Competitions News
Club Class Nationals 2024 - Late Entries Open
Posted onLate entry slots have become available for the Club Class Nationals at Nympsfield 3-11th August 2024. If you are interested in submitting a late entry, please contact the Director Andy Davis by email at paminandy(at)compuserve.com
BGA Competition Rules 2024
Posted onThe 2024 BGA Competition Rules have been published. You can view them here.
Junior championships and training
Posted onJunior Competition Training Competition flying is a great way to fly more cross-country in an organised and focussed environment, to improve skills and performance, and to have a lot of fun with gliding friends! The BGA and others support two-seat coaching for Junior pilots not yet ready to fly in…
British Gliding Team in 2024
Posted onWe’re pleased to report the following British Gliding Team plans for 2024: World Gliding Championship – Uvalde, Texas, USA 18m class – Ian MacArthur / Peter Harvey 20m class – Steve Jones / Garry Coppin Open class – Tim Jenkinson / Russell Cheetham Junior World Gliding Championship – Ostrow Wielkopolski,…
Draft Rules for Rated Competitions 2024
Posted onThe draft Rules for Rated Competitions 2024 and an explanatory document have been published here. The final Rules for Rated Competitions 2024 will be published on 1st March 2024.
Managing flying risk - flying in competitions
Posted onCompetition flying is great fun. However, several inherent risks in gliding can increase in a competition task flying environment. As with all flying, awareness of and managing the risks is important. We have updated our competition risk management guidance aimed at pilots and republished it here.
Tom Arscott - World Champion!
Posted onCongratulations to British Gliding Team’s Tom Arscott – World Champion! Throughout the ten races at the 37th World Gliding Championships at Narromine in Australia, Tom maintained a good lead to take 1st place, the Gold medal and the title of World Champion in the standard class flying a loaned LS8…
Bidford Regionals 2024
Posted onEntries are open for the Bidford regional gliding competition, 22nd to 30th of June 2024. You can read more information and enter the competition here.
Dunstable Regionals 2024 entries are now open!
Posted onThe Dunstable Regionals 2024 entries are now open. The competition takes place at the London Gliding Club 20-28 July 2024. The competition will be limited to 50 entries in two classes on a first come, first served basis. Any entries after this will automatically be put on to the waiting…
Hus Bos Challenge Cup 2024
Posted onThe Hus Bos Challenge Cup competition will be held from 27th July – 4th August 2024. The competition will be limited to 65 entries on a first come, first served basis. Any entries after this will automatically be put on to the waiting list. The entry list will open on…