New Zealand Paragliding Cross-Country Championships
Historic Results

Paragliding Competitions and Records > NZ Paragliding Cross-Country Championships Historic Results

Updated by the data entry person of the NZ PG flights database, Tim Percival.
Last updated 25 July 2023.


Paragliding XC Champs Winners and Runners Up

Year

Place

Pilot

Club

Total Points
(XContest NZ
Scoring)

2023

1

Ben Kellett

Southern

976.1

2023

2

Thomas Rold

Southern

824.6

2023

3

Leo Chelle

Southern

722.2

2022

1

Louis Tapper

Southern

796.5

2022

2

Ben Kellett

Southern

677.6

2022

3

Glen Stevens

Southern

585.2

2021

1

Louis Tapper

Southern

689.2

2021

2

Benjamin Kellett

Southern

592.6

2021

3

Thomas Rold

Southern

410.3

2020

1

Louis Tapper

Southern

630.4

2020

2

Mark MacDonald

Waikato

365.8

2020

3

Nick Neynens

Southern

361.3

2019

1

Louis Tapper

Southern

622.1

2019

2

Dave Watson

Southern

537.8

2019

3

Fraser Monteith

Southern

482.7

2018

1

Nick Neynens

Southern

958.8

2018

2

Glen Stevens

Southern

811.8

2018

3

Louis Tapper

Southern

716.5

(Highest winning margin:  264.6 points in the 2020 season).

Seasons Prior to 2018

Year

Place

Pilot

Club

Total Points
(Leonardo
Scoring)

Total Points
(NZ Scoring)

2017

1

Nick Neynens

Southern

775.5

475.1

2017

2

Dave Watson

Southern

652.2

413.9

2017

3

Bryan Moore

Southern

593.2

308.3

2016

1

Nick Neynens

Southern

950.8

565.0

2016

2

Bryan Moore

Southern

912.5

553.8

2016

3

Louis Tapper

Southern

767.7

429.9

2015

1

Nick Neynens

Southern

816.3

480.8

2015

2

Bryan Moore

Southern

753.9

442.9

2015

3

Louis Tapper

Southern

618.2

394.3

2014

1

Bryan Moore

Southern

631.4

358.2

2014

2

Grant Middendorf

Southern

551.2

348.2

2014

3

Rory Devine

Southern

480.7

231.4

2013

1

Bryan Moore

Southern

492.2

271.9

2013

2

Nick Taber

Tasman

479.9

300.3

2013

3

Peter Groves

Southern

438.5

235.3

2012

1

Bryan Moore

Southern

487.4

290.8

2012

2

Nick Taber

Tasman

472.5

257.3

2012

3

Robert van den Ham

Southern

434.0

245.3

2011

1

Dean Straker

Tasman

463.6

284.3

2011

2

Peter Groves

Southern

388.7

204.4

2011

3

Nick Taber

Tasman

349.5

198.8

2010

1

Robert van den Ham

Southern

450.2

267.1

2010

2

Mark Hardman

Southern

417.6

251.5

2010

3

Bryan Moore

Southern

376.7

207.0

(Highest winning margin:  123.3 points in the 2017 season).

Seasons Prior to 2010

Year

Place

Pilot

Club

Total Points
(NZ Scoring)

2009

1

Dean Straker

Tasman

223.4

2009

2

Bryan Moore

Southern

220.8

2009

3

Jeff Ripley

Auckland

197.7

2008

1

Bryan Moore

Southern

296.2

2008

2

Tim Percival

Tasman

270.3

2008

3

Rob van den Ham

Southern

267.7

2007

1

Dean Straker

Tasman

236.0

2007

2

Bryan Moore

Southern

218.1

2007

3

Mark Hardman

Southern

212.9

2006

1

Grant Middendorf

Southern

379.4

2006

2

Bryan Moore

Southern

255.6

2006

3

Angus Tapper

Southern

205.5

2005

1

Tim Percival

Tasman

265.2

2005

2

Angus Tapper

Southern

247.6

2005

3

Bryan Moore

Southern

187.2

2004

1

Tony Dickison

Tasman

135.2

2004

2

Angus Tapper

Southern

131.4

2004

3

Aidan Limbert

Marlborough

118.8

2003

1

Tim Percival

Tasman

226.8

2003

2

Grant Middendorf

Southern

214.2

2003

3

Bryan Moore

Southern

188.3

2002

1

Russell Read

Waikato

195.6

2002

2

Bryan Moore

Southern

166.2

2002

3

Tim Percival

Tasman

162.6

2001

1

Tim Percival

Tasman

265.3

2001

2

Bryan Moore

Southern

251.6

2001

3

Craig Collings

Canterbury

197.5

2000

1

Tim Percival

Tasman

271.1

2000

2

Rob van den Ham

Tasman

210.9

2000

3

Tony Dickison

Tasman

201.8

1999

1

Shaun Gilbert

Hawkes Bay

293.6

1999

2

Angus Tapper

Southern

268.7

1999

3

Craig Collings

Canterbury

215.4

1998

1

Bryan Moore

Southern

124.9

1998

2

Barry Sayer

Hawkes Bay

124.0

1998

3

Lee McLelland

Southern

122.9

1997

1

Shaun Gilbert

Hawkes Bay

213.6

1997

2

Lee McLelland

Auckland

174.4

1997

3

Barry Sayer

Hawkes Bay

163.6

1996

1

Stew Karstens

Tasman

229.5

1996

2

Mike McManaway

Tasman

157.8

1996

3

Shaun Gilbert

Southern

154.0

1995

1

Shaun Gilbert

Hawkes Bay

131.6

1995

2

Mike McManaway

Canterbury

126.9

1995

3

Dave Dennis

Southern

64.0

(Highest winning margin:  123.8 points in the 2006 season).

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Best Paragliding XC Champs Points Totals from Season 2018  (3 Flights, NZ XContest Scoring)

Rank

Pilot

Club

Total Points

Year

(Season
Place)

1

Ben Kellett

Southern

976.1

2023

1

2

Nick Neynens

Southern

958.8

2018

1

3

Thomas Rold

Southern

824.6

2023

2

4

Glen Stevens

Southern

811.8

2018

2

5

Louis Tapper

Southern

796.5

2022

1

6

Leo Chelle

Southern

722.2

2023

3

7

Louis Tapper

Southern

716.5

2018

3

8

Bryan Moore

Southern

713.4

2018

4

9

Louis Tapper

Southern

689.2

2021

1

10

Ben Kellett

Southern

677.6

2022

2

11

Jan Zimmermann

Southern

676.0

2023

4

12

Tomas Balik

Southern

661.8

2023

5

13

Glen Stevens

Southern

645.0

2023

6

14

Louis Tapper

Southern

630.4

2020

1

15

Louis Tapper

Southern

622.1

2019

1

16

Bradley Franks

Southern

609.1

2023

7

17

Benjamin Kellett

Southern

592.6

2021

2

18

Glen Stevens

Southern

585.2

2022

3

19

Tomas Balik

Southern

578.0

2022

4

20

Kinga Masztalerz

Southern

550.2

2023

8

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Best Paragliding XC Champs Points Totals up to Season 2017  (3 Flights, NZ Scoring)

Rank

Pilot

Club

Total Points

Year

(Season
Place)

1

Nick Neynens

Southern

565.0

2016

1

2

Bryan Moore

Southern

553.8

2016

2

3

Nick Neynens

Southern

480.8

2015

1

4

Nick Neynens

Southern

475.1

2017

1

5

Bryan Moore

Southern

442.9

2015

2

6

Louis Tapper

Southern

429.9

2016

3

7

Dave Watson

Southern

413.9

2017

2

8

Louis Tapper

Southern

394.3

2015

3

9

Grant Middendorf

Southern

379.4

2006

1

10

Grant Middendorf

Southern

377.0

2015

4

11

Bryan Moore

Southern

358.2

2014

1

12

Grant Middendorf

Southern

348.2

2014

2

13

Rory Devine

Southern

346.4

2015

5

14

Peter Groves

Southern

336.3

2016

4

15

Peter Groves

Southern

327.3

2015

6

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Best Paragliding XC Champs Open Distance Totals  (3 Flights, Kilometres)

Rank

Pilot

Club

Total Km

F1

F2

F3

Year

(Season
OD Rank)

1

Nick Neynens

Southern

565.0

235.8

211.1

118.1

2016

1

2

Nick Neynens

Southern

475.1

191.3

182.7

101.1

2017

1

3

Bryan Moore

Southern

473.5

196.1

150.9

126.5

2016

2

4

Ben Kellett

Southern

473.0

192.1

168.9

112.0

2023

1

5

Bryan Moore

Southern

442.9

152.1

150.1

140.7

2015

1

6

Louis Tapper

Southern

429.9

159.6

144.6

125.7

2016

3

7

Nick Neynens

Southern

427.2

149.3

143.8

134.1

2015

2

8

Nick Neynens

Southern

407.3

166.6

155.3

85.4

2018

1

9

Leo Chelle

Southern

402.1

192.2

112.1

97.8

2023

2

10

Ben Kellett

Southern

397.1

172.8

136.1

88.2

2021

1

11

Glen Stevens

Southern

394.9

170.5

130.1

94.3

2022

1

12

Grant Middendorf

Southern

379.4

142.4

121.4

115.6

2006

1

13

Bryan Moore

Southern

355.2

136.8

122.3

96.1

2014

1

14

Ben Kellett

Southern

352.4

125.0

122.9

104.5

2022

2

15

Peter Groves

Southern

317.5

143.6

104.3

69.6

2015

3

16

Tomas Balik

Southern

312.1

108.8

103.4

99.9

2021

2

17

Stew Karstens

Tasman

310.7

127.2

107.7

75.8

2022

3

18

Bradley Franks

Southern

310.4

129.9

112.3

68.2

2023

3

19

Glen Stevens

Southern

306.3

120.8

104.9

80.6

2017

2

20

Bryan Moore

Southern

306.2

133.4

93.9

78.9

2018

2

21

Kinga Masztalerz

Southern

305.4

137.6

87.1

80.7

2023

4

22

Bryan Moore

Southern

305.0

122.1

103.3

79.6

2017

3

23

Peter Groves

Southern

301.5

144.8

101.4

55.3

2016

4

24

Dave Watson

Southern

300.6

155.0

78.5

67.1

2017

4

25

Nick Taber

Tasman

300.3

100.9

100.4

99.0

2013

1

26

Louis Tapper

Southern

297.0

109.6

95.9

91.5

2022

4

27

Shaun Gilbert

Hawkes Bay

293.6

125.0

87.7

80.9

1999

1

28

Nicolas Sand

Southern

292.3

111.2

98.8

82.3

2021

3

29

Louis Tapper

Southern

290.8

126.0

119.2

45.6

2015

4

30

Shaun Gilbert

Hawkes Bay

288.1

100.4

94.0

93.7

2015

5

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