- 4th Annual Outer Banks
Boomerang Tournament
- September 9-10, 2000
- Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
- Tournament Director: Amy Thompson
Phone: 1-877-FLY-THIS (359-8447) ext. 18- E-mail: events@kittyhawk.com
- WWW: http://www.kittyhawk.com
- September 9-10, 2000
The 4th Annual Outer Banks Boomerang
Tourney was held at First Flight Middle School. The weather was
perfect and all the throwers that came, old and young were ready
to have fun. Saturday, September 9th was the boomerang competition.
Even though not all the competitors were qualified to compete
(and we know who we are), there were enough competitors to "Make
it Count." I will add the total scores to the end of this
so everyone will know who was not qualified to compete. The
one thing the boomerang tourney at the Outer Banks always includes
is a lot of fun. This year was no different.
The weekend started Friday night. The
first thing we had to do is mark the field. All those involved
know the ups and downs of that.it all worked itself out. We
had to get some time to get to know each other so we all took
off for Kelly's, good food and great company. We capped the
night off at Port 'O Call.
Saturday began with field set up and
registration at 9:00 am. The competition was set to begin at
10:00 and started on the dot! Not really , but no one was too
worried about that. We all had a chance to warm up and the competition
began with the Accuracy Event. First place in this event went
to Will Nolen with a score of 28, second place was a tie between
Tim Maultsby and Jim Jordan.
The next event was the Aussie Round.
Jim Jordan walked away with first place even after having to
wall the tournament director through the entire event. Second
was captured by John Koehler, not a world record breaker as you
might have heard from an untrustworthy, unnamed, large source.
Dennis Joyce (Juice) and Mike Forrester shared third.
Trick Catch was the next event and there
were some pretty impressive catches. At least I was amazed at
some of these catches. First place went to Steven Cook (Cookie)
with a score of 68, John Koehler, who the kids affectionately
called "Tan Man" and seemed incapable of wearing a
shirt, captured second with a score of 58. Jim Jordan and Dennis
Joyce were on his heels with scores of 57 to share third.
Fast Catch was up next, we all took
a quick break to add some sun screen and took back to the field.
Juice won this event. John Koehler took a close second followed
by Jim Jordan.
We went immediately into the Endurance
event. John Koehler took first with an impressive 51 catches.
Showing us all that it is the age of the dinosaur. Second place
went to Juice with 48 catches and third went to Mike Forrester
with 40 catches.
The last official event was MTA. We
all had to avoid a hot spot on the field and there was a minor
casualty during this event but in the end the "Tan Man"
walked away with the best time of 112.54 for first place. The
second best time was 107.45 by Mike Forrester and third place
went to Cookie with a time of 88.53.
After MTA John had to be a party pooper and leave so we took
pictures and handed out awards. Jim Jordan got third place and
two free kayak tours, Juice took second and received a free dune
hang gliding lesson and John Koehler received first place.
We're going to take him up 2000 feet and cut him lose.
Then came a game of GLORPI'm going to let you hear about this
from Cookie:
The 4th annual Kitty Hawk Kites tourney
concluded with a rousing game of GLORP, the most fun boomerang
game ever invented. Due to the mosquito plague of 1999, GLORP
was not contested, so this years was all the more special. The
weather for the game was awesome -- sunny skies and little winds.
Poor Annie Thompson had to wait a full two years before she could
play GLORP again. She was joined by other new comers to the game
- Will Nolen, Justin Luther, Mark and Matt Ramos, and (the totally
rad, beautiful, talented, hip, the hostess with the mostest)
Amy Thompson. Other seasoned veterans to the game included Juice,
Cookie, Tim Maultsby, Jim Jordan, and Mike Forrester.
After a quick explanation of the rules,
the fun started! Cheers, groans, whines, and laughs were heard
throughout the game as some spectacular catches and near catches
were made. An added twist to the game that Juice and Cookie liked
were various catches where smiling is optional but preferred.
Okay, it was funny on the field, but is somehow lost its humor
in the text. Since we had the lovely and talented Amy and Annie
competing, various shirt catches were made to amuse us sexist
pigs. The women would have made then if their shirts were so
darn tight (Ed note: Annie exact words in email, please address
all hate mail to her). Such catches completed in the event were
flipping head catches, crowded catches, under the leg hackeys,
shirt catches, flying common catches, and more.
The final three came down to Will Nolen, Juice, and Cookie. Special,
extra loud cheers and high fives go out to Will Nolen for willing
to use his Dan Quayle E when Juice and Cookie both only had G's.
Other congrats go out to Matt Ramos for some spectacular trick
catches for the very first time competing in Glorp. After Juice
and Cookie talked Will into not using his E in such a predicament,
the game continued until Cookie prevailed. Afterwards, Cookie
realized that this was the first time that he won Glorp after
a tourney. It was one of the most funnest raddest Glorp games
there was and was a great conclusion to the most fun tourney
in the world! Then we made plans for the night throwing :)! Thanks
CookieI'll pay you for that comment later!
We then split to clean up and met again at Mulligans to eat and
drink and where Jim is concerned do a favor for a girl wearing
a vial and surely sporting a hang over the next day. She may
not remember him, but I don't think he'll forget her!!! There
was a list of e-mail addresses sent around, so if you would like
to send that to me, I would love to have a copy. Thenwe left
for the night throwing at the undisclosed large area of sand.
This is an annual event also. Sand and glowing boomerangs, not
a good combination for foxes or ummm.ANNIE. The boomerangs were
lit with glow sticks and it looked very cool. There were group
throws, ripples (or a wave), games and injuries. There was a
fox on the dune that thought he would join us, he picked up the
boomerang and then he must have changed his mind. Safer from
the side line. ( Just ask ANNIE) At least this year she hit
herself. Tim was also struck, but he was really using his head
and had no problems there.
The next day was filled with teaching spectators and trying out
new boomerangs. The weather was beautiful for the entire event
and you couldn't for a group of people more ready to have a good
time. For those who were able to stay for Sunday evening we
also paddled Pea Island and took in a bit of the charm of the
Outer Banks.
Thanks to all who took the time to come.
Don't miss the 5th annual boom tourney.
( Make sure to share all the inside fun storeis with John, and
he'll share all his Sting stories with you.) Scores included..thanks
for a great weekend and all of your help! I hope you all had
as much fun as we had. I hope to see you all here next year,
and bring your friends!
OVERALL
1 John Koehler 14
2 Dennis Joyce 19
3 Jim Jordan 21
4 Mike Forrester 21.5
5 Steve Cook 29
6 Will Nolen 32
7 Tim Maultsby 39.5
8 John Luther 45
9 Jim Kane 51
10 Mike Ramos 62
11 Amy Thompson 66
12 Matt Ramos 68
ACCURACY
1 Will Nolen 28
2 Jim Jordan 25
2 Tim Maultsby 25
4 Mike Forrester 24
5 Dennis Joyce 22
6 John Koehler 21
7 Jim Kane 20
8 John Luther 19
9 Steve Cook 14
10 Mike Ramos 12
11 Amy Thompson 11
12 Matt Ramos 8
AUSSIE ROUND
1 Jim Jordan 66
2 John Koehler 61
3 Mike Forrester 58
3 Dennis Joyce 58
5 John Luther 53
6 Steve Cook 47
7 Jim Kane 44
8 Will Nolen 36
9 Tim Maultsby 30
10 Amy Thompson 16
11 Mike Ramos 2
12 Matt Ramos 0
TRICK CATCH/DOUBLING
1 Steve Cook 68
2 John Koehler 58
3 Jim Jordan 57
3 Dennis Joyce 57
5 Mike Forrester 38
6 Will Nolen 35
7 Tim Maultsby 27
8 John Luther 14
9 Jim Kane 7
10 Mike Ramos 0
10 Amy Thompson 0
12 Matt Ramos -
FAST CATCH
1 Dennis Joyce 24.52
2 John Koehler 28.65
3 Jim Jordan 29.84
4 Mike Forrester 30.85
5 Will Nolen 32.38
6 Steve Cook 35.07
7 Tim Maultsby 40.35
8 Jim Kane 51.15
9 John Luther 52.07
10 Mike Ramos 0
10 Amy Thompson 0
12 Matt Ramos -
ENDURANCE
1 John Koehler 51
2 Dennis Joyce 48
3 Mike Forrester 40
4 Steve Cook 35
5 Jim Jordan 34
5 Tim Maultsby 34
5 Will Nolen 34
8 John Luther 18
9 Jim Kane 16
10 Matt Ramos 4
11 Mike Ramos 1
12 Amy Thompson 0
MTA
1 John Koehler 112.54
2 Mike Forrester 107.45
3 Steve Cook 88.53
4 Dennis Joyce 78.95
5 Jim Jordan 74.26
6 Will Nolen 59.01
7 John Luther 43.02
8 Tim Maultsby 31.76
9 Mike Ramos 29.49
10 Matt Ramos 17.91
11 Jim Kane 13.09
12 Amy Thompson 5.04
See you next year!