South Australian State Championships 2004A report on the South Australian Control Line Championships, conducted between December 29th 2003 and January 2nd 2004 at Monarto. |
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 Photos by courtesy of John Hallowell |
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1. Trevor Letchford drove across the Nullabor from WA to fly 2. Mark Ellins checks out the F2C racer 3. Model and motor were destroyed in disastrous line tangle 4. Ray Harvey pits FAI model 5. The master at work, Paul Stein takes a catch 6. Dynamic duo of Neil Baker & Harry Bailey with F2F racer 7. Keith Baddock with Nelson 15D F2F. Was fastest in every round. 8. Wilson, Fitzgerald and Hunting in the F2C final 9. Spectators watched Stunt, Combat & T/R at Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge 10. Graeme Wilson & Mark Ellins in one of the day's best bouts 11. P.J.Rowland won F2B and also Classic Stunt 12. PJ with Paul Turner and Brian Eather 13. Ray Harvey & Gavin Knight with Vintage A 14. Tiger Terror showed real potential in S.A. 15. Wilson/Ellins Voodoo is a regular finalist 16. Gavin Knight's new Classic B is given attention by a top pit crew 17. Contest Director Maris Dislers under his Jungle Jim hat 18. Ken Hunting at the business end of his Vintage A 19. Winning Voodoo was doing over 60 laps 20. Flying Purple People Eater again gobbled up the opposition |
Results: |
| F2C Team Race | |||||
| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | Place |
| G Wilson/ P Stein | 5:09 | 3:19 | 3:46 | 7:14 | 1 |
| R Fitzgerald/ M Ellins | 3:28 | 3:13 | DNF | DNF 151 laps | 2 |
| K Hunting/J Hunting | 4:44 | 4:25 | 4:22 | DNF 107 laps | 3 |
| G Wilson/S Suter | 3:35 | 3:48 | NT | 4 | |
| G Knight/R Harvey | 3:44 | DNF | DNF | 5 | |
| T Letchford/R Owen | 5:08 | 4:33 | NT | 6 | |
| Wilson/Suter not available for final, Knight Harvey withdrew due to equipment problems | |||||
| F2F Simple Team Race | |||||
| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Final | Place |
| R Fitzgerald/ M Poshkens | 4:53 | 4:24 | 4:33 | 9:36 | 1 |
| H Bailey/N Baker | 6:07 | 6:02 | 4:48 | 10:13 | 2 |
| J Hallowell/ K Baddock | 4:52 | 4:23 | 4:19 | DNF 139 laps | 3 |
| J Hunting/ K Hunting | 5:25 | 5:02 | 4:56 | 4 | |
| M Wilson/ P Stein | 5:12 | 6:31 | 5:50 | 5 | |
| T Letchford/ R Owen | 5:30 | 5:20 | NT | 6 | |
| P Cameron/ M Dislers | 6:05 | DNF | NT | 7 | |
| Vintage A Team Race | |||||
| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | Place | |
| J Hallowell/ K Baddock | 3:31 | NT | 7:08 | 1 | |
| G Knight/ R Harvey | 3:50 | 3:37 | 7:34 | 2 | |
| G Wilson/ M Ellins | 3:39 | NT | 7:44 | 3 | |
| M Wilson/ P VanMeurs | 3:49 | 3:57 | 4 | ||
| T Letchford/ R Owen | 4:09 | 4:28 | 5 | ||
| K Hunting/J Hunting | DNF | 4:12 | 6 | ||
| H Bailey/ N Baker | 4:24 | 4:37 | 7 | ||
| Classic B Team Race | |||||
| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | Place | |
| J Halowell/ K Baddock | 3:12 | NT | 6:08 | 1 | |
| G Wilson/ M Ellins | 3:27 | NT | 7:12 | 2 | |
| H Bailey/ N Baker | 3:55 | 4:07 | DNF | 3 | |
| J Hunting/ K Hunting | 4:18 | 3:58 | 4 | ||
| G Knight/ R Harvey | 4:19 | 4:49 | 5 | ||
| !/2 A Combat | |||||
| Entrant | Results | Place | |||
| Robert Owen | W W W W L W | 1 | |||
| Adam Kobelt | B W L W W L | 2 | |||
| Mark Ellins | L W W L | 3 | |||
| Graeme Wilson | W L B L | =4 | |||
| Murray Wilson | W L L | =4 | |||
| Harry Bailey | L L | =5 | |||
| Greg Pretty | L Withdrew | =5 | |||
| Goodyear Team Race | |||||
| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | Place | |
| R Fitzgerald/ G Pretty | 3:32 | NT | 7:13 | 1 | |
| T Letchford/ R Owen | 4:39 | DNF | 9:36.46 | 2 | |
| J Hunting/ K Hunting | 4:53 | 4:57 | 9:36.55 | 3 | |
| M Dislers/ M Poshkens | 4:01 | DNF | 4 | ||
| G Wilson/ M Ellins | DNF | DNF | 5 | ||
| Combined Speed | |||||
| Entrant | Class | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Place |
| K Hunting | Midge | 82.9% | 86.3% | 85.3% | 1 |
| J Hunting | Midge | 82.9% | 82.9% | 77.9% | 2 |
| P VanMeurs | Proto | 79.6% | 80.6% | NT | 3 |
| M Wilson | Midge | 79.2% | 72.3% | NT | 4 |
| R Owen | 4 | 78.3% | NT | NT | 5 |
| F2B Aerobatics | |||||
| Entrant | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Score | Placing |
| P J Rowland | 2007.5 | 2024.5 | 2112.0 | 4136.5 | 1 |
| P Turner | 1965.5 | 1990.5 | 2027.5 | 4018.0 | 2 |
| B Eather | 1983.0 | 2034.5 | 1845.5 | 4017.5 | 3 |
| R Towell | 1833.5 | 2010.0 | 1989.0 | 3999.0 | 4 |
| T Gee | 1880.5 | 1769.5 | 1801.0 | 3681.5 | 5 |
| D Grinham | 1540.0 | 1752.5 | 1818.0 | 3570.5 | 6 |
| J Elias | 1670.5 | 1761.5 | 1690.0 | 3451.5 | 7 |
| A Kobelt | 1670.0 | 1687.5 | 1753.0 | 3440.5 | 8 |
| J McIntyre | 1390.5 | 1740.5 | 1686.5 | 3427.0 | 9 |
| F Battam | 1673.0 | 1723.5 | 1635.0 | 3396.5 | 10 |
| M Ellins | 1504.0 | 1707.5 | 0 | 3211.5 | 11 |
| D Pickard | 1366.0 | 1342.5 | 1415.5 | 2781.5 | 12 |
| P L Rowland | 823.0 | 954.0 | 954.0 | 1908.0 | 13 |
| Vintage Stunt | |||||
| Entrant | Round 1 | Round 2 | Static Score | Total Score | Placing |
| D Grinham | 363.0 | 380.5 | 115 | 495.5 | 1 |
| M Dislers | 341.5 | 377.0 | 100 | 477 | 2 |
| F Battam | 360.5 | 351.0 | 108 | 468.5 | 3 |
| M Newcombe | 286.0 | 358.0 | 102.0 | 460.0 | 4 |
| J McIntyre | 362.0 | 370.5 | 86 | 456.5 | 5 |
| D Pickard | 370.5 | 357.0 | 78 | 448.5 | 6 |
| J Elias | 356.0 | 349.0 | 91 | 447.0 | 7 |
| D Lacey | 314.0 | 344.5 | 82 | 426.5 | 8 |
| P Anglberger | 240.0 | 149.5 | 68 | 308.0 | 9 |
| Classic Stunt | |||||
| Entrant | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total Score | Placing | |
| P J Rowland | 1128.5 | 1144.0 | 2272.5 | 1 | |
| R Towel | 1091.5 | 1045.5 | 2137 | 2 | |
| F Battam | 1026.5 | 1044.0 | 2070.5 | 3 | |
| D Pickard | 940.0 | 1007.0 | 1947 | 4 | |
| J Elias | 806.0 | 354.0 | 1160 | 5 | |
| D Lacey | 674.5 | 285.0 | 959.5 | 6 | |
| FF Night Scramble (Unofficial) | |||||
| Entrant | Score | Placing | |||
| G Wilson | 407 | 1 | |||
| R Fitzgerald | 305 | 2 | |||
| D Putterill | 207 | 3 | |||
| R Melton | 151 | 4 | |||
| M Dislers | 146 | 5 | |||
| M Poskens | 120 | 6 | |||
| SA Champ of Champs | |||||
| Entrant | Points | ||||
| R Fitzgerald | 18 | ||||
| M Dislers | 11 | ||||
| M Poshkens | 9 | ||||
| M Newcombe | 6 | ||||
| G Pretty | 6 | ||||
| P Anglberger | 1 | ||||
| P Cameron | 1 | ||||
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