Fivetone.com Presents IOS #2 @ Lombard, IL--05/19&20/07

[white_rhino]

Am I safe in assuming that there are still spots available for Rec.  I didn't get a chance to prereg but am planning on coming out!!!!!!!!

[Dan Michler]

yeah there are plenty of spots brother.

[Mitch]

Who were the divisional winners today?
Any Aces?
It had to be one of the nicest days ever for a tournament.

[tacimala]

I don't remember hearing about any aces. It was really nice out, but the wind was swirling and made it a guessing game on a lot of shots as to where the disc was going to end up halfway there. Dana Vicich won AM1 with a 4 down on the day. That's all I got right now!

[CEValkyrie]

No aces today. Ace is over $500. McKinney over Sleepy in playoff for 1st in Open.

[Jon Brakel]

No aces today. Ace is over $500. McKinney over Sleepy in playoff for 1st in Open.

McKinney won the playoff. I know that Greg Guther was not a divisional winner. 

[Mukey]

Good time today, despite my continual up & down play. If only the rain had held off for a bit.
Thanks to the Brakels, Brett, Mike Krupicka, Mike Clark, and everyone else who made the event happen & go as smooth as it does.

[stpitner]

I had a blast even though when I arrived home I could barely move! lol.  I got to take home my first Brakel trophy disc at an IOS, awesome!

Thanks for a great day, even with the music and the rain!

[Classic_ROCer]

C'Mon, you didn't like the live music?!

[discmonkey]

I've got a fever!  And the only prescription........is more accordian!   

Oh, and Brett, thanks for not letting them put up the volleyball net right in front of us when we were about to tee off on 20.  That old guy seemed pretty intent on putting it up right in front of us.

[Chainmeister]

At lunch when I wanted to listen to my own music it was a little annoying.  However, when it was pouring and we all came off the course because of lightening, they were very cool allowing us golfers to take cover and stand at the perimeter of the pavillion while they were all boogeying to some kind of balkan music.  I will admit my legs started to twitch as I caught on to the rhythms.  They were all in crazy time signatures. I'm not sure if it was an Albanian Bar Mitzvah or what it was but they looked like they were having fun. So were we!

[stpitner]

it was such a bizarre range of music that was playing.  I know the guys in the pickup truck when loading up their stuff was sharing Latino music with the whole world.  I understood some of the spanish lyrics.  When the music first started up it sounded very much like the music I've heard when I went to an Indian food restaurant.

Did many of them speak english?  I know when they were moving a picnic table they stopped right in the middle of the fairway on hole 20 for a good couple of minutes while just standing there to rest I guess before taking it the rest of the way.  They were very unresponsive when we tried to call out to them and say that where they were at was not a very good place to be!

[CEValkyrie]

I've got a fever!  And the only prescription........is more accordian!   

Oh, and Brett, thanks for not letting them put up the volleyball net right in front of us when we were about to tee off on 20.  That old guy seemed pretty intent on putting it up right in front of us.

No problem. They used that volleyball court a bunch too .

The Ace Pool is gone. $723 for an ace on hole #5.

[Bruce Brakel]

Upper day results are posted.  We believe that all Advanced players who beat or tied me qualified for Am Nationals, and that's who we gave invites to.  Congratulations to Marie Schwinn on her first win in Open Women.  She played trophy-only and is still eligible for Am Worlds.  

Lower day results should be up in the next day or two.  When pre-reg is weak, there is not time to do same-day scoring.  

The only lower day division I remember isn't even a division: Am IV.  Scott Pitner, Dave Barrish, Jenny Haug, Diana Brakel, and Mike Krupika finished 1-5 of the top eleven.  Three of the eleven were trophy-only.  Kira was 7th or 8th.  Huge turn out for Am IV.

Many thanks to fivetone.com for the gift certificates.  

[Schwinn2]

Thanks to the Brakels and all the volunteers!  Had a blast at the tournament...even though there were some bizarre moments.  People with pointy ears and tails, old ladies walking a cockatoo, and a glittery egg behind a tree.   Before anyone asks, I am 100% illegal substance free. 

I would've like to shot better the second round, but after I threw my first run spider in the pond, I lost all focus.  I think that was the closest I have ever come to crying in a tournament.  Talk about no mental toughness!  I gave up 6 strokes after my baby sunk.  It has been with me since I started playing disc golf!  As soon as the round was over, I dove in the pond and found it.  What a relief.  I still have a star eagle in the pond, but I'm not attached to that disc. It sunk after I hit a duck on hole 3.  It'll make some rec player happy.  Amazingly, I have not developed any parasite, fungal, viral, or bacterial infections from swimming in the pond.  I'm a little concerned about Greg G.  He actually dipped his head under the water!

[Mukey]

Before anyone asks, I am 100% illegal substance free.

Uh-huh   

I'm a little concerned about Greg G.  He actually dipped his head under the water!

For the first time in months!

J/K, he came out & played on Sunday, so he must not have been too bad. But he did say he cut his toe pretty bad, hope that guy sees a doctor.

[Bruce Brakel]

Two things.

1.  It was originally the Lombard Pandimensionals.  Things came to that tournament from all known eleven dimensions, including those people who get by on our planet by pretending they like to wear long furry fake tails.  That glittery egg was an n-dimensional field generator that allows some of those folks to wedge their way into our four dimensional time space.  That cockatiel was actually walking the woman.  The owner-pet relationship is the other way around where they come from.  They think humans make a wonderfully trainable pet.  And on Altus 4, accordian music is the highest form of art, so lay off on those guys, too.  

2.  We all worry about Greg Guther.  He's like #3 on my list of ten good reasons to buy the insurance for every event.  

[tacimala]

No problem. They used that volleyball court a bunch too .

The Ace Pool is gone. $723 for an ace on hole #5.

This just ruined my afternoon. Congrats to whoever hit it!

[stpitner]

A guy named Kirk hit it on his last drive of the first round.  Sorry Kirk, I forget your last name, but I know I played on the same card as he did last year at the Homie.  It was his first ace, so a well deserving $723 for his pocket.

[Bruce Brakel]

He got the ace in the morning, so at least it was not the extra trip around the short tees.  The guy was at the course before me and he helped unload.  He told Jon he woke up early and had this feeling he should go out to the course early.  You gotta follow that inner voice!