MCCORMICKLOFTS
463 posts
Apr 04, 2006
3:30 PM
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Congrats kenny on a great score on your first competition fly. Great job! Hope it sticks for you.
Brian.
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Velo99
328 posts
Apr 04, 2006
4:27 PM
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Thanks Brian,
I had 507.64. I flew 17 birds 26 turns. Raw score 259 points 1.4 Q x 1.4 D.
Biggest was a 16 bird turn. I didn`t score any in the last five minutes due to an outbird and early lander. I left another 70 points in the clouds.
So far I am in first place. I don`t expect to stay very long. Ron Duncan is going to the Dallas area and judging Alex and his crew.
I must add that my wife was an instrumental part of this performance. For the last week she has been helping me with the birds and noting the fly times for me. She was a gracious hostess and seemingly put the judge at ease with her homespun charm. I must amend my statement to we instead of I or it just wouldn`t be accurate. Thanks Beck
YITS
V99
Last Edited by Velo99 on Apr 04, 2006 4:28 PM
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motherlodelofts
719 posts
Apr 04, 2006
4:32 PM
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WOW KENNY < GREAT JOB MAN !!!!!!!!! so how you feeling ? LOL
Scott
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J_Star
368 posts
Apr 04, 2006
5:12 PM
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Great job Kenny. Excellent...Remember it's you first and it is a very good way to start. Congrats
Jay
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kcfirl
12 posts
Apr 04, 2006
6:07 PM
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Who was judging?
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George Ruiz
104 posts
Apr 04, 2006
8:32 PM
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Great job Kenny what family of birds did you fly ?
George
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fhtfire
400 posts
Apr 04, 2006
9:15 PM
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Kenny....GREAT SCORE BROTHER!!!! I LOVE YOU MAAAN!
rock and ROLL
Paul
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upcd
216 posts
Apr 04, 2006
9:34 PM
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Congratz
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Alohazona
130 posts
Apr 05, 2006
12:34 AM
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Kenny,
WAY TO GO!!!!.....I'm sooo out the door to get that Wild Bird Seed...LOL..:-)....Aloha,Todd
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Bluesman
Pigeon Fancier
726 posts
Apr 05, 2006
9:11 AM
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Good job Kenny.You must be doing something right.LOL. David
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maxspin
25 posts
Apr 05, 2006
10:13 AM
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Great Job Kenny. Keep up the good work.
Keith
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Double D
183 posts
Apr 05, 2006
1:15 PM
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Kenny, great job! If that was your first time out you REALLY kicked some butt. Way to go!
Darin
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Velo99
330 posts
Apr 05, 2006
2:26 PM
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Thanks a lot guys.
It means a lot to have your support. All I have done was apply what I have learned from you guys. All of the stupid questions and arguments have paid off. Paul,Dave,Cliff,KGB,Tony,Jerry Higgins,J,Both Brians,and all you guys. Paul summed it up best when he said
" It`s like your a Jedi or something now. Welcome to the brotherhood."
yits
Your humble apprentice
v99
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Ballrollers
327 posts
Apr 05, 2006
2:39 PM
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DY-NO-MITE!!! Let's hear it for the first time flyers!! Now you have gone and set the bar awfully high for the rest of us, buddy! I better start making excuses. I lost two birds out of my A-kit last week. One had an eye infection or something....the eye just went dark, so I treated it with antibiotics, but it kept shrinking and the eye ball just disapeared. So this little blue check self, a once-a-minute 20-30 footer now blind in one eye flys like a homer all over the sky. So I've got to pull her. Another 30-40 ft Andalusian bald cock kept bumping on landing at the new place...EVERY TIME! He was great once he got some altitude-good control-but he wanted to roll 30-40 ft from 20-30 ft. I found him dead in the kit box from his injuries. So I have to reach into the stock loft and put my little black hen back into service in the kit. I've got three weeks to prep! Anything you would do different, Kenny???
YITS, Cliff
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Velo99
332 posts
Apr 05, 2006
3:14 PM
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Cliff,
I flew 17 birds. I pulled probably my best rolling cock bird because he will out in a minute after he bumped three weeks ago. Good thing is he added ten feet to his roll. Hopefully he will be good for the finals if I make it.
One of my better hens broke off three secondaries on each wing and landed early. My best bird was working so hard she could`nt stay on the same altitude as the kit and was out a lot. I could`ve had a better fly. I think subbing a bird at this point could be detrimental.If you put up 17 the only thing you won`t get is a full turn.
YITS
KennyH
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Velo99
334 posts
Apr 05, 2006
4:24 PM
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FYI:
Weather forecast for the next two days of the Region 6 fly
Partly cloudy, breezy and warm Wednesday night.
Low 66 degrees. Mostly cloudy and windy Thursday with t-storms - some possibly severe.
Clearing and cooler Thursday night. Windy Friday and continuing to cool a bit.
Pleasant weather for the weekend and Monday.
Could be just the break I need.
v99
Last Edited by Velo99 on Apr 08, 2006 3:25 PM
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RO
10 posts
Apr 05, 2006
4:30 PM
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Congrats Kenny
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fhtfire
404 posts
Apr 05, 2006
9:27 PM
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I hear you cliff...I need to start making some excuses...a dog ate my homework...My true A-team was abducted by Aliens....Um...I pulled my two best birds and put them in the breeder box really messed up the kit...(well that one is true)....Oh the wind that is it..toooooo windy....rain to much rain in Cali.....Earthquake...that is it an earthquake hit...opened up the earth and my A-team Kit box fell right in and then the earth closed up....Oh..the A-team was killed....my Campbell birds went psycho and shot up the place...I got it...to many Andalusians in the kit..LOL!!!
rock and ROLL
Paul
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C.J.
81 posts
Apr 06, 2006
4:08 AM
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Concratulations Velo.
C.J.
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Velo99
338 posts
Apr 06, 2006
4:52 AM
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Paul
I hear ya. You`ve gotta watch those andy`s, they`re troublemakers. Mine spit on my the other day when she was flying out of the kitbox. She might have to go to the chiropractor and get a neck adjustment.
lmao
v99
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siddiqir
186 posts
Apr 06, 2006
9:40 AM
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Good job Velo99. Would you like to share your feeding techniques? What you feed? How much you feed? How you feed? etc...
Last Edited by siddiqir on Apr 06, 2006 9:46 AM
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Ballrollers
328 posts
Apr 06, 2006
9:49 AM
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Watch it Kenny and Paul!! Two thirds of my A-kit are Andy's!! LOL! Cliff
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Velo99
340 posts
Apr 06, 2006
12:33 PM
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Sid,
Nothing special. I just did what you guys have been telling me to do.
yits
v99
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Vibey
50 posts
Apr 06, 2006
12:49 PM
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Congratulations Velo;
Great job man . Be proud of your accomplishments, as i'm sure it takes alot of work to get to the top, and i hope you hold that position. Also Cuddo's to your wife for being there to help you out through this. They say behind every successful man is a good woman. My wife has also been a god send , as when i was really sick and could not get out through the cold winter mths , she fed and watered the rollers all winter season. I guess they pay attention to the things we love and step up to the podium when we need them most. Good job Mrs Velo.
Vibey
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