Endless Summer
Lumby Competitions
The Second Annual Open National Championship Lumby Air Races will be held June 8,9 and 10, 2007 for Hang Gliders and Paragliders.
This years Race will follow the Canadian National Hang Gliding Championships in Lumby and possibly another special event for Paragliders.
HPAC and FAI sanctioning is in process.
The format will be valley triangle racing around mountains near the town of Lumby Friday, Saturday and Sunday in conjunction with Lumby Days. $2000.00 in cash was awarded in 2006. $1500.00 has been secured so far for this year thanks to the Lumby Days Society and Raven Aviation Ltd.
$5000.00 is the target for 2007 and it looks like we will make it if all goes well.
A limited entry cap of 50-60 entrants is being considered this year.
Mark Dowsett will do the scoring for both meets this year.
We are looking at adding a single surface Hang Glider class at this years LAR so the intermediate flyers can race against each other in the spirit of fun and education, if there is enough interest.
Onsite camping at the Lumby Air Park with wireless Internet and decent cell coverage will only be $10.00/night or $20.00 for all 4 nights
Registration for the race will be only $50.00 which includes a wristband for the Big Celebration of Life Fire, National Hang Gliding Champion Awards and Live Music and Dancing Sat eve.
Wrist bands for the celebration Sat eve. only are $20.00
You can register for the event, and insure a spot, by credit card at www.Paypal.com
Payee randy@boldpath.com
or send your cheque payable to
The Lumby AirForce Flying Club ( www.LumbyAirForce.com )
Lumby AirForce
#249 Mabel Lake Road Lumby BC Canada V0E 2G5
Contact Randy Rauck for more details 250 547 6841
Randy@BeBOLD.com
Canadian Hang Gliding Championships
Lumby, BC -March 2007 - The Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada has just
sanctioned the Canadian Hang Gliding Nationals to be in Lumby, BC.
After a one year hiatus from the National Championships being hosted
in Lumby, BC, the event is returning to the area. Lumby was the host
city of the Hang Gliding Nationals for five of the last seven years
showing that it is a desirable area to host the competition which is
the most prestigious event in this sport in Canada.
Hang glider pilots from coast-to-coast and from all over the US will
flock to Lumby in search of the Canadian National Championships. The
winner is crowned after six daily rounds are flown where competitors
will launch from the various mountainside launches and race around a
series of pre-determined turnpoints and usually back into Lumby where
the finish line is normally located. The longest task to date at the
Lumby Nationals has been over 110km in length and tasks often take up
to three hours in duration and launches are used in Lumby, Vernon and
as far away as Mara Lake - always taking the pilots back to Lumby as
the goal.
The Lumby valley is ideal for this sort of racing as the dry climate
and amount of heat that time of year bring great conditions where
thermal updrafts safely take competitors to well over 12,000' above
the ground. There are many places in North America that these
altitudes can be attained but the valleys in the area are very
friendly offering abnormally light winds and numerous places to land
should pilots not be able to make the designated goal.
Here's what Randy Rauck, of the Lumby Air Force has to say: "Its great
to see the Canadian Hang Gliding Championships back in Lumby, BC
during Lumby Days. The Lumby AirForce started hosting hang gliding
competitions in 1976 and they have always been a great addition to the
Lumby Days excitement.
With the new launch being created at the top of Coopers mountain, a
longer, safer launch area for pilots to launch will be available this
year. Also more gliders will be able to be set up at once and it will
be safer for spectators. The target is 100 gliders set-up at a time so
that more competition flying will be attracted to the community."
You will be able to follow daily reports of this event and many others
and watch animated track logs of this and past competitions at
http://events.dowsett.ca/
Enquiries on the event can be made to Mark Dowsett, the event
organizer at 604-630-8545 - mark@dowsett.ca
Register here http://events.dowsett.ca/
Schedule:
Sat June 2nd - registration and practice day
Sun June 3-8th - official competition rounds
Sat June 9th - possible extra round should we require it to meet
sanctioning requirements
** awards will be handed out on the traditional hanger party the night
of Sat the 9th at The Lumby Air Park one mile north of Lumby on Mable
Lake Road
** stay for the Lumby Air Races that are taking place that weekend
(8th-10th) in conjunction with Lumby Days
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