THE LATEST AND GREATEST FUTURE NEWS

" TRI CITY EIGHTEEN NOW IN PLAY  "
12-01-25  NEW EVENT COMING IN NOVEMBER  DATE and LOCALE are firm  THEME announcement coming very soon stay tuned
12-02-25 Couldn't hold any longer Paramount was stealing my thunder Here Is THEME for TC-18 250 yrs & Life indeed begins anew @40
02-17-26 Now event is posted officially IPMS USA site, HAVE ADDED UPDATES to TC-18 see new flyer and notes below OH YES
03-24-26 SPECIAL AWARDS REFERENCE DATA treatise now uploaded FIND IT BELOW may be helpful to some 
04-07-26 LONG FORM (PORTRAIT) Entry Categories BY GROUP (Air, Auto, etc) posted

02-17-26 - OKAY Now that everything is more or less settled into place, this event is now on IPMS USA too we can safely broadcast ADDITIONS to TriCity 18 

1- SA-5 award addended to now include "Fire" subjects that qualify. Reference material will be published. For now, Human Torches, Crocodile Tanks, Fire Breath Dragons are also eligible.

2- SA-7 award again allows for "qualified pair of Single Engine A/C as Lightnings" to be eligible
Again, reference material is forthcoming

3-SA-20 Award "HARD DECK" now ADDED 

4- Category 68 "MASTERS" now ADDED, and is OPEN to ALL (Seniors, Juniors, Youth) limited to MAX of 3 subjects per entrant. NO SWEEP if more than ONE ENTRANT in category. Nationals award winners or entries are encouraged, anyone bring your best bet entry regardless if you want to try to "beat out the masters". Three awards given, a SINGLE UNIQUE TROPHY for First from sponsor
nice ones for 2nd & 3rd in style with our Specials
Don't be shy, come give a try we'd enjoy seeing it
03-24-2026 - IT's DONE the TriCity 18 edition of Special Awards Reference Data missive for reading !
04-07-26 A Long Form Version of Categories Clearly Organized into General Groups Now Posted
TC18_2026_Specials_REFDATA4.pdf TC18_2026_Specials_REFDATA4.pdf
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LONGFORM_TC18cats.pdf LONGFORM_TC18cats.pdf
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SIMPLIFIED LIST OF SPECIAL AWARDS TC18A.pdf SIMPLIFIED LIST OF SPECIAL AWARDS TC18A.pdf
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11-30-25 MOVED all TriCity-17 items so to clear in prep for new TC-18. Find them now in The Free Hornets Annex

AS FOR THE GREAT HISTORY OF TRI CITY CLASSICS

 for those who may have wondered how our previous parties went 

ALL OF THIS NOW LOCATED IN THE FREE HORNETS ANNEX

https://freehornetsannex2.yolasite.com/tricity-memories.php

While you're at it, why not visit the "LEFT FIELD" of "The Free Hornets Annex", catch up on some of our other thoughts.

Even an essay available on which the whole  " theme-ology " of our Classic Contest is " explicated "

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