Hi Boys and Girls…
A great evening was had by the 75 CV Members and Guests who attended the CV Club Banquet last night…
The evening started with a social hour from 5-6 PM… lots of fun… Thanks to Susan Kissee (and Ed) for manning the entrance table and making sure each attendee got their name tag, table placement Name Tag, Club Picture, and Door Prize Ticket…
Then a great dinner catered by Blue Agave from 6-7
A door prize drawing was held with approximately 20 very neat door prizes being awarded to a number of attendees… thanks for the help in handing them out from Nancy Moler and Sue Griesbach… and thanks to Mike Boon of Anaheim Hills Bike Shop for his generosity in helping provide the Door Prizes for the event…
At 7 brief comments by me were followed by acknowledgement of past board members and Presidents and new 2012 members in attendance…
Then the introduction of the present Board Members occurred … (Ed Kissee/Sue Griesbach/ Scott Guyett/ RIch Savitt/ Hans Jorgensen/ Pat Meagher/ Nancy Moler/Wes Kridle/ and Board consultant Charlie Tatarian…
The 2012 sponsors next received recognition and thanks for their support(Anaheim Hills Bike Shop/New West Painting/Patman Films/ Seafood Dimensions/ and Yorba Linda Physical Therapy…)
Pat Meagher provided a few pics of the Stagecoach Century and Eddie Kissee provided commentary…
Pat also put on a few photos of the Charity Bike Build CV participated in and commentary was provided by new member and CV participant Danny Davisson…
Then Pat ran an outstanding 10 minute video that included footage and photos of rides and activities of the last year as well as vintage photos from years gone by… incredible job as always from Pat of Patman Films…
New sponsors for the 2013 year were saluted next…( ACT(Advanced Charging Technoloy/ Clearbird Technology/McIntosh Audio and Video Systems/ Nimish Kadakia Orthopaedic Sports Medicine/ Stoner Pinstriping/ and Yale/Chase Equipment and Services, Inc…)
Rich Savitt then announced the Club Member Race totals for 2012 and unveiled the Winning Legacy Trophy totals for 2012 Podium finishes…
Ed Kissee presented a new Award,called the Canyon Velo Legacy Award, to longtime loyal Club Member Dick Wagner…
Rich Savitt presented another new award called the Canyon Velo MVP Award to Sue Griesbach for her incredible contributions to the club website in 2012 …
Charlie Tatarian introduced and made comments about the Most Improved Rider of the Year Nominees ( Tim Kline/Bob Lunstedt/ Ashish Mehta/ Ryan Mongan/ Luis Perez/ Dave Stanton and George Tomasich) before announcing George Tomasich as the 2012 winner… Congrats to George
Sue Griesbach and I then introduced and made comments about the 2012 Rider of the Year Nominees ( Hans Jorgensen/ Eddie Kissee/Paul Leek/Sean McKernan/ and Ryan Mongan) before Sue announced Ed Kissee the 2012 winner of the award…. Congrats to Ed
We concluded the program with a door prize drawing for the Table Center Pieces and the two Grand Prizes of a very nice floor pump, won by Rich Savitt and a Helmet Camera (donated by Bob Langan) won by Jim Edmiston…
A significant number of members then took advantage of the end of evening social hour, enjoying more beverages and cake before we shut it down at approximately 9:00 PM…
Already looking forward to next year… see you there… Carl Moler