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 three rounds of 100 points perfectly before failing on the final foot catch to complete the fourth 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 (2006 and later) records are shown in red text.

Event	International	Australian	Australian Junior	Australian Veteran
Accuracy-50	50 points (+18 points) Thomas Stehrenberger (Switzerland) 2001 Lausanne, Switzerland Other throwers to make a perfect score of 50 points include: Fridolin Frost (Germany, 1999) Laura Smucker (USA, 2005)	48 points Dennis Maxwell 1983 Melbourne, VIC 48 points Adam Carroll 1994 Gosford, NSW 48 points 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
Accuracy-100	99 points Alex Opri 28-29 October 2007 Viareggio, Italy 99 points HG Hoffmann AND Thomas Szartowicz (Germany) 27 August 2005 Lausanne, Switzerland	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
Aussie Round	99 points Fridolin Frost (Germany) 28-29 October 2007 Viareggio, Italy	96 points Tim Lendrum 3 June 2007 Mulgoa, NSW	66 points Trent Carter 2000 Melbourne, VIC	73 points Br. Rod Shoebridge 2/3 May 1998 Albury, 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
Endurance	81 catches Manuel Schütz (Switzerland) 1-2 October 2005 Milan, Italy	59 catches Rob Croll 4/5 May 1996 Albury, NSW	44 catches Trent Carter 22/23 March 2003 Albury, NSW	41 catches Br. Brian Thomas 2/3 May 1998 Albury, NSW
Fast Catch	14.60 seconds Adam Ruhf (USA) 31 January 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 October 1992 Albury, NSW
MTA-100	104.87 seconds Eric Darnell (USA) 21 September 1997 Portland, USA	70.10 seconds Roger Perry November 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
MTA-Unlimited	229.82 seconds Betsylew Miale-Gix (USA) 23 February 2008 Tucson, USA	153.18 seconds Rob Croll 1992 Melbourne, VIC	51.15 seconds Mark Barras 5 April 1992 Gosford, NSW	55.66 seconds Kevin Moran March 1999 Waverley, NSW
Trick Catch/Doubling	100 points (+290 points) Manuel Schütz (Switzerland) October 2004 Milan, Italy Other throwers to make a perfect score of 100 points include (but are not limited to): Oli Thienaus (Germany) Haruki Taketomi (Japan) Thomas Szartowicz (Germany) Maiya Junji (Japan) Alex Opri (Germany) Steve Kavanaugh (USA) Fridolin Frost (Germany) Chet Snouffer (USA) Eugene Cinal (France) Stéphane Gigon (France) Michael Siems (Germany) Matthieu Weber (France) Matthieu was the first to do so, 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
Juggling	555 catches Yannick Charles (France) 2/3 September 1995 Strasbourg, France	69 catches Bob Burwell 1982 Fairfax, USA	7 catches Ashley Brenton 13 November 1988 Perth, WA	n/a
Consecutive Catch	1297 catches Manuel Schütz (Switzerland) 3 September 2005 Aalen, Germany	765 catches Rob Croll 1989 Poolesville, USA	24 catches Michael Ovington 4 April 1982 Albury, NSW	n/a
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