Congratulations to the 2014 World Cup Roller Fly Champion, Keith Story of the United Kingdom, Middlesbrough region!
       
       

2014 World Cup Roller Fly Judge

Four Time Winner Heine Bijker of Holland

2014 Fly-Off Schedule

2014 Regional Fly Reports

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2014 World Cup Fly Off Report
       
Place Name Region Kit Size Weather Conditions Breaks Scored Raw Quality Depth Bonus Factor Score Comments
1 Keith Story Middlesbrough, UK 20 temp 16 C, scattered/slight breeze, 8:40 pm
5,9,5,8,6,5,9,9,9,6 / 6,7,11,7,8,13,9,12,9 / 14,5,7,6 / 9,6,10,5,9
284 1.5 1.5 2.25 639 Beautiful active kit, with steady good quality, some outbirds cost him few breaks.
2 Vukasin Pejcic Serbia 18 temp 18 C, overcast/calm, 6:30 pm
5,7,5,5,7,5,6,5,6,7 / 6,5,6,5,6 / 12,5,7,9,6,8,5,5,7,5 / 7,10,7,9,6,7,8,8
239 1.4 1.4 1.96 468.44 Nice kit, good kitting, not good timing first part, later quality and timing better, some beautiful breaks.
3 Tadgh Moloney Republic of Ireland 20 temp, 17 C, overcast/windy, 8:50 pm
12,9,6,7,6 / 5,9,6,10 / 13,6,5,6,7,6 / 8,6,9,5,7
183 1.5 1.6 2.4 439.2 Kit was fighting wind for a while, too many waterfall breaks, nice quality and depth.
4 Clinton Mioch Region 2, South Africa 19 temp 15 C, clear/slight breeze, 9:05 am 9,5,6,5,9 / 5,12,7,10 / 6,9,6 / 13,8,6,9,9,5 174 1.5 1.4 2.1 365.4 Real nice kit, good kitting and set ups, nice fly pattern and height.
5 Ismail Haydar Sydney, Australia 20 temp 18 C, clear/slight breeze, 10:45 am 5,5,5,6,7,6,5,6 / 7,6,5,7,6,8,9 / 8,8,5,7,8,7 / 7,5,8,6 162 1.4 1.4 1.96 317.52 Lot of breaks could have been bigger with better timing, kitting should improve, good height and fly pattern.
5 Chris Talidis Melbourne, Australia 19 temp 17 C, cloudy/strong wind, 4:40 pm 6,8,5,6,8,6,8,8 / 10,9,6,5 / 8,12,6 / 5,12 162 1.4 1.4 1.96 317.52 Birds flew fast and strong, fighting strong wind, kitting good, flew low, good timing in a lot of the breaks.
7 Alan Milne Sunderland, UK 20 temp 17 C, overcast/slight breeze, 8:00 pm
6,5,6,5,6,5,5,6,9 / 5,7,9,5,6,5 / 8,6,8,9,6 / 5,7
139 1.5 1.4 2.1 291.9 Open kitting, outbirds cost him some breaks, some waterfall breaks.  Few of bigger breaks with real nice quality.
8 Branko Mastelic Croatia West 20 temp 25 C, scattered/slight breeze, 7:40 pm
6,6,5,7,6,5,5,5,8,9,5 / 7,5,6,5,6 / 7,5,5,6 / 7,9
135 1.4 1.3 1.82 245.7 Good kitting, nice height and fly pattern, bad timing in too many breaks, good activity.
9 Mark Cody Republic of Ireland 20 temp 17 C, overcast/strong wind, 9:00 pm 6,7,6,6,10 / 5,5,6,6 / 8,5,6,8 / 5,6,9,9 123 1.4 1.4 1.96 241.08 Good active kit, good kitting, nice timing. Very nice kit in this very strong wind!
10 Laszlo Farkas Hungary 20 temp 20 C, overcast/strong wind, 7:10 pm 5,9,12,5,9,8 / 5,6,10 / 10,5,6 / 8 130 1.4 1.3 1.82 236.6 Good kitting and teamwork, nice active first part, later played more in the strong wind.
11 Steve Finn Middlesbrough, UK 20 temp 20 C, cloudy/slight breeze, 6:00 pm 5,6,6,6,5,6,6,6,7,5,5,9 / 8,5,7,6 / 5,9 / 6,5,7,5 135 1.3 1.3 1.69 228.15 Too much variation in quality of breaks, few bigger breaks were really good, steady working kit.
12 Mario Filipovic Croatia East 20 temp 30 C, scattered/slight breeze, 6:00 pm
5,5,5,7,5 / 9,5,8,10,6,7,7,5,8,6 / 5,7 / 9
129 1.3 1.3 1.69 218.01 Too much difference in quality of breaks, one wing flying all the time, but nice kitting and height.
13 Hannes Rassouw Region 3, South Africa 20 temp 15 C, clear/calm, 4:58 pm 5,6 / 5,5,5,5,7,6,5,8 / 5,5,5 / 5,6,7,6,9 105 1.4 1.4 1.96 205.8 Very open kitting , some waterfall breaking, last part better committing in rolling.
14 Boris Recek Slovenia 18 temp 21 C, scattered/slight breeze, 7:55 am 5,7,6,5,6,7 / 5,6,9,7 / 6,7,7,5,5 / 8,5,6,7 119 1.3 1.3 1.69 201.11 Kitting nice, good fly pattern and height, few birds with less kit discipline, and kit was a little quiet.
14 Adrian Taylor Virginia, USA 17 temp 72, clear/calm, 8:20 am
5,5,6,5,6,5 / 6,6,6,5,5,6,6,5,6,7,5 / 8,6,5 / 5
119 1.3 1.3 1.69 201.11 Nice hardworking kit, still too much individuals and waterfall breaks, kitting pretty good.
16 Henri Smit Holland, Netherlands 20 temp 18 C, scattered/slight breeze, 7:00 pm 5,6,7,5,5,7 / 9,8,6,7 / 5,6,5,9 / 5,5,5,7,5 117 1.3 1.3 1.69 197.73 Nice kitting, good height, steady working all the time, but should work harder, with more commitment in breaks!
17 Marshall Duncan Southern California, USA 20 temp 75, calm/scattered, 8:30 am.
6,5,5,5,6,6,5,6 / 7,8,5,5,5,6,5,7,8 / - / -
100 1.4 1.4 1.96 196 Nice kitting and fly pattern first 10 min , kit went up high but still scorable, later kit split up and stopped working, nice quality and depth in breaks.
18 Kenny Snyders Region 2, South Africa 20 temp 10 C, clear/windy, 9:00 am 6,6,7,9,6,9 / 5,5 / 5,6,6,7 / 8 85 1.5 1.4 2.1 178.5 Nice quality, good height, some water falling, played in the wind last part.
19 Andre Cara Middlesbrough, UK 20 temp 18 C, clear/slight breeze, 8:05 pm 7,5,5,6,5,6,5,5,9 / 6,7,6,6 / 5,5,7,6 / - 101 1.3 1.3 1.69 170.69 Nice kitting and height, start steady working, but not really committing in the breaks.
20 Gary Stephens Northwest, USA 20 temp 56, overcast/calm, 7:07 am 5,6,5,8 / 5,9,9,6,9,7 / 8 / 11 99 1.3 1.3 1.69 167.31 Kit flew high, kitting should be tighter, kit should maybe use more sky.
21 Johan Hayward Region 1, South Africa 20 temp 13 C, clear/calm, 9:45 am 5,7,7,5 / 6,6,7,6,5 / 6,5,9,6,6,5 / 5 96 1.3 1.3 1.69 162.24 Kitting should improve, too many waterfall breaks, nice height last part and active entire fly.
22 Tony Joseph Region 4, South Africa 20 temp 15 C, clear/calm, 4:55 pm 5,5,7,9,8,7 / 9,5,7 / 6,7,8 / 5 88 1.3 1.3 1.69 148.72 Few bad kitters, but did not hurt score, good height, fly pattern and kitting.
23 Willem Potgieter Region 3, South Africa 20 temp 15 C, clear/calm, 8:45 am 5,5,5,6,7 / 5,7,8 / 6,6,9,6,5 / 8,8,5 101 1.2 1.2 1.44 145.44 Some nice quality breaks, but not really committing in most, good kitting, fly pattern and height.
24 Dave Muarry Northern California Central, USA 18 temp 87, clear/calm, 9:51 am 7,7,5,5,6,6,5,6,8 / 6,5,7,5 / 5,6,5 / - 94 1.2 1.2 1.44 135.36 Real nice quality in first few breaks, good kitting, nice height, good work rate.  Five minutes into the fly a falcon took a bird in a flash, hardly disturbing kit, 20 sec off clock. Kit down at 15 min 19 sec, kit not in right condition.
25 Ferid Catak Bosnia & Herzegovina 20 temp 18 C, overcast/slight breeze, 7:15 pm 5,8,8,6,5 / 5,9,5 / 6,7 / - 64 1.4 1.4 1.96 125.44 Open kitting, too many individuals, some real nice deep birds, kit discipline and teamwork not good enough. Few birds down at 19 min!
26 Austin Fox Republic of Ireland 20 temp 17 C, overcast/strong wind, 9:00 am 8,6,5,5,7,9,7 / 5,8,9 / 5 / - 74 1.3 1.3 1.69 125.06 First part nice activity, some breaks too far out to score, kit played in strong wind second part.
27 Frank Baker Region 2, South Africa 20 temp 8 C, clear/windy, 8:00 am 5,5,6,8,6 / 5,5,6,6,6,5 / 9,6,5,5 / 5,7 100 1.1 1.1 1.21 121 Good kitting, active but not committing in the roll, most breaks just scorable, good height.
28 Andrew Androutsos Melbourne, Australia 20 temp 18 C, overcast/strong wind, 3:00 pm 5,5,6,9,5,7,8,5,5 / - / 5,5 / 6 71 1.3 1.3 1.69 119.99 Very good kitting discipline, stayed nice in judging sight in the strong wind, played in wind last part, set up nice but only few breaks.
29 Dominic Peter Region 3, South Africa 18 temp 16 C, clear/calm, 9:40 am 5,9,5 / 6,9,5 / 5,7,6 /  5 62 1.4 1.3 1.82 112.84 Active but a bit nervous kit, one or more outbirds all the time, kit discipline should improve, good height.
30 Alex Guerrero San Diego, USA 20 temp 65, clear/calm, 8:25 am 5,9,5,6,7,8 / 5,5,5,5,6,6  /- / - 72 1.2 1.3 1.56 112.32 Nice kit first 10 minutes into the fly, second  half, less kit discipline.
31 Don Clark Southern California High Desert, USA 17 temp 68, overcast/calm, 11:00 am 5,5,5,5 / 6,9 / 8,5,6 / 5 59 1.3 1.3 1.69 99.71 Good kitting and height, scorable breaks, but lot better quality in the bigger breaks.  Cooper attack at 10.40 min.  Off the clock for 2.40 min.  Birds down at 16.36 min.
32 Walt Rosehill Hawaii, USA 20 overcast/calm 7,5,6,5 / 8,5,5 / 6,7 / - 54 1.3 1.4 1.82 98.28 Nice kit, nice height, some water falling breaks, kitting discipline should be better for some birds.
33 Huey Conn Texas, USA 20 overcast/calm, bit of rain 5,5,6,5,6 / 6,5,5,5 / 5,5 / - 58 1.3 1.3 1.69 98.02 Hard working kit, loose kitting, birds working from all sides of the kit, some outbirds. Time flown, 16.08 min.
34 Johnny Conradie Region 1, South Africa 20 temp 11C, clear/slight breeze, 9:20 am 5,5,7,5 / 6,5,9,7 / 6,5 / - 60 1.2 1.2 1.44 86.4 Poor kitting discipline , good height, not very active, not committing in the breaks.
35 Nick Tsoltoudis Sydney, Australia 20 temp 20 C, clear/calm, 4:15 pm 5,5,5,6 / 7,5,5 / - / 6,5,5,5,9 68 1.1 1.1 1.21 82.28 Most breaks just scorable, few bigger breaks were better, nice pattern, height, and kitting.
36 Jon Farr North Rocky Mountain, USA 19 temp 63, clear/slight breeze, 8:30 am 5,5,5 / 5,6,5 / 5,5 / 5,5,5 56 1.2 1.2 1.44 80.64 Loose kitting, some breaks, but kit splits often, few real nice rollers!
37 Paul Tillery California Central Valley, USA 18 temp 62, clear/calm, 8:00 am 5 / 5,7,5,5 / 5,6 / 6,5,6 55 1.2 1.2 1.44 79.2 Kitting should improve a lot, few good individuals, birds working all the time, but not as team.
38 Miguel Gutierrez Southern California, USA 20 temp 68, overcast/calm, 7:10 am 5,5,5,5,5 / 5,7 / 5,5,7 / - 54 1.2 1.2 1.44 77.76 First part, kit acted confused, quality etc. was not good, near end better breaks, open kitting, nice height
39 Bobby Wilson Southern California High Desert, USA 20 temp 60, clear/slight breeze, 8:10 am 5,5,5 / 7,5,5,5,5 / 7,5,5 / 5 62 1.1 1.1 1.21 77.44 Nice kitting and height, good fly pattern and work rate, quality in most breaks just scorable!
40 Jan Fleerakkers Holland, Netherlands 20 temp 20 C, scattered/slight breeze, 1:10 pm 9,5,8,6 / 5,6 / 5 / - 44 1.3 1.3 1.69 74.36 Nice start, but then went up too high to score for a few minutes, kit very quiet last part of fly. Nice kitting.
41 Will Steanhouse Southern California North, USA 20 temp 68, calm/calm, 10:30 am 9,7,10,5 / - / - / - 41 1.3 1.3 1.69 69.29 Good start, birds to high after five minutes into the fly, good kitting and teamwork, falcon attack 17.15 min in, birds down, end of fly.
42 Don Simpson Southeast, USA 18 temp 70, calm/cloudy, 8:30 am 5,7,5 / 5 / 5 /- 27 1.5 1.5 2.25 60.75 Real nice quality and depth, kitting should improve,  outbirds hurt his score.
43 Jack Wood Western Plains, USA 18 temp 50, clear/calm, 7:00 am 5 / 5,5 / 5,6,5 / 5 36 1.2 1.2 1.44 51.84 First part lot of birds working as individuals, later teamwork improved, kitting should improve!
44 Steve Palmer Ontario, Canada 19 temp 30 C, overcast/windy, 7:03 pm 5,5 / 6,5,7 / - / - 28 1.3 1.4 182 50.96 Kit started nice, flying in the strong wind, few nice breaks and some waterfalls, kit just flat second part of the fly!
44 Edgar Roscoe Region 4, South Africa 20 temp 17 C, clear/slight breeze, 4:45 pm 5,5 / - / 5,6 / 5 26 1.4 1.4 1.96 50.96 Kit not active, some waterfall breaks, few really nice individuals, good kitting and height.
46 Don Macauley Nevada, USA 20 temp 75, clear/slight breeze, 7:20 am 5,6,6,6,5 / - / - / - 28 1.3 1.3 1.69 47.32 Kit started nice, bit too high part, kit quiet second part, last half of fly two outbirds. Team flew nice pattern, kitting was good.
47 John Hayworth Central West, USA 20 temp 74, overcast/windy, 10:30 am 5,6,5,5 / 5 / 5 / - 31 1.2 1.2 1.44 44.64 Lot of individual workers, some nice quality, loose kitting,  too many waterfall breaks.
48 Noe Sandoval Southern California North, USA 16 temp 63, calm/cloudy, 7:45 am 5 / - / 5,5,5,7,5 / - 32 1.1 1.2 1.32 42.24 Kitting should improve for some birds, few nice individuals, too often outbirds.
49 Scott Lauffer San Diego, USA 19 temp 75, clear/slight breeze, 6:53 pm 5 / 6,5,6 / - / - 22 1.2 1.3 1.56 34.32 Started nice, but went up after 10 min, too high to score rest of time.
50 Sam Williams California Central Valley, USA 19 temp 87, clear/slight breeze, 10:00 am 5 / - / 5,5 / 5 20 1.3 1.3 1.69 33.8 Some waterfall breaks, some real nice individual spinners, few outbirds.
51 Hennie Cloete Region 1, South Africa 20 temp 10 C, clear/windy, 8:35 am 6,5,6 / - / - / 5 22 1.2 1.2 1.44 31.68 Few outbirds on and off, kitting good if together, played in wind last part, not very active.
52 Russell Clemens North Central, USA 20 temp 68, cloudy/calm, 7:30 am 5 / 5 / 5,5,5,5 / - 30 1.0 1.0 1.0 30 Kitting should improve, too many individual workers, few nice rollers, too many tumbling and twizzling!
53 Mark Ritter North Central West, USA 20 temp 55, clear/calm, 7:00 am 5 / 5 / 5 / 6 21 1.0 1.0 1.0 21 Kitting should improve, Individual workers, kit flew maybe too low in the yard, for better breaks.
54 Bob Sparkman North Central, USA 20 temp 87, calm/clear, 4:40 pm 5,5 / 5 / 5 / - 20 1.0 1.0 1.0 20 Kitting pretty good, many not scorable breaks, either lack of quality or  water falling,  kit flew bit too low.
55 Bruce Gordon Nebraska, USA 17 temp 55, cloudy/breeze, 11:00 am - / 6,5 / - / 5 16 1.0 1.0 1.0 16 Lot of tumbling, twizzling  in most breaks, kitting very nice, good height.
55 Rudy Payen West Texas, USA 19 clear/windy - / 6 / 5 / 5 16 1.0 1.0 1.0 16 Kit flew too far away few times to score, kit played with the wind, but kitting was good.
57 Jorge Arechiga Arizona, USA 18 clear/calm 5,5 10 1.0 1.0 1.0 10 Kitting should be better, nice height, some water falling kit too quiet.
58 Dave Clair Northern California Central, USA 20

temp 80, clear/calm, 7:30 am

6 / - / - / - 6 1.1 1.1 1.21 7.26 Nice height, pattern and kitting, but no action.
59 Nick Moreno Mountain West, USA 18 temp 55, scattered/slight breeze, 12:00 pm 5 / - / - / - 5 1.2 1.2 1.44 7.2 After release one bird down, was first outbird, kitting was problem, outbirds hurt score! Few real nice rollers in kit.
60 David Vang Northern California Central, USA 20 temp 82, clear/calm, 8:58 am 5 / - / - / - 5 1.1 1.1 1.21 6.05 Nice height, pattern, and kitting, but flat, few nice individuals.
61 Wayne Cumberworth North Central East, USA 20  temp 60, clear/calm, 9:00 am - / 5 / - / - 5 1.0 1.0 1.0 5 Good kitting, good height, kit was quiet, few nice birds.
61 Dave Hafner Central East, USA 20 temp 70. overcast/calm, 9:30 am - / - / 5 / - 5 1.0 1.0 1.0 5 Kitting pretty good, some outbirds, often nervous fly pattern, perfect height, too much waterfall activity.
61 Bob Southall Central California, USA 20 temp 63, clear/slight breeze, 7:43 am - / - / - / 5 5 1.0 1.0 1.0 5 Nice kitting, height, on left wing all the time, few more breaks, but not scorable quality.
64 Javier Avilla Southern California North, USA 17 temp 63, calm/cloudy, 7:02 am - / - / - / - 0 - - - 0 Two birds flew off right after the start, saw a few nice breaks of rest of birds.  Too bad no score.
64 Kyle Gray Mountain West, USA 19  temp 54, clear/calm, 8:35 am - / - / - / - 0 - - - 0 Little active start, later went up high, kitting problem for too many birds!
64 Tony Hatoum British Columbia, Canada 20 temp 41, clear/strong wind, 7:00 am - / - / - / - 0 - - - 0 Birds flew flat entire fly, birds too strong, loved the weather, played in the wind, perfect kitting.
64 Mark Williams Northwest, USA 17 temp 50, scattered/calm, 7:20 am - / - / - / - 0 - - - 0 Two outbirds all the time, rest kit went up high.
68 Sparks Axsel Region 1, South Africa 20 temp 18 C, clear/calm, 4:15 pm 8,5,6,6,6 / 7,8,9,13,10,5,5 / 7,8,5   1.4 1.4 1.96 DQ Birds came out little soft, few nice big breaks, too many waterfall breaking, birds did not lift enough.  Two birds down at 11.34 minutes.
68 Maurillo Hernandez Southern California North, USA 18 temp 63, calm/calm, 8:42 am 5         DQ Birds down, 5.40 minutes into the fly.  Hawk attack two min. after release, birds got together but landed early.
68 Dave Moseley Yorkshire, UK 20 temp 17 C, cloudy/slight breeze, 8:40 pm 5,6,9,5,5,5,6 / 5,5,5,7,5,5,6   1.4 1.3 1.82 DQ Kit started breaking nice at nice height with good kitting, but still too much waterfall breaking.  Two birds down at 9.44 minutes.
68 Joe Dan Parson North Texas, USA 20 overcast/windy           DQ Kit very nervous, flew fast circles, landed after 10 min in the fly.
68 Larry Phillips North Central, USA 20 temp 70, clear/slight breeze, 9:15 am 5,5,8,5,5,6 / 6   1.2 1.3 1.56 DQ birds down at 10 min. Lot of nervous activity, few nice breaks, couple of roll downs, some with nice depth and speed.
68 Poen Sahabodien Region 3, South Africa 20 temp 15 C, clear/slight breeze, 9:30 am 5,5,7   1.3 1.3 1.69 DQ Started nice, but stayed too low, few birds down at 1.47 min!
68 Kevin McKinney Northern Ireland, UK               DQ  

 

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