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DFW Whip Weekend III -
Oct 5th & 6th 2002 - Grand Prairie, TX USA
The Dallas / Ft. Worth practice group hosted
another weekend of whip cracking fun and socializing. There was
friendly contests, lots of technique tips and whip making pointers.
The
schedule was fairly loose and flexible with the event being more social and less
structured.
Friday
meet 'n greet - Lou Gaines, Bobby Carter, Marc and Liz, Sebastian, and Holly
Saturday
was fun and friends with general whip cracking and sharing starting around 10:30-11:00am (prior breakfast at
Denny's). Lunch on Saturday was our Stone Soup pot luck, followed by more whip
cracking and lots of time to practice the accuracy challenges. Rusty Dewitt
cooked up a batch of his famous Texas Chili as the base of our 'Stone Soup'. If
you haven't had a bowl of this culinary gem, you don't know what chili is
supposed to taste like. Paired with a chunk of Deena's perfect cheesy corn bread made
for a hearty lunch well suited to a full day of whip cracking practice. Rusty's
father, Josh DeWitt provided the target stands and whip trees we used over the
weekend. Josh also showed off some beautiful wood handles for existing nylon cow
whips. You can find more of Josh's work at his web site
JD's Home page . Josh's
whip trees and target stands were keenly eyed during Saturday practice and
quickly bought up after competition on Sunday.
The Dutch diner on Saturday night at
a near by Saltgrass Steakhouse suffered some scheduling problems. We all managed
to eat at the same table, just not at the same time.
Sunday was
competition day followed by awards and special thanks. Of course all of this is
dependant on Mother Nature and the weather. The rain chased us off early and the
Technical Skill competition was uncompleted. For the
whip competitions, there were several categories of target accuracy, with short and
long whips.
Below is
the score chart of the final standings. The background shading denotes medal
ranking.
|
Competitor |
|
Non-Timed Short Whip |
Non-Timed Long Whip |
Timed Short Whip |
pts |
Timed Long Whip |
pts |
Precision |
Technical Skill |
Freeform |
Total |
|
| |
|
<30> |
<30> |
|
<45> |
|
<45> |
<50> |
<200> |
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|
|
|
Robert Duke |
|
8 |
13 |
:42 |
20 |
:43 |
30 |
10 |
157 |
8.7 |
246.7 |
* TS /rain |
|
Bill Sigler |
|
7 |
17 |
1:29 |
0 |
1:28 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
n/a |
96 |
* TS /rain |
|
Phillip Kiesner |
|
6 |
9 |
:40 |
25 |
:14 |
45 |
5 |
25 |
n/a |
115 |
|
|
Sheila DeWitt |
|
4 |
3 |
1:29 |
0 |
1:54 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
n/a |
21 |
|
|
Debi Duke |
|
2 |
2 |
1:53 |
0 |
2:18 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
4 |
|
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Bobby Carter |
|
16 |
9 |
:23 |
45 |
:35 |
35 |
5 |
n/a |
n/a |
110 |
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|
Matt Saathoff |
|
15 |
2 |
:24 |
40 |
:24 |
40 |
15 |
57 |
n/a |
169 |
|
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Steve Wells |
|
6 |
1 |
:29 |
35 |
n/a |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
42 |
|
|
David Saathoff |
|
6 |
0 |
:39 |
30 |
1:36 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
36 |
|
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Rider Kiesner |
|
4 |
0 |
1:50 |
0 |
1:02 |
25 |
10 |
16 |
n/a |
55 |
|
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Neil Lowry |
|
4 |
1 |
1:42 |
0 |
1:58 |
0 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
5 |
|
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C. Lou Gaines |
|
12 |
22 |
1:02 |
10 |
1:20 |
10 |
10 |
26 |
8.8 |
98.8 |
* TS /rain |
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L. Prophett |
|
10 |
7 |
:45 |
15 |
1:10 |
20 |
5 |
n/a |
n/a |
57 |
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David RS |
|
9 |
4 |
1:23 |
5 |
1:27 |
15 |
5 |
24 |
n/a |
62 |
|
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Angel |
|
8 |
4 |
1:27 |
0 |
1:35 |
5 |
0 |
17 |
n/a |
34 |
* TS /rain |
At the end
of the event we handed out twenty medals for seven competition categories with
an over all Grand Champion. The medals were obtained from
Eclipse & Co Trophies & Awards .
Each medal was engraved on the reverse with the event name, competition category
and the month and year.
| The Freeform and
Grand Champion received a special stars and stripes medal. |
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| The six accuracy
competitions were awarded medals in the corresponding metal grade.
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