Welcome to Torrey Pines GullsMark Canfield – Co-Modeler of the Year – 2011
Mark served as TPG president in 2010 and 2011 following Parviz Kamiab, during a time when RCGroups was new, memberships were still mailed in through the club PO Box at the Midway Post Office, and we just arranged for a club PayPal account. Club management was going through some turnover. Bill Eckles helped keep the newsletter going and simultaneously served as membership chairman, although it was difficult to get members to provide content. Serving as Vice President, Marty Dine helped generate fun flies for Torrey and Poway to help grow interest. Club meetings transitioned from being held at the San Diego Air and Space museum to the nearby San Diego Automotive Museum at Balboa Park on a monthly basis. The club had regular TD/RES contests, HLG contests, and occasional slope contests such as the 6th Annual Torrey Pines Classic F3F slope race in March, 2011. The IHLGF in 2011 served as the team select for the F3K World Championships and had over 60 pilots in attendance. The TD/RES contests alternated between Poway and Encinitas to keep things different. And the USA F3B team composed in part of TPGers David Klein and Tom Kiesling attended the F3B World Championships in China and finished 6th and 8th respectively.
At the 2011 Holiday Party, the TPG awarded three members to share the Modeler of the Year trophy, these were Mark Wood, Don Lochhead and Mark Canfield. Mark,, in particular was commended by Bill Eckles in the newsletter for his “careful decision making and firm guidance along the path we all signed up for; a club we can be proud of doing things that benefit both the membership, the sport, and the community.” Mark Canfield arranged for the food at the Holiday Party which was considered to be “super” and “the bomb” – a mix of ribs, brisket, beans, cole slaw and potato salad, with brownies for dessert. It was a good time.
Mark Canfield continued his service to the Gulls after 2011 by serving as Vice President and Past President in 2012-2013 in support of Marty Dine as President. He also served as CD twice in 2013 for thermal duration contests and helped in slope races. Thanks for all your service to the club Mark!
