This year is a fantastic year. We have received a lot of support from companies, both local and overseas. Currently prizes worth more then $10000 are up for grabs during the competition.

Aside from daily spot prizes, we'll award the following awards and prizes and run a special Video Competition.

Trophies

We are proud to announce a new Trophy this year. Flying New Zealand will award for the first time the annual Flying New Zealand Sports Class Trophy (LTF2).

Additionally the following will be awarded: 

• New Zealand Champion
• New Zealand Female Champion
• Leo Geary Memorial Trophy awarding outstanding performance for an up and coming pilot.

Prize Categories

The following classes will be awarded prizes:
• New Zealand Champions: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
• Round 2 Champions: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
• Sport Class (DHV2/LTF2): 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
• Fun Class (DHV 1/2 & 1): 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
• Best Female Pilot: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
• Best Tandem Team:  (a minimum of 3 teams need to have entered)
• Best Team:  (a minimum of 3 teams need to have entered)

Club Prizes

Aside from our sponsors, we are grateful to be able to announce the support from clubs around the country as well as the CAA, which will host a Safety Seminar for the club with the most pilots in the Top 20. The seminar will cover topics such as Human Factors and Sharing Airspace. 

The first regional club officially on board is the Southern Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club, which will hand out a prize for the BEST PILOT. 

Attend the Nationals and be in to win a SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger valued at $425.

Pilots from the Wellington Club will also be supported. Two bottles of wine are at stake.

The winner is the member with the highest point scored, which will be calculated in the following way: Number of points across both the Rotorua and Nelson edition, divided by the flying years. So if you have little experience but score well, you could be in the win for the Wellington Club.

Special Video Competition

	This year with the support of both Pinnacle Systems and VholdR, we'll run a Best Video Competition. The competition is open to both pilots and general public e.g. partners.
	The prize is a VholdR CountourHD helmet video camera and an editing system by Pinnacle Systems.

A jury will award the best video at the last night of the NZ PG Open competition.

Entry deadline is 5pm on that day.

The rules are:

• A minimum of 2, and maximum of 3 minutes in duration
• Needs to include both ground and aerial footage
• Needs to include a interview and/or statement

	One voucher for a 30 min Flight Simulator at Flight Experience Tauranga	$135
	A set of  Visual Navigation Charts covering all of New Zealand.
	A voucher to receive 50% off their wrist vario.	US$150
	20 minute long hands-on helicopter flight	$250
	Four vouchers each of $100 value towards any of Blue Eye's glasses.	$400
	30- 40% Rebate Voucher for their instruments.
	Compass Italy sponsored us with their new flight instrument C-Pilot Pro combining moving maps, gps and vario.	1000 Euro
	Compe GPS Air Software Package	$200
	Free annual subscription	$90
	Thai Foot Massage voucher for two people	$80
	8 Free*Spree Speed Bars	$600
	Icebreaker, New Zealand's pure Merino clothing manufacturer has come onboard with lots of items of their product line.   We have been sponsored with 30 bienes at $30 and a 260 weight long shirt valued at $180.	$1080
	Two Towing Vouchers for 5 flights each	$70
	Topo Premium software covering all of NZ	$370
	Ozone/SkyWings Saucisse Packs (for concertina packing)	$500
	A voucher for a 2000' Gliding Trial Flight by the Pikato Gliding Club in Matamata	$100
	Salcom Technologies has proudly sponsored us with their upcoming 2nd generation SPOT satellite trackers. Its an amazing tool for remote flying and enables also live online tracking of pilots.	$400
	Two Tandem Vouchers from Ed @ SkyWings Three Reserve Packing Vouchers from Ed @ SkyWings	$240 $150
	Twenty St. Johns First Aid Kits	$315
	A voucher for a Balloon flight with the Waikato Hot Air Balloon Club flying from Innes Common in Hamilton
	One free Account voucher for their online Pilot Logbook & Flying Journal	$60
	One voucher for XC book or DVD of the pilots' choice One Kite Surfing Lesson voucher 50% off a GIN Nano or Bobcat glider 50% off a Compeo or Competino 30% off any other Braeuniger instrument 30% of any Harness: GIN, SupAir, Kortel	$70 $230
	Three 3-year Subscriptions Voucher(s) - value $55 per year	$150