Thanks, and congrats to my fellow MWC MASA'ns Malcolm Doying and Pat Shema, Pat Parker, Tim Ross, and Mike Melia, who was throwing hurt. I hope they will weigh in with some comments from their age/gender groups, too. (You have to hear about Dean Ross from Malcolm-- Dean is one tough dude.)
In the 50-54's, (scores are posted) out of 9 events, (2 hammers, 2 stones) I won exactly 1 event. Mark Buchanan finished second with 3 wins, and Al Stagner finished in 3rd with 4 wins. A heck of a wild competition, made even crazier by about an hour or two of pouring rain, during which the comp kept right on going. I started off terribly with season worsts in the weights, followed by a horror show in the caber, (7th place with an 11:45) but somehow was consistent enough to win in the end. Or so they tell me, I'm hoping there was no math error.
I can't say enough about the competitors and the great organization and class act that Bill Scruggs and the folks at Saline put on. At the spaghetti dinner on Friday, the mayor even came and spoke to us and ate with us. They all just flat went all out. Fortunately the weather improved in the afternoon (the rain started with the first event) and I hope the festival was a success. Seemed like a decent crowd by afternoon, and the beer tent was pretty vocal.
Anyhow, it's great to be back. I still can't believe what a war it was, and how things finished up. Looking forward to hearing about how MASA did in Jersey!
Frank
"...never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never... " --Winston Churchill
"A goal without a plan is just a wish". --Larry Elder