I tried something new for the PHA Awards Banquet Program this year.  In the spirit of the old PHA newsletter (Uphill), I asked PHA members to contribute articles on whatever struck their fancy, as long as it was related to PHA or the sport of hillclimbing.  

I wasn’t disappointed.  Quite a few members responded, making this one of the most interesting (and thickest) programs since I started racing with the PHA in 2005.

Over the next few months, I’m going to post the articles from the program here for everyone to enjoy.  I’m also going to include the ads from our sponsors, as their contributions more than offset the cost of printing the program, and they deserve some extra recognition.

I’m starting off with one my contributions. We used to have a tradition of banquet poems that was started by Morg Wilson, and I miss it. So I wrote a very silly poem (that took me more time than I should admit to compose) in my very favorite form — a limerick.

The VW Scirocco drivers of the PHA took out a 1/2 page ad to thank the workers and other volunteers:

I belong to Philadelphia Region, and they placed a great ad this year (as usual):

In addition, Jeff Jacobs, RE of Philly Region, placed an ad on behalf of the SCCA Foundation,  which, among other things, preserves the history of SCCA, including hillclimbing in PA  — see www.SCCAFoundation.org for details.