Dear Whitewater Team Alumni and Friends,

Plans are firming up for the reunion at the Slalom National 
Championships at the Adventure Sports Center in McHenry, Maryland.  
There will be a reunion dinner on Friday August 3, the night before 
the Nationals.  The barbecue dinner will start at 7:00, not long 
after the slalom demonstration runs, and will run until 9:00.  The 
Nationals are scheduled to start at 3:00 P.M. the next day, the 4th 
of August, and should be over by 8 P.M.  There will be a bluegrass 
band and festivities into the night. On Sunday there is tentative 
plan for a release on the nearby Upper Yough.  This is an opportunity 
to see the other new artificial whitewater venue.  You can check it 
out at http://www.adventuresportscenter.com/.

There is also planned to be a reunion to coincide with the Wildwater 
Nationals on the Deerfield River near Charlemont, Massachusetts, most 
likely Saturday night, August 25th.  Details to come.

In summer racing news, Brett Heyl is currently standing third in the 
Slalom World Cup series, after two races.  Results can be found by 
following links from the USACK site:
http://www.usacanoekayak.org/

Oldtimers such as I might be interested to know that the woman 
currently standing second in the World Cup series, Violetta Oblinger-
Peters, is the daughter of two-time World Champion ('67, '69) 
Wolfgang Peters.

On the wildwater side, the latest is that Jennie Goldberg placed 6th 
in the Sprint event in Ivrea, Italy.  I've seen some of the footage, 
this was a tough one, with 30% of the field not finishing.  For those 
with a fast connection, you can see video coverage (including of 
Jennie) at

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vEbMQPQwEvo

Other wildwater news is available from the wildwater e-zine, through 
this link:

http://www.usawildwater.com/email/070624.htm

It would be nice to get at least of rough count of those who plan to 
attend the August 3rd dinner, so if you plan on coming, please email 
me with a count of how many you will bring along.  Though last-minute 
attendees are always welcome!

Thanks,

Jamie McEwan