Invitation to NACs


  Today we have sent the official inviation to National Aero Clubs for 5th FAI Junior World Hot Air Balloon Championship - 2021.

 

INVITATION PROCEDURE
According S I 5.6.1.1, the invitation to NACs will be distributed to all:
1. Eligible NACs (as per FAI list)
2. CIA Delegates (as per FAI list)
3. National Balloon Federations (as far as the addresses are known).
Any of the three entities may answer. In case of conflicting answers received by more than
one entity, the Organizers will consult the CIA Bureau.

Note: In order to ensure reaching all eligible NAC, the invitation will be sent to all NAC and CIA delegates of the current FAI mailing lists. If you are uncertain, if your NAC qualifies for the World Championship, please contact the organizers or the FAI Office.

NAC Invitations and Result List Invitations:

The NAC shall return the completed ‘Acceptance of Invitation form’ by 15th February 2021 nominating the competitors they want to send.

According to the CIA approved bid the equal number of competitors to be initially invited is 3 per NAC up to a total number of 50 competitors.

Therefore, each NAC is invited to nominate up to 3 competitors and as many additional competitors as they want to fillup the additional places available. The number of additional places will be 50 minus the number of accepted initial invitations.

After the 15th February 2021 initial invitation deadline, the Organizers till day 01st March 2021 will send 1st round individual applications to the competitors nominated.

The deadline for their acceptance, which must include a completed entry form and full payment of entry fees, for the 1st round of entries is 31st March 2021.


If the number of entries in the first round is less than 50, a second round of invitations will be issued using the names supplied on the ‘NAC’s Acceptance of Invitation to take Part’ form. The deadline for the 2nd round of entries is 30th April 2021.

The progress of the invitation process will be published at NAC Invitation Process section.

 

NAC Acceptance Form

 

15th January 2021 Start of the invitation process, initial invitation to NAC
15th February 2021  Deadline for NACs to send nominations
1st March 2021 Start of the 1st round. Individual invitation to first 3 nominated competitors.
31th March 2021 1st round deadline for Competitors’ application and entry fee
30th April 2021 2nd round deadline for Competitors’ application and entry fee 
   

The invitation process is based on the FAI Sporting Code, Section 1 - Aerostats, CHAPTER 5 - FIRST CATEGORY SPORTING EVENTS - Download

update 06.02.2021