World Championships Archive
Updated 21 May 2010
World Parachuting Championships 2008
30th FAI World Style and Accuracy Parachuting Championship, Lucenec, Slovak Republic, 27/07/2008 - 01/08/2008
Head of UK Delegation: Paul Moore UK competitors: Glenn Stephenson, Peter Sizer, Deane Smith, Alastair Macartney, Esther Reynolds
18th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships and 7th FAI World Artistic Skydiving Championships La Salmagne - Maubeuge France, 09/08/2008 - 14/08/2008
Head of UK Delegation: John Smyth MVO
UK competitors:
4-way FS Open: Team Fusion - Lynne Murray, Laura McLelland, Henry Chow, Alan Thompson & Simon Cathrine http://www.skydive-fusion.co.uk/
4-way FS Female: Team Storm - Sarah Smith, Hannah Betts, Kate Stephens, Claire Scott & Gary Wainwright (camera) http://www.stormskydivingteam.co.uk/
8-way FS Team Connextion - Sacha Chilton, Phil Curtis, Phil Hartree, Ian Hodgkinson, Andy Pook, Andy Scott, Dave Ruffell, Mark Whitehead, Dave Butterell (camera)
Freefly: Team Volairkix - Mike Carpenter, Adam Mattacola & Andy Newell (camera) http://www.volare-freefly.com//volare-team.php
Freefly: Team Lillo Avalore - Louis Harwood, Rob McVey, Pete Clarke
Freestyle Male: Team Airtrix Freestyle - Andy Lovemore & tba
Freestyle Female: Team Bullet Freestyle - Pixie Hodgson & Al Hodgson; Team Tumbleweed - Deb Clarke & Jim Weir (camera)
13th FAI World Canopy Formation Parachuting Championships, Teuge, Netherlands, 09/09/2008 - 14/09/2008
UK competitors: CF 2-way sequential: Adam Johnson, Doug Preston, Craig Poxon
2nd FAI World Canopy Piloting Parachuting Championship, Wonderboom Airport, South Africa, 18/11/2008 - 23/11/2008
http://www.canopypiloting.co.za/
Head of UK Delegation: Paul Moore. UK competitors: Brian Vacher, Deane Smith, Alastair Macartney, Mike Gorman, Stu Storey, John Bishop, Spencer Hogg
World Parachuting Championships 2006
FS and Artistic - Gera, Germany: 6-11 August 2006 - official website: www.worldmeet2006.com Congratulations to British women's 4-way Formation Skydiving Team Airkix - World Champions
Team Airkix - World Champions 2006, women's 4-way Formation Skydiving
CF and Classics - Stupino, Russia: 12-20 August 2006
Canopy Piloting - Vienna, Austria: 23-27 August 2006
The British National Team to compete in WPC 2006 was selected at the selection Nationals in 2005 (except in Canopy Piloting, where no Nationals were held in 2005, and instead the Canopy Piloting World Cup held in August 2005 was used for selection). The British National Champions of 2005 in the above disciplines are invited to represent their country at WPC 2006.
The British teams that took part in WPC 2006 were:
WPC 2006 FS and Artistics - Gera, Germany
FS 4-way Open, 4-way Team Dave Tyler, Alastair Macartney, Dane Kenny, Aaron Faith, Spencer Hogg (camera), Andy Goodall (alternate).
FS 4-way Female, Team Airkix Claire Sparky Scott, Amanda Kemp, Emma Beyer, Julia Foxwell, Andy Wright (camera)
8-way FS, Team Connexion Ian Milko Hodgkinson, Phil Curtis, Marcus Beck, Andy Ibbetson, Derek Thomas, Dave Ruffell, Rob Stevenson, Andy Pook, Gary Wainwright (camera)
Female Freestyle, Team Tumbleweed Deb Clarke, Jim Weir (camera)
Male Skysurf, Team Insanely Board Rohan Beal, Richard Wiggins (camera)
Freefly, Team Outbreak Jim Harris, Mike Carpenter, Andy Newell (camera); Team Avalore Louis Harwood, David Downham, Rob McVey (camera)
Officials: Head of Delegation - John Smyth; Delegation Manager - Andy Scott; Invited FS judges - Bob Charters, Karla Cole, Ruth Cooper.
WPC 2006 CF and Classics - Stupino, Russia
Classics Jeff Chandler, Nick Johnston, Stuart Morris, Esther Reynolds, Pete Sizer, Glenn Stephenson
CF 4-way Rotations, Team CFUK - Colin Dickson, Paul Speller, Adam Johnson, Eugene Brennan, Pat Hammond (camera), Paul Yeoman (alternate)
CF 2 way Sequential, Team Outcasts - Steve Saunders, Paul Yeoman, Ian Marshall (camera), Jason Snailham (alternate)
CF 4-way sequential, Team Outcasts - Steve Saunders, Paul Yeoman, Ray Brewer, Eugene Brennan, Ian Marshall (camera), Jason Snailham (alternate)
CF 8-way speed, Team Outcasts Steve Saunders, Paul Yeoman, Eugene Brennan, Ray Brewer, Ian Marshall, Colin Dickson, Paul Speller, Adam Johnson, Pat Hammond (camera), Jason Snailham (alternate)
Officials: Head of Delegation - John Hitchen; Delegation Manager - John Page; Invited Judge - Bob King.
WPC 2006 Canopy Piloting - Vienna, Austria
British Canopy Piloting Team Brian Vacher, Paul Rossouw, Michael Holmes, Alastair Macartney, Mark Bayada
Officials: Head of Delegation - John Smyth; Delegation Manager - Grant Richards; Trainee International Canopy Piloting Judge - Kate Charters.
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World Parachuting Championships 2004
18-24 September 2004 - Rijeka, Croatia: FS, Classics, CF
13-20 September 2004 - Brazil: Artistic Events: Freestyle, Skysurf, Freefly
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World Parachuting Championships Mondial 2003
Congratulations to British Team VMax - World Champions in women's 4-way FS
VMax celebrate Gold
UK women's 4-way Formation Skydiving Team VMax has taken Gold at the World Parachute Championships Mondial 2003 held from 6-13 September at Gap-Tallard Aerodrome near the French Alpine town of Gap
VMax - Liz Groucott, Sarah Laughton, Sacha Chilton and Claire Scott, with their camera flyer Andy Ford - beat off tough competition from Norway, the USA and five other nations to come out top in a thrilling competition that, to start with, didn't appear to begoing their way.
The Norwegian team dominated the first five rounds, and by the middle of the competition looked as if they had victory in the bag. Starting round 6 from 2 points behind, VMax ratcheted it up a notch to score a women's World Record 28 and took the lead for the first time, now leaving Norway trailing by 2 points with the USA inthird place. After round 9, VMax had built up a 6-point cushion going into the final round. In a nail-biting tenth and final round, the Norwegian girls were up first and scored a massive 18, leaving VMax needing 13 to win... when the score was posted as a safe 15, the Brits in the crowd were ecstatic. The VMax chicks, all wearing Union Flag sports tops, went wild. The Gold Medals were presented to the strains of the 'God Save The Queen' and the Union Flag fluttered in the breeze. Champagne flowed, and so did the tears - and that included the boys!
VMaxs fantastic victory is all the sweeter because it is the first time the UK has ever won a Formation Skydiving (FS) World Championships. The last time Britain won a medal in FS, it was a bronze and that was 22 years ago!
The BPA congratulates VMax on their world-class sporting excellence. Congratulations also to the other UK teams that took part in the Mondial 2003: 4-way FS team XL, who just missed out on a Bronze; 8-way FS team VNE, and CF 4-way Team Focus and CF 8-way team Hinton-8, and to the Style & Accuracy jumpers in the individual and team events. The UK Delegation did us all proud and made many friends throughout the world parachuting community. Thanks also to BPA Competitions Chairman John Smyth who worked tirelessly to look after the organisation of our delegation. For scores and more information, click here for the official Mondial 2003 website, and click here for the Omniskore event website. A full report on the UK at the Mondial 2003 is in Skydive Mag for October 2003.
Thanks to Andy Scott for the event commentary in this summary.
