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Adam breaks Aussie Record
Adam McLlaughlin shattered the British Aussie round record
at the Iron Person event in September 2005. His score of 85 points beat the
previous highest score by 6 points. This score is an exceptional achievement
and brings the British record up to a truly international standing.
Adam achieved the record with a self made DeVe copy made
from 4mm paxolin. As with so many boomerangs that turn out good in the end, the
boomerang was destined for the bin when he returned from the World Championships.
He decided to give the boomerang one more chance and changed the airofoil to
allow a faster spin, and hey presto he had a well behaved boom.
Adam was typically modest suggesting that he had a lot of
luck. The rest of the BBS are wondering whether he was also lucky when he broke
the MTA record and keeps winning the long distance trophys.
See description of competition events.
Dec 2003 -Mark Holman-Lisney and Martin Laslett are Top BBS Throwers for 2003
Jay Butters was the winner at Birmingham in May, and Mark Holman-Lisney romped all over the field to walk away with the honours at
Trefriw. Martin won Shrewsbury and the Birmingham Iron Man. Adam McLaughlin
was, once again, the king of Long Distance. |
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Sept 2002 Mark Holman Lisney Wins Iron Man Tournament
The rugged captain of the British World Cup team (The British Loins) was a triumphant
victor of the one day, 6 event tourno is at Pickwick Fields, Birmingham. Mark saw of all
competitors in a tough event that suited his style. The other Loins trailed in behind the
leader of their pack - Martin Laslett 2nd and Andi Furnace 3rd. Full
results are here. The BBS thrwoing season ends with Martin Laslett as the no.1 British
thrower, knocking the now disabled thrower, and close neighbour, Jim Millar , off the top
spot. British records and rankings are now available here |
August 2002 Oli Thienhouse Wins Trefriw Tourno - again! and Adam
McLaughlin wins LD
Oliver
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Trefriw was, once again, a fantastic tourno enjoyed by all but won by Oli Thienhouse
from Germany. Long Distance was won by Adam McLaughlin (UK). A bit of rain delayed the
first day but not for long. The British MTA 100 record was broken twice - first by Mark
Holman-Lisney, then as the time (39.73 secs)was being recorded, Adam Macs 'Sensor' from
Georgi Dimanchev composite factory, was floating down for a time of 44.18 secs. Mark still
holds the record for the shorest time a record has been held (14.23 seconds). Martin
Laslett was 2nd and Horst Faika was 3rd. Results (no LD yet) Sadly Jim Millar twisted his knee, but is making a full recovery to his former glory |
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August 2002 BBS Teams throw in the Boomerang World Cup
The BBS has taken part with two teams in the Boomerang World Cup Teams. The Celtic
Dragons and The British Loins were the BBS representatives in the Boomerang
World Cup held in Kiel, Germany in July / August 2002. Click Here for
details of the teams
All the throwers had a great time and aquited them selves with honour, and of course,
integrity. The Loins came 13th and The Dragons came 19th out of 24 teams - not bad for our
first ever team presence. Thanks to American thrower, Mike 'the Monkey Nurse' Krausser,
who joined the Dragons. The BBS would like to thank their German friends for organising a
great event and congratulate the American Dogs of Boom on their victory. We did not take
part in the indiviual classification, which meant that Swiss thrower Manuel Schuetz was
the winner of that. Congrautlations to Manuel, too! Results are on The Official Boomerang World
Cup Site Live page http://www.boomerang2002.com/index.php?2 |
The Loins look fierce
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July 2002 Top Thrower's Boomerangs Stolen
The priceless boomerang collection of top British competitor - Flo West were
stolen from his flat on July 23rd. This puts his world cup hopes in serious jepardy.
Please help by sending him some boomerangs or information if you see any boomerangs being
thrown suspiciously in the Leicester area
June 2002 Shrewsbury Tourno Sees New Heights in Competitive
Spirit
Strong winds and a low turnout did not stop the keen BBS throwers 'chomping at the bit'
for some hard throwing action. In the end the result was nail
bitingly close with Martin Laslett taking his second podium position of the season to
actually win it. Coming dangerously close in behind him were other hopefuls for the World
Cup - Sean Slade (veteran) in second place and Mark Lisney in third - with only 1 point
separating 1st, 2nd and 3rd. We can safely assume, however that if Lorenz Gubler had
turned he would have won. Full results are given here for
throwers who did 'regular rules' for the whole tourno
May 2002 Lorenz wins Boomingham Tourno May 4th and 5th
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Lorenz Gubler won Birmingham Boom Bash for the second time in succession, in pleasant
throwing conditions that saw some good scores and Lawrence West edge the British accuracy
record a point closer to the magic 50, notching up a well practiced 46. Martin Laslett
came second and Jens (The Great Dane) was third.
Our thanks to the local chippy for the debut of hot catering on the field, and the lovely
boom babes Deb and Lisa for off the field delights
The full break down of results is here |
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Throwers left to Right, Rob Butters, Jay Butters, Mark Harris, Lorenz
Gubler, Jack Butters, Jens and son, Noam Krabbe, Adam McLaughlin, Willie Watts, Mark
Holman-Lisney, Jim Millar, Rus Jones, Andy Furness, Rob , Lawrence west, Martin Laslett.
On the floor: Sean Slade |
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Spring 2002 Bomber Harris Blasts Bull and Takes the Ashes
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Mark 'Bomber' Harris came up for a throw in Birmingham and blasted the bull to bits in
the longest session of 'Battle For The Ashes' that has ever taken place. The 'Cup' /
'Ashes' changed hands many times during a long afternoon, but in the end they were firmly
in Bomber's hands and no amount of re-matches and rule variations could dislodge the prize
from his all catching hands. |
Trefriw August 2001 was an 'Absoloute Blast!'
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This year's Trefriw was the biggest and best ever!
Click here for PICTURES of all of us (MAC users
too - now I hope!)
The three day boomerang festival in North Wales had a record number of throwers, from
home and abroad, and was won by German thrower, Oli Thienhouse. A full list of
results is here . Oli also set what is thought to be a new MTA
unlimmited record for Germany of 133.45 seconds |
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Jim Millar was the top British thrower , coming in 3rd place, after Oliver Rau.
Jim also beat the endurance record, so he now has two British records, and at the end of
the season ranks first place in Britain, beating Flo West (ranking 2nd) and Martin
Laslett (ranking 3rd) For the current rankings and records, click
here
Andy Furniss broke the Btritish MTA unlimitted record 75.41 seconds yet sadly 'The
great come back tour', never materialsed - but wait til next year, right Andy? |
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Flo set another record for the cameras, this time by making and
throwing a boomerang in the shortest time for BBC Record Breakers. With power tools
blazing the current World Indoor record holder, notched up another record by cutting,
carving, chucking and catching a rang in just 1 minute, 9 seconds!
Lisa Killelay won the "encouragement rules" tournament, narrowly beating
new comers Ian McKinnon and Mark (Magic) Leivers into 2nd and 3rd places thanks to a spot
on accuracy score of 50 (equivlent to 40 in regular rules!). |
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| The Swiss are surely the Kings of Long Distance, and Markus Peyssard kept up
the tradition with a victory in the event on Monday - 128metres. Fellow Swiss, Lorenz 2nd
place (115m) and Brit Adam 3rd (114m) Scores for ld |
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Once again, our thanks to Gill and Jat Butters for all their hospitality and making
the event so very special |
Lorenz Wins, and distance record is smashed by Rob Butters and Matt
McLaughlin Shrewsbury - June 2001
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Lorenz Gubler victory tour of the UK romps on - this time at Shrewsbury, winning Long
Distance and the 6 event Tourno. Old hands Sean Slade and Jay came second and third in the
6 event tourno, but the big news was big distance. |
Rob Butters first throw smashed threw the 105m former record of Gordon Shuttleworth,
and sailed out to a MASSIVE 116 metres. Not bad for a lad of 14 years! But his
record didn't last long in the adult catagory, as within minutes Matt MacLaughlin
shattered it again for a new record of 125 M. BeAGGRESIVE Swiss Lond Distance
expert Lorenz didn't have much trouble beating them both - 130m I think! I think its about
time we recorded a new record - viz Junior distance with Rob's score the first one on the
list
The 100m + club also had a few other members - Adam MacLaughlin, Martin Laslett, joined
Mark Lisney (last year).
Gill Butters Wins Wanroij Ladies - June 2001
| It was seriously blowing a gale in Holland and chucking it down with rain,
but Jill Butters didn't let it blow her away - and came first place in the womens results.
The overall tourno was won by German, Alex Opri, with the highest Brit being old safe
hands himself - Jim Millar. Unfortunately Mark Lisney slipped in a heroic dive to catch
his MTA and injured his shoulder so badly that he went home.
The Dutch event was the
'climax' of the first BOOMCAMP - but the preceeding week was so enjoyable that some
competitors climaxed a little early - helped by the beautiful weather |
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Lorenz Wins Birmingham - May 2001
Lorenz Gubler beat Mark Lisney into 2nd place, and Jim Milar into 3rd by a narrow
margin, to start off his British Season. Blustery and cold winds held the scores down in
general, but the marquee was was a great success. Our thanks to Jim Millar, Lisa Killaly,
Rus and Angela Jones and Deb Laslett for providing the organisation and hospitallity. In
the photo below are some new faces - on the far right are Lesley and Dennis - welcome to
the BBS. Click here for results
October - 2000 Roger Perry Buys RANGS
Rangs Boomerangs of Australia have recently been acquired by Roger Perry, the owner of
Spinback boomerangs and a keen competitive thrower. Roger now owns what is probably the
World's largest factory for what we would call 'real' boomerangs.
October 2000 - Mark Lisney Ranks Number 1
The British Rankings have been calculated and Mark is our number one thrower, based on
his performance in the UK and abroad. Martin Laslett was second place. Sean Slade ranked
3rd despite what he called 'a bad year'and no overseas throwing. Is there no stopping the
old dog?
August 2000 - Trefriw 2000
Martin Laslett romped home to a glorious victory at the presitigious Trefriw Boomerang
Festival, which was once again hosted by the magnificent Jill and Jay Butters. The BBS
again thanks them for organising such a fab tourno and providing a great event all round.
Mark Lisney took home the Herb Smith Memorial Distance Trophy for theLongest throw by a
British thrower this year (101m at Shrewsbury), even though Adam McLoughlin won the
distance at Trefriw with a huge 97m. The swarthy hunk Lisney even broke the British fast
catch record as well with 24.13 seconds , so all in all a good tourno for the newly wed
wanger
May 2000 - Boomingham Boys Triumphant - Again!
Jim Millar took first place and paunchy raunchy neighbour Martin Laslett achieved
second place at the 2000 Birmingham Tournament. Mark Lisney drew for points at second
place, but had no first positions.
Medium strength but changeable winds suppressed the breaking of any records. Full write
in BBS mag
March 2000 - Russ Actually Makes Ran
Rising Boom Star Russel Jones was all set to start making boomerangs
with a fully equipped cellar and a new sheet of aviation ply, but now he has actually done
it and made not one bou two boomerangs, including one good one that he has already used to
notch up points in competition
September 1999 - Bart Simpson Launches Rang Cheese
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Yes its true, loveable cartoon rouge Bart Simpson has lunched his own 'Barterang' as a
premotion on the back The Dairylea Lunchables Fun Pack.
But is it any good ? Hold on
I'll cut it out and try it. Yes I have to say it is pretty good, but works better if
thrown with lots of spin by hand, rather than launched with a ruler flick as shown below.
So go out and buy a Dairylea Fun Pack and give it a go, cheese lovers.
| Thanks to Proffesor Ian Quigley of the Informatics Computer Training
and Education Center for this information |
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