Brenda Peterson, club co-pointskeeper, won the NZI Tri-Vent helmet at the UMTA annual banquet last month. The helmet was the premier prize of the evening, donated by Ryan Young Products and club member Jack Chermak (pictured above) of Sherco Rider.

Geezers of the Expert class, L to R: yours truly, Randy Kimmick (1st place), and Gordy Boggie.

Jed Anderson, 1st place Youth Class, with his trophy and ARMCA jacket.

See the high-res versions of these and four dozen other photos in the banquet photo album.

From Mark Hoedel: mhoedel at markelcorp dot com

Phone: 920-206-7065

Make: Yamaha

Model: TY80

Year: 1975

Price/offer: $600.00

Details: Good shape, runs excellent

The schedule of events proposed for the 2005 season will be posted at the banquet in a full season calendar format. We will be looking for club members to sign up as Trials Masters at the banquet. We need to fill all proposed events or they will not be sanctioned at the December AMA meeting.

SEE POSTING BELOW FOR BANQUET INFORMATION

2004 AWARDS BANQUET

WHO: All current UMTA club members and their guests.

WHAT: Season championship awards for all classes.

WHERE: Joseph’s Grill (Mapquest link) 140 South WabashaSt. Paul, MN 55107651-222-2435

COST: $15.00 per person (same as last year)

WHEN: Saturday, November 20, 2004

4:00-5:30 pm Board Meeting

5:30-6:00 pm Social

6:00 pm Dinner

Awards and door prizes follow dinner.

Board Meeting Agenda:

-Elections: We do have a few positions that are currently open and will need to be filled according to the UMTA charter or the AMA charter. Here is a list of board positions and the people currently performing those duties:

President-Mike Hendrickson

Vice President-Ben Winterer

Secretary/Treasurer-Gordy Boggie

Legislative Officer-Steve Anderson is stepping down. We will need to elect.

Referee-Jim Winterer

Insurance Communications Officer-Brenda Peterson

Member at large (A position not required by the club charter but necessary for the AMA charter). We will require one more member at large due to a vacancy.

Al Gohlike

Martin Belair

Vacant – We will need to elect

Steve Ahlers

Brad Villand

Steve Kirschner (Who also performs the duty of keeping the season championship points in order)

We will need to elect / re-elect all officers. Anybody interested in running for office should attend the Board meeting to declare their intention. If we have two or more people interested in a position we will need to hold a vote during the banquet, if the positions are uncontested we can vote during the business meeting.



-DISTRICT 23 MEMBERSHIP: We will discuss the merits of continuing membership as a District 23 club.

-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS:

Scheduled to occur June 4th & 5th, 2005 at Spirit Mountain. I want to discuss the future of World Round events and the level of participation by the UMTA.

FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN FU FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN

Social Hour: Cash Bar, Unlimited Free Soft Drinks, Lively Conversation.

Dinner: We have selected a menu that includes: Sliced Roast Beef – Featuring garlic mashed potatoes and mushroom demiglace and Camper’s Walleye – combined with calico rice and dried cranberry-pecan butter, salad and bread.



Awards: New this year….District 23 State Champion Jackets for the top finisher in each class.

Door prizes: We will have many door prizes generously provided by Montessa USA, Sherco Rider, and The Bike Shed. Prizes include oil, chain lube, tires, grips, apparel.

SEE YOU THERE!!!!

From Noel Smage: 6smagesbrayrd at elknet dot net

Phone: 262-723-4773

Make: SHERCO

Model: 290

Year: 2004

Price/offer: $4000

Details: We have several good Shercos to sell. A 2002 for $2650. A 2003 for $2800; and 4 2004’s from $3500 to $4000. Also a brand new 2005 for $? set up for competition.

From Brian Dotterwick thebikeshed at msn dot com

Phone/fax: 507-932-5085

Make: Gas Gas

Model: 03 Edition 280

Year: 2003

Price/offer: 3950.00

Details: Two ‘03 editions available, both in excellent condition. www.thebikeshedmn.com

Results for the last two trials of the season at the club grounds and Storm’s Ranch are up (PDF) and of course, it shows the end-of-season points champions.

Championship

1 Brad Villand 240

2 Andy Bowman 208

3 Al Gohlike 180



Expert

1 Randy Kimmick 210

2 Griff Wigley 203

3 Gordy Boggie 196

Super Sport

1 Bear 219

2 Marty Hicks 195

3 Marc Dittman 194

Advanced

1 Wynn Earlwine 214

2 Travis Johansen 178

3 Steve Anderson 161

Intermediate

1 Scott Anderst 219

2 Steve Bowman 161

3 Willy Gruette 149

Novice

1 Jean Gohlike 157

2 Tom Hoppe 75

3 Jay Drycz 54

Youth

1 Jed Anderson 206

2 Abe Anderson 190

3 Dylan Anderst 174

Vintage

1 Greg Huggenvik 157

2 Rod Villand 157

3 Jeff Hietala 105

Vintage Series – The Good

1 Steve Kirschner 20

2 Steve Ahlers 17

3 Gordie Boggie 15

Vintage Series – The Bad

1 Rod Villand 20

2 Gregg Huggenvik 17

3 Tyler Malin 15

Click the image for a full-sized version of Dan Hofstrand launching off the waterfall into the deep pool at Storm’s Ranch.

For more, see Ed Hofstrand’s album of action photos from Sunday’s event at Storm’s.

From Martin Belair martin at usmontesa dot com

Phone: 952.937.8720

Make: Montesa

Model: Cota 315R

Year: 2004

Price/offer: $4,750

Details: Demo bike. Price includes free crating and shipping to any major US city. See the pre-owned photo gallery for three pictures. Full-sized jpgs can be emailed.