{"id":219658,"date":"2016-01-28T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=219658"},"modified":"2016-01-28T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T20:00:09","slug":"140-sign-timmy-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/140-sign-timmy-go\/","title":{"rendered":"140 sign up for \u2018Timmy Would Go\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_219665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219665\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Timmypix-300x200.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The island\u2019s stand-up paddlers will be in the waters in Chalan Kanoa this Saturday for the 1st Annual \u201cTimmy Would Go\u201d Memorial Paddle Classic. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All is set for the 1st Annual \u201cTimmy Would Go\u201d Memorial Paddle Classic as 140 have already registered for this Saturday\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>Merissa Rasa, who organizes the outrigger canoe  and stand-up paddle board races with husband Ponce, said two teams from Guam (Hoe Lokahi Outrigger Canoe Club and Taotao Galaide Outrigger Canoe Club are among the participants and will be joined by members of Saipan\u2019s NAPU Outrigger Canoe Club, Saipan Panddling Canoe Club, and Marianas Outrigger Club..  The Rasas are expecting additional entries as they will still accept participants on race day at 8:30am.<\/p>\n<p>Races will be held in the waters behind the Sandy Beach Homes and Surf Club Restaurant (former Pacific Gardenia Hotel) in Chalan Kanoa and will begin at 9:45am after the 9:30am race briefing. The technical meeting and official team registration are scheduled tonight at 6pm.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary races will take place in the morning session from 9:45pm to 1pm. The OC6 1,500 sprint will kick off the 52 races in the event and will be followed by the OC6 500m sprint. The SUP (stand-up paddle) 500m and 250m sprint races are the last two events.<\/p>\n<p>SUP competition is divided into different age groups: boys and girls 8 to 12; 13 to 15; 16 to 29, women\u2019s 30 to 44; men\u2019s 30 to 39; men\u2019s 50-and-above, and women\u2019s 45-an- above. The OC6 races are for men\u2019s and women\u2019s open and junior teams.<\/p>\n<p>The finals of the four race categories will run from 1:15pm to 4:45pm and will follow the same order. An awards banquet will be held from 5pm to 7pm. The Top 3 finishers in each division in SUP and outrigger canoe races will receive medals, while all participants are entitled to raffle prizes that were donated by the generous sponsors of \u201cTimmy Would Go.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTimmy Would Go\u201d will be held in memory of Timothy Lee Salas Wesley Jr., who was also called \u201cTimmy Boy\u201d. He died on Jan. 3, 2015 as he tried to rescue two young girls from drowning in the waters at Forbidden Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTimmy was a hero, an avid ocean sports enthusiast, and a passionate paddler,\u201d Merissa said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that \u201cTimmy Would Go\u201d is taken in part from the phrase \u201cEddie Would Go.\u201d Eddie is Eddie Aikau of Hawaii, a well-known lifeguard and surfer who also lost his life trying to save others from rough waters.<\/p>\n<p>The Rasas are encouraging members of the community to support and watch the races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be live music and food for attendees and public awareness outreach from our sponsors. Proceeds from this event will be used to promote ocean awareness and water safety as well,\u201d Merissa said.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 50 individuals and companies are supporting this weekend\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All is set for the 1st Annual \u201cTimmy Would Go\u201d Memorial Paddle Classic as 140&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":219665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1351,5996,6740,6415],"class_list":["post-219658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-chalan-kanoa","tag-merissa-rasa","tag-sandy-beach-homes","tag-sup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}