KHPA Bulletin March 2004

KERNOW HANG GLIDING AND PARAGLIDING ASSOCIATION

AGENDA FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING

MONDAY 8th MARCH 2004

Apologies: Apologies were received from Mark Woodhams, being in hospital.

A new member Roger Sturdy was introduced and welcomed.

The Minutes of the last meeting were read, agreed and signed.

Correspondence:

· An e-mail from Thomas Bramble was received, telling of a website he has developed for the

sale of used flying kit. It was decided that details should be posted in the bulletin for anyone

who is interested.

· An e-mail was received from Bill Morris of Peak Soaring Association, asking for support for the

potential purchase of Shining Tor. There was discussion about what we did for the other sites

purchased, and it was agreed that we should make a donation. Vicky proposed that the club

should pledge £300. Brian seconded and the motion was carried.

Matters arising:

· Proposal to change the banking arrangements: after discussion of Paul’s suggestion, Mark

Presland proposed that the club puts £1000 in premium bonds in Alan’s name. Gay seconded.

The proposal was voted down by 9 votes to 8.

Paul said that in that case he would pursue alternative, better banking arrangements. Steve H

offered to advise.

Training: There was no training reported in either discipline.

· Competitions: Graham P reported that in the National Winter Cross Country league, it was

looking like Pete Coad had won the individual title, and Kernow had won the team

competition. Congratulations were offered to Pete and the other team members Patrick and

Graham Phipps.

Graham also reported on the South Devon Brass Monkeys competition on the weekend of 6th-

7th March. Saturday had been pleasant at St Agnes, with a spot landing task, but no crosscountries

flown. Sunday had proved breezier. Again at St Agnes, with a spot landing to start,

but this time there were more thermals apparent. The end result was that Kernow cleaned up

the prizes, with 10 or 11 pilots in total flying cross-country, with Patrick doing best, almost

reaching The Lizard.

The paragliders were not so lucky. On the Sunday 10 PG pilots, making up two teams, went

up to Dartmoor, to sit in the gale, but no competition flying was had.

· Club Flying: several PG pilots reported a fair amount of dune bashing at Hayle, and Jon T

said he had gone ‘over the back’ from Carbis Bay on two occasions, reaching the Lamb and

Flag on the A30. The winch had been dragged in to action at Culdrose in the middle of

February, with 18 tow launches being carried out.

· Incidents: There were a couple of broken uprights at St Agnes during the Brass Monkeys

Competition, and apparently some PGs tried some interesting dual manoeuvers.

Social Events: Patrick expressed his disappointment at the lack of turn out for the Skinner’s

Brewery tour.

Graham Phipps said he would look into the possibility of a land yachting event in the near

future.

Any Other Business:

· Roger Full suggested we should make something in the press and in Skywings of the

successes in the XC league. Pete said he would see what he could do.

· Paul Howse reported that the lady who keeps horses near Carbis Bay had expressed her

concern over the noise of paramotors scaring her horses. It was agreed that paramotoring

around the site was unnecessary, and illegal if flying low over built up areas. Pete suggested

that we should report anyone doing this to the CAA, as it was most important that we do not

lose the site over the issue.

· Alan reported that Vault Bay was now open, but we must respect the site rules. He would put

an update in the bulletin.

Alan also reported that at High Cliff the farmer had dug a trench across the entrance to the

lane, so take care, and don’t try to drive down it.

· Phil Whitelaw informed us that Culdrose Airday was July 14th, and said he would organise

the loan of the simulator for a hang gliding and paragliding display.

· Mark Butler said he was organizing a trip to Olu Deniz for 17th May. Places were limited, so

anyone interested should contact him.

· Steve Edwards asked about Alan’s meeting at Perranporth re parking. There was much

discussion over whether to stir things up, or leave the arrangements as they are. It was agreed

that we should still call in to reception as a courtesy, and to find out whether we need parking

tickets. Alan would follow it up with the management.

· Vicky said she had had no entries form Kernow for the BCC. Paul said he would deal with it,

entering two PG teams and one HG team, and dual teams for both disciplines.

· Pete said that he and Graham Phipps were planning to go to Millau in mid June, if anyone

was interested in accompanying them. He also said that there were the Portuguese Open and

French Open in July, which sounded interesting, if anyone fancied either of those.

He also said that he was beginning to organise the skiing trip for January.

There being no further business the meeting ended at 9.48