Tentative Race Schedule for 2009 is Now Posted

[fox river pwc]

http://www.greatlakeswatercross.com/

Also, some info about new classes is up on the site:
http://www.greatlakeswatercross.com/news_

[gpr717]

Where is PDC ... That is a drive but arguably the best site.

Umm no big courses or splits on one day events....Umm Sad

[JB]

Another race on Lake Michigan in kenosha. I like that idea.

[CHOOCHOO]

Ask Scott about PDC he said he was going to handle it. So I will not take any responsability if it do not happen. He needs to call PDC NOW!!!!!!!! to make it happen.
Late, Craig :(







quote:Originally posted by gpr717

Where is PDC ... That is a drive but arguably the best site.

Umm no big courses or splits on one day events....Umm Sad

[Chopper]

Sometimes the local people need to step up as much as they may not want to... Besides the last round is TBA. I would bet that PDC might be on that date.

[JB]

Headline news in the Kenosha news papper. I didn't know Scott is hosting the world series of gay softball and watercross.

‘Super Bowl of gay softball’ coming to Kenosha
.. :

BY GARY J. KUNICH
gkunich@kenoshanews.

A gay softball tournament and a watercross event are bound for Kenosha this summer.

Both events were given the green light at Monday’s Kenosha Parks Commission meeting, which saw contentious words between two aldermen.

The North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance will have part of its 33rd annual Softball World Series at Poerio Park, 1351 20th Ave., Aug. 31 to Sept. 4., while the watercross series will take place along the shore of Pennoyer Park, July 25-26.

Similar watercross events have taken place at Lake Andrea in Pleasant Prairie, race director Scott Hyke said, with plans for another event there in late May.

Hyke said the weather and natural waves from Lake Michigan will make it more challenging for watercross racers.

While that proposal passed unanimously, there was more give and take during the softball presentation.

The commission approved the use of Poerio Park 3-0 for the softball tournament, with alderman Stephen Casey abstaining.

Casey initially made a motion to defer the vote until next week but it wasn’t seconded.

He told organizers Peter Nys and Mona Garcia he was concerned about language in the proposal, political ramifications for the city and questioned them about the ratio of players — about 80 percent gay.

“What caught my eye in (the paperwork) is that NAGAAA promotes athletic health in support of the gay lifestyle,” Casey said. “I’m not gay, but my concern is from a political standpoint. Are we as a city making a political statement? The language of supporting the gay lifestyle, are we taking a position on the right to marry?

“I’d like to look into this. Our city softball league doesn’t call itself a heterosexual softball league. I’ve got to digest this a little. I’m not comfortable supporting this tonight.”

Michael Orth, in his first year as alderman, said it wasn’t the commission’s job to make a political statement.

“As the parks commission, it’s our job to approve organizations to rent our facilities, and that’s all. It’s not relevant to the parks commission if someone is gay or straight,” he said.

“People use our facilities who are gay and straight. We’re saying we’re a city that is welcome to all people. That’s our priority. We don’t ask disabled groups how many handicapped people are on a team. I’ll support this and any other group that comes forward.”

Casey said he didn’t appreciate Orth’s comments.

“I take great offense, and as a 20-year alderman I ought to be able to ask whatever I want, wherever I want,” Casey said. “I’m a little tired of having a freshman alderman with a different point of view talking to me in a condescending tone.”

Casey later said he didn’t have a problem with the organization, but wanted time to ask some questions privately.

Nys said he was surprised at some of the comments.

“Quite honestly, that’s the first time in putting this whole tournament together that something like that has happened,” he said. “We weren’t asking him to endorse our gay lifestyle. We want to rent the field. We want to pay money to rent the field.

“We wanted him to know this is a business. This isn’t a party. I just think he didn’t know about us, and I can appreciate that. It’s a quiet organization, and we don’t shout out that we’re gay. We’re not trying to recruit people. This is a big national tournament. It’s like the Super Bowl of gay softball.”

[Chopper]

Don't knock it. It's a Lifestyle that for some is worth living... Or something like that. Gay!

[fox river pwc]

More schedule updates just posted:

2009
Great Lakes Watercross
Dates and Race Sites
Tentative

May, 30 & 31 Pleasant Prairie WI.

June, 14 T.B.A.

June, 28 LaCrosse WI.

July, 25 & 26 Kenosha WI.

August, 9 Sheboygan WI.

August, 23 Prairie duChien WI.

[JB]

8 rounds wow. It looks like it will be a really busy summer.

[Chopper]

From a city standpoint LaX is a done deal as Scott and I attended the meeting with the Parks board last thursday.

[joe563]

cool i know he was in kenosha and took care of pp and k-town last week

[fox river pwc]

Region 6 races are now posted on the APBA site:

May 30/31 - TBA
Conflicts with PP.

June 20/21 - Oscoda
Damn far drive, and falls between our TBA and LaX. Would make for 3 crazy weeks. Too bad I need to keep my job.

July 11/12 - Harbor Beach Can-Am Cup
I think it's about 10 hours from me, and it falls on the last weekend of my vacation. No go for me.

July 25/26 - TBA
Conflicts with Kenosha.

August 15/16 - Walled Lake
Doable, as it falls directly between the one-day races at Sheboygan and PDC. That would be 3 hella-busy weeks of racing and working for me. I'll have to give that one some thought. With Sheboygan being just 1 day, and 1.75 hrs. away from me, I could do it w/o taking a day off work. Walled Lake would require driving out there that Friday. PDC is about 3.5 hrs. for me, so driving out Saturday after work is possible.


I'm guessing the May TBA is also Walled Lake, and the July TBA is Celina, OH???

If anyone else is thinking about Walled Lake in August, please let me know. I'd only consider going if more than just I went. Thanks.

[JB]

Celina, Craig said that is not going to happen or at least as a divisonal. I August I might be interested.