Eastern Massachusetts Championships 12--Saturday May 6

[Bill Stewart]

EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS CHAMPIONSHIPS 12
PYE BROOK PARK DISC GOLF COURSE, TOPSFIELD, MA
Saturday May 6, 2017
NEFA POINTS TOUR-- PDGA C TIER

FORMAT: 2 Rounds of 20 Holes, maximum 80 golfers
SCHEDULE: 8:30 to 9:15 Registration, 9:15 Players Meeting, 9:30 1st round tee time. Lunch is provided for all players, 2nd round 30-45 minutes after last group in.
COST: All 4 Pro divisions $50 + $4 fees* All 8 Am divisions $21+$4 fees.* Non-PDGA members $10 PDGA fee. *(Sanctioning, PDGA&NEFA fees)
GOODS: 100% of Pro fees go into Pro payout. Am’s will receive custom tournament disc. Lunch provided for all players. CTP’s, Prizes, Trophies, Tee Shirts & Mini’s. Ace pot available during registration. Pro's can buy tourney discs at cost.

MAY MADNESS WEEKEND
Play in our sister tournament, The Boom Sauce Open at Clement Farm in Haverhill, MA on Sunday, May 7. All players who play in both tournaments eligible for overall weekend trophies and cash prizes. $100 and 2-disc plaque to overall low Pro score, and $50 and 2-disc plaque to overall low Am score. All money collected for hole sponsorships added to each overall purse and will be paid out to 2nd and 3rd place finishers. SO SPONSOR A HOLE FOR $10 (and also pick your starting hole)

Contact: TD Bill Stewart (978) 852-5886. whsfive@gmail.com (also paypal address) email for snail-mail address. PDGA TD Phil Vilmorin (617) 306-9261.

CTP PRIZES/DONATIONS GREATLY APPRECIATED

ONLINE SIGNUPS:
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NEFA NUMBER AND DIVISION ON ALL PRE-REGISTRATIONS:

Keep your eyes open, signups within a week

[Bill Stewart]

PRE-REGISTRATION LIST:

MPO-Pro Open (21)
Matt Thomas 485
Paul Couture 1454 66563
Tony Cavalieri 1965 66016
Andrew Nudelman 75024
Danny Ronasa 1572 45926
Brian Harrington 1131 33545
Josh Connell 465 17393
Lee Chiang 1710 58297
Mat Sanders 72073
Ned Eisenberg 1768 54786
Raivis Markons-Craig 2252 75027
Chris Collette 2024 67321
Gary Cyr 595 22928
Bob Direnzo 46509
Matthew Kobel 59613
Eric Wilson 2021 66055
Matthew Heenan 36646
Joe Yaskis 35691
Kyle Moriarty 1430 50920
Mike Dussault 151 9038
Joe Bishop 49211

MPM-Pro Masters (6)
Jason Powers
Dave Bolliver 407 22335
John Mucciarone 723 34979
Jerel Davis 264 14527
Bob Kulchuk 1534 54607
Mike Andrews 781 34403

MPG-Pro Grandmasters (5)
Ken Gary 1157 42074
John Garb 476 94957
John Dickison
Daniel Marcus 520 2439
Dan O'Connor 477 77030

FPO-Women's Pro Open (2)
Kelly Jenkins 1978 63232
Kathryn Gray 1952 66120


MA1-Advanced (24)
"Oregon" John McLaughlin
Ryan Goodwin 2028 81723
Jimmy Towey
Mat Estey 1955 65777
Mike Hladick 1919 63175
Casey White 2149 81739
Chris Calmeiro 2091 80684
TJ Gansenberg 2166 72846
Ben Moulton 2061 73335
Jaxon Sheehy 60264
Joshua DaSilva 81457
Jayson Davis 2128 75010
Timmy Meehan 1717 65289
Nick Nealon
Steve Petrucci 2103 81448
Jim MacRae 75320
Al Ashcroft 78218
Jonathan Cattel 1925 67088
Joe Mercieri 2299 87562
Matt Kisil 2001 73121
Eric Woyden 2102 74782
Sean McCabe 1677 56637
Brandon Doster 2032 80916
Andy Seidel 2203 75890

MA2-Intermediate (10)
Andrew Fonseca 2199
Trevor Scanlon 1995
Jacob Stevens 83103
James Murphy 86415
Brendan Kaisershot 2209 43411
Matt Green 89320
Andrew Lauranzano
Mike Nolan Jr.
Jason Oullet 2052 70412
Steve Ouellet

MA3-Recreational (4)
Mike Bailey 82025
Mike Buckley 32575
Jeff Swartz 85503
Josh Halvern

MM1-AM Masters (1)
Peter Chmielinski 2304


MG1-AM Grandmaster (2)
Jaime Perron 846 28111
Rick Williams 4 2767

FA1-Women's Advanced (2)
Fallon Enman 1887 91441
Michelle Smith 1663 49957

WAITLIST

[Mike Nolan Jr]

Any news on registration?

[Bill Stewart]

16/20 HOLES SPONSORED AS OF 4/25.

May Madness overall pot now $160+$150 or $310--let's get the last 4 spots and max out the overall payout at $350!!

1- Steven Petrucci
2- Atlantic Industrial Models
3- Mike Bailey
4- Ouellet Tree Service
5- Robert Marshall & Sons
6-
7- Frankie Sullivan
8- Gary Cyr
9-
10- Brendan Kaisershot
10A- John Garb
11- Tim Meehan
12- Mike Andrews
13-Andy Seidel
14-JD/Pulpit Rock DGC
15-Frisbie's Pie Company
16-Christopher Collette
17-
18-
19- NASA/VSVN

[Franklin Sullivan]

Registration opens tomorrow at 7pm here

Register for both Boom Sauce Open and the sister tournament Eastern Massachusetts Championships 12 at the same time! Or...if you must...choose one or the other.

[Mike Dussault]

I would love to get in on the Sunday event. Is that one also full? Wait list options?

[Bill Stewart]

Mikey, let Frankie know on the Boom Sauce thread. I thing the waitlist is 5 or 7 or something like that. Frankie's gonna post a bit later.

[Mike Nolan Jr]

Didn't realize how fast it would fill. I'd like to add my name to the am2 waitlist

[Bob Kulchuk]

Waitlist please

[Bill Stewart]

Mario Rodriguez out, Dan Jalbert in. $35 to whsfive@gmail.com please Dan.

[Bobby Direnzo]

Hi Billy Boy.

[Bill Stewart]

Jeeze Bobby I see you posted and I immediately assume you're quitting on me. Lady Pye wants a piece of you....

[Mark Valis]

Waitlist plz

[Bobby Direnzo]

Jeeze Bobby I see you posted and I immediately assume you're quitting on me. Lady Pye wants a piece of you....

I come just to look at your sexy face. I'm Lady Pye's bitch for some reason.

[Bill Stewart]

Kyle Enman out, Mike Nolan Jr IN. Mike please paypal $25 (plus $10 if not PDGA member) to whsfive@gmail.com

Dan O'Connor on deck.

[Mike Nolan Jr]

Kyle Enman out, Mike Nolan Jr IN. Mike please paypal $25 (plus $10 if not PDGA member) to whsfive@gmail.com

Dan O'Connor on deck.

Paypal money sent! See y'all on May 6th.

[Bill Stewart]

John Bon out, Dan O'Connor (our corporate Pie sponsor!) is.

Josh Polur on deck.

[Bill Stewart]

Gotta catch up on the drop-outs:

Alex Chmielinski
Joy & Steve Hartwell
Noah Proctor

In:
Josh Polur
Anthony Parolisi
Jason Ouellet
John McLaughlin

You know the drill: $54 pro divisions, $25 am divisions. NEFA & PDGA numbers, divisions, please. and paypal is whsfive@gmail.com


Joshua Havern next on the list

[Bill Stewart]

More movement:

Following players are in:

Joshua Havern
Bob Kulchuk
Mark Valis

Alan MacLean on deck

[Mike Dussault]

Can you please put me on the waitlist. I want to go to the Sunday event, but may be able to do one or the other depending if I get in.
Thanks

[Bobby Direnzo]

A lot of players dropping due to rain. Hope I don't melt.

[Bill Stewart]

The big top will be out to save our souls. Mikey D, the way things are going......

Always nice to have a former Eastern Massachusetts Champion on the docket. Speaking of which:

EMC CHAMPIONS:
'05 Bobby Cowperthwait
'07 Mike Dussault
'08 Jason Gordon
'09 Brian Harrington
'10 Joe Yaskis
'11 Josh Connell
'12 Brian Harrington
'13 Steve Economos
'14 Brian Harrington
'15 Brian Harrington
'16 Jim Wills

[Andy Duquette]

I'd like to be added to the wait list please

[Jaxon Sheehy]

curious as to how hole 19 will be played/marked for ob this year with the diffeeent fence configuration.

[Bill Stewart]

curious as to how hole 19 will be played/marked for ob this year with the diffeeent fence configuration.

for you Jax, probably a 6.

I gave it some thought this week, and given that in past years we had to drop the hole due to an unforseen/planned lacrosse game, I'm happy to just have the 20 holes. So there is no OB, but the height of the fence certainly makes for challenges depending on how far the lie is from the fence. I saw Tony take it all the way down to the end of the field, then we (doubles) had to figure how much of the road to try for while bending it right down the fairway.

It's still a great par 4. Without the irrigation pond OB, the RH hyzer bomb is now feasible, but where that lands effects the second throw because of the fence.

JD mentioned unlimited relief, I was thinking more like a meter relief. What do you think?

[John Dickison]

I'd really like to see a new pin down at the end of the new field where the pond used. Short of that option, "unlimited relief" works for the fence perpendicular to the tee, but doesn't work for the fence running parallel to the road since the angle to the pin basically follows the fence.

To clarify, unlimited relief is a concept like yellow stakes in ball golf. You can take it back any distance as long as you keep the same line to the pin. Players sometimes go really far back to a distance they have dialed in, but in disc golf it's more important to minimize distance.

For the fence parallel to road, it makes more sense to have a rule where player gets relief perpendicular to fence (like the standard meter relief perpendicular from OB). If you're lying against that tall fence, a meter relief isn't much. 3 meters (or more) is more reasonable in my opinion.

To simply all this, just make it a maximum X distance relief taken perpendicular to fence.

Thanks for bringing this up Jaxon.

[Bill Stewart]

Matt Notkin out, Alan MacLean in.

Alan please confirm your reservation.

[Bill Stewart]

Cubes is out also, so Mike Dussault is in. Awaiting confirmation from Alan MacLean, and Mikey D let me know if you accept this invitation.

Joe Bishop on deck.

Forecast getting better from a couple days ago. Looks like a good 2nd round and only showers for round 1.

[Bobby Direnzo]

Immmmmm meeellllltttttiiinnnggg!

[Jaxon Sheehy]

I'd really like to see a new pin down at the end of the new field where the pond used. Short of that option, "unlimited relief" works for the fence perpendicular to the tee, but doesn't work for the fence running parallel to the road since the angle to the pin basically follows the fence.

To clarify, unlimited relief is a concept like yellow stakes in ball golf. You can take it back any distance as long as you keep the same line to the pin. Players sometimes go really far back to a distance they have dialed in, but in disc golf it's more important to minimize distance.

For the fence parallel to road, it makes more sense to have a rule where player gets relief perpendicular to fence (like the standard meter relief perpendicular from OB). If you're lying against that tall fence, a meter relief isn't much. 3 meters (or more) is more reasonable in my opinion.

To simply all this, just make it a maximum X distance relief taken perpendicular to fence.

Thanks for bringing this up Jaxon.

what's so odd about that fence is that it makes you forget where the old one was and how tall it was/wasn't

i threw what i thought was a great drive but it didn't clear it and i was fortunate to get a clean 5
i threw an extra funzie for my 3rd throw and needed to disc up to a Wraith to even reach the pin because my second throw was just an overhand chip shot


i'm pretty sure you allowed for a little more relief off the orange fence before for safety right? maybe just say 2 meters because it allows for people to keep their hands away from hitting it but doesn't give any major advantage
plus it's easier to measure than anything longer- basically just 6 feet.

either way i'm glad you aren't skipping the hole!