[NSRCA-discussion] One day contests

Thu Sep 28 16:59:17 AKDT 2006

One day contests really require a large number of potential flyers 
within a reasonably short driving distance.  I think that they were more 
popular years ago when there were more people in pattern.  In the 80's 
on the East coast there were lots of flyers and several one day 
contests.  Today, we have people driving 400 -500 miles to a 2 day 
contest and that would not be good for a one day event.  However if you 
had enough local people to make up for the loss of the long distance 
drivers maybe it would work.  I just don't know of too many areas that 
have enough people local to make up an event and not have to rely on 
long distance drivers to guarantee a good contest with lots of competition.
I would like some one day contests too, but not if I am only flying 
against 1 or 2 other guys.

Chris

Kurt Bozarth wrote:
> 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
>
>  
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Adrien L
> Terrenoire
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 5:19 PM
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> 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
>>>> www.reganbrothers.com
>>>> Home Page: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6uror/
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