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The 4th annual East Coast StuntKite Championships will be heldMay 27, 28, and 29, in Wildwood,N .J . Competitions will be held inthree classes : Novice, Intermediate,and Open . Open classfliers may compete in IndividualPrecision, Individual Ballet, TeamPrecision, Team Ballet, IndividualInnovative, and Team Innovative(which will be experimentallyjudged this year) . The Intermediateclass competitor maycompete in Individual Precisionand Individual Ballet, Team Precisionand Team Ballet . Novice classcompetitors are restricted to IndividualPrecision .The ECSKC rules committee isputting finishing touches on the1989 rules book . Changes in 1989will be the addition of a tablecontents and a rearranging of informationto make the bookeasier to use . A few of the ruleschanges include a new modifiedwind rule and a revision of theground touch penalty system .One of the main aims is to aid inthe standardization of rules on anational scale .Maneuvers have not beenselected at press time, but boththe maneuvers and the new rulesbook will be available in earlyApril .Event coordinator RogerChewning : "We are also workingon 'Style Sheets' that are designedto assist not only officials andjudges at Wildwood, but prospectiveevent hosts across the countryin running more efficient orderly,and uniform events ."Registrations are anticipated tobe high at the East Coast eventthis year. Fran Gramkowski headevent coordinator anticipates, "agroup of about ten from Englandand some stunt kite fliers fromGermany as well ."With the large anticipated turnout, contestants should expect tocompete on Monday as well asSaturday and Sunday. (Use ofMonday was avoided in '86, '87,and '88 .) "This year's growth couldforce us to re-evaluate the eventfor 1990," states Roger Chewning .Event, shirts are claimed to bethe most outrageous yet, and thebanquet has been improved tomatch the Saturday night barbeque.Local motels are filling up fastand this year we anticipate takingover a third motel . Reserve early,as it is Memorial Day weekend . Ifyou want to be part of the actionoff the field, contact QuarterdeckMotels at (609) 884-2696 or thePremiere Motor Inn at (609) 723-0166 .Event registration forms areavailable from Fran Gramkowski,30 West End Ave ., Haddonfield, NJ08033 . For further information, contact: Fran (evenings) (609) 429-6260 or daytime, Roger Chewning(215) 736-8253 .