Competition Calendar 2008
Calendar includes all national and international slope competitions thought to be of interest to UK soarers. For late announcements see F3F list. For events in Scotland see Fife Soarers.
Key to colours :
| Southern Winter League, S. Wales |
| Northern Winter League, Hole of Horcum |
| Midland Winter League |
| BMFA League (Saturday for EPP60, Sunday for F3F) |
| Non-league Event |
| Model Show |
| Public Holiday (England) |
January 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Midland WL 3 | ||
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Northern WL 3 | Southern WL 3 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||||
February 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Midland WL 4 | |||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Northern WL 4 | Southern WL 4 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | ||
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | ||||
March 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | ||
| 1 | 2 | Midland WL 5 | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Northern WL 5 | Southern WL 5 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Good Friday / Easter Monday | |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | BMFA L1 Huddersfield | |
| 31 | ||||||||
April 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | BMFA L2 Wales |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | |
| 28 | 29 | 30 |
May 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | May Bank Holiday | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | BMFA L3 Hole of Horcum |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Spring Bank Holiday |
June 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | BMFA L4 Whitesheet (14th is 60" nationals) |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |
| 30 |
July 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | F3F Nationals (2 days) - Hole of Horcum |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | BMFA L5 Wales |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
August 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | English Open, Whitesheet Hill | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Summer Bank Holiday |
September 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Viking Race 2008 Donovaly |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Welsh Open F3F |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | BMFA L6 Long Mynd |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | |
| 29 | 30 |
October 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | BMFA L7 Eastbourne | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | F3F reserve, venue TBA |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
November 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
December 2008
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | Christmas & Boxing Day |
| 29 | 30 | 31 |