NEFA DISCussion

Wish I could make it...love Crane Hill course.

But...I'm traveling that day in my 1932 Dodge Brothers Sedan with Pat to our club's annual international meet in northern NJ for a week long event!

It's tough to coordinate multiple loves in life.

Have fun!

I've know Jim Palmeri forever. Well, since the late 1970s anyway. Neither of us can remember when we first met. Was it at an early NAS meet in Amherst? Kensico Dam? An AFDO in Rochester? By 1979 we were both competing at Oak & Spruce for a trip to the $50K out in Huntington Beach, CA. We both got an ...

Sadly, I'll be missing this one. I've been dealing with a nasty, chronic health issue for the past 7 months and haven't touched a disc in 9.

This reminds me of my Ultimate days- dislocating my shoulder making a play like this.

Davis Johnson wrote:Jog my memory...)

You have a memory left to jog??? Luck you...

I forgot to take notes back in the day (although authentic debauchery is hard to forget!)

Right on, Dave. It was either at an '83 Amherst tourney or that one at the U of M, Boston (where you beat me by one stroke in a sunset playoff) that I first encountered the game-changing Aero. (I still have and occasionally use my first run Aero...great disc!)

The pink protos were/are the best and ...

Jay Bayer wrote:Clayton thats Phils job.......

I could use lots o' help this year.

Dan Doyle wrote:i joined before there was electricity or an internet, like phil did.

Oh, we had electricity alright...as long as the hamster was exercising!

I joined NEFA in 1988...at the very beginning...#11.

Why? Because there was no other regional organization to promote disc sports...ALL disc sports. I knew the core instigators well and I agreed with their intent...as worded in the original charter: To promote and grow all disc activities.

It ...

Let's just all go to the course and play in one division. Whoever wins gets a high five. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT TIME!
Believe it or not, that's just how this sport started out...and it WORKED!

WHY did it work? Because:
1. Everyone came to play purely for fun or status (if they were good enough to ...

Prioritizing the purse is not always prioritizing gambling. With regard to the AM purse, prioritizing the purse may be prioritizing the course. The funny money used by AMs can be a significant source of funding for a course. If the course is on public land and not pay-to-play, then it may be the ...

BUMP...a whole 'nuther year has passed.

Kinda late to the party, but here's what I posted on 3/4/11...a positive plan for change. It's still valid, and eliminates any ONE person from having to explain/justify their current rightful choice:


There is a contentious topic that pops up frequently in different mutations in many threads, but ...

Joseph Mason Proud, III wrote:Johnny was a carazee character..........

Look who's talkin!

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Good luck, Long Head.........at least, that's what Judy said........[/quote]

That was intents, lick...

Thread title will last forever - unlike your game.
I like your creative renaming solution...are we going for all-time thread post count?

Now, are YOU gonna help out?
Doubtful...I tore the long head of my throwing arm bicep during all that storm clean up, so I'm outta commission until I get that ...

Phil Kennedy wrote:Time to start a new thread...this one's SoOoOo last year!

BuMp

2 years & counting.

Greg Hinkley wrote:Anyone else at the Amherst events back in the day?

Yep. From 1976 until around 1986.

From what I've seen of watching the best "seasoned" players in the world I've found that putting is far more important (and indeed more practiced) than the long bombs. I think a course that would have a higher percentage of putts (<50) to drives (>200) would be a better fit for the patriarchal ...

My impression of last year's event (a superb start!) was that even we oldest competitors handled everything Tully threw at us as a fair challenge (well, except maybe a few of those @#!%# back nine woods holes...just kidding!). So, both carts and caddies would be a luxury, not necessarily worth the ...

Is this course still around?
Nope. It's long gone. Good thing, too: heavy plastic turned it into a quaint dinosaur...doomed to extinction.

My memory seems to recall the baskets were bought by a group of early NEFA DGers in the late-80s who reinstalled them elsewhere (possibly eastern MA?).

I ...

For the historical record, Oak N' Spruce Resort in South Lee, MA was the first "Ball & Chain" combo in New England. The DG course was designed by Ed Headrick in 1977 and served as the location for the regional qualifying tournament for Wham-O's 1979 international $50,000 Tournament held in ...

As a side note, I missed out what has happened to Victor over the past 13 years or so, since his book. It looks like he sold all or most of his collection? Is he OK?
As Victor himself has publicly revealed, he's had trouble job-wise with resulting financial woes, but he's still his old feisty self!

It's not immediately ringing any bells. I took a quick look in several likely boxes of similar discs but nothing so far. I even did a database search for all of my mold 4 discs but nothing close there.

It's easier to say what it's not because most discs have something more specific to ID them ...

Let's see what you have there.

Joseph Mason Proud, III wrote:Steve Ditter

Thanks for a great season!!!!

Ditto, Ditter

Done!

Phil,

The guy who bought this disc from me on ebay said he was going to send it to you for inspection. Did he?
Sorry for the tardy response, Morgan...vacation, new grandkid, et al...somehow I missed seeing it.

Yes, he did send it and I still have to get out my 21MP camera for some clooooose up ...

First tournament? DiscOver New York, Central Park, NYC, 1976.

First hole played? Hole one, home course, 1957.

Greg Wintrob wrote:Noun...codger -
1. used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man
2. An old man, especially one who is eccentric, curmudgeonly or grotesque.

I'm gettin' close...but, please don't rush me!