I still haven’t finished my write-ups for each day of our Atlanta trip, but since I’m asked so often “How’d you guys do?” and “What’d you win?”, I thought I should put this quick summary together. (For anyone not aware, Andrew has been known by his school friends as “Ace” since 3rd grade, and that has been his boomerang tourney name since our first outing in 2003.)
Ace got 2nd place overall in the Junior Division (18 and under). These are his finishes in the individual events:
- 1st in Australian Round
- 2nd in Fast Catch
- 2nd in Endurance
- 2nd in Trick Catch
- 2nd in Maximum Time Aloft
- 2nd in Accuracy
- 2nd Overall
These same scores were tallied in the Intermediate Division, and Ace placed twice:
- 3rd in Australian Round
- 3rd in Trick Catch
I was also in the Intermediate Division, competing directly against Ace. As he is getting stronger and more skilled every year, this is probably the last time I’ll be able to beat him at any of these events, so I’d better enjoy it while I can. Bruce‘s finishes in the Intermediate Division:
- 1st in Endurance (tie)
- 2nd in Australian Round
- 2nd in Fast Catch
- 2nd in Trick Catch
- 3rd in Accuracy
- 2nd Overall
Though neither of us placed in the Intermediate division for MTA, I do have to point out that Ace beat me by a couple of seconds.
We made 3 boomerangs to enter into the Aesthetics Competition. Only our Texas Longhorn didn’t win. Here are our awards:
- 1st place in the Decoration category for our “Flying V Guitar” boomerang (This is a shared award for Ace and I)
- 1st place in the Craftsmanship category for a hardwood Red Oak Lap-jointed “V” boomerang
To see past USBA Aesthetics winners, click here.
To see our full album of photos from the Expo, click here.
To see an excellent writeup by one of the Advanced competitors, click here.
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