IMPBA D1 - Northern Lights MBC - 2015 "THE CAN-AM" Aug 8 & 9.

[Terry Keeley]

Fifty Point Conservation Area, Stoney Creek, Ontario - Aug 8 & 9th.

Includes a beach on Lake Ontario, stocked fishing and restaurant all within 1/2 hr. of downtown Toronto and Niagara Falls.

http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/fifty-point-conservation-area

Park entrance fee is $9/day/vehicle + $5 ea. additional occupant.

All classes for Nitro, Gas and Electric.

Kids under 17 free: "run what you brung". Huge Novice Trophy.

Nitro 1/8th Scale may also run SP 60 if desired.

Open water Friday noon 'til 5pm. Driver's meeting Saturday 8:45am.

Trophies top 3 per class, huge raffle, 50-50 draws.

"Oneida Cup" awarded to high point any two boats.

Scale, SP 60, Thunderboat Concours d'Elegance.

Noise sensitive site - IMPBA 92dB enforced. Internal stinger + after muffler or full muffled pipe requested.

RV and tent camping, call 905-643-2103 and mention "Model Boat Race". No park fee if camping.

Flyer at: https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10068/NLFlyer_2015.pdf

Register at: http://www.rcracingevents.com/cgi-bin/browseraces.pl

 

[Randy Rapedius]

Hotels for Fifty Point Race

All hotels are within 10 minutes from the pond.

Super 8 – Grimsby - http://www.super8.com/hotels/ontario/gri..../hotel-overview

Lake Trail Motel (Inexpensive) 423 North Service Rd. Stoney Creek, ON. ‎(905) 662-1599

Comfort Inn - Hamilton (Centennial Parkway) - http://www.choicehotels.ca/en/comfort-hotel-cn268?promo=gglocalca

Quality Hotel – Hamilton (Centennial Parkway) - http://www.choicehotels.ca/en/quality-hotel-hamilton-hotel-cna40

Casablanca Winery Inn (Expensive) – Grimsby - http://www.casablancawineryinn.com/

Ramada Beacon Harbourside (Expensive) – Jordan - http://www.ramadabeacon.com/

Fruitland Motel (Inexpensive) 687 8 Hwy, Stoney Creek, ON. ‎(905) 643-2931

Innsville Motel (Inexpensive) 1143 Highway 8, Stoney Creek, ON. ‎(905) 643-1244

Stoney Creek Motel (Inexpensive) - http://www.stoneycreekmotel.ca/

 

[Terry Keeley]

We have some very generous sponsors donating to make our raffle a huge success. If you get a chance please keep these fine folks in mind:

Eagletree Systems http://www.eagletreesystems.com/

Hobby Hobby http://hobbyhobby.com/

Hamilton Conservation Authority http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/

Great Hobbies http://www.greathobbies.com/

Insane Boats http://www.insaneboats.com/

Speedmaster Model Products http://www.rossisales.com/index.html

Lawless Drives http://www.lawlessdrives.com/

Virginia Craftsman (Dick Tyndall)

Jersey Modeler http://www.jerseymodeler.com/index.html

Crapshooter Boats/CMB Engines (Stu Barr)

O’Donnell Racing https://odonnellglowplugs.com

Action Scaffold Services http://www.actionscaffoldservices.com/products_new/product.php

Boca Bearings http://www.bocabearings.com/

A/A Engines (Al Hobbs) [email protected]

Tanks 2U (Walt Barney) [email protected]

Mercury Marine Canada http://www.mercurymarine.com/

Titan Titanium Turn Fins (Randy Rapedius) [email protected]

Dasboata Props (Chris Hoffman) http://www.dasboata.com/

Suicidal Engines (Mike Ross) [email protected]

Nova Rossi Marine USA http://www.novarossi.us/

 

[Jim Recker Jr.]

The 2015 Can-Am site in Hamilton Ontario.

 

[Bob Morton]

Super race great people (*¿*) Must attend

Nails

 

[Randy Rapedius]

Still 4 weeks away and we already have 94 boats registered.

 

[Terry Keeley]

Two weeks to go, classes are filling up nicely. Last year "Team Canada" prevailed, who's it going to be this year?

 

[Terry Keeley]

Was at the park today, wind was blowing hard but the racing surface was flat and weed free.

Just a week to go now, if you're sitting on the fence, come on in, it's going to be a great event!

 

[Terry Keeley]

Weekend weather's looking great, sunny, mid 70's and light winds.

If you want to get in, or change/modify your entry please let me know by tonight. It's much easier to do it ahead of race day.

Neil Lagarry showing fine form:

 

[Jim Recker Jr.]

What a great weekend! Even though my 40 rigger never made it once to #4 buoy all weekend. (darn lean needle) Great to see the Drivers, Tom & Cindy and the whole New York crew. Esp. you Neil. Tony Jacuzzi & Gary Iles from Windsor. Also our long distance traveler from Quebec, Marc-Andre Voyer and his family. Thank you all for participating and especially all the laughs and community feeling.

P.S. whoever you are, thanks for returning Phil Tompkins beaver. LOL

 

[Terry Keeley]

I'm very, very proud of our Northern Lights MBC members and their families that worked their tails off to host such fantastic event for our guests!

There was stiff competition all weekend mixed with the sounds of people having fun.

Marc-Andre Voyer came from Quebec with family in tow, enjoyed a day at Canada's Wonderland then got married to Marie-Eve in Niagara Falls Friday night!

Still unpacking but for now the results are posted: http://www.rcracingevents.com/cgi-bin/raceresults.pl?action=show_race&club=Northern%20Lights%20Model%20Boat%20Club&event=canam

More to follow...

Photo courtesy Paul Charles.

 

[Terry Keeley]

What a blast! By all accounts the "Can-Am" for 2015 was a huge success, thanks again to our NLMBC members and their families for all their hard work and a huge thank you to all our guests that travelled to help make our event. A race without contestants is no race at all.

For the second year in a row "Team Canada" prevailed winning the Can-Am Cup with a total score of 12,044 to Team USA's 10,425.

Team Captain Marc-Andre Voyer accepts the Can-Am trophy:

Team Canada's "Barney the Beaver" went missing briefly but was returned after a ransom was paid (in US dollars):

Randy Rapedius took home the Oneida Cup for a second time in recent years nudging out Craig Mapstone by 50 points!

Narissa Douglas won the big prize in our raffle, an Aquacraft "Lucas Oil" RTR cat:

Young Tyler Davis wanted to win it so bad he talked about it all weekend, so Risssa & Olly gave it to him!

Olly & Ris are great friends and represent the best our community has to offer, thanks again guys.

Again a huge thank you to all our sponsors without your support these events just wouldn't happen.

More photos here: https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1187

Look for a complete wrap up in the upcoming IMPBA "Roostertail".

 

[Tim Kish]

Risssa and Olly are two of the very best people around, not surprised at all.

Great event put on by a really close group of friends.

Congratulations NLMBC!!

 

[Terry Keeley]

Mike Cardwell made a neat little video of our event with his quadcopter, nice overhead view of the site right near the end:

 

[Neil LaGarry]

Terry Keeley and the NLMBC thanks for moving your race date back 3 weeks.So Rochester could hold the Gas Nats. We sure love coming to your CanAm race. Meeting al them NAMBA FE guys was really a fun time. Your clubs race is always circled on my calendar. A must race to come to. D1 is fast becoming the number 1 district. Luc White we all missed you this year. Next season will be better.