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13th Annual POPS Meet, 06-09 July 2006
Archway Skydiving, Vandalia, IL
The weather was beautiful with blue skies, a few little puffy clouds, and gentle breezes.
Jumpers from several states and Canada gathered for four days of fun jumps
and competition along with an excellent dinner on Saturday evening.
POPS and PUPs (Parachutists Under Phorty) were all invited to join the fun and to
compete. Only POPS members were eligible for the POPS competition awards, but the PUPS winners
in each event were also recognized in the awards ceremonies. Anita Wuertz and Carrie Doll
teamed together to produce beautiful and unique awards personalized with photos of the winners
taken during the individual competition events.
RW Scrambles
There were three rounds of RW Scrambles competition. Video cameramen Todd Morman and
Steve Scheller filmed the jumps.
- First place team "The UnNamed Flyers" is in the middle. Team Members: Ed Harrington,
Tammy Ritz, Tim Robinson (POPS #9674), and Mike Monaco. Round 1: 9 points, Round 2: 7 points,
Round 3: 5 points. Total points 21.
- Second place team "Ted's Tornados" is on the right. Team Members: Ted Williams (POPS #4831),
Dave Udell (POPS #9488), Carrie Doll, and Tom Kuehnel (POPS #3508). Round 1: 6 points,
Round 2: 5 points, Round 3: 7 points. Total points 18.
- Third place team "Archway Anvils" is on the left. Team members: Rich Holland (POPS #4399),
Greg Anello, Kork Doll, and Terry Ball (POPS # 7712). Round 1: 8 points, Round 2: 6 points,
Round 3: 3 points. Total points 17.
The Individual Events
Individual Event scoreboard
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| First place Classic Accuracy and first place Hit & Rock, Tom Zukowski.
Photo by Carrie Doll.
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Host Jason Mark presents the second place classic accuracy award to Roger Reynolds.
Roger was also third place in sport accuracy. |
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| Ted Williams was first in sport accuracy. Photo by Carrie Doll. |
Ron McFarland was second in sport accuracy.
Photo by Carrie Doll. |
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| Jeff Steinkamp presents the sportsmanship award to
Bernie Larkin and Lew Sanborn.
Bernie also placed third in classic accuracy. |
Some of the Fun Awards
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| Tom Zukowski won the cheerleading award for his coaching of Cheryl Whitford
in the sport accuracy event. |
Anne Wilson, youngest POP, with a bottle of bubbles. |
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| The winners of the Jeff Steinkamp look-alike contest. |
Classic Accuracy competitors Tim Robinson, Cheryl Whitford, Lew Sanborn, Kim Tucker, and Bernie
Larkin received personalized targets from chief judge Jeff Steinkamp. |
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of planes and balloons is included. You might consider that peripheral interests are skydiving
equipment such as parachute canopies, rigs and harnesses, jump suits and alimeters, goggles
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