The United Pipe Clubs of America (UPCA)
Address:
PC, City:
Tel. No:
E-mail:
Website: http://www.unitedpipeclubs.org/
National President:
Kyle Bowen, (Bay Area Pipe Club, California)
E-mail:president@unitedpipeclubs.org
Vice President:
Nathan Davis, (Diogenes Pipe Club, New York)
Secretary:
Michael Bergstrom, (Seattle Pipe Club, Washington State)
Treasurer:
Issac Jaffe, (North Texas Briar Club, Texas)
Associated Pipeclubs
| Name | Country |
|---|---|
| Arizona Pipe Club (AZ) | USA |
| Arrowhead Pipe Club (MI) | USA |
| Austin Pipe Club (TX) | USA |
| Average Joes Pipe Club (KT) | USA |
| Bay Area Pipe Club (CA) | USA |
| Dark Arts LV Pipe Club (NV) | USA |
| Dickens Pipe Society (NH) | USA |
| Downriver Pipe Club (MI) | USA |
| Great Northern Pipe Club (MN) | USA |
| Greater Kansas City Pipe Club (MO/KS) | USA |
| Hudson Valley Pipe Club (NY) | USA |
| Chicagoland Pipe Collectors Club (IL) | USA |
| Christopher Morely Pipe Club (PA) | USA |
| Lanier Pipe Smokers Club (GA) | USA |
| Leheigh Valley Pipe Club (PA) | USA |
| New Jersey Fellowship of Pipe Smokers (NJ) | USA |
| New York Pipe Club (NY) | USA |
| North Texas Briar Club (TX) | USA |
| Northern Pipers (NY) | USA |
| Oahu Pipe Club (HI) | USA |
| Pipe Club of Lower Alabama (AL) | USA |
| Pipes & Friends (TX) | USA |
| Pocono Inter-Mountain Pipe Enthusiasts (PA) | USA |
| Prairie Smoke Pipe Club (WI | USA |
| Sacramento Valley Pipe Club (CA) | USA |
| San Diego Pipe Club (CA) | USA |
| Seattle Pipe Club (WA) | USA |
| The Diogenes Pipe Club (NY) | USA |
Miscellaneous information
The United Pipe Clubs of America (UPCA)
The United Pipe Clubs of America (UPCA) was organized in 2002 as a national federation of pipe clubs in the United States. Its purpose is to promote and protect the interests of the American pipe smoking community by encouraging and assisting in the formation of local pipe clubs and actively supporting their activities, including pipe shows and pipe smoking competitions.
UPCA’s broader goals are to bring American pipe smokers together by serving as a liason to facilitate the sharing of information and ideas between its member clubs and to maintain smokers’ enthusiasm for the hobby by presenting a positive public image of the culture and traditions of pipe smoking and collecting.
USA / president UPCA about the CPCC / Chicago Pipe Show
On Friday 30 April, the United Pipe Clubs of America had its annual meeting. Tom Wolfe of the Seattle Pipe Club became the club’s newest vice-president. Tom is also our new webmaster and transferred our club’s website to a new site. See it at http://unitedpipeclubs.org. Honorary memberships were given to Matt Guss, President of the Seattle Pipe Club; Premal Cheda, owner of Smokers Haven and pipe carver; and master blender and owner of Pipes and Cigars, Russ Ouellette.Read more, click here.
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On 3 May, 2015 the 13th US national slow smoke competition was held at the Chicagoland International Pipe and Tobacciana Show. (read more)
A record 102 contestants completed in the contest. The pipe was made by Viprati. The tobacco, Deception Pass, was donated by the Seattle Pipe Club. The overall winner was Lev Vasilyev (Russia) with a time of 1 hour, 32 minutes and 0 seconds. The US champion was Mike ‘Doc’ Garr with a time of 1 hour, 15 minutes and 2 seconds. Manduela (Denmark) was the winner in the Women’s division with a time of 59 minutes and 34 seconds.
(For a complete list of times click here. For pictures (Darius Peckus photographer) of the contest click here.)
