IOS #54 - The Dave Pitner Memorial - May 4th-5th, 2013 - Channahon, IL

[stpitner]

www.illinoisopenseries.com

IOS #54 - The Dave Pitner Memorial
May 4th-5th, 2013
Channahon, IL

Open, Intermediate, Novice Divisions play Saturday.
All other divisions play Sunday.

Pre-registration entry fees:
Pro Divisions - $50 (1/2 In Option - $25)
Amateur Divisions - $30 (Trophy Only Option - $20)
Junior Divisions - $20

Prices will increase by $5 on the day of the tournament, so do yourself a favor and pre-register!

Online Registration will be available at www.paperorplasticsports.com

New for 2013: Frequent Player Rewards program!  More details to be made as soon as possible.

[stpitner]

We are a month away from the beginning of the 2013 IOS series!  I hope you plan on coming on out and participating in the fun.

Pre-registration for IOS #54 is now online.  You can sign up here:
http://paperorplasticsports.com/2013/2013ios54.html

[stpitner]

Just over 2 weeks away from the IOS series kicking off this year!  I hope that all of you are as excited about it as I am.

We do have some Innova custom discs coming for this event.  Included in the package are some pretty awesome items such as:

Flat Top DX Rocs
Flat Top KC Pro Rocs
Flat Top DX Rhyno
Metal Flake Champion Aviar
Restock on Champion TL's
CFR Glow Champion Gator

Should be some pretty nice goodies for all to choose from!

[stpitner]

Just an FYI that we are monitoring the flooding situation out a Channahon.  I know that at the moment the entire park is closed.  As soon as I get more information I will let everyone know.  Since we are still 2 weeks away from the event we should be ok, but I will be watching this closely and announcing any changes as soon as I possibly can!

[Bruce Brakel]

Yoda, Vader, Cubs, White Sox, Bears, Jerry Garcia, Tigger, Stevie Ray -- if I had some custom dye orders I could afford to drive out for this.   

I'm dying the overall points discs as we speak.  I'm not liking how bleedy some are so I might do some extras and let Scott and Mike have first pick. 

[stpitner]

This is the latest information that I have from the park district. We'll probably know by Monday what will happen. I'm currently investigating potential alternate locations where we might be able to move the tournament to should we be told that we can't go forward.

"A crew of people will be at the park Saturday morning to continue with the cleanup. Lots of standing water with large carp and catfish swimming around and the parks dept have seen numerous snakes!
Until the park officially opens back up, I won't be able to tell you if the tournament can be played. The parks dept are hoping to get back to the course today or tomorrow."

[StanK]

What are the chances we are playing the weekend if it is unplayable we going to a different course if so is it gonna be the same weekend or different

[pickax]

That's not really any room in the schedule to move weekends. There was a crew from Jtown out today cleaning up at Channy. One basket is still under water, but we have a week still for things to get better.

[stpitner]

I have received official word - the course is OPEN. We are ON for this weekend! Feel free to pre-register if you want to save some money on your entry fee!

Pre-Register: http://paperorplasticsports.com/2013/2013ios54.html

I will be out there on Thursday to assess if I have to close off any holes (guessing 6 is what's underwater?) or set up an alternate basket location.

[Musich]

Alright, not sure what the hell I'm doin wrong, but when I try to pre register, it doesnt give me any options to move forward or check out.  It lets me put in my name, division and pdga #, which I also just renewed but isnt updated yet.  After that theres nothing on there to pay for it.  Thoughts? Thanks!

[pickax]

After you put in name, div, and pdga #. Clicking AddToCart should put it in your shopping cart. You should see the shopping cart in the upper right corner of the screen and can check out from there. If you still have trouble, please send a pm to stpitner.

[pickax]

It looks like google checkout is not working correctly in the Firefox browser. Try IE or Safari.

[stpitner]

I'm on Firefox 11 from where I'm checking right now (current version is Firefox 20 heh), and it works fine.  I'll update to the latest Firefox later and see if there's an issue.

For IE if you are using the latest version, you might have an issue where you can't see the buttons to register.  To fix this, turn on compatibility mode.  There's an icon of a broken piece of paper next to a magnifying glass at the top of the page that you need to click.  That will get the stuff to load.

Musich - are you trying to register from a computer or from a phone?  I'm seeing reports on the Google checkout pages that they sometimes see some issues with the mobile version of this cart.

So many lovely surprises

However, anybody having trouble can always send me a PM, and I can always send you an invoice directly if you continue to have problems on the website.

[stpitner]

I found a newer version of the Google Checkout cart and upgraded.  IE works even when I don't have compatibility mode turned on, so a LOT of the issues should be resolved.  Let me know if you continued to experience any problems!

[tacimala]

Sorry if I scanned and didn't see this, but is the plan to just do rounds of 18 per day or will there be additional holes in the normal areas off of hole 18?

[pickax]

The plan is to do the three additional holes after 18 as we have done in the past. Depending on the flooding status of hole 6. We may change that hole slightly.

[Chainmeister]

Jon Cleaveland had e-mailed me and said- . #6 still surrounded by water throw past it in more water. Over shot 11 to the left towards 6 in water. Otherwise the course looks great. In spots u can c how high the water came up.

 

[StanK]

Is the intermediate on sunday an mistake?

[pickax]

Yes. He's playing advanced.

[Musich]

I'm on Firefox 11 from where I'm checking right now (current version is Firefox 20 heh), and it works fine.  I'll update to the latest Firefox later and see if there's an issue.

For IE if you are using the latest version, you might have an issue where you can't see the buttons to register.  To fix this, turn on compatibility mode.  There's an icon of a broken piece of paper next to a magnifying glass at the top of the page that you need to click.  That will get the stuff to load.

Musich - are you trying to register from a computer or from a phone?  I'm seeing reports on the Google checkout pages that they sometimes see some issues with the mobile version of this cart.

So many lovely surprises

However, anybody having trouble can always send me a PM, and I can always send you an invoice directly if you continue to have problems on the website.

Thank you Mike and Scott.  Used Firefox on my work computer and it worked fine.  Thanks for the help.  Can't wait for Sunday!