WCIS - 2016, Awards and Prize Giving
Marcin Kwiatosz, Secretary General of Aeroklub Polski
started the proceedings by thanking the host, organiser and all competitiors for such an outstanding competition. He said he was proud to attend the first FCE Parachuting event ever hosted in Poland and congratulated all.
Regan Tetlow then introduced Patrice Girardin, the Jury President, who declared that the competition had been conducted according to the rules and therefore the results were valid.
The final event of a great three days spent at Flyspot, Warsaw was the Award Ceremony and Prize-giving followed by a PARTY. The junior contingent, ably led by Leonid Volkov entertained us all and had a great time. Prior to the evening's proceedings two very productive Competitors' meetings were held, with lots of ideas and desires for the Formation Skydiving and Artistic Events committees to consider and discuss prior to the IPC Plenary in Faro January 2017.
The first award was made to the Solo Freestyle Junior Event Winners:
| Andrzej Soltyk POL | Kyra Poh SINA | Aleksandra POL |
Followed by the Formation Skydiving 4-Way Junior event:
| Jnr 1 Demie FRA | Air Devlis CAN | Tunnel Vision CAN |
Next came Artistic Events - Solo Freestyle Open:
| Leonid Volkov RUS | Inka Tlitto FIN | Marti Dedek CZE |
and now Formation Skydiving 4-Way Female:
| Volition GBR | France Female 1 FRA | NFTO GBR |
and now Formation Skydiving 4-Way Open:
| France 2 FRA | Hayabusa BEL | France 1 GBR |
followed by 4-Way VFS event:
| FlyStation VFS RUS | SDC Core USA | Golden Knights |
and finally the 2-Way Dynamic event:
| France 1 2WD FRA | Vipers POL | Suisse One SUI |
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR MEDAL WINNERS
and to all the Competitors, Judges, Video and Scoring people, all the staff and helpers at Flyspot, Warsaw for making this competition possible.
Meet Director Agnieszka Sobczynska-Solomon (Aggie) thanks Thierry Courtin and his colleagues for their work in providing the judging panels with the images and scoring system - InTime.
Finally, for those interested in the statistics of such an event:
Event | Total Teams/Performers | Total number of flights |
| FS - 4-Way Open | 22 | 220 |
| FS - 4-Way Female | 9 | 90 |
| FS - 4-Way Junior | 8 | 64 |
| VFS | 9 | 72 |
| AE - Solo Freestyle Open | 13 | 91 |
| AE - Solo Freestyle Junior | 9 | 63 |
| AE - Dynamic 2-Way | 24 | |
| Qualifying rounds = 72 flights | ||
| Tournament = 128 flights | 200 | |
| Total Competition Flights | 800 | |
| Total Speed Setting flights (12/10) | 185 |
The FAI Flag remained in position, flying in the food tent throughout the competiton, so the Organiser was able to make the symbolic hand over to the 1st Vice President of IPC, Patrice Girardin, for the next FCE Host at the 1st FAI World Wingsuit Performance Flying Championships and 1st FAI World Cup of Wingsuit Acrobatic Flying, Zephyrhills, Florida (USA) 3 - 9 November 2016.
