Hello all!



I was wondering if there's any concensus on when the first modern

boomerang tournament was held anywhere in the world?  Granted, I'm

sure for a much longer time boomerang friends would challenge

eachother to accuracy and such, but I'm talking the first open,

organized boomerang tournament.



Also, of the six standard evenets in USBA competitions, were any of

those events not in the earliest boomerang comps?



Sincerely,

Aaron (Muncie, IN)

On 22/05/2005, at 2:04 AM, Sir_Launcelot_du_Lake wrote:



> I was wondering if there's any concensus on when the first modern

> boomerang tournament was held anywhere in the world?



Define "modern". Georgi's "Boomerang Puzzle" lists a formal

competition with the Brist cross-sticks in 1904.



> Also, of the six standard evenets in USBA competitions, were any of

> those events not in the earliest boomerang comps?



Virtually all of them. The codification into lots of formal events

really only started in the 1960s (and most of the events then are no

longer part of competition -- eg. consecutive catch).



Speaking for Australia, we first decided our National Champion by a

mixture of event in 1988 (previously only Aussie Round, or its

predecessor, counted), and it was only in 1995 that multi-blade rangs

were allowed, and that the six current events (minus the Doubling

part of Trick Catch) were adopted.



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