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- USBA Update
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Billy Brazelton, Editor 2082 Como Ave. Apt. 3 St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 651-644-3086 update@usba.org
May 23, 2001
Hello USBA members! After hibernating during the winter, USBA Update is back to keep you informed of everything happening this summer. If you have any questions, comments, praises, or complaints please feel free to contact any or all of the USBA Board members listed at the bottom of this message. Please send any news items to USBA Update editor Billy Brazelton (update@usba.org.)
Now for the news:
New competition formats The USBA has made a number of changes to local tournament regulations this year in order to encourage creativity and to embrace all boomerang events and formats. The traditional six USBA events are now entirely optional, and you can hold USBA-sanctioned team tournaments, head-to-head tournaments, Gel tournaments, or anything else. The minimum number of throwers requirement for tournaments has been reduced, and it now applies to each event separately. For example, MTA only requires four players, and Trick Catch only needs five! And as long as certain minimum requirements are met, you can even pull individual scores from team competitions! The USBA will maintain a running high scores list on usba.org for the six traditional events so you can keep track of everyone else's scores and know what score you have to beat in order to move up to the top of the list. For full details, go to http://usba.org/The_Sport/comp-reform2001.html.
The first ever USBA National Expo Until now, the US Open has been attended mainly by a core group of regular competitors. That is all about to change. In an effort to embrace all aspects of boomerangs, the USBA has transformed the US Open into the USBA National Expo. There will still be a boomerang tournament, but we will also have design contests, featured speakers, workshops and lessons for beginners, and a junior competition. Basically, it will be a festival-like atmosphere creating a community of boomerang enthusiasts with a national competition running in the background. The 1st Annual USBA National Expo will be hosted by the Snouffer brothers August 10-12 in Delaware, Ohio. The festival events will be running continuously, but the competition schedule is as follows: Friday:
Individual Championships; Saturday: fun-oriented team events with beginners and experts playing side-by-side; Sunday: H2H Championships, Junior Nationals. A Distance tournament and Gel events will also be scheduled. This will be without a doubt the biggest boomerang party on the planet - don't miss it!Atlanta and St. Louis tournaments The Southeastern Classic near Atlanta was held the last weekend in April with great success. Youngster Matt Golenor pulled out a surprise victory over US Team members Jason Smucker, Steve Cook, Dennis Joyce, and International Women's Team member Laura Smucker. Tournament results can be found at http://usba.org/The_Sport/results/2001_Results.html.
The 14th annual Gateway Classic will once again be run over Memorial Day weekend, May 26-28, in Forest Park, St. Louis. This tournament is always well-attended, and Forest Park is a great setting for a boomerang tournament. And the winds are always perfect! Don't forget about the annual "distract the
security guards while we throw booms around the Arch" contest on Monday morning.New competition website Promising to be the ultimate resource for boomerang competitors' needs, http://www.boomerangusa.org combines the tournament results of Chicago Bob's old Competition Update with the fun and enthusiasm of Gregg Snouffer's and Aron McGuire's Head-to-Head Boomerang Organization. BoomerangUSA promotes local tournaments by offering incentives to people to host and attend as many tournaments as possible and by encouraging experimentation with fun new events and formats. It also features a national ranking system, downloadable rules and scoresheets, and a message board. It's definitely worth checking out!
Membership office moves Keith Mullinar is the new USBA Treasurer, so please send membership renewal checks to him at 34 Lorraine Court, East Hartford, CT 06118. If you have any question regarding membership, contact Keith at membership@usba.org.
USBA Store The USBA store is selling "USBA: Boomerangs are Coming Back!" bumper stickers for $1 each and red USBA logos for $0.50 each. Sticker orders of $25 or more are half-price ($0.50 and $0.25 each,
respectively). USBA Eagle T-shirts are available to USBA members at $12 each. The excellent book "About Boomerangs: America's Silent Sport" by Kelly Boyer Sagert is being sold for $28. Email Billy Brazelton (update@usba.org) to order.
2001 Calendar
May 26-27: 14th Annual Gateway Classic
Aviation Field at Forest Park
St. Louis, Missouri
Tournament Director: Tom Fitzgerald
E-mail: Fitzreturn@aol.com
Phone: (314) 839-1604June 16-17: 3rd Annual Twin Peaks Tournament
North Bend, Washington
Tournament Director: Will Herlan
Phone: (425) 883-3231
http://communities.msn.com/TwinPeaksTripleEyeJune 30-July 1: 7th Annual Indiana Open
Center Grove Soccer Club
Greenwood, Indiana
Head-2-Head Shootout in three divisions (novice, intermediate,
advanced)
Tournament Director: Tony Brazelton
E-mail: brazelami@yahoo.com
(317) 883-2334
Web: http://www.usba.org/chapters/indyboomclubJuly 14: Vermont Boomerang Tournament
Burlington, Vermont
Tournament Director: Paul Gustafson
E-mail: fatelvis@together.net
(802) 864-3212
Web: http://homepages.together.net/~fatelvis/2001Comp.htmJuly 21: 7th Annual Greater Seattle Open
Dahl Park
8:45am to 3:00pm
Tournament Director: Betsylew Miale-Gix
E-mail: betwill@att.net
(425) 485-1672July 21-22: 7th Annual Indiana Open Team Cup
Center Grove Soccer Club
Greenwood, Indiana
Tournament Director: Tony Brazelton
E-mail: brazelami@yahoo.com
(317) 883-2334
Web: http://www.usba.org/chapters/indyboomclubJuly 28: Rocky Mountain Throw
Aurora, Colorado
Tournament Director: Richard Pollock-Nelson
E-mail: pollocknel@aol.comUSBA Board of Directors
President Chet Snouffer, usba@usba.org
Vice-President Fred Malmberg, fmalmb@pol.net
Treasurer Keith Mullinar, k_mulliner@hotmail.com
Secretary Betsylew Miale-Gix, rangsters@frontier.com
Membership Coordinator Steve Cook, membership@usba.org
Billy Brazelton, update@usba.org
Suzanne Ragan Lentz, suzanneraganlentz@earthlink.net
Larry Ruhf, Lruhf@crocker.com