World Parachutists Over Phorty Society
Although the Parachutists Over Phorty Society had members in
many countries, it didn't begin to have a world identity until the
first world meet in Australia in 1989.
A stronger global community was forged by the election of
Mike Allum as the first World Top Pop at the third world meet in
Spain in 1995.
World meets every two to three years are now a regular occasions to
renew old friendships and make new ones with skydivers from
many countries.
POPS World Meets
The Eleventh POPS World Meet will be held at
Teuge in Holland from 28 June until the 8th of July 2012.
For latest details of this meet visit the site
www.pops-nl.com. The Teuge dropzone
web site is
www.paracentrumteuge.nl.
For more information please send an e-mail to
ronaldvanrijn pops-nl.com or
wpm2012pops-nl.com
The Parachutists Over Phorty Society held its first POPS World Meet in 1989
in Australia and the second was in 1993 hosted by Skydive Orlando at Umatilla
in Florida, USA. The third POPS World Meet was in Spain in 1995 at the Centro
de Paracaidismo de Costa Brava in Empuriabrava in the Catalan area. At
that meet, Mike Allum of the UK was appointed by the Top Pops as the first
World Top Pop with specific responsibility for arranging the next POPS World
Meet.
The Fourth POPS World Meet was held in 1997 at
the Royal Jordanian Parachute Club at Aqaba in Jordan, where Alicia Moorehead
replaced Mike as World Top Pop.
The Fifth World Meet took place 18th to 25th
September 1999 at Fraser Valley Skydiving Centre in Chilliwack, British
Columbia, Canada. At this meet, Alicia Moorehead stepped down as World
Top Pop and handed over to John Crowhurst who accepted the job of organising
the next world meet in 2001/2002.
The Sixth POPS World Meet took place 1st to 9th
March 2002 at Matamata, New Zealand. Théo Fritschy agreed to take the role of
World Top Pop and top arrange a meet in Switzerland in 2004.
The Seventh POPS World Meet took place at Gruyères
in Switzerland, at the Epagny Aerodrome. At this meet, Théo Fritschy stepped down as
World Top Pop and handed over to Karl Poruben who will organize the next World POPS Meet
in the United States of America.
The Eighth POPS World Meet took place at Eloy
in Arizona, USA. At this meet, Karl Poruben stepped down as
World Top Pop and handed over to Ian "Robbo" Robertson who will organize the next World POPS Meet
in Australia.
The Ninth POPS World Meet was held between the 25th April and the 3rd May 2008
in Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia. Robbo handed over to Lamberto Serenelli, who as World Top Pop #7
will host the tenth POPS Worls Meet at Verona, Italy in 2010.
The Tenth POPS World Meet was held at the
BFU (Body Flight University)
Parachuting School, Reggio Emilia, Italy from the 4th until the 12th of June 2010.
BFU is 115
Kilometres (72 miles) south of Verona.
For latest details and results of the meet visit the
World Meet website.
Previous World Meets
1990 Australia
1993 Umatilla, Florida
1995 Empuriabrava, Spain
1997 Aqaba, Jordan.
1999 Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
2002 Matamata, New Zealand
2004 Epagny's Aerodrome at Gruyères - Switzerland
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