NEFA DISCussion

I hope that 2015's NEDGC's lack of attendance is not viewed as a reaction to the format change. The major reason for "declines" is the Green Mountain Championship. 284 players are playing the GMDGC, the majority live in the Northeast. It's unrealistic for most players to travel to VT back to back ...

Pete, unfortunately I have to withdraw. Good luck and thanks for putting this tournament together.

Ball golf has "course rating" and "course slope". Defined here:

http://golf.about.com/cs/rulesofgolf/a/ ... perate.htm

http://www.leaderboard.com/abcs.htm

Ball golf is decades ahead of us so they already figured this all out.

90 % of our Disc Golf courses aren't really "designed", so you are right, par is most likely meaningless on most courses.

There was a small fire at Dan Doyle's course in Warwick last weekend. It was started by a disc golfer's cigarette. Thankfully, Dan was home to put out the fire. It could have been a disaster.

if it gets any worse, you could consider moving it back to 4/18. Rough winter, hoping for melt.

Hey Steve, Ill take hole 1 for my starting hole/sponsorship. Thanks! Thank you for running this, we all look forward to it.

$2000 for a round trip flight. We are not there yet. Def not a major. They must have lobbied for Major status to get some of the top players there. Or it would have been a bust. The top players trips are most likely paid for by sponsors.

Tournament 54 is the NEFA major

right, tough to pay $270 ($5x54) for 1 round. $270 is not easy to come by in sponsorships. Is maple doable?

All good. I forgot that Newman clarified this last year

PDGA's interpretation/ruling on this issue at recent worlds has been:

--If no well defined line has been created and you cant tell if a disc is in or out, it is in...



In general, a disc must be "clearly and completely" OB to be out (804 ...

So if your disc is on a rock, that is touching another rock, that is touching the wall. But, you are 3 feet away from the wall OB, PDGA ruling would have you in. Players cant make up what the definition of the wall is. string on 6 is essential. string on 13 would be ideal but might not be practical.

Here's what happened to me:

We were playing the wall as OB.

Hole 6 Hylands. I throw my drive past basket and it hits the wall and bounces back towards basket. The disc is on a rock that is in the ground. (ground level) That rock is touching another rock that is touching the wall. Player in the ...

Ideally, ending at Maple Hill and partying in the Sap house. but I don't think that is possible with daylight.

Ending at the brewery is always fun but the the OB at Hyland's need to be clarified.. What is the OB rule? Is it "over the rock walls" or "the rock wall". I saw players playing it both ...

Is t54 happening this year? Should we plan for the last weekend in March? We are looking to plan some events and want to make sure we don't miss T54, 2015. Thanks

I stopped taking money for pre-reg for the Warwick A tier. I decided to sacrifice a full event for less work for me. Basically I create a pre-reg list of verbal commitments. If you come, great, if not, oh well. It has worked so far. The night before I have a solid list and collect $ day of. No ...

great news! not on july 4th!

Add me please. Staying 40 min away

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Rewarding td's with entry to the championship is a great idea. Not only as a reward , but as way to build the event and get the hardworking td's excited about all the possibilities.

The name was suggested to incorporate the words "Disc Golf" in the title. "NEFA Finals" similar to the name "Animalfest", only has meaning to a handful of "in the know" players. Those of us who want Disc Golf to become more mainstream thought a name change could help the club's image and help ...

Congrats to the winners. I heard that a TC conflicted with the finals and many top players in all divisions opted for the TC. This is crazy, I think we (nefa) needs to adjust and move up the finals to late sept.

good Job, Matt. really wish I played more NEFA events now

If the event is for fun and camaraderie then there isn't really a problem with offering 10 + divisions with 10 winners. If the event is for competition and true measuring of skills, I would say less divisions are more appropriate.

btw, I think it was a big mistake for the Masters division to start ...

Skill level is measured by PDGA rating. If NEFA embraced the PDGA rating system, we would have a lot less divisions. Tournaments would not crown 10 winners, some of which shoot the same scores but "win" their chosen division. The last NEFA event I played was forced to offer 10 divisions for 72 ...

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Great job Maple Hill. Dave, you're the man! We followed the coverage from home and it seemed like Maple hill had some bite this weekend. We hated to miss this. Hopefully July 4th weekend is not the new permanent date for this event. Bring back the Frizzaks and Poboys!

For example, if Wedge, Discap, or Maple Hill won the bid, imagine what they would do with the
$ 1000. They would put it right back into the growth of the sport. Just as effective as awarding a grant.

The $1000 would act as compensation to the hosting club/entity. The compensation helps justify the countless hours dedicated to pulling of an event of this size. If NEFA prefers low cost, volunteer based type events, I think we will find it very hard to pull off sustainable events on an annual basis.

Without incentive, why would a quality regional club make a bid? Running an event like this is a huge amount of work. Let's give incentive so that our best regional clubs have a reason to host. If a proven club wins the $1000, they will re-invest it back into NEFA courses, so its a "win win".

Why don't we just offer discap, buff, maple hill, pyramids, or wedge $1000 to run the finals? Is $1000 good incentive to pull this off? Surely nefa can afford it and many players support it. The $1000 would be reinvested in disc golf anyway.