Contests

[tony at radiosouthrc.com]

I realize that having the re-scheduled Pensacola pattern contest on August 6 
& 7th won't work for everyone.  The club realizes that, but they would like 
to not throw trophies away!  I know that Apopka has an event the weekend 
after, so some will not make it to Pensacola.

I also know that we have 13 scheduled Pattern Contests in NSRCA D3 this year 
from March to September, with only the NATS scheduled for July.  May and 
June are full with only the weekends out of eight unscheduled.  The same is 
true for August and September.

The club could just cancel it and only have the district champs in late 
September, but it would mean tossing the trophies that the club has $200 
invested in.  They feel that having a contest, even if only 10 show up is 
better than throwing this stuff away..  That would leave a bad taste for the 
club, and I don't want that!

So, the feeling is to schedule it then and see what happens.  At this point, 
we will stay with the same dates (1st week of May) for next year.
Tony Stillman
Radio South
3702 N. Pace Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32505
1-800-962-7802
www.radiosouthrc.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ivey" <jivey61 at bellsouth.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: Re: Contests


> Guys
> I have found out now that the D3 champs were decided to be at P'cola,which 
> should clarify my first entry to this string of mail.
> Secondly if we had good weather all the time we could spread out the 
> contests That doesn't happen. In the district we have canceled two 
> contests already because of wind or rain.  If the Cd's could get together 
> or someone that could make a district shedule and set these dates,this 
> would work on paper but would only benefit those in the middle of the 
> district so far as distance traveled. The other problem doing this is that 
> the supporting clubs have their own schedules,that may not revolve around 
> pattern contests. This would have to be considered also.
> Bottom line is that we are trying to cram a lot of flying into a small 
> period of time,depending on weather and mother nature seems to be the 
> winner again.
>
> Jim Ivey
>>
>> From: "Mike Hester" <kerlock at comcast.net>
>> Date: 2005/05/04 Wed AM 08:59:05 EDT
>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> Subject: Re: Contests
>>
>> My sentiments exactly. Cameron makes some really good points here.
>>
>> I understand that CDs and long standing contests have "thier weekend", 
>> but
>> for the sake of both the contestants and the contests themselves, it's 
>> sort
>> of a crunch to have 3 contests every weekend one month, then no contests 
>> for
>> 2 after that, then 3 in one month again. You know at LEAST one of the 3 
>> is
>> going to lose out.
>>
>> Now I'm not trying to ruffle any feathers here, but I think speaking as a
>> competitor and one who generally does a good bit of traveling and 
>> competing
>> in D3, we should at least try and get the CDs togetehr and see if we can 
>> do
>> some reorganizing in the future. This could do NOTHING but make it better
>> for everyone involved. I'm willing to bet attendance would go up across 
>> the
>> board if we were able to spread it out again.
>>
>> And I understand how it got to be this way, it's because things change,
>> contests come and go, and things just ended up like this out of
>> circumstance. I just think we should look at it and see what (if 
>> anything)
>> could be done to make it better for everyone.
>>
>> My 2 cents worth.
>>
>> Now I have some serious building to do, because I am right now officially
>> without a plane. My trusty Tempest is now toast after a rogue wind gust 
>> when
>> I was flaring out.
>>
>> Yay. I love pressure =)
>> -Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cameron Smith" <dentdoc007 at adelphia.net>
>> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:27 AM
>> Subject: RE: Contests
>>
>>
>> > Emory,
>> > I think the fair location of the District Final's should be in a
>> > central location & should be held at one of our finer fields that have
>> > more amenities. First choice is Macs! Second choice Huntsville.
>> >  Food for thought: How come we in district 3 can not have a 10 month
>> > season?
>> > How come we cannot schedule around this 2 & 3 week bunch up of contest
>> > schedules? What about taking advantage of the locations of our 
>> > district?
>> > Like going to Florida in the spring, Fall & Winter? Tennessee in the
>> > summer?
>> > I personally would enjoy & support an easier travel schedule.
>> > I bet we lose attendance from guys who cannot travel every weekend for
>> > 3 month's (I know it's not that bad, But its close.)
>> >
>> >                      FWIW
>>
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