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What a
winter!!!!! It’s time to shed those clothes, don those skimpy
summer outfits, and catch some rays! The Choey Memorial
Pentathlon XIV is JULY 18th, 19th, and 20th!!!! You
only have 7 weeks to call your friends, find your swim trunks
(read: thong bikinis ladies), buy some sunscreen and get ready for
the EVENT OF THE SUMMER!! Sign-ups are from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
on Saturday, July 19, and the events start promptly at 12:00 NOON.
(11am for Wiffleball)
The entry fee is
$110/team. If you would like to pre-register, you must do so
before July 1st. 1- Fill out the entry form enclosed, 2- Place the
entry form in the enclosed return envelope, 3- Place a stamp on
said return envelope, 4- Write a check for $110.00 made out to
"The Choey Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc.", 5- Put the
check in the stamped return envelope, 6- Drop the envelope in the
mail. It’s easier than a hot blonde getting out of a speeding
ticket from Helmut!! ALL entry forms received on or before JULY 1,
2003 will be given PRIORITY PLACEMENT into the events requested.
As always, we
cannot guarantee your events, but if you pre-register, your
chances of getting the events you want will increase
significantly. We will only have room for 8 Wiffleball teams again
this year, so if this is an event you want, Pre-Registration is a
must. Also, you will be included into a special drawing only for
teams that Pre-Registered. Please keep in mind that there are no
refunds.
For $110.00/team
($55.00/person), you each get a Kuch original T-shirt, all you can
eat and drink, a pig roast, door prizes, trophies, live
entertainment (???), commemorative beer mug, and lots of laughs.
Of course, all are welcome even if you don’t want to compete;
however a donation of $35.00/person is required. You will also be
able to buy your 2003 Special Edition Baseball and River hats for
$15 each.
The float on
Sunday is alive and well! We will be using White Water Willies
again this year, so there will be a charge of $30 per person for
rafts and transportation on Sunday. The trip will be the same as
in the past with sandwiches, beverages (adult and otherwise),
snacks, and music on the river. If you have never floated with us
in the past, you really should try it once, because if you do it
once, you’ll never miss it again. This year, you must have a
wristband to go on the river. You can buy your wristband up until
11am on Sunday morning. You will not be allowed on the river
without it, so please don’t forget.
We will have 3
Divisions: Men’s, Mixed, and Women’s. Each division will have
separate rankings and separate champions. However, all teams will
still compete against each other throughout the day.
As always, the
Early Session will have 6 "Skill" events. These events start at
12:00 NOON on Saturday (except for Wiffleball which starts at
11am). The Early "Skill" events are: Horseshoes, Badminton,
Wiffleball, Foosball, Darts, and Golf (expanded to 9 holes). The
Late "Fun" Events will start at 3:15 PM on Saturday. The Late
events are: Egg Throw, Keg Throw, and Relay Race. Definitely bring
cameras for the Late Events!
The raffle will
be sandwiched in between the 3 Late Events. The auction will start
at 6:00 PM during the serving of the Pig Roast. BeerPong starts at
7:00 PM. "God Bless America" will start at sunrise both Saturday
and Sunday for those early rises or more likely, those late night
owls!
BeerPong will be
run the same. Everyone will be assigned to a table. You will play
on the SAME table all night. Each table will be its own
self-contained tournament. This allows everyone to know exactly
where to be and when to be there.
There are plenty
of sponsorships available for this year’s Pentathlon. Whether you
are a small business owner or work for a large corporation, why
not sponsor one of our Pentathlon competitions? For a very nominal
fee, a captivated audience of over two hundred and fifty people
will see your sign/advertisement all day. It’s a great way to get
your company name in front of hundreds of people and you would be
donating to charity at the same time. Talk about a win/win
situation!! Please contact us if you are interested in sponsoring
one of the events the weekend of the Pentathlon.
We always ask for
help in gathering items for the Raffle and the Auction. Most
people don’t think they have anything to contribute, but WE BET
YOU DO!!!! Please, if there is anything you can contribute, we
really need your help. Donations have been a little slow this
year, so anything you can do will be much appreciated.
The raffle will
be run exactly the same way as in the past. Raffle Tickets will
still be priced as follows: 1 Ticket-$5.00, 3 Tickets-$10.00, 7
Tickets-$20.00, 10 Tickets-$25.00, 25 Tickets-$50, 50 Tickets-$75,
or 75 Tickets-$100. Place as many tickets as you’d like in the bag
next to the prizes you want. There is no limit.
This year’s Auction will
hopefully be bigger and better than in years past. We should have
plenty of sports memorabilia, golf clubs, New York City dinners
and shows. So, PLEASE BRING MONEY!! Thanks to everyone last year
for their contributions and for keeping the noise level down
during the bidding process, it was much appreciated and allowed
things to run much faster.
Regardless of whether or
not you can make this year’s event, please send us a note and tell
us how you are doing. We care!!! Also, if we haven’t heard from
you in a while, you may get dropped from the mailing list and you
wouldn’t get these wonderful letters twice a year.
Keeping in Touch:
-Mike and Keri
Kucher announce they are expecting their third bundle of joy on
December 16th (Joe’s Birthday).
-Kenny and Judie
McInerney announce they are expecting their second baby on
December 16th (yup, Joe’s Birthday).
-Pat and Kim
Reilly announce they are expecting their first little treasure in
November.
-Darren and Jen
Elston are expecting their first baby sometime in June.
-Nick and Jen
Grasso are also expecting their first baby this June.
-Chris Hefferon
and his girlfriend Sarah are engaged and will tie the knot on
August 9th.
-Matt Polanis and
Erika Ropke are engaged and will be married on July 4th.
-Adam Hubbard and
Heather Bates (our Pig Roast friends!) are engaged and will wed on
June 28th.
We would like to
thank everyone that contacted us with ideas and suggestions for
our second charity this year. All your suggestions were researched
and while ALL of them are worthwhile, we have decided to donate a
portion of this year’s money raised to: The Brittany Miller
Foundation -
www.brittanymiller.org. The Foundation is inspired by the
memory of Brittany Miller, a Middletown, New York girl who on July
31, 1996 -- her seventh birthday -- died after fighting a spirited
battle against brain cancer. As part of her treatment, Brittany
had to undergo the hour-plus trip to Westchester several times a
month for treatments. The Foundation raises funds and disperses
the same to families from the New York counties of Orange,
Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, and Pike County PA who have children
diagnosed with cancer. Specifically, the funds are to be used to
defray travel, lodging, food and miscellaneous expenses associated
with visits to hospitals or other treatment facilities in New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut or elsewhere as is approved by the
majority vote of the Board of Directors.
Unfortunately,
Jon Zanger will not be able to play the weekend of the Pentathlon
this year as he and his wife are expecting in July. We are still
looking for a possible replacement, but this may be a last minute
decision. Regardless, there will be plenty of music for all to
enjoy.
Please remember
that if you must park on the street, please only park on one side.
You all have been great with this, but we felt obligated to remind
everyone.
If sleeping in a
tent doesn’t make you a happy camper, please check our website for
options and phone numbers. Make your reservations early!!!! Also,
keep in mind; we have built 2 private showers in the Shed complete
with hot water to make you all more comfortable. Please take
advantage of them.
Congrats to Mike
Hay, Rory Rohan, Conor Taniguchi, and Matt Maloney, winners of the
Spring 2003 Choey Memorial Golf Outing. 47 golfers competed in a
best ball format and over $1,400 was raised for the Fund! The Fall
2003 Golf Outing will be October 4, 2003. Please check the website
for more details.
The Choey
Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc. is now a stand-alone, tax-exempt
entity fulfilling all obligations of many employers’ gift-matching
programs. Please keep this in mind as many of your employers will
match $1 to $1, $2 to $1, or even $3 to $1 for every dollar you
contribute to a charity like The C.M.S.F.I. Please let us know if
we can answer any questions in regards to your company’s specific
matching requirements.
Please Remember -
Everyone that works this weekend is a volunteer, they deserve
courtesy and gratitude for all they do. Try to treat everyone with
the utmost respect and don’t forget everyone is doing his
or her absolute best to make this weekend fun and successful for
all.
DON’T FORGET TO
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE!!! It has all the information you need for
this year’s Pentathlon. Also, the website contains past results,
pictures, answers to questions, and other information we think you
will enjoy. It’s also a great way to contact us and let us know
what you think about the weekend, the website itself, or anything
else on your minds.
WWW.CHOEY.ORG
Feel free to come up anytime on
Friday. All are welcome to help set up and get a jump on the
weekend!! Bring your friends and we’ll see you July 18, 19, and
20!!!!!!!!!!
Pentathlon Staff
(P.S. We hope you like the
refrigerator magnet and use it as a reminder to come join us in
July!!!!) |
