World Pilot Ranking System
Updated 2/4/00
The latest World Pilot Rankings only see changes to hang gliding and paragliding as there have been no Class 2 or speed gliding events.
Two well attended paragliding competitions in Brasil, both with over 100 competitors (Pan-American Open and PWC) have led to some changes in the paragliding rankings and newcomers to the top ten (no events have been deleted).
Steve Cox (SUI) is still in first place on 214 points ahead of Kari Eisenhut (SUI) who has moved into second place, with Tibor Berki (SWE) in third. Christian Tamegger (AUT) has dropped to 4th ahead of Hans Bollinger (SUI) who maintains 5th, Jimmy Pacher (ITA) 6th. Newcomers to
the top 10 are Michal Orolin (SVK) in 7th place (from 37th) and Matthew Taggart (GBR) 9th (from 20th).
Petra Krausova (CZE) heads the female rankings in 31st place overall, with Noriko Mizunum (JPN) 2nd (50th overall) and Kazuko Kamiyama (JPN) 3rd (105 overall). There are 484 pilots ranked.
As paragliding nation rankings will be critical for determining team sizes in 2001 Championships (for details see press release on CIVL website), the top 15 nation rankings will be published with each WPRS update (complete list available on CIVL website).
Nation rankings at 2 April 2000 are:
1. Switzerland
2. Austria
3. Japan
4. Germany
5. France
6. Great Britain
7. Czech Republic
8. Italy
9. Slovak Republic
10. Sweden
11. USA
12. Brasil
13. South Africa
14. Spain
15. Denmark
Pilots should check that their personal record shows the correct nationality, particularly as there are a few pilots are of unknown nationality. All amendements should be e-mailed to Sarh Fenwick (cloud10@zetnet.co.uk).
The hang gliding rankings only sees the addition of the Brasilian Open Championships (no competitions have been deleted) The top 7 rankings are unchanged. Gordon Rigg's (GBR) 7th place in Brasil brings him up to 8th in WPRS, 3 points ahead of Manfred Ruhmer (AUT) and Bertok Attila (HUN) drops to 10th. Francoise Mocellin (FRA) still heads the females and is in 34th place overall on 100 points, with Kathleen Rigg (GBR) 2nd and Tove Heaney (AUS) 3rd. There are 368 hang gliding pilots ranked.
Full rankings can be found on FAI/CIVL website at
http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/rankings/ or the British HG league website: www.theleague.force9.co.uk where they are available in positional and alphabetical order and the database files are available for downloading In Excel 97 format.
Results not yet received :
- Manilla Open, PG Australia
Forthcoming hang gliding competitions (class 1 only unless otherwise indicated) that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 1: Female World Championships, Greece; European Championships,
Austria (class 1 & 2); World Speed Gliding Championships, Greece.
Category 2: Wallaby Open, USA (1 & 2); Atlantic Coast, USA (1 & 2); Japanese Nationals; Spanish Open; Pre-World Air Games; German Open (class 1 & 2); British HG Open Championships (class 1 & 2), St Andre, France.
Future paragliding competitions that qualify for WPRS points are:
Category 1: European Championships, Germany; World Accuracy Champs, UK.
Category 2: PWC's - Granada (pre WAG), Portugal, Mieussy and Chamonix (France);
Pre PWC's - Greece, Ostirrol Open, Austria, France; Nordic Open, France; Slovenian Open; German Open; Aeolia Open, Greece;
Details on these competitions can be found on the CIVL web page
http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/competitions/comp_schedule.asp
Cancelled events:
- The Zimbabwe PG Open (due to the current political turmoil).
- The Pan-American HG Championships, USA
Any queries/questions regarding the World Pilot Ranking SCheme should be sent to Sarah Fenwick, e-mail cloud10@zetnet.co.uk, tel/fax +44 1983 523003 or +44 1248 681755
Information and an application form for CIVL category 2 sanctioning are
available on the CIVL website (www.fai.org/hang_gliding) or from Sarah
Fenwick