50TH SOUTH AFRICAN SKYDIVING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS By Jacqui Bruwer The 50th South African Skydiving National Championships was held at Pretoria Skydiving Club from the 28th of April to the 1st of May 2014 at the Wonderboom Airport. It is also Pretoria Skydiving Club's 50th birthday this year. The championships consisted of two skydiving disciplines, Formation Skydiving and Canopy Piloting. In Formation Skydiving, eight 4-way teams consisting of 4 members and a camera person, two 8-way teams and nine 2-way teams competed for the Gold Medals in Novice, Intermediate and Open Categories. The aim of Formation Skydiving is to build as many pre-determined formations during freefall within the allocated 35 seconds, prior to opening your parachute Photo by Robbie Stewart Final Results: 2 Way Novice: 1 Wing It 74 Points 2 Tumbles 64 Points 3 Kung Fools 52 Points 2 Way Open: Savolo 2 84 Points Miley's Cypress 72 Points Vertical Xelleration 2 72 Points 4 Way Novice: Random Motion 24 Points 4 Way Intermediate: Airspud 42 Points The Unexpected 28 Points 4 Way Open: Savolo 141 Points Jazz Republic 114 Points Vertical Xelleration 100 Points Photo by Warren Dent 8 Way Open: Savolo 8 25 Points PeriX 17 Points Canopy Piloting saw a total of 8 Seniors and 3 Intermediates enter the competition. Canopy Piloting consist of a pilot flying his canopy at speeds in excess of 100 km per hour over a body of water during 3 events: Accuracy, Speed and Distance South Africa's top two pilots did not compete this year due to injuries but the competition drew world class competitors from Dubai and Belgium as guest competitors giving some spectacular flair to the Canopy Piloting Championships. Cornelia Mihai from Dubai set a new FAI Female record in Speed with a time of 2.251 seconds as well as a new FAI Female record in Distance with 163.77 meters. The Overall Results for Open were as follow: Overall Results including Guests South African Championships Results 1 Cornelia Mihai (UAE) 1 Jean Jacques Wallis 2 Patrick Kaye (UAE) 2 2 Dian Kemp 3 Roy Seber (Belgium) 3 Waldo Prinsloo Accuracy Results Including Guests South African Championships Accuracy Results Cornelia Mihai (UAE) 1 Jean Jacques Wallis Patrick Kaye (UAE) 2 2 Rob Kruger Roy Seber (Belgium) 3 Dian Kemp Distance Results Including Guests South African Championships Distance Results Cornelia Mihai (UAE) 1 Dian Kemp Patrick Kaye (UAE) 2 2 Jean Jacques Wallis William Sharman (UAE) 3 Waldo Prinsloo Intermediate Results: Overall Results 1 Riaan Bergh 2 DeWet Davel 3 Julie Teague Accuracy 1 Riaan Bergh 2 Julie Teague 3 DeWet Davel Distance 1 DeWet Davel 2 Riaan Bergh 3 Julie Teague There were 55 competitors during this championships, 6 Judges from South Africa and one judge from Sweden. Two aircraft, Atlas Angels, were used with 135 Loads flown. The 2014 South African Skydiving National Championships was unforgettable and an historic event for all involved.

Events 2014 PASA

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