Date Sat 12 Jul 25
Site Pandy
Organising Club South East Wales HG & PG Club
Briefing Time 09:00
Briefer Dennis Trussler
Parking Location destiny.boards.jazzy
Briefing Location destiny.boards.jazzy
Takeoff Location devoured.tank.already
Site Guide Link Site Guide
Status Complete
Minimum Distance 5 km
Land By Time 19:00
Check-in By Time 20:00
Max Teams in Round 24
Teams in Round 17
Pilots in Round 88

Club Team Captain Pilots Score
South East Wales HG & PG Club SEW Red Lee Warren 8 1000 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 SEW Red
Crickhowell Paragliding Crickhowell Paragliding Alistair Andrews 8 955 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 Crickhowell Paragliding
Devon & Somerset Condors Condors Blue Viv Fouracre 6 627 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 Condors Blue
South East Wales HG & PG Club SEW Blue Christopher Begley 7 579 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 SEW Blue
Devon & Somerset Condors Condors Red Neil Russell 6 510 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 Condors Red
Dover & Folkestone Hang Gliding Club DAFT Nigel Gilbert 5 503 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 DAFT
UK Armed Forces UKAF South Matthew Tandy 6 482 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 UKAF South
Wessex HG & PG Club Wessex One Patryk Rosinski 6 428 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 Wessex One
Derbyshire Soaring Club DSC 1 Andy Hill 5 360 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 DSC 1
Long Mynd Soaring Club LMSC Blue David McLeod 5 338 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 LMSC Blue
Dunstable Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club Dunstable Dazzlers Vlad Belayev 7 337 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 Dunstable Dazzlers
Thames Valley Hang Gliding Club TV Stars Martin Lyster 5 285 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 TV Stars
Avon HGPG Avon A George Allen 5 247 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 Avon A
South West Wales Soaring Club SWWSC Kaan Ucele 1 153 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 SWWSC
UK Armed Forces UKAF North Richard Mackie 3 152 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 UKAF North
Southern Hang Gliding Club Southern Slackers Jenny Pearce 4 114 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 Southern Slackers
Sky Surfing Club Skysurfers Gold Miguel Rodas 1 110 BCC Sat 12 Jul 25 Skysurfers Gold
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Marco Altibrandi 113.30 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 79.3
Dave Spooner 105.40 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 73.77
Stephen Brunt 61.70 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 55.52
Lee Warren 74.60 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 52.21
Chris Money 55.30 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 49.76
Dennis Trussler 29.30 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 23.44
Chris Ashdown 24.10 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 19.28
Kerry Moss 12.30 0.9 (EN B) Advanced Pilot 9.96
363.29
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Alistair Andrews 89.90 0.9 (EN B) Advanced Pilot 72.81
Martin Burke 89.00 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 71.2
Ric Harwood 66.20 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 59.57
Daniel Starsmore 72.00 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Advanced Pilot 45.35
Andy McDonald 29.80 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 26.81
Rafal Tomaszek 29.30 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 26.36
Waleed Chaudhry 26.00 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 23.39
Matthew Brushett 25.70 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 23.12
348.67
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Jacek Palczewski 101.80 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 91.62
Simon Fouracre 50.00 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 35
David Darbyshire 22.90 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 20.6
Lester Gordon 23.30 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 16.3
Viv Fouracre 22.80 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 15.95
Ellie Surtees 10.40 1 (EN A) Club Pilot 10.39
189.89
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Steve Barton 58.50 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 46.79
Padam Gurung 37.60 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 30.07
Paul Edelstyn 28.80 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 25.91
Henry Jordan 25.40 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 22.85
Matthew Tandy 26.20 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 20.96
Katie Sykes 22.60 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 20.34
166.95
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Mark Fish 46.50 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 41.84
Neil Russell 52.20 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 36.54
Clinton Cooper 31.90 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 28.7
Ian Walker 28.90 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 26
Ben Bailey 20.50 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 18.44
Will Rice 17.10 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 15.39
166.94
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Conor O'Brien 51.50 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 46.34
Jonathan Price 49.00 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 44.09
Christopher Begley 43.90 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 39.51
Ian Crispe 23.30 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 20.96
Ehsan Baninajar 17.10 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 15.39
166.31
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Cosmin-Emilian Burian 62.10 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 49.68
Colin Downer 41.60 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 33.27
Jake Mitchell 28.80 1 (EN A) Club Pilot 28.79
Nigel Gilbert 21.70 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 19.53
James Crozier 15.90 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 14.3
145.6
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Patryk Rosinski 46.20 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 36.96
Kevin Kirk 36.30 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 32.66
Roy Attfield 25.00 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 22.5
Courtney Dawe 21.60 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 19.44
Fritz Fink 23.30 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 18.63
Simon Millen 9.10 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 8.19
138.39
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Martin Horsman 32.60 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 29.33
Joe Goodger 39.50 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 27.64
Andy Hill 21.90 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 19.7
Colin Higginson 19.20 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 17.28
Dan Ackroyd 18.20 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 14.56
108.54
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Vlad Belayev 35.20 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 28.16
Graham Bennett 30.50 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 21.35
Yovan Manasiev 22.10 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 19.88
Paul Perry 20.50 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 18.44
Stephen Meadowcroft 23.50 0.8 (EN C) Advanced Pilot 16.92
104.77
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
David McLeod 47.90 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 43.11
Scott Williams 28.50 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 25.64
Chris Baird 11.90 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 10.7
Siva Inturi 9.70 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 8.72
88.19
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Derek Hulley 23.10 1 (EN A) Club Pilot 23.1
Alan Jacques 21.70 1 (EN A) Club Pilot 21.7
Martin Lyster 17.70 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 15.93
Robert Burgess 13.70 1 (EN A) Club Pilot 13.69
74.43
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
George Allen 33.50 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 26.8
Richard Gill 17.70 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 15.93
Paul Guilfoyle 14.30 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 12.86
Chiara Lloyd-yeates 9.70 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 8.72
Mark Davis 7.60 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 6.83
71.16
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Kaan Ucele 44.30 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 39.86
39.86
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Dale Arden 41.70 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 37.52
Richard Mackie 5.00 0.5 (EN D 2-liner) Advanced Pilot 2.25
39.77
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Sorin Cracana 28.10 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 25.28
Martin Kollar 5.00 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 4.5
29.78
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Miguel Rodas 40.00 0.8 (EN C) Advanced Pilot 28.8
28.8
Round Brief
Comments High cloud base expected above 6000ft later in the day. High temp and UV levels throughout the day
Windspeed & Direction Easterly 10-12mph
Direction Of Flight North and South on the Pandy ridge and West across the Black Mountains into the Usk valley
Expected Landing Area As chosen by Pilot but a Goal landing field is available in the Glanusk Estate camping ground
Airspace and Hazards FL75 in our proposed flying area, Cotswold CTA to the south with 5500ft lower limit
NOTAMs Helicopter activity in the Talybont area. CANP in place for Pandy, Magic and Blorenge
'May Not Exceed' Line Description Club pilots may operate within the designated box shown on the attached map. Abergavenney - Brecon - Hay on Wye - Pandy-Skirrid-Blorenge
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Narrative


BCC 2025 Round Two – Saturday 12 July 2025 – Pandy 

Ladies and Gentlemen,

With my apologies for the delay in getting this report out (we really like to do this inside a week if possible), I am pleased to confirm that all with all of the flights processed, the scores are out from the superb second BCC round of the season. 

Once again let me express my sincere thanks to Stuart Blackburn and the SE Wales HG and PG Club for offering to host BCC rounds to coincide with the much-anticipated Magic Bash. The weekend was superbly organised and the BCC and Bash complimented one another beautifully, augmented by the splendid weather. 

And so it was early on Saturday morning under blue skies and building heat (the definite theme of the weekend), 88 pilots and supporters assembled at the Glanusk campsite, which also doubled as BCC HQ for the weekend being the splendid venue for the Bash, to be treated to another superb brief by Dennis Trussler. This was preceded by Will Rice being awarded with his thoroughly well-deserved Spirit of the BCC award from the 2024 season. Thereafter, with conditions expected to improve throughout the day, vehicles were repositioned, and pilots made their way up the hill.
 
The round is being written up collaboratively for Skywings (thank you Viv Fouracre), so I will keep this summary to the stats and scores only and let others tell the flying story of the day. 

Of the 88 pilots who signed to fly that morning, an impressive 79 posted scores and even more impressively 30 of those scores earned Pilot Development (PD) prizes for their endeavours, which goes to reinforce that competitive participation is a super catalyst to  
development.
 
Of those PD flights, ten were First Ever XCs, with a notable mention being the super 44.30km from Kaan Ucele of SW Wales. Another ten of the PD flights were overall Personal Bests (PBs), with the two best scores of the day going to Marco Altibrandi (a superb 113.30km) for SE Wales and Jacek Palczewski (101.80km) of Condors, with the latter being the top score of the day due to him being on an EN B wing. 

Note. If any pilot has inadvertently not claimed a PD prize or claimed the wrong PD prize (that does happen), please let me know and I can make amendments as required.
 
And so on to the scores for the round. Continuing where they left off from the first round of the year, another solid team performance saw the 1,000 points go to SE Wales Red, aided by Marco’s PB flight. Not far behind In second place with 955 points, powered by PB flights from Martin Burke and Ric Harwood, were Crickhowell Paragliding. And in third place, with 627 valuable points, were Condors Blue. All of the 17 teams taking part posted scores making it a round with something for everyone. 

After two rounds, SE Wales sit atop the leaderboard with a perfect 2,000 points. However, not for behind with 1,836 points are Crickhowell Paragliding who are making their mark most impressively in their first BCC season. So, with two superb rounds completed, there is still everything to play for, starting with the next round at Pandy for day two of the Magic Bash.

 

Round Replay

SportsTrackLive | Paragliding - BCC 2025 Round Two – Sat 12 Jul 25 – Pandy | Matthew Tandy (created on 17/07/2025)

 

Round Briefing

The Briefing for the proposed Saturday 12th July BCC Round will be held at Glanusk Estate near Crickhowell (What3Words) https://what3words.com/universal.outnumber.looms

Teams will then travel to the designated flying site in as few vehicles as possible to relieve parking issues and aid vehicle retrieval.

Very High Temps and UV levels are forcast, take all necessary precautions to avoid heat injuries.

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