[FoleyEngineer]

I've got to say that the first time The Foley Freeze attended the Detroit event was a blast! We ended up 9 and 3, and 4th seed. The picking went a bit strangely with a lot of "No Thank Yous" and we picked two partners (1856 and 2620) and made it to the finals before bowing out to the great alliance of 818, 66 and 515. The double-teaming of us during all 3 of the finals matches was a great strategy that made us really work for every point. The matches were SO close and fun to play! What a terrific group of people to lose to - including the Chairman's award winner! We're REALLY happy for all of you and hope we get the chance to be on the same side of the field as you next time!

Congrats to our partners 1856 and 2620 for such hard fought battles. You performed just great and we had a blast playing with you!

Finally, to Ron, Gary, Dan, Ronnie, Mark and all the volunteers, judges and refs - fantastic job! Thank's for the Creativity Award too! Sweet! The whole event was as smooth as any regional and so wonderfully run and officiated. Jim - you've got a new career in announcing if the automotive thing doesn't work out for you ;-) Nice job! To all of you... THANK YOU SO MUCH!

See some of you next week at Troy and if we can scrounge up the 4 grand - we'll see you at States! We've got 79 qualifying points so I guess we're in if we can come up with the money.

I just LOVE this new First In Michigan system. We've played 34 matches *so far* this year for our $5,000 and still have a dozen or more to look forward to at Troy next week for only $500 more. 46+ matches for $5,500? Wow! It's AWESOME!

John