Winter Series #3: Irish You the Best of Luck - B-Tier Channahon, March 8th, 2008

[stpitner]

I either sold one or someone took one - sara doesn't remember selling one but we are missing one.  Ah well, whoever got it I hope they enjoy it!  I didn't get a chance to put the better DVD cases on it, and it wasn't displayed very well.  That will change for future events

[stpitner]

The player handbook is now available online.  Please contact me if you want to use these images for anything outside your own personal use.

Irish You the Best of Luck Handbook

The pages may look confusing as how they are presented, but as long as you can get it formatted to print correctly it's how it would work for a booklet format.  The first page is page one first side, then page one back side, page two front side, page two back side, and so on.  It's 7 pages, double sided.

Comments on what you thought about the handbook are appreciated - these are not cheap to create, and they are also very time consuming.  Did you or anyone on your card get some use out of it?  I heard a couple people appreciated having something to keep as a memento from their day.

Thanks,
Scott

[OvEr HaNd AsSaSiN]

It was very useful for the kids in  my group second round.  They never played the course before and look at the book often to get the footage and pin placement.. Also one kid used it as a score card that was kinda kool.

[stpitner]

one score had to be adjusted - might affect ratings, but it shouldn't change it much.  I also added payout amounts to the pro divisions.

I didn't hear anybody tell me their thoughts about the temp holes.  Did you like them?  I saw a small backup on 19 a couple times.  I guess that would be expected considering how fast 18 would play.

[pickax]

The player handbook was great!!! You have raised the bar. It made it very easy to know exactly what the OB was for a given hole. I know I saw a couple using it for distances as well. Save your pennies on the inside and just do black and white.

The temp holes were good (despite the fact that they were where I lost the most strokes). I would have liked to have seen the road/paths on 22 OB. That would have added a little more thought to an otherwise simple hole.

Putting the CTP cards w/ a pencil in little baggiesl on the flag was a smart way to do it.

In the winter, you need to start earlier (or wait for the time change).

[can't putt]

I agree that the player handbook is great.  But I know it is both time consuming and expensive.  Other tournaments run fine without it, so if you need to cut back somewhere that would be the place.  It really does add to the professionalism of the event, though.

The temp holes were fine.  I think most people understood that 22 was a quick addition to accomodate more players.  Gary generally places temp holes to utilize the elevation of that hill on an otherwise flat course.  For example he'll place a basket near where you put the 20th tee and throw to it from the utility road below where you placed the 19th basket.  The tee for your 21st hole would be from the top of the hill throwing down across the path and creek to where you placed the basket.  We don't get enough elevation change in Illinois.

Finishing in the dark didn't really bother me, but might have been avoided with a shorter lunch.  Again, I know there were reasons for the long lunch break that can be adressed in the future.

I think porta-lets are a requirement when the bathrooms are closed.

JMO

[Bruce Brakel]

Thanks for running a generous tournament and for letting us deliver and sell the CFR discs.  We hope to raise $1400 through CFR sales and made a good start this weekend. 

I thought the course routing books were cool, but perhaps more than necessary for a C-tier. But it gives you a place to put sponsor advertising, so they are useful that way.  If you had done a text-only course routing sheet that would have been enough.  For Big D Doubles I do a text-only course routing sheet together with a course map.  But if it something you enjoy doing, do it.  It makes your tournaments a little cooler than what they would be without the booklet. 

The extra holes were appropriate for the course.  They were all in the 2.5 to 3.5 range like the course and righty-favorable like the course. 

I think when you have more experience as a TD and a player, you will better deal with the amount of disc golf you offer relative to the amount of daylight there is to play it in.  You can do a lot of things:  start earlier [sunrise was at 6:15], cap the number you are going to allow to play, and keep the process moving.  Larry LaBond is real good at this.  I've never finished one of his tournaments in the dark. 

I'm not complaining.  I thought you did a good job.  I hate running winter tournaments and am glad there are good winter tournaments to play. 

[skipache]

LL KZoo

[stpitner]

I had every intention of starting the first round no later than 9:30 and every intention of starting the second round no later than 2pm.  It would have been done if the registration didn't make things go so haywire on me.  That was a HUGE learning experience for me.

Thanks for the comments.

[DiscCrazy]

Great job Scott. I had a great time and got some great disc's and a set of quad shocks with my winnings. Look forward to the next tournament you run!!!

[godzilla46]

I would like to thank the TDs of the Winter Series ( Aaron Scott, Jason Rose and Scott Pitner ) for putting on these tournaments in such blistery,wet and frigid conditions.   Hopefully,  the Winter Series will continue for years to come and may these experiences make us better disc golfers.   Also, I will give a big thank you to everyone who helped TDs with their tournaments . Finally,  I  another thank you for a friend who could have a have played in the tournament and earned points in the Winter Series but decided to help me play a very inspired game, Ray Esquivel.   

[stpitner]

Absolutely awesome, the documentary video is available online!

http://www.ckaproduction.com/idc08htc1.htm

A HUGE thanks to Seth Treptow and his crew for choosing the Irish You the Best of Luck tournament to come out and shoot.  According to Seth, they are going to make an expanded version of this video because they have so much more footage that they want to use.  The documentary challenge required the video to be no less than 4 minutes long and no less than 7 minutes long.

Check it out!

[tacimala]

I'm having a lot of problems getting it to play properly with the volume cutting in and out and not matching up in timing. Anyone else? Pretty cool though!

[CEValkyrie]

Very good piece.

The only thing I didn't like was the clip that had workers cutting down trees. I usually send these videos to park districts and especially the forest preserve. They don't like seeing trees cut down.

[stpitner]

I could send that comment on to Seth for the larger video that they are working on.  I don't know if they video'd that clip themselves from down in St. Louis or if it was a stock type footage clip.  I also should probably mention to them that Barrett's name is spelled wrong in the credits (it's correct earlier on).

Now of course the version you'd probably want to send off to park districts is the shorter version, but I can send the commentary of to them for the extended version.

[stpitner]

lol I was going to proudly post that the TD report has been submitted for this event, but I just received an email that the PDGA mail server is bouncing my email *sigh*  I tried it again and it bounced again.  I'll try again tomorrow, but it's at least ready to rock and roll

[stpitner]

TD report has been sent to Karolyn (the usual email for TD reports is still not working), and it has been accepted.

31 non-current members played.  Wow.  only 1 new member.  I highly recommend people renew!  Some of those 31 got off easy because I know I didn't collect the $10, but I can't tell which ones (probably only 2-4 people).

Hopefully with Highland Park on 4/26 - as long as I get the official go ahead with the courses - I'll have the TD report turned in right away so that the ratings can make the 4/29 update.

[tacimala]

It would be nice to have happen, but I think that they require TD reports to be in a week or two before the rating update so it probably wouldn't happen on their end if you got it in before the 29th!

[stpitner]

nuts, ah well, so much for wishful thinking.  I'll still get it in quick though

[can't putt]

Scott, any update on when you expect the trophies for this tournament to be distributed?  Thanks.

edit -- Hmmm, do you have any idea why only Open and Masters are listed under the PDGA official results?