Todd M / UKC
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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: The Great State of Michigan
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The trophies were most certainly not displayed as you described. There are 30 trophies for the entire weekend. Same as every other Youth Nationals. There is one (1) hunt on Friday night and two hunts on Saturday Night, which is the National Championship night.
Friday Night we divided the kids out into 12 and under qualified, 12 and under open, 13-17 qualified and 13-17 open. The reason for this is so the qualified kids don't knock the open kids out of the opportunity to qualify. All Open kids that win their cast with plus points get qualified for the scholarship round on Saturday.
Even though they are in 4 divisions on Friday, they place as one. If you would like you can go to the news page and look at the picture of the trophies as they were displayed. There are 30 Nite Hunt Trophies, 7 Bench Show Trophies and 6 Water Race trophies. 10 Nite Hunt Trophies for Friday and 20 for saturday.
You stated that we said we "were going to combine the two divisions together" That statement was never made. More than likely I said "The two divisions ARE combined together". This is how it has been done for 7 years.
Winning his cast qualified him for the scholarship round. EVERY plus point cast winner on Saturday night in the qualified division placed in the hunt, won a trophy and won a light. Had he repeated his Friday performance he would have went away with plenty of prizes.
I understand that you wanted your child to win. Every parent would love for their child to win. He did a good job and I am sure that you are proud of him. I would be. Heck my 10 year old and 7 year old had to stay home so I could go and put this event on for other people children. After reading things like this, I wish I had stayed home and spent time with them.
I normally try to be more diplomatic than what I am going to say, but I am upset with your words about a great event. You say UKC did something to your child. You make it sound like we did something bad to him. The only thing UKC did was for your child and that was to give him the opportunity to go with his Dad and enjoy the sport with his Dad. We gave "you" a great opportunity to have a great weekend with him and let him learn. I wonder what he learned?
Life isn't all about winning and losing. The weekend isn't about who wins the most prizes. That is what you made of it, not UKC. Yes plenty of prizes were given out and some kids walked away with more than others. Enjoying the sport we all love with the entire family, making friends and learning about sportsmanship are the biggest prizes. Sorry you missed out on all the prizes.
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Last edited by Todd M / UKC on 07-30-2007 at 05:00 PM
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