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  1.  Tangent Results
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  3. USA Junior Team Status

 

AUGUST 2009 NORTHWEST CHALLENGE - TANGENT OREGON 
CD PIERRE BRUN 
  
F1A   
1 MCKEEVER, MIKE 180 180 180 120 120 780 
  ZINK, DON      180 180 180 120 120 780 
  SMITH, NORM    180 180 180 120 120 780 
  HINES, LEE     180 180 180 120 120 780 
5 DAVIS, JOHN    180 180 180 115 120 775 
6 PARKER, JIM    180 180 154 120 120 754 
7 BRUN, PIERRE   180 180 80 68 120 628 

F1B   
1 JENSEN, BLAKE  159 180 180 120 120 759 
2 BATIUK, GEORGE 180 151 180 120 120 751 
3 BELFIELD, MARK 114 180 153 120 120 687 
4 EMERY, JACK    180 97 180 91 120 668 

F1C   
1 MCBURNETT, RON 180 180 180 120 120 780 
2 CARROLL, ED    180 180 18 dnf dnf 378 

F1G   
1 O'DELL, TIFFANY 120 120 120 120 120 600 221 821 
2 BELFIELD, MARK  120 120 120 120 120 600 154 754 
3 BATIUK, GEORGE  120  68 dnf dnf dnf 188 
4 ULM, ALLEN      120 dnf dnf dnf dnf 120 

F1H   
1 MCKEEVER, MIKE 120 120 120 120 120 600 191 791 
2 PARKER, JIM    120 120 120 120 120 600 109 709 
3 DAVIS, JOHN     80  67 120 120 118 505 
4 SMITH, NORM    120 120 0 120 120 480 

F1J  
1 ROBERT, MIKE  dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 0 
2 CARROLL, ED   dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 0 
3 PARSONS, DAVE dnf dnf dnf dnf dnf 0 
0 
F1Q  
1 POLLARD, FRANK 120 120 dnf dnf dnf 240 
0 
0 
0 
 
NW FAI CHALLENGE
August 22 & 23, 2009
Well the contest has come and gone. As usual we had a beautiful field to fly in. The weather was somewhat challenging.
The Mini’s went very well with a cool and grey sky that burned off about 1 pm and temps were in the low to mid 80’s. On Sunday the competition started very well for the first two rounds but the breeze picked up and forced us to drop the flying time to 120 seconds. By round 5 the thermal’s were so strong that we decided to call the contest off after the 5th round by majority rule. The drift was between 1.5 and 2 miles -- very tricky retrieving down-wind, field’s with bushes and trees and plowed furrows- some we were probably not suppose to be on.
Thank you to all the flyers who took the time to come to the contest in Beautiful Oregon
And a BIG Thank You to Blake Jensen and Tiffany O’Dell for a fine job in preparing the certificates.
Very Truly Yours
Pierre Brun

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2010 Jr. Team selection Newsletter Number 3  
August 2009
The Jr Finals at the 2009 Nats is complete. A fine group of young flyers demonstrated their flying skills in a wide variety of conditions. Our many thanks to Bill Shailor who was the CD and Paul Crowley as the Head Jurist for the first day of the Jr Finals. Also equal thanks for the timers who gave up their practice time to help the Juniors. We also wish to thank Art Ellis who has supported the USA Jr FF program for many years of service on the Jr Team Selection Subcommittee. Art resigned his Jr TSC position but will continue to be the key mentor for Jrs in the Wilbur and Orville club and in the Eastern USA. Paul Crowley has graciously accepted Art’s position for the remainder of this program.
Below are the standings for the Jr flyers competing for the USA Jr. F1A, F1B, and F1P teams to compete at the Junior FAI Free Flight World Championships scheduled for the summer of 2010 in Romania. Please note that these are not the final team selections, as the remainder of this letter will explain.
F1A
Miles Johnson                       1041 + 1200 = 2241
Oliver Cai                          1081 +1147 = 2227
Logan  Tetrick                      949 +1152 = 2101
Michelle Barron                     1013 + 968 = 1981
Timothy  Barron                    897 + 964 = 1861
Joey Farmer                         680 + 994 = 1674
Julie Barron                        605 + 889 = 1494
75% of 2241 + 1681
F1B
Sevak   Malkhasyan                  984 + 900 = 1884
Brede   Doerner                     949 + 900 = 1849
Brian  Pacelli                      994 + 840 = 1834
75% of 1884 = 1413  
F1P
Chinmay  Jaju                       1080 + 817 = 1897
Brian   Pacelli                    996 + 845 = 1841
Ryan  Seymour                       617 + 672 = 1289
Taron  Malkhasyan                  0 + 790 = 790
75% of 1897 = 1423
The remainder of the team selection process is described in the Jr Team Selection program which can be found on the NFFs web site. Two key sections are repeated here.
3.1 Qualification To qualify for the 2010 Jr team, the flyer must score a minimum of 75% (flyoff time not counted) of the winning Jr Finals time for his/her event.
In addition, the Jr must accumulate 75 minutes in their respective event at any AMA contest sanctioned for the Jr’s event(s). -----
The 75 minute qualification will be retroactively scored after program entry per Section1.0. The Jr must fly at two contests after the Jr Finals but before the end of the program (see section 3.2), even if they have already achieved the 75 minute qualification time.
The first point to make about this section is the need for the flyers in contention for a team spot to fly and complete the 75 minutes qualification time. Note the Jr Finals / NATs scores do not count toward the qualification time. The qualification time period ends at the conclusion of the 2009-2010 King Orange contest.
 The second item from Section 3.1 is that the second and third team spots need 75% of the winning time.
At the 2009 Jr Finals, the top 5 flyers in F1A, all three F1B flyers, and the top 2 flyers in F1P achieved the 75% winning time requirement. This means that for F1P, there remains one open team spot. How this spot may be filled will be explained later.
The next important section describes other aspects of the team selection process.
3.5 Official team designations.
The top three junior flyers will be required to complete the AMA team membership agreement form, which will be sent from AMA. The final announcement of the Junior Team will then be made for the 2010 Junior World Championships. ------
Competitors will be chosen for the Junior Team in only one event. If a junior qualifies in more than one event, he/she will notify the selection committee of their preference by the end of the Nats.
Brian Pacelli placed in the top 3 in both F1B and F1P. He has chosen F1P as his event of choice. Because there were only three flyers in the F1B 2009 Jr Finals, there is now an open position in F1B. The open F1B and F1P positions may be filled as explained in the remainder of Section 3.5.
The JrTSC will also maintain the authority to place late entrants in open* Junior Team positions, but is not obligated to fill an open team position. Application for an open* team position must be submitted in writing or email to the JrTSC chairman by Jan 15, 2010**. The Jr must enter, (per Section 1.0) and provide contest performance information as an attachment to Form A. If more than one application is received, the JrTSC will use the following criteria to make a selection: the provided contest performance information; other contest performance information; verbal and written references from other free flight flyers; the number of future JrTSPs the applicant is eligible for. The applicant must fulfill the Qualification requirement per Section 3.1. (75 minutes)
* The released JrTS program states “uncontested” and will be corrected at the next revision.
** The released JrTS program states April 30, 2009 which is incorrect and will be corrected at the next revision
It is important for the two F1P flyers, Ryan Seymour and Taron Malkhasyan, who did not make the 75% of the winning time to submit an application for the open F1P spot. It is recommended that they fly as many contests as possible and submit the strongest contest records as possible. Also note that Juniors that did not fly at the Jr Finals can apply for an open position on the F1B and/or the F1P team. Brian Pacelli may also apply for the open F1B spot.
Jr Team Selection Subcommittee
Gearge Batiuk
Jim Parker
Paul Crowley

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