Competition Rules and Information The 2008 Ozone Chabre Open will be held from Friday June 6th to 13th. Friday will be registration day with a practice task on Saturday. The last task will be set on Friday 13th June Registration will open for the 2008 event on 15th February 2008. If the event is oversubscribed then a selection criteria will be applied in late February.
RulesThe 2007 rules are below, 2008 rules, information and entry fees will be updated before registration for that event. Organisation The event will be organised by the local club - Chabre Vol Libre, with further support from Les Loups Volants, Sederon and Allez-up Holidays. Sponsorship The main sponsor of the event will be OZONE Format The event will be run, as far as possible, according to FAI Category 2 rules set out in Section 7B for paragliding Cross country competitions. The event is restricted to certified gliders . There will be an overall winner of the competition, there will also be an overall winner based on handicap, There will be class prizes and trophies based on the rating of the wing (DHV,CEN or Afnor). There will be a separate class for those who have minimal experience. Eligibility & Equipment - Pilots; i) Maximum 120 pilots. Selection In the event of the event being over subscribed a priority selection criteria
for pilots may be introduced Approved GPS list Scoring will be using CompeGPS check out their website under /support/hardware for details of supported GPS'. We have cables for the common models but bring your own cable if you've got one and label it as yours. Pilots are responsible for ensuring they have a cable available to download their GPS. Eligibility - Gliders i) Paragliders must be Certified - this is a class competition and no
open class gliders will be accepted. Gliders should have appropriate DHV/Afnor/CEN
stickers, gliders not bearing stickers will be scrutinised as will all
prize winning gliders. Eligibility - teams i) Teams made up of 4 pilots, scores for best 3 in each task to count Format - competition a) The competition is proposed as a fun paragliding XC event. It may also
include; Format - tasks i) Tasks will only be set in appropriate conditions Retrieves There will be a full retrieve service along the course of the task and transport to take off each day from the briefings. There will also be transport to events where these are held away from organisation headquarters or Laragne. Entry Fee - non transferable
a) Provisionally subject to grant aid availability; Events There will be several events held during the week including; Prizes a)The overall and handicap winners will be awarded the prize of a sailplane
flight with multiple world record holder Klaus Ohlman - see glider flight
on left for details of one of the 2005 winner's flight. Prize Draw An Ozone wing (solo) will be raffled on the final night with all pilots
having their name entered in the draw for this fantastic prize. Pre-registration Will be open from 15th February on the competition website Payment/AcceptanceFebruary 28th 2008. 2006 waypoints download (compegps wpt file)
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