NEFA DISCussion

2014 New England Disc Golf Championship

Thank you to all the tournament directors in NEFA land who make this point series possible! Thank you most of all to all the NEFA members who have made this year special by showing up every weekend, increasing tournament participation numbers all throughout the region. The New England Championship is the premiere event of the 2014 point series and hence the most premier location in New England has been chosen as the host venue. Thank you to Maple Hill Disc Golf Course! I will serve as NEFA's tournament director for this event and am humbled to bring this championship to the best community out there. You will find all pertinent information for this event below.

Date

Saturday, October 4th: Amateur Championship
Sunday, October 5th: Professional Championship

Location

Maple Hill Disc Golf Course
http://www.maplehilldiscgolf.org/

Invite Lists and Point Series Totals

AMATEUR INVITES
PROFESSIONAL INVITES
2014 Regional Points Standings
2014 Point Series Results

Registration

Register Here

Fees

All Pros: $40
All Ams: $25
Rec/Junior: $10

Schedule

Saturday

7:30-8:30- Player Check in/Registration
8:45- Player's Meeting
9:00- 1st Round Tee
11:45- Lunch
12:45- 2nd Round Tee
4:45- Award Ceremony
5:00- Player's Party Starts with Year End Point Series Payouts

Sunday

7:45-8:45- Player Check in/Registration
9:00- Player's Meeting
9:15- 1st Round Tee
12:00- Lunch
1:00- 2nd Round Tee
5:00- Award Ceremony with Season Ending Payouts

Layouts

Saturday

MA1, FA1, MM1, MG1, MA2: Whites, Blues

All other divisions: Reds, Whites

Sunday

All pro divisions will play Blues and Golds. FPO will have select short tees on the Gold layout.

Player's Packs

All Ams will receive a custom stamp Vibram disc!

Player's Party

Details coming soon, but expect free food and a bunch of games!

ADDED $$

All money added to the pro pool has been allocated based on the number of players during the season's point series.

MPO: $862
FPO: $68
MPM: $126
MPG: $133


THANKS TO OUR HOLE SPONSORS!

Mike Hladick - Hole 3
Cooper Arnold - Hole 1
Devon LaBelle - Hole 1
Sean Bleything - Hole 1
Steve Tousignant - Hole 1
Eric Kretschmar Hole 1
Alex Maloney - Hole 3
Tim Walsh - Hole 2
Julie Ferdella - Hole 5
Michael Morin - Hole 16
Tony Ruschioni - Hole 2

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

They are in the link I provided. You are sitting in 14th place in MPO for MA players.

Boo, I have a wedding that weekend...
Your points leader is OUT

KG1K, things can change and weddings can be cancelled. Just saying...

ironic

people wanted the best to compete at nerds and now the best isnt even gonna be there

Is there a cutoff for invites, as in only 20 positions per division, or does it vary by division participants, say top 25%?

It varies by division, number of players qualified, and regional NEFA membership. Preliminary invites should be available in the next few weeks.

Can I qualify for AM and Pro? Please

good Job, Matt. really wish I played more NEFA events now

Craig Cutler wrote:good Job, Matt. really wish I played more NEFA events now

There is still time! You only need three events to get an invite.

Thanks for doing this Matt !

Yup yup! We're working on making this bad Larry a great time for all!

Please send me a message if you have a go pro camera and are interested in lending it to our event to capture some coverage.

Will this be somewhere else next year?

The bid process, which is still accepting applications for host clubs/locations to submit, may result in a change of location. The bid process ends August 31st though, so if you want your local club to submit a bid, there isn't much time left!

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Are regions covering entry fees? That was super nice last year.

Matt DeAngelis wrote:Yup yup! We're working on making this bad Larry a great time for all!

Please send me a message if you have a go pro camera and are interested in lending it to our event to capture some coverage.

Do you still need a GoPro? Hoey has one I bought him this year that you can borrow.

will plein wrote:Are regions covering entry fees? That was super nice last year.

That was an extraordinary effort which the CT and RI reps took on and was greatly appreciated by all the players from that region. I do not believe anything like that has been done for this current year.

BridgetBohnson wrote:

Matt DeAngelis wrote:Yup yup! We're working on making this bad Larry a great time for all!

Please send me a message if you have a go pro camera and are interested in lending it to our event to capture some coverage.

Do you still need a GoPro? Hoey has one I bought him this year that you can borrow.

That is a distinct possibility. I think we have a few made available to us. I'm still trying to figure out the best way to make this happen.

Sam Henderson wrote:Can I qualify for AM and Pro? Please

I couldn't find where it is written, but pretty sure the rule is you play Finals in only the higher division you qualify in. You'll get Points payouts in all divisions though.

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.

You should be allowed to play in ONLY the highest division you qualify for. Oh yeah, and you also should not be allowed to collect season ending payouts for more than one division.

Can't wait to get this discussion going again.

Nothing in the rules stopping Mr Marcus from winning 5 tournies in Pro GM then Pro Master and then Pro Open, cleaning up with the ca$h from season payouts. Then if he plays Pro Open at finals and has a good day at Finals $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Wish I had the skills and was dedicated enough to practice maybe I could be that good.

Paul Sullivan wrote:You should be allowed to play in ONLY the highest division you qualify for. Oh yeah, and you also should not be allowed to collect season ending payouts for more than one division.

Can't wait to get this discussion going again.

Nothing in the rules stopping Mr Marcus from winning 5 tournies in Pro GM then Pro Master and then Pro Open, cleaning up with the ca$h from season payouts. Then if he plays Pro Open at finals and has a good day at Finals $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Wish I had the skills and was dedicated enough to practice maybe I could be that good.

I don't think we should debate this one here. I'll get the discussion going again on this one in a different area.

Just asking! I just like playing Maple Hill and a weekend there sounds pretty good!

Layouts?

Pro- white/gold?

IDEA: place this info under the topic NEDGC

Question: Lets say there's this guy.. he plays 3 events with the intention of all 3 being in the same division. One of the 3 events does not have enough people to constitute an adequate field so that one div gets folded into Open.

is that guy S.O.L. on an invite?

Chris Grazioso wrote:Question: Lets say there's this guy.. he plays 3 events with the intention of all 3 being in the same division. One of the 3 events does not have enough people to constitute an adequate field so that one div gets folded into Open.

is that guy S.O.L. on an invite?

My understanding is that in a NEFA event, the bolded isn't allowed to happen. As long as there's one player for a NEFA points division, it has to be held.

Now if a player chooses to abandon the smaller division for a larger one, that's a different story. But the TD can't force that decision, specifically to prevent this kind of situation.

You are correct Josh as usual. A NEFA and/or PDGA TD can't force a player to play another division because they are the only player for their division of choice.

Gary Cyr wrote:You are correct Josh as usual. A NEFA and/or PDGA TD can't force a player to play another division because they are the only player for their division of choice.

Well...a NEFA TD can't. I don't think you can say the same about a PDGA TD.

Competition Manual section 2.1
J. A Tournament Director may, by giving adequate public notice, restrict the divisions offered. Absent such notice, the Tournament Director shall offer for competition any division which has four or more players that are eligible and wishing to compete. Tournament Directors may offer divisions with less than four players at their discretion.

Nothing there about a TD having to hold a division of less than four, just that he must offer any division for which there are at least four players that want it. Smaller divisions are at his discretion.

It's not a common practice around here (due largely to the NEFA policy) but it's not unusual for PDGA tournaments in other areas to shut down a division with three or fewer competitors and move those players into another appropriate division (say moving 2 Pro GMs into Pro Masters, or something like that). Since all pro points or all am points are the same regardless of the division earned, there's nothing lost if a player is unable to play their preferred division due to lack of competitors. In fact, the player can potentially earn more points playing in the larger division in most cases.

Regardless of what the TD can and can't do, I'd hope he at least consults with the affected players before making a final decision. Other than where trophies are concerned, there isn't a whole lot of difference from a TD perspective between a player playing solo in his own division versus playing in a larger division against other players.