BBT #5 and State Tournament Notes

State Tournament Weekend Notes:​

• The weekend gets underway with BBT 5 - the Dottie T Pick your Poison (Slalom only) on Friday July 21th at 8 am.  Note: this is separate sanction from the State tournament, so if you intend to ski in this tournament you will have to sign up separately.   Skiers Note: This tournament is different than the rest of the BBT’s as the highest seeds are the first off of the dock.​
• The State OWSA annual meeting will be held at Dammeyer’s Boat house at 8 pm or at the conclusion of the Dottie T finals.   The Van Treese family will be providing dinner for skiers and their families in honor and memory of Dottie Troeger.   The selection of the site for the 2018 State Tournament and election of officers for 2017-18 will be determined during this meeting (agenda here).
• The State Tournament will start at 8 am on Saturday, July 22nd.  Parking will be along the lane that runs on the west side of the lake.  Please try to stay as close to the driveway as possible because it has been wet and we want to limit how much of our yards get torn up.  There should be plenty of room for RV’s and campers as well.
• For the slalom and jump events we have elected to have each competitor ski behind the same boat that they drew for Regionals and Nationals.    Random draw of the boats resulted in skiers behind the Malibu going 1st, Mastercraft 2nd, and Nautique/Centurion 3rd.  The running order will be from lowest to highest seed order.   So the rough running order for Slalom will be:

                   Malibu: G3, W3, MW, W7-11, OW, B2, M2, M9-11
                   Mastercraft: W2, W6, B1, B3, M5, M7-11
                   Nautique/Centurion: G1, G2, W5, M4, MM, W1, W4, M1, M3, M6, OM

• The Slalom event for all age groups will be first, followed by the Junior Trick and Junior Jump events.  
• The Adult trick event will start at 8 am on Sunday, beginning with the W1 thru W11, then M1 thru M11
• The Adult jump event will be start at the conclusion of Adult Trick with the following order:

                  Malibu: W1, W2, M2, MM
                  Mastercraft: W4, W6-11, M3, M5
                  Nautique/Cent: W3, MW, M4, OM, W5, OW, M1, M6-11

• The State Banquet will be held at the Varsity Lanes Bowling alley lounge located at 91 Herzing Street in St. Marys (just off of St. Rte 66).  You can start arriving at 6 pm, but the meal is scheduled to be served at 7 pm.   Presentation of the awards will follow the meal.  Adult beverages will be available for purchase in the lounge.  Lemonade and tea will be included with the meal.  The Banquet is free of charge for all competitors and will cost $10 for any guest.