Nats Scores - Scoring Effort

Fri Jul 22 08:31:06 AKDT 2005

Thanks Mark,

The on-site team was made of Don Fredrick from NC,
Denny Overholser from IN, Linda Jesky from MI, yes she
is Andrews mom, and myself. Don handled most all of
the FAI data input and Linda did Masters. Unknown to
most of the competitors all the score sheets were
audited after data entry into the system and before
the flight scores were returned to the pilots. So
while one was entering data, the other was doing the
audits.

I did most of the daily contest setups, contestant
entry and assignments, site contest merges for daily
prelims and added the unknown flight maneuvers and
schedules for FAI along with fixing several teething
bugs that you always have with a new system.

We used Gene Maurice's Pacss scoring system. He has
been updating since April to work at the Nats,
especially the matrix and the finals with five judges.

I can not say enough about how easy Gene was to work
with and how he always went the extra mile to make his
program do what we need it to do. He even arranged to
be home and available during the NATS to fix anything
that came up. We did have a few bugs and Gene worked
till 3:30 AM Monday morning so I could do proper
merges between Site 1 and site 3. Now that is
dedication.

How much do you think he charged us for his program
and time? Nothing.....that's right, Nothing! He gives
his program away and is happy just to have helped
contestants have a great contest experience.

We really had a great team effort and now that we have
the bugs ironed out next year should run even smoother
on Day 1. If any of you that attended the NATS see any
of the scoring team members please take the time to
let them know how much you appreciated their help. A
little thanks goes a long ways.....

Sequence Complete,

Marty

--- "Atwood, Mark" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com> wrote:

> I think there needs to be some HUGE HUGE HUGE kudos
> given to Marty and
> his scoring team (Marty please tell us who they all
> were) for what I
> think is the best effort I'VE seen at the nats.  
> 
> For starters...they hand entered every score.  This
> made Judging a WHOLE
> lot easier (at least for my turn in the chair) as I
> simply got to write
> scores down like a local contest. No bubble sheets
> to fill in, no
> worries that the scribe was out of synch, etc.  Very
> simple, and very
> quick.
> 
> On the competitor side...I can't speak for everyone,
> but I always had my
> tear sheet of scores from my flight within 30
> minutes of the
> flight...and usually before putting up my second. 
> For those who
> enjoying seeing how they faired each flight, it was
> nice not to have to
> wait all day or even to the next day to find out. 
> The new tear sheet
> layout was very nice too (Kudos to whoever created
> the report)
> 
> So all in all...a big hand for the entire scoring
> team.  Thanks for the
> effort, it was one more component that made for a
> very enjoyable week!
> 
> 
> -Mark 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Marty King
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 10:30 PM
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Nats Scores
> 
> I know most have heard who won by now but, did you
> know by how much?
> 
> I am telling you guys, this was a real contest. Here
> are the stats for FAI and Masters. Check out the
> point
> separation between Don and Chip, along with Ken and
> Vern in Masters.
> 
> 2005 Nats FAI/F3A
> 
> 1	Somenzini, Quique     2000
> 2	Hyde, Chip            1937.71
> 3	Szczur, Don           1937.60
> 4	Lockhart, Dave        1927.46
> 5	Blose, Todd           1921.47
> 6	Frackowiak, Tony      1876.41
> 7	Jesky, Andrew         1862.86
> 8	Newman, Troy          1782.1
> 
> 2005 NATS Masters:
> 
> 1	Snow, David           2000
> 2	Budd, Gerald          1958.74
> 3	Hill, Michael         1948.81
> 4	Stafford, Archie      1931.54
> 5	Velez, Kenneth        1926.77
> 6	Koester, Vern         1925.41
> 7	Carder, Jeff          1923.33
> 8	Carrish, Jeff         1913.86
> 
> Marty King
> 
> 
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> 
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