2006 Wham Bam Thank You Am

[kyle]

Where are all the ADV Women? It's the only division currently with a single registration.
Carla needs some competition, get out there and play!

[Bruce Brakel]

We have not had many Advanced Women at the IOS, either.  Our advanced women tend to play Rec Men or trophy-only Pro Women, which makes sense if you are pushing to improve. 

[SERG]

I have just over 30 pictures and a couple of videos of DISContinuum members from this tournament. Could someone please set up a folder in the Image Gallery so I can upload...Thanks.

Congrats to Mike Clark, Dan Michler, Juan Lopez in qualifying for AmNationals (I think I missed someone, or two).

Adrian Jr. almost made it two in a row with an awesome second round score of -9 to pull within 1 stroke of the leader. He was four strokes off the lead to the start the second round and finished in a three way tie for 2nd.

Adrian Sr. placed second in Advanced Masters.

I know there were a number of DISContinuum members in attendance and I apologize I can't remember who else placed. Overall, the club did really well. Good showing.

[Mitch]

Thanks to Mike Batka for all the hard work to make this a fun tournament. I had a great time and discovered yet another good Wisconsin course.

Does anyone know if David Barish or I won anything in the raffle?

[Dan Michler]

Mitch, this is just a suggestion, but maybe if you enter a raffle or a bag tag challenge or anything else that is settled after the event is completed, stick around so people don't have to hunt you down to get stuff to you.  Either that or don't get in it in the first place since you pretty much never stick around after your round is over.  The last time i was handing out tags to people I decided that if you aren't there when they are handed out, then you get the bottom tag.

I'm sure you won't take it personally Mitch cuz this is just a suggestion to helpt things run more smoothly.

[Mitch]

Dan, I hear you on the tag thing I guess I just don't care about it very much. I would accept the bottom tag if that's what the club wants to do.

The raffle tickets were sold on Saturday and drawn on Sunday. The 24 hours waiting around would have been brutal and we were told we did not need to be present to win..

[Chainmeister]

Mike

Nice job on the tournament.  Notwithstandng my play, it was a great time. Of course, you can't take credit for the glorious weather. 

A suggestion on the raffle for next year...

Split the booty in half and offer one half on Saturday and one half on Sunday.  This way people will take home whatever they won.  The set up this year was to draw for everything after Sunday's round.  You now have to figure out how to get stuff to people who played on Saturday.  This may turn out to be a logistical Hemorrhoid.  If I recall you had a great bunch of stuff.  Split it.   There were four baskets.  Offer two each day. 

[Dan Michler]

yeah that would kind of suck not being able to be there for the raffle.

raffles suck anyways and i don't enter them.  i was busy taking a Teerex off of nick swanson who has yet to pay up!!!!!!

[El Mexicano]

Tough to split the baskets though.

[Dan Michler]

thats true, but the #1 rule in disc golf is that Milwaukee loves a raffle   

[Bruce Brakel]

So how was attendance?  We have members who played both days.  TDs who are competitive at the TD thing want to know.   

[SIUFrolf]

I think it was 79 for Sunday, 61 advanced, 12 Advanced master men and 6 advanced women.  I don't know how many came on Sat.  It was a great day for it. 

[kyle]

IIRC there were also 79 there on Saturday. Not bad attendence for a tournament with no Rec or Open divisions. Perfect weather both days.

[Bruce Brakel]

I did not understand the No Rec Divisions thing, but there are lots of things I don't understand.  I'm glad it was successful.  That was as big as any IOS so far this year.  The PDGA needs more TDs running good tournaments for Ams.

[SERG]

I thought Mike did another awesome job. Great sponsorship and "tourney central" at the bowling alley was much more fun than at the park pavilion. Keep up the good work 

Just some highlights:

• Player pack included choice of (1) Star plastic disc AND (1) ESP or Z plastic disc.
• Payout was at least 50% of field each day.
• Mike added $50 each day to the Ace Pool. No aces were hit so Mike put everyone who entered the Ace Pool into a box and pulled out winners. Each winner received $20 ($180 on Saturday, $200 on Sunday).
• Both days, each round each group picked a CTP hole (32 prizes on Saturday, 36 on Sunday).
• AmNational qualifiers received a SuperColor AmNational Spectra courtesy of Mike (because of ties a couple of people didn't get one).
• Record Breakers: Marie Schwinn won $25 for beating her own tourny record set last year. Jay Smith won $25 for beating Zac Cobus's record set in 2004. There were also three other men who beat Zac's record.
• Over $2500 worth of raffle prizes.

Really wish I could have played, but it was alot less stressful just walking around not worrying about how far off the lead I was 

[SERG]

Photos for the Wham Bam Thank You Am have been uploaded:

WBTYA Photos

[amdiscgolfer]

Nice Pics!!

Nice videos of the Putts too

[Tom McManus]

Thanks Serg! The photos turned out great.

[El Mexicano]

Nice Job Serg! Very cool action shots!

[Schwinn2]

I have photos of Discontinuum members too, I but don't know how to upload them.

Yeah, tourney was a blast.  More highlights:
*  Women's entries increased over last year.  There were 11 women competing in two divisions on Saturday and 7 women competing in two divisions on Sunday.  No women from out of state, but maybe that will change next year.  Although, I don't want Kelsey to play, because she'll crush my tourney record.   
*  Jen Taylor and Anna Cole won their entries fee back in a free drawing for women.
*  Top card on Sunday were given caddies for the 2nd round.
*  CTPs for every group both rounds.
*  Free putting contest for basket and 6 putters...granted you had to putt w/ the Lightning #2 putter.  Baiscally, it was like throwing a garbage can lid.
*  Birdie bag was provided on every hole.
*  Ace pool was raffled off in $20 amounts instead of being given away in a CTP throw-off.
*  Great lunch specials.

Mike treats the players well.