FEDERATION AERONAUTIQUE INTERNATIONALE INTERNATIONAL PARACHUTING COMMISSION OFFICIAL INFORMATION BULLETIN N 1 3rd FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships 2019 WEEMBI/LILLE 1
1 Event organisers Federation Française de Parachutisme (FFP) 62 rue de Fécamp 75012 PARIS and WEEMBI SAS Immeuble Les Caryatides 24 Boulevard Carnot 59000 Lille, France. FFP/WEEMBI designated as the Organiser 1.1 FAI Member/NAC Name: FFP Address: 62 rue de Fecamp Zip: 75012 City: PARIS Country: FRANCE Telephone: 01 53 46 68 68 E-mail: ffp@ffp.asso.fr 1.2 IPC Delegate Name: Patrice GIRARDIN NAC address: FFP 2 Aims of the FCE To determine World Champions in: Indoor Formation Skydiving: 4-way Open, 4-way Female, 4-way Junior and 4-way VFS. Indoor Artistic Events: Solo Freestyle, Solo Freestyle Junior, D2W Open, D4W Open To promote and develop Indoor Skydiving as a sport To determine the world standings of the competing teams To present a visually attractive image of the competition performances and standings for competitors, spectators and media, To exchange ideas and strengthen friendly relations between the sport indoor flyers, judges, and support personnel of all nations, To allow participants to share and exchange experience, knowledge and information, To improve judging methods and practices In addition to the World Indoor Skydiving Championship 2019, the organiser has been authorised to organise a FS8 way CHALLENGE with the intent to test the format. This event will follow FAI/IPC rules, however the title of World Champion will not be awarded. 2
3 Date and place of the 3 rd WISC 2019 3.1 Event Dates the time period must comply with that set out in the Competition Rules and the Sporting Code Section 5. Complete program / Official training / Competition dates and schedule: Official arrival day date April 16 th Official practice day(s) date April 17 th time 8h00 Opening ceremony date April 17 th time 19h00 Competition starts Day 1 date April 18 th time 8h00 Competition starts Day 2 date April 19 th time 8h00 Competition starts Day 3 date April 20 th time 8h00 Award ceremony date April 20 th time 18h30 Banquet & closing party date April 20 th time after award ceremony Departure day date April 21 st Competition schedule will be published day by day 3.2 Location of Event (City, Airport, etc.) 3
3.4 Details of access to location : Lille Airport : 5 mn Hotel shuttle ( Mercure ) Bruxelles Airport : 1h20 : http://www.comparabus.com/fr/ Paris Charles de Gaulle : http://www.comparabus.com/fr/ Lille center city and railway stations : 10 mn WEEMBI is at a crossroad between two major motorways, the A1 and the A27, and is less than 10 minutes from the Lille exit on either one. The venue has parking spaces for 25 cars and can increase this using space made available in collaboration with neighbouring landowners. 4 Transportation Arrival / departure: Lille Airport : shuttle provided by the Mercure Hotel for customers There is no local transportation provided by the organizer 5 Entry: Fees & Registration NUMBER OF TEAMS ALLOWED The Competition rules and FAI Sporting Code, Section 5, paragraph 4.10 regulate the number of teams allowed in each event. Therefore each FAI Member country may register up to: 4
4-way Formation Skydiving (FS) 1 Open team Up to 5 (five) 4-way FS competitors per team 1 Female team Up to 5 (five) female 4-way FS competitors per team 1 Junior team** Up to 5 (five) junior 4-way FS competitors per team 1 FS8WAY CHALLENGE* Up to 10 (ten) 8-way FS competitors per team 4-way Vertical Formation Skydiving (VFS) 1 Open team Up to 5 (five) 4-way VFS competitors per team Solo Freestyle (SF) 2 Solo Freestyle performers One competitor 2 Solo Junior Freestyle performers** One competitor Dynamic 4-way (D4W) 2 Open teams Up to 5 (five) Dynamic 4-way competitors per team Dynamic 2-way (D2W) MAXIMUM OF 32 TEAMS TOTAL IN THE COMPETITION 2 Open teams Up to 2 (two) Dynamic 2-way competitors per team * The challenge is not a part of the WISC 2019, and will be run as a test competition for the future. Only one team per NAC MINIMUM AGE FOR JUNIOR COMPETITORS ** The minimum age for participation in an Indoor Skydiving FCE is 12 years. - FAI Sport Code - Section 5: 1.2 Definitions: 5 5
ENTRY FEES: per participant including Sanction Fee 1. All FS and VFS : 300 2. Artistic Events a. Dynamic 4 way D4W 300 b. Dynamic 2 way D2W 320 c. Free Style open/junior 320 3. FS 8-WAY CHALLENGE * 280 4. Alternate: 250 5. HoD,Team managers, coach : 300 6. Other members of delegation: 250 (without sanction fee) 7. Additional event : 50 per participant Late entry fee: 25 per participant ** *The challenge is not a part of the WISC 2019, and will be run as a test competition for the future. ** will be accepted if the capacity allows The Entry fee includes: 3 minutes of training time (1 2 and 3 ) competition flights opening and closing ceremonies Lunch (for the competition days) Shuttle service for the following hotels: o Ibis (Lille Airport) 6
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT PROCEDURE A valid 2019 FAI Sporting Licence is required and must be obtained through the competitor's NAC (National Airsport Control). All competitors must be registered by their NAC before completing the registration process with the Organizer. PROVISIONAL ENTRY (FOR NACS) : to be pre-registered please send an email to info@wisc2019.com Each NAC will receive a secure PDF form to fill out with information regarding the teams representing their respective country, such as: Number of teams in each event/category. Name and birth date of each team member. Name of team captain + his/her contact information. FAI sporting licence numbers for each team member. Indication of team members participating in more than one event. Indication if the NAC is paying for the delegations or if teams pays Bank transfer only Once the form is complete with the information above, NAC representatives will close the entry and make it official by affixing their stamp. The Organiser will then receive the official entry and have the necessary information to contact all team captains to finalise the registration process. Deadline for provisional entry: January 25, 2019 FINAL ENTRY (FOR COMPETITORS) Based on the information transferred by the NACs, each team captain will receive a secure PDF registration form by email and will be required to submit additional details to the Organizer, proof of bank transfer (if the registration fees haven t already been paid by the NAC) and team members' contact details and t-shirt size. Once filled out, this form must be emailed to : info@wisc2019.com The invoice confirming the payment will be sent to the team captain as soon as possible after receiving their registration form. Deadline for final submission: February 22, 2019 **Please note that only NAC representatives can change the number of teams or team members registered. Late registration: February 23, 2019 Entries after the deadline will be approved only if capacity allows, and subject to 25 /participant All correspondence has to be addressed to info@wisc2019.com COPY to info@ffp.asso.fr Payment procedure Registration fees must be paid per participant /team in EURO ( ) only and in advance by bank transfer. Each transfer as to be referenced: WISC 2019 / + the name of the NAC Identifiant national de compte bancaire - RIB an e ichet N compte Cl evise 10278 06039 00080156341 69 EUR 7
Identifiant international de compte bancaire IBAN (International Bank Account Number) FR76 1027 8060 3900 0801 5634 169 CCM PARIS MONTMARTRE GB BIC (Bank Identifier Code) CMCIFR2A Titulaire du compte (Account Owner) FEDERATION FRANCAISE DE PARACHUTISME 62 RUE DE FECAMP 75012 PARIS Domiciliation CCM PARIS MONTMARTRE GB 47 RUE LA FAYETTE 75009 PARIS 6 Wind tunnel facilities WEEMBI provides space over two floors including 4 classrooms and the usual facilities such as bar and club house. There will be networked computers and printers located in the building for the competition staff, FAI/IPC officials, and judges panels. There will be an internet access with dedicated access for the judges, the media and officials. There is men, women and disabled person toilet facilities. The general public and flyers are welcomed in a large area around the flight chamber 7 Wind tunnel details WEEMBI technology provides : 17 feet flight chamber screen with a 5 meters glazed area 5.18 meters diameter 32 square meters of flight surface 14 meters high laminar airflow consistent power from the grid to 14 meters 290 K/H max speed 2 comfortable pre-flight chambers o 16.5 m2 (suitable for FS 8 way) o 64 m2 T control from 20 to 45 C Door : H 190 cm x W 65 cm All equipment required is ready and operational for all competition jumps/performances and all official training jumps/performances. Door : H 185 cm x W 63 cm 2 antechambers 8
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8 Pre event Pre event training: April 08 to 16 2019 : contact WEEMBI 9 Accommodation details Officials : Mercure: www.mercure.com/fr/hotel-1098-hotel-mercure-lille-aeroport/index.shtml Delegations and others: Accommodation is not included in the entry fees. For information, there are hotels and housing in Weembi vicinities. Closed to 10 min from the tunnel: Mercure : www.mercure.com/fr/hotel-1098-hotel-mercure-lille-aeroport/index.shtml Novotel: http://www.novotel.com/fr/hotel-0427-novotel-lille-aeroport/index.shtml Agena: http://www.hotel-agena.com I IS: Vario s Ibis hotels style. Type Ibis Lille airport in yo r search field http:// www.airbnb.fr http://www.abritel.fr http://www.gites.fr 10 Equipment Helmets full face 10
11 Organization officials President of the Organising Committee : David Roth Chief of the Organising Committee : Jean Michel Poulet Meet Director: Patrice Girardin Assistant Meet Director : Bruno Perin Domitille Kiger FAI Controller: Elisabet Mikaelsson Chief Judge: TBA Assistant to Chief Judge: Thierry Courtin Event Judge(s): TBA Electronic Scoring Operator: Thierry Courtin Jury members: TBA 12 Judging & Scoring Electronic scoring equipment: InTime scoring and Dynamr The flight chamber is equipped with bottom, top and side cameras suitable for all events. 13 Medical / emergency details Full time first aid support, paramedics and doctor on site. Ambulance and emergency services will be available in connection with Lille Hospital. 14 Insurance details Insurance required: third party liability and medical repatriation Each participant is responsible for his own personal medical repatriation insurance. Each participant is responsible for his own personal third party liability. Third party liability: FFP can offer Third Party liability insurance for the duration of the competition for10. 15 Visa information Visa : http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/coming-to-france/getting-a-visa/ 16 Rules and Regulations Competition Rules : Sporting Code Section 5 and Indoor competition rules at : https://fai.org/ipc-documents Doping requirements and control : Each competitor is responsible for his own medical situation and can check requirements at :http://www.fai.org/cimp-documents 17 Other matters National flag and anthem (as per SC5) 11