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Werfenweng 
15 - 21 Aug 2022
ParagliderCross Country
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Check your e-mail account - payment deadline February 28th
2022-02-17 16:19
Selection process started!Check your status. If it shows "in progress", please check your e-mail account to find payment instructions.
Next selection round will be on March 8 th.
.Changed selection process
2022-01-09 23:03
We just changed the selections process (mainly the times) according new suggestions from Nordic Open Committee..Event info
Nordic Open August 15th - 21st Aug. 2022 Werfenweng / Austria
CIVL-Cat. II paragliding cross country competition.
Organized by FSC Ikarus Abtenau on behalf of Austrian Aeroclub.
Local Rules
local regulations Nordic Open 2022.pdf
Competition rules in this order:
1. Invitation / notice at headquarter
2. Austrian Aero Club, Section Para and Hang Gliding in the respective applicable version.
3. FAI Section 7
The local regulations of the Austrian Aeroclub, the FAI sporting code and the local flight regulations must be accepted.
Participation requirements:
- valid pilot license
- valid FAI Sportlicence
- third party liability insurance (€ 1.500.000,-) valid in Austria*
- certified glider (EN-A - CCC)
- GPS-device for scoring
- certified helmet
- certified harness
- certified rescue parachute
- Mobilphone with mobile data connection and WhatsApp**
* If you need a third party liability insurance, you can make a contract on Day 1 of the competition. Please inform the organizer in advance.
** WhatsApp is mandatory, and will be used as communication tool between organizer and pilots during the competition. In case of emergancy the mobile phone number will be used. Please make sure that you have a mobile number, which is active in Austria.
Participants:
maximum number of 130 participants allowed
Registration:
Online registration on website www.livetrack24.com/NO2022/en
The Online registration is open until June 15th, 2022.
the selection process will start on February 15th, 2022. Selected pilots will receive an e-mail with competition update and payment instructions for Entry Fee.
The Entry Fee should be deposited shortly after receiving the payment instructions.
Please pay to tollowing bank account: FSC Ikarus Abtenau, IBAN: AT70 3500 1000 0004 3570. Not selected pilots will move to the waiting list.
The pilots who are not selected will be moved to the waiting list.
Documentation:
Documentation only with GPS-Tracklog or Flymaster - Tracker.
Upload by Participant:
Free WLAN at the headquarter - send us your tracklog with e-mail or upload it to our server.
Protests:
Protests may be made 30 minutes after the end of official competition scoring in written form. A protest fee of € 50 must be paid immediately.
Airspace
How to get here
Location:
Werfenweng, Austria
Volksschule Werfenweng, you can find the route map here: Google maps
Accommodation
Make sure to book your accomodation as soon as possible - peak season!
Touristinformation Werfenweng Tel.: +43 6466 4200
tourismusverband@werfenweng.eu
www.werfenweng.eu
Camping:
There will be a separate parking for campers (and tents) at the bottom station of the mountain railways. They offer power (bring your own cables) and sanitary facilities. You might have to pay some small amount to the landowner for the power.
Please do not use any other parking area for camping!
Selection and entry fee
The selection is in accordance with the rules of FAI - Section 7. The organizing country is Iceland. The other Nordic countries are considered “other nations” under the Section 7 rules. This implies that if all positions of the competition are filled with Nordic pilots, the Section 7 rules will be upheld. There is no other quota for other nationalities outside of the Nordic Countries.
Selection process:
February 15th - February 28th, 2022:
Each Nordic country will have 28 spots (23 male, 5 female) based on CIVL WPRS ranking dated February 1st. If less than 5 females per Nordic country sign-up, the rest of the female spots will be allocated to males (up to a total of 28 spots) per Nordic country.
March1st - March 31st, 2022:
Free spots are continuously allocated to Nordic pilots exclusively by CIVL WPRS ranking dated February 1st 2022. If the selection reaches down to pilots with 0 ranking, further selection will be based on registration time stamp.
April 1st onwards:
Registration is open to all pilots. Selection is based on the CIVL WPRS ranking dated March 1st, 2022.
Wild Cards: Local organizers preserve the right to allocate 4 Wild Cards after April 1st, 2022, outside of the CIVL WPRS ranking dated March 1st, 2022.
Each Nordic country will have 28 spots (23 male, 5 female) based on CIVL WPRS ranking dated February 1st. If less than 5 females per Nordic country sign-up, the rest of the female spots will be allocated to males (up to a total of 28 spots) per Nordic country.
March1st - March 31st, 2022:
Free spots are continuously allocated to Nordic pilots exclusively by CIVL WPRS ranking dated February 1st 2022. If the selection reaches down to pilots with 0 ranking, further selection will be based on registration time stamp.
April 1st onwards:
Registration is open to all pilots. Selection is based on the CIVL WPRS ranking dated March 1st, 2022.
Wild Cards: Local organizers preserve the right to allocate 4 Wild Cards after April 1st, 2022, outside of the CIVL WPRS ranking dated March 1st, 2022.
Entry Fee:
€ 280,- by money transfer (if selected - see “Selection”)
The Entry Fee has to be paid as soon as you receive the e-mail with payment instructions from the organizer. (see “Selection”).
The organizer will not refund the Entry Fee of the pilots who will be absent (No-show).
Service Included:
- Participation in all tasks
- Transport to site
- Pick up and retrieval on the main route
- Colour map containing turn points, take-offs and landings. Detailed information about potentially hazardous areas (high tension wires, forwarding cables, etc.)
- ID card
- Lunch packets
- Souvenirs
- Free Internet access at Headquarters (Wi-fi)
- GPS control and task scoring
- Live tracking
- Emergency rescue, first aid, medical services as necessary
- A Pilot Dinner-Event during the competition
- Award Ceremony and celebration event
Competition schedule
12th - 15th August
Guaranteed space for 20 pilots from nations participating in Nordic Open 2022
Monday, 15th August 2022
11:00 - 17:00 Training task (for pilots not competing in Ikarus Open)
19:00 - 21:30 Official registration
Tuesday, 16th August 2022
09:00 - 09:30 Mandatory safety briefing
09:30 - 10:00 Electing the Task- and Safety committees
10:00 Transport to take off
Competition flying Day 1
Wednesday, 17th - Sunday, 21st August 2022
Competition flying days
Sunday, 21st August 2022
20:00 Prize-giving and closing ceremony
Prizes and competition categories
Prizes:
Awards
Competition categories:
- Nordic Open (all certified gliders, incl. CCC, all pilots, all nationalities) 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Nordic Open, female (all certified gliders, incl. CCC, only female, all nationalities) 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Nordic Open, Sports Class (gliders certified up to EN/LTF C, all nationalities) 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Nordic Championships, (all certified gliders, incl. CCC, only Nordic pilots) 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Nordic Championships, female (all certified gliders, incl. CCC, only female, only Nordic pilots) 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Nordic Championships, Sports Class (gliders certified up to EN/LTF C, Nordic pilots)1st, 2nd, 3
Organization
Organizer: FSC Ikarus Abtenau, 5441 Abtenau, Chairman Thomas Brandlehner
Co-Organizer and Data Specialist including Weather Reports:
Meet director:
Stefan Brandlehner
Thomas Brandlehner
Launch and Goal manager:
Peter Brandlehner