 | 2003 WC Fly Champion 2004 WC Fly Judge Dennis Burke Of Michigan
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| This is Dennis and the hat he will be wearing outside the baggage pick-up area when he is to be picked up. | ||
2004 World Cup Roller Fly
Fly-Off Report
By Dennis Burke 2004 World Cup Fly-off Judge
Judging the 2004 World Cup finals, 68 finalists and largest fly-off ever, was a great honor and an unforgettable experience. I enjoyed every minute and had the time of my life. There are a number of people who I would like to thank at this time for without them it wouldnt have been the experience that it was. First, I have to thank my wife and son, for without their support I wouldnt have been able to do this trip and enjoy myself. Also a big thanks to them for taking care of my rollers for me and raising some youngsters while I was gone. Secondly to Steve Clayton, thanks for putting together an itinerary that was real easy for me to follow as I went on my judging route. Again to Steve for all the phone calls before I left to make sure that we had everything (which we did) that I would need along the way. Steve you did a super job. To everyone who picked me up at the airports and got me to the airports on time. To everyone who put me up in their homes or motels and fed me and washed my clothes. Everyone of you made me feel at home and that made it much easier for me to be away from home. To all of you that took me around on sightseeing tours. I wanted to experience some of the different things that were unique to the areas I visited, and you made it possible for me to do that. To those that took me to an event in your area, I really enjoyed those as well. To the RDs and to the flyers, I enjoyed each and every kit flown for me.
As everyone knows, who flys rollers, they can disappoint you more then make you happy, but it doesnt seem to curb our enthusiasm for them. That was evident while traveling all over the world, which was very heartening. Finally I would like to extend my congratulations to Peter Handy for winning this years World Cup Fly. Enjoy your next year as the reigning World Cup Fly Champion.
Good luck to all next year.
Dennis Burke
Place Name/country Turns Scored Quality Depth Score
1st. Peter Handy/England 5,5/7,7,5,5,8,5//5,6,7,5//8,7,7//5,7,10,7,5 1.5 1.3 265.2
20 birds Weather overcast/windy. Kit worked well in spite of windy conditions. Good quality and team work, would like to see kit under better conditions.
2nd. Peter Lynam/England 5,5,5,8,5,5,10//5,5,7,7//5,6//6,5,7 1.4 1.4 207.76
20 birds Weather P-cloudy Kit flew nice height and pattern. Nice breaks first 10 minutes. Homer joined kit and disrupted kit for the remainder of fly.
3rd. Don Oullette/USA 6,6,7,8,6,10//5,8,5,5//7//5,6, 1.4 1.5 197.4
19 birds Weather Cloudy, Cool Kit worked well first 10 minutes then went flat for a period of time Good quality and Depth.
4th. Jerry Higgins/USA 6,6//5,5,5,6//6,7,7,6,5//6,8,5,6,5,6 1.4 1.4 196
20 birds Weather Clear, Warm. Kit really didnt want to work together Good quality &depth
5th. Robert Parker/USA 6,6,5,5,6//6,5,5//6,8//7,10,5,5 1.4 1.4 186.2
20 birds Weather overcast, cool work rate was a little off. Some out birds Good quality&depth
6th. Eric Laidler/Denmark 5,5,7,5,6,7//5,7,5,5,6//6,6,5,8 1.3 1.4 160.16
20 birds Weather P-cloudy breezy Kit was stiff at times. Had some nice spinners in kit.
7th. Tim Decker/USA 5,6,7,5//7,5,5,6,5,6,5//5,5//5,6,5,5 1.4 1.2 156.24
20 birds Weather overcast, slight wind. Kit had some nice quality. Kit got to high for a few minutes to judge.
8th. Jimmy Goetz/USA 5,5,5,6//7,6,7,7,5,5//5,7//5 1.3 1.3 126.75
19 birds Weather Warm, clear, slight breeze Had out birds almost the whole fly that cost some breaks. Had some nice style birds in kit.
9th. Henk Nijman/Holland 6,5,5,5,8,5//5,8,5,7//6,5,5//5 1.2 1.3 124.8
20 birds Weather Clear & cool Kit wasnt as sharp as it could be. A few good ones in the kit.
10th. Clay Hoyle/USA 5,5,5,5//7,5,6,7,7,5//5,5,5,5//5 1.2 1.2 118.08
20 birds Weather overcast, warm. Kit was water falling not real sharp.
11th. John Jones/USA 6//5,5,8,5,6,6//8,6,5,5,//0 1.3 1.3 109.85
20 birds Weather overcast Kit was stiff at times. Out birds hurt scoring at times. Had some nice quality birds.
12th. Dave Szabatura/USA 0//7,6,6,6//8,5,5,5,5//5,6 1.3 1.3 108.16
20 birds weather Clear, calm Kit flew fast at times. Lost some breaks for being out of range. Had some nice spinners in kit.
13th. Ramsey Ajlouni/USA 6,8,6,//5//7,5,6//6 1.4 1.5 102.9
20 birds Weather Clear&breezy Kit flew a little strong, didnt want to set up for breaks. Good quality and Depth
14th. Johnny Conradie /S.AFRICA 5,6,5//5,5,6,7,5,6,//5,5//5 1.3 1.1 92.95
20 birds Weather Clear and still. Kit was water falling. Some nice spinners in kit
15th. Rick Schoening/USA 6,5,6,5,5,5//6,5,6//5//0 1.3 1.3 91.26
19 birds Weather P-cloudy Kit worked sky well at a nice judging height. Falcon hit kit around15 min. mark. 2 birds out until 1 minute left in fly.
16th. Keith London/USA 6,5,8,5,//9//5,5//5,6 1.2 1.3 84.24
20 birds Weather Clear and Calm Kit didnt want to work together. Water falling
17th. Wendell Spisak/USA 5,5,5,5//5,6//6,6,5//5 1.3 1.2 82.68
20 birds Weather Clear and cool. Kit really didnt work together. Quality got better as time went on.
18th. Dean Forster/England 5,7,6,6,6//5,5,5 1.3 1.3 76.05
20 birds Weather Clear and still. Out birds constantly hurt scoring. Some nice quality birds in kit.
19th. Jim Bakker/USA 5//6//5,5,5,6//0 1.5 1.5 72
20 birds Weather Clear, Hot, breezy Kit didnt want to work together. Kit had good quality with good separation on breaks.
20th. Ivan Hanchett/USA 5,5,5//5,5,5//5,6,7//0 1.2 1.2 69.12
18 birds Weather overcast no wind. Kit to high to judge for a period late in the fly. Couple of excellent quality birds in kit.
21st. Jim Spring/USA 5,5//6,5//7//5 1.4 1.3 60.06
20 birds Weather P-cloudy slight wind. Kit had out bird problems most of the fly. Couple of excellent spinners in kit.
22nd. Dennis Hayes/USA 5//5,5,6//5,7,6//5,5,6,5 1.0 1.0 60
20 birds Weather Clear, cool, no wind. Kit just wanted to fly in small area and not work very hard
23rd. Peter Larvin/England 6,6,5,7//0//7//0 1.3 1.4 56.42
20 birds Weather Cloudy Constant out birds hurt scoring. Some nice quality and some deep birds.
23rd. Aubrey McKay/ S.AFRICA 0//5,5,5,6,5//0//5 1.4 1.3 56.42
20 birds Weather Clear, Still Kit wasnt to active. Couple of nice spinners in kit.
24th. Gert du Plessis/ S.AFRICA 7,8//0//6//5 1.5 1.3 50.7
20 birds. Weather Clear and cool. Kit flew to fast to setup. Some nice quality birds in kit.
25th. Scott Campbell/USA 5,5,5//5//0/5 1.3 1.4 45.5
20 birds Weather Clear and warm. Kit didnt want to work together. Had some nice individual spin
26th. Mike Wolden/USA 6,6//7,8//0//0 1.2 1.4 45.36
19 birds Weather Clear and breezy Kit flew fast and didnt want to setup. Some nice depth.
27th. Riaan Kruger/ S.AFRICA 5,6//5//7,5//0 1.3 1.2 43.68
20 birds Weather Clear and warm. Kit was loose and water falling.
28th. Jay Starley/USA 6,5//5,5//7//0 1.2 1.2 40.32
20 birds Weather Clear and calm. Kit was flat. Couple of real nice spinners.
29th. Henry Hank Lumpkins/USA 7,5,5//0//5//0 1.4 1.3 40.04
20 birds Weather clear and Hot. Kit worked at a good height, water falling, some nice spinners in kit.
30th. David Connell/USA 5//0//5//5,5,6 1.2 1.2 37.44
19 birds Weather Cloudy Kit a little to strong just wanted to fly.
31st. Tom Mendes/USA 5,//5,5//5,5//5 1.0 1.2 36
20 birds Weather Warm and Humid Kit did a lot of water falling
32rd. Paul Joubert/ S.AFRICA 5,5,5//5,5 1.3 1.1 35.75
20 birds Weather Clear and warm, still. Kit flew most of the time and didnt want to set up. 2nd. Bird landed after 18:30 min.
33rd. Joe Urbon/USA 0//6,6//7,5//0 1.2 1.2 34.56
16 birds Weather Clear and warm. Kit just wanted to fly.
34th. Alton Davis/USA 6//5//5//5,5 1.1 1.2 34.32
20 birds Weather Clear and hot. Kit just flew. Didnt want to work together.
34th. Len Hall/USA 5,6//5//5,5//0 1.1 1.2 34.32
20 birds Weather P-cloudy and warm. Kit to strong. Not much team work.
35th. Jose Luis Lorenzo/USA 5,7//6//5,5//0 1.1 1.1 33.88
20 birds Weather P-cloudy still. Out birds hurt scoring chances.
36th. Doug Anderson/USA 5//0//5,5,6//0 1.2 1.3 32.76
20 birds Weather Clear and breezy Kit got blown around in the wind and couldnt get it together.
37th. Jim Taylor/ S,AFRICA 5//0//5//7 1.4 1.3 30.94
20 birds Weather Clear, cold, windy Kit flew low and fast fighting the wind. Couple of nice quality birds in kit.
37th. Frank Baker/S.AFRICA 5,6//0//0//6 1.4 1.3 30.94
20 birds Weather clear and Cool. Kit flew on the left wing the whole fly. Not much performance.
38th. Alan Dewey/USA 0//5,5,5//5//5 1.0 1.2 30
19 birds Weather Cloudy Kit was flat. Just wanted to fly
39th. Nick Tsoltoudis/Australia 5,5//0//0//6,5 1.2 1.1 27.72
20 birds Weather Cloudy, Cool, Still Kit flew low wasnt able to commit to the roll. Couple of decent birds in kit.
40th. Casey Strzelewicz/USA 5//5//5//5 1.0 1.2 24
19 birds Weather Cloudy, Cool Kit not very sharp, water falling.
41st. Ben van Heerden/ S.AFRICA 5,5//0//0//5 1.3 1.2 23.4
19 birds Weather Clear, Cool, Breezy Kit flew low and fast fighting the wind
42nd. Woody Gottlieb/USA 5//5//5//0 1.2 1.2 21.6
18 birds Weather Cloudy, Warm, Still Out birds hurt scoring through out fly. 2nd birds landed after 15:30 minutes.
43rd. Norm Herrin/USA 6//0//5,5//5 1.0 1.0 21
20 birds Weather Clear, Warm, Humid Kit flew a little strong. A lot of activity but not enough scoreable rolls.
43rd. Chris Venter/ S.AFRICA 6//5//5//5 1.0 1.0 21
16 birds Weather clear, Cold, Still Not a lot of action, Some water falling going on.
44th. Albert Wallis/ S.AFRICA 0//5//6//5 1.1 1.0 17.6
20 birds Weather Clear, Cool, Slight breeze Out birds almost the whole fly.
45th. George Ohlsen/USA 5//5,6//0//0 1.0 1.0 16
20 birds Weather Overcast, breezy. Kit flew most of time didnt want to perform in wind.
45th. Jack Courts/Canada 5//0//6//5 1.0 1.0 16
20 birds Weather Clear, Cool, Still Kit had out birds almost the whole fly.
46th. Nick Kruger/ S.AFRICA 0//5,5//0//0 1.0 1.0 14.4
20 birds Weather Clear, Cool. Still Kit had out birds almost the whole fly.
47th. Hennie Pfahl/ S.AFRICA 6,5//0//0//0 1.0 1.0 11
20 birds Weather Clear, Cool, Still A lot of action but not scoreable
48th. Bill Crider/USA 5,5//0//0//0 1.0 1.0 10
20 birds Weather Clear, Warm Kit flew low the whole fly.
48th. Dennis Berry/USA 5//5//0//0 1.0 1.0 10
20 birds Weather Clear, Cool, Still Kit did a lot of water falling.
48th. Peet Breedt/ S.AFRICA 5//5//0//0 1.0 1.0 10
20 birds Weather Clear, Warm, Still Kit had out birds almost the whole fly.
49th. Paul Bryne/ Australia 0//5//0//0 1.1 1.2 6.6
20 birds Weather P-Cloudy, Cool, Windy Kit fought the wind had out birds problems the whole fly.
50th. Alex Hamilton/USA 5//0//0//0 1.0 1.2 6
20 birds Weather P-Cloudy, Warm, Breezy Kit flew low and breezy conditions hurt kit performance.
50th. Steve Evans/USA 0//6//0//0 1.0 1.0 6
20 birds Weather Cloudy, Still Kit was flat.
51st Ben Subke/ S.AFRICA 0//0//0//5 1.0 1.1 5.5
17 birds Weather Clear, Warm, Still Kit was flat and water falling.
52nd. Ken Easley/USA 0//0//5//0 1.0 1.0 5
17 birds Weather Clear, Cool, Still Kit was to strong just flew
52nd. Henk van Rensburg/ S.AFRICA 0//0//0//5 1.0 1.0 5
20 birds Weather Clear, Warm, Still Kit was active but not quality rolling
52nd. Stoffel Smit/ S.AFRICA 0//0//5//0 1.0 1.0 5
20 birds Weather clear, Warm, Still Kit flew fast and flew through breaks.
53rd. Brad Strong/Australia 0//0//0//0 0
20 birds Weather P-cloudy, Cool, Breezy Constant out birds during whole fly.2nd bird landed after 18:00 minutes.
54th. Lloyd Lee/USA 20 birds Weather Warm and Humid Kit just never elevated DQ
2nd bird landed after 8:50 minutes
54th. Jerry Green/USA 18 birds Weather P-Cloudy, Breezy Kit flew fast on the left wing DQ
The whole fly. 2nd bird landed after 10.35 minutes.
55th. Al Luna/USA DNF
55th. Hannes Rossouw/ S.AFRICA DNF
55th. Buks Knoetze/ S,AFRICA DNF
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| Finish | Flyer | Score | Region |
| 1 | Peter Handy | 265.2 | England |
| 2 | Peter Lyman | 207.76 | England |
| 3 | Don Ouellette | 197.4 | N. CA Coast |
| 4 | Jerry Higgins | 196.0 | Southern California |
| 5 | Robert Parker | 186.2 | Southern California |
| 6 | Eric Laidler | 160.16 | Denmark |
| 7 | Tim Decker | 156.24 | Southern California |
| 8 | Jimmy Goetz Kentucky | 126.75 | N. Central East Region |
| 9 | Henk Nijman | 124.8 | Holland |
| 10 | Clay Hoyle N Carolina | 118.08 | South East |
| 11 | John Jones | 109.85 | San Diego California |
| 12 | Dave Szabatura | 108.16 | East Region |
| 13 | Ramsey Ajlouni | 102.9 | N. CA Coast |
| 14 | Johnny Conradie Region 1 | 92.95 | South Africa |
| 15 | Rick Schoening Montana | 91.26 | N. Rocky Mtn |
| 16 | Keith London | 84.24 | S. California North |
| 17 | Wendell Spisak | 82.68 | N. Central East Region |
| 18 | Dave Forster | 76.05 | N. East England |
| 19 | Jim Bakker | 72 | N. California Central |
| 20 | Ivan Hanchett Oregon | 69.12 | Northwest International |
| 21 | Jim Spring | 60.6 | New England |
| 22 | Dennis Hayes Idaho | 60 | N. Rocky Mtn |
| 23 | Peter Larvin | 56.42 | England |
| 23 | Aubrey Mckay Region 1 | 56.42 | South Africa |
| 24 | Gert du Plessis Region 2 | 50.7 | South Africa |
| 25 | Scott Campbell | 45.5 | N. California Central |
| 26 | Mike Wolden | 45.36 | N. CA Coast |
| 27 | Riaan Kruger Region 1 | 43.68 | South Africa |
| 28 | Jay Starley Utah | 40.32 | Mountain West |
| 29 | Henry Hank Lumpkins | 40.04 | S. California North |
| 30 | David Connell | 37.44 | Central Region |
| 31 | Tom Mendes | 36 | Hawaii |
| 32 | Paul Joubert Rustenburg Region 4 | 35.75 | South Africa |
| 33 | Joe Urbon | 34.56 | Northern California |
| 34 | Alton Davis | 34.32 | S. California North |
| 34 | Len Hall | 34.32 | Texas |
| 35 | Jose Luis Lorenzo | 33.88 | Southern California |
| 36 | Doug Anderson | 32.76 | New England |
| 37 | Jim Taylor Region 2 | 30.94 | South Africa |
| 37 | Frank Baker Region 2 | 30.94 | South Africa |
| 38 | Alan Dewey | 30 | Western Plains |
| 39 | Nick Tsoltoudis | 27.72 | Australia |
| 40 | Casey Strzelewicz Oregon | 24 | Northwest International |
| 41 | Ben van Heerden Region 2 | 23.4 | South Africa |
| 42 | Woody Gottlieb Maryland | 21.6 | Tri State Region |
| 43 | Norm Herrin | 21 | Missouri |
| 43 | Chris Venter Region 3 | 21 | South Africa |
| 44 | Albert Wallis Region 3 | 17.6 | South Africa |
| 45 | George Ohlsen Utah | 16 | Mountain West |
| 45 | Jack Courts Ontario | 16 | Canada |
| 46 | Nick Kruger Witbank Region 5 | 14.4 | South Africa |
| 47 | Hennie Pfahl Region 3 | 11 | South Africa |
| 48 | Bill Crider | 10 | Northern California |
| 48 | Dennis Berry Nebraska | 10 | Great Plains Region |
| 48 | Peet Breedt Region 1 | 10 | South Africa |
| 49 | Paul Bryne | 6.6 | Australia |
| 50 | Alex Hamilton | 6 | Texas |
| 50 | Steve Evans Kansas | 6 | Central Region |
| 51 | Ben Subke Region 1 | 5.5 | South Africa |
| 52 | Ken Easley | 5 | New Mexico |
| 52 | Henk van Rensburg Region 4 | 5 | South Africa |
| 52 | Stoffel Smit Rustenburg Region 4 | 5 | South Africa |
| 53 | Brad Strong | 0 | Australia |
| 54 | Lloyd Lee Kansas | DQ | Central Region |
| 54 | Jerry Green | DQ | Iowa |
| 55 | Al Luna | Did Not Fly | Arizona |
| 55 | Hannes Rossouw Region 3 | Did Not Fly | South Africa |
| 55 | Buks Knoetze Region 4 | Did Not Fly | South Africa |
2004 WORLD CUP FLY FINALS - FLY-OFF SCHEDULE
F-May 28th Arrive in Seattle WA, NW Region
S-May 29th Judge NW Finalist
S-May 30th Judge NW Finalist, fly to SAC to arrive N.CA Region
M-June 31st Judge N. CA Finalists, drive to N. CA Central Region
T-June 1st Judge N. CA Central Finalists, drive to N. CA Coast Region
W-June 2nd Judge N. CA Coast Finalists
T-June 3rd Judge N. CA Coast Finalists, fly to SJC to BUR to S. CA North Region
F-June 4th Judge S. CA N. Finalists
S-June 5th Judge S. CA N. Region Finalists, drive to S.CA Region
S-June 6th Judge S. CA Region Finalists
M-June 7th Judge S. CA Region Finalists, drive to San Diego Region
T-June 8th Judge San Diego Finalist, fly to AZ Region
W-June 9th Judge AZ Finalist , fly to NM Region
T-June 10th Judge NM Region Finalist, fly to Texas Region
F-June 11th Judge Texas Finalist
S-June 12th Judge Texas Finalist, fly to S. Central Region
S-June 13th Judge S. Central Finalist, fly to Central Region
M-June 14th Judge Central Region Finalist
T-June 15th Judge Central Region Finalist
W-June 16th Judge Central Region Finalist, fly to Denver, Western Plains Region
T-June 17th Judge Western Plains Finalist, fly to Salt Lake City, Mtn. West Region
F-June 18th Judge Mtn. West Finalist
S-June 19th Judge Mtn. West Finalist, fly to N. Rocky Mtn. Region
S-June 20th Judge N. Rocky Mtn. Finalist
M-June 21st Judge N. Rocky Mtn. Finalist, fly to Great Plains Region
T-June 22nd Judge Great Plains Finalist, fly to N. Central West Region
W-June 23rd Judge N. Central West Finalist, fly to N. Central East
T-June 24th Judge N. Central East Finalist
F-June 25th Judge N. Central East Finalist
S-June 26th Rest day at home for Dennis to change clothes, fly to S. East Region
S-June 27th Judge South East Finalist, fly to Tri-State Region
M-June 28th Judge Tri-State Finalist, fly to New England Region
T-June 29th Judge New England Finalist
W-June 30th Judge New England Finalist, drive to East Region
T-July 1st Judge East Region Finalist, drive to Toronto
F-July 2nd Judge Ontario Finalist
F-July 2nd Fly to Amsterdam arriving on the 3rd, then on to Denmark
S-July 4th Judge Denmark Finalist, fly to Amsterdam to Holland Region
M-July 5th Judge Holland Finalist
T-July 6th Fly from AMS to East Midlands England, regions to be scheduled by Paul Lee
S-July 11th depart England Regions, to AMS, to South Africa
M-July 12th arrive in South Africa, regions to be scheduled by Colyn Nel
W-July 21st depart South Africa 7/21 4:35pm
T-July 22nd arrive in Melbourne Australia, to be scheduled by Adrian Gasparini
T-July 27th depart Sydney Australia
M-July 26th arrive in Hawaii at 11:20pm (loose one day in flight from Sydney)
W-July 28th depart Hawaii at 2:30pm and Judge arrives back home Thursday morning the 29th
