OFFICIAL BULLETIN N° 2
9th FAI European Formation Skydiving Championships &
16th FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving
Prostejov 2009
and
6th FAI European Artistic Events Championships &
7th FAI World Cup of Artistic Events
Prostejov 2009
30th August – 6th September 2009
Aero Club Falcon Air Prostejov
Prostejov – Czech Republic
IMPORTANT CHANGES: - safety information
- entry form
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Website: www.ec2009.info
EVENTS
Both the European Championships and the World Cups
FORMATION SKYDIVING EVENTS
4-Way
8-Way
4-Way Female
VFS - Vertical Formation Skydiving
ARTISTIC EVENTS
Freestyle Skydiving
Freeflying
AIMS OF THE EVENT
To determine European Champions in all events where it is possible (minimum 4 NACs)
To determine World Cup Winners in all events where it is possible (minimum 4 NACs)
To establish new European and world records
To promote and develop the VFS as a new event
To improve judging methods and technology
EVENT ORGANIZER
Aero Club Falcon Air Prostejov, Letecká 1, 796 01 Prostějov, Czech Republic
www.falconair.cz
Fully supported by the Aero Club of Czech Republic, U Mlýna 3, 140 00 Praha
www.aecr.cz
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Mr. Milos SKLENKA - Org. Committee President and Parachute Club Falcon Air Chairman
Mr. Josef VANA – Manager of TK plus Sport Marketing Company
Mr. Vlastimil DVORAK – President of the Aero Club of Czech Republic
Mr. Oldrich SVOZIL – Parachute inspector of the Aero Club of Czech Republic
Mr. Martin DLOUHY - Manager of Jump Tandem Parachute Company
OFFICIALS
Meet Director: Mr. Jiri BLASKA
FS Chief Judge Ms. Rina GALLO (Canada)
AE Chief Judge Ms. Alya ANANINA (Russia)
Jury President Mr. Pål BERGAN (Norway)
FAI Controller Mr. Rainer HOENLE (Germany)
Assistant to Chief Judges: Mr. Ivo SKOTAK
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LOCATION OF THE COMPETITION SITE
Civilian (former military) grassy airfield is a natural part of the town of Prostejov (only about
5 km from the city center). A corner of the airfield was selected as a center point of the
competition site. Two small hangars and Falcon Air Skydiving Club building form a natural
compound there. The same DZ served well during the S&A European Championship 2005.
The town of Prostejov (50.000 inhabitants; 50 km north of Brno) is easily accessible by road
(highways) or by train. The competition site (Prostejov airfield) is situated next to the
highway; 250 km east from Prague (highway only); 50 km from Brno (highway only); 190
km from Vienna.
Transport service will be provided for initial access (from airports or stations to the drop zone
or hotels).
Transport price list (prices are per bus – max. 30 people):
From Vienna 600 EUR
From Prague 800 EUR
From Brno 230 EUR
We are also able to provide smaller vehicles (e.g. vans). You will obtain detailed information
on your type, price and time of transport on 15 August after we receive you official entry
form with specified transport requirements.
AIRCRAFTS
Aircrafts to be used: among European skydivers well known L 410 – Turbolet (exit speed for
AE, FS 4way and VFS 150 kph +/- 10 kph and exit speed for FS 8way 170 kph +/- 10 kph,
left door with FS grip for exit). All planes will be equipped with the same type of skydiving
kit. (Details on the website)
WEATHER CONDITIONS
Airport altitude: 225 m above sea level.
(Average Aug. 30. -Sept. 6.). Temperatures day/night 22°/ 8°C;
Sunrise/Sunset: ZULU - UTC 04:10 /17:35 = local summer time 06:10/19:35
Sunshine 75%; rains 17%;
Winds up to 5m/sec 60%, 5-8m/sec 30%, over 8m/sec 10%; mostly SW directions.
PRE-EVENT TRAINING CAMPS
The Falcon Air Skydiving Club operates every weekend from April and daily from the end of
June. For arrangements of your Training Camp please contact the Club at least 10 days in
advance. Cheap, club level accommodation is available.
The L-410 Turbolet planes with the championships skydiving kit operate there throughout the
year. Calendar of Club activities is available on www.falconair.cz/en/calendar.php .
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INSURANCE
All competitors must have insurance valid in EU to cover all medical expenses and
repatriation in case of injury and for third party liability with coverage for situations not
covered by SC 5, 4.5.3.(2) Without insurance the above mentioned expenses must be cleared
on site by cash payment. In case of problem please contact the organizers. Any damage to the
hotels etc. is the responsibility of the persons involved. Personal items and equipment are
under participants’ responsibility. Fulfillment of these conditions is responsibility of Head of
Delegation who will confirm this by signing statutory declaration on the day of arrival.
SAFETY, LICENCE
Parachutes must be fully opened and checked by 700 m (2,100 ft)
Use of helmet is mandatory (use of helmet for free style is up to the competitor, but we
recommend it).
Ram Air main and reserve strongly recommended.
Use of AAD is mandatory.
Reserve parachutes must be packed according to technical manual for specific parachute,
maximally for 1 year by the last day of competition.
Valid FAI Sporting Licence 2009.
Fulfillment of these conditions is responsibility of Head of Delegation who will confirm this
by signing statutory declaration on the day of arrival.
ANTI-DOPING
See http://www.antidoping.cz/doping_control.htm for information on anti-doping. Testing is
likely.
TIME SCHEDULE
August 26 – August 28 (Wednesday to Friday) Arrival of Scoring system team and Officials
August 29 (Saturday) Arrival of Panel judges
August 30 (Sunday) Arrival of delegations, official training
August 31 (Monday) Official training, Opening ceremony, Technical meeting
September 1 - September 5 (From Tuesday to Saturday) Competition days - jumping
September 5 Afternoon - Prize giving ceremony and closing banquet
September 6 (Sunday) – official departure day, but all participants are invited to stay at drop
zone Prostejov one more week for After World Cup Boogie.
Detailed schedule on website www.ec2009.info
ENTRY FEES
Competitors
/amounts in EUR per one person/
Events Entry Fee (option 1) Entry Fee (option 2)
FS one event 850 520
FS two events 1050 730
VFS /8 rounds/ 820 500
AE one event 800 480
AE two events 1000 680
VFS + FS 1050 730
VFS + AE 1050 730
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Option 1
Entry fees cover:
Competition jumps /including re-jumps and tie break jumps/
One training jump
Accommodation /7 nights/
Meals /3 x daily/
Local transport /hotel – DZ/
Competition fee /IPC Sanction fee, medals, cups, judging…/
Farewell banquet /will be held in beautiful modern Tenis Club Hotel in Prostejov/
Accompanying person 520 EUR Heads of Delegation and Team Managers
430 EUR Others
Entry fees for Heads of Delegation and Team Managers cover:
Accommodation /7 nights/
Meals /3 x daily/
Local transport /hotel – DZ/
Competition fee /IPC Sanction fee, farewell banquet…/
Entry fees for each accompanying person specified on official entry form cover:
Accommodation /7 nights/
Meals /3 x daily/
Local transport /hotel – DZ/
Other fee /farewell banquet…/
On 15 August detailed information on specific hotel where you will be accommodated will be
sent to contact e-mail stated in official entry form.
Option 2
Entry fees cover:
Competition jumps /including re-jumps and tie break jumps/
Competition fee /IPC Sanction fee, medals, cups, judging…/
One training jump
Teams arrange accommodation and meals by themselves. For accommodation options see
http://www.mestopv.cz/en/informations-about-town.html.
We strongly recommend you to apply for Option 1 because it contains accommodation for
much better prices than if you organize it yourself. Furthermore, Option 1 also includes all
day hot meals at the drop zone. For participants with Option 2 there will be no hot meals
available during the day. Option 1 includes the exclusive farewell banquet, while option 2
participants of the events need to buy a separate banquet ticket for a ticket price of 70 EUR.
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JUDGES TRAINING COURSE
The judges training course will not be organized at this event.
JUDGING EQUIPMENT
Organizer prefers the CamScore Scoring System from the UK.
COMPOSITION OF DELEGATIONS
Each NAC can nominate up to four (4) teams into each event of the World Cups.
European countries must appoint 1 /one/ of them /FS events/ and up to 2 /two/ of them /AE/
for the official European Championships classification prior the competition beginning.
Each delegation consists of competitors (including cameraman and alternate), head of
delegation, team captain(s), team coach(es), interpreter and maximally 5 other possible
accompanying persons.
CURRENT CONTACTS:
Org. Committee President: Mr. Milos SKLENKA sklenka@falconair.cz
General Secretary Aero Club of Czech Republic: Mr. Jiri DODAL dodal@aecr.cz
Aircrafts and Training manager: Mr. Mgr. Martin DLOUHY dlouhy@falconair.cz
Meet Director: Mr. Jiri BLASKA blaska@post.cz
Assistant to Chief Judges: Mr. Ivo SKOTAK iskotak@hotmail.com
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT
Information about Entry fee payment:
TK PLUS s.r.o.
Account No.: 86-3286070277/0100
Za Kosteleckou ul. 51
IBAN: CZ6001000000863286070277
796 40 Prostejov
SWIFT (BIC): KOMBCZPPXXX
Czech republic
Bank address: Komercni banka a.s.
Podebradovo nam. 11
797 08 Prostejov
Payment must be made in Euros by bank transfer. All bank fees to be paid by the sender
(OUR). All forms with payment instructions will be available on www.ec2009.info
The Official Entry form together with the fees payment must reach the organizer before
July 15, 2009.
Registration by internet is the preferred method.
July 1, 2009
Jiri Blaska
Meet Director
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ANNEX 1
List of countries pre-registred as of June 15th
4-Way open 8-Way 4-Way Female
- Cyprus - France - France
- Netherlands - Great Britain - Great Britain
- Belgium - Spain
- Italy - 3 teams
- Germany - 3 teams
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Czech Republic - 2 teams
- Austria
- France
- Great Britain - 4 teams
- Norway
- Finland
- Russia - 4 teams
- Lithuania
VFS Freestyle Freeflying
- France - Italy - 3 teams - Israel
- Great Britain - Switzerland - France - 2 teams
- USA - Czech Republic - Great Britain - 4 teams
- France - 2 teams - Russia
- Great Britain - Norway - 2 teams
- USA
- Finland - 2 teams
- Russia - 2 teams
ANNEX 1
European Formation Skydiving Championships World Cup 2009
European Artistic Events Championships World Cup 2009
www.ec2009.info – e-mail: falconair@falconair.cz
ANNEX 2
Official Entry Form
Nation
NAC address
Phone / Fax
E-Mail
Contact Person
How many jumpers will stay for After World Cup Boogie? How many training jumps would you like during training day before Do you need packers for training?
competition? Do you need packers for competition?
Organizers
questitions:
Notes
Entry Fee Arrival Date/Time and T-shirt size
Departure Date/Time European FAI licence
First name, surname place for pick-up World cup (S, M, L,
and place Chanpionships number
Option 1 Option 2 service XL…)
Head of Delegation
Team Captain 1
Team Captain 2
Team Captain 3
Team Coach 1
Team Coach 2
Team Coach 3
Interpreter
Accompanying Person 1
Accompanying Person 2
Accompanying Person 3
Accompanying Person 4
Accompanying Person 5
ANNEX 2
European Formation Skydiving Championships World Cup 2009
European Artistic Events Championships World Cup 2009
www.ec2009.info – e-mail: falconair@falconair.cz
Entry Fee Arrival Date/Time and T-shirt size
Departure Date/Time European FAI licence
Competitors teams 1 First name, surname place for pick-up World cup (S, M, L,
and place Chanpionships number
Option 1 Option 2 service XL…)
FS 4-Way Open 1
FS 4-Way Open 2
FS 4-Way Open 3
FS 4-Way Open 4
FS 4-Way Open (Video)
FS 4-Way Open (altern.)
FS 4-Way Female 1
FS 4-Way Female 2
FS 4-Way Female 3
FS 4-Way Female 4
FS 4-Way Female (Video)
FS 4-Way Female (altern.)
FS 8-Way 1
FS 8-Way 2
FS 8-Way 3
FS 8-Way 4
FS 8-Way 5
FS 8-Way 6
FS 8-Way 7
FS 8-Way 8
FS 8-Way (Video)
FS 8-Way (altern.)
VFS Open 1
VFS Open 2
VFS Open 3
VFS Open 4
VFS Open (Video)
VFS Open (altern.)
Freestyle
Freestyle (Video)
Freeflying 1
Freeflying 2
Freeflying (Video)
ANNEX 2
European Formation Skydiving Championships World Cup 2009
European Artistic Events Championships World Cup 2009
www.ec2009.info – e-mail: falconair@falconair.cz
Entry Fee Arrival Date/Time and T-shirt size
Departure Date/Time European FAI licence
Competitors teams 2 First name, surname place for pick-up World cup (S, M, L,
and place Chanpionships number
Option 1 Option 2 service XL…)
FS 4-Way Open 1
FS 4-Way Open 2
FS 4-Way Open 3
FS 4-Way Open 4
FS 4-Way Open (Video)
FS 4-Way Open (altern.)
FS 4-Way Female 1
FS 4-Way Female 2
FS 4-Way Female 3
FS 4-Way Female 4
FS 4-Way Female (Video)
FS 4-Way Female (altern.)
FS 8-Way 1
FS 8-Way 2
FS 8-Way 3
FS 8-Way 4
FS 8-Way 5
FS 8-Way 6
FS 8-Way 7
FS 8-Way 8
FS 8-Way (Video)
FS 8-Way (altern.)
VFS Open 1
VFS Open 2
VFS Open 3
VFS Open 4
VFS Open (Video)
VFS Open (altern.)
Freestyle
Freestyle (Video)
Freeflying 1
Freeflying 2
Freeflying (Video)
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European Formation Skydiving Championships World Cup 2009
European Artistic Events Championships World Cup 2009
www.ec2009.info – e-mail: falconair@falconair.cz
Entry Fee Arrival Date/Time and T-shirt size
Departure Date/Time European FAI licence
Competitors teams 3 First name, surname place for pick-up World cup (S, M, L,
and place Chanpionships number
Option 1 Option 2 service XL…)
FS 4-Way Open 1
FS 4-Way Open 2
FS 4-Way Open 3
FS 4-Way Open 4
FS 4-Way Open (Video)
FS 4-Way Open (altern.)
FS 4-Way Female 1
FS 4-Way Female 2
FS 4-Way Female 3
FS 4-Way Female 4
FS 4-Way Female (Video)
FS 4-Way Female (altern.)
FS 8-Way 1
FS 8-Way 2
FS 8-Way 3
FS 8-Way 4
FS 8-Way 5
FS 8-Way 6
FS 8-Way 7
FS 8-Way 8
FS 8-Way (Video)
FS 8-Way (altern.)
VFS Open 1
VFS Open 2
VFS Open 3
VFS Open 4
VFS Open (Video)
VFS Open (altern.)
Freestyle
Freestyle (Video)
Freeflying 1
Freeflying 2
Freeflying (Video)
ANNEX 2
European Formation Skydiving Championships World Cup 2009
European Artistic Events Championships World Cup 2009
www.ec2009.info – e-mail: falconair@falconair.cz
Entry Fee Arrival Date/Time and T-shirt size
Departure Date/Time European FAI licence
Competitors teams 4 First name, surname place for pick-up World cup (S, M, L,
and place Chanpionships number
Option 1 Option 2 service XL…)
FS 4-Way Open 1
FS 4-Way Open 2
FS 4-Way Open 3
FS 4-Way Open 4
FS 4-Way Open (Video)
FS 4-Way Open (altern.)
FS 4-Way Female 1
FS 4-Way Female 2
FS 4-Way Female 3
FS 4-Way Female 4
FS 4-Way Female (Video)
FS 4-Way Female (altern.)
FS 8-Way 1
FS 8-Way 2
FS 8-Way 3
FS 8-Way 4
FS 8-Way 5
FS 8-Way 6
FS 8-Way 7
FS 8-Way 8
FS 8-Way (Video)
FS 8-Way (altern.)
VFS Open 1
VFS Open 2
VFS Open 3
VFS Open 4
VFS Open (Video)
VFS Open (altern.)
Freestyle
Freestyle (Video)
Freeflying 1
Freeflying 2
Freeflying (Video)
ANNEX 2