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[Marc ♫]

What an awesome event!

A little disappointing to have many judges not able to make it due to personal and work obligations, but we worked with the best we had available to us.

This was by far the best finals event to date, and with some unexpected results, but also some well worthy champions being crowned, fantastic weather and a great social atmosphere, what more could we ask for.

I was very proud to award the Ainslee Duff Memorial Award (Spirit, Passion, Life) to Rick Formosa of NSW for his awesome dedication this year, both at events and also on the forums. Congratulations Rick.

Also a special mention to The Smith's, proud parents of Adam who we tragically lost earlier this year. We were all proud to have you there, and Brian your knowledge is increasing daily, and there is no one in this organisation who isn't willing to lend you a hand when you need it. Adam would be proud to see his car at finals this weekend, and even prouder to know his parent's are competing there fairly and squarely against all the other competitors.

Unreal to see Ange DiDonato of dB Drag Racing to become the Australian Champion with an awesome old school system, and to become a champ again so many years after your experience with Sound Quality competition. We hope to see you at more events and getting more involved in SQ.

Congratulations to Alan Sierra for continuing your very high standard of SQ and proving once again just how great your car sounds against some of the best in the country.

Big props to Andrea also, our own female competitor at finals (and most of this year) for sticking it to the boys and becoming Australian Champion in Amateur Show this year. Good luck in 2008 as you move up to the Pro Classes.

Dan, Blanket, Kirk, Rob, Bruce - thanks so much guys for making this event a success. It ran without a hitch from the organisation of the event, during the day and right through to the presentations.

It was great to see a huge turnout from NSW - a state which now really does have a great following for SQ competition. We do realise that not all of you share the opinions of some of the competitor base, and those that spoke to us after the event, we look forward to helping you further your knowledge and conducting a training day with VIC to help out in the very near future.

To the QLD'ers that made the massive trek down, thankyou. It's great to see you representing and I can honestly say everyone of you are very enjoyable to chat with, we all had a great time.

On to the results from the finals:

Amateur Street

119 - Alan Sornig
118 - Jono Hadley
118 - Antony Hughes
118 - Adam Boyer
116 - Rick Formosa
114 - Daniel Hobson
113 - Adam Smith & Family
112 - Brian McMillan
112 - Kris Wilson
112 - Mark Wheeler
111 - Jack Horrocks
110 - Matt Windsor
110 - Luke Edwards
105 - Riley Schultz
104 - Anmol Sagar
103 - Tim Blencowe
91 - Matt Towns

Amateur Show

182 - Andrea Maiuto
177 - Damien Tennant
167 - Geoff Northcott

Pro Street

106 - Bruce Emblin
98 - Simon Tremlett
93 - Dan Lucas
92 - Peter Harlovic
91 - Joel Cheesman
83 - Marty Price

Pro Show

152.5 - Ange DiDonato
146.5 - Edwin Low
142 - Peter Pain
124 - Shane Dunn

Here's to 2008!!!

[Riley.]

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To the QLD'ers that made the massive trek down, thankyou. It's great to see you representing and I can honestly say everyone of you are very enjoyable to chat with, we all had a great time.

yep, look foward to seeing you all up here next year

[muzzy66]

It was great to finally be able to put a face to some of the non-NSW forum names, and also great to be able to spend a weekend with the NSW boys, and get go hang out with everyone and know everyong on a more friend-like basis. Many interesting things went on between this group.... lol

Now, onto the congratulations, and thanks:

* Alan (Sierra) for being a great bloke, and for having a truly great sounding stereo. There is no doubt in my mind that you well and truly lived up to the reputation, and the win was well deserved.

* Aother great bloke (Pulse-R) for giving me the opportunity to have a listen to his car.

* Antony, Jono, Rick and Daniel for showing consistent results throughout the state series, and for fighting throught he difficult times to and lifting the game further again for the nationals.

* To Daniel for coming up with the ideas of the NSW shirts - there was nothing like cruising the streets of wagga in a 15 car blue-shirt convoy: definately a moment to remember.

* To Marty, for taking CAASQ NSW awa from extinction, and turning it ino the thriving event it was this year. I think I speak for all of the NSW crew when I say that the efforts and sacrifices are greatly appreciated by all.

* To the DbDrag guys for putting on a hell of a show, and setting so many new records

* To the judges and event organisers for making everything possible, and for making such a complicated even run smoothly

Sadly I won't be competing in CAASQ in 2008 due to major uni commitments, but Iyou NSW boys have my support if you need it. I'll always be a P.M. away for anyone who nees a little advice or a tuning hand.

It was great to be able to meet (and compete against) some of the best SQ systems in the country, and I was trilled to rank as well as I did amoungst such distinguised company - given the state of the car on the day, I expected nothing more then last place.

T'was a much needed holiday away from the stress of every day life, and already a pity to be back here again.

Edited by muzzy66, 15 October 2007 - 03:15 PM.

[arc]

Marc, on Oct 14 2007, 11:50 PM, said:

fantastic weather.

I think you need to come to qld to find out wot fantastic weather is

Well done to all the Winners especially Alan his car was a standout...

[ROAD KILL]

arc Honda, on Oct 15 2007, 06:44 AM, said:

I think you need to come to qld to find out wot fantastic weather is

Well done to all the Winners especially Alan his car was a standout...

Amen. I was smashed like never before and I was still freezing my bottom off.

[Gordo!]

Huge thank you to EVERYONE who put the time and effort into making this event happen! Once again I had a blast as a spectating Canadian and I'm looking forward to doing it all again next year, in Byron.

I'm extremely pissed off at the behaviour of some of the people attending though..... Riley, Calan, Luke, Ash, Jake.... Bloody pikers! I had to do all the drinking and boogeying for Queensland. Hard work that. Oh and iTim for sleeping in and not bringing poker on the Saturday. And Bobby_Optical for ragging on my shirt, bitch

Thanks again to all the people I met and talked to, it was a pleasure. Big ups to Bruce for not actually bringing that Wagga slut home, it was a closer call than I think any of us realise.



One final note, never ever again will I attempt to drive a road/race car 2600 kilometres on bumpy roads. I did make it home but only just. Time for a major service

[mooingchicken]

Gordo!, on Oct 15 2007, 08:47 AM, said:

I'm extremely pissed off at the behaviour of some of the people attending though..... Riley, Calan, Luke, Ash, Jake.... Bloody pikers! I had to do all the drinking and boogeying for Queensland. Hard work that.

just because you wanted the wagga skanks!

When we rocked up at the meet and i saw your car, i was quite suprised you were doing the trip in it . nice car but defenatly not a long trip car . i think the great success of the weekend was doing 30 hours of straight driving without any speeding fines!. the whole way there and back we only saw 3 cop cars. and 2 of them were just driving around in town

[zion187reigneth]

Gordo u machine goodness .........cors

[jas]

sounds like everyone had a blast

love to come up and join the fun next year

well done to everyone whom made this day possible. To make a day like this possible takes a huge amount of time and effort.

It really is a thankless job to organise and judge @ CAASQ but everyone involved definitely deserves the upmost respect and thanks

well done to the CAASQ

[Damo95]

what a weekend!!!

congrats to all the winners, and to andrea for beating me at finals..
some stiff competition existed between us 2.. was was good fun nonetheless..

good to put a face to the name of most of the NSW competitors, and those who trecked the long drive down from QLD..

Gordo! - your a madman for driving that thing down.. but was good meeting you (and buying Knu Koncepts gear)

Nathan (MRVJ) - was good meeting, and chatting with you.. pity we didnt get more time, but was good the times we spoke.. thanks also for your thoughts on my system.. its comments from others like yourself who drive me to do well, and enjoy what i have..

Thanks go out to the judges for judging under the circumstances (and 17 am street cars!) and the hot weather (but cold beers?)... its you guys who make the comps what they are, as much as the competitors whom you judge..

I'd like to expand on marc and say that it was awesome to see the 'nemesis' there at finals this time.. yes, it made it there and home with no problems whatsoever.. im sure adam would have been proud of both Brian and Lyn for getting the car there when he didnt quite make it 2 years ago.. was a pleasure to cruise up and back with the amazing car in tow.. it was a moving weekend for me too, with thoughts popping into my head from time to time, as wagga 2007 had meaning..

I'd also like to thank the sponsors, db drag and the organisers for such a good event.. and its good to see some stiff competition between the states altho mostly dominated by VIC & NSW.. and 3 people for equal 2nd in am street.. thats just close!!


BRING ON 2008!!

oh.. and the pics.. i'll sort thru my ~300 that i took over the course of the weekend and filter/host for your enjoyment..
that also includes the PDM at "THE" pub..

[TEGBOY]

Indeed it was great to see Ange win. I had the pleasure of driving his car each way up there.

I reckon a little more coaxing and he will do some more SQ work to it. He actually discovered on the Thursday night before the event, that he had blown 1 part of the centre channel system and to still take the win was a fantastic achievement

[fuddbutter]

well i had an awesome weekend away

huge thanks go to Kirk for drivin my bum up there, putting up with my drunkin shenanigans and having a laugh with me.

Massive thanks to Rushton! you know why.

Congrats to Allan, your turning into a idol now! your car just gets better and better.

congrats to Andrea for showin the guys how its done

and congrats to everyone that won and competed and had a ball!

oh and Congrats to Mad89 for winning the Ainslee Duff award, it's well deserved!

[mad89]

So tired from a fantastic weekend away! Luckily i didnt have Uni today so could sleep in

First of all, Congratulations to Alan/Sierra for backing up for a second year in a row to take out the Amateur Street title. After regretting for 1 whole year that i didnt listen to his car at Finals last year, i finally got the pleasure, and wasnt disappointed. Top effort mate, good luck in Pro next year!

Secondly, Congratulations to my good mate Jono/Poisoner. Top effort in your debut year, to manage to nab a trophy at every round that you competed in. Now we have both accomplished a Runner Up/2nd at Nationals in our debut years, myself last year, and you this year. Believe me when i say no one knows the feeling better than us, of doing the whole install and tune yourself, and still beating some of the best shop built cars from all over the country. A well deserved NSW State champ, and 2nd place at Nationals. Top stuff mate.

Congrats must also go out to Antony/Antony and Adam/Spyne for the equal 2nds in Amateur Street. To Antony, for spending countless hours to get that install done in time, and Spyne for a great sounding car, not only for SQ competition, but its a great system to just sit in and enjoy with any music aswell. I know how disappointed you must feel to lose on countback Jono did it to me twice in the NSW season. Amateur Street just keeps getting closer and closer. It should be quite interesting in 2008.

Congratulations to all Winners and Runner Up's from all other classes.

I must also extend a thank you to everyone that was willing to let me listen to their cars at some point in time over the weekend. Every car had its own unique qualities, which made it an enjoyable audition day as well as a close competition.

Thank you also for the Ainslee Duff Memorial Award. It is an honour to hold it and have my name listed there along side Alan's (so far) and the many more to come. Dont worry Marc, i know how much it means to you, it will be kept safe and proudly displayed with the rest of my trophies.

Thank you to all behind the scenes who organised Finals, and also to the Judges.

Lastly, i would also like to Congratulate all of the NSW competitors for a great performance at Finals. In Amateur Street, 6 in the top 10, and 3 in the top 5. Top effort. Congratulations to Edwin for the 2nd in Pro Show.

I would also like to take this opportunity to quickly sum up the NSW season and extend a massive Thank You to:

Marty and co - for getting NSW season up and running this year, organising everything behind the scenes and ensuring all the rounds were run smoothly.

All NSW Judges - we had a few different judges this year, all of which did a great job giving up their time to judge the cars on both scorching hot days, and freezing cold/wet/rainy days. All your efforts are greatly appreciated. Without you, the NSW cars wouldnt be where they are today.

Dorans and Autobarn - for hosting a few of the events and letting us run the SQ side in conjunction with the SPL. It was good to get out and mingle with some of the SPL boys, and also mix up the locations so we werent driving to the same place all the time. Thanks to Autobarn for hosting the last event. It was a great day, and im sure we were all fed well with the free Maccas.



Thanks to everyone from all over the country for making it such an enjoyable and awesome weekend away. What happens in Wagga, stays in Wagga, eh Mark/Wh33lzz?

Everyone else who i may have forgotten - Thank you! All your efforts are greatly appreciated!



Cheers
- Rick

[fuddbutter]

and forgot

Big Congrats to all the Vic guys!

it makes me proud how all these guys get together to help each other to make each others stereo's sound better and will go out of there way to help one and other.
well done!

[Righty]

What a fun weekend, once again another good event held by you guys, good work on everyone who competed, it's a pity some stupid people slept through the entire event *whistles aimlessly*
Anyways, had a fun couple of nights, good to catch up with everyone and who knows, perhaps next year i'll even compete, or at the very least turn up to the show, hehe