British Open Paramotor Championships Highlights 2020

Recently I entered into the 2020 British Open Paramotor Championship to compete in the Club Pilot teams class. This was a new class for 2020 and aimed at lower airtime pilots to take part in a non pressured learning environment. Given it was only the first year the Club Pilot class had been run I believe it will be a great addition to the championship setup. I certainly learnt a lot in the short time I was there but after winning a 1st place teams trophy and passing my BHPA Pilot exam it has left me ready to start training for next years main championship!
Competing Pilots:
Solo Footlaunch Championship Class:
Benedikt Bos
Paul Martin
Stephen Campe
Ric Womersley
Blaise Brogan
Henry Glasse
Solo Trike Championship Class:
Daniel Kettle
Daniel Brice
Tim Dougall
Discovery Class:
Michael Collins
Shaun Craft
Jack Clark
CP Class:
Neil Murray
Daniel Jones
Mark Hodges
Nigel Cosbie-Ross
Maiko Schaffrath
Philip Ter Woort
2020 Championship writeup by competition task director Barney Townsend
"The 2020 British Open Paramotor Championships took place successfully between the 13th and 16th of August.
The competition followed the same format (on the same excellent site) as the previous two years. In addition to existing championship classes PF1 (solo footlaunch paramotor), PL1 (solo trike paramotor), and PF1d (Discovery class), we introduced a new class for pilots holding Club Pilot rating, with the opportunity to attend competition training sessions, top up their navigation airtime, and sit the Pilot (Power) rating exam at the event.
A total of 18 pilots pilots flew in the event, including 6 pilots in the new Club Class, 5 of whom successfully passed their pilot rating exam on the final day.
Despite a previously dubious weather forecast, pilots flew a total of up to 9 hours of XC navigation flights each over 3 days, and multiple precision landing tasks as well.
Congratulations to all the pilots who achieved podium places after some truly spectacular performances. A full list of results can be found on the 2020 Results page.
Our sincere thanks must go to the following contributors:
All the Marshals and Organising team who put in so many hours of hard work to ensure a successful event;
The land owner Fred Percival, who for the third year in a row continued to be so accommodating and supportive of our needs;
The event sponsors Niviuk UK for the prizes, and Green Dragons Airsports for the supervision of the Club Class;
Our supporting aviation organisation, the BHPA, for their financial support, their guidance and advice, and for providing the opportunity for the Club Class pilots to take the Pilot exam at the event.
Save the dates for the 2021 British Open Paramotor Championship, provisionally scheduled for the same weekend next year - the 12th to the 15th August 2021. We will be moving to a new site, more details to be confirmed here soon.
Barney Townsend (Competition task director)
and the British Paramotor Competitions Committee"
Find out more: www.ppgcomps.co.uk/
Credit: British Open Paramotor Championship static banner - Ben Ashman
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[@AFlyingGlenn]

Nice video, now I wish I went!

[@DanielJonesParamotor]

Next time Glenn! It'll be at Wingland Airfield 2021 & should be a busy one once all this covid has settled down some more

[@PaulFrancis-SkyRascal]

Nice teaser man 🤙🪂

[@DanielJonesParamotor]

You in for next year?

[@mikebrady2073]

Nice montage. Well, here’s to next year.

[@DanielJonesParamotor]

Can't wait!

[@Bexxy]

Nice little edit 👍

[@DanielJonesParamotor]

Thanks mate! I think you should enter for next year ;)

[@JackFliesStuff]

Nice work Daniel San, really captured the fun we had.

[@DanielJonesParamotor]

Thanks Jack, I've got over 567GB of footage to get through for the getting ready for the comps mini series! Hopefully it'll inspire others to give it a go. I really liked your statement about not needing anything fancy and still being more than able to compete

[@tnipp1285]

👍👍