2009 SCAT ANNUAL
Once again the SCAT ANNUAL was great & three new AMA records were set!
This year we were blessed with superb flying conditions and moderate temps.
A small front did blow from west late Sat afternoon, but was gone by
dawn Sunday.
The five in A2 flyoffs went SW upwind for the 5 & 7 minute FOs, which Jim
Farmer & Brian VanNest made.
Wake & Power flyers opted to defer their flyoffs til Sunday AM.
The other events on Sat were rushing along with big thermal flights galore.
In fact, Mike['the WC']McKeever decided the day was ripe to try for Tom
Coussens' A2 record, set at '95 SCAT ANNUAL. So Mike took extra flights between rounds and did the FIFTEEN MINUTE MAX! This topped Tom's record.
He then did 121sec in the normal flyoff round for total time of 83:31!
In HLG, Sevak Malkhasyan was beating his own HLG record with 6x120+85!
He is 10[or 11?]yrs old and throws very well, as does his brother Taron.
Tim Batiuk won Open HLG with 9x120+107, with this CD 3 maxes back in 2nd.
Nostalgia Wake was Tom Laird's event, as he did 4 maxes to beat past
winner Wes Funk.
Sunday the F1B FO was held at normal flightline position. unfortunately
the drift was NE and some flights were clocked off behind obstructions.
Flyoffs for A2 & Power were taken out to the SW flightline, which allowed
each flight to be accurately timed to the ground.
BVN beat Jim F in A2, while Gil Morris's folder/flapper took Power.
The Mini events Tiebreaker flights were cancelled due to drift direction,
plus the fact lift might be starting soon. We started normal rounds @ 9AM.
Other events, which did begin @ 8AM, were CLG, Vintage FAI Power and Classic
Towline.
Young Taron M broke the Jr CLG record with 5x120+42 & he also won Classic Towline!
Tim B did 8x120+91 to win Open CLG, with Stan B 2nd.
Dave Parsons loves Vintage FAI...so he did 5x180 to win. Glenn Schneider
damaged his Lucky Lindy before flying an official.
In F1H, 4 of 6 maxed out, in F1J, it was 2 of 3 & F1G had 3 of 9 clean.
I am surprised that the only F1Q flyer was Bernie Crowe, but he maxed out
quite nicely.
The F1G & F1J events were decided by the 2nd FO flts. Mark Belfield pipped
Blake Jensen in Coupe by dint of slower DT descent.
Austin Gunder won F1J when Dave Johannes was clocked off OOS.
F1H was not decided in the 8 minute FO flt! So Brian & Jim Parker will need
to find a time to have it out before 60 days pass.
Mike McKeever[remember him from A2 record note above?]had both of his F1Hs
missing downwind after the 6 & 8 min FOs, so several gents went off to
search them out. But Brian & crew left at 6:01PM, while the posse returned
with BOTH of Mike's gliders at 6:05PM...hence, the nice evening FO we had hoped for was not to be.
Jim made a 6:15PM thermal flight with his A1, saying he was going to send
Brian a joke email saying,'Sorry you left & missed the 10min FO round, so
guess I won then!'
During the awards a warm moment was a photo op with the three happy record setters! Sevak & Taron Malkhasyan at Mike McKeever's side will HAVE to be
a Digest cover shot!
Many thanks to all who gave of their time and efforts to make our annual
event successful.
Hector Diez & Tony Camuto, for trucking equipment from & to storage bin.
Sharron Emery, Tom Laird, Merry Smith for entry & recording duties.
Jack Emery & Jim Parker for Flyoff Directing.
I would have been lost without them!
Lee Hines, CD
Scores:
F1A
1 Brian VanNest 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 420 335=2345
2 Jim Farmer 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 420 305=2315
3 K Bauer 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 346=1936
4 M McKeever 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 121=1411
5 Joe Farmer[Jr] 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 105=1395
6=P Allnutt 210 180 178 180 180 180 180=1288
6=L Hines 210 178 180 180 180 180 180=1288
8 B Coussens 210 180 180 166 180 180 180=1276
9 J Parker 210 180 165 180 180 180 180=1275
10 D Parker 210 180 180 180 152 180 180=1262
11 H Diez 210 148 180 180 180 180 180=1258
12 D Zink 210 144 180 180 180 180 180=1254
13 L Tetrick 210 180 180 180 180 180 180=1231
14 M Thompson 210 110 176 180 180 180 180=1216
15 N Smith 210 180 180 123 103 180 180=1156
16 R Puhakka 210 180 180 180 61 180 75=1066
17 T Malkhasyan[Jr] 162 0 157 180=499
F1B
1 B Jensen 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 306=1596
2 G Batiuk 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 299=1589
3 B Piserchio 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 291=1581
4 C Jones 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 278=1568
5 M Mulligan 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 276=1566
6 R Rohrke 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 267=1557
7 J Emery 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 264=1554
8 T Ioerger 210 180 180 180 172 180 180=1282
9 R Morrell 210 180 160 180 180 180 180=1270
10 D Saks 210 180 180 180 180 180 142=1252
11 B Tymchek 18 180 180 180 180 180 180=1098
12 S Malkhasyan[Jr] 96 103 180 135 180=694
F1C
1 G Morris 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 455=1745
2 E Carroll 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 370=1660
3 L Pulley 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 363=1653
4 D Johannes 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 311=1601
5 D Joyce 210 172 180 180 180 180 180=1282
6 M Gewain 210 180 0=390
F1P
1 G Schneider 210 180 180 180 180 180 180 193=1483
2 D Parsons 187 180 150 55 180 81 72=905
Nos Wake
1 T Laird 120 180 240 240=780
2 W Funk 120 180 240 220=760
3 J Livotto 120 180 240 0=540
4 B Crowe 120 147 240=507
5 D Gildersleeve 112 180=292
HLG
1 T Batiuk 120x9+107=1187
2 L Hines 120x6+118=838
3 S Buddenbohm 120x5+69=669
4 K Bauer 120x4+109=589
5 R Ray 92 58 57=207
6 G Keck 91 37 36=164
HLG Jr flyers
1 Sevak Malkhasyan 120x6+85=805[AMA Jr HLG record pending]
2 Taron Malkhasyan 120x4+67=547
F1G
1 M Belfield 120 120 120 120 120 240 360 480=1680
2 B Jensen 120 120 120 120 120 240 360 467=1667
3 Kurt VanNest 120 120 120 120 120 240 215=1055
4 S Malkhasyan[jr] 120 91 120 120 120 =571
5 D Saks 120 120 120 120 24=540
6 Bob VanNest 120 0 120 120 120 =480
7 C Jones 120 80 120 =320
8 T Ioerger 97 120 =217
9 G Batiuk 120 = 120
F1H
1 Brian VanNest 120 120 120 120 120 240 360 480 128 = 1808
2 Jim Parker 120 120 120 120 120 240 360 480 44 = 1724
3 M McKeever 120 120 120 120 120 240 360 234=1434
4 M Thompson 120 120 120 120 120 240 360 33=1233
5 N Smith 120 120 120 120 120 24=624
6 L Hines 120 120 102 = 342
F1J
1 A Gunder 120 120 120 120 120 240 360=1200
2 D Johannes 120 120 120 120 120 240 300=1140
3 D Parsons 120 109 DNF = 229
F1Q
1 B Crowe 180 180 180 180 180 138=1038
Classic Towline Glider
1 Taron Malkhasyan[jr]120 180 240 180=720
2 T Batiuk 120 168 130 =418
3 S Buddenbohm 120 164 131 =411
4 H Diez 120 180 88 =388
Catapult Glider
1 T Batiuk 120x8+91=1051
2 S Buddenbohm 120x6+30 =750
3 L Hines 120x5+44 =644
4 T Malkhasyan[jr]120x5+42=642[AMA record pending]
5 G Keck 120x3+57=417
6 R Ray 120x2+72=311
7 S Malkhasyan 102 107 98=307
Vintage FAI Power
1 D Parsons 180x5=900
2 G Schneider O