2015 New Zealand Paragliding Cross-Country Championships
April 1st 2014 to March 31st 2015
Updated by the administrator of the NZ PG flights database,
Tim
Percival.
Last updated 30 April 2015.
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Here’s the confirmed standings and wrap up of the 2015
competition!
It was a bit hard to keep up with all the brilliant mountain
flying happening in the South Island, especially in the Otago mountains
- record flying it was! If someone had told me before this
season that five different pilots would fly further than the existing
NZ open distance record, one that had stood for nine seasons, I’d have
said they needed their head read, but it happened!
Here’s a list of just some of the highlights:
- NZ’s Open Distance record broken twice, the mark is now
170.4 km (Angus Tapper,
Coronet Peak)
- NZ’s FAI Out and Back record broken twice, the mark is now
110.3 km (Grant Middendorf,
Treble Cone)
- NZ’s FAI Triangle record broken by 39% (134.1 km, Nick Neynens, Roys
Peak)
- NZ 150km open distance achieved for the first time, and by
three pilots.
- During just one season, the tally of NZ100km open distance
flights has been boosted from 32 to 53!
- Eight NZ100km open distance flights bagged in a single
season by a single pilot (Bryan
Moore), when no one had accumulated more than seven
NZ100km flights since the beginning of the champs (1992)!
- A new regional open distance record for Canterbury
(Middendorf, 157.3 km)
- The previously long-standing Paeroas open distance record
broken (Shaun Gilbert,
78.0 km)
- The Southern Alps flown from Nelson Lakes to Wanaka in just
six days (Neynens).
For details of other site records flown during the season,
look for asterisks in the right hand column of the Season Site Best Flights
tables.
2015 NZ XC Champions and
Category Winners
XC Champs Table - Final Standings
North Island Table
2015 Season Site Best
Flights
2015 Season Milestone
Flights
2015 NZ XC
Champions and Category Winners
|
Title/Category
|
Pilot
|
Notes
|
|
1st place and
2015 NZ XC Champion
|
Nick Neynens
|
Wow! Nick has taken his flying to new standards
this season and in doing so has taken Southern Alps flying to new
standards, which he had to, to edge out runner up, Bryan Moore. Nick
seems to be at home anywhere in the mountains and is good at flying
both triangles and open distance. See www.sharemyjoys.com for details
of his adventures of last season!
|
|
1st Runner Up
|
Bryan Moore
|
Bryan’s top three flights averaged 147.6 km
open distance! And, as mentioned above, this season Bryan added eight
NZ100km open distance flights to his tally. Only the triangle scores of
Nick kept Bryan from the top spot.
|
|
2nd Runner Up
|
Louis Tapper
|
Louis’ flights included the best flight of
November (Coronet, 126 km), and a triangle circuit flight of 109 km
from Treble Cone.
|
|
2015 Women's XC Champion
|
Kat West
|
A visit to Roys Peak late in the season proved
beneficial for Kat, bagging 55 km and enough points for her 4th Women’s
title!
|
|
Best Rookie
(first-time PG2
competitor)
|
Rob Gillard
|
Rob’s tally included the best distance ever
flown from the Hospital Hill take off, Waihi - 39.5 km.
|
|
North Island Champion
|
Shaun Gilbert
|
Shaun broke the
long-standing Paeroas distance record flying 78 km, and had the best
North Island flight.
|
|
Longest North Island Flight
|
Shaun Gilbert
|
100.2 km from Te Mata Peak, Hawkes Bay.
|
|
Longest South Island Flight
|
Angus Tapper
|
170.4 km from Coronet Peak, Otago.
|
Well done all of the above! (Especially Nick) :)
And thank you to all who submitted flights so we
could
see where there was good flying to be had.
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2014/2015 NZ PG
XC Champs Final Standings (top 40 placings)
For detailed flight information and relative rankings of all
NZ resident pilots,
see the
2015
PG XC Champs Table at Leonardo (Leonardo season name: “2014”).
(Note that for the NZ PG XC Champs,
the Leonardo table is an approximate table only: international pilots
are incorrectly excluded from the NZ ‘club’
competition, while a flight submitted more than 30 days after the day
of the flight is incorrectly included).
|
Pos
|
Pilot
|
Club
|
F1
|
F2
|
F3
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Nick Neynens
|
Southern
|
299.2
|
268.9
|
248.2
|
816.3
|
|
2
|
Bryan Moore
|
Southern
|
254.2
|
251.0
|
248.7
|
753.9
|
|
3
|
Louis Tapper
|
Southern
|
218.7
|
204.8
|
194.7
|
618.2
|
|
4
|
Grant Middendorf
|
Southern
|
253.3
|
249.0
|
100.7
|
603.0
|
|
5
|
Glen Stevens
|
Canterbury
|
213.5
|
206.7
|
153.2
|
573.4
|
|
6
|
Rory Devine
|
Southern
|
208.0
|
198.1
|
156.0
|
562.1
|
|
7
|
Peter Groves
|
Southern
|
238.8
|
172.5
|
146.3
|
557.6
|
|
8
|
Shaun Gilbert
|
Hawkes Bay
|
153.6
|
152.3
|
146.2
|
452.1
|
|
9
|
Stew Karstens
|
Tasman
|
170.9
|
145.6
|
117.0
|
433.5
|
|
10
|
Mark Hardman
|
Southern
|
179.8
|
147.8
|
82.4
|
410.0
|
|
11
|
Nick Taber
|
Tasman
|
145.4
|
139.4
|
93.1
|
377.9
|
|
12
|
Rostislav Vondra
|
Overseas
|
187.8
|
86.4
|
52.0
|
326.2
|
|
13
|
Romain Bernard
|
Overseas
|
129.5
|
116.6
|
76.7
|
322.8
|
|
14
|
Steven Christophers
|
Southern
|
135.7
|
79.1
|
67.6
|
282.4
|
|
15
|
Bruce Vickerman
|
Waikato
|
105.1
|
90.8
|
84.4
|
280.3
|
|
16
|
Angus Tapper
|
Southern
|
269.6
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
269.6
|
|
17
|
Jeff Ripley
|
Auckland
|
103.4
|
79.2
|
74.4
|
257.0
|
|
18
|
Derek Divers
|
Southern
|
98.5
|
82.1
|
70.7
|
251.3
|
|
19
|
Luke Goleman
|
Canterbury
|
89.1
|
88.6
|
65.3
|
243.0
|
|
20
|
Martin Kräemer
|
Southern
|
84.6
|
80.7
|
74.1
|
239.4
|
|
21
|
Jean Brossard
|
Canterbury
|
86.6
|
76.3
|
66.6
|
229.5
|
|
22
|
Lucas Le Courtois
|
Overseas
|
93.9
|
80.2
|
50.5
|
224.6
|
|
23
|
Aaron Ford
|
Southern
|
83.7
|
66.7
|
66.5
|
216.9
|
|
24
|
Rhys Akers
|
Bay of Plenty
|
82.3
|
75.6
|
58.5
|
216.4
|
|
25
|
Kat West
|
Southern
|
82.9
|
64.9
|
57.8
|
205.6
|
|
26
|
Chris Connolly
|
Wellington
|
89.0
|
72.4
|
35.8
|
197.2
|
|
27
|
Rodger Kerr
|
Auckland
|
76.1
|
64.1
|
56.5
|
196.7
|
|
28
|
Loic Kersuzan
|
Overseas
|
81.4
|
52.2
|
51.2
|
184.8
|
|
29
|
Wayne Rohrs
|
Auckland
|
65.4
|
64.7
|
53.0
|
183.1
|
|
30
|
Eva Keim
|
Auckland
|
85.2
|
57.1
|
40.0
|
182.3
|
|
31
|
Peter Taylor
|
Canterbury
|
88.5
|
51.1
|
40.0
|
179.6
|
|
32
|
Evan Lamberton
|
Auckland
|
79.2
|
60.1
|
39.9
|
179.2
|
|
33
|
Laurence Robinson
|
Auckland
|
88.2
|
40.8
|
38.9
|
167.9
|
|
34
|
Tim Heather
|
Southern
|
82.6
|
47.2
|
36.2
|
166.0
|
|
35
|
Tim Percival
|
Tasman
|
102.3
|
38.5
|
21.4
|
162.2
|
|
36
|
Gareth Gore
|
Canterbury
|
65.5
|
49.6
|
45.2
|
160.3
|
|
37
|
Rob Gillard
|
Waikato
|
69.2
|
45.9
|
44.9
|
160.0
|
|
38
|
Andres Celada
|
Overseas
|
159.8
|
0.0
|
0.0
|
159.8
|
|
39
|
Tim Brown
|
Tasman
|
80.3
|
78.8
|
0.0
|
159.1
|
|
40
|
Michal Karnik
|
Southern
|
77.0
|
41.3
|
32.0
|
150.3
|
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North Island
Table (top 20 placings)
(Top scoring from North Island flights).
|
Pos
|
Pilot
|
Club
|
F1
|
F2
|
F3
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Shaun Gilbert
|
Hawkes Bay
|
153.6
|
152.3
|
146.2
|
452.1
|
|
2
|
Jeff Ripley
|
Auckland
|
103.4
|
79.2
|
74.4
|
257.0
|
|
3
|
Bruce Vickerman
|
Waikato
|
90.8
|
84.4
|
61.4
|
236.6
|
|
4
|
Rhys Akers
|
Bay of Plenty
|
82.3
|
75.6
|
58.5
|
216.4
|
|
5
|
Rodger Kerr
|
Auckland
|
76.1
|
64.1
|
56.5
|
196.7
|
|
6
|
Wayne Rohrs
|
Auckland
|
65.4
|
64.7
|
53.0
|
183.1
|
|
7
|
Evan Lamberton
|
Auckland
|
79.2
|
60.1
|
39.9
|
179.2
|
|
8
|
Laurence Robinson
|
Auckland
|
88.2
|
40.8
|
38.9
|
167.9
|
|
9
|
Rob Gillard
|
Waikato
|
69.2
|
45.9
|
44.9
|
160.0
|
|
10
|
Eva Keim
|
Auckland
|
85.2
|
40.0
|
21.9
|
147.1
|
|
11
|
Emlyn Revell-Nash
|
Auckland
|
65.3
|
35.8
|
35.0
|
136.1
|
|
12
|
Matt Harrison
|
Auckland
|
62.2
|
53.8
|
15.5
|
131.5
|
|
13
|
Don Smith
|
Auckland
|
74.9
|
28.2
|
26.1
|
129.2
|
|
14
|
Elliot Revell-Nash
|
Auckland
|
54.4
|
35.4
|
34.5
|
124.3
|
|
14
|
Anand Srinivasan
|
Auckland
|
47.5
|
40.7
|
36.1
|
124.3
|
|
16
|
Graham Surrey
|
Auckland
|
40.5
|
39.9
|
36.3
|
116.7
|
|
17
|
Rick Hawkeswood
|
Waikato
|
38.3
|
32.6
|
32.3
|
103.2
|
|
18
|
Andrew Cavaney
|
Auckland
|
40.9
|
31.6
|
25.2
|
97.7
|
|
19
|
Tony Cowley
|
Auckland
|
37.2
|
35.7
|
16.1
|
89.0
|
|
20
|
Kyla MacDonald
|
Auckland
|
44.5
|
20.7
|
19.1
|
84.3
|
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2015
Season Site Best Flights (from entries)
Open Distance
|
Region
|
Site/Site Group
|
Distance
|
Pilot
|
Date
|
Take Off
|
|
|
Northland
|
Kamo
|
23.2
|
Evan Lamberton
|
15/01/2015
|
|
|
|
Auckland
|
Bridges
|
21.3
|
Wayne Rohrs
|
25/10/2014
|
|
|
|
Auckland
|
Dills Hill
|
27.7
|
Rodger Kerr
|
01/03/2015
|
|
|
|
Auckland
|
Moirs Hill
|
59.0
|
Jeff Ripley
|
09/11/2014
|
|
*
|
|
Waikato
|
Alans Hill
|
16.6
|
Bruce Vickerman
|
18/02/2015
|
|
|
|
Waikato
|
Kaimai Range
|
53.4
|
Bruce Vickerman
|
08/11/2014
|
(Kaimai)
|
|
|
Waikato
|
Puriri Hill
|
17.5
|
Bruce Vickerman
|
25/10/2014
|
|
*
|
|
Waikato
|
Te Hoe - Maungakawa
|
21.1
|
Bruce Vickerman
|
09/11/2014
|
(Pukeitionga)
|
|
|
Waikato
|
Waihi
|
55.9
|
Bruce Vickerman
|
15/01/2015
|
(Mt Misery)
|
*
|
|
Bay of Plenty
|
Paeroa
|
78.0
|
Shaun Gilbert
|
10/03/2015
|
|
*
|
|
Hawkes Bay
|
Te Mata Peak
|
100.4
|
Shaun Gilbert
|
25/01/2015
|
|
|
|
Hawkes Bay
|
Turiri
|
94.0
|
Shaun Gilbert
|
20/03/2015
|
|
*
|
|
Wairarapa
|
Kourarau
|
13.7
|
Mick Kennish
|
09/01/2015
|
|
|
|
Nelson
|
Inwoods Lookout
|
91.6
|
Stew Karstens
|
03/09/2014
|
|
|
|
Nelson
|
Mt Murchison
|
84.7
|
Nick Taber
|
15/03/2015
|
|
|
|
Nelson
|
St Arnaud
|
41.8
|
Chris Connolly
|
28/02/2015
|
(Parachute Rocks)
|
|
|
Nelson
|
Takaka - Riwaka
|
28.8
|
Nick Taber
|
16/07/2014
|
(Takaka Hill)
|
|
|
Canterbury
|
Buscot Hill
|
28.6
|
Steven Christophers
|
03/01/2015
|
|
|
|
Canterbury
|
Craigieburn Range
|
54.9
|
Luke Goleman
|
14/12/2014
|
(Cheeseman)
|
|
|
Canterbury
|
Little River
|
24.2
|
Jean Brossard
|
07/09/2014
|
|
|
|
Canterbury
|
Ohau Ski Field
|
26.0
|
Louis Tapper
|
08/01/2015
|
|
|
|
Canterbury
|
Port Hills
|
32.2
|
Jean Brossard
|
10/02/2015
|
(Castle Rock)
|
|
|
Canterbury
|
Sealy Range
|
157.3
|
Grant Middendorf
|
03/01/2015
|
(Sealy Tarns)
|
**
|
|
Otago
|
Cardrona
|
28.2
|
Derek Divers
|
28/12/2014
|
|
|
|
Otago
|
Coronet Peak
|
170.4
|
Angus Tapper
|
23/12/2014
|
|
†
|
|
Otago
|
Haast Pass
|
113.1
|
Rory Devine
|
20/02/2015
|
(Brewster Hut)
|
*
|
|
Otago
|
Hawea Eastern Ranges
|
30.7
|
Bryan Moore
|
11/02/2015
|
(Pakituhi Spur)
|
|
|
Otago
|
Matukituki
|
117.8
|
Bryan Moore
|
05/01/2015
|
(Sharks Tooth)
|
*
|
|
Otago
|
Obelisk
|
24.0
|
Mark Hardman
|
28/09/2014
|
|
|
|
Otago
|
Pisa Range
|
12.7
|
Steven Christophers
|
27/07/2014
|
(Waiorau)
|
|
|
Otago
|
Routeburn
|
150.1
|
Bryan Moore
|
23/12/2014
|
(Sugarloaf Pass)
|
*
|
|
Otago
|
Roys Peak
|
64.1
|
Nick Neynens
|
16/02/2015
|
|
|
|
Otago
|
Treble Cone
|
152.1
|
Bryan Moore
|
07/12/2014
|
|
*
|
* Site Record
** Site and Regional Record
† National Record
FAI Out-and-Back
|
Region
|
Site/Site Group
|
Distance
|
Pilot
|
Date
|
Take Off
|
|
|
Waikato
|
Kaimai Range
|
40.2
|
Rhys Akers
|
28/02/2015
|
(Kaimai)
|
|
|
Nelson
|
Mt Murchison
|
91.0
|
Stew Karstens
|
14/12/2014
|
|
**
|
|
Canterbury
|
Craigieburn Range
|
39.0
|
Peter Taylor
|
23/12/2014
|
(Cheeseman)
|
|
|
Otago
|
Coronet Peak
|
89.2
|
Andres Celada
|
23/12/2014
|
|
|
|
Otago
|
Hawea Eastern Ranges
|
18.8
|
Martin Kräemer
|
16/12/2014
|
(Pakituhi Spur)
|
|
|
Otago
|
Roys Peak
|
102.7
|
Nick Neynens
|
16/12/2014
|
|
*
|
|
Otago
|
Treble Cone
|
110.3
|
Grant Middendorf
|
23/12/2014
|
|
†
|
* Site Record
** Site and Regional Record
† National Record
FAI Triangle
|
Region
|
Site/Site Group
|
Distance
|
Pilot
|
Date
|
Take Off
|
|
|
Otago
|
Roys Peak
|
134.1
|
Nick Neynens
|
16/12/2014
|
|
†
|
|
Otago
|
Treble Cone
|
99.2
|
Grant Middendorf
|
23/12/2014
|
|
*
|
* Site Record
† National Record
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2015 Season Milestone Flights
NZHGPA Cross-Country Milestone Achievement stickers are
awarded the first time a pilot surpasses the ‘milestone’ distances of
25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150 or 200km (open distance) on a hang glider or
paraglider in New Zealand. This table lists the pilots who
achieved milestone paraglider flights during the 2015 season.
17 pilots surpassed 25km for the
first time which bodes well for the future, and Luke Goleman and Chris Connolly
achieved the sometimes elusive 50km. At the top end we have seen some
experienced xc pilots really excelling in the conditions of the season,
with eight pilots (Devine,
Groves,
Middendorf, Moore, Neynens, Stevens,
A. Tapper and L.
Tapper) accounting for all of the 75km or higher
milestones achieved! Membership of the 150km "club" is now three when
it was zero, 125km membership has increased by three to eight, and five
pilots have surpassed NZ100km for the first time, boosting that group
to 15 pilots. (Yes,
that's a 50% increase in one season, when we had a run of seasons, 2008
to 2012, when not one 100km milestone was achieved!)
|
Pilot
|
Milestone Achieved (km)
|
Flight Date
|
Open Distance
|
Site Name
|
|
Aaron Ford
|
25
|
2/12/2014
|
47.9
|
Coronet Peak
|
|
Angus Tapper
|
150
|
23/12/2014
|
170.4
|
Coronet Peak
|
|
Ben Levy
|
25
|
28/01/2015
|
32.4
|
Treble Cone
|
|
Bryan Moore
|
150
|
7/12/2014
|
152.1
|
Treble Cone
|
|
Chris Connolly
|
25
|
28/02/2015
|
41.8
|
Parachute Rocks
|
|
Chris Connolly
|
50
|
1/03/2015
|
56.0
|
Mt Murchison
|
|
Danny Murphy
|
25
|
22/02/2015
|
25.2
|
Treble Cone
|
|
Elisabeth Tobler
|
25
|
9/11/2014
|
27.1
|
Moirs Hill
|
|
Elliot Revell-Nash
|
25
|
19/02/2015
|
30.7
|
Moirs Hill
|
|
Emlyn Revell-Nash
|
25
|
21/03/2015
|
39.0
|
Paeroa
|
|
Glen Stevens
|
75,100
|
5/01/2015
|
114.7
|
Sharks Tooth
|
|
Glenn Doggett
|
25
|
10/03/2015
|
26.7
|
Paeroa
|
|
Grant Middendorf
|
150
|
3/01/2015
|
157.3
|
Sealy Tarns
|
|
Ian Douglass
|
25
|
7/01/2015
|
28.8
|
Coronet Peak
|
|
Ian Wood
|
25
|
14/12/2014
|
26.6
|
Mt Murchison
|
|
Keith Clapson
|
25
|
7/11/2014
|
42.4
|
Coronet Peak
|
|
Louis Tapper
|
100,125
|
7/11/2014
|
126.0
|
Coronet Peak
|
|
Lukas Walton-Keim
|
25
|
28/01/2015
|
32.7
|
Treble Cone
|
|
Luke Goleman
|
50
|
14/12/2014
|
54.9
|
Cheeseman
|
|
Matt Harrison
|
25
|
10/01/2015
|
34.8
|
Moirs Hill
|
|
Michal Karnik
|
25
|
7/12/2014
|
36.4
|
Treble Cone
|
|
Nick Neynens
|
50,75
|
2/12/2014
|
79.8
|
Mt Alfred
|
|
Nick Neynens
|
100
|
12/12/2014
|
104.7
|
Barrier Knob
|
|
Nick Neynens
|
125
|
11/02/2015
|
134.1
|
Kamilas Hill
|
|
Peter Groves
|
100,125
|
7/12/2014
|
143.6
|
Treble Cone
|
|
Rob Gillard
|
25
|
14/02/2015
|
39.5
|
Hospital Hill
|
|
Rory Devine
|
75
|
16/12/2014
|
87.3
|
Treble Cone
|
|
Rory Devine
|
100
|
20/02/2015
|
113.1
|
Brewster Hut
|
|
Simon Corbett
|
25
|
23/12/2014
|
26.3
|
Cheeseman
|
|
Steven Christophers
|
25
|
7/12/2014
|
37.2
|
Treble Cone
|
(Stickers
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