J-Park Ice Bowl Dubz - Feb 12th

[Jeff Wiechowski]

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[Jeff Wiechowski]

Only 8 team openings left !!!!

so far.......

4 Pro teams
14 Am
7 Novice
3 Century

All the NEFA women must be skeered of little ol' J-Park........

[Jeff Zipkin]

seriously, where the hell is NEFA? weak sauce. no drive to J-Park is too long. us DisCappers drive all over NEFAland to attend tournies. no love for us or our slice of DG heaven? if you haven't been to j park you don't know what you're missing, if you have already been and aren't coming you must simply be too skerred.

[Jeff Wiechowski]

All tees are now cleared and the trails between holes are fairly well defined. A solid 12" is on the ground with sporadic areas of snowmobile trails criss-crossing the park.
Full snow gear is strongly reccommonded.

[Jeff Wiechowski]

6 spots left !!!!

We're breaking out the heavy equipment this weekend to make sure that the course is in great shape for game day.

[Rob Walker]

Your description of the snow at J-Park sounds like a walk in the park. We've had more than a foot in the last two days and they are saying it will snow on Saturday. Can't wait till the 12th.

[Jeff Wiechowski]

I'll have pics and the latest scoop Saturday night....... we have another shovel party round scheduled for this weekend.

[Jeff Wiechowski]

All tees are once again shoveled and currently melting........ Friday morning salt party at 9am. Deep snow gear still neccessary unless you can hit all aces under 600'

[Greg Kurtz]

Great job on the tee boxes. With only a few inches expected between now and Sat., we'll be in fine shape.
I'll bring some firewood. Happy to sponsor Hole 25. What's the plan for OB on Hole 5? Looking forward to
a ribbon fest

[Jeff Wiechowski]

What's the plan for OB on Hole 5?

Surrounded by water is OB, shoot from where it crossed into the water. One stroke penalty. Same rules apply to hole #9 creek.

[Titan Bariloni]

if you have already been and aren't coming you must simply be too skerred.

I know some are fugitives of justice in NY..

[Rob Walker]

What's the plan for OB on Hole 5?

Surrounded by water is OB, shoot from where it crossed into the water. One stroke penalty. Same rules apply to hole #9 creek.

There is "liquid" water? I'd forgetten that was a possibility.

[Kenji Cline]

There is liquid water on hole 5 and 9 still. Hole 5 unlikey to come into play unless you over throw the basket quite a bit. Hole 9 don't go left on the green or you'll be wet.

[Jeff Wiechowski]

5 spots left......... Jeff Daniels and Pete D to Novice.

[Jeff Wiechowski]

Matt Doepel/Shane Fahey added to Novice............4 spots left.

[Troy Dietrich]

So Jeff, how deep is the snow at J-park and will we punch through the crust as we walk? Trying to decide if I need snowpants/gaiters or not.

[Ven Vardin]

There is a crew including Jeff, on the course now. They hope to flag down a snow mobile and get a ride down all the fairways. Off the fairways it is deep, to the bottom of the some of the baskets. Check back tonight, I'm sure Jeff will post more pictures and news. http://discap.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=311&start=1110 Has some pictures.

See you tomorrow! 8AM 20F 8WC 3PM 32F 17WC Saturday: A slight chance of snow showers. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 32. South wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

[Jeff Wiechowski]

So Jeff, how deep is the snow at J-park and will we punch through the crust as we walk? Trying to decide if I need snowpants/gaiters or not.

DEFINITELY snow pants and gaiters........ only about an inch of ice crust, will support discs but now people.

[Kenji Cline]

Some of the fairways have snowmobile tracks most do not. No snowmobilers out there today to flag down. We touched up every tee today. Most are 100% clear. The ones with ice got heavily salted and chipped. Gotta love icebowl tees. Gaiters are a must if you have them. Off the beaten path is kneeish deep.
POT LUCK lunch. We'll have a deep fryer on hand so feel free to bring any deep friedable goodies to share. We'll have nuggets, fries and onion rings. I'm making curry. Don Bonesteel told me he's making some beef stew. You all know Jeff's alter ego I'm sure he'll have cookies. Getting excited for Icebowl @ J!!!

[Jeff Wiechowski]

Champ Whippet RHBH Hyzer throw....... even a tomahawk doesn't go all the way thru the surface.



Some tees looked like this.......


.......but others were much better. We chiseled and scraped abot 95% of the ice off all tees & salted what wouldn't come off.


Ribbons spool up neatly under the discs most times.

[Greg Kurtz]

Great job on those tee boxes! Clear and dry,
I have 3 boxes of food for the food bank.

The glaze makes for added distance. Ribbons are not a necessity, the discs are staying on top.
The Park road is very icy, be careful driving into the course

[Brian Thompson]

Jeff...Please add Cuzz and Mark Valis to the list!!!
Game time dicision what division were playing in.
See ya in the Am
YAAAYA BOI!!!

[Sean Healy]

Yea cuzz!!!! Play pro!

[Jeff Wiechowski]

Yea cuzz!!!! Play pro!

Like he said!

Time to get this party started............... you people are in for some abuse the likes of which you have NEVER seen !!!

.............well maybe the Mass ho's have seen it worse

[Jeff Wiechowski]

When you don't have the snow gear to handle the conditions, DisCappers improvise !!



Full results at:
http://forums.nefa.com/viewtopic.php?p=213419#p213419

[Jeff Wiechowski]

Big, BIG Thanks to all that came from near and far to play the "J" !!!!

I had my doubts about whether the doubles format was gonna scare some people away but I was dead wrong. Our previous Ice Bowl attendance numbers were nowhere close to the 68 we had out this weekend. One DisCapper suggested that the depth of the snow is relative to the number of crazies that show up........kinda makes sense because this was the 1st J-Park IB with any signifigant snow.

If anyone lost discs post up descriptions here: http://discap.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1312

or here:http://forums.nefa.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5655

[Jeff Zipkin]

Hey DisCap, thanks for running such a great tourney.
It must have taken a lot of work to get all those tees in such great condition.
That course is fantastic!
Thanks to Jeff W for TDing and to the rest of DisCap for being so welcoming.
I'll certainly be coming back for more of your top notch events.


....is what I might have said if I was a guest at this tourney.