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Beaver Island’s 2015 Ice Classic reportedly ends at 3:40 p.m.

Also Beaver Island Ice Classic 2015 result · PABI Ice Classic 2015

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TypeEvent
Date2015-04-15
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
2015-04-15
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Fundraising
Where
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Summary

The 2015 Beaver Island Ice Classic tower contest ended when organizer Bob Tidmore reported that the tower went into the water on April 15 at 3:40 p.m. Bill Welke was reported as the apparent winner with a 3:46 p.m. guess. The organizer reported an $865 purse to be split with the Beaver Island Community Center.

Evidence limits

These details come from organizer posts in the forum. They do not include an independent timing record, ticket ledger, or prize-payment record.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. The Chamber of Commerce reported that Mark Englesman secured the mast to the PABI ice buoy on Paradise Bay and identified the contest as the tenth annual Ice Classic. This is an organizer/community announcement, not an independent installation record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008399
  2. The Beaver Island Community Center and organizer Bob Tidmore announced the contest, reported that the tower went into the water on April 15 at 3:40 p.m., and named Bill Welke as the apparent winner with a 3:46 p.m. guess. The organizer reported an $865 purse split with the Community Center. These are first-party contest reports, not an independent timing, ticket-ledger, or prize-payment audit.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008380
  3. The Beaver Island Community Center and organizer Bob Tidmore announced the contest, reported that the tower went into the water on April 15 at 3:40 p.m., and named Bill Welke as the apparent winner with a 3:46 p.m. guess. The organizer reported an $865 purse split with the Community Center. These are first-party contest reports, not an independent timing, ticket-ledger, or prize-payment audit.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008575
  4. A participant repeated the organizer’s reported 3:40 p.m. tower time, Bill Welke’s apparent 3:46 p.m. guess, and the reported $865 purse split. This is a follow-up confirmation within the forum, not an independent timing or financial audit.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008620
  5. The Community Center’s reminder identified the contest as the tenth annual Ice Classic, listed prior winning times and purses, and said tickets remained available for the March 21 Winter Wake. Historical prior-year figures are organizer-supplied context, not independently audited results.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008504

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s 2015 Ice Classic reportedly ends at 3:40 p.m.”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-pabi-ice-classic-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Photo - Buoy Mast Secured PABI Ice Classic,” February 3, 2015. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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