2007 World Cup Finals Fly Off Report
     

 

2006 World Cup  Runner Up Brian McKenzie from South Africa

 will be Judging the Finals

 


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Finish  Flyer Breaks Quality Depth Score  Region Weather Comments
1 Heine Bijker 5-8-5-12-6-6-11-5-11-18-7-5-8-12-6//15-13-12-9-15-17-5-6-16//18-17-10-6-15-14-10-16-14-15//15-13-6-14-17-15-12-7-15 1.4 1.5 2,284.80 Holland Region Over cast. Cool. No wind. I have never witnessed something so awesome! The team work was incredible! I'm speechless and depressed. Baie dankie Heine.
2 Dean Forster 6-6-13-15-5-8-9-5-16-16-8-6-5-5-7-15-13//8-5-5-8-16-13-12-8-7-5-8-7-8-7-7-6-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-7-6//7-6-5-8-5-16-13//7-10-6-8-9-5-12-5-7 1.7 1.6 2,031.84 North East  England Region Over cast. Rain. Slight breeze.

 

Most active kit of the world cup. Activity hampered bigger breaks. If this kit had worked better as a team they would have won it. Great Q.
3  Kevin McKinney  14-11-5-6-11-5-8-5-8-7-5-13-8-11-6//7-6-13-13-5-16-8-8-7//8-13-12-13-7-6-6//6-5-5-5 1.6 1.6 1,146.88 Northern Ireland Region Scattered cloud. Cool. No wind. Best Q & D so far. Birds rolling out of sync really hampered bigger breaks. Very entertaining kit of rollers to watch.
4 David Vang 5-8-5-11-5-7-6-6-10-5-7-5//5-14-5-14-7-10-5-7-5-7-6-9//14-13-6-7-6-7-8//5-13 1.4 1.5 739.20 Northern California Central Over cast. Slight breeze. Good kit that worked the whole time. Well done Dave!
5 Aris Punla 15-10-5-5-14-10-9-6-5-6-8-5-6//8-5-8-6-5-13-10-5-7-7//9-6//14-8-8-13 1.5 1.4 735.00 Northern California Central Fine. Cool. Slightly breezy. Really great kit. Did everything right. No out birds. Kitted well. Well done!
6 Gert Du Plessis 6-16-6-6-8-5-5-7-14-18-8-17-5-15-14//-//6//9 1.5 1.5 731.25 South Africa Region 2 Fine. Clear sky. No wind. WOW!!!!! Would have loved to see them work for full 20. Birds came out FIRING like hell. Then it stopped! Great Q and D.
7 Baines & Mosely 8-13-15-7-6-16-5//5-6-7-5//5-6-7-6//8-11-10-5 1.6 1.7 671.84 Derby Region Over cast. Slight breeze. Good Q&D. Very nice seperation. Would have liked to see them work a bit more. Kit was on one wing a bit too much.
8 Cedomir Luburic 16-6-5-5-5-5//6-9-6-14-8-8-5-12//16//7-15-5-16 1.3 1.6 667.68 Serbia Region Scattered cloud. Slight breeze. Good kit. Not frequent enough to scare top guys. Kitting could have been better. A guy to watch!
9 Don Ouellette 6-8-7-15-12-7-11-7-5//7-7-17-10-5-5-9-8//12-5-11//7-5-5-6 1.4 1.5 665.70 Northern California Coast Region Fine. Slight breeze. Nice working kit. Birds rolling between breaks hampered performance and bigger breaks.
10 Keary Boone 7-8-13-7-5-16-7-6-12-8-8//15-7-8-15-8//6-7-5-6//8-12-5 1.4 1.4 642.88 North Central Region Scattered cloud. Slight breeze. Good working kit. Improve on Q and this could be a really good kit. Well done Keary!
11 Lana Howarth 10-8-5-7-8-7//12-7-5-9-5-5-15//7-6-13-6-5-5-11//14-6-7-6-8 1.4 1.5 602.70 Northwest England Region Over cast. Cold. Vey, very windy. Birds had a very hard time with the wind. The kit lost approx 8 breaks due to out birds. Well done to the first lady flyer of the World Cup!!
12 Eric Schoelkopf 6-7-7-10-5-12-6-5-8-10//6-5-8-8-7-5-7-7-7-5-7//8-10-6-7-11-7-5-5-11//13-5-7-5 1.3 1.4 591.50 Southern California Region Fine. Over cast. Good working kit. Nice depth and a lot of roll. Qaulity could be better.
13 Charlie Stack 8-5-5-8-10-6-14-8-5-7-8-7//6-7-6-7-6-8-5-13-5-5-6-7-6//7-5-5-13-7-5//- 1.4 1.4 529.20 Southeast Region Fine. Slight breeze. Good working kit with some real Q&D. Went stiff last quarter. Well done Charlie!
14 Cliff Ball 8-13-7-7-6-9-5-6-6-5-5//11-5-11-16-7-15-13-5//5-7-6//- 1.3 1.3 486.72 Southeast Region Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Good working kit. Flew a bit too low to commit to the roll.
15 Jim Taylor 11-8-6-5-8//5//5-8-7-18-16//14-5-5-6 1.5 1.4 462.00 South Africa Region 2 Clear sky. Windy. Good kit. Looked the part. Maybe a bit to windy for the birds. Good separation and quality.
16 Nick Tsoltoudis 8-8-5-8-6-5-5//6-6//5-14-13-5-7//15-15-8-7 1.4 1.4 456.68 Australia Fine. Clear sky. Slightly windy.  Really good kit to watch. Birds were maybe a bit too low at times. Good Q when they lifted a bit. Watch this guy!
17 Svend Nielsen 6-5-6-5-7-11-5-11//11-13-7-5-5-7-7-8-7-5//8-8-6-7-8-5-12-8-6//5-7 1.3 1.3 454.61 Denmark Region Over cast. No wind. Nice active kit that did very little wrong. Maybe work on the Q & D and get them to kit tighter. Some good birds. 
18 Able Ibarra 8-8-5-8-6-5-5//6-6//5-14-13-5-7//15-15-8-7 1.4 1.4 435.12  Southern California San Bernardino, Riverside Fine. Cool. No wind. Really good kit to watch. Birds were maybe a bit too low at times. Good Q when they lifted a bit. Watch this guy!
19 Wendell Spisak 7-6-8-11-9-8-14-7-11-15-6//7-8//8//- 1.4 1.5 401.10 North Central East Region Fine. Clear sky. No wind. This kit would have had a real chance if they kept it up. Good kit with nice seperation in the breaks.
20 Alex Hamilton 6-12-12-6-5-6-7-9//5-5//11//15-7 1.5 1.5 384.75 Texas Region Fine. Over cast. Slight breeze. Good kit. Good Q & D. Good seperation. Just too infrequent. Bad luck Alex.
21 Tony Joseph 5-12-5-5-8-12-16//9//5-7-6//7 1.5 1.6 367.20 South Africa Region 6 Fine. Clear sky. Very windy. Good depth in breaks. Good seperation. Very good quality and speed.
22 Frank Baker 16-7-5-11-12-6-6-6-11-10//5//15//- 1.3 1.3 365.04 South Africa Region 6 Fine. Clear sky. Slightly windy.  This kit was a good one. Birds worked well. Birds were a tat short in the breaks. 
23 Henrie Smit 5-8-12//7-5-8-8-13-6-6-12//11-5-11-8-6//8-5-6 1.3 1.3 353.21 Holland Region Fine. No wind. Maybe too good weather to get them going. Birds were short in the breaks and did not lift high enough to show decent Q.
24 Ken Walter 11-5-14-13-6-15-11-5-5//5-10//5//- 1.3 1.4 343.98 North Central Region Over cast. Rain. Good working kit. Out birds cost this kit some points.One bird down in 3rd minute.
25 Ivan Hanchett 13-11-8-6//11-5-12-5-11-7-7-5//5//8-6-10-5 1.3 1.3 343.07 Northwest Region Over cast/

No wind

This kit went a bit high which made the Q & D difficult to establish. Good kit with no roll in between breaks. Out birds cost him dearly.
26 Victor Babilonia 5-5-5-5-6-7-8-9//5-5-5-6-7-5-5-5-6//5-5-5-6-5-5-5-6-12 1.4 1.4 313.60 New Mexico Region Fine. Cool. Slightly breezy. Too many out birds. Kit not flying tight enough to break big. Some REALLY GOOD birds.
27 John Wanless 5-5-6//13//8-6-5-6-6//6-7-13-6-8-5 1.4 1.6 293.44 North East  England Region Over cast. Rain. Very windy. This kit might have done better if they weren't fighting the strong wind all the time. Bad luck John!
28  Jose Luis Lorenzo 8-8-5-9-5-8-6-8-7-15//12//-//- 1.5 1.4 279.30  Southern California San Bernardino, Riverside Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Birds came out working well, but stopped in their tracks after five minutes. 
29 Ramsey Ajlouni 5-7-5-6-10-5-8-5//12-6-6-6-13//6-8//5-7-12 1.2 1.3 279.24 Northern California Coast Region Fine. Slight breeze. Too many individual rollers. Out birds killed this flyer. Better luck next time, Ramsey.
30 John Mosqueda 7-6-15-15-7-5-5//8-8-5-8-5//7//- 1.3 1.3 272.09 Southern California High Desert Region Fine. Clear sky. Slight breeze. Birds were ok in the breaks. Would have liked them to show us a bit more. Went stiff last 10.
31 Kenny Tommy 14-6-7//11-17//5-6//9 1.4 1.4 262.64 South Africa Region 6 Fine. Clear sky. Very windy. Nice kit to watch. Some good individuals. Kit stayed on one wing a lot. Wind hampered performance.
32 Ferrell Bussing 7-7-5-5-5-13-5-6-11-12//5-7-9-5-10-8//-//- 1.3 1.2 258.96 Central Region Fine. Cloudy. No wind. Birds kept on left wing all the time, flying fast. Birds in breaks were a bit on the short side.
33 F Deysel 5-5-7-14-8//13-14-10-5-6//6-7//6 1.2 1.3 244.92 South Africa Region 1 Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Birds kitted very well. Flew nice height. Good kit to judge.
34 Dave Szabatura 5-12-8-10-8//8-7-7-11/12-5//- 1.3 1.3 233.22 New England Region Hot & humid. Windy. Birds flew the ''S'' pattern which really hampered kit performance. May be a too hot for this kit on the day.
35 Theuns Mouton 7-9-5-14-7-6-6-//8-5-5-6-5//7-15-10//- 1.1 1.2 223.08 Region 4 South Africa Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Nice kit to watch. Many 2's & 3's. Some good individuals. Kit stayed on one wing a lot.
36 Mike Wolden 6-5-5-10-7-8-5-5//8//5-7//15-7-6 1.2 1.3 216.84 Northern California Coast Region Over cast. Cool. Windy. Kit flew too fast and on right wing. Too windy for these guys on the day. Bad luck.
37 Hennie Wagener 8-13-5-6-5-5-6-5-5-5-8-9-//6-6-5-7-5-7-7-5-5-7//5//- 1.1 1.2 208.56 South Africa Region 2 Clear sky. Windy. Birds worked well for 1st & 2nd quarter. Birds were loose in the breaks. Wind also did not help. Nice kit.
38 Larry Racine 5-8-8-10-5-5-8-12//12-8-6-6-5-5//-//5 1.2 1.2 204.48 British Columbia Region Over cast. Windy. Rain. Birds worked well for 1st & 2nd quarter. Birds were loose in the breaks. Wind also did not help. Nice kit.
39 Rodman Pasco 5-7//13-6//6-7-5-6-5-12-10//5-8 1.2 1.3 202.80 Hawaii Region Scattered cloud. Hot. Very windy. Birds kitted well in windy conditions. Some birds playing in the breaks. Windy conditions caused birds to fly through breaks.
40 Alonzo Cano 5-6-5-8//5-6-7-9-5//5-6//12-8-10 1.3 1.3 201.11 Southern California North Region Over cast. Slight breeze. Descent kit. Not enough activity though.
41 Jim Roodt 7-5-5-7-6-5-9-6//6-6-10-5//5-14-7//- 1.2 1.3 198.12 South Africa Region 5 Clear sky. Windy. Birds turned flat after 5 min. Not good Q in the breaks. Too many 1's & 2's. Birds breaking out of back of kit.
42 Jim Spring 6-6-8-6-12-5-6-6-7//-//-//6-8-6-5-7-5-5 1.3 1.3 196.04 New England Region Over cast. Humid. Slight breeze. Conditions too humid and hot for flying rollers. Birds were not committed enough to put up a decent performance due to the weather.
43 Steve Naude 9-7-5-//6-12//16-5//- 1.3 1.4 189.28 South Africa Region 2 Clear sky. Windy. Birds fought wind all the time. Too windy for the kit on the day. Bad luck.
44 Robert Cordeiro 5-8-5//10-6//8-6//5-5-7-5-5-6-7-5 1.4 1.3 187.46 South Central Region Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Kit not active enough. Lot of 2's & 3's. Some really nice birds in this kit.
45 Rick Schoening  7-7-8-8-6-6-8//8-5-10//6//12-5 1.2 1.3 184.08  North Rocky Mountain Region Fine. Cool. No wind. Birds were not committing in the breaks. Would have liked to see them go harder. 
46 Joe Urbon 7-5-7-6-6-13-13-7//10//-//- 1.2 1.3 171.60 Northern California Region Fine. Slight breeze. Would have liked to see this kit lower. Birds split up in 8th minute.
47 Gord Edwards 8-8-11-14-7//5-7//8-11//- 1.2 1.2 165.60 Ontario Canada Region Fine. Cool. Slight breeze. Birds were a bit too short in the breaks. Out birds also damaged this kit's score. 
48 Joe Emberton 8-5-6-5-6//5-5-7-6//7-5-6-5//5-7-5 1.3 1.3 157.17 Northern California Central Fine. Slightly breezy. Birds looked the part but kit flew too low to get birds committed in the breaks. 
49 Rick Orme 7-8-6-12//10-5-5-6//8-6//7-5 1,2 1.2 154.08 North Central West Fine. Slight breeze. Birds were short in the breaks. Maybe too windy for this kit, or they just weren't in the mood.
50 Steve Smith 7-7-13-7-7-5-5//5//-//8-7 1.4 1.3 152.88 Southern California High Desert Region Fine. Clear sky. Windy. Maybe a bit too windy for this kit. Out birds cost this qualifier. Better luck next time.
51 Carlos Easley 7-8-12-13-5-7-8//8-5//-//5-5 1.1 1.2 142.56 Texas Region Fine. Overcast. Gusty wind. Birds were short in the breaks. Flying the dreaded ''S'' really hampered kit performance. Maybe too windy for this kit.
52 Dale Cull 6-8-7-5-5-7//7-5-6-5//8//6-8-10 1.1 1.1 124.63 North Central Region Scattered cloud. Slight breeze. Birds were very short in the breaks. Work on the quality.
53 Ramilio Hernandez 6-11//5-5-8//5//6-8-6 1.2 1.4 119.28 Southern California North Region Over cast. Slight breeze. Birds flew high and far off. Kit looked a bit flat and stuck to turning on right wing. 
54 Dwight Wallace 8-5-6-5-6//5-5-7-6//7-5-6-5//5-7-5 1.3 1.4 114.66 Northern California Region Fine. Slightly breezy. Birds were good in the breaks. Just too infrequent. Good separation.
55 Randy Balls 8-5-6//9-5-6-6-10-7//-//- 1.2 1.3 112.32 Mountain West Region Fine. Clear sky. Slight breeze. Kit split on 12th minute mark.
56 Henk van Rensburg 5-5-8-6-5-13//7-5-5-5//-//- 1.1 1.3 108.68 Region 4 South Africa Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Kit came out looking good. Birds worked very well for full 20 min. Two birds out at 8 min mark.
57 Mike Rose 6-5-5-7//10-6//5-5//5 1.3 1.3 108.16 Metro New York Region Fine. No wind. Kit did not seem in the mood. Stray bird bothered kit performance.
58 Louis Loubscher 8-5-5-9-5-5-5-8-5//8-5-5-5//-//- 1 1.3 101.40 South Africa Region 5 Clear sky. Windy. Kit never looked the part. Seemed flat in the breaks at first but flew till dark. Flew too high and far at times to judge.  
59 Jim Bowen 6-7//6-5//7//8-8-6 1.3 1.4 96.46 Central Region Fine. Cool. Breezy. Birds were at times too far to judge. Never seemed in the mood.
60 F de Beer 5-6-7-5-5//5-5-5//8-5-7//7 1.1 1.2 92.40 South Africa Region 1 Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Birds kitted very well. Flew nice height. Kit seemed flat coming out and in the breaks.
61 Johnny Troskie 5-7-5-8-6-9-5-5-11//-//-//- 1.1 1.1 87.12 Region 4 South Africa Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Could have been a competitive kit. 2 Birds out at 6 min mark. Birds were short in the breaks.
62 Steve Brincat 6-7-5//7-6-5//8-5-5//6-7 1.1 1.1 81.07 Australia South Coast Fine. Clear sky. Very windy. Birds kitted very well. May be too windy for them to really show their best. Flew ''S'' shape.
63 Paul Mills 7-5-6-5-6-6//5-5-6//-//6 1.1 1.2 75.24 Arizona Region Fine. Turned hot quickly. Slightly windy. Birds kitted well. All time on right wing. Birds flew too low and lost the performance.
64 Hannes Rossouw 5-6-5-8-5//5-5//-//6-6 1.2 1.2 73.44 South Africa Region 3 Fine. Clear sky. Slightly windy.  Kit had a lot of individual rollers. Lot of 2's and 3's. Good Q on 5 birds.
65 Blake Coats 6-5-5//8-5//8-5//5-5 1.2 1.1 68.64 Mountain West Region Fine. Clear sky. Slight breeze. Kit never seemed in the mood.
66 Bryan Lay 6-5-7-8//6-5//-//- 1.2 1.2 53.28 Mountain West Region Fine. Clear sky. Slight breeze. Kit split on 10th minute mark.
67 Jerry Higgins //-//-//8-8-5 1.5 1.4 44.10  Southern California San Bernardino, Riverside Fine. Clear sky. No wind. I'm now superstitious! Maybe the date had something to do with this. Better luck next time Jerry!
68 Shaun Crookes 5-5-6-5//6//-//- 1.1 1.1 32.67 East Yorkshire Region Scattered cloud. Very windy. Kit fought wind all the time and did not seem in the mood. 
69 Thys Fourie 5//5-5-5//-//- 1.1 1.3 28.60 South Africa Region 3 Fine. Clear sky. Slightly windy.  Kit came out looking very flat. Birds were individual. One bird out until 18th min.
70 Elmer Walker //6-5//-//- 1.1 1.1 13.31 Western Plains Region Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Birds never looked the part and did not seem in the mood. Kit was very stiff.
71 Keith London 5//-//-//- 1.2 1.3 7.80 Southern California North Region Scattered cloud. Slight breeze. Out birds killed this kit. Bad luck!
72 C. Joubert 6-8-9-5-7-5-8-6-8-11-7//12-8-15//-//-     DQ South Africa Region 1 Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Bad Luck! One bird settled on 6th min. Second bird rolled down in 8th min. DQ. This would have been a competitive kit!
72 A. Scott 5-10-7-7-12-5//10-5-5-7//5-5//-     DQ South Africa Region 1 Fine. Clear sky. No wind. Birds seemed flat coming out. A lot of activity. Very loose. First bird down in 9th min. Kit down in 13th min. DQ
72 Tyrone Seabron No breaks.     DQ Virginia Region Over cast. Slight breeze. 1st Bird down at 3 minute mark. 2nd Bird down at 8th minute mark.



Final Draft  2007 WC Finals Schedule
Red Highlights represent regions that are Finished

Arrival

Departure

Days

Region

5/10/2007

5/19/2007

9

Judge South Africa Finalists

 

 

1

Travel Day

5/21/2007

5/24/2007

3

Judge Australia Finalists

5/24/2007

5/26/2007

2

Judge Hawaii Finalist

5/26/2007

5/27/2007

1

Judge Arizona Finalist

5/27/2007

5/28/2007

1

Judge New Mexico Finalist

5/28/2007

5/30/2007

2

Judge Texas Finalists

5/30/2007

5/31/2007

1

Judge Northern CA Finalist

5/31/2007

6/1/2007

1

Judge Northern CA Central Finalist

6/1/2007

6/2/2007

1

Judge Northern CA Coast Finalists

6/2/2007

6/4/2007

2

Judge Mountain West Finalists

6/4/2007

6/5/2007

1

Judge South Central Finalists

6/5/2007

6/7/2007

2

Judge South East Finalists

6/7/2007

6/9/2007

2

Judge Central Finalists

6/9/2007

6/10/2007

1

Judge Western Finalist

6/10/2007

6/11/2007

1

Judge San Diego Finalist

6/11/2007

6/13/2007

2

Judge San Bern/Riverside Finalists

6/13/2007

6/15/2007

2

Judge S. CA. North Finalists

6/15/2007

6/16/2007

1

Judge S. CA. High Desert Finalist

6/16/2007

6/17/2007

1

Judge North West Finalist

6/17/2007

6/18/2007

1

Judge BC Canada Finalist

6/18/2007

6/19/2007

1

Judge North Rocky Mountain Finalist

6/19/2007

6/20/2007

1

Judge Great Plains Finalist

6/20/2007

6/21/2007

1

Judge North Central West Finalist

6/21/2007

6/23/2007

2

Judge North Central Finalist

6/23/2007

6/24/2007

1

Judge North Central East Finalist

6/24/2007

6/25/2007

1

Judge Virginia Finalist

6/25/2007

6/26/2007

1

Judge Metro New York Finalist

6/26/2007

6/28/2007

2

Judge New England Finalist

6/28/2007

6/29/2007

1

Judge Ontario Canada Finalist

6/30/2007

7/15/07

14

Judge Europe Finalists

 

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