Competitions are a fun and safe way to improve your flying skills, meet other pilots, explore new sites and get in to cross country flying. There are a variety of competitions available to you, from the informal Site Explorer to the competitive PG Open and HG Cross-Country Champs. The Site Explorer, PG Cross-Country Championships and HG Online Contest are on-going competitions that span the season while the Regional Competitions, PG Open and HG Cross-Country Champs are scheduled events.

Ongoing Competitions

Site Explorer

If you look at the site guide, you will see over 30 launch sites listed. How many have YOU flown? Here is you chance to seek out and explore, and let everyone else know about it.

The Site Explorer Competition is open to all pilots HG and PG and those under instruction. All you have to do is:

• Fly as many different launch sites from the Site Guide as you can between the 1st of September and the 1st of May
• Record the site you have flown on the Site Explorer Competition Page.

Simple!

Only one flight per site counts, so you can't go crazy flying Kario, although there are a number of launch sites you can tick off at Kario in one day ;-).

The Site Explorer Leader board will show who is currently in the lead. The winner will receive a suitable prize and kudos at the end of season party.

This competition is only open to AHGPC members so you have to login first. If you can't access the competition page even after logging on contact the website admin.

So, where the bloody hell are ya?

PG Cross-Country Championships

The PG Cross-Country Championships is a competition to fly the best cross country flights across the season. Details can be found on the NZHGPA Cross-Country Championships page. The competition is online at LeonardoXC.

HG Online Contest

The HG Online Contest is run on the OLC Website.

Scheduled Competitions

You need to fly with a helmet, current WOF, back protection (for PG), UHF radio, reserve chute, altimeter and a GPS (read the GPS files below) for flight scoring. The Auckland/Waikato PG comps only require PG2 but let the comp director know if you are new to thermal flying. There will be experienced pilots available to help you out with site briefings and general guidance.

Check the NZHGPA competition calendars for information on paragliding and hang gliding competitions around the country.

New Zealand PG Open

There are two NZ PG Open competitions to be held in the 11/12 season - at Nelson in the last week of January and in Rotorua in the last week of Feb 2012.  For full details please visit the PG Open Website.

Auckland Club Regional PG Competition

Dates: 19-20 Nov 2011. Others may will be run at 5 days notice when conditions permit. Details on the forum comps page.

Briefing location: To be advised by posting on the forum comps page Thursday before 7pm.

Contact: Evan Lamberton 021407833 gsifly@gmail.com

Hang Gliding

To be confirmed.