Southern Hang Gliding Club

Paragliding

Steve Barnett flew 60.54km Flight with 3 turnpoints from Bo Peep on Tuesday 25th June (see this flight)
Arvydas Matuzas flew 37.22km Open Distance XC from Devils Dyke on Sunday 9th June (see this flight)
Arvydas Matuzas flew from Devils Dyke on Sunday 9th June (see this flight)

I have informed the Committee that from today I am standing down from the Committee and my role as Chief Coach.
The Committee has agreed my recommendation that Steve Barnett should take over as Chief Coach.
I will continue to support Steve as a senior coach, and he will continue to run the Red Ribbon Club with help from other coaches.
Robin Clark

Following the 2024 AGM here you can find the meeting minutes, the officer reports presented on the evening and the full video recording.

The highlights of the meeting are the officer reports, which highligt points on safety with the start of the flying season, site status, coaching, finances, membership, and more.
The writeup of these reports will be attached to this post so you can have a further read.

We also held elections for all committee posts, and I'm happy to report that all those who stood were elected in. The results were:

Find attached the key points resulting from last years AGM.

We had a great guest speaker - Chris Williams - who talked about his recent accident and shared some insightful and useful information on his background in flying, the causes of his crash, and what he could have done differently. It's a must-see for all pilots. In addition there were interesting and informative updates on safety, sites, and finance.

We also held elections for all committee posts, and I'm happy to report that all those who stood were elected in. The results were:

I am pleased to announce that the Committee has approved the appointment of Steve Barnett to take over from me running the Red Ribbon Club with immediate effect. Whilst I will take a back seat in RRC I will continue to support Steve my other role as Chief Coach. Steve will also join the Committee in this capacity.
Most of you will know Steve and the valuable contribution he already makes to RRC as a coach with both considerable airtime and recent experience as a new pilot.

It's been a while since the last one, but the latest B.H.P.A. Instructor and Coach Newsletter (September 2023) is now available, either on the BHPA web site, or on this web site at https://shgc.org.uk/bhpaclubbulletins#ICS

With all the van shenanigans at Firle we're putting a lock on the gate at Bo Peep. The code will be the same as high and over, and beachy. (On the website, members only.)

Please pass the word, but only to shgc members and be sure not to publish the code anywhere.

Best regards.

Dave, sites officer.