Blake Round has been awarded the Jill Borst Memorial trophy, for his significant contribution to the New Zealand paragliding community. The list of work is extensive from Club Safety Officer, NZHGPA Exec member, Training Manager, and raising the bar for TOW, Acro and Speed Flying disciplines in NZ. Normally awarded at the NZ Nationals, it was instead presented via zoom at the NZHGPA Exec meeting to a big round of applause. On behalf of the flying community, thank you Blake for your tireless energy and devotion to the sport of free flight – Congratulations. Jill Borst Memorial Trophy and past recipients from 2005 at; https://jbmt.homestead.com/ 👏👏👏👏

Trophy Winners NZ PG 2022

New Zealand PG Awards 2022 

In accordance with a recent memo that, owing to the absence of a PG Open this year due to extenuating circumstances, it was decided that the NZ PG awards for 2022 would be decided according to the NZPRS rankings as at 1st March, 2022.

This year then the awards and trophies are:

    National Champion     Louis Tapper

   Womens Champion    Nina Harrap 

( 'Though Jessica Green is the top ranked female, she is not eligible for the 'award' ‘cos she’s not a kiwi. We certainly acknowledge her performance)

     Serial Class  Aaron Chesterman
  Sports Class Mal Haskins
  Fun Class    Nina Harrap ( Jessica not eligible)

       Jill Borst Blake Round 

   Leo Geary        Jesse Dhue 

Congratulations to all those pilots