Official Bulletin #2 13/11/2017

GRAVITY INDOOR SKYDIVING December 2nd and 3rd, 2017 www.gravitybah.com

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Event Officials Meet Director Assistant Meet Director Tunnel Manager Event Director Tunnel Technical/Operations Manager/ Senior Instructor Communications Manager Chief Judge FS Event Judge AE Event Judge Dynamic Event Judge Video Controller Jury Members

Adam Mattacola – [email protected] Zoe Edwards Khawla Alhammadi Zoe Edwards – [email protected]

FS Judges

Ruth Ferris Kate Charters Aliya Ananina David Choi Yasser Hameed Aggie Sobczynska

AE Judges

Kate Charters Aliya Ananina Aggie Sobczynska

Dynamic Judges

David Petracco Anna Moxnes Domi Kiger

*Details subject to change.

Gary Sweeney Mariam Fathi Aggie Sobczynska Ruth Ferris Kate Charters David Petracco Thierry Courtin TBC

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Event Schedule 24th – 30th November (Thursday)

1st December 2017 (Friday)

2nd December 2017 (Saturday) 3rd December 2017 (Sunday)

4th December 2017 (Monday) 3.

Arrival of Judges, Arrival of Officials, Arrival of Teams, Registered Training Period, Registration, Team Photos 8am-2pm - Official Training and Registration ALL DAY - Team Photos 12pm - Judges Meeting in Judges Room 2pm-4pm - Official Speed Settings 4.30pm – Welcome & Full Competitors Meeting 5.30pm - FS/VFS Competitors Meeting & DRAW 5.30pm - Dynamic/Freestyle/Solo Speed Competitors’ Meeting & DRAW 6.15pm – Buffet is served in Food Marquee 9.15am - Competition Day 1 9am - Competition Day 2 7pm-8pm - Prizes Giving at Bushido 8pm-MIdnight – Closing Dinner at Bushido Departure for all

Rules for Competition The competition rules are provided by the FAI for: 4-Way FS AAA Open 4-Way FS AAA Female 4-Way VFS Open 2-Way Dynamic Open - (This discipline will only be judged by 3 judges not 5 and compulsory entrance will be dynamic flying rules) www.dynamic-flying.com Freestyle Open These can be found at: www.fai.org/ipc-documents Under, Sporting Code and Competition Rules Section 5: Parachuting & the General Section, then Indoor Skydiving. The rules for 4-Way FS AA, 4-Way Dynamic (Speed) and Solo Speed (Dynamic lines) can be found under the competition tab on www.gravitybah.com D4W Scoring - The final time, after all penalties have been applied, will be used for this calculation. The fastest Team of the round will receive 100 points. All other Teams will be awarded points based on their time compared with the fastest Team. The fastest final time will be divided by the Team's final time and multiplied by 100 to determine their score. *Rule Change: 2-Way/4-Way Dynamic compulsory entrance will be according to dynamic flying rules and not the FAI rules. All other rules remain the same.

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Music and Free Rounds Videos Any Freestyle or Dynamic Team wishing to perform using music is asked to submit their music by 30 November 2017. The edit must include any music prior to the start of the working time for Freestyle and the edit must be exactly as needed for the performance. Music can be sent by emailing [email protected] with the file correctly edited.

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Tunnel Layout In accordance with competition rules, the following tunnel setup applies for Dynamic and Artistic categories:

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Registration All teams and accompanying persons upon arrival at Gravity Indoor Skydiving should go directly to the registration desk located in reception to receive a welcome pack and team helmet numbers. This desk will be open from 9am, 29 November.

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Food An evening buffet will be provided during the Opening Ceremony on 01 December and Lunch on both days 02 and 03 December. Located in the food marquee outside of the Gravity building in the car park. For all officials, registered competitors and accompanying persons. Any person wishing to eat these meals if not registered as a competitor or accompanying person should pay BHD 5 and make the booking through Zoe Edwards on [email protected].

Inside the Gravity building there is a Café on the second floor and at the Gravity site there are numerous cafes including Starbucks for anyone wishing to purchase food outside of these meals whilst at Gravity. 8.

Prize-Giving and Closing Ceremony Location – 7pm onwards The Prize-Giving, Closing Ceremony and Party will be held at Bushido, 52 Avenue 38, Jidhafs.

After the Prize-Giving and Closing Ceremony a buffet dinner and party will be held at Bushido for all officials, registered competitors, accompanying persons, sponsors and Gravity teams.