yoink 321 #1 February 9, 2004 Details - 2003/2004 The next BCPA event: Event: BCPA Freshers II Meet Dates: Friday 13th - Sunday 15th February Venue: Peterlee Plane: 10 place turbine Finist (possibly Dornier if advance registration merits it) Peterlee will be open from 1pm on Friday 13th for anyone arriving early for the weekend. Bunkhouse bookings are available for both Fri & Sat nights. To secure firm place advance payment required £5.00/night B&B (phone 0191.5171234 card payment acceptable). Camping & Caravaning Free for the Meet. Registration: - £5 per person, up to maximum of £25 per uni (the more people you bring, the better value for money!!!) Jump prices: Experienced - £17 (cloud base 2-5k: £10, above 5k: £17) Student/Intermediate (all heights) - £25 (inc kit hire) Kit hire: Experienced - £5 (+£4 deposit) (There will be the opportunity for packing demonstrations if bad weather) Kit & docs checks to be done during Friday afternoon or first thing Saturday morning. Experienced parachutists will not require kit checks other than flight line/pre jump. NB: Students must attend revision training prior to jumping on any day (1330 Fri, 1030 Sat & Sun) and must produce evidence of a logged revision training session within the last three months. Students must have completed at least one jump at the centre they trained at or at the discretion of Peterlee CCI if they have completed their course within the last month & be able to produce their original training record cards. (New recruits who have not yet completed their first jump are welcome to attend for the experience, but will not be allowed to jump). Own reserve drills to be used. Competitions: Informal 3-way FS & hit & run accuracy. Speed star could be run if demand and ability suitable. DZ bar: £1.50 per pint/bottle/shot for 2 hours after jumping finishes for the day (£2 otherwise) Friday Night - Quiz The usual Pub Quiz type questions. Prizes on the night to be confirmed. Saturday Night - Party in Marquee & Bar (Hangar & Training Areas will be locked post jumping). There will be a live band and karaoke for those of you feeling brave enough (or just very drunk!) League Points 2 LEAGUE POINTS awarded for every attendee! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samhussey 0 #2 February 10, 2004 Alas, our club hasn't affiliated to the BCPA yet, and none of the members are trained (until the end of this month!), but expect to see us at the next event! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #3 February 10, 2004 Aber's got a skydiving club?? Great... get everyone trained up and come along to the next event. Have you been registered with us before? I think there's a reduced rate for new clubs... Will Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samhussey 0 #4 February 10, 2004 Im trying to sort the first training for the end of feb. I heard somewhere that there was a club a few years back, but all the committee graduated and no-one else wanted to run it. Then I came along and started it again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
batbex 0 #5 February 10, 2004 yay! congrats you should try and get money off your sports union and see if their insurance covers you(and what conditions have to met for it to do so) oh oh - and get pretty t-shirts and hoodies made up, and committee(or boss-man, if its just you) t-shirts made up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
samhussey 0 #6 February 10, 2004 Our union kinda sucks. They cant give us transport to the DZ (4 hours away!), and they wont give us any funding until next academic year (I was "too late" to apply this year). And I had to spend weeks trying to convince them to recognise us anyway, since their insurance doesn't cover us for skydiving. It took 4 weeks to explain to them about the BPA and members insurance. But all that is in the past now, and I'm looking at the local printers prices for hoodies and t-shirts and the like! By the way, when is the next BCPA event after Freshers 2? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
batbex 0 #7 February 11, 2004 Em Northerns? Scotsmeet? think both are May sort of time, should be info on the bcpa website and given the amount of info Will has at his finger tips - no doubt he'll tell you what planes will be there, the altitude and price of jumps as well as beer just as soon as he logs on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yoink 321 #8 February 11, 2004 Blimey.... preassure's on ... umm, next meet after valentines? Scots.. BCPA Scottish Regional Event Dates TBC @ Location TBA (this is in the pipeline - I'll post here as soon as it's been confirmed). BCPA Southerns Regional Event March 20th - 21st @ Netheravon BCPA Foreign Trip 2004 30th March - 15th April @ Perris and Elsinore, California, USA BCPA Northerns Regional Event May 1st - 2nd @ Hibaldstow As for hassles with the uni, feel free to drop me a line or even post here... part of what the BCPA does is try and get uni clubs recognised and improve funding for them. We've got a wealth of knowledge from people who have set up clubs previously, as well as fundraising ideas and how they handle their unions. Hopefully this year will see us being recognised by BUSA, and then the uni's will be unable to deny us funding Fingers crossed. Will Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AllyMilne 0 #9 February 16, 2004 Yeah socts meet is probably be one or two weeks after the northerns. Skydive st andrews will be hosting. Watch this space for more info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
