63rd Michigan Regional Pipe Smoking Contest

[MrJeff]

I thought this might interest someone here, it's alot of fun every year and the club has been around since 1948. This is the content of the flyer put out for the contest. I couldn't do anything better than copy and paste. Everyone is welcome, thanks for looking.

63rd Michigan

Regional Pipe

Smoking Contest



May 22, 2011

4:00 P.M.



Sponsored By

Arrowhead Pipe Club

held at

The American Legion Post 294

3440 Morrish Rd.

Swartz Creek, Michigan 48473



Come and join other pipe smokers who will be trying to win the title of

Michigan Regional Champion for the Year 2011.



The winner of this contest receives $100.00 toward his or her trip to the

IAPSC World Pipe Smoking contest in Shepherd, Michigan.

Upon his or her appearance at the World Contest , the winner will receive the $100.00 donated by Paul T. Spaniola



Lots of Prizes



We are asking the support of the companies and manufacturers of pipe smoking products to support us with donations. Your products make pipe smoking enjoyable and we are

eager to help advertise them for you through the prizes and door prize drawings. We

appreciate anything you could send at this time.

Send your donation to the address below.



For More Information on this contest contact The Arrowhead Pipe Club at

647 S. Saginaw St. Flint, MI 48502 Or Call 810-235-0581

e-mail ptspaniola@sbcglobal.net

Take I-75 to I 69 west, to the Morrish Rd. Exit then North on Morrish Rd. about ½ mile the American Legion is on the west side of the road.



This is a official I.A.P.S.C. contest of which The Arrowhead Pipe Club is a paid member

For the year 2011. A founding Member of the I.A.P.S.C.

[WinstonSpencer]

That's great but what's the contest? The longest paragraph is the one begging for donations...

[MrJeff]

It's a slow smoke contest. Everyone gets 3.3 grams of tobacco, two matches, one minute to light. Whoever smokes the longest wins the grand prize. Additionally, the top ten smokers usually get really nice prizes. Consolation prizes for everyone else. I couldn't figure out how to attach the type of file the flyer was saved as, so I just pasted it into the message field here. The flyer is also sent out to distributors and manufacturers in hopes of having them donate prizes, which is SOP for these types of events. However, I am not soliciting anything from anyone. I just wanted to make that clear. I am merely a club member passing on the info.

[WinstonSpencer]

Thanks for the clarification, MrJeff. The contest sounds interesting however I'd also like to see a fast smoke contest.

[MrJeff]

Believe it or not, they have those too. Over in England they use clay pipes instead of briar pipes to see who can smoke the fastest. I think I've seen a video of it on youtube or someplace.

[ashauler]

In my experience with pipe smoking so far two matches wouldn't get the damn thing lit.

[craig]

In my experience with pipe smoking so far two matches wouldn't get the damn thing lit.

Never mind a pipe, there are plenty of cigars that I can't get lit with two matches!

[MrJeff]

In my experience with pipe smoking so far two matches wouldn't get the damn thing lit.

That's half the battle right there, a proper light. You think all is going well until they give the ten second warning and you realize you haven't lit your second match yet. My personal best time was 48 minutes and change. But that's not good enough, some of the guys in the club can go nearly an hour and a half. Club record is over two hours.

[MrJeff]

The date for the 63rd Michigan Regional Pipe Smoking Contest has been changed to May 29th. Still at 4:00PM, still at the Legion hall Swartz Creek, Mi.

[MrJeff]

This event is coming up this weekend, should anyone be interested.