January 2007 Newsletter

[Jon Brakel]

Happy New Year from Discontinuum Disc Golf Club!

2007 Bag Tags are here!!! Every Discontinuum member gets a bag tag as part of your membership. The lowest tag numbers will be handed out to current members at Sunday's best shot league in Waukegan this Sunday, January 7th, 2007 at Bevier Park, 10am tee off. Be there to get a low number to start the new year with! This is the start of winter league but you wouldn't know it by the weather, seems more like a jump start on Spring league. Please arrive by 9:45am to sign up for league; we look forward to seeing you there!

The following members have been elected for the Discontinuum Board of Directors for 2007.

President-Brett Comincioli
Vice President-Tom McManus
Treasurer-Allan Short
Secretary-Jon Brakel

Monthly club meeting is also this Sunday, January 7th, 2007 immediately following Sunday league at Bevier. (Approximately between 12:30PM & 1:00PM)

We will be meeting at the Pizza Hut on Sunset & Lewis in Waukegan. Everyone is welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend. Please feel free to come & check things out.

We will be distributing bag tags at the club meeting for people who attend the meeting but not league.

Join the club today! You can join at league, club meetings or online. Get the new 2007 bag tag right away by coming to Bevier league in Waukegan on Sunday, January 7th! Get a low bag tag number to start the New Year right!!! http://store.discontinuum.org/index.php?cPath=23

2006 club members: Your grace period to renew your club membership without a lapse in benefits is January 31st. If you do not renew by January 31st you will lose all your club privileges including access to the club members area of the message board.

2007 PDGA Memberships - save $5 off your renewal or new membership thru the club. See a club officer (Brett Comincioli, Jon Brakel, Al Short or Tom McManus) or come to a club meeting to get in on the club bundle membership. You can also buy 2007 PDGA memberships online at Discontinuum. http://store.discontinuum.org/index.php?cPath=23

2007 Ice Bowl.
Our friends at the Fox Metro Disc Golf Club are hosting an official Ice Bowl on January 27th at Jericho Lake Park in Aurora, IL (where IOS #6 was held in 2006.
Entry fee $20 all divisions with 2 canned goods-- includes a DX disc, mini, and free lunch. Some Disc upgrades will be available- come early! $5 for pro and $8 for star
$5 fee for not bringing food
PRO, ADV, INT, REC others will be added if enough players
$1 ace fund
$2 mulligans
$1 throws for pole hole

Registration from 8-8:45
players meeting at 9
first round 9:15
lunch 11-12:30
including putting contest, throw for pole hole contest
free lunch
players meeting 12:30
second round 12:45
awards and pole hole finals 3:15

first round singles
second round seeded doubles (i.e. lowest score in division paired with highest score in division)

Preregistration being taken via mail:

Aaron Scott
236 s calumet Ave
Aurora IL 60506

Via online:
Go to
http://www.suretomeet.com/exec/gt/event.h,event=dbebfa9141fd

Any questions, contact AAron Scott at foxmetrodiscer@comcast.net

Rule of the month
803.13 Holing Out
A. A player who fails to play any hole or fails to hole out on any hole during the round may be disqualified, at the discretion of the director, using the following guidelines:
(1) Holes missed due to late arrival may be scored and penalized according to section 804.02.
(2) Inadvertently failing to hole out (as determined by a majority of the group or an official) shall result in 2 penalty throws being added to the number of throws plus penalty throws already taken on the hole. The hole shall then be considered completed.
(3) Intentionally failing to hole out (emergency, injury, plane flight, etc.) constitutes withdrawal from competition. The player shall be withdrawn from competition and officially listed as "Did Not Finish" on the scorecard and in the event results.
B. Disc Entrapment Devices: In order to hole out, the thrower must release the disc and it must come to rest supported by the chains or within one of the entrapment sections. This includes a disc wedged into or hanging from the lower entrapment section but excludes a disc resting on top of, or hanging outside of, the upper entrapment section. The disc must also remain within the chains or entrapment sections until removed.
C. Object Targets: In order to hole out, the thrower must release the disc and it must strike the marked target area on the object as specified by the director.
This rule came into play in one of the pro groups at Aurora at IOS #6 this year and resulted in a money loss for someone. You should also note that one of the implications of (B) and (C) above is that "slapping" the chains is NOT holing out according to the rules.

Take advantage of the unseasonably nice weather and get out and throw today!

Sincerely,

The Discontinuum Board of Directors

Brett Comincioli, President
Tom McManus, Vice-President
Al "Mirth" Short, Treasurer
Jon Brakel, Secretary