2011 World Paragliding Championship bid
For many many years I have been considering a bid to organise the World Paragliding Championship in Piedrahita. We have now had 33 international events here, including the Category 1 European Championships which I bidded for in 1996 and ran in 1998. I think the time is now right, with the resolution of many of the take off and landing problems and the improvement of the helicpoter service to try for the biggest event in Paragliding competitons. With the support of the RFAE and the local town hall the bid will be made in the next CIVL plenary meeting in Austria on the 21st of Feburary. The other two bidders for the event are Turkey and Italy. Both have submitted budgets far in excess of ours, nearly double in the case of Italy, and three times larger for Turkey. However, our proposed entry fees in less (significantly less that the Italian organiser bid) and we hope to have the vote of many of the Nations who have chosen to run their own nationals here in the past, and of the many hundreds of pilots who have enjoyed the epic conditions and tasks in the Piedrahita evens run since 1993. The core of our organisation will be some of the Key personnel of the British Nationals, so some are already naming it the proposed British World Championships in Spain. The Mayor of Piedrahita, Calvo (Chris Burns, UK Nationals MD) and myself will be making our presentation in Hall in Tirol (Austria) in a months time. Wish us luck, and if you have any sway with your National Aeroclub delegate, please lobby on our behalf.
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:33
WOW!!!
that’s fantastic news, very exciting, so good luck from us both
January 24th, 2009 at 21:01
Excellent news! Best of luck! Vamos Piedrahita 2011!!