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{C}North Central East World Cup Regional Fly

AUSTRALIAN SOUTH COAST FLY REPORT

 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

Southern California North

Holland

Uitslagen oude duiven competitie  16/17 mei en tevens qualificatie voor WC Rollerfly 2003.

 Deelnemer:             score      x   kwaliteitsfactor  x  dieptefactor      kitpunten    =   totaalscore.

 1. H.Bijker             82.7        x          1.27             x        1.33               18.67       =   158.3

2. P.Goossens        86.7                    1.27                       1.16                  18.3              145.7

3. H.Voets             60                        1.33                      1.33                   17.6              123.7

4  W.Hoogenberg   69.3                    1.2                        1.23                   16.3               118.7

5. G.Haarsma         52.3                    1.27                      1.27                   17.3               101.7

6. H.Nijman.          47                       1.23                      1.23                    20                 91

7. R.Schoemaker.   43                       1.2                        1.2                      20                 81.9

8. H.Smit.               33.3                    1.2                        1.2                      20                 68

9. R.Ottema.           17.7                    1.2                         1.26                   17.3               44

10. T.v.Doorn.       8.7                       1.07                       1.07                   16.7               26.7

Deze uitslagen zijn een gemiddelde van de scores van drie Vliegcommissarissen, nl.

Henry Smit

Peter Goossens

Ronnie Schoemaker

En als invaller bij het tellen bij een van de vliegcommissarissen zelf:  Theo van Doorn.

   South East World Cup regional. 

It had been a few years since I had last judged, recent moves and a new position at work had precluded me from doing so.  Needless to say, I was filled with anticipation in being given the opportunity to do so once again.  Soon after my judging duties began, I quickly realized what I had been missing the last few years, no it was not the thrill of competition, it was the fellowship between those who share common interests, in this case a little bird we all know as the Birmingham Roller.

 Here is a quick rundown of what I saw during my judging of the SouthEast World Cup regional.

 Don Simpson:  May 18^th, 06:45 AM  slight drizzle/overcast, 20 birds   

Out birds hurt the kit, kept them from scoring.  Some excellent individuals, especially a two-year-old ash red cock, don’t get much better than he was.  

Don Simpson:  May 18^th, 07:35 AM Strong rain, overcast, 20 birds

Again, good individuals, but strong rain forced them down before Don could even have them put on the clock. 

Larry Williams:  May 18^th, 11:30 AM, windy, 20 birds

7,5,7,7,8 X 1.2 Q X 1.3 D = 53.04 

Wind blew kit all over, hurt overall Q & D.  Kit was hungry thus landed early, score kept due to no minimum time flown being required in this region’s rules.  Kit had a lot of potential, weather did not cooperate. 

I went back home, and came back the 28^th to resume judging.

 Tony Smith:  May 28^th, 6:35 PM, clear sky, 16 birds

Very tight kiting, flew perfect height, and very slow. Some excellent individuals just could not get enough going together. 

JoeBob Stuka:  May 28^th, 8:00 PM, small patchy clouds, 19 birds

5,10, 5,5,5,5,6,10,7,6,9,11,5,5,7,5,7,6,6,5,8,7,7 X 1.6 Q X 1.7 D = 497.76

Excellent individuals, some in the 1.9 Q range, some 2.0 D.  Kiting hurt some breaks, could have had 5-6 more.  Best kit I have judged in competition. 

J.B. Mitchell: May 29^th, 10:08 AM, clear sky, 19 birds

5,5 X 1.2 X 1.3 = 15.60

J.B. had recently lost too may to the hawks, so was at a disadvantage.  There was a black bald mix tail that was nice, beautiful place to fly. 

William Cable:  May 29^th, 10:45 AM, slight wind, 20 birds

5 X 1.1 X 1.2 = 6.6

Lots of individual rolling, not enough to score breaks.  Wind hurt the kit, a nice little hen with a black feather on the right side of her tail was a very good quality roller.  * Those of you who love the outdoors owe it to yourself to visit William, he lives atop a mountain, great view, wild animals roaming through, as close to heaven as I believe I have ever been.  William is a Trout farmer, uses natural springs that run out of the side of the mountain for his operation.  Those who love the outdoors, go see this fine gentleman. 

William Cable:  May 29^th, 12:15 PM, windy, 20 birds

Recent losses hurt chances of a good kit.   One with a dark feather in the middle of the tail was very good.  Individual rolling, not enough to score. 

Bobby & Cody Rominger:  May 29^th, 1:45 PM, windy, 16 birds

When the birds went out, one rolled down, when they came back from behind the trees, one was missing thus no legal kit.  Too much wind, kit never had a chance.  This was Cody’s first fly, and I hope to see this young man flying again the next time I come through.  Thanks for flying your birds for me Cody, hang in there buddy! 

Gary Rominger:  May 29^th, 2:20 PM, wind/rain, 20 birds

Showed a few good rolls, but did not want to fly.   Gary is experimenting with the feed can, will get it right next time, wind and rain did not help matters. 

Sandy Hoyle: May 29^th, 6:41 PM, slight breeze, 20 birds

Very stiff, would not let go of the roll.  Saw a good black W/F in the kit, started to work when time was up. 

Clay Hoyle:  May 29^th, 7:50 PM, clear sky, 20 birds

8,7,5,6,5,6,7,10,7,5,7,5 X 1.4 X 1.4 = 172.48

An out bird hurt the chemistry of the kit, they kept trying to get him back in.  Went flat the last half of the fly, prior to that they could have qualified in any region.  A light colored ash red was of exceptional quality, later found to be a hen, I urge Clay to breed this bird.   

Thanks to all how took such good care of my son Billy and myself, if I were to start mentioning names I may forget one, so will just say thanks to all for everything you did for us.  It was truly a pleasure to come back to your area which a few years ago I called home, thanks for the opportunity.

 Congratulations to JoeBob Stuka for qualifying, and a big thanks to all those who participated, you are all winners in my book for simply participating. 

At the time of writing this, John Weins has already come through judging this region for the finals.   JoeBob did not fare as he would have liked, just were not frequent enough.  Having said that, John awarded multipliers of 1.6 Q X 1.6 D, which is nearly the same as the 1.6 Q X 1.7 D that I did.   

Just wanted to point this out so my friends don’t think I got caught up in the moment.  <Smile>  They really were that good. 

Rick Mee  

     TEXAS REGION

World Cup Regional Fly

Judge Lenny Vialpando of Salt Lake City, Utah

    I would like to thanks Don Sutton for asking me to judge their region it was an honor! These guys know what

hospitality is, they took very good care of me from one end of the state to the other.

    I would like to thank Walter Teal, Javier Flores, Randall Williams, Homer Griggs, Kelton Parker,

Don Sutton and their lovely wives for putting me up and showing me around their great state. These men

showed me not just great birds but what makes Texas a excellent place to visit!!

    The guys up in Lubbock did a great job in showing me around they have been flying only a short while

and will be contenders soon. Wish I had more time at that ranch museum.

     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxHomer Griggs all did not fly, I was very disappointed not to see Homers birds fly

from what I saw in his stock loft he is a dangerous competitor, Homer and I  had some good talks and

you couldn’t find a better pigeon man in the country, I hope to see him in the near future.

Below are the top 15 kits.  Marty Rouse, Sandra Derrick, Ray Fleming, Carlos Easley,

Dave Westbrook, Robert Goodrich all had DQ's from poor weather!! Saw excellent birds in each kit.

Congratulations to Bob Golson and Walter Teal for qualifying for the finals both well deserved.

The Judges Report World Cup 2003

  Well, we set off for the fly after the National AGM, Paul driving and me snoozing! The first stop was up to Pete Harper's in the "Boro" to pick him up and carry onto Sunderland to Derrick Smith who was first to fly.The weather was mild and breezy and it blew the birds about a bit, it was then onto Gateshead to check out Alan Milnes birds. By the time we got to Alan's the wind had begun to pick up even more and it blew the kit all over the sky. Some good rollers showed in the team and would have done better if not for the strong winds.

  Next stop it was back to the Boro for a night out with Pete at the club playing bingo, bloody exciting. I haven't played bingo in over 30 years and these two stuck me with six cards and sat their grinning they did. The Boro bingo marking pen almost melted, talk about panic and to top it all we won frig all.

 It was up nice and early next morning with the larks to judge the first kit of the day at Pete Harper's. The weather once again was windy and the birds had to fight the wind all the time, they flew low over the fields but kept rising up and breaking well into the wind with some good half and three quarter turns. Some real good quality rollers were seen in this first team so we hoped this was the start of things to come.

 Next stop it was onto Wayne Wilson's, the wind was even stronger by the time we arrived at Wayne's and the birds were blown away.

 Kit three was the kit of Mick Proudman which showed some real promise but again spoilt by the weather.

 George Frost was the next kit to be liberated and once again the same old story blown away by the winds. The kit was on the clock, off the clock, talk about Chicago being the windy city, the Boro is quite breezy too to say the least, spoilt my " Hair Do".

Onto Peter Foster's for the release of his kit, but they didn't fair much better as they were blown all over the place. Odd birds were working well but not enough to score due to the weather.

 Duncan McLaughlin's kit didn't fair much better as they were tossed about all over the sky but they still tried to work.

 The next to fly was John Wanless, some real class birds were seen here but didn't put on the score because, you guessed it, the bloody wind.

 At Mally Blackburns it was much the same story, good birds spoilt by the wind.

 The last but not the least to fly in the Boro was little Miss Amy Harper who was complaining that Dad always picks the best team and what did she do, she only beat her Dad didn't she, keen as mustard this one. Talk about laugh, I was grinning from ear to ear when I walked up to Pete and showed him the score sheet.

  That was the last kit to be flown in the Boro, so it was load up the motor and off to Graham Dexter's in York with path finder Huntington leading the way which was just over an hours drive away. We stayed at Graham's that Monday night, drinking wine and more wine and more wine. I "Think" we flew two teams of birds but they didn't do much, like Graham said they were only youngsters and not fully matured yet. Graham had a great chair just for watching rollers and laying back on a nice sunny morning with a bacon buttie and pot of coffee with a nice nubile wench wafting you with an ostrich feather ( Heaven ).

 Early Tuesday morning up and away to Hull, God that Paul Lee looks ugly on a morning!! Path finder Hunty stuck to his guns snoring away again, pointing the way to Pete Larvin's. The winds were still with us and once there it was a nice hot mug of tea, brill. Pete flew his birds, some good quality here but blown about which stopped them from scoring.

 The next two kits at Eddie Mahoney's and back to Darren Larvin's it was exactly the same story with the bad wind, on the clock off the clock the birds didn't stand a chance.

 Phil Beharrell, Ron Norris and Darren Tyman all suffered the same fate with the wind, it was annoying to say the least. Bernard Fewliss was next for the wind and rain treatment this time and Mick Hunter and Gary Templeman faired no better with kits blown out of sight. Then again to look on the bright side for me, as I saw the biggest improvement of birds from Hull with a lot of good quality which was great to see with having been out of rollers for a while.

 Wednesday night we stayed at Paul's and had a nice Chinese meal and washed it down with some wine, put the world to rights and drank some more wine.

 Up bright and early next morning, bright and breezy, path finder Hunty showing the way again, head back ,gob wide open giving it plenty of ZZZ's but we found Trevor Slater's easy peasy. Up go Trevor's kit, weather clear, breezy and fine. The kit worked well to start with then went flat, this happens sometimes.

 George Mason's were the next kit and I was looking forward to seeing George again, were was he ? working the tight bugger. You must be coming up to the millionaire stage now you old sod. The birds went up and as usual some real good quality breaks half and three quarters. I gave this kit some good quality marks.

 Next stop was Kevin Wilkinson's, wind and rain again but some real nice quality birds were seen here once again.

 Andy Bainbridge was next for the wind treatment, good birds blown all over the skies.

 Over to see Fern and Fowlkes kit perform, they started off well, very active at first then went flat. Odd birds rolling really well in the conditions.

 Steve Jones was the last kit to fly in the Derby area, kit flew well fighting the wind, some good birds seen but didn't break together to score much. 

 Onto the M1 and down the road to Moseley and Baines at Leicester, these birds were a good quality working kit scoring good breaks in bad weather, heavy rain and wind, you name it we had it. I am sure he has bred some duck into them, they just kept on working and went into the front and took the lead.

 Darren Deacon was the next flyer in Leicester, he also got the weather treatment, the kit got blown away but kept working. Some good individual birds seen in this kit.

 Then it was back to Baines and Moseley's, up goes another team, these birds really tore the skies up in the heavy rain, piss wet through. The kit was putting in half and three quarter breaks one after the other and they kept going. They seemed to love the rain but me and Paul didn't. This team went straight into the lead which put them first and second at this stage of the fly. 

It was back in the old motor to make our way to Steve McGlory country in the Fens, old path finder Hunty does it again, chin on chest snoring and farting all the way there. I don't know how that Paul Lee would have managed it without me  at the helm. Steve's wife welcomed us with a nice meal and tried to bribe me with two chops on my plate, nice try but it didn't work though, crafty devil that McGlory. We sat and had a good natter putting the world to rights again. Up went the birds the next morning, blown about a bit but some very nice birds were seen. Went flat in the middle of the fly but started off again later, mostly quarter and half turns.

 It was back in the motor again and off to see my old mate John Lenihan in Paulton. John's birds were blown away and did not do much. Better luck next time John. We then had a sarnie and a cuppa with John and the lads before departing to Gordon Dafferns.

 Gordon had the worst winds of the competition, he stood no chance at all, the birds were blown completely out of sight for about 20 minutes and had to be put on the clock in the end. They came back no more than two feet off the fields fighting the wind. We stayed with Gordon for the night and went down the local pub to sample a few. 

Next morning it was off to the Birmingham area the home of the roller. Tony Bagley was the first to fly, his kit put on a good show with plenty of good breaks.

 Paul Williams was second on the list and this was another kit that put on a descent show in the breezy conditions. 

Nevil Hackitt put up his kit in the breezy condition and no sooner had they got to a good height to work when about 120 racers hit them and scragged them all over the sky, what a shit on the one day you get to fly in the World Cup. 

Last but not least in the Birmingham area was the loft of Terry Harper, here was a nice set up, neat garden and nice loft. The birds got the wind treatment, blown away again but some good quality birds showed themselves.

Onto the next area and the next flyer which was Pete Handy. We arrived at Pete's and sat down to a bowl of stew and a cuppa, which his wife made. After the refreshments Pete released his kit, the conditions were windy as usual but the kit held the wind well and worked for the full 20 minutes breaking into the wind. Nice tight rolling and plenty of depth and quality, easily the best kit we had seen so far and they deservedly took the lead, well done Pete. 

Morris Barwick was next on the fly sheet and his kit flew well in the windy conditions fighting it all the time.

 Off we went again this time to Beatles country the home of John Heague. It was very windy by now and John released his birds and they were blown away out of sight. The kit was off the clock for quite a while and when they did come back they were hit by about 70 to 80 racers which stayed with them for the rest of the fly. Hard lines John, better luck next time mate. You took it well and I know you must have been pissed off to say the least. 

Next it was over the Mersey to Paul Sisson's to " Bird Shitt Lofts", this caused a laugh as Paul had this sign on his loft Bird Shitt Loft, typical scouse humour. Paul let his kit out in the windy condition and they dropped after only a few minutes which gave his kit a DQ. 

Warrington was our last port off call for the day to Ken and Trevor Weaver's places. We arrived at Ken's and the wind was blowing stronger now and also raining. Ken released his kit and they fought well in the conditions. We saw some good quality birds here but once again the weather took it's toll. Trevor should have flown next but it was getting too dark and we thought is would be better for him to fly next morning before we set off to Steve Buckley's. 

We spent the night at Trev's and we were in for a treat with a great curried stew, good company and great beer. Thanks lads and lasses I felt really comfortable, and I am sure Paul did as well. It was up real early the next morning to pull Trev's kit in, so up they went at 5:30am. It was bright with a slight breeze when the birds were released and the kit scored steadily through the fly. 

Steve Buckley's kit was next in line to fly at Oldham. I think this young man flew some good quality birds, flying in breezy but clear conditions. A young man to watch out for in the near future. 

It was then onto James Brunton, with the weather about the same as at Steve's, James birds flew well rolling in good style and scoring well. Maybe we can have a Yorkshire verses Lancashire Fly one day? 

Next over the Pennines and into Bradford for the first flyer Mark Cranney, his birds were blown all over then dropped early which was a great pity because I know Mark has some good birds. 

It was back in the motor and onto Peter Wilson's, with the weather still as bad, windy but clear. The birds didn't score a lot but Pete is a new flyer, keep going mate you did ok.

 Last too fly in the competition was the kit of Alan Hamilton's at Gildersome near Leeds. The wind was still blowing and Alan put the birds up and they kited and rolled well. Some nice birds, tight and fast, they didn't score allot but good quality. 

Last but not least, I have left this section till last to say a big thank you to Paul Lee for putting up with me over the fly and having a good laugh and driving me all over the country. Also for the good night spent with him and to his missies, all I can say is a big thanks for your hospitality and I enjoyed your company very much. 

Paul's birds went up in very windy weather but they held the wind well and rolled in good style and put in 18 to 19 breaks in the first ten minutes, scoring 355 points before some racers hit them and dragged them round the sky. They were off the clock 7 to 8 minutes before the racers left which totally spoilt the kit as they went flat after that, what a pity as those birds would have been up there with the best, hard lines mate. 

Yours in Sport 

John Huntington 

I would like to say thanks to John for judging this years World Cup and for his great company on the fly. Our thanks go out to all those of you who watered and fed us and put us to bed, it was greatly appreciated. Hope to see you all on the forthcoming National Fly, which is the last week in August. 

Keep 'Em Flying   

Paul A. Lee

  ( World Cup Co-ordinator, England and Europe )

  World Cup

Central Region Fly off Report

 The Central region of the World Cup fly went off without any hitches.

First off I wanted to say thanks for all of the fantastic hospitality that I was afforded during my trip. What a great bunch of people!! Lisa Mier, John Smeltzer and Ferrell Bussing carried me around.

I started in Kansas, then through Oklahoma, on to Arkansas and finished up in the Show-Me-State(Missouri). If there would have been a fourth position, every state would have had a qualifier. This region has three qualifiers going to the big dance!

I want to congratulate the three qualifiers, Bob Westfall, Randy Wilson and Dave Connell. This was Dave’s first time in competition!! Good job guys!

I saw pigeons that met the requirements of being a true Birmingham Roller at nearly every loft I went. Having the kit ready  for the judge and having decent weather was not afforded to some of the Kansas and Oklahoma fliers. Winds ruined several nice teams. But then I imagine the wind blows all the time there! Some of the areas have been hit soooo hard with hawks, that they didn’t even have enough birds to fly.

Bob Westfall:  9,6,14,10,5,6,6,13,8,5,9,7,5,6,11,9,6,7,6,5,6,5,7,5,7,6,8,5,

Q. 1.5 D. 1.4.  525 points. This kit was a very active enjoyable team to score. Good job!!!

Randy Wilson: 5,6,6,5,10,7,5,5,6,11,8,5,6,5,5,6,5

Q. 1.4 D. 1.3.  231.14 points. This kit played in the wind but handled it well.  A nice team to watch and judge. Wind played a factor with these.

Dave Connell: 8,5,5,5,9,5,7,6,5,5,5,6,8,5,7,7,5,5

Q. 1.3 D. 1.3. 182.52 points.  This was Dave’s first time and put up a very nice team to watch. Beautiful setting to watch the kit.

Rick Dillehay:6,5,7,8,5,9,11,5,5,5,5,,9,5,5.

Q. 1.3 D. 1.2. 157.56 points. Rick’s kit skied out after the first 8 minutes. If they would have stayed down in judging height, he would have scored much higher. Better luck next time, Rick. It was a clear blue sky day!!!  

Bill Tomforde: 7,5,5,5,6,5,5,5,7,5,5,5,5,5,7,5.

Q. 1.3 D. 1.3 .147 points. Bill is another first timer I believe. His team did real well. He had a black grizzle white flight that was the real deal, boys! Be watching for him if the hawks leave him alone.

Steve Evans: 8,6,9,12,9,8,12.

Q. 1.5 D. 1.3. 124.8 points. Steve had high winds which kept the birds fighting to stay in the air. On a calm day, I bet they would have really racked it up. Steve flew excellent quality birds.

James Brown(2 kit):7,5,5,8,10,8,5,6. Very windy. This was a cock kit.

Q. 1.2 D. 1.1. 92.4 points. Some kitting problems cost him some breaks.

Jerry Holder: 5,6,7,5,12,5,5. Jerry’s kit skied out almost immediately. They were busting big in the stratosphere, but I couldn’t judge them. A shame.

Q. 1.3 D. 1.2. 88.92

John Smeltzer(2 kit): 6,7,5,5,6,5,5,6. Dead calm early morning. Flew mostly on the dreaded left wing.

Q. 1.4. D. 1.2. 75.6

Ben Winkleman: 6,5,6,7,9,5 . Very windy. Out birds cost some breaks.

Q. 1.3 D. 1.3 .64.22

Ben Winkelman(2 kit): 10,5,5 Out birds killed this kit. Several outstanding birds in this bunch. Wind blew them all over.

Q. 1.4 D. 1.3. 54.6

Ferrell Bussing: 12,6,5,5 Gusty winds, storm blowing in. Kit raced around playing in the wind on the left wing. They only turned to the right four times. !!

Q. 1.2 D. 1.1. 52.8

James Brown: 5,6,6,5,6,6,5,5. James had one bird land at 9 minutes and had another wandering from time to time that cost him breaks!

Q. 1.1 and D. 1.0. 48.4

Bill Roy: 6,7,6,5. Kit skied out and then split. Bill had some rally nice individuals in his team.

Q.1.4 D. 1.3.  43.68

Bill Holley: 7,5,5,5,6,5.

Q. 1.2 D. 1.1.  43.56

Neal Hupps: 6,6,5,5. One bird hit coming out, but stayed down. Kit was just a little flat.

Q. 1.2 D. 1.4.  36.96

Billy Elwick: 6,5,6,5,5. Birds a little to short on some of the breaks causing no score.

Q. 1.2 D. 1.1. 35.64

Scott Paris: 5,6,5,5.

Q. 1.3 D. 1.1

Jerry McDow: 9,5. Birds down at 17 minutes.

Q. 1.1 D. 1.1.  16,94

John Antonelli: 5,7. High winds tore this kit up!!

Q. 1.2 D. 1.1.  15.84

Bill Black: 5,6. Out birds cost him many breaks.

Q.1.1 D. 1.2.  14.52

Lloyd Lee: 5. Out birds stopped his score. Some very nice individual spinners flown.

Q.1.2 D. 1.3.  7.8

John Moehlmann: 5. Hawks have cleaned him out!!

Q.1.0 D. 1.0. .5

Jack Knowlan: 0 Not enough depth to score.

Steve Clayton: 0 Outbirds cost him some breaks. Several keepers in the team.

Pat Holder: DQ. 2 birds down at 13 minutes. Did have one 6 break scored

Betty Denny. DQ. Winds were howling!!! Poor team never had a chance.

John Antonelli(2 kit). DQ. He scored 7,5. but the kit landed in 2 minutes. Hot humid afternoon fly time. He flagged them back up and they flew!!! Go figure???

Dave Hafner: DQ. Birds down at 13:20. He scored 7,6,8,7,6.

Ray Sanchez: DQ. Nice team with very fast birds. 5,6,5,5,5,5,5,5,6. They flew 13: 20 minutes. Ray waited too long to call time in!! There were two in there I would have liked to take home.!!!

John Smeltzer: DQ. What a shame !! See what happens when you carry the judge around and have someone else feed your birds!!! 8,6,5,5,9,10,11,6. in the first 8 minutes then they spiraled down and landed at 11 minutes!!!

Willie Silvey. DNF

Treavor Rosebeary. DNF

Gordon Baumes. DNF

Eldon Cheney. DNF.

2003 WORLD CUP QUALIFING ROUND

ENGLISH SECTION

 POSITION                          BREAKS                              KITING    MERIT  TOTAL    COND

1.   P. HANDY                   3*15 1*14 1*12 7*10 3*8 2*7 4*6 3*5                        20             150             580            OVERCAST

2.   MOSELEY/BAINS     2*17 2*15 3*10 1*9 4*8 4*7 4*6 4*5                       18             130             521            RAIN

3.   MOSELEY/BAINS     2*15 8*10 2*8 2*7 2*6 7*5                                      19             150             501            RAIN

4.   T. BAGLEY                 1*15 10*10 2*8 2*7 2*6 3*5                                       19            100             421            OVERCAST

5.   G. MASON                  3*15 1*10 3*8 2*7 2*6 7*5                                         17            150             412            OVERCAST

6.   K. WILKINSON         1*15 1*13 5*10 3*8 3*7 1*6 8*5                                16            130             408            OVERCAST

7.   T. WEAVER                1*15 3*10 6*8 4*7 8*6 14*5                                      18               80             397            CLOUDY

8.   K. WEAVER               1*17 2*15 5*10 1*7 4*6 3*5                                        19               80             386            WINDY

9.   S. BUCKLEY               1*15 5*10 1*8 2*7 4*6 5*5                                        18            120             362            CLOUDY

10. P. LEE                           1*15 4*10 1*8 1*7 2*6 8*5                                         18            140             355            OVERCAST

11. S. McGLORY              1*15 3*10 1*9 3*8 2*7 3*6 7*5                                   18            120             348            CLOUDY

12. P. WILLIAMS            1*12 6*10 2*9 4*7 2*6 5*5                                          19            100             346            CLOUDY

13. P. FOSTER                  1*15 5*10 2*8 1*6 4*5                                                18            100             305            WINDY

14. T. HARPER                 4*10 1*9 3*6 7*5                                                         18               60             220            CLOUDY

15. M. PROUDMAN        3*10 1*8 1*7 3*5                                                         20            100             215            WINDY

16. J. BRUNTON              2*10 2*8 2*7 4*6 7*5                                                 19              60              208            CLOUDY

17. G. TEMPLEMAN       1*15 2*10 1*7 1*6 2*5                                                18              80              206            V/WINDY

17. A. MILNE                    2*10 1*8 1*7 1*6 5*5                                                   20            100             206            V/WINDY

18. D. MOSELEY              1*15 1*10 1*8 2*6 4*5                                                18             80              203            OVERCAST

19. P. LARVIN                  1*15 1*10 4*5                                                                19              80              184            V/WINDY

20. A. HAMILTON          2*10 1*9 1*7 5*5                                                          19              80              180            OVERCAST

21. D. SMITH                    1*11 1*10 1*7 3*6 5*5                                                  19              60              171            V/WINDY

22. N. HACKETT             1*15 1*10 3*5 (HIT BY RACERS)                         20              60              160            OVERCAST

23. T. SLATER                  2*8 1*7 1*6 5*5                                                            19              80              158            CLOUDY

24. D. TYMON                  1*7 2*6 5*5                                                                   19              90              153            V/WINDY

25. P. WILSON                 1*10 2*7 4*5                                                                   20              70              144            CLOUDY

26. J. LENIHAN                2*10 2*6 4*5 ( 1 BIRD DOWN -25)                        19              80              140            WINDY

27. J. HEAGUE                  1*8 1*7 2*6 3*5 (HIT BY RACERS)                       18              60              120            CLOUDY

27. E. MAHONEY            2*10 2*5                                                                         20              50              120            V/WINDY

27. P. LARVIN                  1*7 2*6 3*5                                                                     16              70              120            V/WINDY

28. S. JONES                     1*8 1*7 1*5                                                                      20            70              110            CLOUDY

29. M. CRANNEY            1*10 1*6 2*5 (3 BIRDS DOWN -50)                        20            100             106            CLOUDY

29. A. BAINBRIDGE        1*8 1*6 9*5                                                                    12              60              106            CLOUDY

29. J. WANLESS              1*6 1*5                                                                             15              80              106            RAIN

30. M. BARWICK            1*12 1*6 1*5                                                                    20              50              105            WINDY

31. FEARN/FOWLKES   1*10 2*7 2*6 1*5 (1BIRD DOWN -25)                    18              60              104            WINDY

32. D. McLAUGHLIN      1*8 1*6                                                                          19              60                93            WINDY

33. G. DAFFURN              1*6                                                                                 20              60                86            GALES

34. P. BEHARRELL          3*5                                                                                20             50                85            V/WINDY

35. W. WILSON               2*6 2*5                                                                            12              40                74            BREEZE

36. R. NORRIS                  1*5                                                                                  18              50                73            WINDY

37. G. FROST                    1*6 2*5                                                                           20              30                66            WINDY

   38. M. HUNTER                                                                                                      17              40                57            V/WINDY

39. D. DEACON                1*6 3*5 ( 1 BIRD DOWN -25)                                 19              50                44            CLOUDY

40. G. DEXTER                                                                                                        20              10                30            CLOUDY

41. P. SISSON                   1*5 (3BIRDS DOWN -50)                                         20              50                25            CLOUDY

42. G.DEXTER                  (HEAVY RAIN SCRATCHED KIT)

42. M. BLACKBURN       (TEAM OF RACERS HIT KIT / SCRATCHED KIT)

42. B. FEWLASS              (KIT DROPPED EARLY)

WELL DONE TO PETER HANDY, DAVE MOSELEY AND IAN BAINES

 The 2003 Arizona World

  First I would like to thank the flyers of Arizona for the support that they have given to our WC regional fly and for not giving up when the ADA shut us down because of the Exotic New Castle Disease. We had to postpone knowing the heat and wind would soon be here. When the day finally came it was six weeks past our original fly date and the temps have reached into the high nineties, plus the winds were at their worst, this contributed for some of the low scores. After a few DQ’s , some of the guys took a DNF to save their kits .Thanks for the effort guys and  better luck next time.  

  Most importantly I would like to thank our judge Lee McGuffee and his co-pilot /sister Deblen  for the great job they have done for us. Deblen kept Lee awake for the seven hundred mile trip. Lee has  earned allot of respect from his fellow rollermen here in AZ.. He was firm and consistent, and he has a good eye for quality in a roller. Thanks again Lee and I hope to see a kit fling at your place soon.

Place  name                      breaks                       quality     depth       total

1^st  Al Luna              6 7 7 5 7 8 7 5 10 6             1.4          1.4        152.98                                          birds came out hot, 7 breaks in 4 minutes,  wind  took them away for over 13 minutes, three breaks were in the last two minutes. Excellent young bird kit   

2^nd  Bruce Klajda         5 6 5 5 5                          1.1          1.0           28.6

out birds keep this kit from scoring  Maybe next time Bruce

3^rd Gary Richards         5 5 5 5                             1.1          1.0           22

out birds, waterfalls, couldn’t get it together

4^th Joe Canteloupe         5 5 5                               1.2          1.2           21.6

too active, couldn’t stay together  “nice mealy”

5^th Keith Richards        5                                       1.1          1.0           5.5

out birds, last minute substitution did not work!

6^th Paul Mills                                                                                        DQ

these birds never had a chance, after two breaks the wind took them out of sight, two came back and landed at 12:01 for DQ…look out for Paul in the future!

7^th Ed Ragland                                                                                      DQtwo birds down at 3 min.. too hot to fly.

8^th Terry Young                                                                                   DQ three down after time in.

the following people did not fly

Al  Luna #2, Gary Richards #2, Mark Rhyner ,Chris Drummond, Don Rees, Bill Hart, Terry Lackey. 

2003 Southern California WC Regional Fly

by Steve Clayton

 Being invited to go and judge this region was like a dream come true. I think that everyone knows that it is one of  the greatest of hotbeds for roller competitions and home to some of the best roller men in the world. I left home with expectations of seeing some of the best kits in the world, and I returned with the gratification of meeting some of the most hospitable, knowledgeable roller men I ever seen in any one trip. The guys face the toughest tribulations in the hobby on a daily basis, but you would never know it by the fellowship and friendship they share. There have been no club competitions due to the Exotic Newcastle outbreak, many of them haven’t bred youngsters and live with the fear that any day the crew may pull in the driveway to kill everything they own. Falcons and hawks literally eat some of them out of teams to fly. The weather wasn’t on their side either, the night I flew in it went from pretty cool and cloudy to fairly hot and clear blue sky for the days of competition. So basically the kits weren’t in the best of condition for a major competition, and the adjustments they made for the change in weather conditions did most of them little good.

            So there were no phenomenal kits, I didn’t cut them any slack, and some went as far as to say that their showing was embarrassing. I beg to differ, it would have been far to easy to say we are not going to have a fly this year and leave it at that. I was most impressed with the show of unity, support, and sportsmanship that I saw. Almost every flyer had some of the fastest and deepest spinners I ever seen, and without a doubt the numbers of those birds were greater than I’ve ever seen in any one trip. It was a most enjoyable rewarding trip for me, and one flyer asked “Would you ever come back to judge again?” In a heartbeat Ron!

            I want to say thanks to Marshall Duncan the Regional Director for inviting me, a real stand up quality roller man by any ones standards. Thanks to John Destouet, president of the CPRC, for the wonderful dinner, fellowship, and hospitality he shared. Thanks to Jerry Higgins, who had been ill, for sharing his ride and time with me, it was most memorable. J.V. Broek, my old friend,  it was great to visit you and your home. Thanks to Tim Decker’s girlfriend Carolyn for your most gracious hospitality, a truly wonderful person. Last but not least my time and scorekeeper, who sacrificed managing the California Classic team, for insuring that I had the best of accommodations and fellowship during my visit there; A man who is one of the most knowledgeable of roller men and one of the best friends a man and the hobby could have, Tim Decker. Thank you all for giving me the opportunity to come meet you, the fellowship we shared, and the memories I will cherish forever.

            As for my judging, I was as hard on these guy’s birds as I would have been on my own. I didn’t call waterfall breaks and was tight on the ½ second rule. I didn’t score pigeons that were lacking in style and speed. I called what I saw, and awarded multipliers on the basis of a preset standard in my mind rather than what I had given someone else. The average quality of the turns I scored had to be a clean H style and very good speed to earn a 1.5 quality multiplier. That is an average, so it takes some extremely fast A style birds to make up for the ones that the wings are out on and not committing to a hard spin. I judge the average depth of the turns I scored on a 40 foot basis. Again to get a 1.5 a flyer had to have enough birds deeper that 20 foot to make up for the ones less that 20. I believe that a kit average of 40 foot birds is pretty phenomenal, and if a remark that was made about my 30 foot being more like 60 foot is true, then it may even be truly phenomenal. That was my standards, right or wrong and equally applied to all. Hopefully it will give you some insight to what I scored and saw. The one kit that sticks in my mind was the one of Eddie Verdugo’s. His kit was hit several times by a team of racing homers, a hawk flew through them, and a low airplane with a banner behind it right over them. Had it not been for these misfortunes I believe he would have made it to the finals. His birds only got scored for a few minutes and exhibited nice style, speed, depth, and teamwork. Most all of the guys had at least a couple extremely fast and deep spinners, Tim Decker pulled one from the loft and threw it up, and we are talking high velocity right out of the breeding loft. Marshall Duncan over flew almost all of his best team only a few days before the competition, hoping every day that one or two more would come home. After getting me started on the first day of judging Marshall went home to try to put a team together about 24 hours out from his fly time. I thought he did an outstanding job, when most would have given it up, and he placed fairly well when all was said and done, man I would have loved to see the team he lost.  

            Flyer                                       Turns Scored and Comments                      Quality  Depth  Total Score