Team Town Cycle Annual Dinner 2013

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1 Team Town Cycle Annual Dinner 2013

2 Schedule of Events 7:00-7:45 p.m. Welcome! Grab a drink, say hi to old friends, renew your Team Town Cycle membership for 2014, buy some t-shirts, and check out the Verge fit kit and our Stan s NoTubes demo. We re glad you re here! 7:45-8:15 p.m. State of the Union - Team Town Cycle version Business first! Budget, membership and income Thank you to our 2013 sponsors! Special thanks to John Florey and Highland Sports Group John has supported all of our races and the pump track with prizes and swag! Special thanks also to Sneaky Pete s Beverages and Uncorked Wines for their support. Special gratitude to retiring board member Steve Boshart New kits with big changes! Giving back West Milford Family Pump Track continues to be a huge success! The first ever WMFPT Pump Jam was held in June, and the track was well used all season. New plans for the new year stay tuned! TTC, JORBA, and Paydirt - almost 350 reported hours of Paydirt (many many more unreported hours!) from TTC members. Norm and Sherri Albrect, Tom Bowmaster, Steve Boshart, Tom Hennigan, the Huggins family, the Tranes family, David Kahl, BJ and Reid Kisch, the Lando family, Jeff Mergler, Moskowitz family, Matt Kuchavik, the Tasik family, the Van Wart family, Adam and Rich Vandenbos. 5 th Annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day ride on October 12 about 30 riders enjoyed a warm fall day at Jungle Habitat, followed by a pump track session! Food drives to support our community continue thanks to everyone who helps us support the West Milford Presbyterian Church s food pantry. Equipment and clothing donation to Cadence Foundation over $5,000 of clothing and equipment donated last year!

3 We had some fun! Rides, rides and more rides! As usual, our year was filled with various rides - New Paltz ride, Wednesday and Friday night rides, Jersey City beer and schnitzel ride, badminton, trip to the Trexlertown Velodrome, hikes, night rides, race course pre-rides, ladies only rides, kids MTB rides, Stan s clinics, and destination rides at Stewart, 6 mile, and Allaire hopefully something for everyone! Already for 2014 hiking, badminton, and a trip to Cleveland? Plans for more fun in Badminton will continue on Saturdays at NJ Badminton in Montville, we ve scheduled a trip to Ray s MTB Park in Cleveland Jan , Juniors in the Jungle K-12 race is April 26, Friday night rides on Clinton Road will resume in April, Rumble in the Jungle is May 18, Bubblecross will return in the fall of Team Town Cycle, Race Promoter Volunteers are the backbone of Team Town Cycle we couldn t do ANY of it without you! By running our two big races, we are able to hold our kids events, help out local businesses and organizations, have supported rides, support the pump track, dinners, etc. 5 th Annual Juniors in the Jungle Mountain Bike Race April 27 th, 2013 over 100 racers our best turnout yet! Campmor H2H series Race #3 Rumble in the Jungle May 19 th 2013 a very soggy day brought out 200 racers. Extra special thanks to all who came out to volunteer or race in the rain! NJBA Cyclocross Cup Race #7 Bubblecross the Halloween edition! 250 racers rode one of the best courses of the season! From Smurfs to Superman, we had it all! Doorprize Drawing #1! 8:15-9:00 p.m. Let s Eat!

4 9:00-9:30 p.m. Recognition and Awards Doorprize Drawing #2! Race reports Mountain Bike special shout outs to those who upgraded this year Nick Lando and Brad Tasik. Nick also won his first race in the pro open class double thumbs up! Campmor H2H Overall Final Standings for 2013 Cat. 1 Men Pro Open Nick Lando, 7 th place Cat. 1 Men Dillon Van Wart, 1 st place Cat. 1 Men Adam Vandenbos, 4 th place Cat. 1 Men Nick Lando, 6 th place Cat. 1 Men Singlespeed David Van Wart, 6 th place Cat. 1 Men David Kahl, 1 st place Cat. 2 Men Steve Emm, 4 th place Cat. 2 Men Rich Vandenbos, 5 th place Cat. 2 Men Dave Schwartz, 7 th place Cat. 2 Men Mike Moskowitz, 10 th place Cat. 2 Men Tom Bowmaster, 2 nd place Cat. 2 Men Brad Tasik, 1 st place Cat. 3 Men Kyle Tasik, 2nd place Special shout out to Renee Lando and Sue Tasik for dipping their toes in the H2H MTB racing world for the first time at Tymor this year! USA Cycling NJ State Mountain Bike Champions Cat. 1 Men Dillon Van Wart, 1 st place Cat. 2 Men Brad Tasik, 1 st place Cat. 3 Men Kyle Tasik, 2 nd place USA Mountain Bike Nationals Bear Creek, PA HOT HOT HOT! Cat. 2 Men Brad Tasik, 21 st place Cat. 2 Men Steve Emm 17 th place Cat. 2 Men David Schwartz, 22 nd place Cat. 1 Men David Kahl, 10 th place Cat. 1 Men Singlespeed Dillon Van Wart, 8 th place Cat. 1 Men Dillon Van Wart, 28 th place Cat. 1 Men Nick Lando, Honorable Mention (hard crash!) Cat. 1 Men Super D David Van Wart, 4 th place

5 NYS Mountain Bike Series Overall Final Standings 2013 Cat. 1 Men Singlespeed David Van Wart, 3 rd place Cat. 1 Pro Open Dillon Van Wart, 3 rd place Cat. 1 Pro Open Nick Lando, 4 th place Cat. 2 Men Brad Tasik, 2 nd place BearScat 50 TTC was well represented - Dillon Van Wart, Norm Albrecht, Rich Vandenbos, Cliff Williams, John Marshall, Joe Neubig, Steve Emm, Norm Albrecht, David Van Wart Mountain Creek Enduro, Steel City Enduro David Van Wart (3 rd, 2 nd respectively) Stoopid 50 Matt Kuchavik Stewart 6 Pack Angela Donohue, Vicki Van Zetta, Norm Albrecht, Sherri Albrecht, Karen Boulocon, Heather Kahl, Tom Bowmaster Cyclocross racers included David Kahl, Dillon Van Wart, David Schwartz, BJ Kisch, Tom Bowmaster, Nick Lando, Amy McCann, and memorably Heather Kahl, Karen Boulocon, Sherri Albrecht, Vicki Van Zetta NJBA Cyclocross Cup 2013 Final Standings Mens B Dillon Van Wart 1 st place Mens C David Schwartz 3 rd place Mens David Kahl 12 th place NJ CX State Champions Cooper River CX Mens Dillon Van Wart 1 st Place Mens B Dillon Van Wart 1 st Place Mens C David Schwartz 3 rd place BMX - Our TTC BMX team consists of the whole Huggins Family! Ethan Outstanding breakout season He consistently beat competitors that were both larger and older, which takes real effort. He stack up more than ½ dozen wins, and an especially impressive 2 nd place finish at the Empire Nationals. With all that success, Ethan will be looking to upgrade early in 2014.

6 Kate gaining more confidence and skill with each race, and has already scored more than ½ dozen 3 rd place finishes, as well as a handful of 2 nd place finishes. Danielle after commandeering Jay s bike, she has more than a fistful of top 3 finishes, and continues to improve! Jay spent most of his year being team manager, looking forward to some racing in New for 2014 We welcome downhill racers Quinton Johnson and Titus Nicholson to the team! Club Member and Rider Recognition Most Improved Road Rider Caroline Von Bistram Most Improved Badminton Players Larry Towner and Lilian Loren Most Outstanding SAG Wagon Support Wolf Von Bistram Most Improved Junior Rider(s) Ethan Huggins, Brad Tasik Most Improved Racer/Most $$ spent on entry fees David Schwartz Super Pit Crew Assistant of the Year Alexa Schwartz Come Back Rider of the Year Award Ron Striegel Mayor-in-Training Award Marty Tranes Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Award James Van Zetta W.W.E. Award- Worst Weekend Ever BJ Kisch Co-Couple Volunteers of the Year Chris and Angela Donohue, and Paula and Jeff Stern Team Town Cycle Club Member of the Year Dave Vallaro Finally the new Team Town Cycle kit reveal!!! Doorprize Drawing #3 9:30-10:00 p.m. Coffee, dessert, slide show, check out the Verge fit kit, and last chance for membership renewals! Thank you again for all of your support in 2013, and we are looking forward to an even more exciting 2014!

7 0 A great big THANK YOU to all our club sponsors!