The four lads that volunteered out of the crowd didn't win an award, but they did get little certificates with the heights/distances they achieved that day. They didn't do all the events, though.

In general, except for the one lad who was just OUTSTANDING at the weight over the bar, the lads weren't even close to the "C"s who'd been practicing. Even my caber, which was AWFUL, was better than theirs. On the other hand, I've been praciticing for four months! Note that th e"C" class is the Novice" class. B's are "intermediate"...A's are Advanced and then there's the Pro classes. There are also Master classes; 40-45, 46-49, 50 and over, 60 and over. And of coure, there are the womens classes.

F-HC.A.G, you can't win the overall award for the day without competing in all the events. You may do LOUSY in all the events, but you have to get out there and try..

Here in Nor Cal, some of the Games are 'specialty championship" Games. for example, Woodland was the Nor Cal Championships for weight over the bar. TimC will be put out to learn that Livermore was the Nor Cal Caber championships. A new fellow Charles *** won this on the strength of turning the caber twice, on his last two throws. Tim very well could have turned it two three times as well, if he'd been there.

I think I'm going to ask which Games are the Nor Cal hammer championships, and also the weight for distance, since I'm improving rapidly in the 28 pound weight for distance toss.