Winter Alumni Social - The Original Fire on Ice Party

Saturday, Feburary 05 at 3:00PM

Hosted by Paul Kobs

Contact: paulkobs@gmail.com, 612.220.4658

Come for a fun afternoon of fun outdoor activities, beverages and food.

Prizes will be awarded, so don't be shy about participating.

We'll do all we can to keep you warm, but you might want to bring that down jacket.

3pm: Opening Ceremonies

Let the games begin! Point will be awarded for each event winner. Points also awarded for the following:

• anyone that brings a Christmas tree
  
• costume

8pm: Fire on Ice

Witness the largest Christmas tree funeral

Events to include:

The Polar Bear... cover yourself with the snow and then jump in the hot tub

Christmas Tree Toss... bonus points if you’re dressed up like the Grinch

Tug of war... claim bragging rights for the night

Other activities

Fire Dancing

Ice Fishing

Boot Hockey

Start 2011 in Gopher Style!

Looking for some sweet new Gopher sailing gear?? Contact myself, Jess Haverstock (jhaverstock@gmail.com) by February 1st if your interested!

Men's or Women's- carbon colored Henri Lloyd "Fusion" jacket: $79 + shipping and tax

Embroidery quotes come in at about $12-$15 per jacket (team logo on chest, name on arm)

Lost years! Help fill in the blanks!

Please Help Alumni!

We are looking to fill in the names for the following trophies:

The Most Valuable Crew

2001 - 02 Anne Scheuman 03

2002 - 03 Anne Scheuman 03

2003 - 04 Jenny Wilson 06

2004 - 05

2005 - 06

2006 - 07

2007 - 08

2008 - 09

2009 - 10 Emma Gantzer

The Most Valuable Skipper

2001 - 02 Tim Kreck 03

2002 - 03 Tim Kreck 03

2003 - 04 Zach Coelius 04

2004 - 05

2005 - 06

2006 - 07

2007 - 08

2008 - 09

2009 - 10 Matt Thompson 11

Any ideas? Please send your email on to coach Cappy Capper at HCCapper@aol.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

College Sailing Seminar and Holiday Party!

LMSS is inviting you to join us this winter for a College Sailing Seminar and Holiday Party!

The goal of this event is to get our current high school sailors together with current and former college sailors. We want to get the high school sailors fired up about college sailing, and help them make more educated decissions when looking at schools.

It will be a night of fun and food, and a chance to get together to reminisce about college sailing.

We are inviting many great sailors with MYC and LMSS ties to share what college sailing means to them. We would love for you to come by, grab a bite to eat and share your knowledge with the next generation of college sailors.

When & Where:
December 23rd, 2010
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Minnetonka Community Center (Williston Rd. & Minnetonka Blvd)

Hope you can make it!

Melissa
952.221.9735
LMSS: 952.404.1645

Sail Race Welcomes a New Board

Congratulations and welcome new 2011 Sail Race board members!

Commodore: Allison Prange

Vice Commodore: Kirstin WIlson

Treasurer/Captain: Ryan Grosch

Travel Coordinator: Sarah Ellis

Safety and Facilities: Allison Forbes

Captain: Ethan Freyer-Ressmeyer

Captain: Lauren Rieves

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope you are all full and content from a delicious turkey feast! As we all know Thanksgiving weekend marks the end to fall sailing. The UofM sail race team has successfully wrapped up a season to brag about! Highlights included:

Coach Cappy inducted into ICSA Hall of Fame

Allison Prange won Women's Singlehand Quals, Natalie Sinn took 3rd, and Matt Thompson finished 2nd in the men's division. All moved on to compete in Singlehand Nationals in Florida.

Matt, Allison, Kirstin Wilson, and Brady Solum qualifed earlier in the season for Team Race Nationals in Chicago (Yes, not in Detroit!). They traveled to Kings Point, New York where they sailed at the US Merchant Marine Academy.

Congrats to the UofM Gophers on their excellent performance! If you have not done so already, please place your donation with the Booster Club to help out the team. A little bit goes a long way!

While sailing may be over, the broomball season has just begun! Mark your calendars for the weekend of Feb 5-6th for our Winter Social "Fire on Ice". Get out your winter boots and join in on a game of broomball followed/accompanied by cocktails and a bonfire at Kob's House. We shall keep you updated when we have more details! Hope you all can make it.

Warm Regards,

Jess

jhaverstock@gmail.com
P:612.817.4837

Wayzata Community Sailing Center PO Box 768, Wayzata, MN 55391 952.476.5875 wayzatacommunitysailing@gmail.com

Sailing Gophers make History!

The University of Minnesota Sailing Team made history the past nine days. Allison Prange became the first U of M women to win the MCSA Single-handed Conference Championship the weekend of October 16-17. Hosted by the University of Minnesota and sailed from the Wayzata Community Sailing Center, Allison left no doubt she was the best after seven tough races in big breeze on Saturday and two tactical races on Sunday. Natalie Sinn took second, both are headed to Nationals along with Matt Thompson who took third for the Men. Matt Thompson will make his second trip to the nationals and it is the Gophers 9th time in the past 11 years we have qualified for the mens single-handed championship. The ICSA National Single-handed Championships are being hosted by the University of Southern Florida and held at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club November 5-7.

The University of Minnesota Sloop team of; Matt Thompson, Brady Solum, Allison Prange, and Kirstin Wilson competed in the MCSA Sloop Conference Championship in Chicago October 23-24. After multiple rounds of racing, the team made the finals and finished second and are headed to Nationals! The format of the National Sloop Championship was changed last winter from fleet racing to match racing. The sailing team will compete in the ICSA National Sloop Championship in Sonar's at the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point November 19-21.

Four days of racing in the past nine days, three national championship births, GO GOPHERS!

To show that our team has depth and a bright future; Freshman Ryan Grosch and Junior Emma Gantzer who were teamed with Freshman Drake Lundeen and Freshman Sarah Ellis sailed to an impressive win at the University of Saint Thomas Cup fleet race hosted at the Wayzata Community Sailing Center on the same weekend has our top sailors were qualifying for Sloops. Not only did they win, our second team of Tom Cramer, Maddie Hoover, Aaron Martinson, Dave Chapin, Allison Forbes, and Lauren Rieves placed 2nd!

For more information go to: http://www.collegesailing.org/

ALUMNI REGATTA THIS SATURDAY!

SAVE THE DATE

Attention Alumni! Upcoming dates to put on your calendars!

UofMN Alumni Regatta
September 11th

UofMN Streufurt Team Race
September 25-26th

MCSA Singlehanded Qualifiers
October 16-17th

Please make your presence/volunteer to help support the UofMN and local dinghy sailors! More details to follow soon! All events to be held at the Wayzata Community Sailing Center.

UofMN Sailors Teach @ Local Youth Programs

Summer is here and sailing is in session! Check out the UofMN sailors teaching and promoting youth sailing in the area. Links are posted below for more information!

Wayzata Community Sailing Center (WCSC)
Allison Prange
Matt Thompson
Kirstin Wilson and Natalie Sinn













Saint Croix Sailing School
Kate Hockins

Calhoun Sailing School
Eric Tobias