Invites and New Appointment

As you all should know, official invitations for the 2011 Memorial have been mailed out. We're closing in on the magical time of the year of reserving slots. We already have received our first letter of intent and deposit. Any guesses on who it was? It was the enigmatic, the slyest son of a bitch this side of the Rockies, the most spiteful man out there: The J-Man, Jon Cobb!!!!

Which brings us to an announcement. The J-Man has always been integral to the planning, successes and decisions made for the past 5 years. But he was always more on the fringe - providing input without the fanfare or power that comes with being a full-time committee member. Well, that ends here. I'd like to officially welcome El Jiggerino onto the committee and we will be brainstorming with him in the coming weeks. His passion, desire and dedication to the Memorial year in and year out speaks for itself and we wouldn't have had the successes without him.

We made a decision that is sure to change the landscape of the Memorial competition this year and for years to come. Out is the Log Toss as an event and in is the SawBlast 2011 Event where the two competitors will do a timed log cut on a tandem saw that Bluebeard is crafting. Rest assured that a chug will be involved though. We feel pretty confident that this event will spice things up and add a dimension that may have been missing. Good times!

One last word on the invitation statuses...4-time champion Bowler has suffered a knee injury and his status is in doubt. He may be healed and healthy enough but I am wondering if he will be able to compete. Huge developing news and if he is unable to compete it will provide a major blow to the field. Stay tuned for updates.

J-Man is signed, sealed and delivered. As am I. Who is next?!? Anyone have any potential greenhorns to add for consideration??