THE
REEL THING August
1995
WELL! WE DIT IT! AND
DID IT IN SPADES! WOW!
After
this superb accomplishment by our club and everybody in it there are a million
thoughts whizzing around in my head. There
is no way that I can possibly address all of them, but here are a few, not
necessarily in any particular order.
First
and most importantly, we would not have even attempted it without the
determination and encouragement of my wife, Sheila and of course, Dave
Collins. When we were ready to
surrender to all the negative purveyors of doom and garbage coming from 'that'
other club, Sheila and Dave both strong-armed me, then along with
encouragement from Paulo and Steve we got everything solidly back on track.
What
more can I possibly say about the tremendous effort and sacrifice put forth by
Mike Dinner: seven frustrating months of patient work addressing the
sponsorship and financial end of everything.
Mike said, "Yes." he could do it when I first approached him
- and he sure as Hell did, even with my being on his back every step of the
way, while his personal life and business suffered on the back burner.
You certainly proved and demonstrated your patience and skills, Mike!
Debbie
Osborne and Donald Cox, were cooked in the hot sun and soaked to the skin, but
showed all of us the kind of stuff that they are made of.
Nobody worked harder than they did and much of our success was due to
their tireless efforts.
Irene
and Rod! Rod and Irene! Rene said
she could do it and that she and Rod would bust their guts to help make the
event a success. Well they both
did their jobs and a whole lot more in an extremely professional manner.
Paul
Quarrington, who stepped into Dave's job as Captain of the entire tournament
when Dave got called away and practiced the position with tact, diplomacy,
patience and efficiency.
Scott
Purcell looked after several assignments in addition to Captaining the
accuracy event along with Paulo's help. He
kept things rolling along smoothly and performed professionally at the awards
banquet.
I
am hearing from all quarters what a fine job Steve did in Captaining the
distance field events, along with Donald's assistance and I certainly agree.
Steve also looked after the targets and much of the equipment.
Great work, Steve!
John
Alexander looked after the early registration and finances.
A most difficult and onerous job, but performed with tact and
efficiency. I guess his I.B.M.
training stood him well in this relatively invisible and thankless position.
There
were many, many others who pitched in and did what they could to help, such as
Pam, Matt and Don Ross, Peter Durnford, Rick Matusiak, the Voyageurs
(recruited by Irene and invaluable resources for us all during the week-long
event). If I have missed anybody, I appologize. I am still feeling a little brain-dead after the whole show,
however A HUGE THANK YOU, TO EVERYBODY!
We
have a number of other members who for one reason or another were unable to
directly participate but we know that we had their encouragement along the way
and we all consider everybody's contribution, no matter how small, as the real
reason we were all able to pull this off.
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If you have any intention at all of attempting to qualify for the National
next year in Oakland, California, or the World Championsips in Pretoria, South
Africa, please contact me as S.A.P. There
are certain things you should know and do now if you have even the slightest
desire to take your game to this level.
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Anybody interested in a mushroom expedition?
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" camping and
trout fishing weekend?
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" bass,
pickerel & musky outing?
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" Saugeen
rainbow trout weekend?
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" casting wknd.
Sept 10, Cincinnati?
There
will be an important meeting at my place, Thursday Aug. 17th at 8:00 P.M.
One purpose of the meeting is to wind up everything after the National,
including suggestions from everybody as to how best utilize the profits from
the event. Please put your
suggestions down on paper and bring them along so that we can discuss this in
an orderly manner.
There
are only a few evenings left for us at Milliken, the days are getting shorter,
while school opens on Sept 5th. We
start back in the gym on Wednesday, Sept. 13th.
The first night we will discuss the agenda for the entire indoor
season. Please try to be there.
**
Scarborough Councillor, Mike Tzekas is attempting to work out a reciprocal
arrangement with the Chinese Sports Federation.
They would send a team here next year (The Scarborough Bi-Centennial)
and we would travel there in 1997!
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