Article — Boomerang Competition Records

All of the records shown here are from official scores at formal competitions. This therefore excludes some spectacular, and documented, efforts (such as the MTA throw by John Gorski in 1993 of approximately 17 minutes and 6 seconds, caught 70 metres from the launch point. The boomerang hit a thermal and was estimated to have reached a height of over 200 metres).

Some events have modest records simply because they are rarely included in formal competitions anymore (eg. Junior consecutive catch).

Note that Accuracy and Trick Catch/Doubling have had perfect scores made. In some cases, the competitor has then been given additional throws until the perfect run was broken. In the case of Manuel Schütz’s Trick Catch/Doubling record, for example, he completed five full rounds of 100 points perfectly before making a drop during the sixth round!

The age requirement for Veterans’ status in Australia was 50 years old until 1997, when it was changed to the current 55 years old.

Juniors must be less than 16 years old.

Recent (2007 and later) records are shown in red text, while recently corrected records are shown in blue text.

Event	International	Australian	Australian Junior	Australian Veteran	Australian Female
Accuracy-50	50 points (+18 points) Thomas Stehrenberger (Switzerland) 2001 Lausanne, Switzerland The first person to make a perfect score of 50 was Fridolin Frost (Germany, 1999).	48 points Dennis Maxwell 1983 Melbourne, VIC Adam Carroll 1994 Gosford, NSW Rob Croll 22 March 2003 Albury, NSW	43 points Tim Lendrum 13 June 1999 Blacktown, NSW	46 points Br. Brian Thomas 18 April 1993 Gosford, NSW	41 points Margaret Patterson 13 April 1997 Waverley, NSW Sally Lewry 15 Nov 1998 Mulgoa, NSW
Accuracy-100	99 points Alex Opri 28-29 Oct 2007 Viareggio, Italy 99 points HG Hoffmann (Germany) & Thomas Szartowicz (Germany) 27 Aug 2005 Lausanne, Switzerland (They broke the record on the same day.)	88 points Bob Burwell 15 July 2006 Asahikawa, Japan	68 points Jordan Neville 12 Nov 2006 Penrith, NSW	88 points Bob Burwell 15 July 2006 Asahikawa, Japan	66 points Christene Metzakis 8 April 2006 Gosnells, WA
Aussie Round	99 points Fridolin Frost (Germany) 28-29 Oct 2007 Viareggio, Italy	96 points Tim Lendrum 3 June 2007 Mulgoa, NSW	73 points Jarrod Byham 29 Jan 1990 Barooga, NSW	73 points Br. Rod Shoebridge 2/3 May 1998 Albury, NSW	72 points Margaret Patterson 7 March 1999 Gosford, NSW
Distance	238 metres Manuel Schütz (Switzerland) 1 May 1999 Kloten, Switzerland	174 metres David Schummy 26 Jul - 2 Aug 1998 St Louis, USA	94 metres Craig Carter 5/6 May 2001 Albury, NSW	n/a	n/a
Endurance	81 catches Manuel Schütz (Switzerland) 1-2 Oct 2005 Milan, Italy	61 catches Jarrod Byham 23 Aug 2008 Seattle, USA	44 catches Trent Carter 22/23 March 2003 Albury, NSW	41 catches Br. Brian Thomas 2/3 May 1998 Albury, NSW	24 catches Margaret Patterson 2 May 1998 Albury, NSW
Fast Catch	14.60 seconds Adam Ruhf (USA) 31 Jan 1996 Emmaus, USA	18.88 seconds Bruce Carter 1995 Wangaratta, VIC	26.75 seconds Trent Carter 5/6 May 2001 Albury, NSW	25.06 seconds Br. Brian Thomas 3 Oct 1992 Albury, NSW	36.00 seconds Christene Metzakis 2 April 2005 Albury, NSW
MTA-100	1 minute 44.87 seconds Eric Darnell (USA) 21 Sep 1997 Portland, USA	1 minute 10.10 seconds Roger Perry Nov 2002 Perth, WA	47.90 seconds Trent Carter 2/3 May 1998 Albury, NSW	33.56 seconds Bob Burwell 22/23 March 2003 Albury, NSW	25.11 seconds Louise Molluso 2006 Waverley, NSW
MTA-Unlimited	3 minutes 49.82 seconds Betsylew Miale-Gix (USA) 23 Feb 2008 Tucson, USA	2 minutes 33.18 seconds Rob Croll 1992 Melbourne, VIC	1 minute 27.70 seconds Jarrod Byham 3 March 1990 Keilor, VIC	55.66 seconds Kevin Moran March 1999 Waverley, NSW	25.11 seconds Louise Molluso 2006 Waverley, NSW
Trick Catch/Doubling	100 points (+433 points) Manuel Schütz (Switzerland) 9 May 2009 Bordeaux, France The first thrower to make a perfect score of 100 points was Matthieu Weber (France), at the 1996 World Cup in Christchurch, New Zealand.	114 points Tim Lendrum 4 May 2008 Beenleigh, QLD	56 points Trent Carter 22/23 March 2003 Albury, NSW	41 points Brian Kemp 22/23 March 2003 Albury, NSW	28 points Christene Metzakis 29 May 1999 Perth, WA
Juggling	555 catches Yannick Charles (France) 2/3 Sep 1995 Strasbourg, France	69 catches Bob Burwell 1982 Fairfax, USA	7 catches Ashley Brenton 13 Nov 1988 Perth, WA	n/a	n/a
Consecutive Catch	2251 catches Haruki Taketomi (Japan) March 2009 Japan (took 11 hours 41 minutes)	768 catches Rob Croll 25 Augth, ns 2008 Seattle, USA	31 catches Chris Westall 1977 Albury, NSW	n/a	5 catches Janet Barrass 4 April 1991 Barooga, NSW
Hunting Stick	50 metres Roger Perry (Australia) 21 April 2002 Bedfordale, WA	50 metres Roger Perry 21 April 2002 Bedfordale, WA	n/a	n/a	n/a