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14th Annual POPS Meet, 04-08 July 2007
Archway Skydiving, Vandalia, IL
The weather was beautiful with blue skies and gentle breezes.
Jumpers from several states and Canada gathered for five 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. Carrie Doll
produced beautiful and unique awards personalized with photos of the winners
taken during the individual competition events.
There were three rounds of RW Scrambles competition. Video fliers Audrey Thies, Carrie Doll and
Larry Miyasaka filmed the jumps.
Scoreboard
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| 1st Place Sport Accuracy, Audrey Thies. Photo by Carrie Doll. |
Harry Moore, 1st place in Hit & Rock.
Photo by Carrie Doll. |
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| Classic Accuracy winners Zuko Smajic, 3rd; Cheryl Whitford, 1st;
Samir Kurtovic, 2nd.
Photo by Carrie Doll.
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Sport Accuracy winners Harry Moore, 3rd; and Kim Tucker, 2nd. Photo by Carrie Doll. |
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| Sportsmanship Award winners Anne Wilson (left) and Nathan Burbank (right) with
previous winners Bernie Larkin and Cheryl Whitford. Photo by Carrie Doll. |
Individual event judging staff Karen Puder, Mary Ann Zukowski, Larry Talbert, and Betty Moore with
Chief Judge Jeff Steinkamp. Photo by Carrie Doll. |
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Todd Morman, youngest POP. Todd place fourth in each of the Classic Accuracy, Sport
Accuracy, and Hit & Rock events. He also was the judge for the 4-Way Scrambles.
Photo by Carrie Doll. |
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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
and helmets. People looking at this page may also be interested in skydiving videos and
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