[NSRCA-discussion] One day contests

[Kurt Bozarth]

I had this exact conversation today at my local field.  Two-day contests
seem to appeal to the die hard who don't mind traveling.  One-day contests
appeal to the local guys who are "on the fence" or have other time demands
on the weekends (like me).  I would love a one day event with 5 rounds.  

Kurt Bozarth

 



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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Adrien L
Terrenoire
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] One day contests

I am sure that there have been a couple times when a Sportsman pilot was
not able to stay for both days, but I can't remember any specifically. We
have been offering this for a number of years now, and to the best of my
memory, everyone has stayed for both days.

Terry T.

On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:30:20 -0400 "Anthony Romano"
<anthonyr105 at hotmail.com> writes:
> For a one day event to be appealing it has to be within a reasonable 
> driving 
> distance. That reduces your pilot pool to those within a two or 
> three hour 
> radius, excepting of course the truly dedicated. For some areas that 
> isn't a 
> factor but for the rest of country that is little help.
> Sayre has always done two one day events for sportsman and from the 
> few I 
> have been to the numbers rarely varied much over the consecutive 
> days. I am 
> sure Terry can elaborate on this.
> Other than the quantity of food and displacing the home club it is 
> really 
> not any more work to do a two day event.
> 
> Anthony
> 
> 
> >From: Adrien L Terrenoire <amad2terry at juno.com>
> >Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> >To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> >Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] OK it's time to stir 
> >thingsup.        Where'sthebeef?
> >Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:40:21 -0400
> >
> >Kelly:
> >We have all ben there, done that. For a small percentage, a 1 day 
> contest
> >is a good idea. The real problem is weather. I hate to take the 
> risk of
> >traveling x miles for a 1 day contest that mey be rained out. At 
> least
> >with a 2 day you double the odds that you will get at least 1 day 
> to fly.
> >
> >
> >The solution for you is to make it a family thing. Get a tent, pop 
> up
> >camper, or hard top, whatever suites your budget, and take the 
> family
> >with you. Mom can kabitz with the other moms and grandmoms. The 
> kids can
> >run free, and will find others to run with, and when not flying, 
> judging,
> >or calling, you can still spend some quality time with all family
> >members. We really do have a great time camping at most of the 
> contest
> >sites.
> >
> >Terry T.
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 14:59:24 -0400 Kelly Regan 
> <kelly.regan2 at verizon.net>
> >writes:
> > > Just an observation from some one that has not flown in a
> > > patter competition yet...
> > >
> > > The idea of a 2 day contest is a big commitment for me.
> > > We have 3 children under 5 years old and my wife is a stay
> > > at home mom. The only break she gets is on the weekends
> > > when I am around to help.
> > >
> > > I have a hard time asking her to watch the kids all weekend
> > > while I go fly and babysitters can be hit and miss.
> > >
> > > A one day contest would be wonderful for someone in my
> > > situation, however I have no idea if this would work or draw
> > > more contestants?
> > >
> > >
> > > george w. kennie wrote:
> > > > <<<<Has anyone got any stats on the effectivity of the 
> pattern
> > > > primers? I know of some new guys who've come into it this
> > > way.>>>>
> > > > Just by way of encouragement to those who may feel some degree 
> of
> > >
> > > > frustration at their lack of results in trying to entice the 
> local
> > >
> > > > genre to give pattern a try. In my local area, there are 
> several
> > > clubs
> > > > that I hold memberships in and these people have watched me 
> fly
> > > > sequence upon sequence for about the last eight years.Some of
> > > these
> > > > individuals display some degree of interest/desire while 
> others
> > > view
> > > > my efforts with outright disdain.
> > > > My feeling is that there is not a heck of a lot you can do on 
> and
> > >
> > > > individual basis to induce someone to apply themselves to the
> > > pursuit
> > > > of our passion.There has to already be some 
> competitive/challenge
> > >
> > > > aspect to their basic personality that makes them want to 
> conquer
> > > the
> > > > unknown difficulty eating away at the root of their psyche and 
> if
> > > it
> > > > just happens to be pattern that fires up their competitive 
> drive
> > > at
> > > > that particular time we may have discovered a possible
> > > conscription.
> > > ______________________________________________
> > >
> > > Kelly Regan
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> > > Home Page: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6uror/
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