Comments from Kathleen Rodgers:  The Rock Paper Scissors Regatta was a huge success. Forty-five junior sailors traveled to our club from Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. With parents and siblings, we hosted close to 100 visitors at our facility. Ten of the sailors are recent BSC Junior Camp participants. The weekend offered good wind, great sailing (eight races were completed on the Championship course and seven races on the Green Fleet course) and fun on and off the water. Nationally renowned Optimist experts Tom and Tommy Coleman coached the beginning racers on the Green Fleet course and ran a clinic for advanced racers Sunday afternoon. The event would not have been possible without the help of many parents and club members. Both race committees, headed by Michael Papp and Jack Rogers, ran excellent courses. Other race committee members included Larry Van Horn, Jim Deuel, John McCary, Jerry Hart, Dianne Hart, Steve Powell, Matt Sheffield, and Bruce Partington. The meals were prepared and served by Linda Lambert and Nice Shindo, with help from Connie Livingston and Patty Callahan.  Sue Powell helped with registration and anything else I needed. 
Matt Sheffield, Mike Moers, and Tom Callahan helped pull the sailors down the 75  foot slip-n-slide-of-doom (a great hit). Also, big thanks to Abby and Maddie Sheffield (Matt Sheffield's daughters) who volunteered throughout Saturday to help the Green fleet sailors, prepare meals and perform slip-n-slide duty. Thanks to all the other parents for their support and help. All of the participants had a great time and enjoyed our wonderful club. I look forward to a great event next year.                                                                                                                                                                                                    Vice Commodore's Comments: With a truly clubwide effort, led by Kathleen and Jack Rodgers, this event has grown from 20 boats at inception to 44 boats competing this year from all over the Southeast.  Not only does this event provide a valuable racing experience for our juniors, it also introduces a large group of parents to our club, including many who sail class boats represented at our club.  Hats off to our Junior program!  
Birmingham Sailing Club
Rock Paper Scissor 2008
August 30-31, 2008
All Boats
Championship Class Series Summary
Pl Sail # Name From Fleet Tot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 10094 Steffi Zwarg FWYC/LLSC Blue 13 2 1 -7 1 1 6 1 1
2 11550 Daniel Postell LLSC Blue 22 1 3 2 2 3 -8 3 8
3 14616 Van Rogers BSC Blue 27 7 -12 3 4 2 1 7 3
4 10167 Darby Reddaway LLSC Blue 34 3 -9 5 6 7 2 4 7
5 15711 Gabrielle Kitchens LLSC Red 42 6 2 -13 9 6 5 8 6
6 16174 Mitch Powell BSC White 58 13 5 -15 5 4 7 13 11
7 8451 Robbie Estes LLSC Red 61 4 4 11 8 8 -17 10 16
8 15594 Nick Haile AYC Blue 62 -17 10 14 7 10 15 2 4
9 10905 Leigh Ann Collier LLSC Blue 64 9 14 8 3 12 13 -15 5
10 7771 Nathan Sears CYC Red 68 -18 16 1 12 5 4 17 13
11 10414 Zeke Stevens Pont./HYC Red 68 11 11 4 11 11 -14 11 9
12 4122 Andrew Quigley CYC Blue 71 8 15 10 16 -17 3 5 14
13 8995 Connor Cassidy LLSC Blue 75 5 8 9 15 13 10 -16 15
14 15048 Reese Guerriero TCYC White 76 16 13 6 -17 16 11 12 2
15 7370 Devin Quinn AYC White 82 12 6 12 10 15 -18 9 18
16 8715 Ellen Postell LLSC White 90 14 7 18 14 9 16 -19 12
17 12120 Max Guerriero TCYC White 91 15 18 17 13 -19 12 6 10
18 10067 Jake Stevens   Blue 97 10 17 16 -18 14 9 14 17
19 7270 Jacob Payne AYC Blue 133 19 19 -20 19 20 19 18 19
20 8888 Zettler Quinn AYC Blue 137 (21\DNF) 20 19 20 18 20 20 20
1 Sep, '08, 12:24
St. Pete Scorer for Opti's