We’ve survived the floods of fall, the cold of winter, and more floods in the spring.  There is only one thing to do:  break out the flip-flops, find those tank-tops, and get ready for the The Choey Memorial Pentathlon XVI!!!! 

The Choey Memorial Pentathlon XVI will be JULY 8th, 9th, and 10^th

You only have 6 weeks to call your friends, make your reservations, and get ready for the EVENT OF THE SUMMER!  Sign-ups are from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Saturday, July 9^th, and the events start promptly at 12:00 NOON. (11am for Wiffleball)

The entry fee is $130/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 $130.00 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 getting Kuch to put on lingerie (all you have to do is dare him)!!  ALL entry forms received on or before JULY 1, 2005 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 the $130.00 entry fee ($65.00/person), you each get a Kuch original T-shirt, all you can eat and drink, a pig roast, door prizes, trophies, live entertainment with Jon Zanger performing both Friday and Saturday nights, 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 2005 Pentathlon XVI Special Edition Baseball and River hats for $15 each and an assortment of other Pentathlon XVI items.

The float on Sunday of course is a must.  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.  You must have a wristband to go on the river again this year.  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.

Once again, 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 (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”, led by Beaner, Qweef, and Dan will start at sunrise both Saturday and Sunday for those early rises (or night owls) and musically challenged!

BeerPong will run the same as last year.  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 KNOW YOU DO!!!!  Please, if there is anything you can contribute, we really need your help.  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:

This year’s Auction will hopefully be bigger and better than in the past.  We should have plenty of sports memorabilia, golf clubs, and New York City dinners/shows.  We have really improved this event a lot over the years, but we’re always looking for new ways to improve so if anyone has any suggestions or donations, please let us know.

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:

- Matt and Erika Polanis are expecting their 2^nd baby this fall.

- Stacey and Joe were married in April.

- Tim and Stephanie were married in May.

(THAT’S IT?!?! No more weddings or babies?  What are you people doing?)

The Pentathlon will divide funds raised this year between the Joseph H. Kucher Scholarship Fund, Inc., which benefits local high school graduates going to college, and The Marian Cooper Community Foundation of Port Jervis, which strives to be active in the local community when needed.

A Few Housekeeping items:

As we mentioned in the February ’05 letter, we have joined www.iGive.com.  iGive.com enables consumers to shop at online merchants while directing up to 15% of every purchase to support their favorite causes.  iGive.com's network now offers shopping opportunities to millions of consumers, donations to more than 11,000 worthy causes, and new customers for more than 230 merchants.  The next time you shop on-line, go through www.igive.com and designate the Marian Cooper Community Foundation as your favorite cause!

If sleeping in a tent doesn’t make you a happy camper, please check our website for hotel 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.  Also, we have upgraded our toilets so we shouldn’t have that little, um, “problem” we had last year.

Congrats to Arte Gouveia, Larry Shaub, John Heriques, and Pat Driscol, winners of the Fall 2004 Choey Memorial Golf Outing.   The Fall 2004 Choey Golf Outing raised over $1,300.  Congrats to Larry Shaub, Phil Kominsky, Justin Kempler, and Jason Riccardo, winners of the Spring 2005 Choey Memorial Golf Outing, beating out 14 other teams.  On what turned out to be a beautiful spring day, we raised over $2,150, our highest total to date!  The Fall 2005 Choey Memorial Golf Outing will be October 1, 2005.  Please check the website for more details.

The Choey Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc. is 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 8^th, 9^th, and 10^th!!!!!!!!!!

Pentathlon Staff