15 young Gerplunkers contested for glory …

Colin ‘C-Man’ Lacy 2009 Gerplunking Winner

Kirby ‘Fully Loaded’ Berke Gerplunker Runner up

Henry ‘Giggles’ Piskie 1st time Gerplunking (age 3 3/4)

With clear blue sky and sparkling blue water, 15 young Gerplunkers contested for glory July 4^th on the famous Windemere Beach of Mackinac Island.

Gerplunking is an important part of the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping event as Stone Skipping is but one of the more advanced forms of Gerplunking.

Kirby “Fully Loaded” Berke and Colin “C-Man” Lacy tied for first place with a 8.9 overall average score after the required 5 plunks.  After all competition had ended, the tie score required a  “Plunk-off” to determine the winner.

During the “Plunk-off” stones were tossed one-at-a-time, alternating between the contestants.  After calculating the totals, a scant .38 difference proved Colin “C-Man” Lacy the winner, and allowed him to claim top honors.

 The award was a necklace created from a Mackinac Island Beach Stone that had developed a natural hole.  It was secured to an attractive lanyard by means of a silver band.

Congratulations to all of these fine Plunkers:

Results of the July 4, 2009 Mackinac Island Gerplunking Contest
C-Man Lacy	Kentucky	8.9  Plunk-off winner
Fully Loaded Berke	Colorado	8.9
Luigi Dude Orf	Florida	8.8
Cannonball Dara	Michigan	8.6
Giggles Piskie	Michigan	8.6
A-Man Hauser	Michigan	8.0
Bumper Berke	Montana	7.9
Izzy Lacy	Kentucky	7.6
George Stewart	Michigan	7.6
Nate the Great Felix	Indiana	7.5
E.V. Kolinski	Michigan	7.4
Peanut Lynch	Illinois	7.2
Lilly Felix	Indiana	6.9
E. Chance	Michigan	6.7
L.B. Pickering	Cayman Islands	6.3

Judging, Stats and Report Courtesy of ,

Doc Crain

Another great day at the beach – July 4th, 2009

 

 

The offical 4oth Stone Skipping event has come and gone but the memories linger on. The weather was fantastic with clear blue skies 70 degree temperatures and a slight breeze.  The water was cold and the skippers were hot.

Highlights:

Rubbing elbows with a legend.

• Gerplunking had its first ‘Plunk off’.  Doc is reviewing beach photos to verify the winner and will post his findings soon.
• Brotherly Rivalry cost one brother dinner for 20 at the Grand. Two brothers, one from Illinois, one from Michigan needed to break a 15 skip tie with a one stone skip off.  The boy from Illinois skipped a meager 3 yet his brother, complaining about wave conditions, only manged to skip a paltry 2. Who says sibling rivalry doesn’t pay?

• Everyone on beach enjoyed seeing the Governor and her family participating in the fun.

• The amateur division had a number of international competitors.  A mystery man from the Netherlands led the competition with an impressive 23 until a kilt wearing scott skipped 23 twice to take the coveted Little David trophy.  It was a tough decision for amateur winner Alistair Cooper on whether to take the fudge prize or compete with the pros. In hindsight the fudge might have been a better decision.  Alistair vowed to return in 2010 as long as his commitments as a professional calendar model permit.
  

  Skipping with Passion

• The pros demonstrated they were pros with all competitors skipping at least 21, two skips of 26, two skips of 24 and two skips of 23.  Nate ‘Dogg’ Rango, last years open winner proved that today’s youth is prepared to take on the old school veterans.  He  was in second place with 26. Hard Luck Loy is looking for his fans to suggest a new and improved handle for 2010. In the end it was Russ ‘Rock Bottom’ Byars taking the lead with a solid skip of 28.
• There were several requests to have the Stone Skipping shirts available year round. The T-Shirt shady is looking into providing an email address or web page for folks to buy shirts online.
• Michael ‘Chompers’ Steiner had to leave immediately following the tournament to skip on the pond in front of one of the Vegas casinos on July 5th. (Mike we need an update)

If you have any other first, second or third hand information to share about this years event please click on ‘comments’ or ‘leave a comment’  to add your 2 cents.

As always photos are welcome and can be sent to photos@stoneskipping.com (if not too big).