2015 IOS Season

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It's 2015 and time for another great Illinois Open Series Season. Our plan is again to host seven events.

May 2,3 - IOS #68 - Dave Pitner Memorial @ Community Park, Channahon, IL
May 30,31 - IOS #69 - Oswego Open @ Eagle Ridge, Oswego, IL
June 27, 28 - IOS #70 - Sinnissippi Open @ Sinnissippi Park, Sterling, IL
July 12 - IOS #71 - Forest City Crenzy @ Anna Page Park, Rockford, IL
August 8,9 -  IOS #72 - Squaw Creek Summer Soiree Presented by Discontinuum - B Tier - Sqauw Creek, Round Lake, IL
September 13, - IOS #73 - Indian Oaks Open @ Indian Oaks, Marengo, IL
October 10 - IOS #75 - The Bevier Blast @ Bevier Park, Waukegan, IL

For the split day events (#68, #69, #70, #72), Open, Am II, Am IV play on Saturday, all others on Sunday.

A note on amateur divison names: The IOS team feels that the traditional division names (Advanced/Intermediate/Recreational/Novice) can be misleading. We will instead refer to them as AM I, AM II, AM III, and AM IV. See the FAQ page for more info.

Entry Fees

Pro - $50
Am - $30
Jr - $20 (Trophy Only)
Proof of current PDGA membership or $10 non-member fee required
Junior divisions are exempt from the membership requirements.
Discount fees: Half-in for Pro divisions ($25), Trophy Only for Am divisions ($20).

Preregistration is strongly encouraged. If spaces are still available, new registrations will be taken before 8:30am, but will be subject to a an extra $5 walk-up fee.

Schedule

Check-in: 7:30-8:30am
Players meeting 8:45am
The lunch break will end 1 hour from the last card being turned in. Don't be late. We will get started on time.
The awards ceremony will start as soon as possible.

More info at illinoisopenseries.com

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Introducing series points for clubs! At this point it is just for bragging rights, but we thought we'd experiment with a team/club component to the series.

Points are as follows:
If a player places in one of the 5 major divisions (MPO, Am1-am4), they will earn their club points
1st = 10 pts
2nd = 5 pts
3rd = 3 pts
In the smaller divisions where there are at least two players participating:
1st = 5 pts
If a club has more than 10 players participating on a given day, they will earn 10 bonus points.

When you checkin, show the your bag tag for the club you are competing for and we will note it on your leader board card. The bag tag is required; no tag, no points! Note that this is just for identification purposes, the IOS team is does not have the manpower to compute/run tags for all of the participating clubs.

This may get tweaked through the year based on how things go and the feedback we receive. Please let us know what you think.

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Attached are the individual series points after Oswego.

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Tyler, thanks for your continued service.

Mike

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Attached are the individual series points after Sterling.

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Attached are the individual series points after Rockford.

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Attached are the individual series points ahead of the 9/13 Marengo tournament.

Names highlighted yellow have played three IOS tournaments this year and must play one of the final two to be eligible for series points prizes.  Names highlighted pink have played two IOS tournaments this year and must play both of the final two to be eligible.

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Attached are the individual series points after Marengo.

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Tyler, thank you for your years of service running the numbers for us.

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Congratulations to the 2015 Series winners:
Pro Open - Gavin Rathbun
Pro Master - Charles Holz tied with Sang Park, but since Sang was not present for tie breaker. Charles takes the trophy
Am 1 - Dylan Lhotak
Am 2- Christopher Calvin
Am 3 - Derrick Ross
Am 4 - Matthew Walker
Am Master - Paul Kenny
Am Grandmaster - Roger Tranowski
Am Women 3 - Cristina Carlstrom

Some of the above races were really close. In Am1, places first through fourth were separated by one point. Am Grandmaster, Roger held on over Carl Spray by one point.

Full points can be found at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1F1OPCCDa2L3wruQfRLfaEp6F9h8C_vyM9diHa4VYHOQ/edit?usp=sharing

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We already planning for 2016 and are looking for feedback. A number of players filled out a survey at the last IOS. If you'd like to also participate, the survey is now online at http://goo.gl/forms/k7LW6yk5Fi