Team Sharkey arrived at Saturday's Silent Shores Tournament with their early 2000 Mastercraft Prostar in tow. And they left with their new 2023 Mastercraft Prostar in tow! The Sharkey families pre-ordered their new Prostar from The Liquid Edge in Illinois who then placed the boat with Neal Clark for "promo boat use" during the summer of 2023. A sweet arrangement for all involved! The Liquid Edge supplies several promo boats each year to several Indiana customers. Happy Skiing to the Team Sharkey!
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Big shout out to Cody Sharkey as he has qualified for the 35+ Pan Am Senior Water Ski Championships as an independent to be held September 21-24, 2023 at Skyview Water Ski Club in Harmony, NC.
Qualification is based on being in Top 5 rankings for the Pan Am. Do what you do best, Cody, we will all be cheering you on!! (Photo courtesy of Shane Cleminson Photography) Now that the "Nationals" are finished, a new scoring year begins for tournament water skiers. Sawmill Lake near Columbus and Champion Lake near McCordsville teamed up to host 2 record tournaments this past weekend, August 26th and 27th. Breezy conditions dominated both lakes in the morning but conditions improved into the afternoons. Skiers from Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan enjoyed the " Hoosier Hospitality." Since the USA Water Ski Web Site has issues, the actual scores will have to be posted at a later date. We do know that several "PB's" were enjoyed by several skiers....Neal 2@ 39' off......Peyton 1@38' off....how about the Kim Contos 5.5 @ 38' off after recently spending a week in the hospital for a serious leg infection! I'm sure there were other noteworthy scores! Future tournaments include Cindonway Shores on September 3rd and Silent Shores on September 9th. Check the IWSA website for "sign-up instructions." You can support USA Adaptive Water Ski & Wake Sports, Inc. (USA-AWSWS) and also have a chance to win a 50/50 cash raffle! The winner's portion of the jackpot is up to more than $1,850 and growing.
By purchasing tickets to the Summer 50/50 Raffle, you are helping to fund all aspects of adaptive water skiing from developing educational resources and supporting local, regional and national events to our U.S. Team athletes competing in the 15th IWWF Disabled Water Ski World Championships from Sept. 11-17, 2023 at Shortline Lake in Elk Grove, Calif. Here's how it works: 1. Visit our dedicated raffle website to purchase your tickets securely. 2. Choose the number of tickets you wish to purchase. Remember, the more tickets you buy, the higher your chances of winning! 3. The lucky winner will be drawn on Tuesday, Aug. 29 and will win half of all funds raised. Remember, every ticket purchased brings us one step closer to our fundraising goal and enables our athletes and programs to achieve greatness. It's a win-win situation! Purchase Raffle Tickets Along with our own skiers from Indiana, we have also included three other names that we welcome as important to our state. The Burdicks, Cale, Laura and Brooke, were included for their Indiana connections and they frequent Indiana tournaments. The Meeker family were included for their contributions and participation in Indiana tournaments. (They also supply promo and club boats to Indiana) Joy Kelley was included for her Indiana connections ....a .former Fairland Club member. Although Indiana Water Ski Association is primarily focused on three event skiing, we all should be proud of the Warsaw, Indiana "Lake City Skiers" for hosting the Division 1 Nationals this past weekend at Hidden Lake in Warsaw. Fourteen show ski clubs from all over the United States vied for the awards. The acts surpassed anything you have ever seen at Cypress Gardens!!! What an undertaking for the host club....in addition to vendors, and various food options, there had to be 40 porta potties!!!! ;) CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LAKE CITY SKIERS! Here is a link to more photos taken at the 2023 Indiana State Waterski Championships by Shane Cleminson Photography.
Please click here to visit: Shane Cleminson Photography Nationals at West Palm Beach is just around the corner! We need your help as dock starters, trick camera operators, and SD card runners!! In case you hadn’t heard, the dates for Nationals this year was originally scheduled for 1 week earlier (August 1st) . Moving the Nationals ahead 1 week would have drastically changed our already short schedule and the move would have pushed some state tournaments to the beginning of July. The proposed dates would have cancelled many of the Midwest (and other region) tournaments. The reason for the early schedule was because the West Palm Beach Club utilizes local students to fill the volunteer positions of dock starters and trick SD card runners and the kids would already be in school during the normal week of Nationals. The Palm Beach Club doesn’t have enough volunteers without the help of the students. Here’s where we come in! The Midwest Region proposed to supply the volunteers needed if the Nationals could be moved back to the normal dates and they accepted the offer. So now we have some work to do! Fortunately the work is fun! As a region, we need your help (skiers, parents, friends, and all) as a volunteer to fill roughly 80 2 hour slots as dock starters and SD card runners throughout the National’s event. Christy Kingsmill has graciously stepped up to coordinate volunteers for the event and has put together an easy way to sign up through “SignUpGenious”. 2023 Nationals Dock Starters Sign Up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48AFA92EA0F8CE9-2023 Volunteers will receive a free t-shirt from the Palm Beach club. As a special bonus, those that sign up for 2 or more slots will be eligible for a drawing of free Masterline stuff that includes a vest, ropes, handle, hoodies, etc. Your chances of winning are pretty good! Volunteering is a great way to give back to the sport and meet new people! It really is a lot of fun! Juniors and adults are all encouraged to participate. Please help if you can! The 2023 Indiana State Waterski Championships are in the record book! Saturday morning started off with light rain which allowed the "tricks" to be run in the rain. The rain stopped just about the time that the "slalom" event began. The water conditions were smooth with no wind the entire day! A "standing room only" crowd viewed the fun from their perch high up on Bucher Hill. There was no reason to be hungry as the concessions operated out of the Bucher garage most of the day. The final active show of the day was "jumping" on the newly renovated jump. Colton Hoops took home the Mark Wiggs Memorial trophy for the longest jump and Joe Cramer took home the silver helmet for "Best Crash of the Day." The day was capped in the evening with the awards banquet emceed by Don Bucher. The most coveted award was the Rollie Williams Award given to Jean Schmitt of Mt. Vernon (Timberlake) Indiana. This award is given annually at the State Banquet to an individual who has given to the sport over the years and is voted by previous Rollie Williams award winners. Congratulations Jean! Many thanks to the Bucher Families who hosted and participated in this fun filled event. 48 Total skiers 43 Slalom pulls 28 Trick pulls 11 Jumpers 13 new State records State Team Trophy scoring WSI Cindonway Skiers 203 Kokomo Ski Club 134 Kodiak 92 Spray Riders 70 Silent Shores 38 Emerald Lake 38 Camelot Lake 18 Timberlake 16 Hawthorne 10 The weather man forecasted "doom and gloom" for Saturday, June 8th all day! He was right, until about 9:00 am and then.......the rain and stormy weather ended and provided good weather for the rest of the day. Silent Shores hosted their annual "firecracker" tournament without a hitch! The conditions varied all day with headwind/tailwind in one direction and then later it was tailwind/headwind! In between was dead calm! A significant crowd enjoyed the event along with numerous youngsters swimming, fishing, and playing. Many skiers invoked the "turn and burn" rule in the second round of skiing. Two top skiers, Neal Clark and Zane Nicholson got into 39' off. The next tournament is next weekend at Cindonway Shores. (The Indiana State Water Ski Championships) *All skiers at that event must be Indiana Water Ski Members. |
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