South Central Region

2008 National Junior Development Team Members
	Congratulations to Brittany and Sam Greenwood who will represent the South Central Region National Junior Development Team < click pictures to enlarge >
Brittany Greenwood		Sam Greenwood

2008 SCR Regional Tournament Cedar Creek Ski Park, Elkins, Arkansas Friday, AUG 1st thru Sunday AUG 3rd, 2008
2008 Regional Championships	Info on Cedar Creek Water SKi Park	Regionals Schedule
Click here for area map	Picture of Cedar Creek Ski Park...	Fayetteville Night JAM

SO, YOU WANT TO GO TO REGIONALS; HOW DO YOU QUALIFY?
By Bob Mayhew, EVP
24 April 2008

Here is the process; it can get complicated so read through all of the possibilities.
These qualifications are in your SCR Guide, page SC46, and under Policies and Procedures on this website. Again, read them slowly and carefully.
Regionals Entry Qualifications and Skier Seeding
All skiers will be allowed entry if they are qualified at Level 5 or above on the National Ranking List.
Those persons qualified in two events may also ski their third event.

Background information for the above:

1. Advancement to Regionals will be based on the Nationals Rankings List for the SCR as of the Cut-off Date (COD) on the Friday of the SCR Junior Development Tournament but not more than 21 days before the start of the current Regional Tournament. (In 2008, this will be Friday, July 11)

2. At the COD the Rankings List Average of the last ranked skier in each division in the S, T,
and J and Overall will be established as the Cut-off Average (COA).

3. After the COD, skiers may still gain entry to Regionals in any event or Overall through two (2) Last Chance Qualifying methods (LCQ’s):

A. Any skier who records a score EQUAL TO OR ABOVE THE COA at any State Championship, or at any class C and above tournament between the COD and the start of the Regional Tournament.

B. Any skier who places in the top three at any three-event SCR State Championship or top five in the SCR Junior Development tournament.(1/08)

Regionals are to be seeded by the Seeding Committee. (1/89)

BE SMART, SKI WITH GPS
By Bob Mayhew, EVP
24 April 2008

2008 Rule on GPS Choice (GPS Systems (Zero-off, PP Star Gazer)
When you come to the dock this year to ski in any event at a tournament you will have the choice of a GPS based speed control system or the classic Perfect Pass (PP) system. Click here to get the full story....

2008 Mastercraft Marcus Brown Face to Face comes to texas

The 2008 Mastercraft Marcus Brown Face to Face tour will be held at the following 3 locations.
Princeton Lakes will be hosting the first stop on Monday, May 12. There is a possibility of opening up a
another day on Saturday, May 10th if there is sufficient interest. Contact Dave Island
The Lakes at Cypress Hills tour stop is scheduled for May 13/14th. Contact Jim Cattan.
The Lakes of Katy on May 15th. For more information contact Kelvin Kelm.
For more details: http://www.facetofacetour.com/ClinicPackage.pdf

GUIDE ANNOUNCEMENT FEES ARE PAST DUE!
By Bob Mayhew, EVP
19 April 2008

For all of those sites that advertised their tournaments in the 2008 SCR Guide the fee of $60 per announcement is now PAST DUE. Please have your treasurer send a check for the appropriate amount to Kathy Ives, SCR Treasurer, at 1707 Latigo Trace, Round Rock, TX 78681. Please pay this bill as soon as possible and certainly no later than 15 May 08. After that date delinquent sites may have their scorebooks held from processing until the fees are paid.

WSTIMS - Note for 2008 Season

There are no new AWSA Rules affecting scoring for 2008, and so this latest WSTIMS release 3.54 may continue to be used to score AWSA tournaments through the spring of 2008. An updated WSTIMS release should be out sometime later this spring, which will include the new tables needed to score tournaments with 09 sanction prefixes which begin in late August. That new release will also implement the timing rules for the new IWSF 3-segment jump timing course.
Until that new release becomes available, users with class L or R Jumping events should print and follow the jump timing tables which can be found in the 2008 edition of the IWSF Rulebook.

Chief Scorer's procedures for submitting WSTIMS tournament results:

1st-- it is imperative that the tournament sponsors and scorers download new Entry List Templates prior to ALL tournaments held after August 18. 2007, with an 08 sanction number.
2nd-- All tournaments should send the entire .LZH (Example: 08C000C.LZH) file to Melissa Peterson, Seeding Committee Rep, Melissa will forward:
1 - the entire .LZH to AWSA Headquarters, to Competition & Events;
2 - the .html scorebook and boat times, to Jerry Woodard, for posting of tournament results and timing stats to the
South Central Web site;
3 - the non-.html boat time information to Jerry Bautsch and EVP Bob Mayhew
(drive names are in the non-.html file but do not appear on the Web posted boat times).

2008 AWSA Rule Book Now Available
USA Water Ski
13 April 2008

The American Water Ski Association's 2008 Rule Book and Summary of Rule Changes are now available.
To download the 2008 AWSA Rule Book, click here (pdf).
To download the 2008 Summary of Rule Changes, click here (pdf).

Online Event Registration Now Available
USA Water Ski
11 March 2008

USA Water Ski is proud to announce that online event registration is now available. Any local organizing committee (LOC) that sanctions a tournament online has the option to utilize online registration for a minimal $15 fee per tournament. The system is currently limited to three-event water ski tournaments, but will be expanded to include other disciplines in the future.
Get full details here...

Link to new online event registration now appears in the left hand column.

Safety Clinic?
20 February 2008

Rick Kingham, at The Lakes at Cypress Hills, has set a date of 10th of May for the Safety Clinic.
General schedule: The clinic will cover Safety rules, regulations per USA Water Ski, and required paperwork. Equipment required and use there of. The first half of the day will be safety clinic with water rescue, followed by backboarding, etc. The water evolution will be done in the lake, (advise bringing a shorty).
Following the lunch brake: Then the second half of the day will be first aid and CPR.
The safety and CPR are separate. Clinic will be $35 the CPR will be $40.
Any and all interested parties please contact Rick Kingham. Click here for directions.....

WATCH YOUR SLALOM GATES!! By Bob Mayhew, EVP 28 January 2008
In a moment of insanity the AWSA Board of Directors approved the use of the IWSF rule for going through the entry gate in the slalom course. That means that slalom judges will need to evaluate the position of the ski as it passes over the right-hand entry gate according to the diagram below. You can count on an increase in the number of contested gate calls and those “who never miss their gates” will be at the head of the line.
	All slalom skiers need to begin their practice sessions this season with this ruling in mind. Officials, get some body armor and be ready to hear that famous statement: “What in the #&@ do you mean I missed my gate!!???” A skier shall be judged as missing the entry or exit gate when the center of the ski passes to the outside of the center of the gate buoy as shown in the diagram.

officials selected for the 2008 SC Regionals/AWSA Nationals
By Bob Mayhew, EVP
16 December 2007

SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONALS:
Judges: Chief Judge: T. Caldwell; ACJs – Kathy Ives and Jeran Hooten;
Appointed Judges: Terry Dlugosh, Elgin Faulkner, Alvin Neff, Jerry Woodard and Margaret Ann Woodard. Scorers: Chief Scorer: Denise Caldwell; ACS: Janet Hooten;
Appointed Scorers: Gordon Hall, Robert Howerton, Jackie Wayman and Yvonne Downs.
Drivers: Chief Driver, Jerry Bautsch; ACD, Mike Thompson.
Appointed Drivers: Jim Fletchall, Kelly Dlugosh, Chip Chipman and Ron Ives.
Alternate drivers: William McCleave and Jerry Downs.
Chief Safety is Scott Greenwood. Jim Thompson is the Chief TC and Woody Withrow is his capable Assistant.
The search continues for an Assignments Judge and, possibly, an Asst Chief of Safety.

Nationals: ACJ T. Caldwell. Appointed Judges: Nikki Lee, Jerry Woodard.
Assigned Judges: Margaret Ann Woodard, Bob Mayhew and Kerri Lee.
Scorers: Terry West and Denise Caldwell. Drivers: Jerry Bautsch and David West.