[NSRCA-discussion] Hoffman Estates contest

[Bob Wilson]

Thanks to everyone for making our first experience with pattern competition
so pleasant.  A great contest and great people.

Wind is your friend!

Bob Wilson

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Mark Atwood <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com>
wrote:

> We owe much of the damage free weekend to Frankie for making some firm
> decisions as contest director.   A Big Big thanks to him for making the call
> both Saturday and Sunday with storms approaching to shut the contest down
> with sufficient time to pack up airplanes and get things safely put away
> with little time to spare.  Saturday especially had gale force winds come
> through that in hind sight, would have done significant damage to a lot of
> equipment .  As it was in some cases it took 2 or 3 people to hold planes
> down while they were disassembled and put away.
>
> To understand why his "call" was so important, you have to understand that
> when he called the contest for the day on Saturday, we were in the middle of
> a round with relatively clear skies and a steady, but flyable wind.  It
> would have been easy to try and ignore the radar warnings and try and get a
> few more flights in.  Had he waited until the winds arrived...it would have
> been WAY too late.
>
> Anyhow, Thanks to ALL of the Chicago crowd for throwing an awesome, very
> well run event.  I believe that Micky and Frankie were the official CD's of
> the event, but I could be mistaken as all of the local guys work hard to
> make this event fun. So thanks Frankie, Mickey, Doc, Mike M, Bobby, Robbie,
> Dave and John Snow, and any others that I might have missed.  A Special
> Thanks to Bill & Joann Gregg for their hospitality in throwing a great
> Saturday night party!!!!
>
> -Mark
>
>
> On 6/29/08 9:09 PM, "Bill Ahrens" <ahrensw at charter.net> wrote:
>
>   Bob
> I believe it was for the Politics, but after this weekend I am not sure.
>  The wind was pretty strong Saturday. I believe the wind only damaged one
> easy up.
> Bill
>
>
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> *On Behalf Of *Bob Kane
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 29, 2008 7:18 PM
> *To:* Frank Del Giudice; Eugene M. Villa
> *Cc:* nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] Hoffman Estates contest
>
>
> Thanks guys for a great contest.  Why do they call it the windy city?
>
>
> Bob Kane
> getterflash at yahoo.com
>
>
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