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September 2014

The 38th

Annual NWSS Tournament is coming up on

September 13th

and 14th

at the Basin Sod Farm in Eltopia, WA

A SIMPLE BALLAST INSTALL FOR NARROW FUSELAGES

By Kevin Martin

I acquired a Super Ava Pro RES to fly this season. The specifications state that the wing loading is about 6

ounces per square foot. This means that the if the wind is blowing 5-7 mph or higher ballast will be needed.

The Ava fuse, like many others these days, is very narrow. I had a ballast tube to install but doing so would

block future access to the tow hook and complicate the installation of servo wires. After weeks of churning my

brain I came up with this a simple installation:

I had some ¼ - inch lead wire lying around the shop (can be purchased at fishing tackle stores). I straightened

out two lengths approximately 13” long. This length was determined by the location of the CG – I wanted equal

lengths fore and aft to maintain balance. The two lengths weigh about 4 ounces each, for a total of 8 ounces.

More can be added by fastening additional lengths of wire using zip ties.

I used a Dremel to create two pairs of small slots in the bottom of the fuselage to accept the zip ties. Because of

the tight quarters, I use two small pliers to install the ties. The 90 degree bend in the wire keeps the lead from

shifting during flight. I used this system at the Eugene contest where the winds were blowing up to 15 mph. It

worked perfectly. To remove the lead simply snip the zip ties with a small wire cutter.

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Thermals Were Rippin Again in Eugene

by Tom Culmsee Well the 2014 version of the thermal soaring contest in Eugene was again typical of the more than 44 some odd events that were held in years past. All typified by a word - thermals. Big thermals. Sometimes fast moving thermals. Other times thermals so strong you go up looking like the spiral on a barber pole, each circle some hundred feet higher than the last. Thermals which start right at ground level and can take a glider up to "Stupid Portwood High" in just a few minutes. Did I mention T H E R M A L S? We had a great turnout again this year and everyone enjoyed great weather (warm always) throughout the weekend. On Saturday there was a touch of wind (in Texas they would have called it a calm day), which did result in a few "walks of shame" for those adventurous enough to go for that downwind thermal. But overall a great day of strong, wind driven lift. We flew a pilots choice format of 4-6-8-10-10. At the end of the day, everyone was more than ready for the signature Corn Feed and BBQ Chicken meal, this year in Jason Hood's back yard. Everything went well and the Bodacious Corn was super sweet and crisp. The chicken had that genuine "fire roasted" flavor that everyone seemed to enjoy including Sandie "do you know what you're doing?" Pugh. Early Sunday, the stillness of the cool morning air, was broken by the hollering and yelling of the flyers who were attempting to "hit the egg" and lay claim to the years EGG BUST Champion. Only one, the first to try, was successful . . . the ever modest Jason Hood. The winds calmed that day but the lift was still there in abundance. True, where there is lift, there is also sink and several did get caught up in those "big thumbs" of down, but overall most pilots managed to get their times. One unfortunate incident though, as Jim Pugh managed to lose sight of his trusty Ava Pro in the hazy slightly smoke enhanced sky. It rocketed down from stratospheric heights into the hard unforgiving ground of the next field over. Pretty much toast, but some pilots were still seen picking over the carcass, true barbarians those. We flew another four rounds and everyone was ready to call it a contest. Congratulations to all the winners. Many thanks to all those that helped with set-up and tear down and especially to Jason for prepping the field so nicely. We will be back again next year. RES 1 8,469 Van Dijk, Richard 2 8,320 Eaton, Ken 3 7,988 Hood, Jason 4 7,931 Fiedler, Dan 5 6,454 Martin, Kevin 6 6,224 Pugh, Jim (Sun Scratched) Expert 1 8,703 Brightbill, Tom 2 8,542 Culmsee, Tom 3 8,474 Johnson, Dave 4 8,363 Hood, Jason 5 7,803 Van Dijk, Richard 6 7,663 Eaton, Ken

7 6,462 Stewart, Don 8 4,594 Portwood, David (Sat Only) Competitor 1 7,930 Ragsdale, Keith 2 7,322 Fiedler, Dan 3 4,820 Fiedler, Daniel << TOP Novice! 4 3,099 Breedlove, Roger (Sun Only) Two Meter 1 8,295 Culmsee, Tom 2 8,125 Brightbill, Tom 3 7,938 Martin, Kevin 4 6,928 Ragsdale, Keith (Humble Pie Award) 5 4,624 Portwood, GD 6 2,335 Pugh, Sandie (Pilot scratched

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Shavings from the Editors Desk By Jimmy Olsen cub reporter

Attention all NWSS members, Rex Grace needs your help and wants your contest/glider pictures for

2014; 2013 are also acceptable. This is for a dog and pony show he is putting together to be presented at

the 2014 NWSS Tournament Banquet. Please send your electronic pictures to Rex at

rexgrace@roadrunner.com

Here are the nominations for the NWSS Board of Directors for the term 2015-2017. Please send your

ballot to NWSS Secretary, Art Boysen email Cathybum@aol.com or vote at the tournament. Please vote

for three.

Jim Frahm____, Anne Stimers____, Keith Ragsdale____, Don Stewart____

That’s about it for this month, many thanks to Kevin Martin for his newsletter article this month. Thanks to

Tom Culmsee for his Rippin’ Thermals contest report. Thanks to Anne Stimers for her Pulsar Article.

Fair Winds and Strong Lift.

NWSS Eagle

Volume 2014, Issue 6 September

2014 The Eagle is the official newsletter of

the Northwest Soaring Society.

More9/3/20149/3/20149/3/2014

information about the NWSS can be

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the newsletter editor and webmaster.

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website (PDF format), or email copy of the

newsletter (PDF format).

2014 NWSS Calendar/Coming Events

September 12, 2014 Board of Directors meeting

before the Tournament at the flying field.

September 13, 2014 38th

Annual NWSS

Tournament

September 13, 2014 Board of Directors meeting

reconvened after flying for election of Officers for

2015.

Tentatively First weekend in April 2015 Board of

Directors Meeting at central location.

Want Ads: For Sale: DX7 Transmitter with charger. $50.

Contact: Sandie Pugh at

parrot2luv@centurylink.net or

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For Sale: Complete launch system (winch and

retriever) mounted on a towable mini-trailer.

Brand new - $1000 total if it can be delivered to

you in the NW. Please contact Don Steward of

Richland, WA. 509-440-3035 Terri and Don

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Broken Hearted: The Loss of My Beloved Pulsar

By Anne Stimers I know that most, if not all of you, have lost at least one plane in your flying experience. Some of you may have

been quite attached to the plane(s) either because of its price tag, or because of some sentimental/emotional

attachment. Some of you might have lost a plane, shrugged your shoulders, chalked it up to "it happens" and

moved on. My tale is about my very first loss of a plane and how I coped.

A little background for those of you who haven't flown with me. I've been flying for 3 summers now, and I've

been competing these last two summers. My first two years I had a Radian (much loved) and then, this past fall,

I invested (not just with money) in an ALES Pulsar. The newest member of my family is an Xplorer2 ALES

plane that came mid-summer.

I accepted, back when I was just getting into flying, two principals: It's not IF you lose a plane; it's WHEN you

lose a plane, and losses of planes happen to everyone. I was really hoping to put off personally experiencing

both principals for a few more years, but this weekend, at a SASS event, my Pulsar went to soar with The Great

Thermal in the Sky.

The first jolt to my system, as I was actually making perfect turns in the sky, with plenty of altitude and nearing

the time to come down from my 10 minute task, was when Jim Frahm told me that I didn't need to go any

higher. I decided to stop doing thermal turns and straighten out. When I pushed my sticks to the opposite side

and my plane didn't respond, I thought maybe I was fighting some strong wind. So I began to make scrambled

eggs with the sticks (Jim says this is the motion I make when I'm messing up my turns) and telling Jim the plane

isn't responding. Panic is rising in me as I have visions of my baby crashing. We unhook my transmitter from

me, and Jim tries various and sundry stick movements, turns the radio off and back on, and watches helplessly

as my plane, doing some nice circles on its own, finally hits some wind that makes it stall, nose over, and dive

for the really tall trees near the river.

The sound that a plane makes when it hits something at a high rate of speed is sickeningly loud. A few pilots

thought the sound was a shotgun firing from a farm across the field from us.

I remember feeling so helpless, hopeless, slightly lost, very angry, sad, and still panicked. Two SASS members

kindly offered to help me search for my plane. I tried to keep a brave face, maybe even a smile here and there,

as we went down to the brush/trees/river area. The three of us split up and searched high and low for the plane.

Most of the time we were creating our own paths, getting soaked in the tall grasses or crawling along the trails

some animals made. Roughly 40 minutes of searching turned up nothing but torn skin, soaked shoes, and the

dreadful feeling that I was never going to see my plane again.

There are two lessons I learned from this first foray into the brush: wear pants! And don't go alone! The first

lesson to wear pants I did not learn any of the times that I went into the brush, and my legs have paid for it, but

not going alone was definitely one that I learned after meeting up with one of the searchers. He and I ran into an

animal that we couldn't identify. He thought that maybe it was a wild dog, but it was the weirdest dog I've ever

seen. It also took both of us working together to figure out how to get back out of the brush to the field.

Coming back to the field I still had several emotions going through me. I wanted to be brave, but I was still so

angry and sad. Everyone was so supportive, though, and they offered wise advice, kind words, and

encouragement. It all helped to lift my spirits some. I certainly did not want to fly my Radian, but Jim would

have none of that, and within a few minutes, I was timing for him, then putting my Radian together, and I was

in the air once again, although very nervous that I would lose this plane as well.

Everyone flew without incident the rest of the day. My Radian flew admirably and lifted my spirits a little bit

more. But I wasn't prepared for the mental toll that not finding my plane was taking in me. I needed to find the

Pulsar. I needed peace of mind. Jim must have been thinking the same thing because he informed me that we

were going to look for it at the end of the day.

Once again, wearing shorts instead of pants (oops) Jim and I headed into the brush. This time we went in from

the opposite side. We went further down the riverbank, Jim climbed trees to see over the tallest bushes, and we

spent a lot more time looking up into the trees. At one point, Jim went up a tree, surveyed the area, and in the

process of coming down, he happened to look down and see something red below the tree. I went to it, and low

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and behold, it was a Pulsar wingtip! We were close to the rest of the plane! The despair that had been rebuilding

inside me ebbed as my confidence in finding the plane was renewed. Jim and I began to scour the immediate

ground for more plane parts. Jim wanted another vantage point and found a toppled tree stump. I was still a

looking around, but when he said he might fall inside of it, I began to make my way over to him to make sure he

stayed safe. I just happened to stop under a bush and look up through an opening in the twigs, and there it was!

About 80 feet up in a tree, my Pulsar was hooked in some branches. Relief swept through me and knots in my

stomach I hadn't realized were there loosened. Even though we couldn't get it down, knowing where it was

made for a nice victory. With the wingtip in hand, we went back to the field with plans to find a tree climber.

More support was given by the other pilots, and that evening, with the help of Google, we found a guy who was

kind enough to come out on a Sunday morning, climb the tree, lower my plane to the ground, and charge half of

what someone else quoted us. Jubilation!

Listening to my plane being lowered through the tree, brushing other limbs and scratching, creaking, and

banging around before I brought it through the brush (wearing shorts again!) I was saddened once again to see

just how damaged it was. I thought I had prepared myself for the destruction. I mean, when people say the

impact sounds like a shotgun firing, you figure getting your plane back in anything less than one hundred pieces

is a miracle. But actually holding the plane and seeing the damage done to something you've invested money,

time, and emotion in, made me welcome the lonely, long walk back to the field so that I could collect myself.

I kept my broken plane in its bag all day. Some pilots wanted to see it, but I refused to show it. It didn't seem

right. Everyone was glad that it had been retrieved, and they look forward to hearing if Jim and I have found

what caused it to stop responding.

I flew all the rounds Sunday with the Radian, and even showed the other pilots just how high a Radian can go. It

felt good to end the contest with ten minute flights that required some loops, inverted flying, and lots of down

elevator to bring the Radian in for landings.

I'm grateful to every single person who attended the contest. Each person made me feel like they truly cared not

only about me, but about my plane. This is what makes flying and going to contests enjoyable. Sure, winning is

great (I'm very competitive), but the majority of the people you fly with want you to be successful and enjoy the

time you spend flying and visiting. You don't find that consistent level of camaraderie very often. I'm glad I've

found it here.

I've written this part of the article on the Sunday night after the contest. I'm back home from Carnation, my

Pulsar is at Jim's, and writing this has been both therapeutic and painful. The Pulsar was the first plane that I got

to help build. It gave me a love for building, it was my first full house sail plane, my first 'serious' plane, my

first taste of what this sport has to offer, and it taught me a lot about what I am capable of. It was so forgiving of

my lack of piloting skills, and gave me such joy every time I flew it. As hard as it is to lose a plane, I hope that

each of you has at least one plane that means as much to you as my Pulsar means to me.

Monday afternoon, the day following the SASS contest, found me walking with a heavy heart toward my

Pulsar, laying on Jim's tables, ready for inspection. I'm glad Jim's wife, Susanne, was with me, or I might not

have even entered the room. Dented and collapsed leading edge, bent aluminum rod on the trailing edge,

cracked pod, torn covering, and bent stab screw. What a sight. The job before us was to take out all of the

electronics and then test everything to find out what went wrong. We had a pretty good idea that it was the ESC,

so we plugged it in to the receiver and battery, and found that nothing responded. We then plugged in the

receiver to its own battery and everything worked. We couldn't figure out, though, what was drawing enough

power all night long while it was in the tree to completely drain the battery. By hooking up the ESC to a volt

meter, we found that it was drawing power, but it wasn't transferring over to the receiver. We also downloaded

the data from the last flight to see when it shut off, but we couldn't find anything. We sent the ESC to the

manufacturer to see what they find, and have also ordered a BEC for the receiver.

At the time of this article's publication, we haven't heard what the problem is with the ESC/BEC, but we have

soldered a separate BEC to the battery/ESC leads, and it will power the receiver, while the ESC powers the

motor.

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2014 NWSS

Board of Directors

President

Kevin Martin

kg7xg@aol.com 503-469-0234

Vice President

Richard Van Dijk richard@alderspur.com

360-891-2188

Doug Coleman dougalert@aol.com

509-943-5203

Jim Pugh syjpugh@centrurylink.net

253-874-2429

Dave Johnson

vulcandwj@comcast.net

360-896-6582

Jim Frahm

jnsfrahm@q.com

509-443-2716 Rex Grace

rexgrace@roadrunner.com

208-777-8533 Lee Urbaniak

lee.urbaniak@comcast.net

509-455-5129 Art Boysen

Cathybum@aol.com

509-927-8611

Officers Art Boysen, Secretary

Cathybum@aol.com

509-927-8611

Colleen Bumgarner,

Treasurer/NWSS Archivist

Bcbum@aol.com

208-882-7126 Jim Pugh, Newsletter Editor

syjpugh@centurylink.net

253-874-2429 Rex Grace, Scorekeeper

rexgrace@roadrunner.com

208-777-8533 Sandie Pugh, Newsletter Production

Parrot2LUV@centurylink.net

253-874-2429 Richard Van Dijk Contest

Coordinator

richard@alderspur.com

360-891-2188

Dave Portwood, Webmaster

Portwood@aracnet.com 503-381-6992

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Season Points Standings as of 9/2/2014

2-Meter Season Points Name Class Days Days season pts % of perfect seas pts avg flown counted for all days for all days

Portwood David E 7 6 97.14 93.42 95.52

Culmsee Tom E 7 6 92.57 89.14 90.70

Johnson Dave E 2 2 86.38 84.17 86.38

Hood Jason E 3 3 80.76 78.72 80.76 Martin Kevin E 5 5 79.57 78.08 79.57

Pugh Sandie E 4 4 65.14 63.86 65.14

ALES Season Points Standings Name Days Days season pts % of perfect seas pts avg flown counted for all days for all days

Urbaniak Lee 12 6 95.25 88.18 90.77

Frahm Jim 4 4 93.17 91.84 93.17

Stimers Anne 14 6 92.31 82.30 84.69

Adams Steve 12 6 90.22 83.20 85.59

Van Dijk Richard 2 2 82.96 81.69 82.96

Russell Doug 3 3 80.54 79.22 80.54 Kirkpatrick Robin 3 3 38.45 37.86 38.45

Mc Vay Bill 2 2 35.93 35.69 35.93

Boysen Art 2 2 35.84 35.03 35.84

RES Season Points Standings Name Class Days Days season pts % of perfect seas pts avg flown counted for all days for all days

Eaton Ken E 8 6 96.10 90.53 92.85

Johnson Dave E 2 2 94.60 92.24 94.60

Portwood David E 5 5 93.97 92.10 93.97

Martin Kevin E 12 6 93.04 82.71 84.47

Van Dijk Richard E 7 6 91.55 84.26 86.17

Hood Jason E 8 6 91.54 84.77 86.96

Pugh Jim E 10 6 89.60 85.05 86.63

Culmsee Tom E 5 5 82.05 80.55 82.05 Boysen Art E 2 2 73.19 72.65 73.19

Open Season Points Standings Name Class Days Days season pts % of perfect seas pts avg

flown counted for all days for all days

Frahm Jim E 18 8 100.00 94.11 96.73

Culmsee Tom E 14 8 99.04 95.13 97.01

Cassidy Duane E 12 8 98.62 92.88 94.77

Johnson Dave E 15 8 98.43 89.57 91.33

Coleman Doug E 5 5 97.37 95.97 97.37

Portwood David E 8 8 96.77 94.94 96.77

Urbaniak Lee E 12 8 95.17 88.80 91.43

Burke John E 8 8 94.30 90.86 94.30

Hood Jason E 4 4 91.30 88.81 91.30

Stewart Don E 14 8 88.87 76.95 78.69

Eaton Ken E 6 6 88.67 86.40 88.67

Adams Steve E 10 8 88.31 83.41 85.28

Boysen Art E 11 8 88.05 79.28 81.23

Van Dijk Richard E 8 8 87.17 85.16 87.17

Grace Rex E 12 8 82.56 74.61 76.65

Pugh Sandie E 6 6 79.87 78.52 79.87

Stimers Anne C 2 2 79.74 78.69 79.74

Mc Vay Bill E 3 3 74.66 74.04 74.66 Bumgarner Bruce E 1 1 33.95 33.13 33.95

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Barry Kurath Memorial (BK2M) 2M/RES Contest Report

by GDP's Doppleganger Saturday was good weather, Sunday was bad. I won when it counted and you didn't. SATURDAY (May 17, 2014 - 7 rounds flown) RES (Competitor) 1 6,263 Fiedler, Dan 2 5,821 Gibson, Jim W. 3 4,893 Ragsdale, Keith 4 4,313 Erickson, Terry 5 2,714 Steinhauer, Sherrill RES (Expert) 1 6,679 Portwood, David 2 6,637 Eaton, Ken 3 6,411 Johnson, Dave 4 6,375 Van Dijk, Richard 5 6,290 Pugh, Jim 6 5,945 Culmsee, Tom 7 5,812 Hood, Jason 8 5,608 Martin, Kevin 2M (Expert) 1 6,775 Portwood, David 2 6,352 Johnson, Dave 3 6,303 Brightbill, Tom 4 5,993 Hood, Jason

5 5,795 Robinson, Robin 6 5,503 Pugh, Sandie 7 4,787 Martin, Kevin 2M (Competitor) 1 6,580 Ragsdale, Keith 2 4,536 Schritz, John SUNDAY (May 18, 2014 - 3 rounds flown) RES (Expert) 1 2,880 Eaton, Ken 2 2,787 Johnson, Dave 3 2,685 Hood, Jason 4 2,635 Portwood, David 5 2,063 Van Dijk, Richard 2M (Combined) 1 2,947 Portwood, David 2 2,565 Culmsee, Tom 3 2,548 Ragsdale, Keith 4 2,328 Johnson, Dave 5 2,107 Brightbill, Tom 6 1,805 Robinson, Robin

2014 Aero Tow Schedule (As of September 2, 2014)

Portland Aerotow, Brooks OR, Jim Gibson CD, Sept 21st

Last Chance Aerotow (4rd Annual), Wenatchee WA, Dave Jensen CD, Sept 26-28th (Fri-Sat-

Sun)

Portland Aerotow, Brooks OR, Jim Gibson CD, Oct 4th

If you have any questions or need additional information regarding this schedule, please

contact Art Boysen at Cathybum@aol.com (509-927-8611)

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38th NWSS TOURNAMENT 2014 September 13th & 14th

Tri-Cities, Washington

Presented by the Northwest Soaring Society AMA or MAAC license required

OPEN Class Competition & NEW! ALES Included!! Entry Fees: Individual - $65.00, Team - $5.00

Pilots meeting: held at 8:20 am each day. (ALES competitors set limit @ 150m)

Qualifying Rounds: One throw-out round at end of preliminaries. First round each day 5 min

ID. All remaining rounds 8 minute ID 8:30 am to approx. 4 pm Saturday and 8:30 to noon Sunday. Landings scored via standard 50’ landing lines (radius allowed at far end). Flight groups will be used.

Championship Rounds: Top twelve qualifiers will fly off Sunday afternoon. Four rounds of I0

min. ID, MAN-ON-MAN scoring for flights. Landings scored via 10’ dia. graduated spot landing circle.

Team Event: Sign up on the entry form. Qualifying round scores only will be used. Teams of 3

pilots will be announced at the pilots' meeting. Expert/Competitor (combined) first place pie trophies will be awarded.

Registration: Pre-registration by mail, e-mail or phone is required. PayPal

can be used. E-mail entry ok. Field registration and check in: 3 - 5 p.m. on Friday evening or 7:30 am Saturday at the flying site.

Frequencies: Limit of ONE pilot per channel on the 72Mhz or Amateur bands. No limit on

2.4Ghz.

Officials: CD – Tom Culmsee (503.358.8421) TECulmsee@gmail.com

2607 SW Linneman Dr. Gresham, OR 97080 Asst. CD – Kevin Martin (503-358-4424) Kg7xg@aol.com 2495 N.W. 121st Pl. Portland, Oregon 97229

Fun Fly & Check-in: Friday September 12

th 2014 at contest site 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Location: Basin Sod Farm Eltopia, WA

From Pasco on HI way 395 to Spokane. Go North about 8.6 miles from the Kartchner road overpass (near King City truck stop) to Sagemoor road. From the North go about 14.3 miles south of HI way 17 intersection to Sagemoor road. Turn East on Sagemoor and go about 3 miles to bridge over canal and follow NWSS and/or SOARING signs.

Facilities: Porta-potty at field, no running water. Self-contained camping allowed. No food

service available.

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Banquet Site: Roundtable Pizza 3201 West Court Street Pasco, WA

Saturday Dinner: When: Saturday, September 13th 2014 (gathering around 6:30pm)

How much: Pay for what you get when you get it. . .

Motels: 547-3475 King City Truck Stop Motel HI way 395 / Hillsboro road Pasco 546-2010 Motel 6 1520 N Oregon, just South of 395 / I182 intersection, Pasco 736-6888 Super 8 626 N Columbia Center Blvd., Kennewick, 800-800-8000 943-3101 Bali Hi 1201 Geo. Wash. Way, Richland 943-4611 Days Inn 615 Jadwin, Richland, 888-329-7466 586-0541 Quality Inn 435 Clover Island, Kennewick, 800-628-7458 547-0701 Red Lion 2525 N 20th Ave Pasco 800-325-4000

Presentations: Saturday Dinner Presentations NWSS Open, 2M, ALES & RES Season Points Winners Steve Yerchevich Most Improved Pilot Cliff Mink Service Award (if awarded) Silver Cup (65 min age) Sunday Presentations at Field Team Trophies Highest Placing Competitor Highest Placing RES NWSS Tournament Winners

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