5.01 ARDA Committee
As of May 5th., we are sitting at 13 registrations for this year. While that seems extremely low, we are not as backward as it appears. In 2023, the first year we surpassed 200 entries, we only had 9 by the same date. In 2024 and 2025 we had 29 and 23, respectively. This was triggered by an entrant that submitted all 11 of their entries in '24 and 12 entries in '25 by the end of April.
In '24 and '25 I placed, a considerable effort on outside marketing and working on getting our program known beyond our doors. Sadly this year, I simply did not have time to focus on that specific task, and it is my hope that the lack of those efforts will not impact the program negatively.
As I typically do in May, I will meeting with all of the judges in the next few weeks to update them with recent news, updates and specifics pertaining to this year.
Respectfully,
Brandon Clokey
In '24 and '25 I placed, a considerable effort on outside marketing and working on getting our program known beyond our doors. Sadly this year, I simply did not have time to focus on that specific task, and it is my hope that the lack of those efforts will not impact the program negatively.
As I typically do in May, I will meeting with all of the judges in the next few weeks to update them with recent news, updates and specifics pertaining to this year.
Respectfully,
Brandon Clokey