Flying Lines: Northwest Control-Line Competition Standings

Contests counted: April 12-14, Portland, Ore.; May 24-26, Roseburg, Ore.; June 22-23, Auburn, Wash.; June 28-39, Salem, Ore.; July 27, Portland, Ore.; Aug. 4, Richmond, B.C.; Aug. 9-11, Snohomish, Wash.; Sept. 7-8, Auburn, Wash.; Sept 21, Richmond, B.C.; Sept. 28-29, Salem, Ore.; Oct. 5-6, Salem, Ore.; Nov. 30, Portland, Ore.

Chris Cox, seen flying at the 2019 Fall Follies, topped the Precision Aerobatics and Overall Stunt standings. Flying Lines photo.

Haverly back on top as Vintage Stunt champ

The Fall Follies in Salem on Oct. 6-7 settled the race for the Don McClave Vintage Stunt Trophy, with Mike Haverly of Auburn, Wash., claiming the title for the third time. The Vintage Stunt Trophy is awarded to the flier with the most points in combined Old-Time and Classic Stunt for the season. Mike also won the title in 2016 and 2017. Mike flew his Chizler in Classic Stunt to amass enough points to capture the title. Previous winners have been Bruce Hunt (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010), Scott Riese (2005), Pat Johnston (2007), Pete Peterson (2011, 2013), Alan Resinger and John Thompson (2012, tie), John Thompson (2014), Dave Royer (2015, 2018) and Haverly (2016, 2017). The trophy is sponsored by Flying Lines.

**DON McCLAVE VINTAGE STUNT TROPHY** -- Updated Oct. 8, 2019
1	Mike Haverly	Auburn, Wash.	19
2	John Leidle	Kirkland, Wash.	17
3	John Thompson	Eugene, Ore.	15
4	Jerry Eichten	Newberg, Ore.	13
5	Pat Johnston	Boise, Idaho	12
6	Dave Royer	Portland, Ore.	7
7	Tom Brightbill	Oregon City, Ore.	6
	Barrie Shandel	Surrey, B.C.	6
9	Paul Bedford	Maple Ridge, B.C.	5
	Dane Covey	Tacoma, Wash.	5

Russ Hester (left), seen flying Don Jensen in a match at the 2019 Northwest Control-Line Regionals, topped Northwest standings in Fast, 80mph and Overall Combat. Russ also captured the 2019 Competitor of the Year title. Flying Lines photo.

Mike Potter, seen at the Carrier scorer's table at the 2019 Northwest Control-Line Regionals, topped the 2019 Northwest Sport 40 and Overall Carrier tabulations. Flying Lines photo.

Leighton Mangels, seen at the 2019 A Day at the Races contest, topped the Northwest Sport Race and Overall Racing standings. Bill Lee photo.

The Northwest standings system

Flying Lines keeps track of standings in all AMA rulebook and Northwest official events, in all Northwest sanctioned contests.

Your FL editors do their best to keep up with the results, but contest directors can help keep the standings up to date by making sure to send the results to FL immediately after the contest. If you spot errors, please let us know.

Results must include the placing in each event through fourth place and the report also must list the number of contestants in the event, in order for the point standings to be counted accurately.

Also, please include in your report the hometown of the contestants. Only Northwest residents are counted in the standings (AMA Dist. XI and British Columbia). The score of each contestant also should be listed for general reporting purposes and for checking against the Northwest records.

If you flew in a contest that doesn't appear to be counted, contact the contest director or Flying Lines.

How the points are compiled:

Who is eligible to score points: Any resident of AMA District XI or British Columbia. AMA Dist. XI includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
What events are counted: Official AMA rulebook events, official Northwest rules events (see Northwest Rules for a list) and official special interest group events such as PAMPA's Classic Stunt and Old-Time Stunt or NASS Sport Jet Speed.
What contests count in the standings: All contests taking place within Dist. XI or British Columbia, sanctioned by the Academy of Model Aeronautics or MAAC.
How the points are awarded: Points are awarded to the top four placers in any event. First place is worth the number of entries in the event; second place is number of entries minus 1; third place is number of entries minus 2; fourth place is number of entries minus 3. Example: If there are 12 entries, first place gets 12 points, second place 11, third place 10, fourth place 9.
Overall standings: In events with multiple classes, an overall points tally also is kept. In Speed and Scale, all classes are combined.
Special notes: Precision Aerobatics expert fliers' scores are multiplied by a factor of 1.5. When an individual is allowed more than one entry in a single event, only the highest-placing score shall be counted. Events run by nonstandard rules, including record-ratio events, will be counted only in the overall standings for the category.

Send contest results, corrections and other correspondence regarding Northwest Competition Standings to Standings Coordinator John Thompson. For a printed copy of complete current standings for any event, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope, to Flying Lines, 2456 Quince St., Eugene, OR 97404. For a PDF copy of the complete current standings for any event, e-mail the standings coordinator. To see rules of all Northwest regional events, go to the Flying Lines Northwest Rules section. For Academy of Model Aeronautics national event rules, go to the AMA web site.

Northwest Control-Line Competition standings

Hester wins 2019 Competitor of the Year title | Current standings

Final 2019 Individual Event Standings

Haverly back on top as Vintage Stunt champ

The Northwest standings system

How the points are compiled:

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