World Cup Finals Fly Off 2003

Another World Cup has made its way into history. It is hard to believe how much work commitment went into it by many people to pull it off. It was unforgettable trip, which I will forever cherish in my memories. Many people have worked very hard to make it possible for me to have had a great experience. My special thanks go out to the following.

2) Steve Clayton, for organizing a flawless schedule. The man was/is truly on top of things and that made my trip very stressless. All I had to do if there seamed to be a question in my mind, was call Steve. He knew it backwards.

4) Regional Directors and hosts. You took the time to pick me up from airports. Drove me back and forth around your countries, hosted me, took me site seeing, fed me and generally treated me like a king. People like you make a judges job much easier. Thanks to the many wives who cooked, did my laundry and accepted me as one of their own. Thank you!

5) All participants and qualifiers. It is because of you that the WC is possible. Therefore, please continue to support your WC fly, even if you were not in the finals this year. I remember after judging one gentlemen, who didnt score very well, saying proudly, At least I flew in the World Cup. Folks, participation gives you a sense of belonging. Thats what its all about.

I have seen many more kits, than I judged, met many good people and made many new friends. I am very encouraged, because the Roller Sport is in good shape all over the world. In fact, any of the top 5-6 kits could have won the contest on a given day. In the end, however, the kit, that was working consistently through the 20 min., pulled off the victory. Congratulations Dennis Burke!!!

Unfortunately I was not able to make every one happy, but every one accepted my call as a gentleman. Judging, I did not include birds, which did not roll to my satisfaction, in the brakes. Instead, I rather rewarded the kit with a higher multiplier.

I was very surprised, that many people dont know the rules. Let it be said here, that it is the responsibility of the RD to make sure, that every contestant has a copy before the competition.

For those of you, that didnt make it into the finals, there is always next year. Work your best birds hard, apply common sense, study your birds, select only THE best for stock, have patience and your day will come. Quality is what you want.

2003 Fly Off Schedule

5/19 leave to Australia

5/21-25 Judge Australia

5/26 Depart Australia / Arrive in Sacramento, CA

5/27 Judge N. CA

5/28 Judge N. CA / Arrive in N. CA Central Region

5/29 Judge N. CA Central

5/30 Judge N. CA Central /Drive to N. CA Coast Region

6/1 Judge N. CA Coast

6/2 Judge Northern CA Coast / Depart San Jose Arrive in Burbank Southern CA No. Region

6/3 Judge So. CA No

6/4 Judge So. CA No. / Drive to So. CA Region

6/5 Judge So. CA

6/6 Judge So. CA / Drive to San Diego

6/7 Judge San Diego / Fly to Phoenix, Arizona

6/8 Judge Arizona / Fly to Albuquerque, New Mexico

6/9 Judge N. M. / Fly to Dallas, Texas

6/10 Judge Texas Region

6/11 Judge Texas Region / Fly to Southern part of Lafayette, LA

6/12 Judge S. Central Region / Fly to Nashville, TN

6/13 Judge S. Central Region / Fly to Little Rock, AR

6/14 Judge Central Region

6/15 Judge Central Region

6/16 Judge Central Region / Fly to N. Central West Region

6/17 Judge N. Central West Region / Fly to N. Central East Region

6/18 Judge N. Central East Region / Fly to East Region

6/19 Judge East Region

6/20 Judge East Region / Drive to New England Region

6/21 Judge New England Region

6/22 Judge New England Region / Fly into Charlotte to So. East Region

6/23 Judge S. East Region / Fly to Denver to Western Plains Region

6/24 Judge Western Plains Region / Fly to Salt Lake City to Mountain West Region

6/25 Judge Mountain West Region / Fly to Rocky Mountain Region

6/26 Judge Rocky Mountain Region

6/27 Judge Rocky Mountain Region / Fly to North West Region

6/28 Judge North West Region

6/29 Judge North West Region / Drive to Vancouver

7/1 Fly to Toronto, Canada

7/2 Judge Ontario Region / Fly to Amsterdam loose 1 day arrive 7/3

7/3 leave Amsterdam arrive East Midlands

7/4-8 Judge England Finalists / Leave arrive in Amsterdam

7/9 Judge Holland Finalist

7/10-12 Rest and Visitation 7/12 leave to arrive in Denmark

7/13 Judge Denmark Finalist

7/14 Depart Denmark arrive in Amsterdam (Stay in Hotel or with someone)

7/15 Depart Amsterdam arrive in Johannesburg

7/16-22 Judge South African Finalists / Depart Johannesburg to Amsterdam

7/23 Depart for Home

Back

Place	Name	Turns Scored and Raw Score	Quality	Depth	Total
1st	Dennis Burke, USA	8,6,5,11,9,6,//5,11,5,5,8,6,5,7,//12,5,5,7,6,6,8,//12,8,7,5,5//	1.7	1.6	622.88
20 birds.Weather-good. Kit showed good team sensitivity, worked for the entire 20 min with good Q and D. Congrats.
2nd	Buks Knoetze, S. Africa	6,7,5,8,12,7,5,11,6,//6,9,7,//6,5,7,15,5,//14//	1.65	1.6	549.12
19 birds.Weather-good. Kit came out working hard and frequent with good Q and D. Went flat in the second and fourth quarters.
3^rd	Edgar Roscoe, S. Africa	6,7,15,6,7,5,9,6,//10,5,//11,14,//6,6,13	1.6	1.6	522.24
20 birds. Weather good. Kit worked well as team ,flat in the middle. Clean breaks. Wandered a little too far at times during the fly.
4^th	Peter Handy, England	7,6,7,9,6,11,6,5,7,//7,5,8,5,6,6,8,//8,5,12,6,5//7,6,5,7,9,	1.6	1.4	452.48
20 birds. Overcast and still. Another kit, that worked well as team through 20 min. Showed good management.
5^th	Gert du Plessis, S. Africa	5,12,11,9,10,6,6,5//8,//5,13,8,//6,5,9,	1.6	1.5	393.60
20 birds. Weather clear and breezy. Good quality kit. Was blown away by the wind and lost some points due to it. Went flat in the middle and hurt score.
6^th	Moseley and Baines, England	5,9,7,9,7,5,14,5,6,5,6//6,6,7,6,5,8//6,8,9,8//6	1.5	1.4	350.70
20 birds. Weather clear and breezy. Kit came out strong but slowed down towards the end. One bird down at 11 minutes, hurting score.
7^th	Heine Bijker, Holland	7,5,6,13,5,6,6,5//5,11,9,7,6//5,5//6,7,8	1.6	1.5	350.40
20 birds. Weather clear and breezy. Hot team, at times worked behind trees, loosing points. Out birds hurt score.
8^th	Aubrey Thibodeaux, USA	5,8,5,6,8//7,12,5,9,13,5//6,5,6,6//8,5,9	1.5	1.5	344.20
20 birds. Weather overcast and breezy. Team showed good separation, Q and D.
9^th	Jim Taylor, S. Africa	5,6,6,7,8,9,9//5,11,10//11,8//0	1.5	1.5	285.75
20 birds. Weather good. Kit came out strong and slacked off at the end. Out birds cost points.
10^th	Bobby Bradley, USA	5,6,8,8,5,5,5//5,6,5//8,5,5,7,7,5//6,6,9	1.5	1.5	261
20 birds. Weather good. Kit looked a little over-fed. Showed good potential.
11^th	John Siotas, Australia	6,6,5,8//5,5,5,7,5,8,5//7,7//6,7	1.5	1.5	207
Weather good. Released 21 birds by mistake. Which cost him 123 points at the end. Good quality and frequency in team.
12^th	Scott Campbell, USA	5,5,5,6//6,5,8,8,5,7//5,9//8,5,6	1.4	1.4	182.20
19 birds. Weather good. Respectable hard-working kit. Felt a little too good and went too high.
13^th	Paul Joubert, S. Africa	6,5//5,6,8,6,5,5,7,5//5,5,7//9,5,8,7	1.3	1.3	175.76
19 birds. Weather overcast and still. Some nice birds in kit but lacked team sensitivity.
14^th	Ron Duncan, USA	5,6,5//5,5,7//6,8,6,6,7//5,7	1.5	1.5	175.50
19 birds. Weather misty and fogy. Kit worked well but out birds hurt score.
15^th	Byron Gable, USA	8//5,6,5,6//6,5,5,8,8//5,6	1.5	1.5	164.25
18 birds. Weather overcast and calm. Some good quality birds. One hit roof upon release and stayed out most of the time, hurting the kits score.
16^th	Bob Golson, USA	5,6,6,5,5,5//6,6,5,6//8,5,5,5//5	1.4	1.4	162.60
18 birds. Weather cloudy and windy. Some nice birds in kit. Team handled wind quite well. Out birds hurt score.
17^th	Jack Courts, Canada	5,6,6,14,9//6//8//5,5	1.4	1.4	152.88
20 birds. Weather sunny and clear. Team stayed quite low and lacked kit sensitivity.
18^th	Dave Szabutura, USA	5,5,8,6,5,5,6//5,6,5//8//6//	1.5	1.4	147
19 birds. Weather overcast and still. Birds flew too fast and did not wait for each other on the turns.
19^th	Joe Bob Stuka, USA	5,7,6,6,5,5//6//0//5,7	1.6	1.6	133.10
18 birds. Weather clear and sunny. Kit had some good birds in it. Clean, tight rolling. Bird out hurt scoring. Kit did not work as team.
20^th	John Jones, USA	6,5,5,5,7,6//5,6//0//5,5	1.6	1.5	132
20 birds. Weather overcast/misty. Birds began well, then quit after 7.5 minutes. Some good colorful rollers in kit.
21^st	Nick Tsoltoudis, Australia	5,6,7,8,7,8,9,8//7//0//0	1.4	1.4	127.40
20 birds. Weather clear and sunny. Good kit. Began to wander too far to be scored in the second quarter. Some good birds in kit. Keep them home Nick.
22^nd	Garret Cilliers, S. Africa	7,5,5//6,6,5,5//6,5//7,5	1.3	1.4	112.84
20 birds. Cool, light breeze. Kit flew quite low and did not work as a team.
23^rd	Mike Wolden, USA	6,5//5,5//7//8,6,7	1.5	1.5	110.20
20 birds. Weather good. Had some good spinners in kit but did not work as team.
24^th	George Sokonech, S. Africa	7,5//5,6,5//5,5,6,5//7,6,8	1.2	1.3	109.20
19 birds. Weather clear. Team lacked quality and kit sensitivity.
25^th	Ken Billings, USA	6,7,8//5,5,5,6//5,//0	1.5	1.5	105.70
20 birds. Weather clear. Kit started out well and quit after 11 minutes.
26^th	Stoffel Smit, S. Africa	7,9,9,5,5//5,5,5//5,5//5	1.2	1.2	93.60
20 birds. Weather clear. Not bad for young bird kit. One bird stood out. Needs time to mature.
27^th	Frank Baker, S. Africa	5,6,8,7,7//5//7,6//0	1.3	1.4	92.82
20 birds. Weather good. Loose kitting hurt scoring. Kit chemistry lacking. Quit working in second half.
28^th	Johnny Conradie, S. Africa	6,5,5,7//8,5//0//0	1.5	1.5	81
20 birds. Weather clear and sunny. Johnnys kit looked too strong and wasnt working as a team. Johnny will be back.
29^th	Bennie Herbst, S. Africa	5,6,5,5//6,5//5,5//5	1.3	1.3	79.43
20 birds. Weather clear and sunny. Kit had a couple of good rollers in it. Needs time to mature and gel.
30^th	Bob Westfall, USA	6,5,5,7//7,5//5//0	1.4	1.4	78.40
20 birds. Weather good. Kit was perhaps too active for its own good. Some nice birds. Lost points to OB.
31^st	Bob Peterson, USA	5,5,5//5,6,5,5//6//0	1.4	1.3	76
20 birds. Weather good, sunny. Some nice individuals in kit. Kit wandered away too far to judge at about middle point.
32^nd	Gary Stephens, USA	7,6,5,6//5//0//7	1.5	1.4	75.60
16 birds. Weather sunny, clear and breezy. Kit began working well until a bird landed at 7.15 minutes. Then kit made a game of the wind. Quality deteriorated with time.
33^rd	Beaver Dayton, USA	5,5,6,5,5//5,5//5,6	1.2	1.3	73.32
20 birds. Weather clear and sunny. Beaver is a serious new competitor. Lost points do to OB. Hell be a force to reckon with in the future.
34^th	Joe Emberton, USA	7,6,5//5//5//6	1.5	1.4	71.40
20 birds. Weather clear and sunny. Joe had some good quality birds. Team chemistry lacking. Hell be back.
35^th	Don Ouellette, USA	5,6,7,5//0//0//5	1.5	1.5	63
17 birds. Weather clear. Dons team was off. Showed some respectable quality but was flat.
36^th	Bill Watson, USA	5//6,5//5//5,5,5	1.3	1.3	60.80
20 birds. Weather overcast with light breeze. Kit did not work very well as team.
37^th	Willie Wright, USA	5,7,5,5//6,5//0//0	1.4	1.3	60.60
20 birds. Weather good. Team began working well, then broke up. Bird down at 14.5 minutes.
38^th	Ron Anno, USA	6,5,8,7,5//0//0//0	1.3	1.4	56.40
20 birds. Weather overcast/misty and still. Kit started well then drifted away out of sight. Only a few birds returned by the time we left.
39^th	Thayne Lee, USA	6,5//5//5//6	1.3	1.4	49.14
20 birds. Weather sunny, clear and calm. Kit was flat. Flew mostly on one wing in tight circles.
40^th	John Lawrence, USA	5,5,5//5,5,5//0//0	1.2	1.3	46.80
20 birds. Weather overcast, broken sky, still. Birds looked too fine and flew only 22 minutes. Did not work as team.
41^st	Peter Covich, Australia	5,5//0//5//5	1.4	1.3	36.40
20 birds. Weather clear blue sky. Birds were not ready for the fly. Falcon attacked right after judging stopped. Peter will be back.
42^nd	Adrian Gasparini, Australia	6,7,5//0//0//0	1.4	1.3	32.70
18 birds. Weather clear blue sky. Adrians birds were overfed and were flat.
43^rd	Jerry Green, USA	0//5,6,5//0//0	1.3	1.3	27
19 birds. Weather good. Kit came down to tree level at 9 minutes mark and circled the trees the remaining time.
44^th	Calvin Johnson, USA	5//6,5//0//0	1.3	1.2	24.90
20 birds. Weather cloudy, light breeze. Kit did not look ready and was flat.
45^th	Al Luna, USA	5,5//0//0//0	1.3	1.4	18.20
18 birds. Weather good. Birds would not kit. Therefore, missed some score because of it.
46^th	Richard Earnst, USA	5//5//0//5	1.0	1.2	18
18 birds. Weather light clouds, slight breeze. Couple nice individuals but lacked overall team chemistry and quality.
47^th	Tom Van Den Bossche, USA	6//5//0//0	1.1	1.1	13.30
17 birds. Weather light clouds and breezy. Birds were off.
48^th	Dwight Wallace, USA	5	1.2	1.0	7.20
19 birds. Weather nice and clear. Kit was very active rolling in twos and threes mostly.
49^th	Randy Wilson, USA	5	1.2	1.2	7.20
19 birds. Weather partly cloudy. Kit was not ready and did not work. One bird down at 16 minutes.
50^th	David Connell, USA	5	1.0	1.1	5.50
20 birds. Weather clear and good. Kit stayed in the yard but did not work together.
51^th	Ken Firl, USA	0			0
20 birds. Weather clear. Birds flew on one wing and did not work.
52^st	Abel Ibarra, USA	0			0
19 birds. Weather overcast and still. Team never kitted.
53^nd	Walter Teal, USA	0			0
20 birds. Weather windy, broken sky, moving clouds. Upon release, 3 birds hit ground, 2 of which never joined the kit.
54^rd	Marco Salorio, USA	-			DQ
18 birds. Weather overcast and cool. Marco has some good birds in kit. Two birds down at 11:30 minutes.
55^th	Moseley and Baines, England	-			DQ
20 birds. Weather cool and clear. Kit was very active, working well as a team. One bird landed at 8:30 minutes. A second landed at 11 minutes.
56^th	Ferid Catak, Denmark	-			DQ
20 birds. Weather perfect. Birds down at 8:21 and 14:48. Team was flat.

This is the order of how the finalists finished in the 2003 WC Fly-off
Finish	Flyer	Score	Country or State
# 1	Dennis Burke	622.88	Michigan
# 2	Buks Knoetze	549.12	South Africa
# 3	Edgar Roscoe	522.24	South Africa
# 4	Peter Handy	452.48	England
# 5	Gert du Plessis	393.6	South Africa
# 6	Moseley and Baines	350.7	England
# 7	Heine Bijker	350.4	Holland
# 8	Aubrey Thibodeaux	344.2	Louisiana
# 9	Jim Taylor	285.75	South Africa
# 10	Bobby Bradley	261	Tennessee
# 11	John Siotas	207	Australia
# 12	Scott Campbell	182.2	California
# 13	Paul Joubert	175.76	South Africa
# 14	Ron Duncan	175.5	California
# 15	Byron Gable	164.25	Washington
# 16	Bob Golson	162.6	Texas
# 17	Jack Courts	152.88	Canada
# 18	Dave Szabatura	147	New York
# 19	JoeBob Stuka	133.1	North Carolina
# 20	John Jones	132	California
# 21	Nick Tsoltoudis	127.4	Australia
# 22	Gerrit Cilliers	112.84	South Africa
# 23	Mike Wolden	110.2	California
# 24	George Sokonech	109.2	South Africa
# 25	Ken Billings	105.7	Idaho
# 26	Stoffel Smit	93.6	South Africa
# 27	Frank Baker	92.82	South Africa
# 28	J. Conradie	81	South Africa
# 29	Bennie Herbst	79.43	South Africa
# 30	Bob Westfall	78.4	Missouri
# 31	Bob Peterson	76	New Mexico
# 32	Gary Stephens	75.6	Washington
# 33	Beaver Dayton	73.32	Idaho
# 34	Joe Emberton	71.4	California
# 35	Don Ouellette	63	California
# 36	Bill Watson	60.8	California
# 37	Willie Wright	60.6	California
# 38	Ron Anno	56.4	California
# 39	Thayne Lee	49.14	Utah
#40	John Lawrence	46.8	New York
# 41	Peter Covich	36.4	Australia
# 42	Adrian Gasparini	32.7	Australia
# 43	Jerry Green	27.0	Iowa
# 44	Calvin Johnson	24.9	California
# 45	Al Luna	18.2	Arizona
# 46	Richard Earnst	18	Massachusetts
# 47	Tom VanDenBossche	13.3	Maine
# 48	Dwight Wallace	7.2	California
# 49	Randy Wilson	7.2	Oklahoma
# 50	David Connell	5.5	Kansas
# 51	Ken Firl	0	California
# 52	Abel Ibarra	0	California
# 53	Walter Teal	0	Texas
# 54	Marco Salorio	DQ	Colorado
# 55	Moseley and Baines	DQ	England
# 56	Ferid Catak	DQ	Denmark