About Us
When sport kiting spread to the UK and Europe from the USA in the early
1980's, a group of British kite flyers formed a committee to help promote
it. This committee was known as STACK, Sport Team And Competitive Kiting.
Today STACK is a worldwide organisation with over 600 members. If you are interested in joining STACK UK, then download and complete the form here.
What does STACK do?
STACK's mission is to promote, organise, oversee and regulate the sport of kite flying. These activites are coordinated in each member country by a National Director. In order to standardise and update competition rules and organisation, to comply with safety procedures and to co-ordinate major events, there is an 'umbrella' committee known as the STACK International Executive Committee (SIEC) plus 'officers' in charge of various tasks such as newsletter, fund raising, membership etc.
Who is involved?
STACK UK is run by a team of volunteers. There is a significant workload in running STACK UK and we are fortunate to have officers who take the role of coordinating activities such as the event calendar, competition results and membership. These are our 'unsung heroes' and we are always very grateful to them.
The core STACK UK competitions and services have been stable for some years now and we are looking for ways to broaden the appeal of STACK to existing Sport Kite flyers and Sport Kiting to the general public. This includes offering competition formats for Trick/Freestyle flying; developing more effective ways to run competitions in conjunction with, and outside of, kite festivals; and finding ways to attrach casual flyers into Sport Kiting.STACK UK has to move with the times and constantly evolve to remain an attractive opportunity for those who enjoy flying sport kites.
National Director - Keith Griffiths
Keith has been national director since October 2006. As a flier he still participates in competition with Vee, his wife, as ExGrads pairs and also flies in demo team AirHeads.The national director's role is probably the largest within STACK, from identifying venues for competitions, to marketing the organisation, liasing with the international community and, in 2009, fundraising and organising the EuroCup bid.
Keith can be contacted at keith.griffiths@physics.org or tel:029 2025 8522. Please don't abuse this facility.
Membership Secretary - Matt Binns
Matt has held office since October 2005. He has been a competitor but is currently taking a break as a individual and pair competitor (as half of Leading Edge).Membership secretary is responsible for collecting memberships and maintaining the database of members.
Head Judge - Alistair Hunt
Alistair has been an acive judge for STACK UK for many years and took over as head judge in Feb 2008.This role involves arrnging for judges and other staff at events, preparing the scoresheets and other paperwork, and collating the results.