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Sunbury, PA: June 28, 2009 - Cancelled See Below

2009 Sunbury Race -- From the 'Prez:

On May 18th, I received a telephone call from T.H.E. Insurance Company based in Florida. They told me they do not want to continue insuring boat racing events, but if we were willing to pay a higher premium we could get the insurance which would double the cost from $2500 to $5000. We don’t have $5000 to spend and wouldn’t ever pay that price to have a race for one day. Unfortunately it not only affects us, it has affected the Sunbury Social Club, all the volunteers, rescue, fire department, ambulance personnel, and the race fans in the Sunbury area. Our club officials have done everything possible to have this event on June 28th.

T.H.E. knew we needed a commitment for insurance by May 15th, I notified them, through our agent, of the cut off date for us to continue planning for the race. I can't understand why they didn’t send us a reply to my emails, or a letter, or telephone call, to let us know, officially, that they wouldn’t write the policy.

I'm sorry to tell you that the June 28th scheduled race at Sunbury, PA has been canceled as of 5pm May 18, 2009. We cannot proceed any further at this late date because we just ran out of time. We were willing to pay these people $2500 for the one day of racing, and I think the risk to them was very low based on our safety record since 1986. We have never made a liability claim in our history as a boat racing club. This doesn't make any sense to any of us who have been working hard to have this event on June 28, 2009.

If anyone has made hotel reservations for that weekend, I suggest you cancel them.

We will be returning the money that was paid for your 2009 club dues and I personally want to thank everyone who supported the Delaware Valley Boat Racing Club this year and in the past.

If you have questions, please send email to the boat club address dvbrc (at-nospam) dvbrc.com

Walt Braithwaite Sr.

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In Memory of Charter Member Judy Backert
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