[NSRCA-dist8] 2022 Schedule

[Bill Carder]

The Sept. dates would work will for at least a couple of us that travel
home south at that time.

On Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 7:59 PM Bob Crump via NSRCA-dist8 <
nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> Thanks Sean, I guess I have a new name “big Bob”. Sounds like my rapper
> name.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 7, 2022, at 6:15 PM, Art Kelly via NSRCA-dist8 <
> nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> 
> 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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