Dave Szab
85 posts
Jul 15, 2007
3:38 AM
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The 2007 World Cup Fly is now complete. Heine Bijker has won the World Cup again! This is Heine's 3rd World Cup win, which is an amazing accomplishment.
I want to thank Brian McKenzie for doing a great job judging the finals, he was a fantastic ambassador for our sport. Thanks again Brian for all your help. I also want to thank all the Finalists and RDs that took care of Brian on his long journey, Brian and I greatly appreciate your efforts.
Dave Szabatura
World Cup General Coordinator
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Tony Chavarria
Site Publisher
1457 posts
Jul 15, 2007
5:53 AM
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Congratulations Heine Bijker! You set a wonderful example and standard for the rest of us to aspire to.
Keep up the good work!
All the best from Roller-Pigeon.Com!
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FLY ON! Tony Chavarria
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W@yne
565 posts
Jul 15, 2007
6:09 AM
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Well done to Heine for coming 1st in the WC Fly just taking the edge from our very own Dean Forster and to all the UK guys you did our country proud. Well done to all who took part in the finals each and everyone of you are all winners in my eyes. Also a big up to Dave Vang a guy to look for in the near future Well done Dave.
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Regards
W@yne UK
Patience Perseverance Perfection
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Last Edited by on Jul 15, 2007 7:11 AM
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belle
283 posts
Jul 15, 2007
8:46 AM
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Congratulations to Heine Bijker for his accomplishment, I think it is safe to say he knows what he's doing.
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Justin
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nicksiders
1880 posts
Jul 15, 2007
9:13 AM
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I am confident that the best kit won and the best kit winning is all that matters; way to go, Heine!
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Nick
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Shaun
515 posts
Jul 15, 2007
11:55 AM
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Dean Forster, who came a close second, also won the UK's national old bird comp in 2006, so he's pretty consistent.
Shaun
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nicksiders
1883 posts
Jul 15, 2007
1:05 PM
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I think ol' Dean's birds are starting to get more valuable(LOL)
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Nick
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Ballrollers
804 posts
Jul 15, 2007
1:06 PM
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Congratulations to Heine, for raising the bar for rollermen in the US and the entire world.
Cliff
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birdman
347 posts
Jul 15, 2007
8:19 PM
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Scott, keep in mind that the scores reflect only one specific judges' opinion of those kits. Next year if Heine is the judge, do you think he's going to award scores based on this years judging interpretation or his own ?
Russ
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DeepSpinLofts
826 posts
Jun 02, 2008
9:30 PM
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This Heine Bijker fella.... isn't he the guy that lives in South Africa?
...or
Am I wrong?
Marcus
Deep Spin Lofts
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kcfirl
443 posts
Jun 02, 2008
9:43 PM
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Marcus,
you're wrong. He lives in the Netherlands.
Ken
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DeepSpinLofts
827 posts
Jun 03, 2008
2:37 AM
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Thanks Ken. Took Anthropology and Geography in college and I knew it was Dutch.
Just thought it was South Africa because many of the Dutch had migrated from Northern Europe centuries ago to South Africa.
....well anyway
Below is an encyclopedic reference of the Netherlands (Dutch) for those of us who are not familiar with the land or its people.... but would like to be slightly educated on the subject matter.
==THE NETHERLANDS==
The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland (help·info), IPA: [?ne:d?rl?nt]) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba in the Caribbean. The Netherlands is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy, located in Western Europe. It is bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east.
The Netherlands is often called Holland. This is formally incorrect as North and South Holland in the western Netherlands are only two of the country's twelve provinces. As a matter of fact, many Dutch people colloquially use Holland as a synecdoche, being well aware of the widespread use of this name. For more on this and other naming issues see terminology of the Netherlands.
The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying and densely populated country. It is popularly known for its traditional windmills, tulips, cheese, clogs (wooden shoes), delftware and gouda pottery, for its bicycles, its dikes and surge barriers, and, on the other hand, traditional values and civil virtues such as its classic social tolerance. An old parliamentary democracy, the country is more recently known for its rather liberal policies toward recreational drugs, prostitution, homosexuality, abortion, and euthanasia.
The Netherlands has an international outlook; among other affiliations the country is a founding member of the European Union (EU), NATO, the OECD, and has signed the Kyoto protocol. Along with Belgium and Luxembourg, the Netherlands is one of three member nations of the Benelux economic union. The country is host to five international(ised) courts: the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Court and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. All of these courts (except the Special Tribunal for Lebanon), as well as the EU's criminal intelligence agency (Europol), are situated in The Hague, which has led to the city being referred to as "the world's legal capital."[1]
A remarkable aspect of the Netherlands is its flatness. Hilly landscapes can be found only in the south-eastern tip of the country on the foothills of the Ardennes, the central part and where the glaciers pushed up several hilly ridges such as the Hondsrug in Drenthe, the stuwwallen (push moraines) near Arnhem and Nijmegen, Salland, Twente and the Utrechtse Heuvelrug.
Marcus
Deep Spin Lofts
Last Edited by on Jun 03, 2008 3:50 AM
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