National Championships
The National Championships were first held at Hibaldstow in 1996. Since then they have continued to host this prestigious competition ever year except one. The disciplines which are held include 4-way and 8-way formation skydiving, freefly, freestyle, speed skydiving and VFS (vertical formation skydiving). Two weekends (Saturday to Monday) are set aside every August, with the events being split equally between them.
2009 saw the 4-way, 8-way and VFS disciplines all completed in a single day totalling some 143 take-offs by the fleet of 3 aircraft. In 2011, another UK record was set of 54 formation skydiving 4-way teams and 3 VFS teams attend on the first weekend. It is also believed that proportionate to the number of skydivers and dropzones, the UK has the largest national championships event in the world.
Recently, the dropzone was awarded a 3 year contract to run the National Championships. This year they will be held over the dates - 11th to 13th and 18 to 20 August 2012.
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