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All five rounds of the British Paragliding Cup have now been flown, and Richard Butterworth is holder of the cup for 2010.

Mal Grace reports on the final roud of the British Paragliding Cup that was held in Snowdonia over the weekend of 13 - 15 August. Martin Sandwith won the round, but overall winner of the 2010 BPCup was Richard Butterworth. [More...]

Mal Grace reports on the South East Wales round of the British Paragliding Cup (30 July - 1 August), which was not blessed with ideal weather conditions. Malcolm Davis made the best of the tricky conditions to win the round.

Mal Grace reports on round three of the BPCup, which was held at Long Mynd in Shropshire.

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Pål Hammar Rognøy D-bags from his own paraglider above the Swedish ski resort of Åre.

Britain's Kirsty Cameron has won both Open and Serial classes of the first female-only paragliding open that was held in Ager in the Spanish Pyrenees, winning herself a new Sup'Air harness and Flymaster B1 nav GPS-vario.

France's Lucas Bernardin and Seiko Fukuoka-Naville won the seventh round of the 2010 Paragliding World Cup series in Portugal. Seiko and Thomas Brandlehner (AT) are the PWC European champions.

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