Endurance is a simple yet exhausting event. Following the same rules as fast catch, the thrower starts in the bulls eye and throws a boomerang a minimum of 20 meters, catches the boomerang, returns to the bullseye if needed and throws again. Score is kept by the number of catches made in five minutes. A fast and accurate boomerang is helpful.

Tips & Tricks: Endurance

Records:
USA
Men: Matt Golenor, 78 Catches
Women: Betsylew Miale-Gix, 68 Catches

World
Men: Manuel Schuetz (Switzerland), 81
Women: Betsylew Miale-Gix (USA), 68 Catches

Endurance Rules

Catching Event

  • Best: Most Catches

Circles

  • Contested on circles of 20m radius (which also contains 2m radius circle).   

Required for score

  • 20m range flight.
  • Legal throw from inside the 2m circle.
  • Legal catch on a legal throw.
  • 1 catch is scored for each legal catch.
  • Only 1 boomerang may be used at a given time. 
  • If a thrower wants to change boomerangs, the boomerang being replaced or substantial part of it must be returned to the 2m circle before throws with a another boomerang may be made.  

Scoring

  • Official score is the sum of legal catches made during the round.  

Round

  • The event includes one (1) 5 minute round for each thrower.
  • At the signal of the circle judge, it becomes the next thrower’s turn. 
  • He has 15 seconds to make the first throw.  

Warm Up

  • No practice throws once the warm up is over.
  • Each thrower has a 1 minute warm up in the 2m circle prior to the start of the round. 
  • The timed warm up starts as soon as the circle judge signals that the circle is clear. 
  • The thrower(s) may start their round prior to the completion of the 1 minute warm up if desired.

Re-throws

  • No re-throws unless it is impossible to obtain a fair score of the original round, or unless interference results in a delay during the round of the thrower involved as indicated below. The problem in the original round must be serious enough to stop the round. 
  • Simple interference, such as hitting a range steward, is not sufficient grounds for a re-throw.
  • If interference occurs, the turn and the round must be continued as well as possible.  A protest may be filed after the 5 minute round has been completed.

Officials per circle

  • May be competitors.
    • 1 circle judge.
    • At least 3 range stewards.
    • 2 official timers (may be center judge or range stewards).  One timer is a backup.  

Note:
If an injury occurs, the circle judge stops the round when he recognizes that the injury is serious.  The timers stop the stopwatch with the STOP function and the circle judge announces that the round has been suspended due to injury.  When throwing resumes, the timers restart the stopwatch as the thrower goes to recover his boomerang from where it was when time was stopped and resumes his round.

Official Rules