Welcome to District 16 of the North American Model
Boating Association. There are currently two active clubs in
District 16 - The Calgary Model Boat Racing Association (CMBRA) and the
Edmonton Model Boat Racing Association (EMBRA). Please follow the links on the left for more
information.
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Racing in District 16, 2008 photo album
Click here...updated regularly
May 7, 2008
The first race of the season is in the books...
As usual, there is a link to all of the season's pictures hosted by Rob
above (in bold, blue text - click to see the pictures).
Kevin also sent a link to some pictures from the
first race of the season -
click here
I will post a race report and points when I get
them.
There are still a group of racers that haven't sent
me confirmation of their frequencies for 2008 - check out the
frequencies page.
April 15, 2008
2008 Race dates have been updated (finally!)
It's also time to confirm your frequencies for the
year 2008. Please e-mail Andrew even if you haven't changed from
last year just to confirm what you are running this year.
The first race of the year happens on May 3 in
Calgary (if it ever stops snowing there).
April 14, 2008
Minutes of the District 16, Region 2, Annual
meeting held March 8, 2008
The meeting commenced at 1:45.
Keith Warham, District Director District 16. Chairman..
Fonz Runco, EMBRA representative
Kevin Traboulay, CMBRA representative
Members Present;
Bruce Blackett
Paul Omerzu
Greg Wanamaker
Russ Engleman
Bryan Carr
Brian Jessup
Cam
Art Sick
Doug Sick
Minutes from the 2007 Meeting read. No omissions noted.
Minutes adopted, moved by Russ, seconded by Paul
Keith welcomed all and noted the sparse attendance. Good racing last
year. Thanks to all who organized and put on the races. Keith will not
need to collect district fees this year as there is enough in the
account to cover projected expenses.
Paul had proposed modified mill pattern last year. It worked for quite a
few races but we reverted back to the old pattern for the last couple of
races. The question was put to all gathered as to what we want to do for
this year. A comment was made that the modified mill pattern worked OK
for Calgary due to additional room in the back straights that gave room
to adjust speed. Edmonton does not have the additional space and
therefor is a more of a problem. Bruce Blackett put forward a motion to
return to the old mill pattern, seconded by Doug, passed by all present.
Note from Al Hobbs. Andy Brown is making .21 pistons for the MACS and is
working on sleeves. Chroming is the current problem. Should see more
variety of pistons and sleeves through the summer.
Nothing from Al Waters, NAMBA President. Keith reported he has said he
would support a Nationals in Canada.
Kevin Traboulay delivered a report on Calgary. All races went off with
little problem with the weather this year. Club attendance at meetings
has not been so good lately. At the races, we would like more racers
from Edmonton. Classes are not well filled out but the Hydros are well
attended due to Calgary representation. Holding races in August are a
problem due to Global Fest. The weeds presented more of an issue this
year. Control is a problem. Chemical control with stuff like salt blocks
is difficult due to the continuous movement of water through the lake.
We would like to see more scale racers in Calgary, only two so far.
Another person has shown up with a Circus Circus. Exact colours with
scales like the Circus Circus is a problem. Pictures are sometimes not
that accurate. Kevins Circus Circus colours are not exact . It came from
IMBPA where they are not as fussy about the scale appearance. Paul has
offered to look at any deals anybody brings forward when they looking
when considering purchasing a scale from out of town. Many little
details can put it on the wrong side of the NAMBA scale rules.
Fonz presented the report from Edmonton. Edmonton has had some problems
but they are working through them. A request has been made to move AOPC
to Sunday to allow one of their members to attend and make it a valid
class. Also it would be good to move BOPC to Saturday for the same
reason. The move will be made if it’s a matter of a class won’t run
otherwise. Brian Jessup says the move should be worked out with the
class participants and not the CD. Race entries must be in Wednesday
evening to make this work so that we know who is entering. At the time
the entries are submitted, the CD will be informed of any requests to
move a class. If the class has enough to run as scheduled, it will stay
as is. If there is a shortage of participants it will be up to the class
participants to negotiate a change to the race schedule to make it work
on the alternate day. The CD will be informed of the decision by
Thursday evening so that the change can be transmitted to all concerned.
Race dates were reviewed and agreed to:
Calgary May 3, 4
Edmonton May 24, 25
Calgary June 14, 15
Edmonton June 28, 29
Nationals July 12 to 19
Edmonton Aug 9, 10
Edmonton Aug 30, 31
Calgary Sept 6, 7
Kalispel Classique International Sept 19 to 21
Calgary Oct 4, 5
Scale Report was delivered by Paul Omezu. Some good racing last year.
Some problem has arisen with hull registrations. Paul reviewed the
process. The first time a scale is registered is is $10 and it will be
$10 for the second year if it is still under contsruction. The
registration fee changes to $5 when the boat is ready to race. A
question was posed as to how rigid should the rules be enforced? What
things can be allowed to slide? Colour? Missing parts? Paul will have to
make the decisions based on established NAMBA rules. Paul will have a
permanent scale trophy made up for the Maple Leaf race this year.
Keith remined everyone to send in frequencies to Andrew Ellwood. Kevin
mentioned the new Spectrum radios have been having some problems. It may
be different with the models that have been modified by replacing the RF
module in an existing radio. The radios spedifically designed for
Spektrum may not have as much problem.
Fuel will be available from Doug. Prices are not available as yet. Glow
Plugs from last years supply are still available from Keith.
Paul enquired about district shirts. Some newer people may not have
them. Keith will look into cost and availability for smaller quantities.
Keith presented the yearly award patches. The only class champion
present was Doug who won A Mono. .
District Directorship for 16 is coming up this year. Keith has elected
to retire from the position after more than 20 years of service. A new
director will be required. Contact Keith if you are interested.
Paul suggested some sort of award in memory of Mike Kurz who passed away
this fall. Ideas to consider were fastest time, most spectacular schmuck
up....both activities enjoyed by Mike. He will be missed by all for his
fine work and years of building RC boats.
The meeting was closed at 3:15.
Year 2007 photo album - Click here...updated regularly
November 11, 2007
Allan Yuen is selling his Phil Thomas Sport
40...check the "For Sale" section using the menu at the left.
Sept 28, 2007
Rob has updated the Scale winners doc and the
Edmonton course records - follow the links on the menu.
Sept 27, 2007 - Season points finalized - by Doug
Sick
Hi there all. I finally have the all the results in
and some of the old results corrected (follow the links in the menu on
the right side of the page).
I have completed the race details, the Calgary Heat Racing records (two
new ones from the last race) and a historical summary of NAMBA District
16 champions from the last 10 years
(click here).
That's it for this year. Seems like it was just a short while ago we got
things underway.
This is the first year in my memory (short as it is) that we ran off all
the races on the days we planned and with no blow outs, floods, rain
outs, freeze outs. If you wanted to race 8 times this year, you had the
chance. If you didn't, that's your tough luck.
Unlike last year, there was a few classes that the best of 6 actually
could be applied. It did not change any results however so there is no
controversy.
Doug
Sept 25, 2007
Crazy Al's race in Montana was hosted on Sept 21,
22 and 23rd. Rob took a bunch of pictures
(click here) and has filed the following report:
The winners...
Day 1
A-stock tunnel Rob Duckering
A-mono Doug Sick
A-hydro Rob Duckering
Sport 20 Jerry Dunlap
Open outboard Rob Duckering
A-mono trophy dash Doug Sick
Day 2
B-mono Bruce Blackett
B-hydro Al Hobbs
B-stock tunnel Jerry Dunlap
Open 3 point hydro Rob Duckering
Open mono Lohring Miller
B-hydro trophy dash Kevin Trabourley
Day 3
C-mono Bruce Blackett
C-hydro Rob Duckering
Scale hydro Keith Warham
Open hydro Doug Sick
Open hydro trophy dash Rob Duckering
Top gun award winner Rob Duckering
The top gun award was really cool. It consisted of 2 guys each running
off in a heat, choose your best boat...elimination rounds.
The final came down to Bruce running his 84 powered rigger and Rob with
his 67 rigger. Rob got the line on the inside and won.
The weather was great on the first 2 days and a little cloudy sunday but
great water made for some great racing.
Thanks to Al for hosting another great race and for all those who helped
out. For those who could not attend, you should really try and make this
race sometime...it's alot of fun.
I hear next years race will have a new twist. Stay tuned...
--
Rob
Sept 11, 2007
Rob has added another video - this time from last
weekend's X Hydro in Calgary. That really fast boat is Allan
Yuen's twin engine hydro...
Check the "Race Videos" link in the menu at the
right...
Sept 7, 2007
Sept 1/2 Gold Cup report by Rob Duckering
The biggest race of the year.......18 entrants with about 60
boats. Some of the best racing of the year.....Also some of the biggest
crashes of the year.
The Gold cup was one for the first time by Mike Lakusta driving the
Miller American space boat. Second with a new Budweiser was Keith who
survived with only a few scratches from an earlier incident. Third was
Martin driving his Miller high life. Mike has scale locked up for the
year while alot of the other classes will come down to the final race of
the season in Calgary this upcoming weekend. Should be a good one.....
Sept 4, 2007
Rob has posted another video on the Videos
page...R/C unlimited action from the Gold Cup on Sept 2nd.
There was also another record set during Open
Mono...Andrew took 9 seconds off of the last record. See the
Edmonton section of the website for a complete list of the current class
record holders.
Doug has already updated the district results for
this year...thanks Doug! Posted in the usual location.
May of you have been asking about the photos from
this year's racing - the link above in green is where all of the
pictures are being hosted. If you have some that you want to post,
please send them to Rob Duckering and he'll get them posted.
August 27, 2007
Aug 18/19 Silver cup race report by Rob Duckering
I woke up to wet streets and some
light rain Saturday morning but to the south, clearer skies prevailed.
When I arrived at the pond, it was dry and somewhat calm.
Racing started with A-opc which was run for the
first time this year.....Only 3 entries though, so if you're reading
this and have a 3.5 tunnel, you need to bring it out. After this
class we went to A-hydro which had 5 entries and some decent racing. No
casualties either.....yet.
We then ran sport 20 for the first time in a couple
years. Keith had his new Whiplash running well and won. Next up was
sport 40 and more great racing. Rob had a very fast time of 1:27.53
which is not too far off the Namba record. C-hydro was the last class
for Saturday and again more fast racing. 7 entries with Rob and Kevin
tied for first with 1500 points and Kevin won with a faster time.
Sunday I woke to foggy conditions but no rain. Maybe the weathermen have
foggy brains? Anyway, no rain (and no wind) came at any point
during Sundays action. We even set up extra canopies so maybe that
helped to scare the rain gods. All the Calgary guys went home Saturday
believing the weathermen, I suppose. Anyway, we had enough entries and
people to run all the classes entered.
We started with A-mono and away we went. Alex and
Fons had a few good tussles in this class after Brad had an altercation
with the rocks in turn 4. As it turns out Alex won the class. He is
starting to get the hang of this boating thing.... Then we went to
B-opc and then to B-hydro. B-hydro had some freebies and Martin took
full advantage turning a blistering 1: 08.50 in the second heat. He was
all alone and the water was like glass. Way to go Martin! That's the new
record at the Edmonton pond and only 4 seconds off the Namba record.
Scale was up next where there were 4 boats competing for the Silver Cup.
There were a couple of close calls here and there and even Martin trying
a left turn dodge that caused his Miller to bounce and explode on impact
with the water. He was back in the next heat minus wings, etc but in the
end Paul drove steady and fast to the win with Mike Lakusta's Cellular
one with Mike in second with his Miller.
X-hydro had 3 entries and after a drive by or,
pardon me drive over incident, Bruce got back in and won the class after
the others could not continue. All in all, a good day that got better as
it went along.
The next race is the Gold cup on the Labour day
long weekend where there are a few people coming from Winnipeg as well
as the rest of the gang so it looks to be a very good race for 2 days.
See you all there.....
Rob
July 8, 2007
District Points and Calgary records have been
updated.
Calgary Race (June 9/10) report - by Doug Sick
The June 9/10 Calgary race went pretty good for the
most part. A good turnout made for some great racing. Saturday was great
for racing. Calm water and not too hot. Sunday was another matter as it
was fairly rough for most of the races. However, as luck would have it,
by the time we had it all cleaned up, the wind died right down and the
pond was in great shape. Keith ran his Bud scale boat for the first time
and managed a respectable finish. As time goes on, it will improve as he
figures out how it runs. Several new local records were set over the
weekend. I have included those results as well as Edmonton's race
records. Note that there are several NAMBA records that have opened up
which can be applied if you wish. You have to do it at a sanctioned race
and the proper forms can be obtained from Keith.
The Edmonton 23 race was a long one as we packed in two days of racing
into one. The wind was a bit tricky for most of the day but it was not
bad enough to have to shut down. The pond sized is ideal for windier
days as the waves have trouble getting rolling.
See you all in Edmonton for the next race August 18.
June 24, 2007
Edmonton Race (June 23) Report - by Rob Duckering:
We decided to run all classes entered on
Saturday...7 in all:
A-mono, A-hydro,sport 40, c-hydro, b-hydro,scale and x-hydro.
Weather was blustery with an occasional small
shower.
Racing was good with the small amount of entries we had. Alan and Doug
came from Calgary. Greg Wannamaker was back with a new C-hydro. Martin
Lovsund from the north country. We even had a visit from long time
boater and great friend Gerry Pinnsonneault.
Scale hydro saw Mike Lakusta win the Presidents cup. Mike has his Miller
high life running very well right now. Paul's 1982 Atlas had one small
run in with the shore-line rose garden but survived with only a few
small scars, a thorn in the side and a bent driveline.
Good luck to Alan Yuen who will try his luck racing at the 2007 Namba
nationals in California.
Next race is mid August in Edmonton for the Silver cup.
See you there....
Rob
June 13, 2007
New Videos from the June 8/9 Calgary race have been
posted
June 5, 2007
Race results updated with the Edmonton race.
May 31, 2007
New menu item...Race Videos! Thanks to Rob
for taking these and posting them on YouTube...
May 23, 2007
New boat in the for sale section...and updated
frequency page.
May 17, 2007
Calgary Race Report - May 12/13 Race - by Doug
Sick:
Great weather was had for the first race but we had
limited entries and ran it off in one day. The second race, this last
weekend also saw a great Saturday for racing. How uncharacteristic for
Calgary, I must say.
The sun shone brightly and the wind came lightly out of all quarters.
Just enough to make it interesting at times. We ran off 5 classes on
Saturday. That night a cold front moved through and brought rain. It
looked bad for the start but as everyone was arriving and setting up
canopies, the rain stopped and it turned out to be just a bit chilly but
not bad for racing. The unfortunate thing is we did not have enough help
in the pits to be able to run off 4 boat heats. It would have been great
but all we had was the racers for the day and Keith who ran the CD
duties in spite of not having any boats to run. We had the three classes
run off by just after 2 and we packed up for the journey home.
Can't say that we had anything spectacular at this race but in the first
race, Alan Yeun did a real number on his X Hydro. There was not much
left to salvage after he hit the rocks in turn 2. About all I saw that
could be used was the servos and maybe the engine bearings. Yes, even
the engine was shredded as it appears it took the brunt of the load
slowing down the boat.
March 16, 2007
This year promises to be a very interesting racing
season if the weather permits. Mother Nature won most of the
classes last year...
It's been a long time since I've seen this many new
boats talked about in the region...Rob Duckering has added several to
his fleet including an Eagle SG for B Hydro, a new Mutt II Sport 40, and
a new scale. Martin has also added a new RoadRunner Extreme for B
Hydro. Keith's new Miss Budwieser along with Paul's Supertest and
Mike Kurz' Maverick should make the R/C Unlimited class even more
interesting, and there are even more scales on the bench in a number of
shops around the district. Allan has replaced his Sport 40 with a
Phil Thomas Stealth, Fons has an AC Pro Sport 40, and the list goes
on...
If you're interested in seeing what guys are
running this year - check out the frequencies page - and don't forget to
send me confirmation of your frequencies for this year if you haven't
already done so.
- Andrew
March 3, 2007
Minutes of the 2007 District Meeting in Red Deer:
Keith called meeting to order at 1:45 and made some
opening comments.
Andrew read the minutes of the 2006 meeting.
Comments from the minutes - Dave credited Fons with creating the signs
last year as his sign maker was not available to do the task.
Fons accepted the minutes, Bruce seconded.
Comments from District Director:
2006 was a challenge - weather was the issue.
City of Calgary has added large drainage pipes to keep the water level
more stable at the Calgary pond which should make the Calgary race site
available more quickly afer heavy rains.
Rule books were mailed last year, updates are posted on the Namba
website. Membership is advised to download the updates.
Awarding
High points for the 2006 racing season was difficult because of the fact
that there were too few races run. It was decided to use the best 4 races to
determine high points.
Namba President
Al Waters' comments: Thanks for the safe year, hope the weather is better
for this year. Nats have been orgainized for the next four years...San
Jose is the host for 2007.
Edmonton Report:
Dave reported on the Bonnie Doon Mall show...plenty of interest.
Rob initiated a discussion regarding the pictures...he will host, Andrew
will link to them from the website.
Fons discussed the issues of the pond. We'll try to get a letter from
the City to state that we have formal permission to use the pond. In
general everything with the site is positive.
Paul brought up a discussion of mill pattern...revert back to the old
version? Full course mill? A lively discussion ensued...
Paul moved that we move to a full course mill at the 30 second clock. No
cutting in after the mill time horn sounds. In addition, we will run the
full start time clock. Shawn seconded. Motion passed!
Paul brought up the discussion of rain dates...if a race is cancelled
for any reason, it is cancelled not to be re-scheduled. Any completed
classes points will be recorded.
Rob moved that there will be no re-scheduling of cancelled classes due
to weather. Shawn seconded. Motion carried.
Rob brought up the issue of when a race is cancelled. If it is weather
related, then the racers should be able to make their own decision to go
to the race or not. If the CD or host club makes the decision to cancel,
that must be done by 9pm Thursday prior to the race. Race registration
must be done by 10pm on Wednesday.
Calgary Club news:
Doug is making fuel again this year. Using Klotz as the oil. Prices will
be approx $1.00 more per gallon than last year. Contact Doug if you need
fuel.
Calgary club purchased plugs this year. McCoy MC-9 plugs will cost
approximately 4.00 per plug.
Calgary was concerned with limited weekends available. Discussion as to
reducing the number of races to 3 weekends with 5 heats each. The
proposed schedule
was examined and another lively discussion ensued. The results of
the discussion was to shuffle a couple of the proposed dates, stick with
the old format of 4 heats per class per race weekend and the schedule is
posted below and on the schedule page of the web site:
Calgary - April 28/29
Calgary May 12/13
Edmonton - May 26/27
Calgary - Jun 9/10
Edmonton - Jun 23/24
Edmonton - August 18/19
Edmonton - September 1/2
Calgary - September 8/9
Bruce brought up the issue of the district lobbying for a smaller "no
race time" around the NAMBA Nationals dates. District to persue a
smaller window.
Paul - Scale Report...
Good results from last year, new boats for this year include Rob and
Keith. Paul is looking for the results sheets for about 1995 'till 2003
or so. If you have a set of results, please forward them to Paul for the
Scale classes.
Registration needs to be done each year regardless of the status.
Other items:
Keith brought up the frequency registration issues...please update
Andrew as soon as you know.
Keith then awarded the
2006 High Points patches:
A Hydro - Rob Duckering
A Mono - Doug Sick
B Mono - Allan Yuen
C Hydro - Doug Sick
X Hydro - Rob Duckering
R/C Unlimited - Martin Lovsund.
Meeting adjourned by Paul at 3:11pm
Seconded by Rob.
February
28, 2007
Race season is
fast approaching, and as usual, the District 16, Region 2 annual Red
Deer meeting takes place on Saturday, March 3 at 1:30 at the
North Hill Inn.
The Edmonton
club took part in the Family Day show at Bonnie Doon Mall on the south
side of Edmonton. Several new boats were on display, and Rob D
took a bunch of pictures that are posted
here.
Rob has also
consolidated most of the pictures from last year's events and posted
them
here...
Andrew has
started to update the frequencies in use for the 2007 race season.
If you haven't yet confirmed by sending an e-mail, please check over the
frequencies page and drop him a note!
June 28,
2006 - Edmonton Race Report
- by
Rob Duckering
Finally
some nice weather. 27 degrees and sunny. Wind, not a factor.
We ran the usual A and C classes on Saturday. Sunday, the usual B and X
classes with A and C hydro from a previous race added in.
Scale saw the return of Dave Arsenault with the 1982 Pay N'Pak. It ran
like it never missed a race. Paul ran his 82 Atlas, Alan Yuen had his 82
Executone, Mike Lakusta brought out the Cellular one, Martin Lovsund ran
his 88 Miller and Rob Duckering raced his 74 Miss US. Les Akre and the
82 Prodelco sat this one out.
All the heats saw some exciting, close racing with Paul and Rob hitting
the finish line in heat one together. It was almost a photo finish and
the closest finish ever.
At the end there were 4 boats all tied with 1225 points. Dave, Martin,
Paul and Rob. This one would have to be decided on heat times. So, Rob
got first with a 1:41, Dave second with 1:43, Paul third with 1:43.5 and
Martin fourth with a best of 1:45. Talk about close racing.....
Thanks to all those who helped make it all happen and especially Fons
who was the contest director for the majority of the race.
See ya in August in Edmonton for the Silver cup.
Thanks to
Rob and Doug for the following pictures:
May 29, 2006 - Calgary Race Report:
By Doug Sick
It was typical for the first race of the
season, a bit sparse on the attendance but for once the weather
co-operated, albeit one week later that originally scheduled. The first
attempt was cancelled do to a forecast of high winds. Given all the
traveling, it was decided not to even attempt the race with the
forecasted winds. Good thing, they were right. The weather turned out
clear and fairly warm with a little wind out of the North, then the
South then the East. It could not make up it's mind.
We were able to race all four hydro classes, A OPC, A Mono and R/C Scale
in one day. We were finished about 5. As you can see, the points were a
bit lower than expected due to numerous mechanical difficulties may
people were still working out.
Surprisingly, in spite of the early start, 3 new Elliston Lake records
were set. The record summary is also attached for those who are
interested. Most of the new records were bested by sever seconds. X
Hydro is now down to 1:07 which is a very fast time. Congratulations
Kevin.
I think there are enough boats still in running condition to make a good
run at the up coming Edmonton Race. See you all there.
May 26, 2006
Edmonton - race this weekend has been
cancelled - further information regarding the make up of this race will
be posted here...
Feb 25, 2006
Minutes of the Red Deer Regional meeting:
Meeting called to order at 1:50pm by Keith
Warham
Minutes of the 2005 meeting were read by
Kevin - accepted by: Rob D
seconded by: Bruce Blackett
Comments from Keith Warham:
Issues from the minutes: Keith's
supplier of shirts in Calgary changed the prices, Keith has changed back
to the supplier in Edmonton.
Keith thanked the newsletter contributors
from last year, and encouraged participation this year.
The Namba rulebook has been re-done and is
destined to be sent to the printer - everyone should have a copy later
this year.
Question regarding high points shirts:
It's become a problem with the suppliers and logistics. Discussion
ensued: Kyle suggested Chairs instead of shirts - seems to be well
accepted.
Comments from Al Waters - the current NAMBA
president: Keith read current president's comments. Safety
was his primary concern. Public perception is paramount.
Keith thanked Al for his past participation
in NAMBA's executive and his participation in or district's events.
Edmonton's issues:
Engine started at the 2 minute horn in order
to speed up race day.
Edmonton will re-org the pit area for
increased visibility for the CD and a more specific area for setting up
the starting tables - and requested that Calgary do simalarly at their
site. A discussion ensued - and it was generally agreed that we
will make the pit areas in both locations more structured and roped off
from the general public.
Dave Arsenault has volunteered to arrange for the
creation of signs to keep the general public out of the pit area.
Calgary issues:
Calgary will add more gravel to their launch
area
Race Date discussion: results of the
discussion posted here...
R/C Unlimited report - from Paul Omerzu:
Great turn out last year. This year
promises to be even better with the return of Dave Arsenault and Greg
Wannamaker. Alan Yuen and Les have also got scales for this year.
All Scales must have their Namba # on the
boat - 1/4" numbers are sufficient. On the transom is an
acceptable location.
All boats within the district must be
registered with Paul in order to avoid conflicts. The registration
forms are on the web site. Two categories - development and
competition status.
Any scale hulls should meet the scale rules
in the district. This applies to existing and new hulls, along
with purchases of already built hulls from other districts.
Rob proposed that we run Classic scale -
roundnose hulls - on Saturdays in Edmonton and Calgary. Seconded by Russ
Engleman - passed. Supplemental rules for this class are posted in the
scale section of the website - found here...
Discussion from the floor:
Rob proposed a levy of 1.00 per entry be sent
to the District Director to cover the costs of the chairs for high
points. Les seconded - motion carried.
Al will host a race on September 22 - 24,
2005 - the host hotel will be the North 40 resort in Kalispel.
Insurance with the same carrier this year -
and Al has negotiated the same rate as last year. That's 13 years
in a row without an increase in fees.
Keith awarded the High points shirts for the
2005 racing season:
Rob - A OPC and C Hydro
Alan - B Hydro and B Mono
Doug Sick - A Mono and X Hydro
Brian Jessup - A Hydro
Paul Omerzu - R/C Unlimited
Keith Warham - B OPC, Sport 40 and Sport 21
Andrew Ellwood - C Mono and Open Mono
Meeting adjourned at 3:13pm.
Nov 16, 2005
R/C Unlimited Registration form is now
available - Scale Builders and Drivers click
here for the form...and there have
been some questions about the R/C Unlimited Rules within District 16 -
Region 2. The rules are posted here.
Nov 2, 2005
District 16 Region 2 Champions - 5 year
history - click here
Year End
Report:
by Keith
Warham
Boating in District 16 has concluded with the
last race of the year being completed Oct. 1 & 2 under some cool
conditions.
Testing began in early April this year when the water finally thawed
out. The first race in the District was in Calgary on May 15 & 16 with
some excellent early season heats.
The schedule then move to Edmonton and to their new pond on May 28 & 29
and again on June 11 & 12. Both these races produced some fun heats and
a couple of very close finishes. The weather was good for both races.
These two races saw "A" OPC being run for the first time in several
year. Also run for the first time ever was Sport 21, G2 and GX2 gas
mono's. These new classes showed a lot of interest from those in
attendance. The new pond in Edmonton proved to be much better than the
old Kirk Lake site and with a bit of fixing up for next year it should
be a plus for them as there is lots of exposure to the public and
prospects for new members.
The next scheduled race moved back to Calgary on June 26 & 27 and once
again there was more super racing and close finishes. District points
were beginning to get real close. The weather again was excellent.
There is no scheduled races during July and the early part of August due
to the NAMBA Nats and the fact a lot of members take vacation during
this time of summer.
The final two Edmonton races were run August 20 & 21 and Sept 3 & 4. The
August race was hot and racing was as hot as the weather with some
exciting back and forth fights for first place in most heats. The Sept,
race started off good on Saturday but on Sunday old mother nature
decided to give us a bit of unwanted rain so after the completion of two
classes the balance had to be cancelled with the balance of the classes
to be completed at the next race in Calgary.
The next scheduled race in Calgary had to be cancelled due to of all
things, high water levels for a storm earlier in the week. It was once
again decided to complete both the balance of the Edmonton races and the
Calgary cancelled race on the final race of the year Oct. 1 & 2. This
race would be the last chance to compete for High points and most
classes were wide open for some upsets.
The final race started off late as the wind was blowing hard and the
water was to rough. However after some patience and determination and a
long day most of the larger boat classes that could handle the smaller
waves were completed leaving the smaller "A" classes to be run the next
day.
The next day started off on time with much better conditions but some
what cold temperatures. All the classes were finally completed on
another long day with many upsets in the final point standing due to
DNF's and hotly contested heats.
The year for the most part was very enjoyable and the races were fun to
attend meeting new and old friends.Congratulations to all those who
participated and to all the High Point winners. The High point have been
calculated and can be view on the District Web site.
It would have been nice to see more Calgary member participa
