Canadian Nationals

Canadian Nationals:

The ultimate purpose of the championship is to determine the best sport parachutists in each event. The "spirit of the rules" then, dictates that individuals and teams enjoy a fair and equitable opportunity to demonstrate their skills in competition. Exemplary sportsmanship will be required of all contestants. Every second year (on year) winners will be selected to represent Canada in international events. Every second year (off year) the Nationals Competition will be broken into two competitions. These will be National Confrence Cup East (NCCE) and National Confrence Cup West (NCCW). The reasoning behind this is to allow competitors to attend a Nationals type competition closer to their own location thereby reducing the travel costs etc. which are born solely by the competitors.

Nationals - Winners & Scores

2011 Canadian Nationals - Results at a glance

Canadian Nationals - Past results at a glance

The Nationals - Requirements

Competitor Information

Information about the Nationals will be sent to CSPA members by way of Canpara, and will also appear in the minutes of the board meeting at which the site was selected. Further information may be obtained by contacting CSPA directly or accessing the CSPA Home Page.

The National Championships are open to Canadian citizens and to those with landed immigrant status and more than one year's residence in Canada. Others may compete as guests of the CSPA Board of Directors but may not be awarded trophies or medals for their placement in competition.

Required Documents

CSPA Membership may be acquired directly from CSPA at least 15 days prior to the start of the Championships or at the site of the Championships. Each contestant, at the time of registration, will need the following documentation:

current CSPA membership card (or an FAI affiliate membership, if non-resident)
a CSPA "A" Certificate of Proficiency for the individual events
a CSPA "B" Certificate of Proficiency for the Formation Skydiving, Canopy Formation and Artistic events
jump logbook

Certificates of Proficiency will not be issued or be available at the site of the Championships.

Performance Requirements

Competitors must be able to show signed logbook entries to document the jumping performances required for their events. It is the competitors' responsibility to ensure they are registered in the correct event. Performance requirements are:

Accuracy Landing:

Open Accuracy Landing: no specific requirements
Intermediate Accuracy Landing: no more than 500 jumps at registration
Junior Accuracy Landing: no more than 200 jumps at registration
Team or Sport Accuracy: no specific requirements

Freefall Style:

Open Freefall Style: three corrected series in 15.0 seconds or less (signed by a CSPA-rated judge, instructor, or past national freefall style team member)
Intermediate Freefall Style: no more than 100 style jumps at registration

Formation Skydiving:

Open 4-way FS: ten 3-way or larger FS jumps
Senior 4-way FS: same performance requirements as the open class. For teams not wishing to enter the open event and choosing to compete in a class made up of teams not trying out for the National Team.
Intermediate 4-way FS: 3 team members may have no more than 750 jumps each while the fourth team member may have an unlimited number of jumps at registration. In addition, the alternate may have an unlimited number of jumps, however on any round, only one team member with over 750 jumps may participate.
Women’s 4-way: same performance requirements as the Senior and Open class. All competitors must be women except the videographer
8-way FS and 10-way Speed FS: ten 8-way or larger FS jumps

Canopy Formation:

Open Canopy Formation (Rotations, Sequential and 8-way speed): at least 10 jumps during which a successful CF hookup has been achieved and at least 5 of the jumps must be successful 4-way or larger formations.
2-way CF: at least 5 jumps during which a successful CF hookup has been achieved.

Artistic Events: