2002 World's Biggest & Widdershins Open 6/1 & 6/2

[CEValkyrie]

Only 3 days to prepare. If you get a chance make sure to post fliers @ any courses you can. Libertyville, Elk Grove, & Fairfield have been taken care of. Can anyone get Parkside?

[CEValkyrie]

Pretty quiet considering we are within 2 days of a huge weekend. OK- I have hit these courses with fliers. Elk Grove Village (Clark Park), Libertyville (Adler), Round Lake (Fairfield), Buffalo Grove (Willow Stream). I think my buddies have hit Downers Grove, Streamwood, & Lombard. Obviously Bevier has been taken care of & I assume UW Parkside has also been taken care of. Does anyone live or drive by these courses? Crystal Lake, Highland Park, Naperville, or Milwaukee. We still have a few days to get the word out. My buddy from Buffalo Grove said his friends knew about this weekend before he said anything to them so the word is out. I also

e-mailed about 40 people from the pdga links that live around this area. Hopefully we'll get a good turnout.

[CEValkyrie]

I'm planning on helping Jim early Saturday morning. Let's all pitch in & make it easy on Jim. He's been busting his !@#. I'll be out today around 2:00PM to do some weed whacking & pick up garbage. I'm staying until Best Shot starts. Hope to see you out there. I will also be out on Friday @ 2:00.

[CEValkyrie]

Mirth, I will leave some weeds to whack. I've got something else to whack! I don't want to spend all my energy just whacking weeds. :)   What time do you expect to be out on Friday?

[CEValkyrie]

Jim,

     How will we be marking players who have paid? (wrist bands, markers?) Just wondering since this is the 1st time i'll be attending. What would happen if someone showed up to just play a round on there own & wanted no part in the World's Biggest. Just wondering.

[CEValkyrie]

As of today this is who I know & have coming to attend.

Brett- Saturday & Sunday

Jason-Saturday & Sunday

Brandon- Saturday   ?Sunday?

Chris- Saturday

Carl- ?Saturday?

Hopefully we'll have a good showing

[CEValkyrie]

I would first like to start off by thanking Jim for all his hard work these past couple of weeks. If it weren't for JIM *we* wouldn't have such GREAT events organized. The prizes were excellent & things seemed to run smoothly. I hope we ended up breaking even for the weekend.

     Please-anyone with input about the weekend, post it. Let's build on the experience & make it the best we can. Don't hold back. Post your opinions. Constructive criticism is the only way to improve.

     World's Biggest[- I had a great time. There were quite a few new faces out there. I was hoping for a better turnout but it wasn't too bad. I'm not sure what the official count was. Somewhere in the 30's. I think maybe we should charge $15.00 for the day. This would make it easier to break even & I think it is well worth it. You basically pay for a disc & t-shirt with that donation. With all the prizes, many ended up getting a ton of stuff. If not raising the fee, cut back on prizes. Maybe we can find someone to donate food for the Bevier Blast. This way the food money is eliminated. We need to find a food place to sponsor DISContinuum. I also think that we should wait until 12:00 or even 1:00 to start any contests for prizes. This way people don't have to get there right away. Announce this on web & in the morning so people hang around & socailize. This is a good way to try to lure people into the club. I talked to a few newbies but didn't a chance to talk to a few of the people that came. Members-introduce yourself & let newbies know about the club. Remember how you feel when you go to a new place. Make them feel comfortable. For the contests I think there needs to be a juniors only contest. This way all the kids get a chance to win. I think Ams, Adv, & Pro could do a CTP & putting contest together. I think we should eliminate the long distance & just get the big arms to put on a demonstration of throwing BOMBS! I always enjoy watching the big guns throw. I also think we need to use a real basket for putting contests. I know there were a lot of complaints. I thought throwing over the lake was awesome. Maybe we can put a basket over there next time to aim at? The raffle was cool as well! I really wanted that sign MIRTH.

     Widdershins Open[-What a sweet day. Nice temp & no rain. You can't ask for much more. It was even better that I won the Advanced Division. There was some great play all day. I again was disappointed with the turnout though. I think we should raise entry fees to $10.00/$15.00/$20.00. This would offset costs. I really thought play ran smoothly. I like the 30 hole format. The 2 temporary holes were AWESOME!!!! I heard many + comments about the setup. Once again I think we have to get better baskets for those holes. In the 3 rounds played, I saw some excellent puts get booted out that would have gone in a regular basket. I think all players deserve quality equipment. There were tons of complaints & I was one them while a perfect put went bouncing out. I wouldn't even volunteer my basket. I like practicing on homemade baskets because you have to make super quality puts to put them in but for competition it is brutal. I also think we need to revamp the vertical plane rule. I think everyone understands why we don't throw over the tennis courts. We need to resolve #5/#14 & #10 planes. I have heard complaints now @ the Blast & Widdershins. The concern is why can't players throw over the road. I would say for safety & liability reasons. I can live with not throwing over the road but I don't understand why we can throw over the road on #10 & not on #13 & #5/#14. We could resolve problems by stating either you can throw over any road or you cannot throw over any road for safety & liability reasons. I also think that if the an ace is not hit that money should go to pay the expenses or boost payouts.

     Overall, I think the weekend was a success. There were some minor issues but I think they can all corrected. The majority of people had fun. That's what the weekend is all about.

[CEValkyrie]

Bill, I have one of your baskets that I will bring to best shot on Thursday. I also have flags for you as well.

[vanmaster_b]

I'll bring a cooler of cheap soda for Saturday.

[vanmaster_b]

....also, I believe that only registered players will be allowed to compete in the putting contest, CTP, raffel, etc (correct me if I'm wrong Jim). As long as there is a list of names, we should be fine.

   The Innova Disc Golf CD-ROM games came in yesterday. They were $9 each, so I got 4. You can sell them or use them as prizes, or both. I've heard a lot of complaints about the game, but I really like it. Luckily I don't have a PC, otherwise I would be playing it all the time.

[vanmaster_b]

I was also suprised that the putting contest was on one of those temp baskets. They are nice and portable, but practing with one at home, I realize that they kick out a lot of decent putts that would have normally gone in. For competition, we need to use a higher quality basket.

I know this operations committee is supposed to help out with responsibilities, but this weekend seemed like a one man show (again). Jim did everything, was in charge of everything, planned everything, and answered everyone's questions. There are too many things to do at these events to have just one person running the show. I think we need to sit down with a piece of paper and spell out some responsibilties, just for the sake of efficiency. The more efficient we are, the more we can do.