FAI Free Flight World Cup 2010

1. Mr Srdjan D. Pelagic, dipl.ing. SRB – Chairman

2. Mr Zoran Zechner (CRO), member for Class F1A

3. Mr Zoran Ivancevic (SRB),

Advance information

Bulletin No 1-March 2008 constantly posted on site www.aknovapazova.com

Schedule of competition

14th May – Arrival
15th May - 08.00 -12.00- Competition Flights - Four Rounds F1A were completed when the contest was interrupted because of bad weather conditions and poor visibility.
12.30 – Prizegiving Ceremony in Class F1A.
After the prizegiving ceremony in class F1A the Jury carefully studied the situation in the field and after re-studying the official weather forcast that indicated rainstorms this and the next day took a decision to terminate this contest based on the SC4 Vol ABR par. B. 15.1.b and d. In accordance with B.15.2 results for class F1A were announced based on the finished rounds. The organizer decided to return entry fees to those competitors registered for Classes to be flown the next day (F1B,C and Q), but everybody agreed that there will be no conditions for competition to be extended in accordance with the rule B.15.3.
13.00-Departure of participants.

Duration of rounds

55 minutes

Breaks between rounds

5 minutes

Maximum durations in each round

F1A - 180 sec in three rounds and 120 s in one round.

Interruptions and delays

The fifth round in class F1A was at first delaied for 30 minutes and after that the contest was interrupted because of bad weather conditions and poor visibility.

Weather and visibility

Cloudy and temporarely rainy at the beginning of the contest. During the contest rain turned to a heavy shower making the flying field very wet, muddy and densely covered with pools of more than 15 cm deep. Wind speed was mainly 2 – 3 m/s but temporarely increasing to 5 m/s to 7 m/s . Temperature 12 to 23 C.

Flight line - changes of position

No

Number of starting poles

Six starting poles in class F1A with 22 competitors including four juniors from two countries.

Number of competitors per pole

No more than 4.

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

No

Observations on timekeeping

Fair and very correct. No complaints because of the weather conditions.

Prize-giving and issue of results - confirm organisers provide results with full names, nationalities and number of juniors

Prizegiving ceremony in class F1A was at the airfield after completion the fourth round. PC data processing was in the field on a PC. Score lists were posted immidiatelly after each round on score boards. The Bulletin with final score lists was prepared in the field, but because of the moisture it was not possible to print final Bulletin, but the score tables shall be posted at the organizer's site http://www.aknovapazova.com/ during the day.

Any incident or accident

No

Protests

No protests.
27th Srem Cup was a very good organized event at a very good field, by sklled organizers in weather conditions that were acceptable at the beginning but which turned to unacceptable in next four hours that lead to the interruption of the competition. It is pitty because total of 96 competitors from 13 countries was registered by email for this contest, however finally only 22 competitors from 7 countries entered only class F1A. The organizer of this event of a very long tradition (27 years) did his best to have this event at all necessary standards, but simply this time because of very bad weather conditions it was not possible to fulfill. During the contest a cafeteria was open in the field with soft drinks.