Same as last year, AM Women get free entry + free player's pack!
Added to this year's flyer is an Open division where folks compete for cash. All other divisions are paid out in brass.
Glow doubles post tournament weather permitting.
Questions? Feel free to email, call, or post.
edit: updated flyer to correct typo in date
Sweet! Dan gets a free player pack :lol: .
I'm in need of a few folks to submit designs for this year's stamp. The deadline for submissions is August 18th.
Designs can be emailed to: treasurer at discontinuum dot org any reviewable format is fine. The final design sent to Gateway will need to be a HQ vector-based file.
Design tip for those who have never done a hotstamp before - avoid large areas covered by a stamp.... The stamp may not adhere well to there & flake off.
QuoteI'm in need of a few folks to submit designs for this year's stamp. The deadline for submissions is August 18th.
What information needs to be on the disc?
QuoteSame as last year, AM Women get free entry + free player's pack!
Added to this year's flyer is an Open division where folks compete for cash. All other divisions are paid out in brass.
Glow doubles post tournament weather permitting.
Questions? Feel free to email, call, or post.
on top of a free players pack maybe we could let them take me out to dinner or something too. i'm not too picky on the place. chicken is always good!
QuoteQuoteI'm in need of a few folks to submit designs for this year's stamp. The deadline for submissions is August 18th.
What information needs to be on the disc?
5th Annual Widdershins Open
GDSTOUR.COM
DISContinuum Disc Golf Club
October 29, 2005
Bevier Park, Waukegan, IL
Anything beyond that is up to you. :)
What is Widdershins?
from Yahoo's online dictionary:
Quotewid·der·shins (widr-shinz) or with·er·shins (w-)
ADVERB:
In a contrary or counterclockwise direction: "The coracle whirled round, clockwise, then widdershins" (Anthony Bailey).
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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle Low German weddersinnes, from Middle High German widersinnes : wider, back (from Old High German widar; see wi- in Indo-European roots) + sinnes, in the direction of (from sin, direction, from Old High German; see sent- in Indo-European roots)
How did this become the name of your tournament? Just curious.
Jim picked it, where he got it from I'm not 100% sure but it may be from his Wiccan roots.
The tournament used to be spring-ish, however we moved it last year to the last Saturday in October to coincide with the start of DST.... Widdershins, go backwards, counter clockwise, turn your clock back one hour. :)
I thought it was Widdershins, because originally the tournament had everyone play the course backwards.
I thought Jim picked it because when you throw lefty like Jim, the disc spins widdershins. This was covered on another thread three years ago, I think.
QuoteI'm in need of a few folks to submit designs for this year's stamp. The deadline for submissions is August 18th.
Designs can be emailed to: treasurer at discontinuum dot org any reviewable format is fine. The final design sent to Gateway will need to be a HQ vector-based file.
Design tip for those who have never done a hotstamp before - avoid large areas covered by a stamp.... The stamp may not adhere well to there & flake off.
bump. tomorrow will mark two weeks until the submission deadline for those interested in proposing a stamp for this year's event.
What is the maximum size of the stamp?
Umm... I think last year's stamp was 5-6" across. Gateway wants the final design to be a vector drawing so they can resize at will.
Start with 6" and know they may shrink it down a little if need be.
Here is a stamp design I created this morning:
Not bad, the basket is very similar to what I was wanting to do.
thats pretty sweet serg!
I'm extending the deadline until the end of the month, as I know Kyle and Kevin were thinking of submitting a design. If they pass your design will look awesome on a disc.
I have to pass, no time in the schedule right now.
If the deadline gets extended I can work a little more on mine. I think the skeleton can use some work. Maybe Kyle could spruce him up ;)
At IOS #5 last weekend I told Kevin he had till the end of the month to submit something, so you've got a couple weeks Serg.
QuoteSame as last year, AM Women get free entry + free player's pack!
Added to this year's flyer is an Open division where folks compete for cash. All other divisions are paid out in brass.
Glow doubles post tournament weather permitting.
Questions? Feel free to email, call, or post.
mirth,
The flyer says: Saturday, October 29th,
2004 :P
Oops! I'll have to correct that tomorrow when I have my laptop.
so you saying i got a flux-capasiter on ebay for nothing? jeez...
is this a pdga event?
Quoteis this a pdga event?
No, it is not. Unless Mirth has changed that.
unsanctioned. All interested can play open for cash. Everyone else plays Adv - Jr for brass.
Updated the flyer.
By "am women" do you mean "all women who are amateurs" or do you mean "intermediate women"?
Hard at work on more trophies and dyed discs...
all women who are amateurs, however if there are three or more who want to separate into rec vs int I'd be all for that.
Another design:
Will this be a sanctioned event?
QuoteWill this be a sanctioned event?
This is our one non sanctioned event of the year.
Juan, where were you for Am Nationals?
Wish I could have been there, but a wife and two screaming kids are a hell of a deterrent. 4 days away was a bit too long. Maybe next year.
Funny, I stumbled upon this discussion board by accident! Pretty cool how all you guys stay in touch. Let me know some more info on the Widdershins? tourney. Never been to Waukegan.
Hey Juan,
Everything you need to know is in the flyer:
http://discontinuum.org/forums/index.php?a...e=post&id=25136 (http://discontinuum.org/forums/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=25136)
Get a sitter & bring the wife. She plays for free!
Just a friendly bump. We're getting serg's design from page one stamped on the player's pack discs.
Speaking of the player's packs, we should be receiving them this week. Those of you who want to preregister may do so and receive your player's pack. Anyone who wants to buy a player's pack and have the proceeds go towards the event can as well.
Discs will be a tournament stamped Wizard and a new disc Gateway has developed that they keep referring to as the 'hybrid'.
Oh yeah, all the Wizards this year are black
Things are looking good for me to be there :)
for once UPS ground delivers early! got the player's packs today along with some CTP prizes and 1st place trophies for each division advertised. I'll see if I can find a picture of the trophies in last year's thread...
found 'em. The engraving is inside the crystal. If you look at it from the top down you see the top of a basket.
front:
(http://www.theshortpeople.com/albums/discgolf/DSC07635.sized.jpg)
profile:
(http://www.theshortpeople.com/albums/discgolf/DSC07636.sized.jpg)
Oh yeah, I also need to borrow baskets from folks. The club has two, that leaves 4 Discatcher or Mach-X that I need to run 18 holes.
QuoteDiscs will be a tournament stamped Wizard and a new disc Gateway has developed that they keep referring to as the 'hybrid'.
I was intrigued by the term "hybrid". Is this like a Prius? I know Mirth drives one. I've never thrown a gas/electric disc. I found the following on the Gateway message board in response to a question about the new unnamed hybrid:
Similar resistance to turn as the Blaze, faster and lower profile than the Sabre and a fade somewhere between the two. Sounds like it'll fly like a Sabre that doesn't turn and gets farther before it cuts in. I'll be getting some hopefully soon, so I'll post details then.
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Team GDS 2005
The Blaze and Sabre are described as:
the numbers are speed glide turn fade
Blaze E-S 7 7 1 4 Long mid-range S-shots/hyzers Intermediate Advanced Pro
Sabre E-S 7 9 2 2 Long straight shots Turnovers/slight hyzers All
It sounds like a Teebird with a bit more glide and turn. Have you thrown it yet Mirth?
have not thrown it yet. just got into the boxes last night at 9:00. I'll have some with me on Sunday at best shot.
The merch wagon will be at Widdershins. There is a brass payout in the amateur divisions. Some of the Innova merch highlights include more Pumpkin Aviars and Pumpkin Rocs, more Champion Classic Rocs, the new Roadrunner, and some Proline TLs. I'll have some Discraft Z-Avengers, some Crystal Buzzzes and some soft Challengers too.
2006 will be the last year for the current brass. I'm going to post this a lot. No one is going to say they did not know.
Jon, think I can scam some reg cards from you for the widdershins?
As of now, falling scorpions are not in Accuweather's 15 day long range forecast for the Widdershins.
If the forecast holds, it should be partly cloudy w/light winds. Temps in the mid upper 50s. Forecast looks good for the night round, too.
Brett, can you email Trigg to request the bathrooms be opened for the tournament? I was there on Tuesday & they were closed for the season already.
Same goes for the ball field. Its padlocked closed.
QuoteBrett, can you email Trigg to request the bathrooms be opened for the tournament? I was there on Tuesday & they were closed for the season already.
Same goes for the ball field. Its padlocked closed.
Yes, I will e-mail him today.
QuoteJon, think I can scam some reg cards from you for the widdershins?
I think I had 100 reg cards coming out of IOS 6, then I made 60 more going into IOS 7 and we had 140 in attendance at IOS 7. Now if Johnny ate 8 apples and gave 4 to Sarah, how many beans were left in his pocket?
I should have about 20 registration cards in stock. How many do you want me to run?
Well,
Lets do:
15 Open
15 Women
10 Juniors
20 Adv
20 Int
35 Rec
So, that comes out to 115 total. I don't know how many you're fitting on a sheet, but if you have to increase it by a few to get even page usage thats fine.
I can even cut 'em up if I get them a couple days before the tournament....
The Widdershins is in less than a week!
As of now, the forecast is holding - Sunny, winds under 10, Highs in the mid upper 50s. Night round forecast is also looking good.
Come on out & play!
Mirth, I won't be playing league on Sunday because I have to take Maddisen to her cousins at 10am but I'll swing by The Bev on my way to the meeting and give you the registration cards and some financial stuff. I should be there by 11:30am.
I'm not going to be able to make it to the Widdershins however I would like to get a couple of the custom stamped discs...is this possible?
If Mirth does not have extra, I'll have extra! ;)
Yeah, Serg. You've got a deal headed your way for designing the stamp.
Do you want the complete player's pack, or just Wizards w/the stamp?
Course routing & OB info. This will be printed and distributed at the tournament.
Mirth, on hole I for the second round it says "rope OB". Does that mean that the first round it is not OB? Also, do you have OB rope or have you asked Bruce to bring a spool?
I have already forgotten to bring the rope to this tournament five times. Every time I'm thinking what to bring I say to myself, "Discs, baskets, cloth merch, brass, no trophies, no kids, food, clothes, money, um, that's about it."
no rope, its a typo.
actually, its supposed to say 'across creek OB'. I'll have to remember to mention that during the meeting.
I was looking through Marshall Street's website and came across a special of buying 5 Wizards for $30. The picture of the Wizard's is what caught my attention. Take a look at the black disc (http://www.marshallstreetdiscgolf.com/proddetail.asp?prod=wizard_5).
Mirth: Is this the Widdershins stamped disc?
The resolution is such that I can't read the writing. If its too big the picture is too degraded. But that sure looks like the Widdershins stamp. I have one in my practice basket. If you look at the writing on the top it sure looks like it says DISContinuum at the top. You will note its next to a Bonarroo Wizard. Did they print up some concert discs?
yeah, that's totally the Widdershins Wizard. silly
Mostly sunny. High 62. About the only downside here is the possibility of intermittant White Sox Victory Parades? Y'all watched it on TV. Skip the parade. Play Widdershins.
There will be a couple minor changes to the usual tournament layout on Saturday.
Turns out WPD recently resodded the base lines & infield in the ball diamond, so F's basket will be where G's tee is on the map, and G's tee will be more like left center field instead of center to right center field. Drop zone will be in the same place, and while the infield won't be declared a stroke OB you will be strongly encouraged to avoid it to your best ability.
Cleaned up 4 bags of trash from the woods this afternoon. Course looks great!
I will be out tomorrow afternoon after 2:30 putting out tee flags & marking basket locations/tee lines if anyone wants to preregister or come play the course.
Course is all set up! All we need are the temp baskets in their locations & people to throw at them.
Weather.com says tomorrow will have highs in the low 60s w/SSW winds 10-15MPH.
Night forecast has lows around 40 w/SSW winds 1-5MPH. The moon sets tomorrow afternoon at 4:23PM. It will be *dark* in the park.
Tournament went great today! Thanks to all 58 who came out.
11 of us stayed around for glow this evening. No aces were hit during the tournament & glow, so the ace fund rolled into glow doubles payouts.
More info after I've slept...
mirth did a great job with the tournament. it was alot of fun and the weather was awesome.
time for a nap. not time for leagues yet! i totally forgot about the time change :o
Someone left behind a red hooded sweatshirt. If you know who it belongs to please LMK.
Wish I could have been there. Great work Mirth!
QuoteTournament went great today! Thanks to all 58 who came out.
11 of us stayed around for glow this evening. No aces were hit during the tournament & glow, so the ace fund rolled into glow doubles payouts.
Mirth, great job on running the tourney. Thank you for all the hard work. The only thing that could have been better was my score :blink:
just wondering...did you ever post results?
results, schmezults.... ;)
Actually, I've had very little free time since the Widdershins. I'll try to get them posted next week when work will be fairly quiet.
Quoteresults, schmezults.... ;)
To tell you the truth, that was my initial reaction. Its sort of like putting on a tight pair of pants after eating a pizza. You know you really don't want to know but you ask anyway. <_<
Whenever sounds good to me. If you can make tomorrow's weather remotely close to the weather we had at Widdershins, I would be plenty happy. :) :)
I thought I saw a post a few weeks ago about the Wizards from 2005 Widdershins cracking. Can't find the post but figured I'd put mine here.
Mine just cracked, too. Just putting in the back yard, either off the top of the basket or off the brick wall of the house. Neither with a heck of a lot of force, and it's about 40 degrees out. <_<
Alert Quality Control....
I had a black one that also cracked on me. That plastic looks sweet but will not last 4 days.
Hey Mirth you still have that red hooded sweatshirt that is mine. Also when are the results going to be posted