SHPF Blog
03 June 2009
X-Scotia 2009 photos ....
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Labels: 2009, Mark Robson, Matt Church, photos, Robert Veitch, SHPF, x-scotia
30 May 2009
X-Scotia 2009 - Winner Steve Nash
Well done Steve - more details to come later ....

Labels: 2009, Steve Nash, winner, x-scotia
X-Scotia 2009 pilot list and pack weights
| Pilot No. | Pilot | Pack weight Kg |
| 3 | Julian Robinson | 12.5 |
| 7 | Iain Wallace | 18.87 |
| 8 | Paul Myerscough | 11.95 |
| 9 | Nick Ogden | 11.4 |
| 12 | Adrian Smith | 15.54 |
| 16 | Paul Midgely | 16.5 |
| 18 | Scott Rigg | 12.48 |
| 19 | Bob Matthews | 15 |
| 20 | Mark Robson | 12.57 |
| 21 | Steve Nash | 9.3 |
| 22 | Gordon Smyth | 20.2 |
| 23 | George McGhee | 20.91 |
| 24 | Dave Thomson | 16.97 |
| 25 | Jitka Polechova | 16.94 |

Labels: 2009, list, pack, paragliding, pilots, weight, x-scotia
First photos from X-Scotia 2009 by Matt Church
28 May 2009
X-Scotia 2009 30-31st May 09 -Sponsors
The prize list has been mounting and we are really grateful to the following
for their support of of this event:-
Basse Beaumettes - Ruth and Ulric Jessop
Border Crossings - Dave and Beth Thomson
Northern Paragliding - Neil Cruikshank
Cross Country - Bob Drury
The main (but not all) of the prizes for this event are ....

1st Overall - Week in Les Basse Beaumettes
2nd Overall - Weekend with Border Crossings
Northern Paragliding are supplying a raft of prizes:-
3rd Overall - Charly Hotliner Flying Gloves, 1st Female - Ozone Saucisse Sack and for the Longest Flight - Jetboil Personal Cooking system.
Heaviest Pack - Cross Country Magazine Subscription
Red Bull will also be there with rocket fuel and their inflatable start
arch, so no-one can miss the start or finish.
Labels: 2009, basse, beaumettes, borders, crossings, Earnhead, Loch, May, northern, paragliding, prizes, sponsor, x-scotia
11 May 2009
BPC status evening of 12th May
Sundays brilliant task to Hawick 46km was won by Chris Harland with another 15 pilots getting into goal. Full results and track logs etc should all be available in due course here.
Monday - no task set as winds too strong for local hills though. Group decision made to not travel further North where it would have been epic.
Labels: 2009, 9th May, BPC, paragliding, status, Tibbieshiels
10 May 2009
BPC Task set and window open.

Labels: 2009, 9th May, BPC, broughton, hawick, race to goal, task
BPC status as at 08:15 Sunday 10th May
Labels: 2009, BPC, May, status, Tibbieshiels
09 May 2009
BPC latest status .... 20:00 9th May 09

As an aside there are quite a few other attractions in the area that you should probably need to know about ..
http://www.roxburghe.net - Floors Castle South of Kelso
http://www.teviotwatergardens.co.uk and http://www.teviotgamefaresmokery.co.uk - for a tranquil garden and fine smoked food - located about half way between Kelso and Jedburgh on the A698
http://www.rbge.org.uk/dawyk - These lovely Botanical Gardens located 8 miles SouthWest of Peebles and near Stobo are well worth a visit.
For a multiplicity of other links the try http://www.visittweedvalley.co.uk
Labels: 9th May, BPC, links, paragliding, status, Tibbieshiels
Fishing on St Mary`s Loch? ...
You may also contact the Loch keeper (Harry Brown) on 01750 42243
Labels: fishing, Loch, St Mary`s
Windtalkers - Stephen Pegler
As usual I have opened both windTalkers up for free access over the BP Cup /
Scottish Open period.
Tinto LiveUpdates are on
http://windtalker.co.uk/LiveUpdates/Tinto/default
and Broughton is on
http://windtalker.co.uk/LiveUpdates/Broughton/default
You can also phone in on 0796 4446105
Please remember though the Tinto Talker does under-read when the wind is not
from the North or South because of the trees. (Well that?s my theory
anyway)
Now lets hope the wind drops off enough to let us get out flying again.
Cheers
Stephen
Labels: broughton, Pegler, Stephen, Tinto, windtalker
BPC Tibbieshiels status at 1400 9th May 09
Labels: BPC, paragliding, St Marys, status, Tibbieshiels
06 May 2009
BPC / Scottish Open and British Championships
Flying high over Tibbieshiels
Have you ever fancied flying high in the sky like a bird, well this week (9th - 16th May) you may well see some world class paragliding pilots doing just this. They will be up in the air just above Tibbieshiels by St Mary's Loch and maybe flying 50Km or more over the Borders. The British Paragliding Cup/Scottish Open and British Open Championships will be taking place from 9th -16th May. These top championships are weather dependent and so if the wind is too strong then these human birds may not fly. However here is hoping that there will be a very competitive and enjoyable event, with some spectacular flying. The Borders will be well represented with some excellent pilots who hope to do well in these competitions. You never know you may well be inspired to join these top fliers in the future.
For more information
What:
British Paragliding Cup (BPC) and Scottish Open 9-12th May, followed by the British Open Paragliding Championships13-16th May 09
Where:
Based at the Tibbieshiels Inn at the end of St Mary`s Loch
More detail :
The BPC is held at various locations throughout the UK during the year but this is the only round being held in Scotland this year. For more details please see http://www.bpcup.co.uk/borders.php or http://www.shpf.co.uk/shpf-British-Championships-09.php Scottish pilots competing in this competition can also opt to be considered for the Scottish Open. Currently there are 104 pilots registered for this event http://www.bpcup.co.uk/pilotlist.php
Some photos and links from last year :-
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/LLSC/browse_thread/thread/93817c7ee02b9b5e/cad783b2abc45b29?lnk=gst&q=scottish+open#cad783b2abc45b29
http://picasaweb.google.com/BobVeitch/BPCBordersRoundScottishOpenJuly13th2008#
http://picasaweb.google.com/BobVeitch/ByRikMcHargBPCScottishOpenParaglidingBroughton13thJuly08#
http://picasaweb.google.com/BobVeitch/BPCBordersRoundScottishOpenJuly12th2008#
British Open Paragliding Championships
This is the highest level free flying competition to come to Scotland for 12 years - (a FAI Category II competition) where pilots are competing for World ranking points. A competition of 3 rounds with the other rounds being held this year in July: Piedrahita - Spain and in August: St Jean de Montclar in France.
Currently there are over 50 pilots registered for this event.
http://www.pgcomps.org.uk/
There are a number of Scottish Pilots from the Borders area - perhaps one of the most significant being David Thomson who will be heavily involved in both events especially with respect to weather and flying site choice each day.
As paragliding is such a weather dependent activity if it is bad then all these people will be looking for other activities to do in the Tibbieshiels area - if you have a website to which you might want a link then please feel free to email it to webmaster@shpf.co.uk
To learn to paraglide in Scotland there are 2 schools to choose from - Cloudbusters and Flying Fever links here :-
http://www.cloudbusters.co.uk/
http://www.flyingfever.net/index.html
A Borders pilot who will be heavily involved in the site selection and or weather related decision making activities during these competitions will be David Thomson at http://www.bordercrossings.co.uk/
Regards,
Robert Veitch for the SHPF
Labels: 2009, borders, BPC, championship, May, paragliding, SHPF, St Marys, Tibbieshiels
11 April 2009
X-Scotia 2009 entry list and links ...
Applications for entry will still be accepted despite what some application forms may say.
More details on the event are available here and an application form is available here.
Labels: 2009, entries, entry, hiking, list, paragliding, pilot, race, The Adventure Show, x-scotia
30 March 2009
SHPF / X-Scotia Committee meeting minutes 19th March 09
Labels: committee, march, meeting, minutes, SHPF, x-scotia
23 March 2009
Scottish TMA Reclassification from E to D - Summary
For his full final report please click this link.
Labels: airspace, Gargunnock, NATS, SHPF, summary
20 March 2009
2009 Scottish Nationals
23/24 May - SMPC - May change as too close to an X-Scotia weekend but fingers crossed
20/21 June - Aberdeen
04/05 July - Arran
11/12 July - Highland
25/26 July - Borders
08/09 August - Tinto
05/06 September - Ochils
George
19 March 2009
Photo gallery request ....
Thankyou in advance.
Labels: 2009, gallery, request, SHPF
15 March 2009
NATS CAA Glasgow Airspace consultation ...
Labels: airspace, amendment, CAA, Gargunnock, NATS, Steve Durkin
09 March 2009
Paragliding on tv: - BBC2 9th March 09 19:50
Labels: bbc2, chamonix, paragliding, tv
04 March 2009
SHPF Trophy 2008 results and scoring system ...
Labels: 2008, federation, results, score, scores, SHPF, system, trophy
19 February 2009
Dates - Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series 2009
20-21st June - Borders
4-5th July - Arran
11-12th July - Highland
25-26th July - Aberdeen
5-6th September - Ochils
Labels: 2009, dates, nationals, paragliding, Scottish, series
18 February 2009
Scottish Paragliding Open 9-12 May - details and entry form.
It will be a 4 day competition and costs GBP 70 (or GBP 60 if you are a newcomer to the BP Cup ), and requires Pilot Rating.
Full details and Entry Form are available by clicking the above link.
As of 23:00 on Feb 17 there are already 50 entries for the competiton, so its pretty clear that there isn't much time - If you are interested, get your entry in quick !
This info courtesy of David
Labels: 2009, details, entry, form, open, paragliding, Scottish
04 February 2009
SHPF AGM minutes from 24th January 2009
Labels: 2009, agm, hang-gliding, minutes, paragliding, SHPF
22 January 2009
SHPF Gathering - Reserve deployment latest ...
Gordon has assembled the list with approximate timings and this can be found here.
Remember Aerofix will be providing a professional repack service from about midday.
John Silvester is psyching himself up for his first chat north of the Border. Please encourage friends (especially climbers or anyone interested in the Himalayas) to come along for this talk.
On the Sunday there may be a comp simulation session, with tasks around Ratho to show what happens at a comp - downloading tasks and uploading logs etc. Please bring your GPS and any associated cables.
See you at Ratho
Cheers
Mike
Labels: 2009, Gathering, repack, reserve, SHPF
21 January 2009
SHPF Gathering - more details ..
Labels: EICA, Gathering, information, John Silvester, Ratho, repack, reserve, SHPF, update
11 January 2009
Celtic Cup - articles requested for Skywings
The Irish (under Geoff McMann and Dara Hogan) have already committed to taking the piss (in print!) out of previous Scottish teams at the Celtic, so consider the gauntlet thrown down ...
Anyone out there with past experience of the Celtic Cup and a neat line in taking the Mick (literally) should send stuff to colin@skywingsmag.com
Your country needs you.
And maybe you also want to consider a trip for some Guinness, craic and possibly some flying in May...
Labels: 35th, Celtic Cup, Ireland, may 2009, Skywings, stories
07 January 2009
J Silvester talk at the SHPF Gathering 24 January 2009
An illustrated talk by John Silvester as part of the SHPF Gathering on Saturday 24th January 2009, Edinburgh International Climbing Arena.
Where is this - well here is a Google Earth KML file which takes you to roughly the Chogo-Lungma area.
Labels: 2009, Chogo Lungma, EICA, Hunza, January, John Silvester, SHPF, Skardu, talk
25 December 2008
Merry Christmas
Labels: christmas, flying, hang-gliding, paragliding
22 December 2008
SHPF Gathering Booking details
Here is a link to an excerpt of video showing some deployments at Ratho last year - courtesy of R McHarg.
Reserve deployment excerpt 49MB
And here are each of the 4 quarters of the complete video each about 269MB
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Labels: christmas, deployment, film, gift, hang-gliding, idea, paragliding, paragliding event 2008 scotland, reserve, video
31 August 2008
Paragliding X-Scotia 2008 TV stars ...
Labels: television, The Adventure Show, video, x-scotia
Scottish Nationals Paragliding photos 30th Aug 08
Why not send links to your personal photos or videos of this event to bob at SHPF.co.uk or add links by commenting to this post.
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| Scottish Nationals Paraglidin |
Labels: borders, nationals, paragliding, scotland, Scottish
28 August 2008
Scottish Nationals Paragliding Series this weekend
Labels: August, borders, paragliding, scotland, Scottish, series
14 August 2008
X-Scotia 2008 on TV
The Adventure Show is doing a big piece on the X-Scotia in their next
programme.
Here's an early heads up on transmission, although date and time could still
change.
BBC 2 Scotland, 18.00, Sunday 31 August.
(If you are south of the Border, it is also available on Sky channel 990 I
think).
There'll be a further reminder nearer the actual transmission.
Cheers
Mike
Labels: 2008, paragliding, paragliding event 2008 scotland, programme, tv, x-scotia
06 August 2008
SHPF Committee meeting minutes
Labels: 2008, meeting, minutes, miskin, naomi, paragliding, SHPF
21 July 2008
Photos of The Scottish Open and BPC Saturday 12th July, Abington
Quoting Nigel and Sue Pacey,
"We were on our way back home and stopped to see the very impressive display of paragliders as we turned off the M74.
I am surprised you didn?t cause the odd accident as you were all very visible from the motorway.
I am a keen amateur photographer and took the attached photos which you might like to post here....
With the grey sky you were not the easiest to photograph!!"
Nigel Pacey
Labels: 2008, abington, july, open, pacey, paragliding, Scottish
17 July 2008
BPC & Scottish open photo galleries
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| BPC- Borders round & Scottish Open July 12th 2008 |
and on Sunday 13th July - Broughton Heights, near Broughton.
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| BPC 080713 |
Labels: BPC, galleries, open, paragliding, photo, pictures, Scottish, tos, veitch







