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Competitions
The list of future competitions and a list of this years past comps. If you know of any competitions (even if ld is only one of many events) that should be mentioned here, please post all the info you have here. Find reports of older competitions in the Competition archive.

Muehlacker Fall Tournament
9.October.2010
Contact
 
Muehlacker, D
10./11.July.2010
Contact
 
Bordeaux, F
13./14.May.2010
Details
 
Kloten, CH, Swiss LD Championships
18.April.2010
Details
 
Muelacker Spring Tournament
20.March.2010
Contact
 
Franca, BR
27.November.2009
Results
 
Dallas, Tx
17.October.2009
Results
 
Muehlacker Fall
10.October.2009
Results
 
Kloten, CH, Swiss LD Championships
4.October.2009
Results
 
Biere, European Championship
28.August.2009
Results
 
US Nationals, Delaware OH
21.August.2009
Results
 
Muehlacker, D
18./19.July.2009
Results
 
Dallas, Tx
6./7.July.2009
Results
 
Bordeaux
8.May.2009
Results
 
Muehlacker Spring
18.April.2009
Results
 
Vernal Equinox
21./22.March.2009
Details
 
US Nationals, Dallas
16.October.2008
Results
 
Fall Muehlacker, D
4.October.2008
Results
 
World Championships
27.August.2008
Details
 
Muehlacker, D
20.July.2008
Results
 
Maulbronn
5./6.July.2008
Results
 
Dallas, Tx
14./15.June.2008
Results
 
Bordeaux
2.May.2008
Results
 
Kloten, CH, Swiss LD Championships
13.April.2008
Results
 
Spring Mühlacker Tournament
4.April.2008
Results
 
Fall Muehlacker, D
13.October.2007
Results
 
Houston Shoot-out 2007
5. - 7. Oct. 2007
Results
 
Château-Thierry, F
15./16.September.2007
Details
 
USBA Nationals, Eau Claire
16. August.2007
Results
 
Wales, European Championships
6.August.2007
Results
 
Muehlacker, D
16.June.2007
Results
 
Dallas, Tx
8-10 June 2007
Results
 
Kloten, CH, Swiss LD Championships
22.April.2007
Results
 
Muehlacker Spring Tournament
25.February.2007
cancelled
 
Rottenburg-Seebronn, D
4.November.2006
Results
 
Brazilian Ld competition
15.October.2006
Results
 
Houston Shoot-out 2006
6. - 8. Oct.2006
Results
 
Fall Muehlacker, D
7.October.2006
Results
 
USBA Nationals, Conyers, USA
1.Sept.2006
Results
 
Trefriw, GB
28.Aug.2006
Results
 
Château-Thierry, F
12./13.August.2006
Results
 
Muehlacker, D
17./18.June.2006
Results
 
Madrid, Spanish Nationals
13.May.2006
Results
 
Kloten, CH, Swiss LD Championships
15.April.2006
Report
 
Muehlacker Spring Tournament
19.March.2006
Report
 

Bordeaux 2010
Long Distance Tournament in Bordeaux, 13./14. May 2010

2 days of LD in France !

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-USBA Nationals 2009
-Swiss LD Championships 2009
-Texas LD Shoot-Out 2009
-Dallas LD June 6/7 2009

Featured Article
CYPLY material
At the US Nationals last month, Gregg Snouffer and I were chatting about boom materials. He talked about "Cyply" and said that he had never used it.

Subsequently, we obtained a data sheet from the manufacturer, Red Seal Electric Co., a US based company.  http://www.redseal.com/   David Hirsch, Tibor Horvath, Andrew Cross and I have been going over the data sheet and have been discussing this material.

Cyply is a trade name for a kind of GFEC that features multiple layers of unidirectional glass fibers laid down between layers of resin.  The product line has three versions of filament patterning: unidirectional, cross ply (0 and 90 deg) and isotropic (0, 45, 90 deg).  It was the isotropic that caught my attention. I wondered if a third direction of glass fiber might add more strength and toughness to the material.

Another function that the multiple layers of unidrectional glass fibres, as described somewhere in the literature, is a reduction in the self abrasion present in glass fibre cloth.  I think Red Seal's theory is that because the unidirectional layers of fibre are isolated from each other by a layer of resin, continuous flexing of the material does not cause the cross-wise fibers to wear through their neighbor due to abrasion. This is supposed to allow the material to maintain its stiffness over repeated flexure.  Tha sounds like a very good thing for boomerangs, especially mine, which crash often!

Having become interested over all the conjecture, Andy and Tib compared the Cyply specs with some of the GFEC (G10) we have been using. I'm not a materials guy so I will paraphrase Tib and Andy's quick assesment - Tib thought that the two directional cross ply specs looked a little better than the 3 way cross ply (isotropic) and Andy thought maybe the Cyply product looked a little better than the G10, although he still prefers G11 to G10.

David, Tib, Andy and I all have a copy of the data sheet (pdf). Let one of us know if you'd like a copy.

We still don't have all the information yet on availability from the supplier but an inital quote shows this material more expensive than standard G10 but still less expensive than carbon fiber.  David is going to try to get some sample material and I'm entertaining the idea of obtainig a sheet big enough to make 3 or 4 Voyager style booms.

I'm wondering if anyone else on this has had experience with this type of material, and if anyone might be interested in splitting the cost of some material to try it.

Rob




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100m Club
The 100m Club is listing active long distance boomerang throwers, ie persons having crossed 100m in a valid competition either this year or last year.
More stats can be found here.

Manuel Schuetz (CH) 224 Muehlacker 09
Uwe Kitzberger (D) 175 Muehlacker 09
Thorsten Gaupp (D) 161 Biere 09
Antoine Hernandez (F) 157 Muehlacker 09
Tobias Jakob (CH) 150 Kloten 09
Laurent Garnier (F) 142 Kloten 09
Tom Wythes (USA) 140 Dallas 09
Guido Queitsch (D) 137 Muehlacker 09
Stevie Kavanaugh (USA) 135 Delaware OH 09
Lorenz Gubler (CH) 134 Kloten 09
Alejandro Palacio (E) 130 Biere 09
Kari Korhonen (SF) 130 Biere 09
Andrew Cross (CDN) 129 Dallas 09
Joel Hernandez (F) 129 Muehlacker 09
Steve Peck (USA) 126 Dallas 09
Ludovic Brioux (F) 125 Muehlacker 09
Rob Stewart (USA) 121 Delaware OH 09
Fred Declercq (CH) 120 Biere 09
Uwe Striegel (D) 120 Muehlacker 09
Ingo Frantz (D) 118 Muehlacker 09
Michael Mueller (D) 117 Muehlacker 09
Udo Seiz (D) 117 Kloten 09
Clemens Kitzberger (D) 116 Muehlacker 09
Michel Appriou (F) 116 Biere 09
Dennis Joyce (USA) 114 Delaware OH 09
John Stewart (USA) 113 Dallas 09
Bruce Armstrong (USA) 113 Dallas 09
Christophe Taboureux (F) 112 Muehlacker 09
David Hirsch (USA) 112 Dallas 09
Stefan Maier (D) 111 Kloten 09
Barry Burns (USA) 110 Dallas 09
Pat Surdam (USA) 110 Delaware OH 09
Philipp Kitzberger (D) 108 Muehlacker 09
Renan Guillou () 108 Bordeaux 09
Andre Caixeta (BRA) 107 Franca 09
Rolf Schlayer (D) 107 Kloten 09
Sandro C. Freitas (BRA) 107 Franca 09
François Chastanet (F) 106 Biere 09
Antti Luuri (SF) 105 Biere 09
Pat Steigman (USA) 105 Dallas 09
Samuel Duppel (D) 105 Muehlacker 09
Jason Smucker (USA) 103 Dallas 09
Vincent Bourgeois (F) 103 Biere 09
Don Monroe (USA) 101 Delaware OH 09
Alfred Jeger (CH) 100 Kloten 09
Venda Broz (CZ) 100 Biere 09

Interesting Boomerang Fact
Rumor has it that Tony Hachem, member of the newly formed Team Australia of the Pokerstars poker room, once lost a boomerang during a poker game. The boomerang, being a treasured object in the Hachem family for generations, was one of the worst losses Hachem ever experienced. "I did have the best hand until the last card came along" Hachem later proclaimed, however he still lost the game and also the boomerang.

LD booms for sale
"Antoine 95%" is an improved version of Uwe's "Lorenz 1" long distance boomerang. There are a few minor differences in shape, mainly an extension of the wings by 2 cm followed by a general reduction to 95%.


Wing span is 31 cm and height is 19.5 cm. It is made of 3 mm G10 (EP GC 202/EGS 619 [Nema FR 4] by Isola Composites) weighing 78 g without additional weights.
The boom is suitable for both beginners as well as advanced ld throwers and has a range of 80 - 150 m depending on tuning and throwing ability.
Uwe is using a special production process that enables him to reproduce his boomerangs very accuratly.
Price per boom is 85 Euro plus shipping and handling.
Please order over: uwe@kitze.net


Paperback, 106 pages: $19.95


Classic T-Shirt: $14.99


Add more weight T-Shirt: $17.99


Dark T-Shirt: $24.99


Posterboy T-Shirt: $19.99


Boomerang Cap: $15.99

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