2021 NAMBA Nats Race Program

“...to you our warmest welcome to a sport which you and your family will enjoy for an entire lifetime. It is something in which you will never grow tired of participating. always finding another challenge- another goal - waiting for you. It will never become routine or dull…” Excerpt from RCModeler welcome letter in 1978 Nationals program. 2021 NAMBA Nationals Page 7 “As the racing begins, it is always best to remember, that the best memories from a competition like this are not who won which heat. It is the new friends we make, the stupid things we do at dinner, the amount that someone drank the night before, the paddleboat contest or the great place the family visited. I have never looked back at the pictures and fondly remembered beating someone but rather remembering the great things that we did and the people I shared them with.” “I truly believe some of my best memories are the heats I didn't finish. A good friend always reminds me that he would rather have fun, good times with good people, good laughs then win a race.” - Robert Holland’s Welcome letter 2014. “As we enjoy this week, racing at Legg Lake. it is important to remember that today's NAMBA is the product of many people and substantial effort. NAMBA was born in the hearts and minds of active model boaters. It was model boaters that met to determine what was needed in an organization. Then these same people worked together to make their dream come true. The young NAMBA organization grew and thrived because the needs of model boaters were always the driving force. We were, are, and always will be an organization of model boaters working to fill the needs of model boaters.” - Alan Hobbs’ President’s message in 1996