HI TO ALL,

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NO DAY BIRDS!!!!! THE REST OF THE DAY WAS SUPER. 
THE WEATHER WAS WARM, THERE WERE LOTS OF GREAT PEOPLE (80 PLUS), LOADS 
OF EXCELLENT FOOD, AND THIS YEAR YOUR CHOICE OF DOOR PRIZES. IT WAS 
6:00 IN THE MORNING FOR THE BRAVE SOULS THAT MADE IT OUT OF BED TO SEE 
THE FIRST BIRDS ARRIVE EARLY THE NEXT MORNING. THE BIRDS BEGAN TO ARRIVE 
AT 7:58:48 AND CONTINUED IN ONE’S AND TWO’S THROUGHOUT THE DAY.  

WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE JOHN KOENE FOR THE WINNING BIRD. 
MAN, HE’S A HARD GUY TO BEAT, GREAT BIRDS AND PROBABLY A BIT OF LUCK 
THROWN IN. NO MATTER WHERE HE PUTS BIRDS THEY ALWAYS HIT THOSE TOP NUMBERS. 
AGAIN JOHN GREAT WIN! 

NEXT A BIG THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE WITH THERE TIME AND EFFORT 
TO MAKE THE DERBY AS SUCCESSFUL AN EVENT AS POSSIBLE.   

IT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT ON THE PART OF MANY PEOPLE TO MAKE 
EVERYTHING COME TOGETHER SO EASILY. A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO DAVE WALKER 
WHO SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS AT THE LOFT WITH THE BIRDS, ODIE AGAIN DID A 
EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE AUCTION, RENE AND MICHAEL SAVE US HOURS BY PUTTING 
ALL THE INFORMATION IN THE COMPUTER, NELSON WHO DOES A GREAT JOB WITH 
OUR WEBSITE AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK 
VERY HARD AND IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

EVERY YEAR EVERY RACE IS DIFFERENT WEATHER PLAYES A PART, SOME YEARS 
THE PREDATORS ARE HUNGRY NO MATTER WHEN WE TRAIN BUT NO MATTER WHAT WE 
ALWAYS SEEM TO HAVE A REALLY FUN DAY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT’S 
REALLY WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT.  IT’S A DAY THAT WE GET TOGETHER AND SEE 
OLD FRIENDS LIKE HACKY OR DAVE AND CHERYL TAYLOR, AND OUR OUT OF TOWN 
FRIENDS THAT COME OUT FOR THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS.

THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER 
GREAT DERBY NEXT YEAR. ENJOY THE REST OF THE YEAR AND SEE YOU IN THE SPRING.

SINCERELY 2008 CANUCK CLASSIC COMMITTEE
DAVE WALKER
CHRISTINE LAROCHELLE
DARLENE FRASER
PETER HRYCYK