The vote to select the Team to represent Great Britain at the 41st World Gliding Championships 15m, Standard, and Club classes at Rieti, Italy will open on 7th September 2026 and will run up to and including the 20th September 2026. Once again, the voting will take place via votingplace.net,…

Congratulations to Ollie Ramsay, the 2026 Junior National Gliding Champion! 1st place and Champion – Ollie Ramsay – LS8 – Banbury GC 2nd place – Seb Van Der Stichele – LS7 – Southdown GC 3rd place – Oscar Butlin – LS8 – London GC Ollie maintained his lead through six…

The competitions committee considers rule changes for the coming season in October and November each year. If you took part in a rated competition in 2026, we would very much like to hear your ideas for improvement to the rule book. Since we started this consultation process in 2023 we have considered over…

Each year, suitably experienced young pilots can enter the Junior National Gliding Championship. The competition is financially supported by the BGA and hosted by a gliding club which provides the facilities and competition organisation expertise. This year, we’re delighted that the competition is being hosted by Lasham Gliding Society from…

Congratulations to Alex Phillips (Booker GC & Edgehill GC) who is the new National Glider Aerobatics (Advanced) champion following the British Aerobatic Association competition held at Saltby ending on the 2nd August! Alex is in the British Gliding Aerobatic Team, which is competing in  the World Advanced Glider Championships in…

Following a very challenging 9 racing days over the 9 day competition duration, we are delighted to report that there are three new National Champions! Open Class – Russell Cheetham – JS5 – The Gliding Centre 15m Class – Ian MacArthur – JS3 – Lasham GS Standard Class – Leigh…

The Junior British Gliding Team members flew brilliantly during the recent Junior World Gliding Championship Club and Standard classes in Germany, resulting in Silver in the Team Cup! A huge thanks to the generous sponsors and to everyone who helped before, during and after the competition. You can view the…

Congratulations to John Roberts, the 2026 National Club Class Champion! You can view the competition results here. Thanks to generous sponsor, Jonker Sailplanes.

The Open, Standard, and 15m National gliding championships are underway at Husbands Bosworth. You can follow the results here.

Many congratulations to Tim Scott, from Booker GC, who took Silver medal in the 15m class at the European Gliding Championships at Ostrów Wielkopolski Michałków, Poland! You can view the full results here.