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- AmCup Sept 2025 Report and Scores
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AmCup Sept 2025 Report and Scores
From: Jim Parker
The USA-Canadian FAI Season is flying strong. 23 of the scheduled 33 AmCup contests are complete. Still too early to make confident predictions. While low in the standings now, there are plenty of good three score competitors that can move up with another good fourth score.
F1A, if I were a betting man, this one looks to be a lock for Jama Danier with 109 points. In a strong second is Jr flyer, Johnny Mah-Gersting, Note his dad Janson has decided to join in on the fun and is flying also. My Romanian W.C. roommate, Solomi Rozenzweig is in 3rd. The son- father dynamic duo Peter and Andrew Barron are in 4th and 5th.
F1B, Perennial power house Walt Ghio is in first being chased by another Jr flyer Adith Alagiri ,in second place. The person to watch is Bill Booth with 3 very good scores. He needs a 25 point to take a 2 point lead, but there is a catch- Bill needs to win a Non- Lost Hills, Non- Arizona contest for the fourth score to count. That leaves Texas, New York and Kansas contests this year.
F1C, bit sad, but not alone, there is not even one flyer meeting the 3 site rule. Nevertheless USA F1C team member rookie Todd Reynolds is in first.
F1P, This is great, the top three positions are Jrs! Emrick Smith and brothers Caleb and Paul Finn.
F1G, as usual, this has a large number of flyers. While Walt Ghio is usually high in the standing, I believe this is his first time he is in first with 102 points with a good chance of this holding up. Tiff O’Dell is in second but needs to win two contests with 3 bonus points to catch Walt. Like wise the 3rd, 4th and 5th flyers, Bernard Guest (Anther USA Team rookie), Jerry Fitch and John McGrath need at least one bonus point win to move into first.
F1H, Another sad event, one I fly. Looks to be a no bonus point year so the winner will be the one with the most 25 point wins, That looks to be Blake Jensen. This leaves Ken Bauer and I fighting it out for second and third.
F1J, This event is enjoying some resurgence. Mike McKeever is the only flyer with 4 scores and so is in first with . Frank Mennano is in second and would need just a forth place finish, 19 points, to take the lead and if Mike does not improve one or two of this scores.
F1Q, What do you say, It’s a growing event and the USA has the first F1Q World Champion, Yuda Avia! By definition our team were all rookies. But in AmCup first place is Jack Murphy (USA team member). Aram Schlosberg, second and Mike Richardson, third and Yuda, fifth. They all have a chance to catch Jack but they need at least two good scores each. Ben Tarcher is in fourth but would need 4 wins with one bonus point to win—“It could happen” (quote from the movie, ‘Angles in the Outfield’.
F1S, Another growing event. Frank Mennano is in first with 101 points. In second, Lynn Edmondson who would need a win with 3 bonus points to take the lead. Jack Murphy, third, would need two wins with 3 bonus points to take the lead.
F1E, Mike McKeever, first, and Mike Richardson second, are the only flyers with 4 scores. There are two F1E contests at L.H. in October so Jack Greening (third) and Brian Van Nest (fourth) have a chance.
Thanks to all the CD- Organizers for scores and AmCup fee payment. I have emails out to the CD- Organizers that need to make 2025 AmCup fee. Payments ($30 per contests) now go to:
Terry Kerger (SCAT treasurer, make checks out to Terry Kerger)
709 Domingo Dr.
San Gabriel, CA 91775
I’m working the USA FF 2026 Junior Team scores and will get them out next week.
Upward, Jim Parker, SCAT AmCup Administrator
America Cup results – with individual placings
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI 1 1
SWR 16 2
Kiw 13 3
NAC 11 4
MM 12 5
SCA 6 6
SAN 7 7
NCA -x- 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat 3 10
Spe -x- 11
Act 2 12
Cas -x- 13
Hur 3 14
Can 4 15
I-C 1 16
CEN 1 17
COL -x- 18
HOS 2 19
Bro 0 20
NAT 4 21
NWC 1 22
TAN -x- 23
Rck 1 24
Sim 1 31
TCC 0 25
USF 0 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1A
1 Danier, Jama 109 KOI-1 SWR-5* Kiw-1 NAC-1 MM-1* Can-1
2 Mah-Gersting, John (jr) 106 SWR-1 SCA-1 HOS-1 NAT-1
3 Rosenzweig, Shlomi 98 SWR-2 SCA-3 SAN-2 Act-2
4 Barron, Peter 73 MM-2 Hat-3 Act-1
5 Barron, Andrew 72 Kiw-2 MM-5 Hat-2
6 Jensen, Blake 71 NAC-4 SCA-4* SAN-3 NWC-1
7 Gersting, Jason 63 SAN-4 HOS-2 NAT-4
8 Bauer, Ken 54 Kiw-3* NAC-2 SCA-2* SAN-1
9 Parker, Jim 50 NAC-3 MM-3
9 Pivonka, Jace 50 CEN-1 Rck-1
11 Nikolajeras, Vidas 46 Hur-1 Can-3
11 Lenartovicz, Chris 46 Hur-2 Can-2
13 Appajappa, A (jr) 45 SWR-3 SAN-5
14 Pecenkovic, Jasminka 44 NAC-5 MM-4
15 Puhakka, Risto 43 SCA-5 Hat-1
16 Farkas Leslie 40 Hur-3 Can-4
17 Lorbiecki, John 25 I-C-1
19 VanNest, Brian 24 SWR-4
19 Malkhasyan, Sevak 24 Kiw-4
21 Finn, Caleb (jr) 23 NAT-2
22 Kim, John (jr) 22 Kiw-5
23 Ulm, Gene 21 NAT-3
17 Fedor, Mike 25 Sim-1
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI -x- 1
SWR 7 2
Kiw 18 3
NAC 13 4
MM 21 5
SCA 7 6
SAN 12 7
NCA 5 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Act 1 12
Cas 2 13
Hur 3 14
Can 3 15
I-C 7 16
CEN -x- 17
COL -x- 18
HOS 7 19
Bro 0 20
NAT 13 21
NWC 3 22
TAN 4 23
Rck 1 24
Sim -x- 31
TCC 0 25
USF 0 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1B
1 Ghio, Walt 103 SWR-2 NAC-3 MM-2 SAN-4* NCA-2
2 Alagiri, Adith (jr) 98 SWR-5 MM-4 SCA-4* HOS-1 NAT-2
3 Jensen, Blake 94 SWR-4 NAC-4* SCA-2 SAN-1 TAN-4
4 Booth, Bill 82 SWR-1 Kiw-2 SAN-2
5 Perkins, Daryl 75 NAC-5 SCA-1 NCA-1
6 Mathews, Tony 74 Kiw-3 Hur-2 Can-1
7 Guest, Bernard 72 Kiw-5 NWC-1 TAN-1
7 Schlosberg, Aram 72 Act-1 Can-2 NAT-4
9 Norvall, Larry 68 SCA-3 NCA-4 Cas-1
10 Andriukov, Alex 58 Kiw-1 NAC-2
11 Jones, Charles 50 I-C-2 HOS-2 NAT-5*
12 Fitch, Jerry 48 NAC-1 NCA-5
13 Dalecki, George 46 I-C-4 Rck-1
13 MacKenzie, Patrick 46 Hur-1 Can-3
15 Gerspacher, David 45 I-C-5* HOS-5 NAT-3
16 Jensen, Dane 44 SCA-5 SAN-3
17 McGluckin, Derek 42 NWC-3 TAN-3
18 Malkhasyan, Sevak 30 MM-1
18 Jones, Ryan 30 NAT-1
20 Simon, Greg 27 I-C-1
21 Zheng, Xuxi (Tia) (jr) 26 MM-3
22 Obligenarz, Tomer 24 Kiw-4
23 Bharadwaj, Reema (jr) 23 SWR-3
23 Richardson, Mike 23 Cas-2
23 Jensen, Dane 23 NWC-2
23 Gannon, Bill 23 TAN-2
23 Gerspacher, Kyle 23 HOS-3
23 MacCleery, Rich 23 I-C-3
29 Davis, Mike 22 NCA-3
30 Lin, Aurelius (jr?) 21 SAN-5
30 Simon, Evan 21 HOS-4
30 Doherty,Kim 21 Hur-3
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI -x- 1
SWR 2 2
Kiw 5 3
NAC 5 4
MM 5 5
SCA 2 6
SAN 1 7
NCA -x- 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Act -x- 12
Cas -x- 13
Hur 3 14
Can -x- 15
I-C -x- 16
CEN -x- 17
COL -x- 18
HOS -x- 19
Bro 0 20
NAT -x- 21
NWC -x- 22
TAN -x- 23
Rck -x- 24
Sim 1 31
TCC 0 25
USF 0 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1C
1 Reynolds, Todd 74 SWR-1 Kiw-1 NAC-5* SCA-2
2 Menanno, Guy 69 SWR-2 Kiw-2 NAC-4* MM-3 SCA-3*
4 Ellington, Jeff 51 Kiw-4* NAC-1 MM-2* SCA-1
5 Roberts, Mike 49 Kiw-5* NAC-2 MM-4* SAN-1
2 Parker, Faust 69 Kiw-3 NAC-3 MM-5* Sim-1
6 Malkhasyan, Taron 26 MM-1
7 Grulinsky, Richard 25 Hur-1
8 Perchinsky, Rostislav 23 Hur-2
9 Shvedenkov, Yury 21 Hur-3
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI 2 1
SWR 1 2
Kiw -x- 3
NAC 1 4
MM 2 5
SCA -x- 6
SAN 1 7
NCA -x- 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Act -x- 12
Cas 1 13
Hur -x- 14
Can -x- 15
I-C -x- 16
CEN -x- 17
COL -x- 18
HOS 3 19
Bro 0 20
NAT 2 21
NWC 1 22
TAN -x- 23
Rck -x- 24
Sim -x- 31
TCC 0 25
USF 0 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1P
1 Smith, Emrick, jr 100 SWR-1 NAC-1 MM-1 SAN-1* NWC-1
2 Finn, Caleb (jr) 71 KOI-2 HOS-2 NAT-1
3 Finn, Paul (jr) 69 KOI-1 HOS-3 NAT-2
4 Ferrario, Rocco 25 Cas-1
4 Hanford, Bob 25 HOS-1
6 Kerger, Terry 23 MM-2
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI -x- 1
SWR 8 2
Kiw 8 3
NAC -x- 4
MM 8 5
SCA 1 6
SAN 7 7
NCA 2 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat 2 10
Spe -x- 11
Act -x- 12
Cas 2 13
Hur -x- 14
Can -x- 15
I-C -x- 16
CEN 3 17
COL 3 18
HOS 2 19
Bro 0 20
NAT 11 21
NWC 3 22
TAN 3 23
Rck 3 24
Sim -x- 31
TCC 0 25
USF 0 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1G
1 Ghio, Walt 102 SWR-1 Kiw-2 MM-3* SAN-1 NCA-2
2 O’Dell, Tiffaney 94 SWR-4 SAN-2 NWC-2 TAN-1
3 Guest, Bernard 75 MM-1 NWC-1 TAN-2
4 Fitch, Jerry 73 SWR-3 Kiw-3* MM-2 SCA-1 SAN-3*
4 McGrath, John 73 Cas-2 CEN-1 COL-2* Rck-1
6 Richardson, Mike 63 SWR-5 Kiw-5 Cas-1
7 Jones, Darold 46 CEN-3* COL-1 Rck-3
7 Dalecki, George 46 NAT-4 Rck-2
9 Davis, Mike 44 SAN-5 NCA-1
9 DeLoach, Don 44 CEN-2 COL-3
11 Jensen, Dane 42 NWC-3 TAN-3
12 MacKenzie, Patrick 40 Kiw-4 MM-5
13 Matsuno, Chris 29 NAT-1
14 Jones, Geralyn 27 Kiw-1
14 DeLoach, Skilly 27 NAT-2
16 Morris, George 25 SWR-2
16 Rousseau, Don 25 Hat-1
16 Gerspacher, Kyle 25 NAT-3
16 Vancil, Mark 25 HOS-1
20 Gross, Jerry 23 Hat-2
20 Finn, Hope 23 HOS-2
22 Mathews, Tony 21 MM-4
22 Pykelny, Mike 21 SAN-4
22 Jones, Ryan 21 NAT-5
25 Brocks, Peter 19 SWR-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI -x- 1
SWR 2 2
Kiw 2 3
NAC -x- 4
MM 3 5
SCA 1 6
SAN -x- 7
NCA -x- 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Act -x- 12
Cas -x- 13
Hur -x- 14
Can -x- 15
I-C -x- 16
CEN -x- 17
COL -x- 18
HOS -x- 19
Bro 0 20
NAT 3 21
NWC 1 22
TAN 1 23
Rck -x- 24
Sim -x- 31
TCC 0 25
USF 0 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1H
1 Jensen, Blake 100 SWR-1 MM-1* SCA-1 NWC-1 TAN-1
2 Parker, Jim 67 SWR-2 Kiw-2 MM-3
3 Bauer, Ken 48 Kiw-1 MM-2
4 Ulm, Gene 25 NAT-1
5 Reuter, Wes, (jr) 23 NAT-2
6 Reuter, Beckham, (jr) 21 NAT-3
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI -x- 1
SWR 4 2
Kiw 4 3
NAC -x- 4
MM 3 5
SCA -x- 6
SAN 1 7
NCA 2 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Act -x- 12
Cas 3 13
Hur -x- 14
Can -x- 15
I-C -x- 16
CEN -x- 17
COL -x- 18
HOS -x- 19
Bro 0 20
NAT 3 21
NWC -x- 22
TAN -x- 23
Rck 2 24
Sim 1 31
TCC 0 25
USF 0 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1J
1 McKeever, Mike 92 Kiw-4* MM-3 SAN-1 NCA-1 Cas-3
3 Mennano, Frank 75 SWR-1 Cas-1 Rck-1
1 Parker, Faust 92 SWR-2 Kiw-3 MM-2 Sim-1
4 Secor, Randy 50 Kiw-1 MM-1
5 Ferrario, Rocco 46 NCA-2 Cas-2
6 Lorbiecki, John 25 NAT-1
7 Roberts, Mike 23 Kiw-2
7 Ashworth, Hayden 23 NAT-2
7 Hanford, Bob 23 Rck-2
10 Mennano, Guy 21 SWR-3
10 Fedor, Mike 21 NAT-3
12 Reynolds, Todd 19 SWR-4
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI -x- 1
SWR 6 2
Kiw 6 3
NAC 7 4
MM 6 5
SCA 2 6
SAN 4 7
NCA 2 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Act 2 12
Cas 2 13
Hur 1 14
Can -x- 15
I-C 2 16
CEN -x- 17
COL -x- 18
HOS 2 19
Bro 0 20
NAT 3 21
NWC -x- 22
TAN -x- 23
Rck 1 24
Sim 1 31
TCC 0 25
USF 0 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1Q
1 Murphy, Jack 101 SWR-4* Kiw-2 NAC-1 MM-3* NCA-1 Rck-1
2 Schlosberg, Aram 97 NAC-4* MM-2 Act-2 Hur-1 NAT-1
3 Richardson, Mike 95 SWR-5 Kiw-1 NAC-5* MM-4* SAN-1 Cas-1
4 Tarcher, Ben 90 Kiw-4* MM-5* SCA-2 SAN-3 NCA-2 Cas-2
5 Avia, Yuda 74 NAC-3 MM-1 Act-1
7 Brooks, Clint 50 Kiw-3* NAC-2 SCA-1 SAN-2*
8 Sifleet, Bob 48 I-C-1 HOS-2 NAT-3*
8 Seachrist, David 48 HOS-1 NAT-2
6 Parker, Julie 70 SWR-3 I-C-2 Sim-1
10 Alagiri, Aarav (jr) 42 SWR-2 Kiw-5
11 Pykelny, Mike 26 SWR-1
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI -x- 1
SWR 10 2
Kiw 8 3
NAC -x- 4
MM 8 5
SCA 4 6
SAN 6 7
NCA 2 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Act -x- 12
Cas 5 13
Hur -x- 14
Can -x- 15
I-C -x- 16
CEN 3 17
COL 3 18
HOS 3 19
Bro 0 20
NAT 7 21
NWC 2 22
TAN 2 23
Rck 4 24
Sim 1 31
TCC 0 25
USF 0 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1S
1 Mennano, Frank 101 SWR-1 SCA-1 Cas-3* CEN-2 COL-1 Rck-4*
2 Edmondson, Lynn 95 SAN-4 NCA-1 NWC-1 TAN-1
3 Murphy, Jack 92 Kiw-3* MM-2 SAN-2 NCA-2 Cas-4* Rck-3
4 DeLoach, Don 88 SWR-4 SAN-5 CEN-1 COL-2 Rck-2*
5 VanNest, Janna 70 SWR-2 Kiw-4 MM-3
6 Norvall, Larry 61 MM-4* SCA-3 SAN-3 Cas-5
7 Brooks, Clint 53 Kiw-1 MM-5* SCA-2* SAN-1
8 Donnelly, Robert 49 SWR-3 Kiw-2
9 Sechrist, David 48 NAT-3 Rck-1
10 Gannon, Bill 46 NWC-2 TAN-2
12 Pangell, Rick 42 CEN-3 COL-3
13 Mennano, Guy 27 MM-1
13 Sowder, Bob 27 NAT-1
15 Mills, Loren 26 Cas-1
16 James, Jon 25 NAT-2
16 Lorbiecki, John 25 HOS-1
18 Skorepa, Edward 24 Cas-2
19 Finn, Josh 23 HOS-2
20 Thomas,Mark 21 NAT-4
20 J. C. (jr) 21 HOS-3
22 Murphy, Jerry 20 SWR-5
11 Parker, Julie 44 Kiw-5 Sim-1
23 Tarcher, Ben 19 SCA-4
23 Sifleet, Bob 19 NAT-5
Key to competition abbreviations and number of sportsmen:
KOI -x- 1
SWR -x- 2
Kiw 7 3
NAC -x- 4
Cal 5 5
SW 5 6
AzC 3 7
NCA -x- 8
Srn -x- 9
Hat -x- 10
Spe -x- 11
Act -x- 12
Cas -x- 13
Hur -x- 14
Can -x- 15
I-C -x- 16
CEN -x- 17
COL -x- 18
HOS -x- 19
Bro 0 20
NAT -x- 21
NWC -x- 22
TAN -x- 23
Rck -x- 24
Sim 0 31
TCC 0 25
USF 3 26
Har 0 27
Kot 0 28
Ser 0 29
Lac 0 30
Pat 0 32
AZC 0 33
F1E
1 McKeever, Mike 100 Kiw-1 Cal-1 SW -4* AzC-3 USF-1
2 Richardson, Mike 91 Kiw-3 Cal-3 SW -3 AzC-2 USF-3*
3 Greening, Jack 75 SW -1 AzC-1 USF-2
4 Van Nest, Brian 45 Kiw-2 Cal-4
5 Brocks, Peter 24 Cal-2
5 Blake, Jensen 24 SW -2
7 Perkins, Daryl 21 Kiw-4
8 Jones, Geralyn 19 Kiw-5
9 Jones, Charlie 18 Cal-5
9 Reynolds, Todd 18 SW -5
We are not the only ones
From:Terry Kerger
Roger
Evidently sailing sport has the same decline in participation as Free Flight. We need to recognize the issue and make the clubs goal to increase participation.
See article from Sailing magazine.
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