Results are IN!!! Houston TX area 402 Pattern Shootout/Grudge Match

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Seriously, do you like the idea of unknowns?  Ed Deaver and I discussed doing this at a contest this year and got just as many "no ways" as "sounds fun".  Most of the "no ways" were from Masters and FAI.  Wouldn't it be a treat to do unknowns and have only Intermed-Adv participate?  Might cause a man-check.
--Lance

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Ditto on the report....like Keith said, that looks tougher than Advanced....great practice. I feel the same on the Unknown's too, love to try some of that:)
Great Job to everyone that made it happen.... and thanks for sharing the report.
Chris White
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From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Keith Black
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 11:24 AM
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WOW, sounds like you guys had a great time. Congrats to all for participating and congrats to Mark for the victory.
All I can say about the unknown is HOLY SMOKE! That looks more difficult than advanced, but it's an awesome pattern! Don definitely gets my vote for being on the sequence planning committee.
BTW, were competitors allowed to drop the unknown?
I have to say, I'm really envious, I'd love to incorporate unknowns into our regular contests.
Keith Black
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From: richard.lewis 
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Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 8:33 AM
Subject: Results are IN!!! Houston TX area 402 Pattern Shootout/Grudge Match


Well for anyone interested...
The Houston Area 402 Pattern Shootout/Grudge Match was fantastic...The weather was beautiful - low 70's, Low humidity. Wind blowing in at about 5-10 MPH.
We had a really fun group of compettors and everyone seemed to have a good time. No-one had any equipment problems, etc...so it was truly a test of flying skills among the some great competitors.
We flew the four rounds in similar fashion to any other Pattern meet and dropped the lowest round for each competitor. The fourth round was a really nice unknown sequence that Don Ramsey created for us. Flying an unknown sequence was a little scary, but in the end it was an exciting challenge for everyone and they seemed to enjoy it.
The results were as follows:
Mark Hunt - 3000
David Greisens - 2879
Martin Stohr - 2869
Chuck Hockhalter - 2802
Richard Lewis - 2755
Jim Sheffield - 2670
Tommy Scarmado - 2434
Steve Mintor - 1458
Mark won all four rounds and kicked our A$$es soundly...
David is a serious threat and seems to be getting better every time we see him...
Martin is going to be tough next season, because he flies almost every day and is coming up to speed rapidly...
Chuck was pretty solid and with his new 2M ride next season, he's going to be hard to beat...
I flew my usual inconsistencies and it shows, I need to burn some fuel to get in the game with these guys...
Jim flew well, just didn't seem to have his "A" game with him...perhaps he left it in the bottom of a Margarita glass Saturday night (Great Party BTW....thanks)
Tommy flew all unknown rounds - Sunday was his first time ever to fly the intermediate sequence and he really did a good job.
Steve Mintor (a very new Sportsman flyer) missed round one and did not fly the unknowns, but showed real heart just for wanting to fly.
The unknowns were as follows:
Takeoff
Stall Turn with 1/4 up and down, exit upright (C)
Immelman with 2/4 exit upright (T)
Reverse Triangle Loop, exit upright (C)
Bunt no rolls, exit inverted (T)
Square loop with 1/2 roll on top, exit upright (C)
Humpty Bump 1/4 up and down, exit upright (T)
Top Hat with 1/2 rolls in verticals, exit upright (C)
Figure 9, 1/2 roll up, pull over top, exit upright (T)
2/4 point roll, exit inverted (C)
Figure 9, 1/2 roll down, push over top, exit inverted (T)
Double Immelman, 1/2 roll on top, no roll out, exit upright (C)
Half Square with 1/2 roll up, exit upright (T)
45 degree down, positive snap roll, exit upright (C)
Landing
This sequence was very well done. The figure nines really make this sequence a nice presentation.
Thanks to Don Ramsey and John Forrestere(sp?) again for taking time to come out and judge for us...
Richard
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