Joe,

I'm sure Bobby is faced with same problem all organisers have
and that is needing to cater to everyone. The Hybrid Championships
is a good idea as well as a good name for an event enabling it to
appeal to multiple groups.

However I was under the false notion also this event would have
the "Prodigy Nationals" label on it this year so I'm disappointed
that is missing on the NOR. I'd guess there was a lack of
communication which hopefully this Web group can help correct in the
future.

Scott



--- In usa_prodigy@yahoogroups.com, "joethewindsurfer"
<joethewindsurfer@...> wrote:
>
> Hey All !
>
> Let me start by saying that we don't want to tell Bobby how to run
his race. We all had a
> great time, and would go back with no changes to the event.
>
> But, someone pointed out that, even though we had discussed weight
classes last year, there
> were none. In addition, the race notice doesn't say this is
Prodigy Nationals. In fact, last
> year, if 5 olympians would have shown up, none of the Prodigy
sailors would have got a
> trophy (doesn't matter to me). The main reason the Prodigy guys
got trophies is because we
> WERE the top 5 finishers.
>
> Should we bring our own little trophies, and have a presentation
after Bobby's. We could
> make our own classes. I'm a big fan of giving out only 1st place
trophies. I know it sounds
> different. If we're going to have 4 trophies, make 4 classes,
depending on who registers.
> (i.e. light, medium, heavy, and old, or light, heavy. old, and
real old. or light, medium,
> heavy, and sport or whatever). The light guys like myself,
don't need more trophies. We
> need more people to have a good time, so this thing can grow.
>