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Updated 11/15/2011

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 2012 Status: pending 2012 GM commitment
Angela Collinson, FL
2011 Champion

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Event History
1991    Tim Flanigan        54
1992    Jeff Barnum        67
1993    Barry Smith        35
1994    Mike Stanley        47
1995    Mike Pantaleano        72
1996    Bruce Monnin        64
1997    John Jacoby        72
1998    Mike Stanley        84
1999    Frank Sinigaglio       74
2000    Mike Stanley       85
2001    Steve Katz       76
2002    Steve Katz       71
2003    Tom Saal     103
2004    Scott Sirianna       87
2005    John Tighe       87
2006    Karl Henning       75
2007    Josh Githens       95
2008    Josh Githens       98
2009    Mark Neale       89
2010    Frank Sinigaglio       95
2011    Angela Collinson       80
 Laurels

Rank  Name              From  Last  Total
  1.  Josh Githens       SC    11    263
  2.  Steve Katz         VA    02    144
  3.  Frank Sinigaglio   NJ    10    128
  4.  Tom Saal           MI    04    120
  5.  Anthony Musella    VA    09    117
  6.  Scott Sirianna     NY    11     85
  7.  John Tighe         NJ    10     78
  8.  Bill Beckman       SC    03     72
  9.  Mike Stanley       OH    00     60
 10.  Angela Collinson   MD    11     56
 11.  Karl Henning       CT    08     56
 12.  Mark Neale         RI    09     50
 13.  John Tighe Sr      NJ    11     42
 14.  Charles Goodwin    OH    00     42
 15.  Carl Walling       PA    02     38
 16.  Kelly Krieble      PA    10     36
 17.  Richard Curtin     NY    08     36
 18.  Nick Henning       CT    07     36
 19.  Bill Edwards       VA    03     34
 20.  Rebecca Hebner     CA    09     30
 21.  Joseph Burch       MD    06     30
 22.  Evan Hitchings     DE    10     24
 23.  Kathleen Lockwood  VA    08     24
 24.  Paul Bolduc        FL    07     24
 25.  Tim Dolan          NJ    02     24
 26.  Philip Livingston  DE    09     22
 27.  Chris Hancock      CA    09     20
 28.  Jed Shambeda       PA    08     18
 29.  Lane Hess          PA    07     18
 30.  Kevin Hacker       PA    05     18
 31.  Alfred Wong        IL    01     18
 32.  Mike Hazel         SC    04     18
 33.  Brian Wool         DE    11     15
 34.  Mark Love          MD    99     15
 35.  Gerald Lientz      VA    07     12
 36.  Kevin Wojtaszczyk  NY    07     12
 37.  Stephen Quirke     WI    05     12
 38.  Matthew Beach      MD    04     12
 39.  Brett Mingo        MD    03     12
 40.  Shawn Dorsey       SC    11     10
 41.  Chris Robbins      UT    06     10
 42.  David Weinstein    NY    03      6
 43.  Francis Spencer    MD    02      6
 44.  Carl Sykes         SC    01      6
 45.  Stephanie Welch    MA    09      5
 46.  Jim Munson         UT    06      5
 47.  Mike Fisher        PA    99      5

2011 Laurelists                                               Repeating Laurelists 

John Tighe, Sr, DE
2nd

Josh Githens, SC
3rd

Brian Wool, DE
4th

Shawn Dorsey, SC
5th

Scott Sirianna, NY
6th

Past Winners

Barry Smith, NY
1993

Mike Stanley, OH
1994, 1998, 2000

Bruce Monnin, OH
1996

John Jacoby, VA
1997

Frank Sinigaglio, NJ
1999, 2010

Steve Katz, VA
2001-2002

Tom Saal, MI
2003

Scott Siriana, NY
2004

John Tighe, NJ
2005

Karl Henning, CT
2006

Josh Githens, SC
2007-2008

Mark Neale, RI
2009

Angela Collinson, FL
2011
   

The Colosseum fills again.

And they're off ...

 

 

 Brian Conlon, George Worley and Scott Sirianna (obviously a discerning fan of championship teams) wait for the third heat.

 Ken Samuel, Paul Weintraub, GM Jake Jacoby, Angela Collinson and Scott Siriana watch the ponies frolic in a relatively bloodless Final.

blood amongst the kisses

A sweet aspect of John Jacoby's Circus Maximus event is that he rewards the first driver into each turn with a Hershey's Kiss. The candies replace the dolphins which were upturned in the Roman Colosseum to record the number of laps run.

Another bloodbath was expected for the 21st Circus Maximus Final. Twelve of the 13 qualifiers who had paid their dues by winning a preliminary heat had appeared with eight heavies, two mediums and two lights on the card. Angela Collinson, John Tighe Jr & Sr, Josh Githens, Scott Sirianna, Paul Wientraub, Kevin Hacker and Evan Hitchings were positively salivating as they eyed the nervous Brian Wool and Tony Musella who had the audacity to appear with light chariots. Hoping to slip under the radar as the heavies fed on the lights were Shawn Dorsey and Ken Samuel who played both ends against the middle with their medium rides.

Consequently the crowd was subdued as the first two laps proved relatively tame with no chariots flipped or horses sent to that great stable in the sky. This was not for want of trying, but only four heavies successfully attacked the horses - scoring a total of one hit! The crowd started watching the dueling popcorn vendors in hopes of catching a glimpse of some real action. But when they entered the backstretch of the last lap, the nerf hubcaps were replaced with sharp stainless steel.

With two-time champion Josh leading, followed by Shawn and Angella, 2005 champ John Jr moved into third by skewering a horse on the lead chariot for the race's first kill. The next chit let the lady charioteer show her stuff and do one better as she moved into the lead by killing two horses - one each from John Jr and Shawn. John Sr took advantage of this sudden carnage to move into second, but his chariot was two faster than the amazon could muster on her best day. Josh meanwhile, or Chief Dull Knife as he was soon affectionately dubbed, spent the next six turns trying to cut loose from his dog food concession. On the last turn, with John Sr drawing even with the slower Collinson, she lashed for five extra to cross the line first. John Sr, needing a 4 or better lash to win, discovered he had the Victoria's Secret silk whip which generated only two extra speed. And so, Angela won her first CMS title and the filly's second shield overall.

There were only three steeds killed in the race with Angela sending two of them to their reward. No chariots flipped in the tamest race anyone could remember and the Circus crowned a female champion for the first time ever. The NOW went nuts! Oh, the shame!

The popularity of Jake's circus has stretched the color palette for carts and steeds.

The "horses" are starting to look a tad strange. Do these race or fight the Christians?
 GM     John M. Jacoby [13th year] 102 Deerwood Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22911
   NA 434-973-3065

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