Mark your calendars for September 17, 2011, for the 14^th Annual Greater Yuba River Clean-Up and Restoration Day. Volunteer at one of SYRCL’s 35 clean-up sites and build camaraderie with your friends, family and neighbors as you walk

Donner Summit Clean-Up Site

through and by the river cleaning up trash, or helping to restore meadows and trails. After the morning clean-up, join us at Bridgeport Crossing, in the South Yuba River State Park for a free celebration honoring YOU and other volunteers from noon – 3:30 pm with a free barbeque lunch, Haute Trash fashion show and – new this year- the first annual Rock Skipping Competition open to all ages. Will you be tossing a Plink, a Pitty-Pat, a Plonk, Skronker, or an Agnew? Registration for your favorite clean-up sites and for the Rock Skipping Competition begins August 20^th. SYRCL is hosting this event in conjunction with the 3rd Annual Great Sierra River Clean-Up, supported by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy. For more information about the event, click here.

This tournament conforms to the M.I.S.S.&G.C.* rules and regulations.

*Definitions approved by the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping & Gerplunking Club:

Plink – A clean cut skip, usually at the head of a run; heavy water shows between hops.

Pitty-Pat – Short skips at the end of a run with light water showing between skips.

Plonk – A stone that sinks on the first hit of the run.

Skronker – A stone that never hits water or anything.

Agnew – A stone that hits a person.

Chukker – Composite of six-stone set.

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