August 2009

The Jr Finals at the 2009 Nats is complete. A fine group of young flyers demonstrated  their flying skills in a wide variety of conditions. Our many thanks to Bill Shailor who was the CD for the first day of the Jr Finals flying on Sunday. Also equal thanks for the

timers who gave up their practice time to help our Jrs. We also wish to thank Art Ellis who has supported the USA Jr FF program for his many years of service on the Jr Team Selection Subcommittee.  Art resigned his Jr TSC position but will continue to be the key mentor for Jrs in Wilbur and Orville club and the Eastern USA. Paul Crowley has

graciously accepted to fill Arts position for the remainder of this program

Below are the standings for the  Jr flyers competing for the  USA Jr. F1A, F1B, and F1P teams for the20Junior FAI Free Flight World Championships scheduled for the summer of 2010 in Romania. Note, these are not the final team selections as the remainder of this letter will explain.

F1A

Miles Johnson                   1041 + 1200 = 2241

Oliver Cai                      1081 +1147 = 2227

Logan  Tetrick                   949 +1152 = 2101

Michelle Barron                 1013 + 968 = 1981

Timothy  Barron              897 + 964 = 1861

Joey Farmer                     680 + 994 = 1674

Julie Barron                    605 + 889 = 1494

75% of 2241 + 1681

F1B

Sevak   Malkhasyan              984 + 900 = 1884

Brede   Doerner              20  949 + 900 = 1849

Brian  Pacelli                      994 + 840 = 1834

75% of 1884 = 1413

F1P

Chinmay  Jaju               1080 + 817 = 1897

Brian   Pacelli                     996 + 845 = 1841

Rya

n  Seymour                   617 + 672 = 1289

Taron  Malkhasyan                   0 + 490 = 490

75% of 1897 = 1423

The remainder of the team selection process is described in the Jt Team Selection program which can be found on the NFFs web site. Two key sections are repeated here.

3.1 Qualification To qualify for the 2010 Jr team, the flyer must  score

a minimum of 75% (flyoff time not counted) of the winning Jr Finals time for his/her event.

In addition, the Jr must accumulate 75 minutes in their respective event at any AMA contest sanctioned for the Jr.s event(s). -----

The 75 minute qualification will be retroactively scored after program entry per Section1.0. The Jr must fly at two contests after the Jr. Finals but before the end of the program (see section 3.2), even if they have already achieved the 75 minute qualification time.

The first point to make about this section is the need for the flyers in  team contention for a team spot to fly and complete the 75 min qualification time. Note the Jr Finals / NATs scores do not count toward the qualification time. The qualification time period ends at

the conclusion of the 2009-2010 King Orange contest.

The second item from this section is the second and third team spots need 75% of the winning time. For this program, the top 5 flyers in F1A, all three F1Bflyers and the top 2 flyers in F1P achieved the 75% of the winning time. This means that for F1P, there remains one open team spot. How this spot may be filled will be explained later.

The next important section describes other aspects of the team selection process.

Official team designations.

The top three junior flyers will be required to complete the AMA team membership agreement form, which will be sent from AMA. The final 0D announcement of the Junior Team will then be made for the 2010 Junior World Championships. ------

Competitors will be chosen for the Junior Team in only one event. If a junior qualifies in more than one event, he/she will notify the selection committee of their preference by the end of the Nats.

Brian Pacelli placed in the top 3 in both F1B and F1P. He has chosen to F1P as his event of choose.  Therefore there is an open spot on the F1B team.  This position and the open F1P postion may be fill as explained in the remainder of 3.5 Official team designitation section.

The JrTSC will also maintain the authority to place late entrants in open*Junior Team positions, but is not obligated to fill an open team position. Application for an open* team position must be submitted in writing or email to the JrTSC chairman by April 30, 2009. The Jr must enter, (per Section 1.0) and provide contest performance information as

an attachment to Form A. If more than one application is received, the JrTSC will use the following criteria to make a selection: the provided contest performance information; other contest performance information; verbal and written references from other free flight flyers; the number of future JrTSPs the applicant is eligible for. The applicant must

fulfill the Qualification requirement per Section 3.1. (75 minutes)

* Released JrTS program states .uncontested.. Uncontested will be changed to

 .open. at the next revision.

It is important for the two F1P flyers, Ryan Seymour and Taron Malkhasyan, who did not make the 75% of the winning time to submit an application of the open F1P spot. It is recommended that they fly as many contests as possible and submit the strongest contest records as possible.  Also note that Jr that did not fly at the Jr Finals can apply for an open position on the F1b and/ or F1P team. Brian Pacelli may also apply for the open F1B spot.

Jr Team Selection Subcommittee

Gearge Batiuk

Jim Parker

Paul Crowley