Inaugural Bloomington-Normal Open (C-Tier)

[mcstac007]

for everyone that is in bloomington tonight  a few of us are going up to fat jacks if you want to meet up  give us a call  815-382-7867 matt and jim

[Jon Brakel]

Todd cashed at Channy.
Ever since he has gotten down to ISU we have been trying to get out at least 3 times a week if not more. Hopefully I will be up there soon too!

That's cool. Congratulations Todd!

[Jon Brakel]

Brett just called in names to me and I posted them online. We'll get first round scores up in an hour or two. First round was just about to come in when I finished with Brett. Names are here: http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=7211

78 players for this gorgeous August in October tournament!

[Jon Brakel]

1st round scores are up!

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=7211&year=2007&includeRatings=1#Open

[djchill]

Brett thanks for a great tourny i had alot of fun being able to get drunk with the college girls and playing disc golf all weekend  you cant complain  see you at the next tourny  Jim

[Jon Brakel]

Final results are up with unofficial ratings. Check the results for errors as I was getting all the info via cell phone. Let Brett know if there are any errors.

http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=7211&year=2007&includeRatings=1#Open

[DANA V]

i see 2 mistakes from the open division-

it was scratch (chris) starkey, not barry
tom m. shot a 53, not a 63 for the 2nd round


thanks for getting the scores up so fast!

[stpitner]

AWESOME event today.  It was very encouraging to see so many people come out!  I had a feeling that there was going to be a good attendance

The courses were well maintained, and considering the stuff they were given to work with, it was laid out VERY well.

Brett, that hole 10A was BRUTAL (especially for lefties!)  Mix in with that a cross country team that didn't really care that there was a disc golf tournament going on (I was informed of this), and it then lead to a REALLY long backup (3 groups).  I wound up with a 5 on that hole, but I was VERY pleased with picking up a 4 on the long 650 footer.  Tough, tough hole!

I even came within inches of finally being able to post in the Ace man cometh thread lol.  I doinked off the basket's bucket on hole 15 in the 2nd round.  That could have been a 285' foot ace, something like that!

Thanks for a great event!

Scott

[Tom McManus]

Great event.  Fun courses. Big turnout. 78 players. Lots of fun.  Rob Strasser tore it up.  Good karma for doing all the work on the courses in the B-N area.  Brett did a great job putting this event together with the help of the Bloomington-Normal disc golfers.  Thanks to Jon for getting the scores posted so quickly. I am looking forward to playing those courses again.

[damonshort]

Fun courses, fun folks, very well run, great to meet and play a round w/ Brett's dad.

I'd take either of those courses over anything closer to here than Kenosha; Irvin in particular. The first temp hole at Maxwell is easily the best hole between here and Peoria. And it's almost *in* Peoria.

I had a couple of flat rounds, could've scored better if I'd made any putt outside of 20 ft, but the other 2 old guys ahead of me took turns tearing it up so it really wouldn't have mattered. I had a great time regardless.

Thanks Brett and everyone else involved.

[CEValkyrie]

This post is going to be rather long. I have to thank quite a few people.

I want to start off by thanking the course sposors
Paper or Plastic Sports-> www.paperorplasticsports.com
The Alamo II-> www.thealamoii.com
Combined they donated $500++ worth of merchandise for CTP's. WOW!!!
Thank you Scott & Larry for your support.
Players, please support these sponsors. They will continue to support events you play if you support them.

Rob Strasser and Dan Nagle have done a fantastic job getting 2 quality courses installed in Bloomington-Normal. They moved pins, marked OB, and had course information sheets ready to go. Thank you guys!

www.BNdisc.com and all the local players of B/N. You opened your arms and immediately made me feel welcome. I was quite worried about being treated as an outsider. Thank you for all of your help promoting the event and donating your time in any way! Also, thanks for the scoring competition. Another bag of goodies adding value to the event.  I was able to watch my dad play his first event ever. That is very special to me.

Thank you Jon Brakel! Having scores uploaded to the tour page is a big bonus. Thank you for your time!!!

I want to thank anyone who helped me run the event. Disc golf events are not run by 1 person. They are run by many volunteers. I had some great help. Thank you for donating your time. Without you guys this event would not happen. Thanks to my dad for making the trophy pictures!

Thank you Bloomington & Normal Park Districts. Your have very well kept courses. Thank you for allowing a disc golf tournament. Here are the e-mail addresses to my contacts. Please e-mail them and thank them.
Cary Frey-> cfrey@normal.org
John Kennedy-> jkennedy@cityblm.org

Players, thank you for coming. I really expected around 50 or less players. 78 blew me away. If you have any feedback please send an e-mail to president@discontinuum.org In the future i'll try to have an expanded selection of merchandise.

I am sorry if I missed anyone. Your time and support is much appreciated!

[CEValkyrie]

For anyone that attended the event a saw the trophies or had the pleasure of winning one, what did you think? Should I do these again in the future?

[stpitner]

I think this was seriously the first event I've played in where I didn't play so poorly that I didn't even think of a trophy and the trophy was not a disc.  Honestly I think it was kinda cool.  It was probably a cost effective thing for you to do, it is a nice little memento, and since a lot of people don't throw their trophy discs, it's a nice thing to add to the rest of the collection (for those that are priviledged to play well enough to have a collection!).

If you were to do another tournament in B/N, I would perhaps suggest not doing a picture of hole 10 again and do a different hole instead (just to prevent repetition).  I think the majority of the people will react to a "Show me the money" mentality to get some free merch, and then the trophy - whatever it may be - is just a slight perk at the end.

[CEValkyrie]

I would definitely change the picture from one event to another. The good think is my dad loves taking pictures. Maybe a picture of the tunnel hole at Maxwell next year.

[stpitner]

*shakes fist at tunnel hole*  Sweet hole except for the wait... silly cross country runners not caring about other people that are there trying to use the same area. (and from what I understand it wasn't an actual cross country meet, they were just checking out the course)  If you hadn't heard that's why it took so long for the final cards to come in.  It was a tough hole with a lot of discs that went into the wet muck, and then delayed beyond the disc golfer's control.  I think we had to wait for 3 or 4 groups, and it was the 4th hole before we were done.

[Dan Michler]

dude i was there when the cross country runners went by and it wasn't that big of a deal.  there was a little bit of a backup becuase it was a hard hole preceded by a bunch of deuce holes.  we were out of there by 5pm which is pretty fast for a 2 round tourney at 2 different courses with 78 players.

[mcstac007]

brett and everyone involved with the event thank you. I had a blast at the event, I also cant wait for another chance at the tunnel hole next year. I will conquer it!!!!!  Tournament was ran very smoothly and we were out of there quickly. I can't emphasize how fun it was and that I will be back every year you plan on running it. Thanks again.

Matt

[jack]

From what I saw, the runners weren't a problem on the tunnel hole. When I got to the hole, there was only a two-group back-up. The four-group back-up was initially created by an Open player on the bottom card who hit the early trees, threw from the creek without realizing it was out-of-bounds, and was told by Al that he threw from out of bounds when he was halfway down the fairway. Much chaos and hilarity ensued shortly thereafter. I'm still not sure what the final score or ruling were, and I rode home with the guilty party.

The only change I would make to this hole would be to clearly demarcate the OB line or simply declare any water in the creek to be casual and the opposite bank to be in-bounds. Otherwise, I thought both temp holes were a nice change of pace. Well run event, Brett!

[stpitner]

dude i was there when the cross country runners went by and it wasn't that big of a deal.  there was a little bit of a backup becuase it was a hard hole preceded by a bunch of deuce holes.  we were out of there by 5pm which is pretty fast for a 2 round tourney at 2 different courses with 78 players.

ok, the story must have gotten worse by the time we got there.  Whoever was sitting in the lawnchairs by that hole were really talking up how bad the wait was because of the cross country runners.

I did, however, have at least a 20-minute wait on the hole, so that made things a little tough to get back in gear after having a great round up to that point.

I'm trying my best not to complain, but to explain why I DID hear some other people complaining about why it took so long from when their card was turned in to when the ceremonies started.  I'm guessing they were not involved in any backups.

I was quite happy with when everything ended, and I was treated very well with the Wizards and other Gateway stuff that I had available for sale.  I even sold some quad shocks

It was a great day, no question.

[Tom McManus]

dude i was there when the cross country runners went by and it wasn't that big of a deal.  there was a little bit of a backup becuase it was a hard hole preceded by a bunch of deuce holes.  we were out of there by 5pm which is pretty fast for a 2 round tourney at 2 different courses with 78 players.

ok, the story must have gotten worse by the time we got there.  Whoever was sitting in the lawnchairs by that hole were really talking up how bad the wait was because of the cross country runners.

I did, however, have at least a 20-minute wait on the hole, so that made things a little tough to get back in gear after having a great round up to that point.

I'm trying my best not to complain, but to explain why I DID hear some other people complaining about why it took so long from when their card was turned in to when the ceremonies started.  I'm guessing they were not involved in any backups.

I was quite happy with when everything ended, and I was treated very well with the Wizards and other Gateway stuff that I had available for sale.  I even sold some quad shocks

It was a great day, no question.

The reason for the delay from when some of the cards were turned in to when the awards ceremony began is the fault of one card, which had three players.  There was a dispute of the score of one of the players on one of the holes.  They argued among themselves for 20 minutes before turning their card in to tourney central. That is something beyond the control of the TD or any other person involved with the tourney.