IOS #2 @ Lombard, IL--05/31 & 06/01 2008

[Fox Metro Discer]

When I was getting the scores for the bag tags, I could see through the tent very easily. I think it was a great idea to get scores away from merch. You could actually hear what scores were being said and there weren't a million distractions either.

[Bruce Brakel]

The scoring tent worked well in a lot of ways.  Scorer helpers could focus on that job.  Merch helpers could focus on that job.  People with scores to watch could do that without obstructing the people with brass to spend, and vice versa.  It spread out the crowd so that there was not the oxygen depletion problem!    

[tjdub26936]

Ending bag tags from Saturday:

3    Brett Comincioli
8    Sean Butler
10    Todd Fanning
18    Chris Jordan
22    Nick Chernikovich
31    Bruce Brakel
35    Dave Nelson
38    Dana Vicich
52    Nate Baron
53    Tony Battisti
56    Travis Brown
60    Jason Rose
62    Kenny Glassman
65    Matt Travis
72    Tyler Williams
73    Kelsey Brakel
90    Heath Hunziker
95    Jose Diaz
110    Mike Krupicka
112    Scott Pitner
113    Ryan Jones

When I left, Heath & Dana had not picked their tag up.  Does someone have them?

[dana]

How did Bruce get a lower tag than me?

[Mukey]

Had a lot of fun & was great to see a lot of my disc golf friends I haven't seen since last year. My socres showed that this is my 1st tourney, no where to go but up!

Thanks for your help on Saturday Mukey! Your help in the morning was very much appreciated and then I think you came back in the afternoon to help also!

Thanks to Adrian Sr. and Damon for helping out all day on Saturday. During the rounds it can be a pretty slow paced volunteer job (except when some casual is calling Adrian Sr. an MFer...that was kind of exciting but in a bad way) and then when the round is over it is pretty fast paced, checking cards and stuff.

I thought that the scoring tent idea worked pretty well. Being able to set up a bit away from merch and then being able to put up the screen for doing scores as the cards came in from Sunday's round two helped us to better be able to move around the score port and be able to communicate. Hopefully it is not too hard to look thru the screen to see what the scores and breaks are.

No problem, hard to turn down the Diana Brakel-made breakfast burrito!   

I completely agree that during the rounds is where volunteerism can be a kicker. I did come back in the afternoon also, was up a bit late the night before and had to take a break in between.

Crazy that someone was up on Sr. like that! Good thing he's such a nice guy or that casual coulda got hurt.

[Mukey]

How did Bruce get a lower tag than me?

Michigan Juice   

[dana]

Also wanted to congratulate Brett on his solid 2nd round.  Not too many missed shots that round!

[Bruce Brakel]

How did Bruce get a lower tag than me?

I just took the one they gave me.  Looks like they made a mistake.  Oh well, I'll try not to lose it to Kelsey before she goes off to camp!    

[dana]

I forgot to get mine anyways.  Who might have it?  I'll be in Kirkland this Saturday.

[tjdub26936]

How did Bruce get a lower tag than me?

Human error?

You & Bruce got each other's tags per my sort, I didn't double check the ties to make sure whoever brought the lower tag should get the lowest tag of those they tied.  In fact, I think I sorted that backwards.  Sorry.

[airspuds]

Great run tournament as usual !

I dont think that messing with Sr is a good idea after seeing his vidoes of Jr fighting


It seemed this years Pavillion people did not truely comprehend that there were other
parties using the park - oblivious to the fact that another large group was
playing disc golf

what is the cost for the pavillion ?
i might put up that money next year  ( for the am day )  if you guys let me play my music all day

[CEValkyrie]

what is the cost for the pavillion ?
i might put up that money next year  ( for the am day )  if you guys let me play my music all day

$187 per day non resident

[can't putt]

I was surprised to see that the ratings weren't a little higher for yesterday. Weather was awesome, but those are some of the better scores put up at Lombard in many tourneys. Just so happened that lots of people played well yesterday. Ah the "perfect" rating system!

At first blush I thought the ratings a little low also, so I did a little analysis.  Using players with PDGA ratings only:

Saturday
Average Rating, Top 10 Rated Finishers, Intermediate -- 923
Average Round Rating, Top 10 Rated Finishers, Intermediate -- 937.9
Percent Change -- +1.599

Average Rating, Top 9 Rated Finishers, Novice -- 828
Average Round Rating, Top 9 Rated Finishers, Novice -- 841.17
Percent Change -- +1.590

Sunday
Average Rating, Top 10 Rated Finishers, Advanced -- 945
Average Round Rating, Top 10 Rated Finishers, Advanced -- 960.45
Percent Change -- +1.635

Average Rating, Top 10 Rated Finishers, Rec -- 870.3
Average Round Rating, Top 10 Rated Finishers, Rec -- 883.95
Percent Change -- +1.568

(Only 9 rated players in Novice)

Conclusion -- Looks to me like the TD spreadsheed does a pretty good job of matching round ratings to conditions throughout the skill level spectrum.

[airspuds]

no wind on sunday
never in my life have i played that course that well
great groups to play with also

thx again

[Mukey]

what is the cost for the pavillion ?
i might put up that money next year  ( for the am day )  if you guys let me play my music all day

$187 per day non resident

We've gotta have a club member in lombard, right? Skipache maybe? (J Rose)

Seriously, I'd be down to pony up some $ for that, just to not have to listen to the music. At first it's got a bit of novelty value, but after a while it was just stupid. But my playlist would hafta get played when I was coming close 

[WkeBrd3]

what is the cost for the pavillion ?

What does it cost to get the grass cut? 

[tree]

The rain prohibited the rest of the grass from being cut, I was told.

[Chainmeister]

I work with two Lombard residents.  If we were really interested, I am sure we could work something out to have them apply for the pavillion. I found the people to be strangely unaware of what we were doing.  They seemed to mindlessly wander in and out of play. It did not seem like a language issue as most players pretty well pantomined for them to move out of the way.  They either did not get it or did not care. That being said, the music was pretty amusing. It helped ease the fact that I could barely walk and didn't play well.

[CEValkyrie]

Also wanted to congratulate Brett on his solid 2nd round.  Not too many missed shots that round!

Thanks Dana! Had a good time playing in that group and with you for the first time at an event.

[dana]

Tyler- Don't worry about it, thanks for stepping up and taking care of the tags.  I appreciate it.