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Isle of Wight Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club

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Summer BBQ @ Compton Bowl SATURDAY 6th AUGUST 6.30pm onwards. Some burgers and sausages supplied but welcome to bring your own. BYO drink, chairs, lights etc. Please park in field BEFORE cattle grid and walk from there.  

Posted in Blog Tagged 2016, BBQ, IOWHGPC, isle, paragliding, wight

The prize giving and ‘thank you to the landowners’ knees up is at The Cow Co, Tapnell Farm (PO41 OYJ) on Saturday 27th February 2016 at 7-7.30pm If you want to come and support the club and possibly win a trophy (It Could Be You!!) please contact Paddy (07811 700410)

Posted in Blog, Party Tagged 2016, IOWHGPC, Prize Giving

Next club night social is Confirmed! Friday November 6th c.7pm at the Wight Mouse Inn, Chale. If for some reason you don’t know where The Wight Mouse Inn is (!) check it out here…http://www.wightmouse.co.uk/

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The National Trust has bought the land at Compton which includes the take-off at the red cliffs. Keep an eye out for email updates if there are any changes to our use of the site. Read all about it in the County Press! http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/national-trusts-27-million-isle-of-wight-land-deal-92894.aspx

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The National Trust and farmer have politely asked that we do not fly this site until June 1st due to lambing. Please respect their wishes. See site warnings below.  Thank you

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The 2015 AGM and Reserve Repack – 10am on 28th February Calbourne Recreation Centre. Bacon butties (or cheese for the vegetarians!) tea, coffee etc. Your chance to have your say and then ensure you fly safe with a reserve check/re-pack. Any questions contact Richard Perkes.  

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Who Spooned It?! Who Spooned It?! It was a great night last night at the annual Curry Night and Prize Giving. Thanks to Paul Street, Kim Hall and anyone else who helped to organise a fun evening. New photos have been uploaded to the gallery here.

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The curry night and prize giving for your flying achievements in 2014 is at The Boathouse on Saturday 7th Feb from 7:30 onwards. Tickets £12.50 each. Contact Richard Perkes if you want to come and join the hilarity.

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The Wessex HGPG Club are planning another Club Coaching Course in November 2014. If you are interested you can find more details here.

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The next social will be on Friday 5th September – 7pm at The Blacksmiths Arms

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  • It is Dry and Night time/Dry on the Isle of Wight
    Weather conditions at 02:05 on 6/12/2019 | Currently : Dry and Night time/Dry with Calm Calm | Current Temperature : 11.0°c | Maximum Temperature : 11.0°c at 02:04 | Minimum Temperature : 10.8°c at 00:00 | DewPoint : 10.2°c | Barometer : 1012.4mb and Steady | Humidity : 95% | Solar : 0 wm2 | […]

Site Warnings!

BRIGHSTONE – Please AVOID BIRD ENCLOSURES at bottom of Brighstone Ridge.

RED CLIFFS – Please TURN LEFT when you leave the parking area on the south side of the Military Road.

CHILLERTON MAY 2019 UPDATE – After discussions with the farmer at Chillerton, our sites officer has established that for Spring 2019 we are able to fly the site at Chillerton. If there are sheep on the take-off please fly sensibly. They should move to the bottom of the hill, but please don’t panic them. As usual please don’t land in either of the big fields at the bottom.

ATHERFIELD UPDATE – March 2017 – Clearance work is going on in the grounds of the old holiday camp. Access is required  to the front gate by the site workers so please DO NOT park in front of the gates or obstruct the entrance. As before the Atherfield camp site is out of bounds.

ATHERFIELD UPDATE – September 2014 – The front gate to the camp site is now blocked for site safety issues. As access is not required and parking in the area is limited, you can park at the front entrance to the camp site provided it is blocked by a mound of earth. Follow the footpath through the camping site to the west of Atherfield camp site shown by the dotted marks on the site plan. Atherfield camp site is out of bounds.

WHITE CLIFFS LOWER TAKE-OFF
This take-off is CLOSED from 1st March – 15th July to avoid disturbing nesting Peregrines. Please ONLY use the UPPER take-off during this period. If you fly to the WEST of the highest point of the cliffs (roughly where the footpath intersects the main road), then you must be able to maintain at least 100 feet clearance from the top of the cliff to avoid disturbing Peregrines on their nest.
Do NOT overfly the Golf Course.
Do NOT rig or land on the Golf Course.
Do NOT cross the Golf Course on foot.
Do NOT fly if there is any possibility of landing on the beach when it is crowded.

CULVER TAKE-OFF
This take-off is CLOSED from 1st March – 15th July to avoid disturbing Peregrines and Ravens.

BRIGHSTONE/LIMERSTONE – Do not drive on the grass under any circumstances.

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