Regional Fly Reports 2003

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Text Box:         The Worlds Most Prestigious Birmingham Roller Kit Competition Fly North Central East World Cup Regional Fly

Judged By Mel Stalzer
I drove over to Jim Petersen’s on Wednesday, May 7th and got there about 9am. Jim and I traveled to Dixon, IL to meet up with Devoe Manning. Bob Munson was there.
Devoe flew his kit first. The birds were active, but out birds hurt. He flew 18 birds. They flew the full time.
We then went to Bob’s to fly his kit. He flew 18 birds also; the kit wouldn’t get together. Four birds flew by themselves for awhile. There was good quality in this kit.
Bob and his wife took Jim and I to dinner at Ryan’s Buffet at Sterling, IL. The food was great, but I always eat too much at those places. Thanks Bob.
After Devoe got out of school we headed for Perry, MI. We drove in rain that I know my wife would have had us stop somewhere until it was over. We were down to about 35 miles an hour at times. We finally got to Keith Hughey’s place about 10:30 PM. We were ready for bed that night.       
            We woke the next morning and had an egg casserole and a fruit dish. Joyce, Devoe and I will wait on your casserole anytime. Very good, thank you for your hospitality.
            We flew Keith’s birds, they were very good. Good quality, but need more 5 bird breaks.
            Next flyer was Dennis Burke’s kit. The first ten minutes of the fly were super, and then the kit went flat. If the second ten minutes were as good as the first they would have had a great score. He flew a 20-bird kit.
            The next flyer was Ed Koehn. He flew 17 birds. Three or four birds in this kit were super spinners. Out birds didn’t help this day.
            The next place was Wendell Spisak. Dennis, Keith, Devoe and I took the scenic route along Lake Heron up to Wendell’s. Sure was a nice ride up and back fellows.
            We flew Wendell’s first kit this evening, a 20-bird kit in which a bird flew into a tree but came out ok. He had some real good spinners. 1, 2 & 3 bird breaks really hurt. This was a very good kit, Wendell.
            Dennis,  Devoe and I stayed at a nearly Motel. Returned the next morning to another great breakfast. My style of eggs, Sue, another big thank you.
            We flew Wendell’s 2nd kit in the morning. This kit came out hot, but they slowed down after about 10 minutes. Bird interference troubled this kit. Came down after 18 minutes. The fastest kit to go into a landing pattern that I have ever seen. There were a number of good velocity birds in this kit.
            I surely enjoyed visiting with you and the boys, Wendell.
            From Michigan to Ohio, we stayed at Jim Feasel’s house that evening.
            Jim Hall flew his kit first on the 10th. Birds went high; breaks were few and far between. Good coffee and rolls at Jim’s place.
            We then went to Richard Miller’s. Birds flew the right height, wind was down at this time, and good looking breaks but too few.
            By the time we got to Bob Chamberlin’s, and Ralph Cowgill’s the wind was at gale force. Under the circumstances, the birds flew well. Better luck and conditions next time fellows. Bob flew his 2nd kit in a rain. The birds came down early and wet. We were invited to a surprise birthday party for Jim Feasel. I don’t remember how many years they said the old man was, but we surely had fun surprising him.
            We traveled to Flora, IN to Willard and Elsie Bolton’s house. What a fine fellow to meet and talk to. We had another great breakfast the next morning. What great hospitality.
            The wind didn’t go down so it was fly in it or don’t. The birds came down early but it wasn’t their fault. I sure would have liked to see them in better weather conditions.
            I left Devoe off here and picked up Joe Bell. These are two great and interesting fellows to be around. Troy Copeland also went with us on this trek. We then traveled to Owensboro, KY.
            We met a group of fellows at Carl Hardesty’s and visited for awhile before a good nights sleep. Larry Hubbard was the first to fly that morning. The birds were short on breaks, but out birds lost a few breaks.
            Next flyer was Kerry Boone. The wind blew the birds around. Would like to see this kit in better conditions.
            Jim Goetz was next. His birds were in real wind. They blew off behind a barn and house for a while. They came back and were almost on the ground sometimes. Hard to score points that way.
            We then moved south to Bowling Green area and Jerry Dunn’s place. The wind didn’t let up down there so the birds flew behind the trees. They just couldn’t stay up where you could see them.
            We traveled to Decatur, IL to fly Bob Hord’s birds. Bob has had predator losses so his numbers and quality was down. Bob will be back I’m sure.
            The last flyer was Wayne Wagner from Sterling, IL. Wayne’s birds looked good, but needed more breaks to get 1st place. If I heard Wayne right work was interfering with his bird flying. That can make a difference.
            Well Jim Peterson met me at Wayne’s to get me back to my car and home so I can work on my birds for our fly. Leaving them with my granddaughter Stephanie, helped keep them flying.
            I want to thank everyone for the fine hospitality and the cordial greeting I received from everyone. The food was great; the travel was very scenic. To Joe and Devoe, it was great. To Jerry Boehmann, Bobby Bradley, Richard Miller, Dennis Burke the travel and bird shipping was great. Hope to see you all soon at some fly.
            I also want to comment on the number of non-fliers who supported their fellow friends. A great number of people were at every flier’s home. Keep it up guys. Melvin Stalzer
 
 
 

New England

  
 
WC Fly Regionals     Judged by Scott Campbell 
Name                                         Score 
Rich Ernst                                 64.68   1st semi-finalist
Tom VanDenBossche Kit #1   37.44   2nd semi-finalist
Brian Ridley                              29.7
Vannack Kong                          19.2
Jim Spring Kit #1                      15
Steve Hickey                            10.08
Doug Engerman  Kit #1            10
Doug Anderson                         6.05
Mark Lewis  Kit #1                   6.05
Kenneth Parker  Kit #1             6.05
Tom VanDenBossche Kit #2    5
John Marino                             Did not score.
 
Joe Bahosh Kit #1                   DQ’d
John Dushinski                        DQ’d
Doug Engerman Kit #2            DQ’d
Mark Lewis Kit #2                   DQ’d
Jim Spring Kit #2                     DQ’d
Joe Testa                                  DQ’d
Bob Ware                                 DQ’d
Joe Bahosh Kit #2                   Did not fly
Paul Dernier                            Did not fly
Charles Hickey                        Did not fly
Jeff Marques                           Did not fly
Paul Maywald                          Did not fly
Kenneth Parker Kit #2            Did not fly
Sidney Pires                             Did not fly
Steve Roper                             Did not fly
Hank Szupel                             Did not fly
Mark Thompson                      Did not fly
Fly Report World Cup 2003
San Diego, Calif
By Marshall Duncan
 
   I want to thank all the guys in San Diego for their hospitality, and for making my visit a pleasurable one.  I met some new friends down there and got to see some very good Rollers too!  Eric Schoelkopf did a fine job of organizing the fly and insuring that everything went smoothly. 
   This is yet another region who has been plagued by Falcons.  Not only do they have to deal with the Falcons that migrate up and down the coast, but they also have resident Falcons that terrorize thier teams on a continuous basis.  And to add to the problem, they too were targets for the Exotic Newcastle Disease task forces.  You have to wonder how a competition even took place this year for the San Diegans.  Even with all those distractions, there were still good birds flown, and we all had a great time.   
   A quick look at the top four scores, and you can see that this could have easily been anyone's win,  the competition is mighty tight down there.  Congratulations to John Jones for a job well done!
 
John Jones:  (248 raw) 1.4 Q  x 1.4 D = 486.08
Joe Peluso   (160 raw) 1.4      x 1.5     = 336
Eric Schoelkopf #1 (144 raw) 1.4  x 1.4     = 282.24
Eric Schoelkopf #2 (121 raw) 1.3  x 1.4     =225
Steve Mendel        (22 raw) 1.3 x 1.3 = 37.18
Mario Mendel        (20 raw) 1.2 x 1.3 = 31.2
Tony Woerner                DQ
Mel Mabon #1    DQ
Mel Mabon #2   DNF
Steve Moore      DNF
George Rodriguez  DNF
Jim Wahlroos   DNF
Mark Bower  DNF
John Jones #2  DNF
Joe Peluso #2  DNF

 

 

  Denmark  
BIRMINGHAM ROLLER FLYVNING 17-27/ 5 2003
Placering   Turns     Stil     Flok      Point     

Ferid Catak

   6x3,6x4,4x5,2x6,2x8,2x9   60 20  252

Egon Nielsen

 11x3,22x4,5x5,1x6,2x8     55    20      249
Jorn Rosengreen    18x3,9x4,5x5,1x6    65 17 209
BorgeJensen    6x3,4x4,5x5,2x6     52   12  147 
 Ferid Sabic      6x3,8x4,3x5,1x6    40 20    137 
 Eric  Laidler   4x3,3x4,1x5  50      18       97
Borge Jensen    8x3   40  16   80
Svend  Nielsen        6x3,1x4 30 18   0
Poul K Christensen         DQ
 
                                                                             
 Der var 6 deltager som ikke kunne flyve.
Venlig Hilsen Eric Laidler.           
                          
                             

AUSTRALIAN SOUTH COAST FLY REPORT

 
On the South Coast we had one of the strangest flys ever. None of the kits really fired up at all. The weather was typical Melbourne Autumn on the Saturday with clear deep blue sky and a choking stillness hanging around all day. The air was cool but stale. Good Mushroom weather if nothing else. The day was punctuated by falcon attacks. We decided that we should have a separate trophy for the most spectacular Falcon dive, maybe also for the luckiest escape of the day by a roller. At the end of the day we had only two scores on the board the rest all DQ'd, 4 of them directly related to Falcon attack, 3 birds MIA.  
Sunday started out a similar sort of day although when we got to my place at about 9.00am a slight breeze started up which continued all day. The breeze helped the Rollers set up to break but it did not seem to clear the staleness in the air.
Falcon attacks again the order of the day with Val Aqualina breaking all records with two separate Peregrines 10mins apart diving on the kit and one opportunistic Goshawk that was waiting for a bird as it was diving down to elude the Peregrine. Val lost two birds but still managed to post a score and came 4th overall.
My birds were not attacked but within a minute of release the native birds perched in the tall Silky Oaks on the nearby ridge started squawking, warning of danger. We figured that there was a Goshawk in the next valley but because my birds had not gained altitude yet they were not visible to him. The whole time my kit was so nervous they kept making 90 degree turns and tried their best to imitate lighting! The native birds finally shut up so the kit could settle down a little. In the end I scored enough to stumble into first place overall.
John Siotas flew his birds which are renowned for their excellent kiting, but wouldn't you know it, Fly Day..., 2 birds decided to muck around below the kit. Luckily the kit, as usual, was very active and responsive to each other so the short times the birds were together the judges recorded enough breaks to give John 2nd overall.
Paul Pacino flew an excellent kit of Canadians birds with some high velocity individuals, fast and deep. Unfortunately one bird decided to take the afternoon off and landed early preferring to do some sun baking on the kitbox roof! From then on one out bird meant no scoring which was a shame as the kit generally was very good. The score he ended up with did not reflective the good show we saw in the sky.
Later in the day we were treated to the sight of a Whistling Kite take Steve Grancic’s best bird. Kites will not normally attack birds in the sky. This one proved us wrong as it floated gently up behind the kit and lethargically wrapped its large wings around Steve's Black Badge cock. The rest is history.
All in all a weird weekend with birds playing up that have never played up before and a greater than normal presence of Raptors. We tried to analyze why the weekend was so flat and many guys tried to find the answer. Most thought that it was too early in the year for us to fly competition with this month normally marking the start of our flying year after a long hot summer. Others sited the fact that most of the birds are still trying to finish the moult. Valid reasons I guess, but I think it was just one of those weekends when there was something in the atmosphere that no amount of preparation or tweaking will get the birds to spark up. None of us could understand the large presence of Raptors, the worst anyone could remember on a competition day. They must have somehow obtained a copy of the fly schedule for the weekend because they seemed to be everywhere we were. 
Thanks must go to the three judges, Strati Panagiotakakos, Garry Fraser and Rick Price who gave up their whole weekend to commit to the task. Although breaks, especially big ones where scarce, we had a lot of timeouts thanks to the Hooded Assassins of the sky. Keeping up with out birds due to attack and general rule interpretations kept them on their toes both days. A job well done. Also thanks to Strati who, as usual, prepared an excellent Fly Schedule complete with map co-ordinates.  
The wash up was that both John Siotas and I will be presenting kits to John Wiens on Sunday 25th. I fly at 8.00am EST and John will fly at 9.30am.EST. Last year Australia managed to get 3 fliers in the top 25 in the WC final standing which was better than we expected in our first year. I hope this year we can keep it up.  

 
Adrian Gasparini
Melbourne Australia

 

 

 

North Rocky Mountain Region 2003 WC Qualifier
By Tim Decker
     

Wow, was I excited when Brent Martindale called and asked me to judge their region for the 2003 World Cup Qualifier. My excitement, in part, was the opportunity to visit long time friends along with making new ones. In addition I was going to see some excellent birds flown by some of the top flyers in the country. Along with all of this it gave me a chance to visit one of the most beautiful regions in the nation.

     
 

People and Pastimes

  
     

My trip started with a Southwest flight from Ontario CA to Boise ID where I met up with Brent then off to Doc Reimann where I stayed for the next three nights. While judging in the Boise area I visited with Harry Voth, Dirk and Henry De Boer, Beaver Dayton and long time friend Kenny Billings. From Boise Brent and I drove through some amazing volcanic formations on our way to Dubious ID. The conversation during our drive gave me a real admiration for Brent and his quest to help wild land fire fighters. When we arrived at Dubious we met up with John Farr. John is a federal trapper and had some wonderful stories to tell about hunting with his dogs, what an interesting job he has. We stayed the night with John and his family then the next morning Brent headed home, as it just started snowing and John and I headed to Garry Barres’s in Deer Lodge MT. Gary showed us his horse shoeing operation and new addition to his house. The next morning I headed to Polson MT with Rick Schoening. Rick lives in an absolute beautiful valley surrounded by huge mountains. Rick is the local game warden and had some tall tails of his own, then I found out, Rick is an actor in some of the local theater presentations. His wife said he was very good at acting. Next I headed on to Rich Hayes in Troy MT. Rich lives next to a large river in a pine forest what a nice place to live. I would like to divert my story a little and tell about the wonderful game dishes enjoyed during the trip. John served white tail deer; Rick served both elk and buffalo and at Rich’s we snacked on fresh smoked salmon, all excellent. From Rich’s I said my good buys to Rick and Rich and headed west with Dennis Hayes to his home over looking the Black Lakes of St. Maries ID. Dennis lives in a very beautiful spot. I spent several days with Dennis, which gave me a chance to visit with Larry Hollingsworth, Ron Phelps, Clay Palamides and Stuart Brown. At the end of my trip I could only think of what a wonderful time had. Thanks to all for sharing your homes, food and the wonderful comradery.
     

The birds flown during the competition were very good. Several stood out a mealy flown by Rick Schoening Whoa! I think that is what I said with my mouth wide open. Fast!!! The other was a 15-bird break at Kenny Billings. As Brent Martindale said they just kept going and going. That night he dreamed about that break. They all hit hard and went deep.
     
 

Fly report

  
     

Flyer # birds Comments Q D Total
K. Billings 20 Light wind – High quality spin, good speed, big breaks
5,6,5,12,6,10,12,5,15,5,9,12,6,9,7,13,5,6 = 237 1.7 1.5 604.35
B. Dayton 20 Good conditions – Excellent style spin, frequent, good
Kitting – 7,5,5,8,10,5,13,7,6,5,6,5,5,5,10,6,6,5,7,5,6,5,7 5,10,12,5,5,6,5,7,5,6 = 270
1.6 1.3 561.6
C. Palamides 18 Light wind – Deep spinners, Active working kit
6,8,5,6,5,5,5,7,8,5,6,5,5,5,8,12,5,12,5,5,5,8 = 165 1.5 1.4 346.5
G. Barres 20 Cool light wind – Nice active kit of good spinners
8,8,7,5,5,6,10,7,8,12,14,9,8 = 143 1.4 1.2 240.24
R. Schoening 20 Cool & clear – Excellent spin, nice kitting, flew high
8,8,6,5,5,5,6,6,5,5,12,6,5,5 = 99 1.6 1.4 221.76
H. Voth 20 Cool – overcast – Good action, nice kitting flew high
7,7,9,5,5,8,6,5,10,10,5,5,5 = 107 1.4 1.2 179.76
R. Hayes 19 Cool – nice big turns, nice spin, flew flat
10,7,14,8,5,5,9,5 = 87 1.5 1.2 156.6
L. Hollingsworth 20 Cool # overcast - Good action, nice flying height a little
Flat – 10,5,6,6,7,12 = 68 1.4 1.3 123.76
H. De Boer 19 Light wind – Active kit, nice action, needed more depth
7,5,9,5,5,5,8,5,6,5,5,6 = 71 1.3 1.1 101.53
D. De Boer 20 Stormy – Nice spin, flew high, lost in clouds
7,7,12,7 = 45 1.5 1.4 94.5
B. Martindale 16 Cool & windy – nice spin, s turns due to wind
5,5,5,9,8,5,6,5,7 = 55 1.3 1.2 85.8
D. Reimann 16 Cool, overcast – nice active individual birds Good
Quality spin – 5,6,5,7,5,7,8,5 = 48 1.3 1.3 81.12
K. Billings 20 Windy – nice spinners scored then kit flew to high to
Judge 5,6,10,8,5 1.3 1.3 74.36
D. Hayes 18 Overcast – Some nice breaks to begin but out birds cost
5,7,7,10,5 = 44 1.4 1 2 73.96
D. Hayes 20 Overcast – Flew at good height, nice individual spinners
Two birds joined kit – 7,5,5,5,5,5 = 32 1.5 1.4 48.3
J. Farr 20 Cold, windy Stormy – Kit flew at nice height, steady
5,5,5,7,5 = 27 1.1 1.0 29.7
H. Voth 20 Cool & stormy – Kit flew within viewing range but flat
5,7 = 12 1.2 1.1 15.84
R. Schoening 19 Cool light wind – Kit flew flat 8 = 8 1.3 1.2 12.48
B. Martindale 16 Cool light wind – Kit flew flat --- --- 0
S. Brown 18 Cool – Kit broke up when time in was called --- --- 0
B. Dayton 20 Light wind – Active young kit – 2 birds landed DQ --- --- DQ
D. Reiman --- --- DNF
J. Farr --- --- DNF
D. De Boer --- --- DNF
V. De Boer --- --- DNF
Douwe De Boer --- --- DNF
J. Hollingworth --- --- DNF
C. Palamides --- --- DNF
S. Brown --- --- DNF
R. Hayes --- --- DNF
 




               
           
 

  World Cup Region, New York and Pennsylvania
 
Dave Szabatura met me at the airport in Albany New York and took me to the first flyer.
 This was Donald Dulmer.  Donald lives on an old estate that dates back to the 1700s.  He is in the tree business and also has many different breeds of pigeons, including some pretty nice rollers.
  We left Donald’s and went on to Dave Szabatura’s.  The weather at Dave’s was excellent for flying rollers.  Dave’s kit came out and went to work.  This was a high quality, well-prepared kit.  Dave certainly had done an outstanding job preparing this kit of pigeons.
 The weather started to deteriorate from this point on.
 
  Dave French flew his birds in the rain; needless to say they did not do too well.  I did see four
very good rollers here, though.   Steve Smith, who is Dave Szabatura’s mentor, flew a kit of outstanding rollers in the rain. The rain caused some out birds, which hurt this man’s score.  This will be a man to watch in future flies.    Bill Tyler was the next flyer. Bill also had the rain to deal with.     Mario Aquino flew two kits; I saw some very deep rolling birds at Mario’s When Mario gets a handle on his birds, he will be a main competitor.
 
 
    The 1st of June was when Frank Gabrial flew his kit.  It was a cold, wet, windy, lousy day.  Frank’s birds had a rough time dealing with these conditions.
    John Lawerence had the same conditions as Frank Gabrial. John flew two kits, and the second kit put him in second place. These birds had heart to be able to fight the wind and do as well as they did. This says a lot for John and the quality of his birds.
    Rob Thayer also had the weather to contend with, only here the wind was blowing harder and we about froze. It felt like winter.
   

The next day the weather turned back to summer when Mike Frienze flew. You guessed it, the cold wet weather prior to his fly had totally messed his birds up. I saw some extremely good rollers here. Mike will be in the hunt next time there is a major fly.
 Tom Duger was the next flyer. Tom lives up on an old farm, which has a great view for flying rollers. Tom is fairly new to the hobby, but has a great love for the sport of flying rollers.
   Ron Kumro flew the next morning the weather was kinder here. This was a young kit that had some good quality, but needed more fly time.
    Keith Johncox a California transplant, who grew up with my friend ,who now lives in Mo. Scott Paris, put up a fairly young kit that will be much better for the fall fly.
    From Keith’s we went to Harry Helwig’s. Harry did not fly in the competition, but did put up a few birds for us to watch. Harry is flying birds that he got from his friend Joe Stayer a number of years ago.
   
  Ed Young and Eric Fischer from Philadelphia met us here a Harry’s and they took me to PA. I spent the night with Ed Young. The next morning a television crew from channel six news showed up and filmed the entire fly. Also they interviewed all of us. We then went to Eric Fischer’s and they sent one cameraman with us. It was pretty much fun to do this. It also gives our hobby a little bit of good exposure.
  I certainly enjoyed judging this region and want to thank them for asking me to do it. I  was happy to see Dave’s father , Ray again. He is a pleasure to be with.
 Thanks to all the fine people who took such good care of me.
 
                 Eldon Cheney        

 

 Northwest International World Cup Regional Fly

               May 14th I flew to Kelowna British Columbia. Al Hunt met me at the airport and on the way to Brian Krog’s, where I was to spend the night, we stopped by the hospital to visit with Al’s wife, who was having some problems with her heart.  Brian Krog has a beautiful home and loft. I was impressed with the beauty of this area. Brian was a tremendous host.  If ever you get a chance to visit him do so.  He has many great stories about the great Monty Neible. The next day I started judging at Al Hunt’s  Al ‘s score was hurt by out birds. Jack Smith of Vernon B.C. was the next flyer.  Jack is fairly new to the hobby, but is a very serious roller flyer.  Aaron Johnson picked me up here and took me to his home in Kamloops, B.C. Aaron is a very intense and interesting young man when it comes to his rollers. He loves his birds and will be a main contender in the flys in the near future. I spent the night with Aaron and his family, very nice people. The next morning bright and early Aaron drove us  over the mountain to Neville Eccles’s. Neville is a dairy farmer and has a beautiful farm in a fertile valley.  Brian Felty met  us at Neville’s and we went to Dave Naud’s Dave flew a nice kit for us and was the top flyer to date. Brian took me on to Washington  State. We had to go through customs at the border and that was a little tense until we told the guy what we were up to. He looked at us like we were not right and waved us on through. I spent the night with Brian and his family. Brian and his wife did a fantastic job seeing to my needs and served up some great food, thanks to both of them.  Early the next morning we met all the guys at Bob Hill’s beautifully landscaped home. I am into landscape plants and was impressed. Byron Gable was the next flyer. Bryon put up a kit that was very active and scored the entire time. I think this was a surprise to all that were present. Good job Byron!

  Gonzol Bauelos flew next. My score keeper, Pete Kaufman made the comment that the deepest bird he had ever seen was at this man’s loft. Just as Pete got that out of his mouth , a bird started rolling from about  six hundred feet and did not stop. I said to Pete, “ from now on I will believe anything you tell me.”

  Les Bilyeu was the next flyer. Les’s bird flew too high to be judged the last fifteen minutes of the fly. While they were in sight they were doing  good.  I got to see my old friend Mike Cleavenger here at Les’s .

  That was a treat for me. Mike told me that he plans to start flying rollers again.

    Linne Rose few after Les. Pete Kaufman kept score for me here also. We were following the kit out across the yard, when all of a sudden I got a whiff of that old familiar smell of fresh dog  #^&.  I told Pete that he must have stepped in it and to get away from me, he did and I could still smell it.  It was on me and not him.  After the fly I spent some time with a stick on my shoe before I could tally the score.

   H. C. Martin put up a kit that was a pleasure to watch.  H. C.  also has some awesome flowers in his yard. He was kind enough to give the guys some flower bulbs. He gave one to me and it is blooming as I write this. Thank you H. C.

   Shawn Knight flew after H. C.  Shawn lives at 40 and Plum. “40 miles from nowhere and plum back in the woods”.

  Brian Felty flew his kit next.  Brian had some bad luck as one bird rolled down. This man had the highest velocity and depth of all the kits I judged in this region.

  Doc Westlund, the next flyer had the neatest and cleanest set-up for breeding and flying his birds.

  Ray Lewis had just moved to his new house and just getting set up with his birds and doing a whole new landscaping. He turned his birds loose to a falcon, and that concluded his fly.

  Gary Stephens flew his two kits the following morning. The first kit he put up went flat at the ten minute mark but had done well for the first ten. Gary’s second kit came out with slow wing action and flying a good pattern. This was a well prepared kit of high quality, seasoned birds that just blew every one else’s kits away. This was an excellent kit that anyone would be proud to own.  Great job well done to Gary Stephens.

  I got to spend the rest of my time staying with Pete Kaufman and his wife Brenda. We had a great visit and they showed me some of the sights in the North West. I really appreciate their hospitality and friendship.

 Ivan Hanchett and his wife Connie two of the North West’s finest . Ivan is one of the most outstanding roller men in the U.S.

   Kieth Caywood flew next. He is an interesting individual. He is a warehouse of  interesting facts.

   Darrell Norris, what a great guy,. He also has some of  fine looking pigeons

   The Appleburys were the next flyers. This is a father and son team . They both are capable of flying some excellent kits. Dannie Appelbury turned his kit out, they were working hard, but then flew too high.

   Boon Appelbury flew after Dannie. This was a fine tuned kit of high quality rollers.

   Next up was Harry Papagallo. Harry lives further back in the woods than Shawn Knight. He certainly has no neighbors to deal with. Next up was Matt Purvis. This was probably the most active kit I have ever  seen

Matt was the last flyer in this region. So this concluded the judging in the North West. If I was ever to be asked to judge this region again , I would do so in a heartbeat. I was impressed with the scenery, the weather and the quality  of the people I had the pleasure to spend time.

 

     Eldon R Cheney

2003 World Cup
Southern California-North Region
Kit Competition Report
 
 Area Director: Juan R. Navarro
Judge: Arnold Jackson
LAD’s
Dave Goss, Donny Faison, Craig Wiggs, Thurmond Davis, Darik McGhee, Ricky Arnold & Rod Fomby
 
 The 2003 World Cup was another successful competition for the Greater Los Angeles area.  We were able to qualify 4 fliers for the World Cup Finals… Ron Anno (the area’s highest qualifier), Calvin Johnson, Bill Watson and Willie Wright.
 
Thanks again to our judge, Arnold Jackson who has helped judge our area for several competitions over the recent years.  Special thanks to the Local Area Directors, Dave, Donnie, Craig, Thurmond, Darik, Ricky and Rod for all of your work.  These gentlemen are the backbone for our region as year in and year out, they work tirelessly to get fanciers to fly and compete.
 
With almost 60 kits flown, the LA area is one of the larger areas for qualifiers in the country.  We saw some very good kits and some that had some great individuals. 
 
Below are the scores for the participants for this year.  Congratulations to our four finalists and for everyone who didn’t make it… better luck for next year’s competition!
 
Sincerely, 
Juan Navarro

Southern California North

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Depth:

QxD:

Total Score:

Comments:

Ron Anno

20

6,8,12,12,6,5,5,5,8,12,15,16,10,8,8,5,7,7,9,6

278

1.4

1.5

2.10

583.80

 

Calvin Johnson #1

20

5,7,7,8,9,7,5,5,8,12,6,7,5,9,5,8,12,5,8,7

169

1.6

1.4

2.24

378.56

 

Bill Watson

20

6,5,5,12,5,5,8,5,9,12,5,7,8,5,5,7,14,5,5,8

179

1.5

1.4

2.10

375.90

 

Calvin Johnson #2

20

12,14,8,7,8,5,14,14,5,10

161

1.6

1.4

2.24

360.64

 

Willie Wright

20

5,9,14,13,15,7,6,7

133

1.6

1.5

2.40

319.20

 

Alonzo Cano (& Jr.)

19

5,7,5,5,10,8,10,8,5,5,5,6,5,8,8,5,8,5

138

1.6

1.4

2.24

309.12

 

Dave Goss

20

5,5,6,12,9,13,5,12,5,7,10,6

142

1.6

1.2

1.92

272.64

 

Timothy Paustian

19

5,8,7,7,10,9,6,5,7,8,12,5,5

116

1.5

1.4

2.10

243.60

 

Donny Faison

20

8,7,5,5,13,10,6,9,10,5

111

1.5

1.3

1.95

216.45

 

Robert Felix

20

7,5,10,6,5,9,12,8

84

1.5

1.5

2.25

189.00

 

Kevin Brokenbough

20

8,6,10,12,8,12,5,8

103

1.4

1.3

1.82

187.46

 

Ali Daniels

19

9,7,10,8,5,10,9

78

1.5

1.5

2.25

175.50

 

Reggie Stewart #2

20

5,8,5,5,5,12,7,8,6,6,7,6,5,7,7,5

112

1.4

1.0

1.40

156.80

Very active,flew low.

Marvin Parks #2

19

5,9,5,8,9,7,10

63

1.5

1.3

1.95

122.85

 

Robert Rodriguez

20

10,6,5,7,9,7

54

1.6

1.4

2.24

120.96

Birds out hurt score.

Darik McGhee #1

17

5,5,6,6,5,12,8

59

1.4

1.4

1.96

115.64

 

Ron Luna

20

10,5,5,8,5,10

63

1.4

1.3

1.82

114.66

 

Jesse Comer

20

5,5,7,5,10,8

50

1.5

1.5

2.25

112.50

Birds out hurt score.

William Stanhouse

19

5,12, 10

49

1.5

1.5

2.25

110.25

 

Victor Garcia

19

9,5,6,10,5,5,6,5

61

1.5

1.1

1.65