2012 World Cup Fly Off Report

Place

  Name

Region

Kit Size

Weather Conditions / Comments

Breaks Scored

Raw

Quality

Depth

Score

1

Ireland

20

7:30pm, overcast, 65 degrees, Conditions could not have been more perfect, low overcast clouds, birds reached excellent height for full performance view. After this kit was finished being judged I never witnessed in all my competitions a kit receiving a round of applause from a very respectful appreciative audience. Maybe we all could learn from the appreciation and respect that this new region has show for the performance displayed by there finalist.

8-7-6-9-5-6-8-6-6-12-6-8-6-12-5 / 5-5-6-10-9-5-7-6-5-10 / 5-12-12-8-7-5-5 / 9-15-6-9-6

375

1.3

1.3

633.75

2

Northeast England

19

8:00pm, overcast, 62 degrees, Another excellent performance conditions, could not have been better birds, could have reached an extra 100 feet, I think this performance could have been much better and believe it or not a budgie flew into the kit and hampered the performance.

6-5-5-5-5-7-8-5-5-6-8-9-5 / 5-5-6-5-7-8 / 6-6 / 5-7-9-9-8

165

1.5

1.4

346.5

3

Region 1, South Africa

20

4:30pm, clear, 60 degrees, Conditions seemed a bit too good, kit came out on fire and then seemed to have climbed high and had to be taken of the clock for a while then came down and put in a few more breaks.

9-5-5-7-6-8-12-8-8-5 / 5-9-7 / 6-8-7-8

135

1.4

1.4

264.6

4

Region 2, South Africa

20

9:00am, clear, 48 degrees, Kit came out and stayed very close to loft location making it easy to judge and score from the pond located outside of the property.

5-5-5-7-6-6-5-6 / 5-10-5-7 / 5-5-11 / 10-7

141

1.4

1.3

256.62

5

Croatia East

20

6:10pm, clear, 86 degrees, The birds came out and seemed very active, seemed to be struggling to get the height. I did not think they would do the time.

7-5-5-6-5 / 9-5-5-6-12-7-5 / 5-6-6-6-5 / 6-5-7-6

141

1.2

1.2

203.04

6

  Southeast, USA  

20

7:30pm, 72 degrees, Had some problems with birds going through the tree. Birds where drifting from the kit costing him breaks and a lot of water falling. There would be two going at the start then five following then three or four following then when some half turns occurred there would have been a mushroom effect with five or six pigeons exiting in different directions but there where also scorable pigeons in the breaks as well. I think he could have scored higher quality and depth if he had kept them closer to the judge they where almost too high. All in all if this kit had got it together they could have put up a far larger score.

7-6-9-7 / 7-6-9-7 / 7-8-10 / 7-7-6-5-8-6

132

1.2

1.2

190.08

7

  Northwest, USA  

19

7:30am, windy, 48 degrees, Strongest wind conditions so far for any kit seems like an area where there would regularly be wind. Kit seems used to setting up in the wind and where able to stay together tight as a kit.

5-12-6-9-9 / 13-12-6 / 5-5 /

119

1.3

1.2

185.64

8

Region 3, South Africa

20

5:05pm, clear, 68 degrees, Birds seemed to struggle to get the height, seemed to be working against each other to find pattern in the sky. Did not seem to be fully committed to roller performance. A racing homer coming into them did not help either but they seemed to be an active kit.

5-6-6-5-5-6 / 5-9-6-5-7 / 5-5-5-6-6 / 5-6-5-7-5

120

1.2

1.2

172.8

9

  San Diego, USA  

19

7:15am, overcast, 61 degrees, Birds needed to be launched into the kit once up kitted ok. Performance breaks were snappy and frequent.

5-6-5-10-7-5 / 5-6-8-6-7 / 5-5-5-5-5 /

105

1.2

1.2

151.2

10

  Southern California, USA  

20

9:45am, clear, 61 degrees, Kit stayed a comfortable distance to judge easy, to score there maximum quality and depth, lost a few breaks due to loose kitting.

6-8-5-6-7-6-6-6 / 5 / 5-5-5-6-6 /

82

1.4

1.3

149.24

11

  New York, USA  

20

8:10am, clear, 70 degrees, When birds put up, one bumped on the way out and took a while to get up into the kit. Birds seemed very active from the start. Thought there was a possibility of a large score then the pigeon that bumped on the the way out started to drift from the kit now and again and brought other birds with it causing the loss of breaks. Also had a few good breaks missed due to trees.

5-8-7-10-8-9-5-5 / 5 / 6-5

83

1.3

1.3

140.27

12

Northern Ireland

19

7:30pm, clear, 64 degrees, Birds seem active, they got up high but stayed within scorable distance which probably hampered his quality and depth in the third five minutes. A seagull split and harassed the kit given the chance to be taken of the clock to reform but it did not happen.

5-8-7-5-5-6-7-5 / 6-5-5-5-7-8-7 / 6-6 /

103

1.1

1.1

124.63

13

  Southern California, USA  

19

7:30am, overcast, 65 degrees, perfect conditions, birds got up to a good height, seemed to work well as a team, kitting could have been tighter, a few breaks missed through some loose kitting.

8-5-6-5 / 5-8-5-5 / 5 / 6-7-7

72

1.3

1.3

121.68

14

  North Rocky Mountain, USA  

20

6:30am, clear, 55 degrees, Birds released came out with quick wing beat very fast reached height fairly quickly started to work a bit of a distance away which probably cost him some quality.

6-5 / 6-7 / 11 / 13-5

77

1.2

1.3

120.12

15

  San Diego, USA  

19

11:00am, overcast, 61 degrees, Lot of colour in this kit, seems to be colour doesn't matter.

5-5-6-5-5-5 / 6-6 / 6-5-5-7 / 5

71

1.3

1.3

119.99

16

Region 1, South Africa

19

11:00am, clear, 54 degrees

5-5-6 / 10-9-6 / 7-6 / 5-7

76

1.2

1.3

118.56

17

Northern California Coast, USA

17

8:00am, overcast, 65 degrees, Birds released into perfect conditions, worked nice as a team.

5-6-6-5-7-6 / 5-5 / 7-6 / 5-5

68

1.3

1.3

114.92

18

Mountain West, USA

20

7:10am, overcast, 61 degrees, birds liberated, most frequent scoring kit so far, pattern and team work easy to score.

5-7-5-5-6 / 5-5-5-5-6-6 / 5-6-7 / 8-5

91

1.1

1.1

110.11

19

Northern California Coast, USA

20

7:00am, overcast, One bird bumped on way out then reached the kit, started to work nice as a team, nice scores.

5-7-5 / 6-5-5-6-5-6 / 8-6 /

64

1.3

1.3

108.16

20

Northern California Central, USA

20

8:00am, clear, 57 degrees, Birds got to a nice height, lot of frequency.

6-8 / 6-7-5-6 / 7-5 / 7-6-6

69

1.2

1.3

107.64

21

East Coast, Australia

19

12:45pm, overcast, 62 degrees, Seemed to be a high risk of falcon attacks in the area. Kits where flown earlier to draw falcon attack away from the competition. Kit appeared to work. One bird was taken from the previous kit and competition began.

7-5-6 / 7-5-5 / 5-5-5-6 / 7-5-5

73

1.2

1.2

105.12

22

Hawaii, USA

18

11:00am, some clouds and a breeze, 82 degrees, First birds to consistently use breaking areas in the sky so far.

5-5-6 / 5-8-5-8 / 6-5 / 7-6-5-6

77

1.2

1.1

101.64

23

Northwest, USA

18

7:00am, overcast, 55 degrees, Conditions seemed perfect dark and overcast. Some wind seemed to help knock the pigeons over.

7-8-6 / 6 / 5-6 / 11

60

1.3

1.3

101.4

24

Region 2, South Africa

19

9:15am, clear, 44 degrees, First time I judged pigeons flown and located from a tennis court.

6-5-6-5 / 5-5-7-6 / 5-7-5-5-7-6 /

80

1.1

1.1

96.8

25

Denmark

20

9:00am, Cloudy and breezy, Conditions were not perfect for performance but seemed to kit together quite well.

5-5-7-6 / 5-6-5-6-5-5 / 6 / 6

67

1.2

1.2

96.48

26

Region 3, South Africa

19

11:00am, clear, 68 degrees, Seemed to find a nice working pattern in the sky, used breaking points quite well.

5-7 / 5-5-6-8 / 5-8 / 5-7-5

66

1.2

1.2

95.04

27

Northern California Central, USA

20

7:45am, clear, 56 degrees, Reached nice height, tightest kitting pigeons so far.

8 / 7-5-7-8-5 / 5-7-8-5 / 6-6

77

1.1

1.1

93.17

28

Region 1, South Africa

20

8:00am, 54 degrees, Birds seemed to drift a bit, some problem kitting.

5-6-6-9-8 / 6-7-5 / 5-5 /

62

1.2

1.2

89.28

29

North Central East, USA

20

7:00am, clear, 70 degrees, Seemed to be stronger wind than thought, birds seemed to drift in it a good bit. Had a lot of difficulty scoring at start, breaks missed due to trees.

7-5-5 / 5-7 / 9-8-6 /

52

1.3

1.3

87.88

30

Serbia

20

8:00pm, clear, 78 degrees, Bit of trouble with some out birds cost him half a turn

6-5 / 5-6-5 / 5-5 / 5-7-6-5-6

66

1.1

1.2

87.12

31

North Central West, USA

19

7:00am, overcast, 75 degrees, slight breeze

8-7-5-7-6 / 5 / 8 / 5-7

52

1.2

1.2

83.52

32

Mountain West, USA

20

8:20am, overcast, 65 degrees, Kit went up and reached a nice height and seemed to be a good working kit of pigeons. Perfect location for scoring rollers.

7-5-5-5-5 / 6-5-7-6-5 / 5-7

68

1.1

1.1

82.28

33

Central East, USA

20

8:00am, overcast, a very calm and relaxed liberation from birds and owner. Birds came out tight as a kit. Reached a nice height soft wing beat with tails fully open. The nicest team work to date.

6-7-5-5-5 / 8-6-5 / 7-6 / 5

65

1.1

1.1

78.65

34

Texas, USA

20

9:00am, overcast slight breeze, Kit came out, 2 birds bumped, took a while to settle, kit could have been tighter, some breaks missed due to the trees. All in all a good kit of pigeons. I have no doubt Huey will be at the top of most big competitions in the future.

7-7 / 8 / 6 / 9-5

42

1.3

1.4

76.44

35

Northeast England

25 mph winds most unsuitable conditions for any kit in the world cup so far. Would like to see these pigeons on a good day.

5-7-5-7 / 6-5-6 /6-5

52

1.2

1.2

74.88

36

Region 2, South Africa

20

8:00am, clear, 42 degrees

5-6-5-6-6-5-5 / 5-5 / 7-5 /

60

1.1

1.1

72.6

37

Southern California, USA

20

9:00am, clear, 72 degrees, Kit started off frequent but a lot of the movements where just not deep enough. When they settled down they seemed to reach the separation.

6-5-7 / 5 / 7-5-6 / 5-5

51

1.1

1.1

61.71

38

Texas, USA

20

7:25am, clear, 70 degrees, Birds reached a nice height, seemed to use the whole sky, couple of pigeons deep enough and with a higher quality than most of the pigeons that where scoring. But to be fair they were mostly young pigeons.

5-5-5-6 / 5-5 / 5-5 / 5

46

1.1

1.2

60.72

39

Region 1, South Africa

20

8:45am, 54 degrees

5-6-8 / 5-6 / 7-8 / 5

50

1.1

1.1

60.5

40

Ireland

19

7:30pm, overcast and windy, 50 degrees, Birds got released in less than perfect conditions, cold wind never seems to help performing rollers.

6-6-7-9-5 / 5

38

1.3

1.2

59.2

41

North Central, USA

20

6:45am, clear, 57 degrees, fine conditions, birds reached a nice altitude, had trouble kitting, flyer did not get the performance he expected.

5-7 / 5-5 / 7-5 / 5

39

1.2

1.2

56.16

42

Virginia, USA

18

8:00am, overcast, 71 degrees

5-5-6-5-5 / 6-5 / 5 /

42

1.1

1.1

50.82

43

California Central Valley, USA

20

7:15am, 65 degrees, birds came out, took the full five minutes then went on the clock. I thought there where three breaks missed in that time.

6-6 / 5 / 7-5 / 7-5

41

1.1

1.1

49.61

44

Western Plains, USA

18

11:00am, 73 degrees, clear. Birds liberated seemed to be a nice tight kitting family of pigeons, seemed to take a while to settle down from water falling. They flew a nice pattern and started to put in some nice breaks as a team. I would imagine there could be some nice improvements in these birds when they get older.

5-5-5 / 5 / 8-6 /

34

1.2

1.2

48.96

45

San Diego, USA

17

8:30am, overcast, 68 degrees. Three pigeons needed to be launched into the sky. The birds at times seemed to be bordering on too high but stayed within a scorable height.

5 / 5-8-7-7 / 5 /

37

1.1

1.2

48.84

46

North Central West, USA

20

6:30am, clear, 60 degrees, Birds seemed to setup a lot but then just went through it.

6 / 5-5-6 / 7 / 5-6

40

1.1

1.1

48.4

47

British Columbia, Canada

20

8:30pm, 54 degrees, kit released took a while to get proper count, finally put up correct amount. Nice tight kit with pattern. Everything going for the kit apart from the score.

6-10

26

1.2

1.2

37.44

48

Southern California North, USA

17

3:00pm, clear, 76 degrees, When birds were released, they seemed to have missed three breaks before time in was called.

7-5-6 / 7

25

1.2

1.2

36

49

Northern California, USA

20

9:15am, clear, 55 degrees, Bit chaotic at start, did not make judge aware birds where being liberated. Nominated amount of birds where put up and time began.

7 / 5 / 5-6-6 /

29

1.1

1.1

35.09

50

Holland

20

7:45pm, 70 degrees, clear. Enjoyable conditions for watching rollers maybe not for performance.

7-5-5 / 6

23

1.1

1.1

27.83

51

Holland

20

8:30pm, 70 degrees, clear. Lovely viewing conditions, must not have been performing conditions.

7 / 5-5-5 /

22

1.1

1.1

26.62

52

South Coast, Australia

19

3:30pm, 54 degrees, cloudy and windy. Birds found it difficult to stay in location because of wind condition. Took of the clock for a while. Bird was taken just after competition was over never seen anyone with as much trouble with falcons as the Australians.

6 / 5-7 /

18

1.2

1.2

25.92

53

Western Plains, USA

19

7:00am, 51 degrees, clear. Birds where liberated drifted a bit seemed to have a problem kitting and working as team.

6-5-6

17

1.1

1.2

22.44

54

South Coast, Australia

20

4:00pm, cloudy, 66 degrees, Birds got a few a breaks on the way up. They went out of sight took of the clock for five minutes then came back but never came within a scorable distance.

6-5-7 /

18

1.1

1.1

21.78

55

Southern California North, USA

17

9:00am, overcast, 57 degrees, Birds got released climbed a nice height 2 breaks on the way up that where scored then 2 birds left the kit and didn't return the quality and depth that the birds showed after they couldn't be scored was much higher than shown on the two warm up breaks.

5 / 9

14

1.2

1.2

20.65

56

Southern California North, USA

17

7:45am, overcast, 63 degrees, birds reached a nice height.

5 / 5-5

15

1.1

1.1

18.15

57

Slovenia

20

7:00am, Birds seemed to have a problem kitting after a few minutes when time was called in could not score any more and then landed on 17 minutes.

6-5

11

1.2

1.2

15.84

58

West Texas, USA

19

8:05am, conditions clear, 63 degrees. Kit reached good height, nice pattern in the sky, good formation. Wing beat nice and relaxed, seemed to be searching sky for assistance from the wind but just kept quiet. Scored 6 in first five minutes.

6-6

12

1.1

1.1

14.52

58

North Rocky Mountain, USA

18

7:30am, clear, 49 degrees. Birds released didn't quite reach height expected or the standard of quality or team work.

7-5

12

1.1

1.1

14.52

60

California Central Valley, USA

17

9:15am, 70 degrees. Good clear conditions. Put on clock within the first min able to score 2breaks before flying way too high.

5-5

10

1.1

1.1

12.1

61

Region 3, South Africa

20

8:30am, Clear and windy, Birds did not seem to cope well with the wind, did not want to perform.

7

7

1.2

1.2

10.08

62

Central, USA

20

8:00am, Nice clear flying conditions. Kit went out and drifted a bit at the start put in one break just mostly individual birds and water falling. To date the oldest kit I have judged expectations were high but again disappointed.

5

5

1.2

1.2

7.2

63

Southern California High Desert, USA

17

7:30am, clear, 79 degrees, one bird down within five minutes. One break in first five minutes.

5

5

1.1

1.1

6.05

64

North Central, USA

20

7:30am, clear, 68 degrees, Birds got liberated and took full five minutes before time began. Scored one five bird break in the first five minutes could not get them to kit, birds all over the sky.

5

5

1.0

1.0

5

64

New England, USA

20

11:00am, overcast and breezy, 65 degrees.

/ 5 / /

5

1.0

1.0

5

66

North Texas, USA

18

Perfect overcast conditions, 69 degrees, could only find four birds with a scorable standard that I have set. There would have been seven or eight breaks if they had reached the standard.

0

66

Mountain West, USA

16

1:15pm, overcast, 70 degrees, Birds came out and  reached a good height.  One rolled down within three minutes and was on the ground for 12 seconds.  That down bird rejoined the kit but never at any stage looked like scoring.

0

66

Central California, USA

17

5:30pm, clear, 83 degrees, A bird down at five minutes. Another bird stayed out. Could not score.

0

66

Ontario, Canada

19

9:30am, clear, 54 degrees, Seemed to have trouble from the start kitting continued the whole way through.

0

66

Arizona, USA

20

Clear calm conditions, kit came out reaching nice height, lot of activity, at least a third of kit rolling properly but I failed to see 5 breaking together.  I'm sure Jose will be someone to look out for in the future.

0

66

Croatia West

20

8:30am, Kit failed to reach standard set, was was only tumbling.

0

66

Central East, USA

20

3:30pm, Pigeons reached perfect viewing height. Conditions good for performance. Birds just didn't perform.

0

66

South Central East, USA

20

7:00am, overcast, 70 degrees, a bit of difficulty getting the nominated amount in the air, finally got it together then climbed too high.  Birds out of sight 5 minutes off clock, 5 pigeons came back last 4 minutes.  The rest appeared then time ran out for Aubrey this year.

0

74

New Mexico, USA

20

Clear, 64 degrees, birds flew a nice height, 1st bird down at 3 minutes, 2nd bird down at 11 minutes. After they got disqualified, the down pigeon rose after 20 seconds and started to put on a good show but the competition was already over. Better luck next time.

DQ

74

Southern California North, USA

18

7:00am, clear, 62 degrees, Within first five minutes, a falcon hit and continued to attack the pigeons. It cut 4-5 pigeons in the attack. The pigeons had enough at 9 minutes and most of them landed. This was the first attack of the competition so far and I hope it is the last.

DQ

74

Nevada, USA

17

6:30am, 80 degrees, On release one bird seemed to roll into a tree. Could not call it a down bird because it was not visible. The kit flew up and at 14 minutes another bird landed on the house. I then heard and saw the first pigeon clapping out of the tree. Obviously it could then be called a down bird. Disqualified at 14 minutes.

DQ

74

Southern California High Desert, USA

20

9:45am, clear skies, 81 degrees, one bird down within the first minute and the rest of the team down in 10 minutes.

DQ

74

Region 3, South Africa

19

4:50pm, windy, 64 degrees, Second bird down in first two minutes.

DQ