20th RI Frostbite Classic/Ice Bowl 2015 2/14 Ninigret Park

[T.M.DYER]

Hey All,

My Life keeps getting in the way of my hobbies...

We the RI Disc Championship Committee are hosting the...

20th RI Frostbite Classic/ Ice Bowl 2015

Sponsored by the Charlestown Parks and Recreation Department

Sat Feb 14,2015

Ninigret Park Disc Golf Course Charlestown,RI

Weather or Not!!!!!

No Wimps!!!No Whiners!!!

No Cancellations!!!

3 rounds of singles---54 holes
One round each on the red, white, and blue tees

Divisions: Open, Advance, Novice & Juniors(16 & under)

Entry Fee: $25.00 & donation of at least two cans of food for the RI Food Bank
$3.00 given to the Food Bank for each pound of food collected

Tee Sponsorship:
$25.00 Name/Business on Tee & listed on the map/scorecard/program 54 different tees

Day of Registration/check in --- 8am
Frosty Drew Nature Center
Players meeting - 8:45am Tee Off at 9:15am
Lunch and Awards Indoors at the Community Center

Pre Registration at the Charlestown Parks & Recreation Department 401-364-1222
On line at http://www.charlestownri.org/index.asp? ... ype=BBASIC

Questions and further information contact T.M.DYER 401-255-3747 or dyer_tm@yahoo.com

We will have Kingston Pizza there in the am to take lunch orders...

We had no snow until this week...

The tees will be cleared for the event...

Hope to see many old friends and meet many new ones...

Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[Andrew Lacroix]

I would love to come down there again. If there is anyone in the eastern MA area who'd like to go, and carpool the 80 minutes to Ninigret, I can arrange something. Hopefully we won't have half a foot of snow before the end of the third round this year.

If you've never played there, it is a rather different play and enjoyable from every tee for every player. Hoping to win novice this year to hear my name overshouted by the word "bagger!"

By the way, TM not only is a great TD, but he also mows down the snow on the course with a tractor to limit lost discs!
Andrew

[T.M.DYER]

Hey Andrew,

Thanks for the Kudos...

It seems that the online link did not quite bring you to a registration place...

I believe I have added the correct link to bring you to the right place...

Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[Mike Dussault]

No payout info listed. Just wondering what 25.$ gets a playa? Is it tee pad fund or will there be some prizes/cash for winners?

Been a while since I played Nini. How is the snow level?

[Andrew Lacroix]

TM:

The link only goes to "Community Pass" with no option for the Frostbite classic. The town website has it with again no option to register. I will continue to check for updates but I will be down there for this event.

Andrew

[T.M.DYER]

Hey Andrew,

The Community Pass is the registration site...

You need to create a user name etc...

I was not given any options beyond this from the town this year...

I do not like the system at all...hard to navigate...wants way to much info to get started...

Options for payment method are slim...

I will be happy to process your registration in the am... day of the tourney...

Hope this makes sense...
Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[T.M.DYER]

Hey Mike,

There is about a foot of snow...right now...still a couple of weeks to add to this #...

We are raising funds for the RI Food Bank...

$3.00 will be given for each pound of food collected...

Any funds left after expenses will be put into the course fund for concrete tee pads...

Trophies/prizes will be given to the top three in each div...

Hope this answers your ?'s...

Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[chris gagne]

Hey TM I'm really gonna try and make it down this year.....it will be a pay morning of though.....hopefully see ya

[T.M.DYER]

Hey All,

10 days out...

The snow is still forecast to fall at least a few more times...

I will be digging out the tees next week leading up to Fri...

Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[T.M.DYER]

Hey Chris,

Hope to see you Sat in the am...

Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[Matt DeAngelis]

What are the conditions looking like at Nini?

[T.M.DYER]

Hey Matt,

There is about a foot of crusty snow...

You can almost walk on top with out breaking through...

When you break through you go down about 4inches...

Should be hard to lose the discs...

Will be at the course tomorrow cleaning off more tees and creating walking paths down the fairways...

Looks like just like last year...snow in the late afternoon...into the eve thru sun...

I got finished with the Frostbite last year...got into a plow truck for the overnight and into the next day...between 16 and 18 hrs behind the wheel...after a full day of running the tournament...

Looks like I might be in for the same this year...

Have confirmed with the Nature Center for Reg/check in...

Have confirmed with the Community Center for lunch and awards...

Have confirmed with Kingston Pizza to take lunch orders in the am...

Have received the Ice Bowl shwag and trophies...

Hope to see many new/old faces on Sat morning...

Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[Andrew Lacroix]

Looks like fun. I will expect another 3 hour drive home for a normally 80 minute commute.

Should be there if I get over my cold.

And the carpool is still open for those here in snowbound eastern MA.

Might be the only practice I get before the Minuteman (keeping in mind I'm still on the waitlist).

Andrew

[James Scanlon]

Looks like fun. I will expect another 3 hour drive home for a normally 80 minute commute.

Should be there if I get over my cold.

And the carpool is still open for those here in snowbound eastern MA.

Might be the only practice I get before the Minuteman (keeping in mind I'm still on the waitlist).

Andrew

Hey man,

I was going to try and head down to Nini tomorrow with a couple buddies but they both bailed. How far out of your way is Pawtucket? I'd happily pay with gas or grass to jump in the carpool

[Joseph Mason Proud, III]

[John Giampapa]

Looks like fun. I will expect another 3 hour drive home for a normally 80 minute commute.

I was going to try and head down to Nini tomorrow with a couple buddies but they both bailed. How far out of your way is Pawtucket? I'd happily pay with gas or grass to jump in the carpool

What? No Ass?

[James Scanlon]

Looks like fun. I will expect another 3 hour drive home for a normally 80 minute commute.

I was going to try and head down to Nini tomorrow with a couple buddies but they both bailed. How far out of your way is Pawtucket? I'd happily pay with gas or grass to jump in the carpool

What? No Ass?

It's called playing hard to get, you should trying it sometime... Johnny Village Bicycle Giampapa

[Mike Dussault]

I want photographic proof of only 4 inches of snow. My Dad lives in Charlestown and he was complaining about massive snow removal issues.

[Andrew Lacroix]

I can swing through Pawtucket if you want. It is actually a touch quicker than going 295. Send me a pm with pickup info. It would be sometime between 7 and 7:30 am. I want to be at Nini by 8 to 8:15 to warmup and register.

Anybody else on the carpool? This would include eastern RI as well.

[chris gagne]

Andrew PM sent

[T.M.DYER]

Hey Matt,

There is about a foot of crusty snow...

You can almost walk on top with out breaking through...

When you break through you go down about 4inches...


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Hey Mike,

Says something about " a FOOT(12 inches) of Crusty Snow"

break though the crust and you are standing on 8 inches of powder...

some places deeper than others due to drifting...

Should be a lot of fun...
Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[Andrew Lacroix]

I don't want to steal TM's thunder, so I will let him post all the results, but here is a brief synopsis:

I believe we had 18 or 19 that started the day under dry conditions. The snow was, as TM mentioned, about a foot deep, and crusty, so that made for tough footing and quite the challenge with repeated trudging down each hole. Although my card played well the first round, it was evident through a chunk of the second round that this was going to be different than years past.

Snow fell off and on the majority of the second round, and by the third round it was coming down at a good clip. Not as fast as the 2014 tournament snowstorm, but still enough to cover the roads making the trip home for everyone quite challenging.

As for the tournament, I will leave everything to TM when he is done plowing and can post, but this was a fun event again and hopefully we can have a good turnout in '16.

Andrew

[Joseph Mason Proud, III]

THUNDER...

[T.M.DYER]

Hey All,

Sorry for the delay...

I can not seem to get out of the plow truck long enough to hardly get any sleep...

Much less do the hand shoveling on the ground...

Need to get to shoveling off some of the roofs...

Anyway enough about reality and everyday life...

Thanks Andrew for the preview to this report...

First time in twenty years of running this event...where we were unable to get in 54 holes...

After the first 36 holes there was only time for Nine more holes from the blue tees...we played #3 - #11...

18 Total players $450.00...6 Tee Sponsors $150.00...unhit Ace Pot $26.00
Total income= $626.00

Collected 35lbs of canned food @ $3.00/lb = $105.00

Ice Bowl Shwag/trophies = $225.41

Ice Melt = $50.00
Total Expenses = $380.41

$ Raised for Tee Pad Fund = $245.59

Open
Mateo Mead 53 55 30 138
James Scanlon 55 61 31 147
Taylor Maslowski 53 68 27 148
Bryson Hall 51 67 34 152
Josh Kent 58 64 33 155
T.M.DYER 56 68 32 156
Luke Whitney 58 65 34 157
Adam Shea 58 69 31 158
Jimmy Paola 61 66 33 160
Matt Reed 54 80 DNF
Bob DeCosta 59 68 DNF
Jeff Hayward 61 73 DNF

Women
Ashley Toomey 56 74 33 163

Novice
Phil Bode 53 80 36 169
Andrew Lacroix 57 81 32 170
Silas Houser 60 76 35 171
Brandon Touchstone 71 71 31 173
Matt Devine 65 76 42 183

Huge Thanks to our Gracious Tee Sponsors...

Mighty Fee Music mightyfee.wordpress.com #17 Red Tee

Tom & Bridget #18 Red Tee

Frosty Drew Nature Center #8 White Tee

Far Flung Enterprises #10 Blue Tee

Frosty Drew Observatory #11 Blue Tee

Far Flung Enterprises #12 Blue Tee

Bid Thanks to my Buddy Bob DeCosta for helping me run this event for twenty years...

Big Thanks to Arron from Kingston Pizza for coming out at 8am to take pizza/sandwich orders...

Big Thanks to Holly for Opening the Nature Center for Reg/Check in & Players Meeting...

Big Thanks to Michelle and Mary for Opening the Community Center for Lunch and Awards...

Big Thanks to the Hard Core Players that showed to play in Brutal conditions...

One Foot of Crusty Snow that would not support your weight...very tough to walk much less throw...

The temp was a brisk twenty degrees with little wind and bright sun first thing in the am...

Little more wind and clouds developed throughout the first couple of rounds...

Started to snow lightly before the last round...continued snowing til the end of the day...

Maybe an inch of snow fell...

I look forward to the 21st RI Frostbite Classic/Ice Bowl 2016 in the middle of Feb next year...

Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[T.M.DYER]

Hey All,

Just saw on TV that Amica is matching funds donated at this time to the RI Food Bank...

Wicked Cool that our donation will be matched...

Thanks,
T.M.DYER

[Matt DeAngelis]

Awesome! Great work. I was hoping to make it, but a sick wife meant I was on baby duty.

[Jesse Richardson]

Bummed I couldn't make it down there. Had my discs and supplies all set to go but I couldn't get out of work in time.

[Joseph Mason Proud, III]

HEY TM...

WE HAD FUN PLAYING OUR TEAM CHALLENGE..........
VS BLANDS AT NINIGRET THIS PAST SATURDAY...........

THE COPS WERE NICE GUYS.............

BIG THANKS TO ALL THE BLANDS GUYS WHO..................
DID ALL THE COURSE WORK..................
AMAZING WHAT DIFFERENCE JUST A COUPLE LESS..............
TREES CAN MAKE.................

LOVE THOSE METAL TEE PADS..........