Team Town Cycle Annual Dinner – 2013

Schedule of Events

7:00-7:45 p.m. Welcome! Grab a drink, say hi to old friends, renew your Team Town

Cycle membership for 2014, buy some t-shirts, and check out the

Verge fit kit and our Stan’s NoTubes demo. We’re glad you’re here!

7:45-8:15 p.m. State of the Union - Team Town Cycle version

− Business first!

• Budget, membership and income

• Thank you to our 2013 sponsors! Special thanks to John Florey and

Highland Sports Group – John has supported all of our races and the

pump track with prizes and swag! Special thanks also to Sneaky Pete’s

Beverages and Uncorked Wines for their support.

• Special gratitude to retiring board member Steve Boshart

• New kits with big changes!

− Giving back

• West Milford Family Pump Track continues to be a huge success! The

first ever WMFPT Pump Jam was held in June, and the track was well

used all season. New plans for the new year – stay tuned!

• TTC, JORBA, and Paydirt - almost 350 reported hours of Paydirt (many

many more unreported hours!) from TTC members. Norm and Sherri

Albrect, Tom Bowmaster, Steve Boshart, Tom Hennigan, the Huggins family,

the Tranes family, David Kahl, BJ and Reid Kisch, the Lando family, Jeff

Mergler, Moskowitz family, Matt Kuchavik, the Tasik family, the Van Wart

family, Adam and Rich Vandenbos.

• 5th

Annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day ride on October 12 – about

30 riders enjoyed a warm fall day at Jungle Habitat, followed by a

pump track session!

• Food drives to support our community continue – thanks to everyone

who helps us support the West Milford Presbyterian Church’s food

pantry.

• Equipment and clothing donation to Cadence Foundation – over

$5,000 of clothing and equipment donated last year!

− We had some fun!

• Rides, rides and more rides! As usual, our year was filled with various

rides - New Paltz ride, Wednesday and Friday night rides, Jersey City beer

and schnitzel ride, badminton, trip to the Trexlertown Velodrome, hikes,

night rides, race course pre-rides, ladies only rides, kids MTB rides, Stan’s

clinics, and destination rides at Stewart, 6 mile, and Allaire – hopefully

something for everyone!

• Already for 2014 – hiking, badminton, and a trip to Cleveland?

• Plans for more fun in 2014 - Badminton will continue on Saturdays at NJ

Badminton in Montville, we’ve scheduled a trip to Ray’s MTB Park in

Cleveland Jan. 24-26, Juniors in the Jungle K-12 race is April 26, Friday night

rides on Clinton Road will resume in April, Rumble in the Jungle is May 18,

Bubblecross will return in the fall of 2014.

− Team Town Cycle, Race Promoter

• Volunteers are the backbone of Team Town Cycle – we couldn’t do

ANY of it without you! By running our two big races, we are able to hold

our kids events, help out local businesses and organizations, have supported

rides, support the pump track, dinners, etc.

• 5th

Annual Juniors in the Jungle Mountain Bike Race April 27th

, 2013 –

over 100 racers – our best turnout yet!

• Campmor H2H series Race #3 – Rumble in the Jungle May 19th

2013 – a

very soggy day brought out 200 racers. Extra special thanks to all who

came out to volunteer or race in the rain!

• NJBA Cyclocross Cup Race #7 – Bubblecross – the Halloween edition!

250 racers rode one of the best courses of the season! From Smurfs to

Superman, we had it all!

− Doorprize Drawing #1!

8:15-9:00 p.m. Let’s Eat!

9:00-9:30 p.m. Recognition and Awards

• Doorprize Drawing #2!

• Race reports

• Mountain Bike– special shout outs to those who upgraded this year – Nick

Lando and Brad Tasik. Nick also won his first race in the pro open class – double

thumbs up!

Campmor H2H Overall Final Standings for 2013

Cat. 1 Men Pro Open – Nick Lando, 7th

place

Cat. 1 Men 19-29 – Dillon Van Wart, 1st

place

Cat. 1 Men 19-29 – Adam Vandenbos, 4th

place

Cat. 1 Men 19-29 – Nick Lando, 6th

place

Cat. 1 Men Singlespeed – David Van Wart, 6th

place

Cat. 1 Men 40-49 – David Kahl, 1st

place

Cat. 2 Men 40-49 – Steve Emm, 4th

place

Cat. 2 Men 40-49 – Rich Vandenbos, 5th

place

Cat. 2 Men 40-49 – Dave Schwartz, 7th

place

Cat. 2 Men 40-49 – Mike Moskowitz, 10th

place

Cat. 2 Men 50+ - Tom Bowmaster, 2nd

place

Cat. 2 Men 15-18 – Brad Tasik, 1st

place

Cat. 3 Men 15-18 – Kyle Tasik, 2nd place

Special shout out to Renee Lando and Sue Tasik for dipping their toes in the

H2H MTB racing world for the first time at Tymor this year!

USA Cycling NJ State Mountain Bike Champions

Cat. 1 Men 19-29 – Dillon Van Wart, 1st place

Cat. 2 Men 15-18 – Brad Tasik, 1st place

Cat. 3 Men 15-18 – Kyle Tasik, 2nd place

USA Mountain Bike Nationals – Bear Creek, PA – HOT HOT HOT!

Cat. 2 Men 15-18 - Brad Tasik, 21st place

Cat. 2 Men 40-44 – Steve Emm – 17th place

Cat. 2 Men 40-44 - David Schwartz, 22nd place

Cat. 1 Men 40-49 – David Kahl, 10th place

Cat. 1 Men Singlespeed – Dillon Van Wart, 8th place

Cat. 1 Men 17-18 – Dillon Van Wart, 28th place

Cat. 1 Men 15-16 – Nick Lando, Honorable Mention (hard crash!)

Cat. 1 Men Super D 50+ - David Van Wart, 4th place

NYS Mountain Bike Series – Overall Final Standings 2013

Cat. 1 Men Singlespeed– David Van Wart, 3rd place

Cat. 1 Pro Open – Dillon Van Wart, 3rd place

Cat. 1 Pro Open – Nick Lando, 4th place

Cat. 2 Men 12-18 – Brad Tasik, 2nd place

BearScat 50 – TTC was well represented - Dillon Van Wart, Norm Albrecht, Rich

Vandenbos, Cliff Williams, John Marshall, Joe Neubig, Steve Emm, Norm Albrecht,

David Van Wart

Mountain Creek Enduro, Steel City Enduro – David Van Wart (3rd, 2nd respectively)

Stoopid 50 – Matt Kuchavik

Stewart 6 Pack – Angela Donohue, Vicki Van Zetta, Norm Albrecht, Sherri

Albrecht, Karen Boulocon, Heather Kahl, Tom Bowmaster

• Cyclocross racers included David Kahl, Dillon Van Wart, David Schwartz, BJ Kisch,

Tom Bowmaster, Nick Lando, Amy McCann, and memorably Heather Kahl, Karen

Boulocon, Sherri Albrecht, Vicki Van Zetta

NJBA Cyclocross Cup – 2013 – Final Standings

Mens B – Dillon Van Wart – 1st

place

Mens C 40+ - David Schwartz – 3rd

place

Mens 40+ - David Kahl – 12th

place

NJ CX State Champions – Cooper River CX

Mens 15-18 – Dillon Van Wart – 1st

Place

Mens B – Dillon Van Wart – 1st

Place

Mens C 40+ - David Schwartz – 3rd

place

• BMX - Our TTC BMX team consists of the whole Huggins Family!

• Ethan – Outstanding breakout season – He consistently beat competitors

that were both larger and older, which takes real effort. He stack up more

than ½ dozen wins, and an especially impressive 2nd

place finish at the

Empire Nationals. With all that success, Ethan will be looking to upgrade

early in 2014.

• Kate – gaining more confidence and skill with each race, and has already

scored more than ½ dozen 3rd

place finishes, as well as a handful of 2nd

place finishes.

• Danielle – after commandeering Jay’s bike, she has more than a fistful of top

3 finishes, and continues to improve!

• Jay – spent most of his year being team manager, looking forward to some

racing in 2014.

• New for 2014 – We welcome downhill racers Quinton Johnson and Titus

Nicholson to the team!

Club Member and Rider Recognition

• Most Improved Road Rider – Caroline Von Bistram

• Most Improved Badminton Players – Larry Towner and Lilian Loren

• Most Outstanding SAG Wagon Support – Wolf Von Bistram

• Most Improved Junior Rider(s) – Ethan Huggins, Brad Tasik

• Most Improved Racer/Most $$ spent on entry fees – David Schwartz

• Super Pit Crew Assistant of the Year – Alexa Schwartz

• Come Back Rider of the Year Award – Ron Striegel

• Mayor-in-Training Award – Marty Tranes

• Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Award – James Van Zetta

• W.W.E. Award- Worst Weekend Ever – BJ Kisch

• Co-Couple Volunteers of the Year Chris and Angela Donohue, and

Paula and Jeff Stern

• Team Town Cycle Club Member of the Year – Dave Vallaro

• Finally – the new Team Town Cycle kit reveal!!!

• Doorprize Drawing #3

9:30-10:00 p.m. Coffee, dessert, slide show, check out the Verge fit kit, and last

chance for membership renewals!

Thank you again for all of your support in 2013, and we are looking forward to an even

more exciting 2014!

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A great big THANK YOU to all our club sponsors!