2nd Belgian Paramotor Open 2010
Cancellation of the "Second Belgian Paramotor Open" due to a lack of sponsors and the absence of a competition director.
The event is postponed to 2011.
The Open is jointly organised by Asbl Bleu Ciel and the Belgian Paramotor Federation FBPM-BPMF.
This second Belgian Paramotor Open is to take place on 28/6 to 3/7, at the Cerfontaine Airfield, in close proximity to the Eau d’Heure Lakes, in one of the most scenic regions of Belgium
This competition could be the stepping stone for an audacious project, bringing the World Paramotor Championships to Belgium, in 2012.
The organising Team consists of:
Competition Director: Michel Carnet
Competition success:
World Champion 2009 in Czech Republic
Bronze Medal at the 2007 World Championships in China
Silver Medal at the 2005 World Championships in France
Silver Medal at the 1995 European Championships in England
9-times British Champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Twice French Open Champion (2004, 2007)
Three current World Speed Records
Experience:
My experience in competition spans over 25 years, through participation and organisation alike, in hang gliding, paragliding, gliding and paramotoring.
Five years ago, I was a founding member and Chairman of the British Paramotor Competition Committee.
As Meet Director, my aim is to steer the Belgian Open in a direction that looks after the interests of the competing pilots.
I will endeavour to adhere to the same task philosophy that made last year's Belgian Open a great event with 17 successful tasks, and that can be summarised as follows:
- Simple tasks, simple to brief and understand, simple to fly, simple to marshal and simple score.
- As many tasks as the weather conditions permit, without having to fly in obvious unsafe conditions.
- Modular tasks to, whenever possible, avoid scoring a zero when landing out.
- Airborne tactical decisions, to reward the pilots’ flying tactics rather than time consuming task preparation and number crunching.
- Fuel economy tasks as run in the UK. No tedious fuelling sessions as pilots and machines are weighed before and after each economy task. This allows pilots to carry as much fuel as they want.
The scenery around the area of Cerfontaine is truly stunning so let’s hope for some nice flying weather to make this Belgian Open, the first of many.
Event Director: Thierry Moreau
I have been paragliding since 1989 and was one of the first Paramotor pilots in Belgium.
1997 Belgian Paraglider Champion and runner-up in 2000.
3-time Belgian Paramotor Champion.
Several times Belgian Paragliding Team member.
Belgian Paramotor Team member at the last two World Championships, in France and China.
I was the Organiser of over ten Paragliding Nationals for the FBVL, the Belgian Paragliding Association, including several FAI Benelux Opens, run in Switzerland, France and Italy.
I instigated the first Belgian Paragliding "Flat Land" Nationals.
I was the Meet Director for the 2007 Belgian Paramotor Nationals in Bioul.
Chief-Scorer: André van Damme
André is a good friend of Thierry and a reliable collaborator for over 10 years, assisting in the running of many FAI sanctioned competitions.
Chief-Marshal: René Verschueren
I have been Competition Director at several Belgian Paramotor Nationals.
I have also competed in various countries such as Belgium, France, England and China.
On the international scene, I am the Belgian Alternate Delegate to FAI/CIMA and I was
a Jury member at the 2005 Worlds in France as well as a Steward at the 2008 Europeans.
For this Belgian Open, I am in charge of the Marshalling.
