2019 Breeze Jan-Feb

CORNER CONFERENCE

Let’s get Ready to Rumble!

The 2018 RETA Rumble was held during the recent RETA National Conference in Dallas, Texas. The “Rumble” is perhaps the most prestigious refrigeration competi- tion in the country, certainly the most prestigious at the RETA Conference. This years competition was hosted by Jack Piho and 2017/2018 RETA National President Eric Girven. The rumble consisted of an enlightning presentation by Mr. Piho in which information pertaining to refrigeration in the host state was highlighted. Many facts about Texas in general, refrigeration, and Lone Star beer in particular were learned by all in attendance. Other cultural highlights of the state of Texas were also included. After the presentation, the competition began. Each table held a team of up to 8 individuals united in the common goal of winning the competition. As the contest got underway many teams scored early and often. The competition

was one of the closest in years. An early referees call went against team #3 and they were held to the third and fourth position during the early questions. But as the competition drew to a close, team three moved into a tie for the lead. As the final question was presented to the teams, anxiety levels were high. Fortu- nately for the leaders the question was answered by a team farther from the lead. Thus, leaving the leaders dead- locked. The tie breaker question was restricted to the leading teams. As the question, “Name one of the two Conference attendees who has 9 ribbons”was asked, the team who had lead from the opening belled in. “Belled” because the competition utilizes paddles and bells to notify the referees when a team wishes to answer a question. Their answer was incorrect. Team three breathed a short sigh of relief, but the pressure was on as

they had to answer the question correctly or face a second tie breaker question. Team three responded with the correct answer “Arlie Farley, of Farley’s Frigera- tion”was the answer to the winning question. With that the competition ended to a huge round of applause! Next year’s competition is scheduled for Las Vegas, Nevada. We hope to see you there battling for your chance to be the 2019 RETA Rumble Champions!

The 2018 RETA Rumble Champions – Dan Connelly’s Team #3: Chad Losiewicz, Gordon Rascoe, Billy Zawacki, Captain Dan Connelly (back), Patrick Colwell, Vern Sanderson (back), MatthewMapes (back), Lori Schiavo, and Devlin Short.

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