The first ever "Wham Bam Thank You Am"

[Jon Brakel]

Anyone here play? How was it?

[kyle]

It was easily among the most fun I've had a tournament.

Each round there were 18 CTP discs, each card had their own CTP (hole of their choice), plus in both rounds hole 11 was a CTP for everyone (winner each round got a set of Quadshocks).
During the second round Steve's card started on hole 11 and one of the guys aced it, so not only did he get the CTP, he also got a $25 gift certificate for ACE hardware across the street from the course (they sell discs). (Couldn't do an ACE pool).

Player's pack consisted of an Elite X Wasp, our choice of custom stamped Elite Z discs (They had Flash, Buzzz, Crush and I think Challengers), a champion mini and a couple of stickers.

The raffle had a huge amount of prizes. I walked away with a glide hat, shirt, and a gateway disc. They also gave away a ton of premium plastic, a set of 4 discs autographed by the last 4 world champions, lots of premium plastic, 2 2004 CE Rocs, good water bottles, another set of quadshocks, 2 DiscWing shirts (the new British disc company), a skillshot, 2 videos and a book donated by Scott Stokely, a Discraft ChainStar Portable Basket and some other stuff.

Sergio not only won the INT division shooting -6, he also won the Chainstar Basket!

Steve was in a 5 way tie for 10th in INT, I was somewhere near the bottom and Shawn tied for 7th in ADV.

Awesome trophy sculptures by Tom Holsten for all of the 1st place winners.

The only downside came during lunch. Serg and I went to the Sussex Bowl for the great deals they gave the disc golfers. When we came out Serg realized he hadn't locked his car and his disc bag was gone from the back seat (but my box of backup discs was still there untouched). We got back to the course and his bag was found up in the parking lot by hole 1. His cell phone and 2 putters were gone. Really bizarre that those were the only things taken. We were all pretty confused by that, but karma sure came back and helped Serg out in the end.

[Jon Brakel]

We got back to the course and his bag was found up in the parking lot by hole 1. His cell phone and 2 putters were gone. Really bizarre that those were the only things taken. We were all pretty confused by that, but karma sure came back and helped Serg out in the end.

My guess is that it was not stolen by a "real" disc golfer. It was stolen by someone who didn't apply any value to discs. They probably just snatched the bag hoping there was a wallet with cash in it.

Glad to hear you guys had a good time!

[D]

VV O VV  !!!!!!!!!!!!               <----     =  WoW !!!!!!!!!!


A Chainstar basket!!!!!! Sweeeeet

[SERG]

Mike Batka and company really put together an awesome tournament. I'm not just saying this because I finally picked up my first tournament win...but it seemed like everyone out there had a good time on a beautiful day. I would have been happy with the player's pack alone.

On the issue with my bag, here is a crazy and bizarre story:

I'm pretty anal about locking my car. I must have just been that hungry and/or excited that I shot a -6. Anyhow, Kyle and I were both pretty stumped when we noticed nothing else was taken out of the car. When we returned to the park, and found out the bag was there with the majority of the contents still there, we were even more stumped. Inventory stolen:
- 1 Grid Stamped Aviar
- 1 Parkside Stamped Aviar
- Cell Phone
- Can of OFF bug spray
- Pack of gum
- Tube of Sportscreme
- Marlboro Lights
and finally....the Summer League schedule for Discontinuum

Now the story gets even better: My mom got a call this morning from a girl (Amy)who said her uncle found this phone outside his church in Lannon, WI (just north of Sussex). He went to visit her after church and gave her the phone. My parent's number was in the phone book of the phone so the girl figured she'd call "Mom & Dad." Turns out, I went to college with Amy and her husband. Their good friends were visiting them from Kenosha, also a girl I went to college with and her husband, who works with my brother. Amy gave it to them and the guy gave it to my brother. I'll get it back tomorrow. Now I can return the phone I went and bought today for $120. I couldn't a phone for any cheaper than that.

Definitely a crazy weekend. This is one tournament I don't think forget.

[CEValkyrie]

Wow, that is whacky!!!!!

Now all you need to do is find the disc golfer that attends church in Lannon WI .

[SERG]

I just had to take a picture and "show off" the trophy from the Wham Bam Thank You Am tourny. Tom Holsten did an awesome job. If you don't know Tom and are a PDGA member, Tom was talked about in the last issue of DG World News. He's created the last few designs for the Rumbletown tournament in Milwaukee.

It's a two-piece trophy. The guy isn't supported on the wood.

[pat]

Congradulations on the win Serg.
Sounds like it was a great tournament. I'll have to put this one on my list for next year.  

[Jon Brakel]

I just had to take a picture and "show off" the trophy from the Wham Bam Thank You Am tourny. Tom Holsten did an awesome job. If you don't know Tom and are a PDGA member, Tom was talked about in the last issue of DG World News. He's created the last few designs for the Rumbletown tournament in Milwaukee.

It's a two-piece trophy. The guy isn't supported on the wood.

Very nice! So, what is the guy supported by?

[SERG]

He's not supported by anything. He just sits on the wood. You can make him throw a forehand or a backhand, whatever you're in the mood for.