Congratulations Ken Schroeder!

[David Drum <private e-mail address>]

Received from the BFA:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Local Hot Air Balloon Pilot Named 2005 State Champion

CONTACT:
Jim Thompson 515-277-1233
Glen Moyer 318-925-4908

Kenneth L. Schroeder of Higginsville MO has been named the 2005 Missouri State Champion Hot Air Balloon Pilot by the Balloon Federation of America. Kenneth won this honor through competition with balloon pilots from across the United States in events sanctioned by the BFA. State Champions are crowned on the basis of either being the highest ranked pilot in their home state on the BFA's year end National Rankings List or by winning the title outright in a sanctioned State Championship Event held in their home state.

The BFA sanctions balloon competitions throughout the United States and pilots are ranked according to their cumulative scoring average. The top pilots are then invited to participate each year in the U.S. National Championship. This year 40 competitors will participate in the National Championship to be held July 18-23, 2006 in Anderson County, South Carolina. More than 100 balloonists participated in BFA sanctioned competitions in 2005.

As State Champion Kenneth will receive an opportunity for entry into the U.S. National Championship and success there could lead to a spot on the U.S. Team at the upcoming 18th World Championship to be held in Hofkirchen, Styria, Austria, September 13-20, 2008. World Championships are held every two years.

The Balloon Federation of America congratulates Kenneth on this outstanding achievement and he will receive a certificate to commemorate this honor.

For more information contact Jim Thompson (BFA Competition Committee Chairman) or Glen Moyer (BFA Public Relations) and/or log on to www.bfa.net.
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