The 1997 Grand National
Kitemakers Competition
Wildwood, NJ

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Kitemakers
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GRAND CHAMPION
Pete Rondeau

Most Innovative Pete Rondeau A Centipede kite with removable disks and various construction techniques for the head.
Best use of traditional materials. Mikio Toki A traditional Japanese Edo kite with bamboo framing.
Mixed media kites Kurt Eby A rokkaku kite made with spray-painted fabric.
Novice Kitemaker Cheryl Kear A six-sided kite with castles on the kite and the tail.
Special Award Ed Shenk For successful competition in four of the seven categories he entered.
Special Award Marc Ricketts For his use of tension members in framing kites that could be reconfigured into various shapes.

TRAINS OR CENTIPEDES
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Pete Rondeau 35.03
2 Ty Billings 30.38
3 David Gomberg 28.12
4 Ed Shenk 27.71
5 Cheryl Kear 27.66

TRADITIONAL
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Mikio Toki 33.71
2 Tanna Haynes 32.53
3 Tom McAlister 30.99
4 Ed Shenk 30.54
5 Stephen Millner 24.62

STUNT AND SPORT KITES
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Ed Shenk 30.96
2 Daniel Klos 29.13
3 Ron Hicks 28.83
4 Peter Hugger 28.45

SOFT AND FLEXIBLE
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Joel Scholz 30.77
2 Barbara Meyer 29.13
3 Michael Dallmer 28.16
4 Ted Nick 28.00
5 Mike Dallmer, Jr. 26.39
6 Morris Wright 26.23

ROKKAKU
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Ron Gibian 34.41
2 Charlie Dunton 33.25
3 Debby Borg 30.50
4 Scott Spencer 29.52
5 Steve Cseplo 29.45
6 Lou Behrman 29.28
7 Barbara Meyer 28.95
8 Kurt Eby 28.41
9 Morris Wright 28.24
10 Debbie Von Bokern 27.47

OPEN OR COMBINED
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Todd Little 28.56
2 Mary Baier 28.53
3 Charmaine Lindner 25.43

MULTILINE INNOVATIVE
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Ed Shenk 31.63
2 Daniel Klos 29.99
3 Joel Scholz 29.47

MULTILINE FIGURE
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Daniel Klos 30.97
2 Joel Scholz 30.27
3 David Davies 28.59

INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS AND DESIGNS
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Ed Shenk 31.73
2 Scott Spencer 31.12
3 David Rowe 29.07
4 Robert Price 26.47

FLAT OR BOWED
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Wolfgang Grimsel 32.45
2 Stretch Tucker 31.90
3 Cinda Shannon 30.63
4 Richard Koons 30.22
5 Tony Reiser 30.22
6 Jerry Houk 30.20
7 Scott Spencer 29.83
8 Cheryl Kear 29.47
9 Ed Shenk 28.97
10 Douglas Kegerise 27.78
11 Ty Billings 27.68
12 Todd Little 27.01
13 Bill Hayden 25.95
14 Ronald Dunn 25.85

FIGURE KITES
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Dave Arnold 31.23
2 Michael Dallmer 29.61
3 Martin Blais 29.55

DELTA AND DERIVATIVES
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Ed Shenk 31.13
2 Richard Gareau 29.42
3 Charlie Dunton 28.71
4 Morris Wright 28.02
5 Todd Little 25.84

COOPERATIVE
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Mid-Michigan String 31.64
2 Kurt Eby and Ed Shenk 28.98
3 Lehigh Valley Kite 28.60
4 Alice Hayden and Dave 28.38
5 Carmela Pallotta and Jim Low 26.23

CELLULAR OR DIMENSIONAL
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Bobby Stanfield 34.74
2 Tony Ferrel 33.26
3 Peter Dolphin 33.00
4 Cliff Quinn 31.35
5 Tom McAlister 30.63
6 Danna Korak 30.61
7 Drake Smith 29.47
8 Morris Wright 26.81

ARCH TRAINS AND RIBBONS
PLACE CONTESTANT SCORE
1 Ron Mazzotta 30.80
2 Paul Lawrence 30.53

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