Date Sun 13 Jul 25
Site Pandy
Organising Club South East Wales HG & PG Club
Briefing Time 10:00
Briefer Simon Sykes
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 20:00
Check-in By Time 21:00
Max Teams in Round 20
Teams in Round 12
Pilots in Round 58

Club Team Captain Pilots Score
Devon & Somerset Condors Condors Red Viv Fouracre 6 1000 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 Condors Red
South East Wales HG & PG Club SEW Red Lee Warren 6 879 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 SEW Red
South East Wales HG & PG Club SEW Blue Dennis Trussler 5 699 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 SEW Blue
Crickhowell Paragliding Crickhowell Paragliding Alistair Andrews 6 646 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 Crickhowell Paragliding
UK Armed Forces UKAF South Matthew Tandy 6 584 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 UKAF South
Dover & Folkestone Hang Gliding Club DAFT Nigel Gilbert 4 500 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 DAFT
Wessex HG & PG Club Wessex One Patryk Rosinski 4 424 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 Wessex One
Avon HGPG Avon A Paul Guilfoyle 4 417 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 Avon A
UK Armed Forces UKAF North Tim Bishop 5 397 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 UKAF North
Derbyshire Soaring Club DSC 1 Andy Hill 4 335 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 DSC 1
Dunstable Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club Dunstable Dazzlers Vlad Belayev 5 239 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 Dunstable Dazzlers
Southern Hang Gliding Club Southern Slackers Martin Kollar 3 72 BCC Sun 13 Jul 25 Southern Slackers
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Will Rice 102.80 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 92.51
Neil Russell 104.30 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 73.01
Viv Fouracre 38.00 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 26.6
Jacek Palczewski 12.60 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 11.34
Mark Fish 12.20 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 10.97
Ellie Surtees 8.20 1 (EN A) Club Pilot 8.19
222.64
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Chris Ashdown 65.70 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 52.55
Marco Altibrandi 62.60 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 43.81
Dave Spooner 62.10 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 43.46
Lee Warren 55.90 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 39.13
Mark Simpson 30.80 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 21.55
Stephen Brunt 18.90 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 17
217.54
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Conor O'Brien 66.50 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 59.84
Dennis Trussler 62.80 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 50.24
Ehsan Baninajar 19.00 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 17.1
Ian Crispe 16.70 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 15.03
142.22
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Daniel Starsmore 106.90 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Advanced Pilot 67.34
Alistair Andrews 39.80 0.9 (EN B) Advanced Pilot 32.23
Martin Burke 29.20 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 23.36
Alex Green 8.50 1 (EN A) Club Pilot 8.5
Rafal Tomaszek 8.20 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 7.37
138.82
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Richard Mackie 85.40 0.5 (EN D 2-liner) Advanced Pilot 38.43
Simon Sykes 63.00 0.5 (EN D 2-liner) Pilot 31.5
Matthew Tandy 36.60 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 29.27
Richard Bradley 24.60 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 19.68
Paul Edelstyn 14.00 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 12.59
131.49
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Nigel Gilbert 46.50 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 41.84
Cosmin-Emilian Burian 35.00 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 28
Jake Mitchell 21.70 1 (EN A) Club Pilot 21.7
James Crozier 11.40 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 10.25
101.8
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Patryk Rosinski 45.00 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 36
Fritz Fink 32.00 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 25.6
Courtney Dawe 16.60 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 14.93
Kevin Kirk 10.90 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 9.8
86.34
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Paolo Calascibetta di Altamirano 45.00 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 40.5
Rob Mitchell 22.00 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 19.79
Chiara Lloyd-yeates 20.30 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 18.26
Paul Guilfoyle 7.10 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 6.38
84.95
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Steve Barton 55.40 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 44.32
Henry Jordan 30.00 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 27
Kyle Fox 10.70 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 9.62
80.95
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Andy Hill 51.90 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 46.7
Martin Horsman 23.90 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 21.5
68.22
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Paul Perry 22.20 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 19.97
Yovan Manasiev 11.87 0.9 (EN B) Club Pilot 10.68
Vlad Belayev 12.40 0.8 (EN C) Pilot 9.92
Stephen Meadowcroft 11.30 0.8 (EN C) Advanced Pilot 8.13
Graham Bennett 11.40 0.7 (EN C 2-liner) Pilot 7.97
56.69
Pilot Km Wing Factor Rating Score
Martin Kollar 16.40 0.9 (EN B) Pilot 14.75
14.75
Round Brief
Comments High pressure across the UK. Strong inversion and very little cloud expected. Thermic activity up to 8,000 feet possible. High temp and UV levels throughout the day. All pilots advised to take extra water and be aware of the risk of heat stress.
Windspeed & Direction 090, (070-110) max 12 kts
Direction Of Flight North and South on the Pandy ridge and West across the Black Mountains into the Usk valley.
Expected Landing Area Within defined area shown in attached image. If not in front of ridge, mostly South of Black Mountains and in Abergavenny to Crickhowell area
Airspace and Hazards FL75 in our proposed flying area, Cotswold CTA to the south with 5500ft lower limit.
NOTAMs None to affect.
'May Not Exceed' Line Description Within defined area shown in attached graphic.
Round Brief Image

Narrative


BCC 2025 Round Three – Sunday 13 July 2025 – Pandy

Ladies and Gentlemen, 

Further to my earlier post, I am pleased to be able to announce the scores for Sunday’s round at Pandy have also been collated. It’s worth saying that the flights were entered on the XC League and then the BCC website in a very timely fashion; the delay in posting the scores is entirely due to having some complications to resolve from the Saturday (with me wanting to post the scores in order!). 

A slightly smaller field (58 pilots from 12 teams) reassembled at the Glanusk campsite and with a continuation of the blue skies and heat from the previous day, iced coffees and shade were in high demand; fortunately both were available thanks to a clever positioning of Pippa’s coffee cart which did a roaring trade once again. An excellent brief from Simon Sykes of UKAF set the stage for another day of epic flying.  

With a full write up of the flying in train from other BCC pilots, I can once again just focus on the scores and PD Prize summary and leave the tales of daring do, climbs to 7,000 feet and flights to the coast to the expert wordsmiths.  

The stats do hint at a very good day though, with 49 of the 58 pilots posting scores and another nine Pilot Development prizes being earned, which included another precious First Ever XC of 22km for Rob Mitchell of Avon. The top scoring flight of the day goes to Will Rice from Condors who posted an impressive Personal Best of 102.8km, one of three flights in excess of 100km. 

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. Aided by Will’s top scoring PB flight and Neil Russell’s brilliant104.30km, Condors Red secured the 1,000 points. Taking the second and third spots were SE Wales Red and SE Wales Blue on 879 and 699 points respectively. An honourable mention must go to Dan Starsmore who led the charge for Crickhowell Paragliding with his 106.9km which secured fourth place and 646 points. 

Now for the leaderboard. After three rounds, SE Wales Red remain in top spot with 2,879 points, with Crickhowell Paragliding very much remaining in contention in second place on 2,482 points. The other teams in the top six (Condors Red, North Devon Red, SW Wales (from only two scores) and UKAF South) are not that far behind. So, we are beautifully set for the remainder of the season

Round Replay

The SportsTrackLive scene for the round can be found here:

SportsTrackLive | Paragliding - BCC 2025 Round Three – Sun 13 Jul 25 – Pandy | Matthew Tandy (created on 17/07/2025)

Kind regard,, Matt
BCC Coord

Briefing note

Following on from the round the previous day, the intent is for the briefing for the proposed Sunday 13 July BCC Round will be held at Glanusk Estate near Crickhowell (What3Words) https://what3words.com/universal.outnumber.looms

Of note, the temporary campsite at Glanusk needs to be completely clear by 1200.

Again, as per Saturday the intent is for teams to travel to the designated flying site in as few vehicles as possible to relieve parking issues and aid vehicle retrieval.

Further details to follow nearer the time.

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