Notes for Pilots Applying to Enter 2025 National Championships
Allocation of Places
1. The number of places for each Nationals may be limited by the organising clubs and for 2025 the limits are as follows to prevent site limits being exceeded:- 15 Metre(27) Club(50) Open (27) Standard (27) 18 Metre (45) 20m. Multi-Seat(25). Places are allocated in the order of the Rating List except that 5 places in each class are reserved for foreign pilots without rating provided the application is received by 31st January. Any applications in excess of the initial entry limit will be placed on a Reserve List in the order of the pilots rating. In the case of a multi-class event, where one class is undersubscribed at 15th March or whenever a withdrawal creates such undersubscription, additional places will be offered in the other class up to the site limit.
2. On 15th March the organisers will revise the Reserve List on the following basis:
Pilots from the initial accepted entry list to the competition who have not paid the £90 deposit will be placed on the Reserve List in order of the pilots rating below those already on the Reserve List from the initial application.
Pilots will then be invited to enter the competition and pay their deposit in the order of the revised Reserve List to maintain the number at the prescribed limit. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact each pilot in turn.
Once the Reserve List is exhausted, pilots on the Late Entry list will be invited to enter the competition in order of the list to maintain the number at the prescribed limit.
3. Should there be further withdrawing pilots the organisers will offer places to pilots on the reserve or late entry lists to maintain the number at the prescribed maximum limit.
4. Four weeks before the start of the competition the organisers will publish a provisional entry list. The entry list will close for the competition at the end of official registration.
5. In the event that there are no reserve pilots, the organising club may accept entries from pilots who have paid the BGA Application Fee for that particular competition and are eligible to compete in accordance with the Competition Handbook. Such entries will be accepted in the order they apply up to the start of the competition to the maximum entry limit number. Note there are additional costs associated with late entry.
Entry Procedure
6. Online applications must reach the B.G.A. by 31st January 2025 in order to secure priority entry. It is entirely the responsibility of the applicant to ensure the above, and no remonstrations regarding exceptional circumstance shall be considered.
7. Applications received after the deadline will be annotated as 'Late Entries'. These entries will be accepted in order of receipt, regardless of rating but only after entries received on time have been exhausted.
8. It is the responsibility of all applicants, even if late, to ensure that the non-returnable £90.00 deposit reaches the organising club by 15th March 2025. In the event of the entry ultimately not being accepted due to enforced entry limits then this deposit is returnable.
9.The balance of the entry fee is refundable in full up to 4 weeks prior to the start of the competition. Thereafter, the balance will only be refunded if the organisers secure a replacement, and will not be refunded if the withdrawal is less than one week before the competition starts. Exceptional circumstances may be reviewed by the stewards.
Entry Fees
10.
| Competition |
BGA Fee |
Deposit |
Balance |
Total |
| Any event (eligible Junior) |
£20.00 |
£45.00 |
£105.00 |
£170.00 |
| Open Class Nationals |
£20.00 |
£90.00 |
£210.00 |
£320.00 |
| 15m. Class Nationals |
£20.00 |
£90.00 |
£210.00 |
£320.00 |
| Standard Class Nationals |
£20.00 |
£90.00 |
£210.00 |
£320.00 |
| Club Class Nationals |
£20.00 |
£90.00 |
£210.00 |
£320.00 |
| 18m. Class Nationals |
£20.00 |
£90.00 |
£210.00 |
£320.00 |
| 20m. Multi-seat Class Nationals |
£20.00 |
£90.00 |
£210.00 |
£320.00 |
Pilots who are late in payment of deposit will be liable to an additional charge of £15 payable as required by organising club.
Pilots late in paying the balance, whether due to late entry or otherwise will be liable to an additional balance charge of £25 payable as required by organising club – (therefore total entry cost for a Nationals entered less than 8 weeks prior to event starting will be £40 more than the costs in the table above that are only valid for entry and payment to the prescribed date regime)
Additional deposit and balance charges are not applicable to eligible Junior pilots.
Launches will be charged separately at the rates to be advised by the organisers.
Classes
11.The FAI 20m Multi-Seat Class Nationals will be handicapped using the latest IGC 20m Multi-Seat handicap list. Gliders of lower performance not appearing on this list may be used but the base handicap of 100 will be used and tasks set accordingly. Only one pilot entry is required for the lead pilot but 2 occupants must fly onboard, the second of which may alternate subject to being registered daily with the competition organisation.
Ratings
12. All events will be rated as full Nationals with a base rating of 1000.
13. The results of competitions in 2025 will be used to compile the 2025 Ratings List. The Rating List will be used to determine entry into over-subscribed National competitions in 2026.
WGC Team Voting
14. Please note that the email address used for latest Nationals application will be used unless you subsequently advise a change, if you become part of a team selection voting panel with the vote conducted by email. The vote will be announced on the BGA website and by email to the voting panel. In the event that you are on the voting panel and do not receive vote instructions by email for whatever reason and even if your email has not changed, it is your responsibility to contact the scrutineers via the BGA office without delay to ensure participation.
Alan Langlands
BGA Competition and Awards Sub-Committee Chairman
Contact details of organising club to arrange deposit and balance payments
| Competition |
Payable to |
Address |
| Open Class Nationals |
Lasham Gliding
Tel. 01256 384900
|
Lasham Gliding Society
Lasham Airfield,
The Avenue,
Alton,
Hants.
GU34 5SS
|
| 15m. Class Nationals |
Lasham Gliding
Tel. 01256 384900
|
Lasham Gliding Society
Lasham Airfield,
The Avenue,
Alton,
Hants.
GU34 5SS
|
| Standard Class Nationals |
Lasham Gliding
Tel. 01256 384900
|
Lasham Gliding Society
Lasham Airfield,
The Avenue,
Alton,
Hants.
GU34 5SS
|
| Club Class Nationals |
London GC
Tel. 01582 663419
|
London Gliding Club
Tring Road,
Dunstable,
Bedfordshire.
LU6 2JP
|
| 18m. Class Nationals |
The Gliding Centre
Tel. 01858 860521
|
The Gliding Centre
Husbands Bosworth Airfield,
Lutterworth,
Leicestershire,
LE17 6JJ
|
| 20m. Multi-seat Nationals |
The Gliding Centre
Tel. 01858 860521
|
The Gliding Centre
Husbands Bosworth Airfield,
Lutterworth,
Leicestershire,
LE17 6JJ
|