The Peoria Open -- A Brass Cash Event

[Bruce Brakel]

This is not an IOS points tournament, but it is a brass cash event that will feel like an IOS.  Jon and I will be there bitching at each other, and it will have all the other familiar elements of an IOS event except perhaps not as many Waterford Junior Girls.

It is definately happening.  I need to get some information from Oldman to fill out the sanctioning request, but the BHMO guys have given us the green light. 

July 15 and 16
The Peoria Open
Adv and Pro play Saturday from long tees
Int, Rec and Jr. play Sunday from USWDGC tees
At McNaughton (a.m.) and Northwoods (p.m.)

Prices: [subject to change if Jon has any issue with these prices]

Division ........... Full .. Trophy-Only (Includes player pack and CTPs)
All Adv & Pro .. $40 ....... $20
All Int & Rec ... $30 ....... $20
Juniors ........... NA ........ $15

Pro Divisions paid 100% of entry fees less $2 PDGA player fees
Amateur Divisions paid generously in Brass Cash
Our Amateur payout are usually close to 150%
(Thank you Discraft for free stuff!!!)

[whofarted]

i've heard nothing but good about these courses - should be a great time! 

[Bruce Brakel]

I thought I would answer some questions in advance:

Why are you guys running a tournament down here on our courses?  Because they are great courses!  Oldman liked the idea and said he'd arrange things with the park districts.  We're coming on Oldman's invitation.  If he thought for any reason it would be bad for PFC for us to run the tournament this year, we'd stay away. 

Why split day and no Bradley?  We have a limited number of non-playing volunteers, Jon and I for sure, and maybe Mom [Oldman's wife] and maybe Becky for one day [Jon's wife].  We are hoping to run one pool each day, but if Becky and Mom are available, we can open up an overflow pool. 

So what is a brass buck really worth anyway? [I saw this on the Peoria message board.]  It is kind of like Canadian!  In the U.S. lunch might cost me $7 plus a tip.  In Canada lunch might cost me $7 Canadian plus a tip too.  But in Peoria I can't get anything for Canadian money unless I sneak it by you, 25 cents at a time.  Brass cash is good for the wide selection of stuff we have, just like money.  It is not good if you want to stay at Jumers or eat at Avantis.  It is not good if you want a club member discount either.  Brass pays full sticker price. 

So I heard your merch is over-priced? [I saw this on the Peoria message board too.]  At our tournaments our Innova is priced at the prices I personally promised Harold Duvall we'd stick to: Suggested Retail Price.  Generally 18 Star, 16 Champ, 12 Pro Line, 8 DX.  I used to be an evil deep discounter and everyone got mad at me.  When I started doing business direct with Innova, Harold made me promise to do Innova his way.  So I'm bound by my word.  For cash sales Harold says I can give club members a discount.  Discontinuum, Waterford Junior Girls, QC, PFC, Kiwanis -- join a club and get a discount!  If you say you are a PFC member I'll take you at your word.

Our Discraft has great prices.  12 ESP, 12 Cryztal, 12 Z, 10 X, 8 D.  Some of the D is marked 6 right now, if you hurry.  Discraft gives us great deals and we pass those along to our players. 

We also carry hats, towels, shirts, birdie bags [by IOS #3 anyway], disc golf bags and stuff you've never seen at a disc golf tournament. 

[Guest_Tree]

I'm requesting off for the Peoria event Hopefully I'll be off. Stay tuned!

[paultimore]

whoo hoo!  i'm coming out early for a business trip to play this event.  i'm flying into midway at noon on friday and will head to peoria.

anyone up for a round?  i'd really appreciate a tour guide.

thanks

paul, 21954

[spike]

i've got your back, paulie.  do you need to be picked up from midway? 
do you need lodging in chicago?

pm/email me, and i'll give you my phone number; we'll discuss specifics...

spike (born and raised a baltimoron)

[Scott M.]

Has the Peoria Open been PDGA sanctioned yet? Thanks, Scott

[Bruce Brakel]

The sanctioning agreements have been sentt and the check is in the mail.

[tree]

I'm requesting off for the Peoria event Hopefully I'll be off. Stay tuned!

I'm in for Peoria Will it be just Maddisen and I manning the registration table? Will there be any other Brakel females around?

[Dan Michler]

seeing as how its not even on the pdga tour page, i know that not many people even know about it.

[Bruce Brakel]

Dave Gentry is playing the Japan Open and no one is doing his work.  The sanctioning agreement and check were sent some time ago. 

[Scott]

Bruce, I just sent you and email at brasscash before reading this thread. I agree with Dan, that unless some information is sent out at your next tourney and to area clubs such at Quad Cities, St. Louis River City Flyers, etc. The turnout will be low. Thanks in advance for your help. I look foward to playing at the tourney.

[Bruce Brakel]

Everybody turn to the disc golfer on your right and the disc golfer on your left and ask them if they know about the Peoria Open on July 15 and 16!    

[paultimore]

i'm coming all the way from sunny baltimore just to play this event  

[mirth]

Preregister online!

http://store.discontinuum.org/product_info.php?products_id=87

[Bruce Brakel]

Good news!  I have enough volunteer officials to run a B-pool on Saturday if necessary.  If we split into two pools, the B-pool will have enough players to get ratings but few enough that the volunteers are not overwhelmed.  We will most likely put the Open Pros in the B-pool first, because they never give us problems.  Everyone will meet at McNaughton for registration or check-in and a player meeting, and if we have to run a B-pool, they'll head over to Northwoods after a 1-minute player meeting. 

I'm hoping now that we will be able to run foursomes on Saturday. 

If there are any tournament volunteers out there that would like to play on Saturday and be available to run the Sunday B-pool if one is needed, let me know.  I'd rather keep the Sunday players together to ensure that the Recs get ratings, but if attendance is like an IOS, they'll have enough gators. 

If there are enough players to open up a B-pool, the B-pool volunteers will receive a small stipend related to the entry fee they paid or were going to pay on the day they were playing. 

[Bruce Brakel]

Here's some more good news:

We'll be doing the Throw Discraft Player Pack again at Peoria and Rockford.  For both tournaments the player pack will be 15 Brass good for $15 off anything you want OR any Discraft disc of your choice plus a Pro D disc from the designated D boxes.  In Peoria the Pro D discs will include whatever was left from Crystal Lake plus Buzzzes, Drones, Challengers, Bangers, and some glow Magnets I found in the basement!  They are are a few years old, but they've never seen the sun so they still pack a lot of glow.  So, for example, you could take an ESP Buzzz and a Glow Magnet.  This would normally be like a $26 value?  This deal is outrageous. 

I'll let you know how many total I can do for both tournaments.  So I don't forget, it is however many discs are left in the designated D box plus 62.  These will be first come, first served, while supplies last. 

We'd like to continue thanking Discraft for supporting local tournaments.  If I were a touring pro I would totally be behind Innova, but I'm not.  I'm totally behind the mule that's pulling my plow!

[Bruce Brakel]

I will have 110 total Throw Discraft player packs available for Peoria and Rockford.  When they are gone, they are gone.  Of course, when they are gone I'll be ordering more Discraft and they'll load me up with more Throw Discraft Player Pack stuff.   

[paultimore]

anyone up for a friday practice round?  i'd really appreciate it if someone who knows either of these courses would be up for a game.  i should be in the area by 2 or 3 on 7/14, unless i get lost on the way from chicago.

if i were to play only one of the courses, which one do you think is more important to see before the tourney?  if equally important, which is more fun?

thanks

paul, 21954

[Bruce Brakel]

I think McNaughton is more important to practice before hand.  If you go to Illinoisdiscgolf.com and from there go to the USWDGC site, you should be able to find course maps.  The Adv/Pro pool will be playing long tees.