NCWSA South Central Region

2010-01-25T16:22:00.000-06:00

Hey Everybody!

I apologize for the tardiness of the spring update. Its been quite a busy year already. I've been trying to compile all of this information and as of now, I'm still working on some of it.

****Update Contacts****
Most teams have had elections at this point, so please get me your new contacts. Also, if you are receiving this and you are no longer at your school, please just respond to me, and I'll get your email removed. I ask that you please be patient during this process because if someone responses to all, you might still be getting our emails. Please remember, I need at least two contacts per team. I'll send it out as soon as I get the information from everyone.

****By Laws****
I started to amend the bylaws to reflect our decisions at the Region meeting but decided it might be more productive just to start over from scratch. There are some new provisions so please read them carefully. I borrowed most of the language from the Mid West bylaws, but there might some provisions we don't agree with. Everything in here is changeable, but I thought it was a good place to start and will hopefully give us a little more legitimacy.

****Tournament Schedule****
Below is the schedule we all agreed on at Regionals. If your tournament is changing sites or dates, we need to know NOW. I'm going to be following up with these teams in the next couple of weeks, but I need to know NOW if there is even a possibility that you will be changing the tournament. We've been pretty lase on this in the past, but we need to try to get this stuff squared away AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Spring:
Texas A&M at Lord's Lake (March 27th and 28th)
Baylor Spring Fling at Princeton (April 10th and 11th)
ULM Spring Classic at the Bayou Desaird (April 24th and April 25th)

Fall:
Kevin Shimek Memorial Tournament (Sept 11th and 12th) Site Unknown
Arkansas Tournament in the Dallas Area (Working on you guys a site).
Regionals hosted by ULL at Bennetts (Oct 2nd and 3rd)

****Region Shirts****
I've attached some ideas for a region shirt. I've also attached two designs that Camille also created. We'll be voting at the first tournament, so we can have them printed pretty quickly. It would be a great fund raiser` for our region. At this point we don't really have a budget at all, so expanding to new teams is basically impossible. Also, we can afford to help out the All Stars team a little to defray some costs to get to California. I compiled the designs into two pdf's. Joey's design has my design, with the circle emblem on the back and Team South Central on the front. Camille's design has to alternative fronts (one with the Kevin's helmet, and one with region cohesion) and the back has the 3-event logos. We can make both or either, but lets go ahead and start discussing it.

****Region Web Site****
I'm roughly 60% of the way done with the region website. It should be done by Polar Bear. It needs some design help, but most of the content is there. However, I need team histories. Each team will have a small page that is dedicated to their school. So, whatever you guys can scrape up, please let me know. Also, I'll be linking the site to your websites, so please ask whoever to maintains your sites to give them a once over. I'm also exploring web site hosting companies and their fees. More information will come.

Very Successful Nationals for the SCR

2008-10-22T16:29:00.002-05:00

Congratulations to the teams who represented the South Central in Arizona. The SCR was just barely bet out by the Midwest in getting the 21st team for the 2009 Nationals. ULM won for the third year in a row and ULL was a solid second. All three other teams finished higher than their prospective rankings going in to the tournament. Texas took 8th place, beating out Iowa State. Texas State and Texas A&M finished 3rd and 4th respectively in Division II. Brent Norwood of Texas A&M took first in men's overall in Division II.

Some other notable scores:
Adam Seldmajer ULM 5370
Daniel Odvark ULM 2.5 @ 39
Claudio Koestenberge ULL 163
Kate Adriaensen ULM 1 @ 38
Katy Brantley TSU 95'

and the top three DII jump spots

Brent Norwood TAM 127'
Kevin Shimek TSU 123'
Bobby Hall TSU 111'

Good work.

Regionals this weekend

2008-09-24T08:23:00.003-05:00

Regionals is this weekend. What you will need for registration:

Paid team dues to NCWSA and SCR
Paid all your skier's individual dues to NCWSA
Turn in Letter of Elgibility from your school for all your skiers (check NCWSA.com for what needs to be listed).

Good Luck!

ULM Takes First at First Tournament

2008-09-24T08:22:00.003-05:00

The South Central Region finally got a tournament under the belt, but Mother Nature still was not fully cooperative. After an extended rain delay The University of Louisiana Monroe beat out their instate rivals from the south. The University of Louisiana Lafayette took second followed by Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State, Baylor and Arkansas. Adam Seldjamer beat Ian Trapp with a score of 3 bouys at 39 off to 1 at 39 off respectively. Nick Williams of Texas took third with a respectable 5 at 35 off. Looking ahead to next weeks regional Ccampionships; the fight for the coveted third place in Division 1 Nationals should be a back and forth battle as usual. At the top of the team rankings it is not a forgone conclusion who will go into Nationals with the first place finish. Look for ULL to make a push for momentum after doubling as hosts this past weekend.

Results

Baylor Bear-It-All 2008

2008-04-03T11:39:00.003-05:00

Bear-It-All Invitational

Host Team: Baylor University

Aquaplex: Austin, TX

April 19-20 2008

Pre-Registration

Please email your team’s running orders to Alex_Wallace (at) baylor.edu by 5:00pm April 11, 2008.

Registration

Registration will take place from 8:00pm until 11:30pm on Friday at the lake at the Aquaplex clubhouse. 12407 Aquaplex Drive Buda, TX 78610 (Note this is a house at aquaplex but not the actual club house address, the club house is at the end of the lake.

You must have individual releases, a team roster with AWSA numbers, proof of AWSA membership, proof of eligibility from your school, and a single check for entry fees ($30.00 per person) made payable to Baylor University Water Ski Team.

Teams will be responsible for their own hotel, but we have confirmed a discount rate and availability at:

Americas Best Value Inn-Austin South

2525 S. Interstate Hwy 35
Austin, TX 78741
Phone: (512) 441-0143

Order of Events:

Saturday: 7:45p.m. Men’s slalom Lake 2- 7:45p.m Women’s Trick Lake 1 Swap after each event is over. Women’s Jump Lake 1 after men’s trick and women’s slalom

Sunday: 9:00p.m. Finish Women’s Jump, Men’s Jump

Contact Alex Wallace (512) 775-1715 or Alex_Wallace (at) baylor.edu if you need directions to the lake or have any questions.

Polar Bear 2008

2008-04-01T19:42:00.001-05:00

34^th Polar Bear Classic

Hosted by Texas A&M

Lago Santa Fe, Santa Fe Texas

April 12-13 2008

Pre-Registration

Please email your team’s running orders to texanwaterskier (at) neo.tamu.edu by 5:00pm April 4, 2008.

Registration

Registration will take place from 8:00pm until 11:30pm on Friday at the lake at the Norwood’s house. 402 Lago Circle Santa Fe, TX 77517

Teams will be responsible for their own hotel, but the two that are closest to the lake are listed below:

Best Western Mainland Inn

10620 Emmett F Lowery Expressway

Texas City, TX 77591 US

Phone: 409-986-6600

Fairfield Inn Texas City

10700 Emmett F. Lowry

Texas City, Texas 77591

Phone: 409-986-3866

Order of Events:

Saturday: 7:45p.m. Men’s slalom Lake 3- 7:45p.m Women’s Trick Lake 2 Swap after each event is over. Women’s Jump Lake 2 after men’s trick and women’s slalom

Sunday: 9:00p.m. Finish Women’s Jump, Men’s Jump

Craw Fish Boil Party:

We are having a Craw Fish Boil Saturday after all the skiing is over for that day at the lake. All skiers that paid an entry fee get in free, others it cost $5 and can pay at the start of the tournament. We would like to know a rough estimate of how many people each team will have at the boil so we can buy the right amount of craw fish and other food. Team are allowed to bring there own drinks but we will provide tea and water.

Contact Brent Norwood (texanwaterskier (at) neo.tamu.edu) if you need directions to the lake or have any questions.

All-Stars Regional Network

2008-01-29T18:36:00.000-06:00

Let the other skiers know your planning to go to All-Stars. Sign up at the Regional All-stars facebook site.

All-Star Website Published

2008-01-25T13:32:00.000-06:00

Check out this website for All-Stars information. Click on the All-Stars tab.

www.duquoinwaterski.com

SCR Performs Well at Nationals

2007-10-29T10:44:00.001-05:00

ULM and ULL finished 1st and 2nd in Division 1, with Texas finishing 9th. In Division 2 Texas A&M finished 7th while Texas State took 1st. Overall it was a very good showing for the South Central Region and an outstanding job by Texas State and the University of Louisiana Monroe.

Natalie Berdnikova won every womens event and Danyelle Bennett took second in all three events. Other SCR D1 winners were Ian Trapp in Mens Slalom, Alaksei Zharnasek in Mens Trick, and Steven Critchley in Mens Jump. Adam Seldmajer took 1st in Overall. Nick Williams to the highest place for the Longhorns with a 13th finish in mens slalom.

Bobby Hall squeaked out a 1st place overall finish over Brent Norwood who finished 2nd. Brent also won mens jump.

Next year looks just as exciting, with Texas bringing back their entire mens team and several young Texas A&M skiers will surely improve. Texas State has several skiers moving on, but hopefully they can reload. Both ULL and ULM will lose some important members of this years teams, but they also got impressive performances from freshman and as always you never know who or where they will recruit next years freshman.

Regionals Results

2007-10-04T20:56:00.000-05:00

Another successful regionals finished and no one had to get home in the wee hours of Monday morning. The results are below...

Scores

Regionals this Weekend

2007-09-26T11:28:00.000-05:00

- Running orders are due Wed. by 5:00pm, a $10.00 late fee per skier will be enforced for any
orders sent in after the deadline.
- Items needed for registration on Friday night:
- ONE check (cash accepted) made out to 'University of Arkansas'
- NCWSA Liability Waivers for each skier on your team
- Proof of USA Water Ski membership for each member of your team
- Proof of Eligibility for each member of your team
- We will start with MEN SLALOM and WOMENS JUMP on Saturday morning. When those are done, we will switch lakes/events. This is a tentative schedule that may change before registration on Friday night. So....... come with the intent of doing any event on Saturday morning!
- Practice will start at 5:00pm on Friday, a set is $10 and a liability waiver for the Cedar Creek Ski Park must be signed.
- Again, absolutely NO ALCOHOL on the site. This will be strictly enforced.

Fall Classic is in the books

2007-09-10T09:02:00.000-05:00

The results should be on NCWSA.com, if they aren't they will be shortly. Congratulations on another good tournament and start getting ready for Monroe.

2007-09-05T23:40:00.001-05:00

2007 ULM Bayou Classic

University of Louisiana at Monroe

Bayou DeSiard, Monroe, Louisiana

September 22– 23, 2007

Pre-Registration

Please email your team’s running orders to collinjt at tribe.ulm.edu by 5:00pm September 19, 2007.

Registration

Registration will take place from 8:00pm until 11:30pm on Friday in the hotel lobby.

You must have a team release, a team roster with AWSA numbers, proof of AWSA membership (can be purchased at registration, but please try to have all memberships taken care of before registration; if it is purchased right before the tournament and you do not have a membership card, you MUST have the receipt), proof of eligibility from your school, and a single check for entry fees ($25.00 per person) made payable to ULM Water Ski Team.

Hotel Information

Holiday Inn Holidome

Group Name: 2007 ULM Bayou Classic

1051 US Hwy 165 Bypass at I20

Monroe, LA 71203

(318) 387-5100

$60.00 per night, please make your reservations by September 14^th.

Order of Events

Saturday 8:00am: Men’s Slalom, Women’s Slalom, Men’s Trick, Women’s Trick

Sunday 8:00am: Women’s Jump, Men’s Jump, B-Team Trick, B-Team Slalom

B-Team Jump

Directions to the Hotel

From east of westbound I-20, take exit 118B (highway US 165 N) located on the right hand side. The Hotel will be on the right approximately 200 yards after the end of the off ramp.

Directions from the Hotel to the Bayou will be provided at the Hotel. ULM does a lot of business with the Holiday Inn Holidome, so it is important that all of our visiting ski teams are good guests!

Contact Treina Landrum ULM Water Ski Team Coach with any questions, at (318) 342-5313 or via e-mail at landrum at ulm.edu .

Fall 2007 Schedule

2007-09-04T21:16:00.000-05:00

9/8 - 9/9 UT Fall Classic @ Frame Switch Ski Lakes

9/22 - 9/23 University of Louisiana Monroe @ Bayou Desaird

9/29 - 9/30 Regionals hosted by Arkansas @ Cedar Creek Ski Park