Masters Championship Contest
Alabaster, AL

Competition was very keen....as has been the case down through the years.....flying isn't quite so precise at the beginning of the season...but with the "honing" during the season, it "peaks" at the MASTERS. As Jamie pointed out....the pilots were at their best this past weekend, as was the weather. Just what CD Mike and the Alabaster club ordered. Thanks again, Chief!.

In the NOVICE class, Garry Singleton K'd 4 of the 5 rounds for a total score of 4000 and earned him enough season points to receive runner up in the points race for the season. Ken Antos bested Garry in round 4 and Ken participated in the Novice class "fly-off". Again, I apologize for not having the scoresheets for the "fly-off's" but left them with Mike Williams. Antos wound up in 2nd in the regular contest followed by Pete Coleman, Charles Gray and Joe Kutcher, in that order. A super Novice class and Singleton will be registering in the Sportsman class come 2012.

Oh, only one point separated Garry Singleton and Vic Koenig for the Novice Points Championship. VK had 30, Singleton 29. What a race.

What a contest in the Sportsman class with Michael Wieczorek winning the class barely. Mike's score was 3922 after winning round 5....with Charlie Johns winning round 4 for a total score of 3910. Victor Diaz copped 3rd with 3 round victories but tough luck in round 4 and 5 dropped him to a very respectable 3rd place score of 3908. Dave Phillips #3 was 4th, Ron Underwood 5th, Dan Dougherty 6th and Bob Andrews 7th.

Just as it has been all this season, the EXPERT class was as good as has been reported here all year. Jerry Black won rounds 1,2 & 4 and had a back-up score of 998 to take the 1st place award. Ellis Newkirk, flying Jerry's Dirty Birdy won round 6 (after changing flight direction) and copped 2nd with a total score of 3891. Jamie Strong (with a 2 stroke in that beautiful airplane of Mikes) won round 3....his 3rd place finish score was 3889. Jeff Owens, Bill Dodge and Dave Phillips kept the pressure on these guys with their finish in the order listed.

In Senior EXPERT....Keith Watson recalled his "skills" of the past and won rounds 2 and 4 and supplemented with two other high scores to win the class with a 4 round total of 3956. 2nd place went to Russ Chiles who won round 3 and ended with a total score of 3868. 3rd place went to Ray Craig who K'd round 5 on Sunday morning. Other finishers were, Julio Arrietta 4th, Kenneth Blackwell 5th and Bruce Underwood 6th.

Thanks again all for a very good 2011 and a super MASTERS event.

Bruce Underwood, SPA PIO

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