IMPBA D1 - Northern Lights MBC - 2021 "THE CAN-AM" Aug 28 & 29.

[Terry Keeley]

Fifty Point Conservation Area, Stoney Creek, Ontario - Aug 28 & 29th.

Includes a beach on Lake Ontario, stocked fishing and restaurant all within 1/2 hr. of downtown Toronto and Niagara Falls.

http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/fifty-point-conservation-area

Classes for Nitro, Gas and Electric.

Shoot Out Format. First round randomly generated, top scoring boats run together after that.

Open water Friday noon 'til 5pm. Driver's meeting Saturday 8:30 am.

Trophies top 3 per class, huge raffle, 50-50 draws.

"Oneida Cup" awarded to high point any two boats.

1/8th Scale & Thunderboat Concours d'Elegance trophies.

Can-Am Cup awarded to high score Team Canada or Team USA.

Noise sensitive site - IMPBA 92dB enforced.

RV and tent camping, call 905-643-2103 or book on line at: https://hamilton.goingtocamp.com/home

No park fee if camping.

Flyer: https://secureservercdn.net/104.238....an-Am-2021.pdf

Register: http://www.rcracingevents.com/cgi-bin/browseraces.pl

[Terry Keeley]

Good news!



https://www.politico.com/news/2021/0...-border-500158

[Terry Keeley]

We have some very generous sponsors donating to make our raffle a huge success. If you get a chance please keep these fine folks in mind:


Sly Cat Racing http://slycatracing.com/ Class Sponsor:

Thunderboat

SS Mono

Hobby Hobby http://hobbyhobby.com/

SS Custom Fuel Tanks [email protected] Class Sponsor:

Mercury Marine Canada http://www.mercurymarine.com/

Randy Rap Titanium Turn Fins (Randy Rapedius) [email protected]

Great Hobbies http://www.greathobbies.com/

Jersey Modeler http://www.jerseymodeler.com/index.html Class Sponsor:

LSG 36 Mono

Insane Boats http://www.insaneboats.com/ Class Sponsors:

LSG 27 Sport Hydro

LSG 36 Sport Hydro

Skycraft Hobbies http://www.skycrafthobbies.com/ Class Sponsor:

LSG 27 Mono

The Prop Works [email protected] Class Sponsor:

LSG 27 Catamaran

Assault Racing Designs http://assaultracingdesigns.com/

Lawless Drives (Fred Howe) http://www.lawlessdrives.com/

Klotz Canada https://klotzcanada.ca/

Phantom Sportfishing https://www.facebook.com/phantomsportfishingcrew Class Sponsor:

LSG 36 Rigger

Crapshooter Boats/CMB Engines (Stu Barr) [email protected]

[Terry Keeley]

Hotel and camping info:

All are within 5-15 minutes from the pond.

Super 8 – (Recommended) Grimsby - http://www.super8grimsby.com/

Comfort Inn – (Recommended) Hamilton (Centennial Parkway) https://www.choicehotels.com/ontario...n-hotels/cn268

Four Points by Sheraton Hamilton – (Recommended) Hamilton (Centennial Parkway) - https://www.marriott.com/hotels/trav...-stoney-creek/

Sandman Hotel - (New Hotel) Hamilton (Centennial Parkway) https://www.sandmanhotels.com/locati...s/hamilton-ham

Casablanca Winery Inn (Expensive) – Grimsby - http://www.casablancawineryinn.com/

Ramada Beacon Harbourside (Expensive) – Jordan - http://www.ramadabeacon.com/

Lake Trail Motel (Inexpensive) (905) 662-1599 http://www.letsbookhotel.com/en/cana...ail-motel.aspx

Fruitland Motel (Inexpensive) (905) 643-2931 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fruit...61072954190717

The Innsville Hotel (Inexpensive) (905) 643-1244 1143 Highway 8, Stoney Creek, ON.

Stoney Creek Motel (Inexpensive) - http://www.stoneycreekmotel.ca/

Camping:

Fifty Point Conservation Area
Address: 1479 Baseline Road, Winona, ON, L8E 5G4
Phone: 905-525-2187

https://hamilton.goingtocamp.com/home

Under "Select Equipment" Choose "Van/Camper" if you are tent camping - OK in the north section only for our group.

[Terry Keeley]

We're coming up on two weeks to go to our event and are trying to get an accurate boat count. If you are planning to come please register ASAP, if you cannot attend or need to modify your entry please shoot an email to [email protected] or text me at 647-401-7092.

For our American friends, good news, our land border opens today for leisure travel. To enter Canada you must download the "ArriveCan" app: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-heal...arrivecan.html and follow the prompts to get an entry code, I went through it with IMPBA President Matt Scofield and it took about five minutes.

Requirements are:

Proof of two vaccinations at least 14 days prior to entering Canada.

You must have a 14 day quarantine plan should it become necessary.

You must show proof of a negative Molecular COVID-19 test taken no more than 72 hrs. prior to entering.

You have to declare any and all countries you have travelled to outside the US in the last 14 days.

As far as I can see there are no restrictions for American citizens returning to the US, a Covid test is recommended 3-5 days after returning.

[Terry Keeley]

Our numbers are down this year due to Covid but our club is ready to host another great Can-Am for all our guests.

If you're sitting on the fence and want in we can take your registration until 5pm either at http://rcracingevents.com/ or pondside on Friday.

See ya'll soon.

[Terry Keeley]

Even though our numbers were down due to Covid and border issues our NLMBC still worked their tails off to host another great event for our guests.

Tom Castillani won the Thunderboat Concours with his beautiful "Miss Mojo Racing Products":







The "Bent Crank" award went to Todd Fleury for having a rough weekend overall:







The "Sportsmanship award in memory of Andrew Lane" went to Norm Langevin who fixed Phil Thompkins boat without even being asked, a true sportsman.





Brian Brownlee of Cornwall, ON had to kiss "The Little Beaver" for the furthest travelled.

[Terry Keeley]

This year's "Can-Am Challenge" was won by Team Canada.





And the "Oneida Cup" was won by Bill Green with perfect scores in LSG 36 Rigger and 36 Cat:





Bill also came first in another two classes and third in another and won one of our RTR boat prizes.


Scoring files are here: https://www.4shared.com/folder/lbjWovrI/_online.html

More photos here: https://www.intlwaters.com/media/alb...for-2021.2801/

It's been a tough eighteen months but it was good to see some of our friends again and do a little racing, look for us next year August 27 & 28th.