 Rounds, 2 Compulsory, 3
Free Rounds
NB for Rounds 2 and 5 (speed Compulsory
Routines), working time is 35 seconds.
NOTE: In order to compete in the A
Category Freestyle, Skysurfing and
Freeflying events, ALL PERFORMERS must
hold the FF2 qualification. The reason
for this is that some of the sequences
require the performers to fly in a
head-down orientation and, without this
qualification, they may not be able to
complete the round. FF1 must be held for
Freefly and Freestyle B class. SS1 must
be held for all skysurf competitors.
Speed Skydiving
rules 2006
To compete for the best Meet Result. A
Meet Result is made up of 3 jumps from
“regular” skydiving altitude: 4000
meters (13 124 ft). Only regular
skydiving gear in sale to be used. No
extra weights allowed. Two “hip-mounted”
Larsen & Brusgaard Pro-Tracks measure
the average speed between 2700 meters
(8858 ft) and 1700 meters (5577 ft).
Extract the readings with Larsen &
Brusgaard Jump-Track version 2.00.C or
later.
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| For the first time
this year, it is possible to pre-register your team
online at
this link.
Alternatively entry forms and fees must arrive by
Friday 18th August for the 4-way and Friday 25th August for
the 8-way. Other dates: |
| Booking in by: |
44-way -
19:00 Friday 18th August
48-way /
Artistics / Speed - 19:00 Friday 25th August |
| Competition draw: |
44-way -
20:00 Friday 18th August
48-way /
Artistics / Speed - 20:00 Friday 25th August |
| Competitors Briefing: |
44-way -
21:00 Friday 18th August
48-way /
Artistics / Speed - 21:00 Friday 25th August |
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Other information:
Competition
Aircraft
At present we have two G92s and a
back up aircraft of an SMG-92. We are
working our hardest to complete the
repairs on the third G92 and it is
scheduled to be finished a week or so
before the Nationals, resulting in the
option to use all three G92s for the
competition. Please keep an eye on the
website for more info as we update it.We also ask that teams abide by the
following local regulations for the dropzone: |
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 Please
drive slowly down the Parachute centre entrance.
No more than 10 mph |
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No parking on the airfield, please use the
car park |
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If you land in the crop, please leave via
the shortest route following the crop line |
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The farm buildings and adjacent land is out
of bounds. The fuel compound is also out of
bounds |
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No Smoking allowed around aircraft, re-fuelling
points or the fuel compound. There is also no
smoking in the cafe or bar areas / game room. |
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Please keep the airfield and centre tidy.
The bins are provided for rubbish |
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ALL parachutists must be checked before
boarding the aircraft |
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The Team Leader of each team will be
considered the Jumpmaster for that team and
should ensure that Target Skysports rules and
regulations are adhered to |
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It is the Jumpmasters responsibility to
ensure that he / she is familiar with all
aircraft procedures, and to ensure that a clear
drop has been received prior to exit |
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Good canopy separation will be expected on
opening and low pulling will no be tolerated |
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It is the competitors responsibility to land
in the designated area on the DZ whenever
possible. Unnecessary off-landings are not
acceptable |
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A public telephone is located in the cafe
dealing with incoming and outgoing calls -
01652648236
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Broadband PCs available in the
games room, also a wireless connection for you
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registration costs and jump costs. If
they have an alternate, that person must pay registration costs
regardless if they jump or not. If you are
entering more than one event, then each person pays a
subsequent £10 registration per event. Please note
that all competitors must pay
registration costs of £25 per person.
This includes alternates but excludes
pool camera hired by the team. |
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4Using own
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£74 per team jump
All 8 rounds = £592 + registration costs |
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4Using pool |
£79 per team jump
All 8 rounds = £632 + registration costs |
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4Using own
video |
£157 per team jump
All 8 rounds = £1256 + registration costs |
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4Using pool |
£162 per team jump
All 8 rounds = £1296 + registration costs |
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In formation skydiving where the 2 point
penalty for busting a formation is removed. In
replacement, only 1 point is conceded and 3 points are
lost when a complete formation is omitted. Juniors from
now on will also use the entire random dive pool.
Cameramen must also note that if they
are using 2 cameras, they may only
submit footage from 1 camera. If there
is a problem with the main camera, they
can submit footage from the 2nd camera
with the consent of the Chief Judge.
Another major change affects the cameraman. From now on,
the benefit of doubt will not be given if a grip goes
out of view during a block with sub-groups or if a
random formation is keyed with a grip out of view.
For accurate guidance on all the rules and
regulations please refer to the following documents help
at the BPA website: |
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Last not least, the competition will be scored using
Omniskore. |
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After the success of the 4-way weekend,
Gemma will return for the 2nd weekend of
the 8-way, Artistics and Speed.
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Gemma has just returned
from the World Parachuting Championships
in Germany where she was part of the GB
Delegation. She used her Sports &
Remedial Massage skills on the GB Team
before and during the competition,
managing any injuries and keeping
muscles in the best condition to perform
to their optimum. She also worked on
competitors from other nations who
needed treatment including US 4 Way Open
Team Deland Fire (Gold Medal Winners),
Japan Freestyle Team (Silver Medal
Winners), Swiss Freestyle Team, Italian
8 Way Team Xtremo, Japan 4 Way Open
Team, Italian 4 Way Open Team Synapsi,
South African 4 Way Open Team, Danish 4
Way Open Team…to name but a few.
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| There 3 options to where you can
stay at the Nationals this year.
Unfortunately, the bunk rooms have been
filled already. However, we have lots of
space for camping and RV's. If you want
an RV power hook-up, you will need to
come early as we have limited points. Other
options to stay are local B&B's or hotels. A list of these can
be found below:
Thornfield Guest House
(full 4-way)
Station Road Hibaldstow
01652 655555
£25 single / £45 twin /double - inc breakfast
Website
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Oliver's Guest House
Church Street, Scawby
01652 650446
£27 single / £43 twin / £45 double
Website
Email |
Red Lion Hotel
Main Road, Redbourne
01652 648302
£60 single /
£90 twin or double
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