2014 New England Disc Golf Championships $1189 Added Pro $$$

[Dave Jackson]

JonBon
B-Rad
Axline
Andy Allen
all on lead card for AM1

two 53's and two 57's

[Titan_Bariloni]

rain must be brutal

[Dave Jackson]

It never rains here.

The unicorns may melt if they get wet.

[Dave Jackson]

Where the hell are all the pro's?

Are they scared?

Wussies?

Busy I'm sure is a valid reason for not attending.

You can get here from anywhere in the northeast and we even have paved roads.


NEFA rents a course for ya and there's only like 25-30 players....?


See ya in the morning

[Dave Jackson]

B-Rad Ayotte takes the win down (AM1) in the rain, holding off a charging JonBon.

[Pete Charron]

Raffle winners are in!!

BASKET WINNER: Mike Dussault

NEFA membership winners:
Sandy Redd
James Reinhold
Kevin Habicht
Bill Bertera
Henry Ebinger

Disc winners:

Matt Deangelis
Jason Powers
Jesse Carrieri
Kenji Cline
Lee Chiang

[Pete Charron]

Advanced winner : Brad Ayotte
Adv. Masters: Steve Dakai
Adv. GM: Karl Molitoris
Intermediate: Matt Mourovich
Women's Intermediate: Carli Bennett
Recreational: Jonathan Cattel

[Matt Stroika]

Advanced winner : Brad Ayotte
Adv. Masters: Steve Dakai
Adv. GM: Karl Molitoris
Intermediate: Matt Mourovich
Women's Intermediate: Carli Bennett
Recreational: Jonathan Cattel

Congrats to the winners.

[Matt Stroika]

Something is not right if you are only getting fields of 67 and 26. More people than that show up to Devens league in the rain.

[Titan_Bariloni]

^
its still above 90 total
above the number at past years finals

[Matt DeAngelis]

Something is not right if you are only getting fields of 67 and 26. More people than that show up to Devens league in the rain.

Agreed that there should be more, but drawing a comparison to devens league is flawed. A one round commitment at a local league, with no restriction on membership status or prior tournament results, on a course that is very beginner friendly allowing players with less skill to beat a seasoned veteran, etc. Come on Matt...

[Joe Yaskis]

Congrats B-RAD!

[Pete Charron]

After round 1 on blues, Timmy leads the pack at 56. John Bon and Fleury are nipping at his heels with 58s and Bleything and Sully at 59s...

Golds just started,.. Anything can happen!

[Jeff Wiechowski]

Timmay for the W

[Craig Cutler]

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.

[Matt DeAngelis]

If that's the case, kind of unfortunate the captains couldn't have avoided that conflict given the amount of advanced notice of the NEDGC. Regardless, I'm all for the last weekend of September being the date going forward and will push for that change.

[Matt Stroika]

Something is not right if you are only getting fields of 67 and 26. More people than that show up to Devens league in the rain.

Agreed that there should be more, but drawing a comparison to devens league is flawed. A one round commitment at a local league, with no restriction on membership status or prior tournament results, on a course that is very beginner friendly allowing players with less skill to beat a seasoned veteran, etc. Come on Matt...

No need to rip on the Devens course. Come on Matt. I have not really been following the series or the finals. It seems you are moving it to a new level with the added cash. I wonder why people did not both to show up. Were the membership/qualifying standards too stringent? I would think you would fill both days. I wish I had some constructive ideas but I don't have enough info to do that.

Craig, I don't think you can blame TC. They could have scheduled any other day but chose this one. That says something to me.

Congrats to Timmy!

[Dave Jackson]

Something is not right if you are only getting fields of 67 and 26. More people than that show up to Devens league in the rain.

Comparing a weekly league to a season ending regional championship is kinda lame, right?
Kinda overstating the obvious, no?

My hat is off to all involved in the NEDGC. Many players were very happy with the efforts made to make this event happen.

Just remind the people with all the bright ideas and brilliant observations that the "Suggestion Box" is conveniently located directly next to the "Donation Box".

[Drew Smith]

Had a blast. The course ate me up.

[Matt Stroika]

Something is not right if you are only getting fields of 67 and 26. More people than that show up to Devens league in the rain.

Comparing a weekly league to a season ending regional championship is kinda lame, right?
Kinda overstating the obvious, no?

My hat is off to all involved in the NEDGC. Many players were very happy with the efforts made to make this event happen.

Just remind the people with all the bright ideas and brilliant observations that the "Suggestion Box" is conveniently located directly next to the "Donation Box".

Actually, I do not think it is lame to compare league to the championship. More people should be excited about playing in the championship than in a local league right? How many people show up to Borderland league or Maple Hill league a couple dozen? Yet when they host tournaments they are filled with a wait list.

NEFA should be looking at why there was not a wait list for finals. Why didn't people show up? How many people who did qualify chose not to show up and why? Did they not like the venue? Did they not like Meow? Was it too far? Too late in the season?

I am not knocking the event and I am sure it was a great time, especially for those that got to play Maple yesterday on a beautiful October day. What a treat it must have been to have that entire course to yourselves. Maybe that was the point?

[Mike Dussault]

How was it that Jon Bon got to play both days? I thought you had to play in the highest division you qualified for. Was there an exception made for some on this rule? I know Hollywood Henderson was lobbying to play both days and was shot down.



I had a good time with the players in attendance. That course!!#*%$#... Maple F'n Hill!

Thanks to the countless volunteer hours it takes to put on this regional series and finals. The efforts are appreciated by most.

Bring back Match play finals!

[Bill Bertera]

Raffle winners are in!!

BASKET WINNER: Mike Dussault

NEFA membership winners:
Bill Bertera

Since I'm already paid up through next year, I donate my membership to Rob Tatro for 2015. Since he clearly can't be responsible for renewing his own membership on time.

I don't know why more people didn't come in off the waitlist to play on Saturday, maybe the rain kept them away? I agree, moving this to September should help; I know I would have played if it were earlier. All pros that played in 3 events were elligible, so it certainly wasn't too restrictive.

Mike, there was nothing in the rules that said you couldn't play both days -- Rick clarified this at some point, Sam could have played. We'll try our best to clean up the charter and close loopholes before the end of the year, hopefully we can get as much feedback/suggestions as possible in advance.

Thanks for everyone who helped, and Pure Flight, and mostly to Maple Hill for hosting! I didn't get to stick around for the party, did people hang around or did playing the rain send people home?

[Kevin Gardner]

I think it was just a tough date for most of us.
It happens, I don't think there is any reason to get overly critical about the attendance. Most of us probably just had a scheduling issue. Trust me, I would have definitely played if I were available.
Late in the season is just tough to schedule, it's just how it is, either people will be free to play the event or they won't. I look forward to (hopefully) playing next year!
Congrats to all the winners!

[Gary Cyr]

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.

Wow,..where have I heard that idea before?!?

[Matt DeAngelis]

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.

Wow,..where have I heard that idea before?!?

You've been calling for this for a while Gary! I remember the original discussion which came up related to losing discs in the leaves and costing the player the tournament, and it being a finals shouldn't be played in those types of conditions, etc. All very good points. Hopefully this will stick and we will be moving NEDGC up a few weeks and into September. We would lose dates for NEFA events, but still.

[Gary Cyr]

You will only lose a few events for one year. Why can't the schedule start for the following year right after the Finals. T"he Fall Finale" will now be the "Falls First"

[Pete Charron]

Sunday's Results:

MPO

1st: Tim Walsh $432
2nd: Sean Bleything $299
3rd: John Buonsanto $216
T-4th: Jeff Fleury $151
T-4th: Kyle Moriarty $151
6th: Ryan Sullivan $111
T-7th: Cooper Arnold $85
T-7th: Micah Franzman $85
9th: Pete Charron $70
T-10th: Sam Henderson $32
T-10th: Tim Jiardini $32
12th: Joe Yaskis
T-13th: Ryan Clair
T-13th: Rob Belanger
15th: Mike Dussault
16th: John Williston
T-17th: Alex Maloney
T-17th: Drew Smith
19th: Devon LaBelle
20th: Paul Fleming


FPO

1st: Julie Ferdella $108

MPM

1st: Keith Clark $154
2nd: Bob Kulchuk $92
3rd: Jake Gifford
4th: Jeff W (DNF due to injury)

MPG

1st: Karl Molitoris $158
2nd: Greg Kurtz $95
3rd: Rick Williams

Saturday's Results:

MA1

1st: Brad Ayotte $181
2nd: Jon Buonsanto $135
3rd: Steve Tousignant $108
4th: Andy Allen $88
T-5th: Luke Adolph $65
T-5th: Jeff Sullivan $65
7th: Rob Durant $47
T-8th: Aaron Haenal $19.50
T-8th: Ken Marshall $19.50
10th: Mike Axline
11th: Jeremy Kozinski
12th: Travis Bushore
13th: Eric Kretschmar
14th: Adam Stearns

MM1

1st: Steve Dakai: $114
2nd: Craig Abbot: $80
3rd: Troy Dietrich: $60
4th: Pete Nevius: 45
5th: Jack Bradley: 33
6th: Kenji Cline
7th: Doug Callghan
8th: Erik Lindgren
9th: James Sicard

MG1

1st: Karl Molitoris $104
2nd: Robert Penney $66
3rd: Michael Morin $49
4th: John Rodenhizer
5th: Rick Williams
6th Nyles Johnson


MA2

1st: Matt Mourovich $170
2nd: Jimmy Scanlon $135
T-3rd: Anthony Cavalieri $101.33
T-3rd: Lee Chiang $101.33
T-3rd: Perry Russo $101.33
6th: Tony Ruschioni $74
7th: Chris Sharkey $65
T-8th: Greg McWilliams $54
T-8th: Sean Belanger $54
T-10th: Dave Meyer $44.33
T-10th: Daniel Ragland $44.33
T-10th: Josh Quackenbush $44.33
T-13th: Braxton Showalter$37.50
T-13th: Mike Hladick $37.50
15th: John Rogers
16th: Erik Haenal
T-17th: Wallace Holmes
T-17th: Ryan Kasprzycki
19th: Cam Rose
20th: Bob Pallace
21st: Sean McCabe
22nd: Kevin Habicht
23rd: Robert Massores
24th: Tom Mielke
25th: Steinard Vasques

FA2

1st: Carli Bennett $64
2nd: Jacki Bogan $41
3rd: Kathryn Gray $30
4th: Carol Click
5th: Nicole Dalton

MA3

1st: Jonathan Cattel Trophy
2nd: Norman Peterson Trophy
3rd: Josh Archambault
4th: Will Plein
5th: Joseph Ruggiero

[Michael Morin]

Pete & Jeff - Thanks for a great NEDGC Am Champ tourney. Congrats to all the WINNERS. MH blue ate me up......

Thanks also the Dave Jackson and the Maple Hill crew!!

[Justin White]

Patrick Dicaprio stated this in both invite threads

You may only play in the division that you qualified for. If you qualified for more than one division, the choice is left up to the player.

Very misleading to some.

I also don't understand how jonbon got to play am and pro.

[Bill Bertera]

Patrick Dicaprio stated this in both invite threads

You may only play in the division that you qualified for. If you qualified for more than one division, the choice is left up to the player.

Very misleading to some.

I also don't understand how jonbon got to play am and pro.

Rick replied as such to this question from Sam asking if he could play AM and Pro.

There is nothing in the 2014 NEFA Points Charter that would prevent someone from playing Pro and Am in this year's NEDGC. This player requirement was in the NEFA Points Charter for the NEFA Finals, prior to 2013, since Pros and Ams played at the same course on the same day in the NEFA Finals. The 2013 NEFA Points Charter did not have this player requirement for the first NEDGC, however Pros and Ams played on the same day at different courses.

John, Karl and Rick all played both days.