1. The league will be run over one flying season with the winner announced at the end of the flying season. The leagues officer will announce which competitions have league status at the beginning of a season. Generally, the six World Cup competitions and the British Paragliding Accuracy National Championships will all have league status. Two months notice is required for a re-arranged league competition to retain its league status.
2. At each competition the number of league points awarded to the top placed British pilot will be equivalent to the number of British pilots in attendance up to a maximum limit of 30 points. The second placed British pilot will get one less point and so on.
3. A pilot can turn up late to or leave early from a league competition if two weeks prior notice is given to the meet director for unavoidable foreseen circumstances. If a pilot has a valid reason to be late or leave early, then he / she will be allowed to catch up or bank flights at no detriment to their league points. The pilot’s position in a competition resulting from the above shall be at the meet director’s discretion. If a pilot needs to leave a league competition early then they should be asked to bank an estimated number of flights. If this estimated number of flights turns out to be insufficient then the pilot must take zaps. Also where a pilot has to bank flights or catch up flights, the flights should not be consecutive and there should be a reasonable amount of time between flights.
4. If unavoidable unforeseen circumstances should occur within two weeks then the matter will be treated as per competition rules where permission to fly out of order is at the launch marshal’s discretion.
5. Pilots best three out of four or more valid competitions will count to the end of year league title. If there are only three valid league competitions then best point scores from two competitions will count. If there are two or less valid competitions then the league will default to the two year league system as trialled in 2007.
6. In the event of a tie for any of the places, the total distance scores obtained by the tied pilots in the competitions at which they all competed will be calculated and the pilot with the lowest total distance score will be awarded the higher position in the league.
7. The winner of the league will be awarded the returnable Airways Accuracy League trophy.
