Contests

[Atwood, Mark]

LOL...not to be unsympathetic...BUT...considering it was snowing here
yesterday, and knowing it will be again in October...a good 3 month
season doesn't sound too bad! 

Actually...our contests (D4) spread over 5 months...May -
September...and while May is pretty dicey (Cold, rainy, etc) after being
cooped up for 6 months, they're often reasonably attended even when the
forecast is poor...just to get out. 

I have to say though....we have our best attendance when contests are
every other weekend.  Two in a row is a guaranteed lower turnout for
both.

-Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
On Behalf Of Jim Ivey
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:17 AM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
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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