2009 – Rochester, MN | AKA American Kitefliers Association

32nd Annual American Kitefliers Association
Annual Convention and Grand Nationals

Rochester, MN

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Sport Kite

Experienced Individual Dual-line Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Donna Houchins

63.733

Paul Koepke

62.733

Elizabeth Gordon

62.000

Steve Rothwell

54.667

Doug Hood

50.800

William Smoot

42.733

Laura Stonestreet

31.533

Judges:	Spencer Schubbe (Head Judge) Aaron Champie Dan Newman Eric Wolff John Gillespie
Field Dir:	Susan Skinner
Pit Boss:	Jody McCann

Experienced Individual Dual-line Precision

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Donna Houchins

66.300

Elizabeth Gordon

65.533

Paul Koepke

59.400

Steve Rothwell

55.800

Doug Hood

54.933

William Smoot

52.833

Laura Stonestreet

43.767

Judges:	Eric Wolff (Head Judge) Aaron Champie Jackie Maciel Mark Quirmbach Spencer Schubbe
Field Dir:	Kathy Brinnehl

Experienced Individual Multi-line Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Sherri Pigeon

57.600

Aaron Champie

55.133

Judges:	Zachary Gordon (Head Judge) Darrin Skinner Jackie Maciel Mark Quirmbach Michael Mosman
Field Dir:	Terri Huff

Experienced Individual Multi-line Precision

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Aaron Champie

61.933

Sherri Pigeon

50.533

Judges:	Michael Mosman (Head Judge) Charles Stonestreet David Bush Mark Quirmbach Mike Huff
Field Dir:	Terri Huff

Experienced Pairs Dual-line Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Blues Brothers (Spencer Schubbe, Steve Rothwell)

63.133

Wing Nuts (Laura Stonestreet, William Smoot)

51.267

Judges:	Russ Faulk (Head Judge) Aaron Champie Dan Newman David Gomberg Karl Berg
Field Dir:	Sherri Pigeon

Experienced Pairs Dual-line Precision

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Blues Brothers (Spencer Schubbe, Steve Rothwell)

55.533

Wing Nuts (Laura Stonestreet, William Smoot)

43.567

Judges:	John Gillespie (Head Judge) Darrin Skinner David Bush Kathy Brinnehl Mark Quirmbach
Field Dir:	Paul Koepke

Experienced Team Dual-line Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Team Wing Nuts (Doug Hood, Laura Stonestreet, William Smoot)

40.067

Judges:	David Bush (Head Judge) Kathy Brinnehl Sherri Pigeon
Field Dir:	Paul Koepke

Experienced Team Dual-line Precision

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Team Wing Nuts (Doug Hood, Laura Stonestreet, William Smoot)

40.767

Judges:	Mike Huff (Head Judge) Aaron Champie Mark Quirmbach
Field Dir:	Donna Houchins

Masters Individual Dual-line Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Zachary Gordon

81.733

Joshua Gordon

79.333

John Gillespie

69.867

Spencer Schubbe

62.267

Aaron Champie

61.733

Judges:	Darrin Skinner (Head Judge) Donna Houchins Mike Delfar Russ Faulk Steve Rothwell
Field Dir:	Terri Huff

Masters Individual Dual-line Precision

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Zachary Gordon

71.700

Aaron Champie

71.467

Russ Faulk

66.400

John Gillespie

57.833

Spencer Schubbe

52.400

Judges:	Eric Wolff (Head Judge) Dan Newman Darrin Skinner Mike Delfar William Smoot
Field Dir:	Steve Rothwell
Pit Boss:	Doug Hood

Masters Individual Multi-line Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Zachary Gordon

84.133

Mark Quirmbach

74.333

Michael Mosman

64.800

Karl Berg

62.333

Judges:	John Gillespie (Head Judge) David Bush Mike Huff Russ Faulk Steve Rothwell
Field Dir:	Kathy Brinnehl
Pit Boss:	Elizabeth Gordon

Masters Individual Multi-line Precision

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Zachary Gordon

77.033

Mark Quirmbach

66.900

Michael Mosman

58.067

Karl Berg

57.800

Judges:	Dan Brinnehl (Head Judge) Aaron Champie Donna Houchins Mike Delfar Steve Rothwell
Field Dir:	Jody McCann

Masters Pairs Dual-line Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

EOS (Joshua Gordon, Zachary Gordon)

78.333

O2 (Dan Newman, Mike Delfar)

76.533

Fire and Ice (Kathy Brinnehl, Paul Koepke)

0.000

Judges:	Russ Faulk (Head Judge) Dan Brinnehl Darrin Skinner David Bush John Gillespie
Field Dir:	Terri Huff

Masters Pairs Dual-line Precision

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

O2 (Dan Newman, Mike Delfar)

59.867

Fire and Ice (Kathy Brinnehl, Paul Koepke)

50.833

Judges:	Darrin Skinner (Head Judge) Doug Hood Mark Quirmbach Mike Huff Zachary Gordon
Field Dir:	Terri Huff

Masters Team Dual-line Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

AirZone Flight Team (Aaron Champie, Darrin Skinner, John Gillespie)

70.800

Chicago Fire (Dan Brinnehl, Eric Wolff, Joshua Gordon, Kathy Brinnehl, Russ Faulk, Zachary Gordon)

10 penalty points were deducted

66.733

Judges:	Spencer Schubbe (Head Judge) Dan Newman Mark Quirmbach Mike Huff Steve Rothwell
Field Dir:	Paul Koepke

Masters Team Dual-line Precision

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Chicago Fire (Dan Brinnehl, Eric Wolff, Joshua Gordon, Kathy Brinnehl, Russ Faulk, Zachary Gordon)

73.333

AirZone Flight Team (Aaron Champie, Darrin Skinner, John Gillespie)

63.533

Judges:	Steve Rothwell (Head Judge) Donna Houchins Doug Hood Spencer Schubbe William Smoot
Field Dir:	Paul Koepke
Pit Boss:	Elizabeth Gordon

Novice Individual Dual-line Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Jackie Maciel

37.600

Judges:	Russ Faulk (Head Judge) Elizabeth Gordon Zachary Gordon
Field Dir:	Doug Hood

Open Individual Outdoor Unlimited

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Jackie Maciel

51.967

Charles Stonestreet

50.467

Michael Mosman

45.433

Judges:	David Bush (Head Judge) Elizabeth Gordon Karl Berg Mark Quirmbach Sherri Pigeon
Field Dir:	Terri Huff

Open Multiline Pairs Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Something Old Something New (Eric Wolff, Zachary Gordon)

72.733

Judges:	Joshua Gordon (Head Judge) Karl Berg William Smoot
Field Dir:	Terri Huff

Open Multiline Pairs Precision

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Something Old Something New (Eric Wolff, Zachary Gordon)

39.427

Judges:	Russ Faulk (Head Judge) Karl Berg Steve Rothwell
Field Dir:	Paul Koepke

Open Team Dual-line Train Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

O2. (Dan Newman, Mike Delfar)

64.333

Heaven Help Us (Gary Engvall, Karl Berg)

45.267

Susies' Spouses (Darrin Skinner, Dave Gomberg)

34.200

Judges:	David Bush (Head Judge) Elizabeth Gordon Eric Wolff Paul Koepke Steve Rothwell
Field Dir:	Terri Huff

Indoor Competition

Open Individual Indoor Unlimited Ballet

Place

Name

Tiebreakers & Deductions

Score

Donna Houchins

70.183

Mark Quirmbach

62.700

Michael Mosman

57.283

Judges:

David Bush Eric Wolff John Gillespie Russ Faulk William Smoot

Kite Making

Arches
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
ARCH2	Y	N	Bill Rodriguez	6.67	6.60	5.33	5.43	24.03	1

Bowed Kites
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
BOW19	N	N	John Pollock	7.67	7.73	8.30	8.15	31.85	1
BOW1	N	N	Dick Maciel	7.60	7.37	7.50	7.27	29.73	2
BOW16	N	N	Mike Shaw	7.57	7.20	7.40	7.53	29.70	3
BOW11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	7.17	7.73	6.73	6.90	28.53
BOW15	N	N	Peter Ross	7.43	7.10	6.90	6.67	28.10
BOW2	Y	N	Bill Rodriguez	7.20	7.57	6.20	6.67	27.63
BOW9	Y	N	Jesse Lamp	6.70	7.33	6.77	6.50	27.30
BOW4	N	N	Adrian Conn	–	–	8.60	8.33	16.93	DQ
BOW23	N	N	Glen Haynes	–	–	–	–	–	DQ

Cellular & Dimensional
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
CELL22	N	N	Mike Mosman	7.63	6.97	7.90	8.20	30.70	1
CELL1	N	N	Dick Maciel	7.43	7.67	7.57	7.37	30.03	2
CELL17	N	N	Deb Lenzen	7.33	7.40	7.67	7.23	29.63	3
CELL18	N	N	Phil Broder	7.23	7.07	7.60	7.53	29.43
CELL15	N	N	Pete Ross	–	–	–	–	–	DQ
CELL3	N	N	Dick Stolk	–	–	–	–	–	DQ
CELL4	N	N	Adrian Conn	–	–	–	–	–	DQ

Delta & Derivatives
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
DELTA12	N	N	Barb Meyer	7.77	7.37	7.97	7.97	31.07	1
DELTA1	N	N	Dick Maciel	7.83	7.63	7.93	7.60	31.00	2
DELTA15	N	N	Peter Ross	8.00	7.67	7.43	7.40	30.50	3
DELTA11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	7.80	7.63	7.67	7.37	30.47
DELTA8	N	N	Ed Grys	7.03	6.60	7.57	7.43	28.63
DELTA18	N	N	Phil Broder	7.17	6.93	7.10	6.93	28.13
DELTA3	N	N	Dick Stolk	6.90	6.50	6.30	6.17	25.87
DELTA21	Y	N	Mike Greisman	5.60	6.07	6.07	6.57	24.30
DELTA4	N	N	Adrian Conn	–	–	8.13	8.33	16.47	DQ

Figure Kites
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
FIG20	N	N	Jackie Maciel	7.90	7.90	7.80	8.00	31.60	1
FIG16	N	N	Mike Shaw	7.70	7.80	7.83	7.43	30.77	2
FIG8	N	N	Ed Grys	7.43	7.17	7.03	7.27	28.90	3
FIG3	N	N	Dick Stolk	6.27	5.37	6.20	6.43	24.27
FIG11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	–	–	–	–	–	DQ

Fighter Kites
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
FIGHT11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	6.47	6.47	7.57	7.53	28.03	1

Flat Kites
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
FLAT17	N	N	Deb Lenzen	8.07	8.10	8.08	7.30	31.54	1
FLAT14	N	N	Robert Lockhardt	7.77	7.90	7.83	7.50	30.99	2
FLAT13	N	N	Jon Burkhardt	7.77	7.93	7.80	7.18	30.68	3
FLAT1	N	N	Dick Maciel	8.03	7.80	7.70	7.05	30.58
FLAT12	N	N	Barb Meyer	7.77	7.90	7.63	7.10	30.39
FLAT8	N	N	Ed Grys	7.93	7.63	7.35	6.90	29.82
FLAT11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	7.40	7.50	7.38	6.93	29.20
FLAT10	Y	N	Bernard Founiere	6.67	6.67	6.53	6.43	26.28

Rokkaku
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
ROK1	N	N	Dick Maciel	7.80	7.80	7.77	7.43	30.80	1
ROK6	N	N	Randy Fox	7.57	8.07	7.43	7.50	30.57	2
ROK12	N	N	Barb Meyer	7.20	6.30	7.93	7.70	29.13	3

Sky Display
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
SKY6	N	N	Randy Fox	7.53	7.60	7.40	6.67	29.20	1
SKY12	N	N	Barb Meyer	7.00	6.13	7.83	7.83	28.80	2
SKY5	Y	Y	Con Engles & David Davies	5.93	7.10	6.10	5.97	25.10	CO-OP
SKY8	N	N	Jackie Maciel	–	–	–	–	–	DQ

Soft & Flexible
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
SOFT4	N	N	Adrian Conn	7.83	6.73	8.43	7.97	30.97	1
SOFT12	N	N	Barb Meyer	7.33	7.33	7.90	7.33	29.90	2
SOFT2	Y	N	Bill Rodriguez	7.30	7.80	7.27	6.97	29.33	3
SOFT16	N	N	Mike Shaw	7.30	7.03	7.40	7.23	28.97
SOFT9	Y	N	Jesse Lamp	7.20	6.07	7.43	6.77	27.47
SOFT1	N	N	Dick Maciel	6.30	5.67	7.72	7.23	26.92
SOFT3	N	N	Dick Stolk	–	–	7.03	7.10	14.13	DQ
SOFT7	N	N	Walt Mitchell	–	–	–	–	–	DQ

Stunt Kites
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
STUNT20	N	N	Jackie Maciel	8.03	7.70	7.60	7.30	30.63	1
STUNT18	N	N	Phil Broder	7.20	7.47	7.50	7.60	29.77	2
STUNT5	Y	N	Con Engles	6.33	7.17	7.13	6.97	27.60	3
STUNT24	N	N	Donna Hutchins	–	–	–	–	–	DQ

Trains & Centipedes
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
TRAIN1	N	N	Dick Maciel	7.40	7.57	7.57	7.43	29.97	1
TRAIN3	N	N	Dick Stolk	–	–	–	–	–	DQ

Cooperative
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
SKY5	Y	Y	Con Engles & David Davies	5.93	7.10	6.10	5.97	25.10	1

Novice
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum	Place
DELTA11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	7.80	7.63	7.67	7.37	30.47	1
SOFT2	Y	N	Bill Rodriguez	7.30	7.80	7.27	6.97	29.33	2
FLAT11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	7.40	7.50	7.38	6.93	29.20
BOW11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	7.17	7.73	6.73	6.90	28.53
FIGHT11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	6.47	6.47	7.57	7.53	28.03
BOW2	Y	N	Bill Rodriguez	7.20	7.57	6.20	6.67	27.63
STUNT5	Y	N	Con Engles	6.33	7.17	7.13	6.97	27.60	3
SOFT9	Y	N	Jesse Lamp	7.20	6.07	7.43	6.77	27.47
BOW9	Y	N	Jesse Lamp	6.70	7.33	6.77	6.50	27.30
FLAT10	Y	N	Bernard Founiere	6.67	6.67	6.53	6.43	26.28
SKY5	Y	Y	Con Engles & David Davies	5.93	7.10	6.10	5.97	25.10
DELTA21	Y	N	Mike Greisman	5.60	6.07	6.07	6.57	24.30
ARCH2	Y	N	Bill Rodriguez	6.67	6.60	5.33	5.43	24.03
FIG11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	–	–	–	–	–

Mixed Media
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum
BOW11	Y	N	Dave Ellis	7.17	7.73	6.73	6.90	28.53

Most Innovative
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum
CELL22	N	N	Mike Mosman	7.63	6.97	7.90	8.20	30.70

Traditional Materials
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum
FLAT8	N	N	Ed Grys	7.93	7.63	7.35	6.90	29.82

Special Recognition
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum
SOFT9	Y	N	Jesse Lamp	6.70	6.50	5.00	5.00	7.10

Highest Score in Visual Appeal
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum
FLAT17	N	N	Deb Lenzen	8.07	8.10	8.08	7.30	31.54

Highest Score in Flight
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum
FLAT17	N	N	Deb Lenzen	8.07	8.10	8.08	7.30	31.54

Highest Score in Craftmanship
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum
SOFT4	N	N	Adrian Conn	7.83	6.73	8.43	7.97	30.97

Highest Score in Structural Design
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum
CELL22	N	N	Mike Mosman	7.63	6.97	7.90	8.20	30.70

Grand Champion
Entry	Novice?	Co-op?	Name	Visual	Flight	Craft.	Design	Sum
BOW19	N	N	John Pollock	7.67	7.73	8.30	8.15	31.85

Fighters

Novice Fighter Kite Skills
1^st	Barbara Hall
2^nd	Jeff Monteith
3^rd	Will Smoot
4^th	Cat Gabrel
5^th	Ken Wilkowski

Experienced Fighter Kite Skills
1^st	Bruce Jarvie
2^nd	Sharon Champie
3^rd	Carol Jarvie

Novice Fighter Kite Line Touch
1^st	Carol Jarvie
2^nd	Jeff Monteith
3^rd	Barbara Hall
4^th	Corey Jensen
5^th	Ken Wilkowski
6^th	Jesse Lamp
John Hall

Experienced Fighter Kite Line Touch
1^st	Bruce Jarvie
2^nd	Sharon Champie
3^rd	Nelson Borelli
4^th	John Chang
5^th	Pam Hodges
6^th	Randy Fox

Rokkaku Battles

Individual Rokkaku Battles
1^st	Michael Greisman
2^nd	Dean Murray
3^rd	Randy Fox
4^th	Ken Wilkowski
5^th	Cat Gabrel
6^th	Dale Bowden

Team Rokkaku Battles
1^st	Team Royal Fox Randy Fox, Jeff Monteith
2^nd	Team Midnight Squadron Michael Greisman, Carol Jarvie, Cat Gabrel
3^rd	Team Not Dead Yet Presidents David Gomberg, Pete Dolphin
4^th	Team MKS Jason Cross, Tom Cross
5^th	Team Rainbow Warriors Rick Kinnaird, Rob Cembalest

Miniature Kite Challenge

BEST FLIGHT
1^st	Donna Houchins – Kite: Baby Giraffe
2^nd	Dave Butler – Kite: Lich King
3^rd	Susie Jo Skinner – Kite: Butterfly
MOST BEAUTIFUL
1^st	Dave Butler – Kite: Celtic Bull
2^nd	Susie Jo Skinner – Kite: Butterfly
3^rd	Dave Butler – Kite: Lich King
MOST ORIGINAL
1^st	Donna Houchins – Kite: St. Mark’s Lion
2^nd	Dave Butler – Kite: Celtic Bull
3^rd	Susie Jo Skinner – Kite: Small White Diamond
SMALLEST SIZE
1^st	Dave Butler – Kite: Little White Diamond
2^nd	Susie Jo Skinner – Kite: Small White Diamond
3^rd	Susie Jo Skinner – Kite: Clear Sled
GRAND CHAMPION
Dave Butler – Kite: Celtic Bull

2009 – Rochester, MN

32nd Annual American Kitefliers Association Annual Convention and Grand Nationals

Rochester, MN

Sport Kite

Experienced Individual Dual-line Ballet

Experienced Individual Dual-line Precision

Experienced Individual Multi-line Ballet

Experienced Individual Multi-line Precision

Experienced Pairs Dual-line Ballet

Experienced Pairs Dual-line Precision

Experienced Team Dual-line Ballet

Experienced Team Dual-line Precision

Masters Individual Dual-line Ballet

Masters Individual Dual-line Precision

Masters Individual Multi-line Ballet

Masters Individual Multi-line Precision

Masters Pairs Dual-line Ballet

Masters Pairs Dual-line Precision

Masters Team Dual-line Ballet

Masters Team Dual-line Precision

Novice Individual Dual-line Ballet

Open Individual Outdoor Unlimited

Open Multiline Pairs Ballet

Open Multiline Pairs Precision

Open Team Dual-line Train Ballet

Indoor Competition

Open Individual Indoor Unlimited Ballet

Kite Making

Fighters

Rokkaku Battles

Miniature Kite Challenge

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