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Congratulations
to the three champions at the 1999 Choey Memorial Pentathlon.
In the mixed division, Heidi and Mike Bisl, oh sorry,
Cummings won a very closely contested division as a mere 5 points
separated the top three teams.
This was Mike and Heidi’s second straight title in the
Mixed Division. For the
record, no team in any division has won three straight
championships. No
pressure Mike and Heidi. Jennifer
O’Hara and Heather Worzel captured the Women’s Division by a
wide margin but then things got interesting.
The next three women’s teams each had 15 points which means
we had to look at their place in the BeerPong event to decide the
overall standings. Perennial
Women’s favorites Neila and Kristen stole second, Rosa and Carmen
took the third place trophy while Julie and Lydia can only wait
until next year. Last
year’s Women’s champs, Tara and Vivi have the distinct honor of
winning a division one year, and then coming in last place the very
next year. Finally,
Helmut and Kuch regained the Men’s title for the third time after
last year’s crushing defeat and now move into a tie with Ken and
Walt for the most Pentathlon titles won.
Only five points separated the next three teams after Helmut
and Kuch in the Men’s division.
Despite Chris R. and Art S.’ inspiring BeerPong win over
Helmut and Kuch, they could only take fourth place overall.
Chris R. is the first person to win back to back BeerPong
Championships with two different partners.
New comers Shaun P. and Rod P. won second place while last
year’s Men’s champs Fagg and Shitbird dropped to third place.
The 1999 Choey
Memorial Pentathlon broke through what had been an unthinkable
barrier. For the last
two years, we have had a total of 59 teams participating each year.
The 1999 Choey Memorial Pentathlon was different.
This year we had 75 teams participating in the three
divisions. For you math
nuts, that is a 27% increase in the number of teams from last year.
Despite this large increase in the number of teams, the
events ran smoothly (we know, we know, BeerPong will be addressed
later in the letter). The
break out for the 3 divisions was 28 Men’s teams, 28 Mixed teams,
and 19 Women’s teams.
The raft trip was
beyond belief. This is
getting insane. We had
95 people on the river this year versus last year’s 63.
Again, for you math freaks, that is almost a 50% increase.
Thank you White Water Willies!!!
OK, I like a good seaweed fight as much as the next guy, but
it was fun the first 10 minutes, then it got a little old.
Ten ¼ kegs and 90 pounds of seaweed, Go figure.
There were two
major issues that need addressing this year.
First, the BeerPong tournament.
We as a group have placed this first on our priority list to
fix. Somehow, some way,
this year’s BeerPong tournament will run more efficiently and with
less YELLING!!! We
already have some ideas and we promise to you all we will fix the
situation.
The second issue
can only be fixed by all of you.
During the Auction, there is too much noise from people.
This effects the bidding process immensely.
Mike Maiolo does an incredible job of running the Auction and
he truly gets the most for every item.
The Auction is one of the biggest contributors to the bottom
line. However, the past
two years, the noise level from people not bidding has caused a
major disruption for the Auction.
Please be considerate during the bidding process.
If you are not going to bid, please keep the noise level down
while watching the event.
Hey, Dan and
Beaner thanks for making it again, Oh yeah, that’s right, you guys
WEREN’T there. Losers.
Let’s try
to keep Art Shannon away from scissors, strange dogs, and oh yes,
anything with a ledge higher than a curb!
Well, last year
saw Helmut, Jeff, and Matt take the plunge.
All weddings went off without a hitch.
Rumor has it that the team of Helmut and Kuch will be renamed
Kuch and Mr. Russell, if it’s OK with Christine that is.
Well, at the
printing of this letter, there is only one engagement to announce.
Chris and Beth are going down the aisle on August 25th.
Well, in our little circle of friends over the age of 30,
that leaves Quinno, Tarbell, and Greenie as the only bachelors left.
They shoot horses don’t they?
Well, it’s been
a busy year for babies. Mike
and Tanya had a baby boy, Connor.
Alyssa is the brand new daughter of Dave and Janine.,
Mike and Keri had a baby girl, Carolyne,
And finally, Coleman is the new son of Shaun and Lisa.
THE
FIRST PENTATHLON OF THE MELLENIUM IS COMING UP FAST!!!!!!
The
2000 Pentathlon festivities will be the weekend of Friday July 14th,
Saturday July 15th, and Sunday July 16th.
This year’s festivities will be the weekend of Friday July
14th, Saturday July 15th, and Sunday July 16th.
All are welcome to come up anytime on
Friday to help set up and of course with all that hard work we’ll
have food and adult beverages to quench that thirst and appetite!
Folks, get up there EARLY!!
Space is ALWAYS of a premium.
For those less than hearty souls, there are several local
hotels in the area. We
will get you the number, just give us a call.
Make your reservations early because rooms go VERY QUICKLY
during that time of year.
The events will
remain the same as last year. The
Early Session, which starts at 12:15, will have the following
events: Golf, Badminton, Darts, Horseshoes, Foosball, and Wiffleball.
The Late Session, which starts at 3:30, will have the
following events: Egg Throw, Keg Throw, and Relay Race.
The Raffle will start at 5:30 and the Auction will start at
6:15. BeerPong will
start at 7:30. We are
working on expanding parking on the property for this year’s
Pentathlon. Regardless,
if you must park on the street, please park on only 1 side of the
street. Hopefully this
will keep the police away this year.
We are proud to
say that we will be donating to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the
Hudson Valley again in 2000. The
Make-A-Wish Foundation has been a wonderful partner always sending
help and participating in the whole weekend.
It’s been a great 3 years and we look forward to many more
in the future.
Our goal for the
1999 Choey Memorial was to raise $2,200 for the Choey Memorial
Scholarship Fund and $2,200 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the
Hudson Valley. Every
year, we are amazed by the generosity of everyone that comes to the
Pentathlon. This will
be the 6th year that the Pentathlon is a fund raising
event. Never in our
wildest imaginations six years ago did we think we would be raising
the money that we did last year.
We raised a total of $7,000!!!!!!!
That’s $3,500 for the Joseph H. Kucher Scholarship Fund and
$3,500 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley.
We
are hesitant to set a goal for 2000 because the numbers are so far
above our expectations that we don’t know if we can keep growing
at the pace you have set the last 5 years.
But keeping in tradition, our goal for the 2000 Choey
Memorial Pentathlon is to raise $3,850 for each charity, that is a
total of $7,700. This
would be a 10% increase over last year’s amount.
The only way we will hit this goal is if 1) You compete, 2)
You buy raffle tickets and win neat stuff, and 3) You bid on REALLY
neat stuff at the auction. And
the only way you can do the last two is if we have NEAT STUFF to
raffle and auction off. So
once again, if there is ANYTHING you can donate, let us know.
The entry fee
this year will be: $80.00/team pre-registered, $90.00/team
day-of-registration. In
addition to the cost savings of pre-registration, if you
pre-register before July 1, you will be given priority placement in
the events of your choice. Your
entry fee includes all you can eat and drink from Friday morning to
Sunday night, door prizes, the pig roast, and of course a Kuch
original T-shirt. If you want to come up and not compete, a donation
of $30 will be required. Of
course there will be rafting on Sunday!
The charge will be an additional 25.00/person for the cost of
the raft and life jackets.
The raffle this
year should again be even better than last year’s.
Raffle Tickets will be priced the same as last year: 1
Ticket-$5.00, 3 Tickets-$10.00, 7 Tickets-$20.00, or 10
Tickets-$25.00. If
anyone has anything to raffle off, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
Any and all gifts would be appreciated.
Please remember, this weekend has grown to what it is now
because people have contributed their time and efforts.
We could use any and all help to continue to make this
weekend even bigger and better than it has been.
We will do the
auction again this year. Last
year’s was a lot of fun and everyone certainly got into the spirit
of it. PLEASE, we need
things to auction off. If
you can donate ANYTHING it would be greatly appreciated.
We already have some pretty neat stuff to auction (all items
are autographed): Don Larson pitching his perfect World Series game,
Joe Namith, Larry Bird, Lawrence Taylor, Dwight Clark, Rocky Blier,
Jim Burt, John LeClair, Wayne Gretzky, Cam Neely, and Adam Graves.
It’s only February and we are still working on getting
loads of stuff. If you
can help out in any way, PLEASE CALL!!!!!!
We have a new
addition this year. ‘After
Hours’ will be playing this year both Friday night and Saturday
night. Live music with
your favorite songs from 60’s though today.
We are very excited to have live music this year and we are
lucky that he could fit us into his busy schedule.
Kuch isn’t even
thinking about the T-shirts yet.
He promises another great shirt, designed 24 hours before the
deadline, kind of like his term papers in college.
As we did last year, every competitor will receive a shirt
for entering, but we will sell extra shirts (while supplies last)
for $5.00/each.
If
you need to get in touch with us during the year, please write us or
feel free to call. We are always looking for new ideas to make the
Choey Memorial Weekend bigger and better.
How you can reach us by mail:
Marc
Greene
310
Prospect Hill Rd.
Cuddebackville,
NY 12729
914-754-7220
201-867-6007
We
now have the Choey Memorial Pentathlon Web Site!!!!
Please check us out at
www.geocities.com/choeymemorial
. It is up and running,
but we still are working on it, so please be patient.
Please let us know what you think about our Web Site or
anything else about the Choey Memorial Pentathlon Weekend.
Bring
your friends and we’ll see you July 14, 15, and 16!!!!!!!!!!
Greenie,
Kuch, Melissa, Helmut, and MAC
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