[NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule

[Art Kelly]

For what it’s worth, the Medford contest has a lot of history. Big Bob
pointed out that WAY back it had a nice following. That was before I
arrived in the Rogue Valley. The July date may have been on the calendar
then. Also, as we were trying to get pattern reignited here we worked with
different dates the first few years. It began to grow and the district
pilots agreed that it could become the district championship AND a shootout
with D-7. Of course nothing remains static.

Art



On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 5:44 PM Sean Mersh via NSRCA-dist8 <
nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> Hi Bob,
> as far as I know, July 9/10 was never the traditional date (maybe it was >
> 6 years ago, before I got to Medford?).
> And yes, the probability of rain is higher in April versus July, but July
> has other issues: heat and smoke from fires 😐. There are no easy
> solutions; each one has advantages and disadvantages...
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
> Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Bob Crump <bob.crump at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 4, 2022 6:59 PM
> *To:* Sean Mersh <mershs at hotmail.com>; AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY <
> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
> *Cc:* John Bentley <j.bentley at usa.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule
>
> Hi Sean, I have two  questions and a comment. Wasn’t July 9,10 the
> traditional date? And isn’t the probability of rain much higher in April
> versus July.
>  My info indicates around a 30 percent chance of rain in April versus
> about a 3 percent chance in July.
>
> Thanks, Bob
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 4, 2022, at 3:43 PM, Sean Mersh via NSRCA-dist8 <
> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi John,
> thanks for distributing the proposed schedule; it has been eagerly
> anticipated throughout D-8. However, I must report to you that our club
> members were surprised to discover that the Medford pattern contest was
> moved from 23/24 April to 9/10 July. As you may remember, I sent you a link
> to the Rogue Eagles event calendar on 16 December, indicating that we do
> not have a lot of open dates for a pattern contest.
> I realize that you are concerned about weather issues here in April, but
> 9/10 July will not work for us. Our club has about 130 members who enjoy a
> wide variety of activities during the summer months, and we have two events
> (a pylon race and a rocket launch) scheduled that weekend. Additionally, D7
> has a contest scheduled at OCMA (Steve Hannah) on the same weekend and
> published their calendar in December, so our contest could not be a D7/D8
> shootout.
> Thanks,
> Sean
>
> Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* NSRCA-dist8 <nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org> on behalf of
> John Bentley via NSRCA-dist8 <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 1, 2022 8:27 PM
> *To:* nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org <nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org>
> *Subject:* [NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule
>
>
> Hi all, after talking to the Cd's here is a tentative contest schedule for
> the
> year 2022. This schedule took into account the weather conditions for each
> contest venue. Last year we had weather issues at some contests and this
> schedule will hopefully rectify those issues. We will also have the D8
> championship at a central location in Redmond as they have lifted the 400
> ft
> requirement.
>
> The opening contest will be at the Tri Cities, WA location. Bill Bowen has
> agreed
> to host the judging seminar at his contest. I will run the seminar which
> will
> start at 8am on
> Saturday and finish at noon. The seminar will include active panel judging
> of
> each and every class. Up to 6 judges will judge each demo flight and an
> active
> discussion will occur after the flight. We did this at the Boise contest
> last
> year and it was very successful as a learning tool. We will need at least
> one
> pilot from each class to fly their pattern and be judged. The main contest
> will start at 1pm after lunch and fly 2 rounds on Saturday and 4 rounds on
> Sunday.
> Please visit the NSRCA site and review the judging criteria and re-certify
> as
> a judge.
>
> Schedule:
>
> May 21/22 Tri Cities, Washington
> June 25/26 Boise ,Id
> July 9/10 Medford, Oregon D7/8 Shootout
> July 23/24 Redmond, Oregon
> August 13/14 Becks field , Oregon
> September 3/4 Mollala, Oregon
> September 24/25 Redmond, Oregon D8 Championship contest
>
> Thanks to all
> John
>
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