Day 2 slideshow of Cityfest Stacking

Click here to view slideshow at PIcasa web.

Group Order available at Speed Stacks

Interested in getting your own set of Speed Stacks. It's easy. Just follow the following instructions.

You can order them at Speed Stacks. If you live around the Portland and Beaverton area, you can order as part of a Group Order with Village Baptist Church. Click on Group Order, select Oregon for your state, and Village Baptist Church for your school.

Why join a Group Order? You can order at Group Order prices (save around 10% or more). You also don't have to pay shipping fees. You can pay online directly to Speed Stacks or write a check payable to Speed Stacks. Drop off the check at Village Baptist Church at 330 SW Murray Blvd., Beaverton, OR 97005. All group orders will be delivered to Village and we will give you a call to pick up your order when it comes in.

Speed Stacks is also available at some Target, Toys R Us, & Walmart stores in limited colors and choices. For more information on where and how to purchase Speed Stacks equipment, contact me at frankt@bconline.org

Registration forms are coming

The Oregon State Sport Stacking Tournament registration forms are coming. They'll be online within the week. Watch out for them. We'll have the pdf's online here and at the WSSA website.

Stacking at the Cityfest

Thousands of children of all ages stopped by to learn how to stack when the Portland Cityfest's featured Sport Stacking as one of the activity areas in the Family Fun Zone this past Friday and Saturday (Aug. 22-23). The two-day Portland Cityfest is sponsored by the Luis Palau Association and held at the Waterfront Park in downtown Portland.

Frank Tan led a group of volunteers from Village Baptist Church to demonstrate and teach stacking. Most visitors to the Speed Stacking booth got a quick two-minute lesson on how to stack the 3-3-3. "It only takes an average of two minutes or less to teach the basics of stacking the 3-3-3. Some of the beginning stackers actually got their times down to under 6 seconds pretty easily."

Stackers got to try out the all-new Battlestacks, an exciting duel between two stackers as they race to be the first to finish their stack and send their opponent's cups flying.



Click here to see the slideshow of the stacking activities from Portland Cityfest at PIcasa web.

If you were one of those who came by the booth, please leave a comment telling us what you think and your suggestions.

Oregon State Records Updated

The World Sport Stacking Association recently updated the Oregon State Records to reflect new record times established during March's NW Regional Tournament in Auburn, WA.

Click here to view the full pdf file.

As seen from this excerpt of the Oregon State records file, Maggie Whitten currently holds the overall state records for the 3-3-3, 3-6-3, and the Cycle stacks.

Oregon Stacks Logo (First Draft)

Here's the first draft of the logo for the Oregon State Sport Stacking Tournament. Do post your comments and suggestions on this logo.

The logo is being designed by Northwest Designs Ink. Northwest Designs will be on hand during the Oregon State Sport Stacking Tournament to provide souvenir T-shirts for participants. Shirts will have the logo on front and names of participants on the back.

First Oregon State Sport Stacking Tournament

It's time for sport stackers in Oregon to fill in the record books. Join us in November 2008 for the first-ever Oregon State Sport Stacking Tournament to be held at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton, OR.

There will be individual events as well as doubles and team events to compete. The tournament promises to be a fun family affair with events open to those as young as under four years of age all the way to seniors over 60 years & up. 

Previously, Oregon stackers had to travel north to Auburn, Washington for the Northwest Regional Sport Stacking Tournament to compete and set records. 

The event is being initiated through the efforts of Frank Tan, Speed Stacks Ambassador in Oregon. He has been involved in sport stacking for about 6 years now, having first heard about sport stacking while living in Texas. He taught stacking first to his own kids and then promoted stacking to the community.

Frank currently serves as the Pastor of Families and Children at Village Baptist Church, where the event is being held. "Village Baptist has always been willing to participate in the community by making available its facilities to area sports groups. Thus, hosting the state tournament for Oregon at the church fulfills Village Baptist's goal to serve the community, and allows me personal satisfaction of promoting sport stacking in Oregon," said Pastor Frank.