What is a Roller Futurity?
A Birmingham Roller futurity, is a futurity competition in which contestants send young rollers to the lofts of an appointed kit manager or “kit master”. The young are sent to compete against other rollers and fanciers from all across the country. The young are housed and trained for a year by the appointed kit master. The entered birds are rigorously evaluated and judged in increased interval during the flys progression based according to official classic rules and procedures of the NFCF. This is all in order to crown a champion all around performer for the 2014/15 National Futurity Classic Fly.
About the Futurity
Formerly known as the California Classic. The Cal Classic was developed by well known roller men JV Broek, Dave Sanchez and Mike Curtis in 1989. The Classic Futurity was the roller sports version of the traditional racing homer young bird futurities. Dozens of men annually sent in their young to the california classic from around the nation, in hopes of flying the best individual roller of this prestigious competition. We are proud in bringing back this roller futurity and yet again continue the search for the best individual Birmingham Rollers our nation can offer, and the best breeders alike. We hope to instill the National Futurity Classic as the yearly tradition it was first intended to be. Help us make the 1st annual National Futurity Classic Fly the best Futurity fly ever! Be a part of History in the making.
Ken & Brenda Billings , 2014/15 National Futurity Classic Fly
Kit Masters
National Futurity Classic
2014/2015
.May the best champion win
1st Annual
Meet Ken & Brenda Billings originally of Modesto California, Ken has raised and competed with Birmingham Rollers for over 30 years. Ken was the winner of the 1st ever California Classic and went on to kit master the Cal Classic, just a few years later.
Ken Billings acheived his Master Flyer status in 2002. He currently holds 1,227 Master Flyer points and is in 12th place overall in MF standings.
Ken won the 11 bird National Championship in 2004 with a groundbreaking 408 points. He took 4th in the nation in 2000. and 4th in the Nation in 2009.
Ken took second in the World in 1996, and 6th in the world in 2002.
Brenda Billings is a flyer in her own right. Over the years Brenda has supported Ken and made flying rollers competitively possible. In 2007 after her kids were grown and out of the house, Brenda decided to step into the competition ring herself. She has done very well in regional competition.
Ken & Brenda are not only an extremely successful roller couple, they have had direct experience with the California Classic, as both competitors and managers.
Know that the competition and your rollers are in experienced hands with this team of kit managers.
Photographed to the right is Ken and Brenda Billings property. 85 Hill Rd has proved to be a great place to fly Birminghams. The BIllings personal lofts are on the North end of the property, the futurity kit lofts are on the south end of the propery on the opposite side of their home. With normal, non windy fly conditions, the kits do not have to struggle with any geographical factors and you will have zero obstruction when it comes to wide open Idaho skies.
Fly Sky
The view of the Billings properties north end and their personal lofts.