Hey guys.... I'm stuck at home with work...but just heard from Mark McClellan and Curtis Cozier.... They are sending me updates with photos & probably scores when they get them.

I will update this thread as soon as they come in. I used this section of the website so that non-IMAC members who wanted to see what's happening could do so...
Some photos follow..
Wayne

The temp has come up and it is getting nice here, a little windy but not to bad. Unlimited just started there 2nd round along with the intermedate class, things are going great, I'll try to keep ya'll updated.

Flags a flying straight out. 15 MPH directly in to the flight line.

Phyllis Youngblood ready for action with scores

COLD Judges

BASIC Round 1

Sportsman Round 1

Intermediate Round 1

Advanced Rd 1

Unlimited Round 1

Miss Lucy

Ready to Go!

Food Wagon!!!

Basic Round 2

PRIMO the Roller man!!!

Unlimited Jimmy & Adam

FOX Bitten

View from East

Unlimited Round 2

Sportsman Round 2

Some of the Basic Pilots

Wayne, Mark, Curtis, you guys are all right!! Great job!!

Look like nice weather.

ADvanced Rd 2

Intermed Rd 2

Basic Round 3

Intermed Rd 3... Curtis' hands are getting "SHAKY" I know it's not the cold that's doing it... So...????

Unlimited Rd 3

Goofing off...

You guys are having too much fun.......

Looks like Mark survived being "Fox Bitten"

I'm NOT too sure about that!!!
Wayne

what plane is jimmy who flying these days?

Saturday has started..
Here is Unlimited Unknown 1

Getting the Unknown RIGHT!!!

Still Chilly

Intermediate Unknown 1 Saturday Morning

Basic Round 4

Sportsman Unknown 1 Saturday

Advanced Unknown 1.... Only two rounds of Knowns have been flown so until 3 rounds are flown..the normalized score of 20% will show only 750 points...then it will pop up to 1000.

Posted By Wayne Matthews on 14 Nov 2009 9:50
Intermediate Unknown 1 Saturday Morning

Basic Round 4

Sportsman Unknown 1 Saturday

Way to go Joe on the unknown! Looks like he is starting his march up the ladder.

Posted By Wayne Matthews on 14 Nov 2009 10:35
Advanced Unknown 1.... Only two rounds of Knowns have been flown so until 3 rounds are flown..the normalized score of 20% will show only 750 points...then it will pop up to 1000.

what happened to Monty in the unknown?

John

I think that old gray dog gave me rabies or something, I've got my gun ready and he better go hide !
Weather here is GREAT today !!!! Little breeze AND VERY WARM !

Basic Round 5....

Unlimited Round 4...

Sportsman Round 4

This is cool, almost as good as live coverage.

Thanks for the updates.

Curtis Cosier is sending info to Wayne Matthews, Thank you to both !!!! Phillis Youngblood is doing a GREAT Job getting the score intered and Posted, Kent is keeping everything going, and Peter Jackson and the guys from Gateway RC are doing a greatjob making sure we have what we need to keep thing running smooth! I believe everyone is loving this great weather!!!!!

Advanced Round 3... This now makes the Unknown 1 score at 1000

Advanced Round 4


Basic Round 6

Pedro calling for David Moser

Charles and David cooling out.... getting ready to judge.

Intermed Round 4

Unlimited Round 5... man, it's getting hot for 3, 4 & 5 place.

Cutright is cutting through the field.....

Its the plane...

Thank you guy's for posting the updates. I now have my fix for the day.....

Sportsman Round 5

Intermediate Round 5

Advanced Round 5

Chef Cholesterol on spot...

Poor deer???

Deep Fat & More...

wow, food looks great, as always, when chef cholestrol is on hand!!

wish i was there to, looks like a tough fight as always in intermediate. but i will be back next year for you curtis and alex!!

good luck everyone.

tony

Well...you will have to move up to Advanced....as I'm sure they both will be on the move.... Just think... one year later we will have to deal with you all in Unlimited...
Oh crap....
Wayne

I agree wayne... Next year the Advanced class will be the largest I can ever remember in the SE.

Put your mouth guards in and put up your dukes boys... we're gonna have a fight all season long.

Sunday Morning...
Trophies all in a row..

Yea that was before we unraped them all,,,,,I unraped all of them but the ones for that old gray dog !

Maaaannnn... I was kept up to date by the hour on scores.... & all of a sudden the bucket bottom dropped out... NOTHING..no news...

I had to scrounge around to get this & It should be right...
Results:
Basic
1) Luis Verdiales
2) Dowd Kieslich
3) Jose Guzman

Sportsman
1) Mariano Barrios Jr
2) Matt Scott
3) Primo Rivera

Intermediate
1) Bobby Hawthorne
2) Alex Porter
3) Sergio Schinoff

Advanced
1) David Stewart
2) Pedro Jordan
3) Ron Storer

Unlimited
1) David Moser
2) Brian Luckett
3) Jim Woodward

Freestyle... Unlimited
David Moser

Freestyle Intermediate
Kevin Garland

Hope these are correct.... Official scores will be posted on the website as soon as they reach home & can upload to the webmaster...
Bye
Wayne

thanks guys for keeping us updated.

Sorry for no more news today..... My bad.....

With the long drive, I was already on the road when I realized I hadn't sent the final scores...

Weather was AWESOME today, low wind, really nice temps!

Thanks to everyone involved for making this a great weekend!!

I had a lot of fun, the night flying was fantastic (thanks Adam), and the food....well no one should have gone home hungry. Off to bed now, I need to get caught up on the sleep I have been missing over the last 4 days!!! Hope to post some pics tomorrow.

Kevin

WITH OUT A DOUBT ONE OF THE BEST REGIONALS EVER...MAJOR KUDOS TO MARK M AND KENT AND THE SCORE KEEPER LADY...WE HAD RESULTS IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES EVERY ROUND..PILOTS WERE ABLE TO SEE JUST WHERE THEY WERE EACH TIME THEY FLEW..THIS IS A MAJOR HELP TO EVERYONE IT MADE COMPETITION FIERCE. HAVE NEVER SEEN THE RACE SO CLOSE AMD THE CAMARADERIE WAS SECOND TO NONE..IT DONT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS...WEATHER COOPERATED AND PETER MUST HAVE HAD A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE WEATHER IMPS FROM VOODOO MOUNTAIN....HEY SILVER ONE YOU MISSED A GREAT ONE...THOSE OF YOU THAT DID NOT GET TO COME MISSED SOME MADD SKILLS DISPLAYED OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS.....ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO KP AND MM FOR A GREAT JOB[ GEEZ I CANT BELIEVE I SAID THAT] CAP LOCK POPS......: CONGRATS TO EVERYONE WHO WAS THERE YOU WERE ALL WINNERS....ONCE AGAIN THE SOUTHEAST RULES.......P

Guys... I just heard from Mark McClellan.... He's in the hospital with a very serious medical situation.
He has developed two abscess' in the lower section of his intestines and he was admitted into the
hospital last night as soon as he got back to NC. The doctors performed a catscan and he will undergo surgery
this afternoon as quickly as they can fit him into scheduling. He is pumped up right now with pain killers, so
his pain is not as bad as it was in Jacksonville.

I will let everyone know as soon as I hear anything further regarding his surgery.
Keep Mark in your thoughts & prayers. He refused to leave Jacksonville because of his committment
to the contest....
Wayne

Wow, I knew he was fighting back a lot of pain. Prayers for a quick recovery.

Laying here in the hospital bed awaiting surgery.... I wish I had not been in so much pain this weekend....hope everyone had a great time.....I did this for you all!!! Hope to make next year as great an event as this one was.

good luck mark, if there's anything we can help with just ask.

Hang in there big guy we are all pulling for you...Hell I will even send you some of that Cajun Voodoo Magic to help out.....CAP LOCKS POPS....

Wow... Take care Mark...thoughts and Prayers.......

Feel better soon Mark.

Mark, get well soon......
Don

Cool!! Ms Nancy has you hooked up with a phone and an Internet connection! What a wife! Mark, hang in there buddy! Are you sure you wont need that donut? Please have Nancy keep us posted on you progress.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery

Mark, we wish you the best; Get better soon!!!

Mark - I knew you were in a lot of pain the contest, you looked just awful - your dedication to this hobby does not go unrecognized - and as you seen - people were there that has your back! Good luck and keep us posted on the surgery - your in our thoughts and prayers my friend!!!

Mark - hang in there and get well soon!!

Everyone - I'd like to say thanks, the Woodward clan had a good time this weekend. We picked up a trailer (finally), so we have this to look forward to outfitting. It was nice to ride home and not be in "time-out" as Vanessa puts it, because the Dalton 300 fuselage was not quartering off the car like before. Primo and Sergio, it was great to see Lucy, Tony, and Vanessa playing together throughout the weekend. Yolanda and Mariano, thank you for sharing your trailer in the mornings too. It is really great to see the young'ins run around and get a chance to be independant in a safe environment. Kids need that (and it helps the parents too!!). I'd much rather see this that kids stuck on video games or indoors too much.

For the flying, having not seen many people since last regionals you can really tell where people have impoved a LOT over this season. Friday's weather just sucked. I bet it was 30+ mph in aloft. If you took off and didn't have a strategy in place for the sequence - you were going to be hosed!! Iit was tough day to execute a precision sequence.

This was great contest to wrap up the season. The "score-keeper" was especially sharp posting rounds very quickly!!
Thanks again everyone,
Jim

Mark,
Sorry to hear about your medical problem and I can sympothize with your situation. It will get better after being corrected.
Best wishes for a successful surgery and speedy recovery my friend.
Sincerely,
=Fred Johnson

WOW!! What a FANTASTIC Weekend Me and Luzy had, Thanks to the Gateway club and members for hosting the event. Jim, Sergio Luzy was so happy to have made friends with Vanessa and Tony and to know that she was always in good hands made it very relaxing for me. Lynn, Rita, Devon, Dave, THANK YOU SO MUCH for letting me stay with you, You guys made us feel like part of your family. Dave thank you for calling for me every time I asked you too.

Kent, you hit a grand slam this weekend brother, great Job. Phyllis outstanding job with the score posting.
Mark, the way you hung in was amassing, I hope and pray you feel better soon.
POP'S Sorry I got in the way with my D M! yak hehe next time it will be with a 330.

I wish everyone a great Holiday season. See ya next year INTERMEDIATE HERE I COME BRING ON THE ROLER BABY!!!!!!!

Posted By Primo Rivera on 16 Nov 2009 12:47
WOW!! What a FANTASTIC Weekend Me and Luzy had, Thanks to the Gateway club and members for hosting the event. Jim, Sergio Luzy was so happy to have made friends with Vanessa and Tony and to know that she was always in good hands made it very relaxing for me. Lynn, Rita, Devon, Dave, THANK YOU SO MUCH for letting me stay with you, You guys made us feel like part of your family. Dave thank you for calling for me every time I asked you too.

Kent, you hit a grand slam this weekend brother, great Job. Phyllis outstanding job with the score posting.
Mark, the way you hung in was amassing, I hope and pray you feel better soon.
POP'S Sorry I got in the way with my D M! yak hehe next time it will be with a 330.

I wish everyone a great Holiday season. See ya next year INTERMEDIATE HERE I COME BRING ON THE ROLER BABY!!!!!!!

sry I didnt do the roller your way primo in the last unknown!

Kevin, Sounds like I hurt your feelings with my comment sorry about that, BUT you have to admit IT WAS UGLY, and you did do it my way, Curtis and I were about to jump in the trailer, Kevin, as Jimmy who would put it THAT WAS A DARN HONEY. Man, don't you know the first time I do the roller at a contest I better nail it or I will never hear the end of it.

Mark,
Hope you are feeling better and get well soon.
Thoughts and Prayers!

Mark,
Hope you feel better soon. Thanks for all your hard work this weekend. Many thanks to all who made this weekend one I will remember. Kent You did a great job keeping everyone moving and getting it done. Thanks for all the good food Kevin, Mark, Lynn, Rita...It was great! Peter thanks for calling for me and keeping me encouraged. Kevin, special thanks to you for all the help you have given me this season helping me improve my flying. Last but not least thanks to all the pilots for the special time spent together this season, I had a great time flying with you. I'm already looking forward to next year...I think...not sure about those unknowns though.

Took my lunch break this afternoon and went to visit Mark for a few minutes. They had him doped up pretty good so at least some of the pain was gone. He said he was ready to do some torque rolling!

I think he may have to wait another day on the surgery though. From what he said, the doctor wants to have a gander at him before he does the procedure. I thought it was nice gesture to have at least one date before they went that far anyway.
Sorry Mark, I couldn't resist. You did say something about going both ways the other day anyway didn't you?

Other than being trapped in a hospital bed he seemed to be in good spirits. That could have been the meds though I guess. HMM.

Anyway, I hope you feel better soon Mark. Hollar if you need something.

Looks like its going to be a blind date!
Mark just called and said the doctor was coming up for a visit and off surgery they would go. Let's keep Mark in our thoughts and prayers. Mark has been looking on the positive side.... He said "after surgery he would be able to have a BM and wipe all at the same time".

My family and I are praying for a quick recovery, Thank you for all you have done for the IMAC organization, My dad and I know we will be seing you real soon !

Luis Verdiales

Mark hang in there man!!!! Hope for a speedy recovery!!

Rick

Mark, hope you get to feeling better soon. Thanks for what you did this past weekend and all year long.

Bobby

Mark: Get well soon, we will be thinking about ya' this week.
Bobby: Where in the devil did all that great flying at the Regionals come from????

Hey Dan, not sure, everything just seemed to click. Hope you can make it back down our way soon.

Rhonda and I are thinking of you big guy. Get well soon!!

Phil

Mark,
You were a CHAMP this weekend! We have been praying for you and will continue to do so! We wish you a speedy recovery. Let us know if we can do anything!

Charles and Phyllis

We sure do appreciate you Mark. You'll be in our thoughts and prayers!

Kent....Thanks for all you did. You ran a great contest!

Phyllis....CUDOS!!!!! You're the best!!

David and Pedro.....%&_)^&*&^^&%)^^! I'll get ya next time!!! (Conrats to you both!)

Ron

Well Marks out of recovery and in his room. Found a large horseshoe shaped abscess, they have drained and pack it. He will have to go through another bout tomorrow and after that its a two and a half weeks or so to recover possibly more could be less. This depends on his rate of recovery. Doctor said he let this carry on to long before seeking medical attention. His illness was very close to blood poisoning. Mark should make a full recovery with only a few more hurdles to clear.

Please keep the thoughts and prayers coming as we know he still needs this.

More as I get it......

Great news.

Posted By Primo Rivera on 16 Nov 2009 14:16
Kevin, Sounds like I hurt your feelings with my comment sorry about that, BUT you have to admit IT WAS UGLY, and you did do it my way, Curtis and I were about to jump in the trailer, Kevin, as Jimmy who would put it THAT WAS A DARN HONEY. Man, don't you know the first time I do the roller at a contest I better nail it or I will never hear the end of it.

Hey primo its fine lol. I found it kind of funny. Kent couldnt believe I pulled it off.

HEY KENT THANKS FOR THE UPDATE.......MARK LOOKS LIKE THAT VOODOO DID THE TRICK....BET THE DOCTORS GONNA HAVE SOME STRICT ADVICE ON DIET....HANG IN THERE BIG GUY...CAP LOCKS POPS

Mark, Hang in there, enjoy the drugs and the scenery of the nurses, we are thinking of you

Gil and Pam

Guys... Just spoke with Mark this morning (Tuesday)... He sounds a bit groggy & has a morphine pump when the pain gets unbearable.

His doctor said he was lucky & as Kent mentioned, they may have to go back in.

He is in OK spirits...but not the ol' Mark as we all know. The doctor did not find any rabies in the blood tests...so I'm off the hook on this one!!
Silver Fox

Mark, Kent, and Gateway R/C thanks for a great weekend. Had a good time even though it was way TOOO cold, BRRRR. A big thanks to Jose and Nob for letting me borrow their planes this weekend! Nob, if you ever need to borrow mine I'll make sure there's fuel in it, LOL.

Mark, hope you get better soon.

Christopher

Kent,
I uploaded the pictures of the Championship to Roy via Picasa. If you need me to send an invite to you please email me your email address. Thanks, Dowd......My email is Gungywamp13@bellsouth.net

Mark, sorry to hear about your problem...glad you came through the surgery ok. Thoughts and prayers to you, get well soon. Thanks for your hard work this year as RD!

Thanks to Mark, Kent and the Gateway RC Club for a well run contest!

Congrats to all the winners, good job!

Congrats to my teammate Greg Baggerly for his 1st place in Seniors!

Update: I appreciate everyone's well wishes and support. It means a lot to me having friends like all of you!! I will try to keep you all updated as best I can. I believe the worst is over for now..... now I have to look forward to the daily visit to the whirlpool for relaxation and repacking...... Thanks again everyone!!

Cute nurses?..... daily dips in the hot tub?

Wow...not bad.

Take care my friend!

That's great to hear Mark. See you soon so we can fly my new bird.

Glad to hear your over the hump Mark! Or is that over the hill?
Doc

The great hunter is out with his dog searching for the "Grey Fox". Well the "Ole Grey Fox must still be deep in his den because the hunter and his dog is unable to find him. Well.... It goes something like that!
Well sounds like he feels much better. He is out walking trying to create a movement :-) He says they may let him go home today however he will have to make return trips to the hospital for physical therapy.
I will update when more comes available.

Pictures
picasaweb.google.com/dkieslich2/Sou...eat=email#

Just off the horn with Mark....He's ready to go home but the doc's are not cooperating. I can tell he's returning to normal . Nancy's there and he is expecting more company this evening.

Kp

Yes, he is getting back to his old self. I went up and visited for lunch today and he was waiting on his hot tub treatment. Jimmy showed up and it turned into a pretty good time.

Wow, fantastic pictures Dowd!!!! Thank you so much for capturing the spirit of the event! It was truly that good. I can't remember a better time at ANY r/c event I have ever attended. I sincerely hope we can do this again next year. Gateway R/C Club is willing and able and if the weather cooperates, there is no better venue. I can't promise venison again, but we will try. I CAN promise night flying under construction lights at every event from now on. I think the night flying was a big hit and we will continue the tradition at every event here in Jax!

Kevin

Proof he isn't just laying out of work/goofing off...and getting better!

Where is the fryer?

He looks hungry, Someone needs to bring him some fried bread.

Glad to see you smiling.

Spoke with Mark this morning.... In good spirits...but he's not sure he's ready to go home as yet. The doctors may release him today, but in Mark's mind it may be too early & the required daily trip to the hospital for bandages etc. might be too much.

Roy's photo looks like he's lost some weight....but looking good.

Dowd...those photos are very NICE.... I looked through all of them last night. I certainly WON'T miss next year's event Kevin, and I won't pull any more jokes with fox bites. As long as Mark promises to stop calling me "Old grey dog" ...

Stay safe Mark...we all worry about you...regardless of how we feel
Silver Fox

He's free....Just talked to Mark and he is being transported home by his mom. He should be home soon and will be recuperating over the next 3 to 4 weeks. He will have to make daily trips to the hospital for physical therapy. If you get a moment drop him a note to let him know your thinking about him.