Hey guys and gals. With some help from Disc Alley Golf Club the park district set up a Disccraft Ace race at Lippold Park in Crystal Lake to be held on Saturday August 11. Here is the blurb going into our park district summer brochure.
"The Crystal Lake Park District along with the Disc Golf Alley Club invites you to take aim and throw for the chains at the 2007 Discraft Ace Race held at the Lippold Park Disc Golf Course. Each registered participant will receive two identical, never-before-seen Discraft prototype discs, SuperColor mini as well as a Discraft hat.
Players are required to use the player package discs, and only these discs. Each player is allowed only one throw per hole and will keep track of how many aces are had over two 18-hole rounds. The player with the most aces after 36 holes is declared the winner. The overall winner will receive a Discraft merchandise package valued at or above $300. Check-in and registration will begin at 8am and end promptly at 9am. For more information on the 2007 Ace Race please visit: http://discraft.com/events_acerace_07.htm"
If you have any questions please feel free to email me at jdavison@crystallakeparks.org.
This sounds like fun.Is it a points system like hit metal 1 point ace 3 points or is it only based on aces?
It's points based, but if you hit an ace you score an A and if you hit metal you score an M. The most number of Aces hit is the winner, and if there's a tie, the tie breaker goes to the most number of times Metal was hit. A persistent tie after that goes to a CTP throwoff.
We can allow up to 8 people per hole (you're only getting 1 throw after all), so that allows for up to 144 people to come out and max out the field on this 18-hole course!
I better bring sharpies to make sure everyone gets their name on the bottom of their disc lol.
To clarify, the holes will be shortened, correct? I think Eric said 180-250?
I don't know if ALL of them will be shortened, but Discraft suggests that all holes should be in the 180' - 250' range. So holes like 3, 5, and 6 would definitely be shorter, 4 would probably be from the short tee, 12 might not change at all who knows. I don't know if I'm going to sit down with Eric to figure all that out or who will get that taken care of, but yes, holes will be shortened to make them easier to ace or hit metal.
I will be meeting with the park district before the event, and we will be going out to Lippold Park and shortening the tee pads. Only those that need to be shortened will be marked with flags.
Despite my score ubdoubtebly being 0 at the end of the day this sounds like a blast!
FYI your link in the original post is missing the l in .html and gives a 404
Quote from: myndcraft on March 29, 2007, 06:15:45 AM
Despite my score ubdoubtebly being 0 at the end of the day this sounds like a blast!
FYI your link in the original post is missing the l in .html and gives a 404
Try this link:
http://www.discraft.com/events_acerace_07.html
Quote from: E-Roc on March 29, 2007, 06:28:02 AM
Quote from: myndcraft on March 29, 2007, 06:15:45 AM
Despite my score ubdoubtebly being 0 at the end of the day this sounds like a blast!
FYI your link in the original post is missing the l in .html and gives a 404
Try this link:
http://www.discraft.com/events_acerace_07.html
Yeah guess I should have included that in my post.. I had found the link was just letting the OP know so he could edit his. Interesting though that the discs used are proto models.. What was last years disc?
last year's was the Slipstream-GT
Quote from: stpitner on March 29, 2007, 06:50:15 AM
last year's was the Slipstream-GT
Was there any history done on last year's event? How many total people played? How many total throws and how many aces? Just wondering.
no history as this will be the first Ace Race here, but here's a list of all of the places that held an ace race last year: http://discraft.com/events_acerace_06.html (http://discraft.com/events_acerace_06.html) Maybe contacting some of those TD's will help.
Hopefully someone would hit an ace but man, going to be tough. I guess the trick is to arrive early to get your disc and hit the course for an hour trying to figure out how it's going to fly?
We shorten the holes...
You get two brand new prototype Discraft discs before they are publicly available...
You grip... you rip...
ACE.
The Disc Golf Alley Club brings you the "Take Aim and Throw for the Chains" Discraft One Disc Ace Race! It is coming to Lippold Park in Crystal Lake, IL on Saturday, August 11th, 2007. For a $20 entry fee you will receive 2 identical brand new Discraft prototype discs, a discraft hat, and a supercolor mini, a $55 value!
Format will be 1 throw per player per hole while playing 2 rounds of 18 holes. Your throw must use one of the two prototype discs that you received that day.
The winner will be determined by counting the total number of Aces hit. If there is a tie for the number of Aces, the tiebreaker will be the number of times Metal was hit. If the tie persists, a CTP throwoff will determine the winner.
The grand prize winner will receive a Discraft Prize Package filled with $300 worth of Discraft merchandise!
The holes will be shortened so that Aces will not only be a lot more reasonable to hit, they will also almost certainly be hit!
Registration information will be posted this evening.
Checkin and registration will take place from 8 AM - 9 AM and a players meeting probably around 9:15 AM. We'll shoot for somewhere around a 9:30 AM tee off time.
This event maxes out at 144 players (8 players per card), so let's fill that field!
Scott
Has anybody seen or thrown the prototype yet?
Usually they don't get them until right before the tournament to prevent anyone playing from getting one & learning the disc
We did an ace race several years ago.....the disc was hard to control in the wind but the contest was fun!!
Last year it was the Meteor. I know the Glide was either the year before or the year before that. That is all I know! I'll have to add this to my calendar.
We have to pre-order some of the player packs ahead of time, so the more pre-registrations that are received, the better time we will have with knowing how many player packs to order. I will be handling the registration and ordering of player packs.
For check/money order, send $20 registration fee to:
Scott Pitner
PO Box 87170
Carol Stream IL 60188-7170
For online registration, you can pay through PayPal. It is $22 for online payment to cover PayPal fees. PayPal payments can be sent to scott@paperorplasticsports.com
There is a form that needs to be filled out for mailed registrations. Online registrants will probably have to fill out the form when you check-in. Eric will send me the form on Tuesday and I will post it here then.
I believe the Slipstream-GT was one of the ace race discs as well?
REGISTRATION FORMS:
The registration form is available here (http://www.discraft.com/downloads/acerace/2007reg.pdf). Please print out, cut in half, and send it in the mail along with your payment. If you pay online you can either bring this with you on the day of the event or fill it out at the event. There are 2 entry forms per page, so if you want to sign up multiple people, feel free!
I will be ordering about 40 player packs to start, and once we hit about 30 pre-registrations I'll probably go and pick up another 40 (or more than that if the registrations come in fast). PLEASE pre-register so that we know how many player packs to order!
IF for some reason you cannot make it even though you pre-registered: We will still find a way to get you the players pack. It won't hurt you at all to pre-register and then later find out you can't make it! You still get the stuff!
-Scott
I just added to the original post some more information about the start times.
Check-In/Registration is from 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM. We'll try to have a players meeting around 9:15 AM and shoot for a 9:30 AM tee off time. Since there's only one throw per hole, it should move fairly quickly. I wouldn't be surprised if we had everyone out of there by 2 PM.
www.discgolfalley.com (http://www.discgolfalley.com) has some more information.
PLAYER PACKS WERE ORDERED TODAY. I ordered 40 player packs, and I need to have people pre-register and claim most of those spots before I feel comfortable ordering more! I know that we have a lot of verbal "I'll be there"s, but we stand at one-paid participant right now (and no, it's not me lol).
I have no idea when the player packs will arrive, but this should be a fun day!
Since we're trying to have about a 9:30AM tee off time, you should be done fairly early in the day! I don't believe there is any break in between the rounds of 18, and it shouldn't be more than 1.5 hours per round. I would expect to have everyone out of there probably between 1:30 and 2pm at the latest. How long does it take to throw, go get your disc (out of the basket hopefully!), then walk to the next tee, repeat 35 more times?
Repost of Registration Info
For check/money order, fill out this (http://www.discraft.com/downloads/acerace/2007reg.pdf) form and send $20 registration fee to:
Scott Pitner
PO Box 87170
Carol Stream IL 60188-7170
For online registration, you can pay through PayPal. It is $22 for online payment to cover PayPal fees. PayPal payments can be sent to scott@paperorplasticsports.com. You can fill out this (http://www.discraft.com/downloads/acerace/2007reg.pdf) registration form and bring it with you to the tournament or just fill it out at the tournament.
2 nice discs, a hat, and a super color mini with a chance to win $300 worth of stuff, all for $20? Sounds like a good day to me!
Scott
Has anybody played the Discraft "Take aim & throw for the chains" Ace race. It is being held in Crystal Lake Aug 11 at Lippold Park. I guess the format is just aim for the chains. This sounds like fun considering i SUCK at putting.
http://www.discraft.com/events_acerace_07.html for info....
(although i haven't come that close to getting any aces either)
*** sorry, i see now this is an old topic, i couldn't figure out how to delete it
Registration information can be found in this thread:
http://discontinuum.org/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=3210.0 (http://discontinuum.org/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=3210.0)
I'm reviving this thread - even though I know a lot of people are at Worlds this week.
Registration is at TWO, so we definitely need more pre-registrations so that we know if we will need to order more players packs or not, thanks!
Scott
bam. 3 threads combined into one. ;)
I hope everyone enjoyed Am Worlds! Now it's time to turn your attention to something that won't be anywhere near as stressful on your body - the Discraft Ace Race!
It's $20. You get 2 brand new never seen before discs, a hat, and a supercolor mini. Sounds sweet to me! The hat will even say Discraft Ace Race on the brim, very awesome.
You can find registration information in this thread. The even should be over in the early afternoon, so you can stick around and play a regular round afterwards!
Registration Update: We are at 6 players. There have been a lot of verbal "i'll be there's", but we don't have that many players packs! If I run out, you can't play, simple as that! We can handle up to 144 people on the day, but we only purchased 40 players packs. It may be too late to order more, so please do pre-register to secure your players pack! These discs are required to play, and they HAVE arrived. If we get a flurry of registrations over the weekend I'll see what I can do about getting more players packs, but please do get in the registrations! You can fill out the form the day of the event to make things easier.
A bargain for only $20, and you'll be done by the early afternoon!
Are you allowed to share details of the disc?
I'm not sure if I can or not. I can say that last year's disc was the ESP Meteor, so you can get an idea for the type of disc that you might receive. The year before that I'm pretty sure was the Elite-X Slipstream-GT.
More importantly, the boxes are sitting at my mom's house and I haven't seen them yet myself, so I don't even know how it's packed, what is included in the $300 winner's prize, none of that stuff! I'll find out more this weekend as well.
NEWS!!!!
Discraft has released information on the Ace Race Disc!
http://www.discraft.com/news_0707_ar.html (http://www.discraft.com/news_0707_ar.html)
It's a long range driver in ESP plastic comparable to the Stratus or Storm.
NEW: Discraft is implementing a cross-hatching style technology on the rim of the disc. This could be used for grips to add more control for certain styles of throwing, and I wouldn't be surprised if the cross-hatching aids the flight of the disc similar to the dimple technology on Quest and Gateway discs.
The discs are not named, but they look very sweet!
GRAND PRIZE: The grand prize winner for this event will receive a Discraft bag full of 10 Elite-Z and ESP discs, a towel, super color mini, and possibly some other goodies. It's a $300 value for the winner!
Reserve your spot today!
Good luck to all who attend. I wouldn't consider my stratus a long distance driver tho... :)
Nor would I consider the Meteor a favorite among amateurs and pros.
Tricky wording... long *range* not distance. Discraft has 3 different levels of drivers - maximum distance driver, extra long range, and long range driver. Then they have mid-range and putter. It's probably comparible to Innova's speed 5 or speed 6 disc.
Whether you like or dislike the Meteor, that's not the point. They just said it was a big hit. I haven't thrown it yet to try it out.
No no I just thought the wording was a bit funny, like Mirth pointed out. I've only seen two people that actually had the meteor in the bag and I play at a fair amount of tournaments! I know it's just a sales message though, so it's no big deal!
I will be playing at a B tier in Michigan on Saturday so unfortunately I can not attend. I may be interested in buying the players pack though.
I have had a couple of requests to buy just the players pack, and I think right now we're looking at the situation where if there's any left after the tournament is over, then we'll still package them up and sell them.
I am possibly going to order 50 more players packs on Monday, hopefully it will be a worthwhile purchase :)
I am in!
Should I register on line before I come?
It's up to you Andy, pre-registration is nice so that we know how many to expect, and then your overall registration process will hopefully go faster when you arrive at the event. Plus it will guarantee that you will get a players pack. All you would have to do is check-in on time (before 9 would be preferred).
Just a reminder - paypal payments (all major credit cards accepted) can be sent to scott@paperorplasticsports.com Online registration is $22 to cover paypal fees.
Quote from: stpitner on August 03, 2007, 11:56:52 AM
There have been a lot of verbal "i'll be there's"
You can add 7 more "I'll be there's" to the list. The Esquivel clan will be there. Tim, too. And if you have any players packs left, you'll have another buyer.
Quote from: glasspipe on August 04, 2007, 09:21:25 PM
Quote from: stpitner on August 03, 2007, 11:56:52 AM
There have been a lot of verbal "i'll be there's"
You can add 7 more "I'll be there's" to the list. The Esquivel clan will be there. Tim, too. And if you have any players packs left, you'll have another buyer.
That's fantastic! Verbal and official registrations are coming in quick! So quick in fact that we are quite possibly going to order another 50 player packs! I received word from Discraft that we can order up until Wednesday and still have them in time for the Ace Race on Saturday.
Keep those registrations coming in so that we know for sure we will need those extra 50!
I was at the course yesterday, I EXTREMELY recommend bug spray! I think I'm going to go out and bring some along to have available for sale in case you forget. The mosquitoes were crazy in the wooded areas!
Discraft confirmed shipment of more players packs today!
We will now have 105 players packs available.
Some cool things:
there are more than one color of hats to choose from: so far I have khaki/gray, black, and burnt orange. I'm not sure what will be in the new order.
Discs so far are all white and yellow, but there are multiple hot stamp colors - just make sure to bring a sharpie to write your name on the disc!
Last I talked to Eric he was talking to me about running a $5 side-bet as well at the event, so you'll have to be sure to talk to him about that on Saturday!
I have a question about scoring, do you count metal if it skips into the pole or basket or does it have to be on a fly? Just curious.
metal is metal, i think.
I'd agree with Mirth, with one stipulation. I'd think that it would have to be basket or higher, but maybe not.
if it hits any part of the basket at any point in time, whether it is off a skip, on the fly, a roll or anything, it counts as metal.
and obviously if it skips into the basket, then it's a skip ace and counts as an Ace, but I doubt that the ground will have dried out enough to really get some nice skips that will assist in nailing that ace.
On the scorecard, scoring will just have "A" for an ace, "M" for metal, and a line through it if nothing is hit.
The one that I played in, the pole counted. Is that not the case here?
Quote from: tacimala on August 07, 2007, 09:21:27 PM
The one that I played in, the pole counted. Is that not the case here?
Pole counts. Any piece of metal on the basket counts as metal. If it's at rest in the chains or in the basket (standard holing out rules), it's an ace.
I'm closing pre-registration at 5pm tonight (central time of course). Any registrations that come in after that I might not receive in time to process.
Right now it looks like from actual registration + people that have communicated to me that they will be there we are going to have at least 25 participants. More people might have told Eric that they are coming and word was not passed on to me. It should be a fun morning!
I sent you my payment yesterday, and I think my buddy Kyle is going to send you one right now as well.
I received yours yesterday Roman, and you're right, I just received Kyle's. The payment won't clear for a couple of days (it was a paypal echeck), but since it sounds like you would be willing to vouch for him, he will be just fine for getting in.
See you guys out there tomorrow!
Thanks everyone for coming out! We had a turnout of 34 players. The tee off was at 9:30, and we were done by noon! It was a lot of fun, and it didn't cost you your entire day either.
There were 2 aces hit, one by Tom Schodtler and one by Kyle Young. Both also hit metal once and there was a CTP throwoff for the victory between the two of them at the end. Kyle wound up closer winning the $300 winnings - a bag, 14 discs (Z, ESP, and FLX), an "Ace Race Winner" super color mini, and Discraft Towel. There were numerous other players that hit metal. I know one person hit metal 3 times and a couple others twice.
Overall a very fun day! We definitely want to run another ace race next year, and if enough strings can be pulled to work it out, we may run another one this year!
PLAYERS PACKS ARE STILL AVAILABLE:
Please email me at scott at paperorplasticsports dot com and contact me if you would like to purchase a players pack. For the same $20 you get 2 discs, your choice of hat (black, khaki, or burnt orange), Discraft sticker, supercolor mini, and Discraft pencil. We have white, yellow, and red discs ranging in weights from about 165g - 176g with various hot stamps colors. We have a BUNCH of 173's, so if you have no weight preference, that's the weight you will receive first. We can try to accomodate you as much as possible.
Thanks!
Did you guys do shortened tees or regular?
They were shortened
Eric and I didn't have time to go out and measure them as we set them up (besides the fact that the mosquitoes were REALLY bad in the morning), but they were estimated at all being between 150 and 200 feet.
We had to exclude hole 5 because it was completely surrounded by water. Instead we added a hole to the right of hole 1 (tee was about 100 feet from where the IOS merch tent was set up), and played in between 18 and 1. It went for about 150 feet out towards the soccer field area. It gave everyone an open field shot to just go for it instead of having to worry about trees or anything that might have been in the way.