A couple of readers wrote in to say that the CIVL calendar
contradicted my reports from the CIVL Bureau meeting. I checked with CIVL
President, Flip Koetsier <>,
and here's what he says:

Thank you for drawing my attention to the competition calendar.
Something is terribly wrong on the competition calendar. I don't know what
caused the mistakes. I have taken actions to correct the information on the
calendar.


To make things clear:


At the next plenary (early February 2007) the next championships are supposed be
awarded (this is from the bid guidelines and this information has been sent to
all CIVL delegates and FAI member countries) for the following meets:


- World hang gliding championship in 2009


- World paragliding championship in 2009


- World Accuracy paragliding championship in 2009


- European hang gliding class 2 and 5 and Women's class 1 championships in 2009


In the competition calendar you found that we have received bids from Italy to
organise the women's, class 2 and class 5 world championships in 2009. That is
not correct (also see the to be awarded championships; there, of course, would
be no worlds hang gliding class 2 and 5 and women's class 1 in 2009, as that
would be scheduled for 2008 and 2010).


We have also not received bids for the European hang gliding class 2 and 5 and
women's class 1 championships.


"No word about the 2008 worlds hang gliding class 5", because:


At the 2006 plenary (last February) we could have awarded the 2008 world
championships hang gliding class 2 and 5 and women's class 1, but no bids were
received and we have not been able to find an organiser.


CIVL internal regulations 3.6.4 states: If CIVL was not able to award a
scheduled championship two years ahead of the competition, the CIVL bureau
should try to find an organiser. If an acceptable organiser is found and he
delivers a bid, the bureau may award the competition to this organiser. This
decision is subject to approval of the CIVL plenary meeting.


The plenary meeting has approved that the bureau should try to find organisers
for the championships that no bids were received for. The bureau has not been
able to find an organiser for the world championships hang gliding class 2, 5
and women's class 1.


By the way, we also did not receive a bid for the European hang gliding
championships 2008. I then contacted Wolfgang Sattleger, and as you know the
Europeans will be in Greifenburg.


We have also not received a bid for the World hang gliding championships in 2009
yet, so the bid from Italy (that you refer to and that you found on the
competition calendar) is not correct. Italy made a bid to organise the
paragliding World Championships and that is it.


Sorry for the wrong information on the competition calendar. It will be
corrected.