After a tough start to the season, the CRCPL officially got under way on Saturday April 21, 2012 at Skydive Sacramento.  It was a beautiful day in the high 80’s with low to moderate winds.  A total of ten competitors registered, 9 in the pro category and 1 in the amateur group.  A total of 5 volunteer judges were on hand to score the meet and the group was headed up by Will McDaniel.

Photo by Katie Blain – Jason Sanders sticks a landing in a Zone Accuracy round.

The day started out with two speed rounds, moved to both distance rounds, and the meet ended with both accuracy rounds.  Ryan Brownlow was competing in his first competition since breaking an ankle while training for Dubai last fall.  Scott Harper, who traveled to Dubai after the injury, battled it out with Brownlow for the top spot all day long.   The pair exchanged top scores in the first two speed rounds and went into the final round of accuracy with only 0.54 points separating them.  After receiving identical scores in the final round, Brownlow edged out Harper for 1st place.  John Minos rounded out the top three in the Pro category.

“ Ryan Brownlow 1st, Scott Harper 2nd, John Minos 3rd

Walt Hawkins was the lone competitor in the amateur category.  Walt flew well for his first competition (Beer!) and scored a total of  224 points.

We want to thank all of our judges, Skydive Sacramento, and all of the competitors who came out and made this happen.   We will be holding 3 more events so if you are interested in joining the league, its not too late to do so.  We will be taking the competitors top three scores of the four meets.  The next competition is on May 19th, 2012 at Skydive Sacramento.  The two events after Nationals will be announced as soon as possible.

Photo by Katie Blain – Yuri Garmashov scoring the gates on an accuracy run