NAMBA or the North American Model Boat Association, is the governing body of our sport of R/C boat racing. Different regions are identified by a district number. Our district, District 9, covers Northern California and Northern Nevada. Here in District 9 we race a variety of classes from 1/8 Scale Unlimited Hydroplanes to Outrigger and Sport Hydros. Plus Monos or V Hulls and different classed of Tunnel Hulls and Catamarans. We use three basic types of power plants as well. Nitro, Gas and Electric. Are you interested in warship combat we have these in our district also. How old do you need to be? Well we have racers of all ages....from age 5 to 80 and up. R/C Boat Racing can be fun for the whole family and we have many family teams in District 9.
Our race season begins in February and ends usually in late October or November, with the grand finale the Top Gun Shootout. We race in various locations in Northern California & Nevada. Spectators are always welcome and so are new boaters. If you come to a race and see a class you might like to try we have a number of boaters that would be willing to lend a helping hand to get you started. But BE CAREFUL! This hobby is very addictive...just ask any of our racers! For more information about racing in your area click on the Clubs and Contacts button to the left.
In The News......
02-01-12
The 2012 race schedule has been posted
01-20-12
Well everyone CD meeting time is here Just a reminder the meeting is at Rountable Pizza Fremont Blvd in Fremont, time for the meeting is at 11:00 this Saturday January 21st. Please bring your forms and check for your race dates.
01-03-12
Please note the date change for the CD meeting same day just date change Jan 21st, also Jim is looking for volunteers for the following offices: Secretary, Entertainment/Social Event, DB Chairman, Safety Chairmen, Awards Chairmen. Also please read Jim's message under Director's Corner
01-02-12
Our District Director Jim Piazza has set the Contest Directors meeting for January 21st at the Roundtable Piazza Parlor on Fremont Blvd in Fremont. (Same as last year) Contest directors representing are to bring funds to cover for site insurance, club registration, and sanction fees. All forms will be filled out and sent into NAMBA office. Individuals that have not sent in their individual membership fees can bring them also to add to the group mailing. Don't forget the Gary Johnson Grand Prix Classic Feb 11th & 12th with entries going to Alfred Lanza...great event every year
11-13-11
The District Awards Banquet was a great success last nite. I personally wish to thank Diane Wilson & Carol Peck for helping Beverly setup the banquet room with the decorations and awards. Also special thanks to Eric Osman for his help in seting up and teardown of the equipment.
The gavel was turned over to Jim Piazza as our new District Director. Thanks to Alfred for his term as District Director & Jenni Lanza for her support during Alfred's term.
11-4-11
The District meeting has been delayed to 3:00pm. The District Banquet will start at 6:00 no host cocktails and dinner at 7:00. All reservations must be in by Monday for final count. You can call 276 8726 to let us know your count. The theme is Madi Gras come dressed pics will be taken and prizes given for the best looking. Fun for all.
10-25-11
The banquet dinner entree choices for the banquet are:
The points for the last race have been posted but not verified
10-13-11
Banquet and Awards Dinner invitations have been sent out click here to view
10-7-11
Points have been posted but not verified
We cleaned up in record time at Lake Minden 45 minutes. Thanks to all that helped, I really appreciated it. Special thanks to Chris & Andrew for dragging in the net with me. Scotty & Bo for unhooking, Rudy & Jerry for taking the weights off and securing it. We brought the net in reocrd time.
One more race; Sunday portion only, make up for the Chris Browm memorial Race.
Baquet will be at Lake Natoma Inn Nov 12th special room rates apply $79 dollars mention NAMBA District 9 when making reservations. Theme this year is "Madi Gras"
10-04-11
It has been requested that each person voting this year put their NAMBA # on the ballot.
For those that have already voted I have taken care of it. If you have not received your ballot by this weekend, please contact me I will get one to you. My email address is darby_96@hotmail.com
09-22-11
For those of you wanting to fax in your entry my fax # is 916 351 1182 and email is darby_96@hotmail.com
09-21-11
The points for the NORCAL race have been posted but not verified.
Congrats to Bo & Bill for a great race. The next race is at Lake Minden by the RC Modeleers.
Dave Bestpitch & Mike McKnight are running for NAMBA office, Dave for president & Mike for vice president. Let's support them and the district by voting in the election. Ballots should be out by the end of the month and can be mailed, faxed or emailed to the NAMBA Office. How easy is that? Election ends October 25th.
The District Banquet will at the Lake Natoma Inn in Folsom on November 12th.
Details and menu choices to be posted.
Proposals have closed and will be mailed out by the end of the month.
Your perpetual trophies can be brought to the next race October 1&2.
October 22-23 race Saturday will be sanctioned 2 lap oval race and Sunday will be the makeup for the Chris Brown Memorial Race.
09-12-11
Announcing that Mike McKnight and Dave Bestpitch are running for NAMBA office this year, and both would appreciate the district's support. We also have closed proposal submissions and will have them mailed out to each member of the district.
09-11-11
Bo wanted me to remind everyone that there will be hamburgers and hotdogs macaroni and patato salad hosted by the Northern Cal Scale Association Saturday nite for a get together
Also we can all ask Bo how he enjoyed watching the big boys run at Folsom Lake.
08-18-11
UPDATE: Alan's surgery went well and he is recovering at home. The Lodi MBC race is still on and is going to require all of us to help Gary Lesher and the members of the club. Entry deadline is this weekend.
The pics from the Minden Fun race have been posted, if can not see them let me know at darby_96@hotmail.com
08-10-11
Cudoos to Bo Garidel and his crew the fun race was a hit fun had by all.
Scotty got his twin running in competition and from others the race was a great success.
Pictures will be posted this weekend and as always you may view them Holly Shanks
webpage...Thanks Holly for the great pics
Thanks again Bo
On another note it time for your proposals to be submitted, please submit them either by mail email or in person
07-21-110
The Points for Manteca MBC race have been posted but not verified.
A special thanks to Gary and Nancy Moll and crew for a great race. Well Done!
Please note the change on the schedule the Lodi Race entries will go to Alan Terry.
7-14-11
I appologize for the scheduling error of August 6-7 for the RC Modeleers' race
The race has been rescheduled to October 1&2. In its place Bo Garidel will be having
a fun race for all classes lets support him and this facility.
Congratulations to Alfred Lanza, Alan Terry, Nancy Moll, Ken Larson, Jeff Harteau, Team Seaducer and Jim Wilson for their championship runs at the NAMBA Nationals.
05-31-11
The decision has been made the NORCAL Race will take the September 17&18 date
Please let all of your fellow boaters know.
05-31-11
The Norcal Race has been postponed until the last of the season to allow everyone to perpare for the Nats the new date will be either in September or October I will update as soon as that date has been chosen, I will also post the Pics Sent in by Holly Shanks...Thanks Holly you have answered the request
05-24-11
The points from the last two races have been updated
5-03-11
For those needing Roger Hooks address for the next race entry it is
Roger Hooks
1260 Audubon Drive
San Jose, CA 95122
Once again anyone having pics would love to put them on the web. If needed I will edit them.
04-13-11
I am asking for all who have pictures of the last races to send them in so I can post them on the website
04-11-11
04-08-11
Points from the Model Mariners race have been posted. Jim Piazza has the next race and the race has been moved to Fremont Kaiser cove dates are still the same Apr 30th & May 1st
04-06-11
San Diego Bayfair, the largest regional family festival and sports competition, is pleased to announce the return of H1 Unlimited Hydroplanes to the waters of Mission Bay and San Diego, September 16-18, 2011.
03-12-11
Points for the last race have been posted. The Sunday race has been postponed until late summer with the addition of 2 lap time trials on Saturday.Special thanks to Leanne for her help with the score keeping. Next Race is at Kaiser Cove with Jim Wilson as Contest Director, check schedule for time date and entry info. Good luck to all entrants.
For those on Facebook check out what Roger Jr. has done to my Seaducer; fantastic work, but what else would you expect from Hooks Creative for after all "Image is everything".
03-03-11
For the race this weekend the forecast is Friday good Saturday cloudy with a chance of rain in the evening and Sunday chance of rain during the day.
Based on this we will still be putting the race on and see about Sunday as it goes. We also will be racing in "C" section.
02 21 11
Check out the for sale page new equipment for sale from Werner Hock
02-10-11
The attached file is the excel file for scheduling heat races in District 9
You only need to enter the Namba # and frequency on the sheets
because the name will fill in automatically. If you have more
entries than what is in the name column (value), simply click in the last
name showing and drag down the cell. It will also drag down the
formula.
The 2011 rules are now posted
02-02-11
The District heat racing schedule is now posted this year we have two rain dates that if not used will be used for the District Heat Races.
We will also be offering two probationary classes Saturday Jersey Skiff and Sunday gas twin hydro
for the grand Prix Classic entry there website is
01-03-11
A Celebration of Chris Brown's Life will be held @1:00 pm Jan 8th
@ St. John's Lutheran Church 1360 East Tregallas Rd Antioch CA
contact #'s (925) 437 0586 or (925) 778 8744
A social gathering will be held after services at the church.
01-01-11
Very sad news to report this first day of 2011, Chris Brown has lost her battle with cancer. She passed away early this morning. As Jeff gives me more info on the arrangements I will keep everyone posted via the web site and others by the mill. Chris was a good racer and a good competitor and most of all a part of our rc racing District Nine family. Her smiling face and loveable attitude will surely be missed. Anyone having digital photos of Chris please email them to me @ dave.bestpitch@namba.com. I would like to make a cd to give to Jeff and family.
12-30-10
The tentative schedule for 2011 race season is:
There will be 4 fun races mixed in the schedule throughout the season
NOTE TO ALL CONTEST DIRECTORS: If you are planning to have a race in 2011 you must be at the Contest Directors meeting, otherwise the District host the race.
12-9-10
At the District Meeting it was decided and now confirmed that the Contest Directors meeting will be held at Roundtable on Fremont blvd in Fremont... January 23 2011 @ noon. A schedule for 11 District points races (5 @ Fremont 5 @ Lake Minden and 1 @ Seaside) with 4 District fun (non points) will be discussed and approved.
Also this piece of information has come to our attention and should be posted and voted on by our district members
Earlier this year, a request for re-districting was submitted. The portion of Utah that is in District 9 has requested to now be in District 20. This request has come from the Decker Dunkers R/C Model Boat Club of which Karl Loveless is the club president in the Salt Lake area. Re-districting is a very important decision and carries with it a very expensive cost so there were things that needed to be addressed. First, we needed to know how serious the Northern Utah portion of District 9 was with the move. They showed that they were by hosting a multi-day race this year and inviting other districts. They took it to the next level by contributing an article of their event which can be read in the October Propwash.
They also needed the support of District 20 which District Director Robert Holland and his membership has done by participating at the Decker Dunkers race. Decker Dunkers has also participated in District 20 races. They would be part of the District 20 points series races and have the same rights as all of the other clubs in District 20 with race dates. District 9 would also have to grant permission for this move to be allowed. District Alfred Lanza and Assistant District Director Alan Terry have already agreed to this.
Cathie Galbraith has dealt with requests like this in the past so I am relying on her expertise on the best way to pursue this. Here is what we came up with.
The NAMBA Board of Directors will vote yes or no on agreeing with the move of Northern Utah moving from District 9 to District 20. If agreed upon, for the 2011 year, Northern Utah would be part of District 20 on an interim basis. They would participate in determining race dates, race locations, points series races, and have full voting privileges.
If in the year 2011, everything works out like we feel it should (race dates, voting, club rights, membership rights and privileges, etc,), then a vote would be presented to the District 9 membership and the District 20 membership. They would have the final say on the re-districting proposal.
This is a very important decision that the NAMBA BOD will be making so please do not take it lightly. Discussion and questions will be accepted through Sunday December 5, 2011 followed by a simple majority vote. If more time is needed, that will not be a problem. I selected this particular date as the following weekend I will be in Nevada at the District 19 year end meeting and awards banquet.
100% voting participation would be appreciated
10-25-10
I have been asked to put the proposals on the web for easy acces and voting
To email your vote email to dave.bestpitch@namba.com
The District meeting will be held at
10-11-10
Just to remind everyone that the vote must be return by October 31 or (post marked by) per the rules.There are there ways to vote post office, fax (916) 351 1182, or email dave.bestpitch@namba.com.
Banquet invitations have gone out everyone should receive them by Thursday. Banquet to be held November 20th in Fremont @ the community center @ Lake Elizabeth 7:00pm to 12:00am. District meeting will be held before the banquet and will be announced later. Any further questions please call Dave Bestpitch (916) 276 8726
10-08-10
The points have been posted from the last race of the season and congratulations to all our champions and our newest Junior Champion Jeffery Harteau. It was a great season good weather for the most part. Did everyone notice on Sunday the wind died down as we were leaving the park? I will be calling the champions for sizes in the next fews days.