Apology

over the course of one's racing career we come in contact with all sorts of characters. some of those characters we become friends with and/or teammates with. however, friendship and camaraderie on bikes can take different shapes and forms over time, even weekend to weekend. and by the end of a season friendships can be shattered, and hatred born. that hatred is often bred from misunderstandings or lack of communication. bike racers are a tough, stubborn lot, so trying to overcome the attack of misunderstanding, lack of communication, and hatred can be a difficult gap to bridge. but i will attempt to drop my pride and do so now.

early in the season i wrote a email to some our our team members about a race at wells ave that was unintentionally published on this site. some sketchy things happened in that race, and i wrote an emotional piece about it. in that email, i said some things about an old friend and teammate of mine, chris harnish, which may have gone beyond the bounds of what was called for in a race report. he has recently been nice enough to contact me about this, and he has asked me to clear the air.

chris and i have had a huge gap to bridge from events that happened during the 2005 season when we rode together for colavita, including participation in Ireland's Ras. through misunderstandings and lack of communication our friendship dissolved, the team split, and something bordering on hatred took over. now i want to publicly apologize for the things i said in that past email and try to begin to bridge that gap and try to find amicable ground.

the road is too narrow for two-wheeled warriors to not work in some sort of harmony together, and i want to bring some harmony between chris and myself. he had some great rides in the second half of the season at ninigret and norwell, where we both tried to work together to attain results. i respect him for his great rides and hope he continues to ride will in the '08 season (but not well enough to drop me!).

furthermore, by having the courage to write me personally to correct any heated statement i may have said in the past deserves him personal respect. chris, you're ok man.

hopefully this will go some way in repairing a strained relationship so we can at least work together on the road and not spew venom at eachother off it. i look forward to hearing from chris, accepting my apologies and best wishes for next season.

thad

VDFT news

a quick "what's happening":

*ryan won the County Classic two weeks ago by 1:30 with a 22 mile solo breakaway!

*adam finished 4th in stage 2 of the Oswego stage race last saturday

*i finished 5th in the Fort Fairfield road race last sunday

*ambre has had a string of top 15's, including an 11th on day 1 of Superweek in WI

*kieran and i started the workingman's stage race, both performing below par in the tt, and then staying dry by not starting stage 2 or 3 due to the horrible week of weather we're having

*the Van Dessel Elite Team has been invited to the Mt. Holly crit (formerly road race) in NJ this saturday.  This is the beggest one day race in the Northeast after Univest.  there'll be lots of pros, euros, and international riders there, including Adam, Ryan, and myself.  adam and ryan will be looking to get a top ten each to try to bring a pro contract their way, while i'll be looking to make it past mile 20 (of 62) to bring retirement more into focus.  over the last 9 years the average speeds have been 29mph +/- 1mph!!!  combined with the super strong riders from the VDFT-NJ team who are smoking hot right now, the V on our jerseys could well stand for Victory in two days.

any other news?  let's hear it...

t

Weekends Hot Box

Well The Cox crit was certainly a good time as per always. I would definatly have to confirm this as being my favorite crit next to my home town crit apart of the Green Mountain Stage Race. 15,000 dollars certainly draws a crowd, in this instance it was A handfull of pro teams and individual pros such as Rite Aid, Successfull Living, Nerac, and several this that and the others.

This race is a blast because it's long, a super fun course with a couple of fast drags, bottle necked corners, and a nice hill.

Typically the race seems to go the same every year. It's super hot and humid, or super rainy, and the race sort of turns into attrition. Starts off fast, we lose some people, then we lose some more people, a crash here, a crash there, a break forms, the field slows down, the field speeds up, we lose more people .... one more crash for good measure and the race is over. This year the field was a little more agressive and what seemed to be a little faster. When the break went off it was pretty thin missing some predominant sprinters. A good few of us figured this wasn't going to stick. However with a couple Neracs, a SL, etc. there were enough people unmotivated to chace. After some instigating from an Australian pro from AIS, and some attacks from myself and others, the pace managed to pick up and people actually started to chase. With some teams with help finally driving things along for the first time in my 3 years doing this crit we actually caught the break.

However not without a fair amount of banging around on the back section. I am convinced the road had become worse than last year as now there were several sections of nasty holes, gaps, and a full on table top. Many of us managed to get fun launches off this however I did whitness a Clnoonan young gun just about endo his rig taking his rear tire about a foot off the ground while nose diving. Interesting. Regardless, the last 10 laps were averaging over 40 miles an hour on the back stretch so that was enough to cause some serious banging around going into the swooping right, and then finally into the hairpin corner to the finish.

Long story short, we caught the bulk of the break the last two laps or so and I manged to make the front split; with whatever I had left after losing a bottle I managed 14th which I was excited about. This is the only crit however where you lust over every next spot as the prize money goes up by about a hundred dollars or more! Off to Fitchburg now for some middle season heat treatment.

Hearing some fellow Van Desslers cheer me on was also a welcomed bonus as im used to having to cheer myself on. Great job to all who raced and thankfully stayed on two wheels.

-A

p.s lets hope for kits soon, 1 jersey and 1 short is making for some very collegiate style fun.

Hilly races for the past weekend...

Well now that you have the Wells reports ill offer up the "other races" reports for the weekend for those of you that missed the fun. Saturday was the Cyclonauts road race and Sunday was Housatonic Hills. I had never done the Cyclonauts race before but decided this year since I was lacking some fitness that it would be better to race than to ride alone. I figured it would also be a decent precursor to the new england classic Housatonic Hills.

Cyclonauts was a 60 mile race through some rolly hills. Nothing to steep or too long but some 4 or 5 mile ish drags that with some attacks began to hurt. The race for the 1/2 field was pretty much an attack fest from the gun with 9 fiordifrutta riders and only small teams of 3 and 4 other riders to contain things. From the gun 2 fiordifrutta riders attacked stringing the field out for the first 10 or so miles. Atleast enough to begin to shed parts of our maxed out field. After our field had made it's way to about 40 or 50 riders or so I was surprised to see that I had a teammate from the new jersey elite team visiting his brother. After putting in a little effort together to help bring back a break he went on the attack. Several miles later after the pair of McCormacks felt the race need to come back together for the finish, a smaller field of us were left. From there on out to the finish it was strung out . After putting in a last attack myself I scraped into the top 15 or 20 of the race with my teammate displaying his ex pro track skills in the sprint making his way into the top 5 I believe.

Unfortunately the next days race wasn't exactly his cup of tea with a total of 90 miles and of maybe 5-6 thousand feet of steep climbing... Our race filled to capacity as per usual I believe about 100 racers. The composition was as per usual as well with a handfull of nerac guys, and some other notable pros, plus full teams from all the regional elite squads including some mengoni folk from nyc. Each year our race proves to play out a little like the next. Hard from the parking lot, attrition starts on the first climb, the second climb, and all the way through till the last climb. By the second of the three laps we generally have half a field left. This year however the field was a little faster and more fit than normal so our group stayed much larger through the first lap strung out at times but still together. However the second laps attacks through the KOM proved to be a little more difficult splitting about 30 guys off the back of our field and there of through the last lap. Going into the second to last climb I flatted about a mile from the top; crosseyed at best I pulled my rear wheel off for sram only to realize the loud pop was my front wheel. After rectifying the flats and not flats I went on my way trying to catch a field who had already hit a 50+mph decent. My last 15 miles or so were filled with picking up on groups of stragglers and straggling in myself somewhere in the 50's. A little bumed at the overall outcome but still thankfull my flat was that on an ascent and a decent.

I am now looking forward to the COX charities crit which apart from my home town crit in Burlington (GMSR) is my favorite New England crit. I fully expect to see all of our local Van Dessel boys and gals out there in full color! Enjoy the week everyone and take care,

Adam in Vermont ... p.s hopefully our custom jerseys and such will come in?

Memorial Day Weekend Races

what a long weekend. weddings, wedding showers, and cookouts. oh, and some bike racing too. saturday was the big day for ryan as he and grace finally made it official and tied the knot. it was a great ceremony and reception, and we were very happy for those two great people.

so the plan for the weekend was to get our man two wins on sunday and monday. beside being ryan's wedding weekend, of late he's been riding like his chamois are on fire grabbing big result after big result.

first up was the West Side Ride road race in Bar Harbor, ME. perhaps the most beautiful race in the country, riding along the coast's winding, rolling roads. i had last done this race in '02, and since then they have slightly changed the course, including adding a brutal 1 mile climb to the finish. usually just the local maine riders show up for this race, along with a stringer or two who are in the area on vacation. but this year there was a college outting in the area, so we were inundated with about 30 collegiate riders from about 4 teams. needless to say, we were quite outnumbered. ryan and i attacked early and often, but apparently our reputations preceded us, as no one would let day light open behind our rear wheels. given that fact, i decided to lay low and sit in the pack, but ryan was relentless, staying at the front, attacking, chasing, pulling, and attacking some more. coming into the last 2 miles i moved to the head of affairs to get things set up for ryan. 1 mile to go and we hit the climb. i gave it all i had, climbing at about 20mph, then we took a left up to the last 1/2 mile. we were hit in the face with a vicious wind. i pushed to about 300 meters out and sent ryan on his way. unfortunately, my pull wasn't hard enough to drop 2 of the collegiate riders who just sat on ryans wheel and were able to nip him at the line. so we had to "settle" for 3rd...not bad for a guy the day after his wedding!

today was a bigger race in Kennebunk, ME. the cape able road race has continually grown over the years, from being a "secret" race to locals, now riders from all over new england come to contest this fast, sketchy race. the race started fast with lots of attacks. i took a flyer on the first lap that lasted about 3 miles, but was soon picked up by the field. several more attacks went and were brought back before finally a group of six rolled away, including ryan. he was doing a lot of hard pulls in the break and they were looking good to stay. there were many hard chases to bring the group back, but i did my best to sit on wheels and bring the chases to a quick stop (i didn't make any new friends today). the gap was brought down to about 3 seconds two or three times, but the break never gave up and stayed off. in the sprint, ryan jumped on the wheel of a former national champ and blew by him at the line, but again, unfortunately, formerly #2 ranked jr in the country, and former u.s. national team rider with lots of european experience, Oliver Stiler-Cote, showed up for his first race in 5 years and proved he is still a man to be reckoned with as he beat ryan to the line by less than a tire width. Ryan's 2nd was followed by me coming in 10th. ryan also took two of the four primes, making it a very nice pay day for him.

in CT Shawn entered his first ever crit, finding that he has the legs, but the experience he's gaining in his first season will prove to pay off in the future, and lessons learned from getting dropped today will turn into knowledge to get him wins by the end of the year.

so great job to ryan this weekend on his 2nd and 3rd and his marriage!

adam was in NJ this weekend to race, so i'm waiting to hear how he did.

i'll be doing the tuesday night world championships tomorrow (a large, fast ride leaving from the park across from wells ave (the parking lot beside the charles). hope to see some V jerseys there.

thad

The MacDonald Express Rolls On

Well, this was a race where it definitely paid off to not be stupid. I took a hint from that that a winning breakaway could form early in the race, since there were several well-represented elite teams, so I stayed up from and went with any move that I saw had some potential. Needless to say, it seemed like nothing had worked. I probably spent a little too much effort to stay out front but then all of a sudden there was a small group that had just detached. The crappy weather must've caused a split and I found myself in a group of about 18 or so guys out in front. This big lead group worked pretty well together for the next lap, nobody really felt like taking a flyer off the front and most people were pretty content to do the paceline thing (although there were 5 or 6 guys who just sat in the back and wouldn't pull through). Halfway through the last lap people began getting annoyed at those just sitting in the back and not pulling through and our pace slackened, at about which time Mike and Ed took off and we never saw them again (I'm glad to see Mike lost the sprint because he was one of those sitting in the back while Ed King was one of the hardest workers out front). The rest of the race was just pretty mild, most people still working together in the break and happy to let the final hill see who takes 3rd. Several miles out, the two remaining Boston Scientific guys kept trying to break but they were pretty well watched, and for the last mile or two they were stuck doing all the pulling since they were the only team with two guys and one out front. Going into the climb, a who bunch of riders made what I would consider a 'Cat 4' mistake, sprinting at the beginning of the climb and being totally shot with a half kilometer still to go uphill (This included both Boston Scientific guys and the guy from Nerac, Myerson I believe). I pretty much sat at the front, saving energy for the 'sprint', and somehow managed to be the 4th guy to cross the line from the lead group. It seems as though the straightforwardness of Cat 1,2 races definitely seems to favor my riding style than the almost frenzied Cat 3 races around here.

Anyway, that's how it all went down. I hope everyone else did the smart thing and tried to stay dry this weekend.

cheers, Ryan

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"Thad LaVallee" writes:

a few hours ago Ryan MacDonald continued his amazing season by grabbing the biggest result of his racing career, a 6th place at the Lake Sunapee RR, one of the biggest and most prestigeous races on the New England calender. in only his second race since upgrading to cat 2 (11th place at the Palmer RR), Ryan was only beaten by a Priortiy Health pro Ed King, Boston scientific's Mike Barton (25th in the '05 tour of ireland) who had broken away, then just getting ahead of ryan in the chasing group's spring a fruitty pebbles rider, Housatonic espoir's rider, and one other. Ryan easily beat out all the Nerac pro riders as well as all the Canadian pro team riders. do we see a fitchburg win in the future?

to go along with Ryan's happy days on the bike, he's also getting married next saturday! and can you believe that his to-be wife is then going to let him do the West Side Ride road race the next day and the Cape Able road race monday?! i'll be there to give ryan a hand (like he needs it) at both races. if anyone else is interested in doing either of these races in maine, let me know and i'll give you the 411.

so big congrats to ryan!

t

Race report

First off, congrats to Ryan for the strong finish yesterday at Sunapee. I was going to do that race but I had to work the night before, so I decided to do the North Stonington RR instead. I finished 17th of 39. Not sure what the final total was but it was at least 39 

Anyway the start was a nuetralized to the start/finish which is at the top of a hill- approx. 1km long and with a  4-5% avg. gradient. A nuetralized start up a hill climb?   The race was 3 laps of 6 miles of rolling terrain  with the hilltop finish.  The pace was moderate. I was about 5th-8th during the first lap. One rider tried to break away after the first lap. We could see him up the road. I was feeling good. Then all of a sudden the pace really picked up. Nobody was attacking but I think they thought  that the rider might get away. But with 2 more laps to go and we could still see him up the road, I couldn't figure out why we were chasing him so hard.  Why chase? Besides he ended up getting dropped and I passed him on the last lap anyway. I don't get it. There weren't many teams in the group. Just a lot of individual riders. So nobody was really working together. I was hoping that at least a few riders would be working together. 

Needless to say, my body was not ready for this sudden surge, and it only being the beginning of the second lap. I could have (should have) went along, at least hopped on a wheel and stayed at the back, but I foolishely (beginner mistake)  let the peleton slip by up a hill, then down and around a corner and never saw them again. So I didn't necessarily get dropped because of the pace- I more or less let myself get dropped.  I did however manage to catch up with some other riders  during the last lap that were dropped and attempted to get a paceline going in an attempt to get back to the peloton. However they were either too beat and couldn't keep up, or really didn't know how to work a paceline. Cause' I was third in line and the the 1st rider finished his pull, then cuts in front of me!  Anyway, I ended up dropping these dudes because, they were wasting my time. There were only three of us Keiran, don't worry, nobody was going down. Got to the the finishing climb and saw some more riders that were dropped. I passed about 3-4 on the way up, and sprinted past one last rider to the line. So I managed to finish a race this year and keep the rubber side down. So I'm happy with my results.

Next race for me is the Hartford crit next week. Anyone planning on going? I'll also be doing some other crits in CT. Then the Housatonic Hills RR in June. Has anyone done that one before? I'll also try to get to Wells, if I'm not racing and I'm off. Did anyone do Wells today? Oh and by the way, yes I did race on the new Rivet! It is one freakin sweet ride! Very light and responsive. Transfer power very well.

Sorry guys for the long post.

Cheers,
Shawn W

wells race report

alas, wells ave finally had its first race since april 7th...which was also the last time mark, bob, kieran, and i raced. after being cancelled due to traffic so many times, today's downpouring rain couldn't keep away boston's racing faithful.

for my personal story, i overselpt this morning. however, i was ready to go to make the 10:30 start. however, i decided to pump up my tires before i flew out the door, only to blow out my rear wheel. so having no time to change the tube, i grabbed the wheelset that came with my Rivet and threw it on, and off i went (this will be important later).

while making the 20 minute drive, mark calls and informs me that the race will start at 10:15, not 10:30. thus began my (name a nascar driver here)-like driving. i made it to the race just in time to hear them call the riders to the line as i was putting my number's last pin in my jersey.

the rain was really pissing now. and kieran was the first person to be smart and stayed in his warm, dry car to watch us fools.

off we went, at a pretty good clip too, despite not being able to see a thing thru the tire spray, the traffic (which was too much, in deed), and totally soaked kits. about 1/2 thru bob was the next smart one and fled to the safety of his car.

mark and i stayed mostly near the front of the ever shrinking group. with 3 to go mark found me and we made a plan for him to lead me out with 1/2 a lap to go. the last three laps were attacked filled, and knowing that at wells any attack near the end can disappear quickly, mark and i stayed glued to each move.

at the bell, the pack slowed and began to bunch up, at which time i yelled to mark to rev it up, for fear i'd get boxed in and, with the rain, a crash would be certain. mark did awesome cranking it up. i was 5 wheels back, but still right where i wanted to be. around the final turn mark pulled off and the sprint started. however, with these new wheels i was unable to get into my 11 cog, so trying to sprint in a 12 is like treading water, i wasn't able to accelerate ahead of the guys in front of me and could only hold my position. so i finished 5th, happy to get my first top 5 of the year, but upset at what should have been my first win. big thanks to mark for the amazing pull at the end.

next weekend i'll be racing with ryan in bar harbor, ME, and then monday at the cape able race in kennebunk, ME. any one up for those?

how did everybody else's weekend go???

thad

Training Ride

Is Man taking Dog for a walk...or is Dog taking Man for a ride???...

Wells this sunday

wells ave has been cancelled for sunday (29th). it seems we need to check the brc page each week to see if they're having the race or not.

drat!

t

Tales from Camp

what a weekend! we don't know how three months ago Mark could've known that the 30 degree and downpours would give way to sun, warmth, and temps in the 70s for this weekend, but he did. everything else he had planned for the weekend turned out equally perfect.

on friday, Mark, Al, and I packed up Mark's suv and headed to the Cape Wind Motorlodge in Falmouth, MA for the 2007 Van Dessel training camp. the three of us got there around 5pm, quickly changed and hopped on the bikes for an hour and a half ride. Mark's excitement showed as he did the entire ride in his 53x12! Al didn't even bring a 53x12!!!

later that night, after the ride, we went to Betty's Diner. the place looked good, but we were promptly yelled at by the waiter to stop reading the menu and order, cos they close at 8pm sharp. it wouldn't have mattered if we took three days to order, it was all bad. thankfully, Dairy Queen was just down the road, and some large chocolate shakes were able to fill us up and make us happy.

at 6am saturday morning the sun came over the horizen, the birds chirped, and Al and I snored. Mark, meanwhile, was already on the road doing a 20 miler. Al and I finally arose at 9:30, ate stole some breakfast food that Mark brought down, and then the three of us hit the road for a 2 hour ride.

the roads around Falmouth are beautiful. a good portion of our rides were on the route of the famous Falmouth road race, the foot race that has runners from all over the world coming to Cape Cod to contest. the roads followed the coastline, along the beach and climbing up the cliffs along the shore. ideal training, especially as the tourist season hasn't begun yet and traffic was minimal.

after our morning ride we fired up the grill at the at the motel and cooked some burgers and dogs. while Mark slaved over the barbie, Al and I tossed the frisbee around the large lands of the Cape wind. Shawn showed up just in time to get a plate and chow down before Al and I headed to our rooms for a siesta. Mark, however, decided time would be better spent taking Shawn out for an hour ride, further putting his sanity in question.

by the time Al and I woke up from our nap, Kieran had shown up with his bike securely seat belted in the frontseat of his audi TT. and Ryan, just getting done from an 8th place finish at the Turtle Pond RR, arrived with his fiance Grace. so the six of us headed out for another beautiful 2 hour ride, with Mark and Ryan riding like they had something to prove.

once back to the hotel and showered, we were off to the local sushi bar. you'd never see has many sushi rolls at one time than you'd see at a table full of hungry cyclists...and not one roll survived our chopstick attack.

as we were ready to leave, Bob rolled into town and picked up some food to go. you know when Bob shows up, the party has officially begun!

after sushi we hit the local beer store to pick up some recovery beverages. we sat around the motel telling stories all night, each story becoming funnier as we became more "recovered". a good time was had by all.

9am wake up call sunday and six of us hit the road for another 2 hour smackdown. Ryan and Grace had already left to do the Myles Standish RR twenty miles away. Mark finally discovered he had a 13 on his bike, but just spun faster, if only as a reminder to Bob that even CPA's can't take 3 months off the bike during tax time. but Bob hung tough, if only as a reminder to Mark that he is the man. we all got a nice sunburn during this morning ride, but compaired to death, it was nothing to complain about. going up one of the shoreline cliffs, Mark had a squirrel run right under his bike and become smooshed by his real wheel. the poor little fella did a death roll off the side of the road and into the ditch, much to the audible horror of the rest of us.

back to the motel for lunch and frisbee. after a hard 2 hour ride in the unseasonably warm weather, lunch was very much enjoyed and slow to finish. however, the tossing of the frisbee ended quickly, as Al launched the disc way over the head of Shawn and stright into the window of one of the rooms, smashing it into millions of bits, much to the audible horror of the rest of us. the rest of us headed to our rooms for our afternoon nap while Al, like a child going to see the school principal, headed to the motel office to explain his actions to the manager.

4pm and photoshoot time. Ryan had just returned with news of his 3rd place finish, giving him enough point for his cat 2 upgrade!!! so happily we did some team pictures and some individual shots (Mark seemed to pick out for publishing the ones where we each look the fattest...he'd better do some serious photoshop work on them!), then mounted the bikes for our final ride of the training camp. thankfully, nothing happened to cause any sounds of horror, but there were sounds of lament as we returned to the motel, realizing that our weekend was over...but not without one final stop at DQ first. 9,000 calories of ice cream later, we said our good-byes and each headed home.

it was an absolutely fabulous weekend. the riding and training were great, but what makes the camp such a success and fun times is to have the rare occassion to get together with a bunch of your team at one time to really get to know eachother and hang out with eachother in clothes made of material other than lycra. all of us vets got to meet Shawn for the first time. he's a super nice guy and his riding over the weekend was proof that he'll be winning races and moving up the categories very quickly.

a huge Thank You goes out to our sponsor, Mike Bedard, for putting us up in his motel for the weekend. the place was wonderful (right on the water, pool, paddleboats, etc). so if you or anyone you know is going to Cape Cod this summer, make sure you recommend the Cape Wind to them as their choice of lodging.

a huge Thank You also goes out to Mark for setting this whole weekend up and making it possible...and for hurting everyone just enough to feel it, but not so much that we couldn't get around without the help of a walker today.

next year's camp will be bigger and better, so when the date is announced, make sure you mark your calender!

Thad

Training Camp

The Van Dessel Factory Team - New England training camp at CapeWind in Falmouth is just over a week away. I am meeting with our sponsor tomorrow to finalize some details. Hopefully the weather will be cooperative and Mother Nature will dish out some warmer weather for us. As of today the following VDFT-NE team members will be attending:

Bob Fineman,
Thad LaVallee
Shawn Walsh
Jack Brumm
Mark Stockwell
Kieran Lynch

If you plan on attending please e-mail me back with the day and time you will be showing up. The directions to CapeWind are pretty straight forward. It's about 17 miles from the Bourne Bridge. Detailed directions will be forthcoming.

Also, if anyone wants to bring a non-riding friend/spouse that would like to volunteer to drive a support vehicle carrying extra wheels, food, tools, etc during our rides they too can stay free.

Remember, the lodging is complimentary courtesy of our sponsor, Mike Bedard. The only expense on your (our) part is food.

This is an informal weekend for us to get together, meet one another, share race stories, eat, ride, more eating, more riding. So please let me know soon if you will be attending.

If you have any questions please let me know. I have never organized a training camp before so this is a learning experience for me.

Mark

It's Alive... it's alive

the official team website is up and running. it's still in its
infancy, since we don't have any team pix, news, results, etc. so as
the year progresses, please send in all team info (results, any pix
you have in the team kit, news, etc). also, we have the myspace site
and a team blog.

here is the site: vandessel-newengland.com/

edwin-if you'd like to add anything to the site, we can make a link
for "a word from our sponsor" or "take me to your leader" or
something like that. email ideas to Dee, our webmaster, at
muddeebird@mac.com.

also, riders from last year, please email Dee with any results (top
10's) that did not get published last season. i know i have about 15
top 10's that i never sent in, including a couple wins...shame on me.

kieran has set up a conference call for us tomorrow at 8:30. he will
resend the # and info tonight or tomorrow, so check you email.

talk to you all tomorrow night!

t