God Bless America, Land that I Love, Stand beside Her, and Guide Her………….You only have 7 weeks left to learn the rest of the words and get ready for the 2000 Choey Memorial Pentathlon!!!!!!!  Sign-ups are from 11:30 AM to 12:00 NOON on Saturday, July 15, with the events starting promptly at 12:15 PM.

The entry fee is $80/team if you pre-register, $90.00/team if you register after July 1.  Pre-Registration works this way: 1- Fill out the entry from enclosed, 2- Place entry form in the enclosed, stamped, return envelope, 3- Write a check for $80.00, 4-Put the check in the same stamped envelope, 5 - Drop the envelope in the mail.  IT’S THAT EASY!!!!!!  Not only will you save $10.00, but also ALL entry forms received on or before JULY 1, 2000 will be given PRIORITY PLACEMENT into the events requested.  As always, we cannot guarantee your events, but if you pre-register, your chance of getting the events you want will increase significantly.  We will only have room for 8 Wiffleball teams again this year.  If this is an event you want, Pre-Registration is a must.  Unfortunately, there is a downside to Pre-Registering; there are NO REFUNDS!

If you can’t make this year’s event (shame on you) please drop us a note and tell us, heck we paid for the stamp anyway!

For $40.00/person (pre-registered) you each get a Kuch original T-shirt, all you can eat and drink for 2 1/2 days, a pig roast, door prizes, trophies/t-shirts, live entertainment, and lots of laughs.  Of course, all are welcome even if they don’t want to compete.  A donation of $30.00/person is required for food, adult beverages, door prizes and T-shirt.

The float on Sunday almost overshadows the actual Pentathlon.  Since the trip is so big, we are going to have to charge $25 for rafts on Sunday.  The trip will be the same as last year (minus the seaweed we hope!).  We will be using a local rafting company (White Water Willies) to supply the rafts.  This allows fewer problems logistically.  We will again be serving sandwiches and beverages (pilsner and otherwise) on the river.

We will have 3 Divisions this year, Men’s, Mixed, and Women’s.  Each division will have separate rankings and separate trophies.  However, all teams will still compete against each other throughout the day.  We have given up hope on a Seniors Division, so we’ll just give the championship to Ken and Kathy Eissing.

Once again, this year, the Early Session will have 6 “Skill” events.  These events start at 12:15 PM on Saturday.  The Early “Skill” events are: Horseshoes, Badminton, Wiffleball, Foosball, Darts, and Golf.  The Late “Fun” Events will start at 3:45 PM on Saturday.  The Late events are: Egg Throw, Keg Throw, and Relay Race.  Definitely bring cameras to the Late events!

The raffle will start at 5:30 PM.  The auction will start at 6:30 PM.  BeerPong starts at 7:15 PM.  Classic rendition of “God Bless America” starts at Sunrise both Saturday and Sunday.

BeerPong will be run a little differently this year.  Everyone will be assigned a table.  You will play on the SAME table all night.  Each table will be its own self-contained tournament.  This means that there will be no more yelling and it will make it much easier for all involved.  This allows everyone to know exactly where they have to be and when they have to be there.

The raffle will be run exactly the same as in past years.  Raffle Tickets will still be priced as follows: 1 Ticket-$5.00, 3 Tickets-$10.00, 7 Tickets-$20.00, or 10 Tickets-$25.00.  Each prize will have a bag next to it.  Place as many tickets in the bag next to the prizes you want.  There is no limit on the amount of prizes you may win.  As always, if anyone has anything to raffle off- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let us know.  Any and all gifts would be greatly appreciated.

We will have an auction again this year!  Last year’s was a great success. This year’s will probably be even bigger from what we hear is being donated.  Regardless, we still need items to auction.  If you know of ANYTHING you think you can donate, please get in touch with us.  We really do need additional items.  We should have plenty of sports memorabilia, golf clubs, trips, etc. so….. BRING MONEY!!  Mike Maiolo does a great job of running the Auction and he truly gets the most for every item and 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 somewhat of a disruption for those who are bidding on items.  Please be considerate during the bidding process.  If you are not actively participating, please do your best to keep the noise level down while watching the event.