SEW Awards
The club is pleased to announce it has obtained past SEW paragliding trophies and has reconditioned these. They will be awarded to SEW members only. The flying season will commence each year on 01 November and finish on 31 October the following year. Trophies will be engraved with the winners name and then awards will follow shortly after the end of the season.
1. SEW XC League Winner – Highest position in the National XC League by anyone with their club set as “SE Wales” using the “standard” scoring setting. Results here. 2018 winner – James Price. 2019 – Lewis Price. 2020 – Not awarded.
2. SEW Longest Flight Cup – Furthest flight from any SEW site (Open distance, no multipliers) by anyone with their club set as “SE Wales”. HG or PG allowed. 2018 winner – Harry Bloxham. 2019 winner – Richard Carter. 2020 – Robert Kingston.
3. Jim Hay Trophy – Furthest flight by a newcomer – typically in their first year of XC flying (open distance, no multipliers). CP rated pilots only. HG or PG allowed. 2018 winner – Alan Hole. 2019 winner – Andy Howells 38.3 km. 2020 – Not awarded.
4. Steve Allen Trophy – furthest XC flight in the BCC by a SEW team member (Open distance, no multipliers). Results here. 2018 winner – Will Carr. 2019 – Mark Pearson – 71.4 km (8 September from Bradwell). 2020 – Not awarded.
5. Blorenge Cup – furthest flight with take-off from the Blorenge. Multiplier flights (such as triangles or out and returns) and declared flights are recognised for their technical difficulty but only the absolute distance including all legs is counted (as multipliers awarded by the XCL vary from year-to-year). HG or PG flights allowed. 2018 winner – Harry Bloxham. 2019 winner – Nick Roberts. 2020 – Sion Way.
6. Capital Trophy – furthest flight by anyone taking off in Wales and landing in Cardiff. HG or PG allowed (see capital trophy page for further details). 2018 winner – Alistair Andrews. 2019 – no entries. 2020 – Sion Way.
7. 3 Peaks Hike-and-Fly Challenge Champion – fastest time via only foot or paraglider; starting from Abergavenny Castle entrance to trig points of: Blorenge, Sugar Loaf and Skirrid (in any order) and back to Abergavenny Castle entrance. 2019 winner – Tim Pentreath. 2020 – Dan Starsmore.
FAI awards
The club would like to support SEW members obtain their FAI paragliding badges. Further information on FAI badges are here.
FAI paragliding awards can currently be obtained for:
Bronze Eagle – Flying 30 km OR Duration 1.5 hours OR height gain of 500 m
Silver Eagle – Flying 75 km AND Duration 3 hours AND height gain 1000m (we have confirmed with the BHPA that 3 separate flights can be used to meet these criteria).
Complete a form here and submit it to the BHPA. Please contact a member of the committee if you would like assistance in getting this signed off.
SEW Distance Medals
This will be awarded to any SEW member who completes a distance flight (in the UK or abroad) of:
25 km, 50 km, 100 km, 100 miles (161 km), 200 km and even 500 km!
Good luck and safe flying!
Site records
Rules: Open distance and closed loop (out and return, triangle) flights are only recorded in the table below (although any multiplier added by the XC League is not applied as this varies from year to year – so total distance is only counted). Airspace infringements are not allowed. A valid GPS tracklog for the entire duration of the flight must be provided.
If you think the site record has been broken or there is a flight that we have not included then please let us know – it is a difficult task keeping track of all the entries and any entry would be considered. A link to the actual flight log is on the web site with further description.
Sites
| Site name | Distance (km) | Pilot | Year |
| Abertysswg | 28.3 km
137 km |
Alex Kennedy (PG)
Justin Needham (HG) |
2019
2007 |
| Blaenavon | 11.6 km | Alex Kennedy | 2018 |
| Blorenge | 100.5 km (Triangle total) | Harry Bloxham, Luke Nichol, Mark Watts, Lawrie Noctor | 2018 |
| Cwmbran (Fairwater) | 16.6 km | Andrew Price | 2010 |
| Cwmbran (Mountain Air) | 110.5 km | Rich Harding | 2019 |
| Ebbw Vale | 82.8 km | Nick Roberts | 2017 |
| Fochriw | 69.0 km | Chris Dusgate | 2019 |
| Garth Hill | 18 km | Mark Baldwin | 2019 |
| Garway Hill | 253.7 km | Harry Bloxham | 2017 |
| Hay Bluff | 204.5 km | Hugh Miller | 2016 |
| Machen | None confirmed | ||
| Merthyr Common | 338.7 km
169.7 km |
Carl Wallbank (HG)
Karoly Megyesi (PG) |
2015
2015 |
| Mynydd Meio | 56.5 km | Pawel Barton | 2009 |
| Nant-y-Moel | 134.4 km | Richard Chambers | 2014 |
| Pandy | 104.3 km | Simon Green | 2014 |
| Pen Cerrig Calch | 210.7 km | Richard Carter | 2019 |
| Pontlottyn | 28.3 km | Graham Richards | 2009 |
| Rhigos | 16.5 km | Lee Brogan | 2018 |
| Skirrid | 63.4 km | Daniel Starsmore | 2019 |
| Sugar Loaf | 91.5 km | Simon Green | 2016 |
| Talybont | 119.3 km | James Price & Lewis Price | 2018 |
