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With 2018 in the books I would like to congratulate our Class Winners: There are so many members behind the scenes that make our district run, like Tracy Osborne and my Assistant District Director Steve Lopez. Tracy is truly the backbone of our district, she always keeps Steve and I in line and our finances straight. Tracy was inducted into the NAMBA Hall of Fame at the 2018 NAMBA Nationals. Congratulations Tracy! Steve is an amazing guy providing our hobby with some of the best products on the market. When a boater is struggling or needs some help, Steve is always there. Its Steve’s passion for our hobby and its members that I appreciate the most about him. With 2018 behind us and looking forward a week to our first race of the year, it appears we are off to another great start. With a week left of open registration we currently have 51 drivers and 215 boats entered. This race will be held by the London Bridge Model Boat Club in sunny Lake Havasu, Arizona. With the addition of the G-Ltd class rules to NAMBA we in District 19 will be offering G-Ltd Mono, G-Ltd Catamaran, G-Ltd Crackerbox and G-Ltd Sport Hydro. We have also adopted a district rule that states “it takes only three G-Ltd entries to make the class”. This is will help us spark interest in these classes as it did a few years back with our Sportsman Mono classes. So far, we have 11 G-Ltd Catamarans, 3 G-Ltd Crackerboxes, 18 G-Ltd Mono’s and 8 G-Ltd Sport Hydro’s entered for our first race. I had figured this would negatively impact our Sportsman Mono class offered on Saturday, boy was I wrong. We currently have 16 entered. I have a feeling the G-Ltd classes are going to take off across the country helping us attract new members that want to be competitive, whether its cruising around the pond or mixing it up racing. These classes give them an option without breaking the bank. Don’t forget to sign up for this years NAMBA Nationals held by District 20 at Decker Lake in West Valley City, Utah. See you at the pond News From 19 By Richard Romero NAMBA Vice President/ District 19 Director It was a great year of racing in our district with many new faces at the local club and district races! We are very fortunate to have some amazing members that head up our local clubs, scheduling test and tune days and monthly races. This type of hard work and love for the hobby proved that our membership growth begins at the club level. In 2018 District 19 had a 18% increase in memberships taking us over the 300 member mark. Thank you and your clubs for all you do! PROPWASH April 2019 11 Classic Thunderboat – Russ Stark G-1 Catamaran- Ray Presnall G-1 Crackerbox- Pete Markese G-1 Mono- Ray Presnall G-1 Outrigger – Roger Pane G-1 Sport Hydro – Tom Cinquegrani GX1/GX2 Catamaran- Michael Coleman GX1/GX2 Crackerbox- Richard Sekigawa GX1/GX2 Mono- Ray Presnall GX1/GX2 Outrigger- Roger Pane GX1/ GX2 Sport Hydro – Russ Stark Open Offshore- Ray Presnall Open Oval – Ray Presnall P-Ltd Catamaran -Ray Presnall Sportsman Mono Saturday - Pete Markese Sportsman Mono Sunday - Gary Echito Congratulations to our Year-end Class Leaders: B Mod Tunnel- Joe Monohan B Mono- Richard Hartley G- Ltd Catamaran- Peter Piraino G-Ltd Crackerbox- Paul Curwen G-Ltd Mono- Tom Hockenberry Jersey Skiff- Richard Bentley Sportsman Sport Hydro – Russ Stark From left to right: Peter Piraino / SD Gassers - San Diego Ray Presnall / Scottsdale Model Boat Club- Scottsdale Rey Garcia/ RC Sharks Racing -Legg Lake Karl Morse/ Tucson Model Boat Club- Tucson Richard Sekigawa/ Legg Lake Scale Races- Legg Lake. From left to right: Lenny Blake/ Rum Racing - Tempe Race Karl Morse /Tucson Model Boat Club- Tucson Race Rich Taylor/ Las Vegas RC Boat Club- Las Vegas Race Jim Foster/ London Bridge Model Boat Club- Lake Havasu Race. Richard Hazelwood/ Needles River Rats- Needles Race Kent Elder/H20 Gassers- Lake Legg Race Russ Stark / Outlaw Racing -Lake Legg Race, Las Vegas Race Not present: Brian Bounds/ Sin City Racing- Pahrump Race Neil Boyle/ San Diego Argonauts- San Diego Race