[SPAM] Re: Nats Scores - Scoring Effort

Sun Jul 24 15:18:25 AKDT 2005

>From the perspective of those of us working out in the Sunshine, You and 
your crew get 10's for every maneuver!

John Ferrell
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marty King" <mking46516 at yahoo.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 12:30 PM
Subject: RE: Nats Scores - Scoring Effort

> 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-----
>> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
>> 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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>>
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> Marty King
>
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