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JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT
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By: Kelvin Kelm & Claire Di Pol,
07/15/2009
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South Central Regional Junior Development weekend was a huge success
with 75 Tournament skiers and 25 Clinic participants attending the 3 day
event. This attendance exceeds participation in the past several years
showing a strong support for our sport. In fact, the tournament was a
victim of its own success. The large group of young skiers necessitated
deleting the second round of jump on Sunday just to get the tournament
completed by early Sunday afternoon. If this keeps up, we’ll have to run
our JD tournament over 3 days! Nice problem.
The Lakes of Katy Water Ski Club did an outstanding job hosting this
event. The iSki theme was the theme on the t-shirts and signs for
parking etc. ishade!!! The t-shirts said iSki with a stick man holding
an iPod. The back of the shirts said iSki, iJump, iTrick, iWin,
iPractice, iSucceed, iWipeout, IParticipated, iShop. The kids had
sharpies and could check what applied. It was so cute. The officials had
matching white shirts - THEY COULD HAVE SAID... iJudge, iDrive, iScore,
iSafety, iT.C. HA, HA ....
Awards were presented after a delicious barbecue dinner sponsored by
Bennett's Ski School and prepared by the Elam Family and Gator Pit of
Texas. A BIG "Thank You" to MasterCraft, Houston MasterCraft,
wake2wake.com, Darryl Moore’s Marine, WetSounds, Capital Area Water Ski
Club, BarefootCentral.com, Eagle Sports, Cypress Kids Learning Center,
Agave Road and all of the other sponsors, club members, neighbors, and
officials that worked so hard to make this event possible. Full results
can be viewed at (add link to score book).
A
BIG "Thank You" to all of the club members, sponsors and
officials that worked so hard to make this event possible.
Full
results can be viewed here. |
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2009 South Central
Regional Junior Development Photo Gallery
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2009 Junior A - B and All Star Teams |
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A Team |
B Team |
Regional All Star Team |
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| Slalom |
Nicole Armour - TX |
Emilee Peterson - TX |
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| Trick |
Lauren Boskus - AR |
Bailey Grathwohl - TX |
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| Overall |
Emma Morgan - TX |
Taylor Grathwohl - TX |
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| Girls 2 |
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| Slalom |
Ruth McCreary - TX |
Audrey McCreary - TX |
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| Trick |
Krista Butterfield - TX |
Abbi Grathwohl - TX |
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| Jump |
Casey Friesen - TX |
Alexa Armour |
Kat Warner TX |
| Overall |
Kat Warner - TX |
Julianna Boskus - AR |
Julianna Boskus - AR |
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| Girls 3 |
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| Slalom |
Grace Kelm - TX |
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| Trick |
Hannah Fielding - TX |
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Hannah Fielding - TX |
| Jump |
Taylor Friesen - TX |
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Brittney Greenwood - AR |
Lindsey Able - TX |
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| Boys 1 |
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| Slalom |
Dylan Melnar - TX |
Jack Peterson - TX |
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| Trick |
Rafe Danos - LA |
Griffin Stange - TX |
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| Overall |
Jack Danos - LA |
Ryan Warner - TX |
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| Boys 2 |
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| Slalom |
Steven Island - TX |
Daniel Dipol - LA |
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| Trick |
Nick Newton - AR |
Cullen Parker - TX |
Dustin Peterson - TX |
| Jump |
James Peterson - TX |
Baker Weil - TX |
Sam Greenwood - TX |
| Overall |
Sam Greenwood - AR |
Dustin Peterson - TX |
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| Boys 3 |
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| Slalom |
Ryan Hellums - TX |
Cody Bray - OK |
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| Trick |
William Stevenson - TX |
Jackson Daniel - TX |
Garrett Karber |
| Jump |
Aaron Long - TX |
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Kevin Malak |
| Overall |
Garrett Karber - TX |
Kevin Malak - TX |
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2008 Junior A - B and All Star Teams |
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A Team |
B Team |
Regional All Star Team |
| Girls 1 |
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| Slalom |
Ruth McCreary - TX |
Bailey Austin - TX |
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| Trick |
Lauren Boskus - AR |
Emma Morgan - TX |
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| Overall |
Krista Butterfield - TX |
Emilee Peterson -TX |
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Girls 2 |
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| Slalom |
Madeline Pierce - TX |
Audrey McCreary - TX |
Brittney Greenwood - AR |
| Trick |
Casey Friesen - TX |
Rebekah Stevenson - TX |
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| Jump |
Kat Warner - TX |
Abbi Grathwohl - TX |
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| Overall |
Brittney Greenwood - AR |
Julianna Boskus - AR |
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Girls 3 |
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| Slalom |
Amanda Stevenson - TX |
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Kayla Gray - OK |
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Hannah Fielding - TX |
| Jump |
Lindsey Able - TX |
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Hannah Fielding - TX |
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Boys 1 |
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| Slalom |
Alec Shuler - TX |
Justin Bertelson - TX |
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| Trick |
Ryan Warner - TX |
Calvin Neff - AR |
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Harry Feldman - TX |
Jack Danos - LA |
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Boys 2 |
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| Slalom |
Steven Island -TX |
Matthew Oglesby - TX |
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Truman Rink - TX |
Cullen Parker - TX |
Dustin Peterson - TX |
| Jump |
Nick Newton - AR |
Daniel Dipol - LA |
Sam Greenwood - TX |
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Overall |
Dustin Peterson - TX |
Sam Greenwood - AR |
Daniel Dipol - LA (alt) |
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| Boys 3 |
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| Slalom |
Ryan Hellums - TX |
Cody Bray - OK |
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| Trick |
Blake Fritz - LA |
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Garrett Karber |
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William Stevenson - TX |
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Kevin Malak |
| Overall |
Garrett Karber - TX |
Kevin Malak - TX |
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SCR Junior
Development Tournament - JULY 11. 12 & 13 |
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Junior Development Tournament SCOREBOOK |
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1st overall, 1st slalom, 2nd trick. |
Congratulations to Jack Danos,
with his 3 medals from the
Junior Development weekend.
Any other proud parents with pictures of their
children, please send your picture so they can be added to this page
Just e-mail to the
Webmaster |
Junior Development
Scholarships
If you know a deserving junior, please have them complete the SCR Scholarship
Application and mail to all committee members prior to November 1, 2008. The
scholarships will be awarded after the first of the year. We will award 10 ski
school scholarships valued at $300 each. The application/instructions are
available on the Junior Development page of this site.
If you have any questions, please contact
Joe Darwin
The SCR Junior Development Committee selected our 2007 Junior Water Ski Team at the conclusion of Regionals. We also selected our National
All Star Team that will compete at the 2007 Goode Water Ski Nationals in
Bakersfield, California. The skiers on our National team will combine their top
scores against teams from the other regions around the country. The winning
region will be announced during the junior awards ceremony on the Friday evening
of Nationals.
Each of our 2007 Junior A & B Team members
received a medal recognizing their accomplishment and a rash guard with the
regional logo screened on the back. The 44 rash guards were donated by Donnie
Covington and Lori Krueger. Please acknowledge their contribution when you see
them.
Chip Chipman / MasterCraft have once again donated $500 for the purchase of
t-shirts for our Junior Development weekend. Thank you again, Chip for your
continuing support of our junior skiers.
Our 2008 Junior Development weekend will be hosted by
Princeton Lakes in the DFW area. The dates will be July 11-13, 2008.
Please plan on attending. Princeton did a great job in hosting the
2006 event and we look forward to a bigger and better event this year.
Please make plans to attend and let all of the junior skiers in your area
know about this wonderful opportunity. Look for details in the Regional
Guide and on this site as they become available.
Paul Armour of Plano, Texas won the 2007 Junior Development Ski Raffle.
Committee member Rick Malak sold the winning ticket for the third year in a row!
Thank you to all who purchased raffle tickets.
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JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT NEWS |
Joe Darwin
August 7, 2007
Congratulations to all our junior skiers who participated in
Regionals. We had 70 junior skiers compete this year. Good luck to all
who will be competing at Nationals. I want to thank the entire Tri-Lakes
staff for hosting the event. Thank you to all who purchased raffle
tickets this year. I also want to recognize Donny Covington for
purchasing the A & B Team rash guards again this year. The support our
program receives from the region is tremendous. Remember that the 2008
Junior Development Scholarship application must be completed and mailed
to all committee members prior to November 1, 2007. If you have any
questions or need assistance, please
email me. Our 2008
Junior Development weekend will be hosted by Princeton Lakes in the DFW
area. The dates will be determined shortly and posted here. Please plan
on attending. Princeton did a great job in hosting the 2006 event and we
look forward to a bigger and better event next year.
2007 Junior A - B and All Star Teams
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The Junior Development Program was
developed to promote junior skiers’ participation in three-event water skiing.
This is accomplished through Junior Development clinics, special tournaments
and awards to recognize our junior skiers. We strive to encourage good
sportsmanship and conduct at tournaments and increase the skill level of each
athlete.
At the Regional Banquet we will honor our A and
B Teams. To qualify for selection to these teams, a skier must
participate in both the Junior Development Tournament and the Regional
Championship. We will also recognize the most improved skier in each division
and select our National Team to represent the region at the National
Championships.
If you are interested in the Junior Development Program, please call the
representative in your area, listed below. Your representative will be
glad to assist you in getting involved in our Junior Development activities.
Joe Darwin
South Central Junior Development Chairman
2007
South Central Junior Development Committee
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Junior Development
Chairman
Joe Darwin 201 Stillwater Place Bossier City,
LA. 71112 318/747-4149
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Scott Greenwood
8812 Ranch Blvd.
Little Rock, AR 72223
501/868-9062
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Todd Kuykendall
722 Lake Trail Drive
Enid, OK 73701
580/234-1417
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Kathy Ives 1707 Latigo Trace Round Rock,
TX 78681 512/244-9721
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Julie
Krueger
406 Lago Circle S.
Santa Fe, TX 77517
409/316-1310
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Kandi Burtelson
374 Hampel Road
Palmer, TX.
75152
972/845-2141
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Rick Malak
P. O. Box 548 Justin,
TX
76247 940/648-3264
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January 20, 2010 | |
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