The Quarries Throwdown May 13, 2017 - GMPS #1, NEFA, PDGA-C

[Andy Powell]

It's back and better than ever!

The Quarries Throwdown



Saturday, May 13, 2017
PDGA C-Tier, NEFA, GMPS #1
2 rounds of 18 holes (PDGA rules)
TD: Andy Powell

Registration

https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournamen ... wdown_2017

Total field size: 90

Player Divisions, Entry Fees & Tees
Open (MPO): $35 (Tees: Blue, Blue)
Open Women (FPO): $35 (Tees: Blue, Blue)
Pro Masters (MPM): $35 (Tees: Blue, Blue)
Pro Grandmasters (MPG): $35 (Tees: Blue, Blue)
Advanced (MA1): $25 (Tees: Blue, Blue)
Advanced Women (FA1): $25 (Tees: Blue, White)
Advanced Masters (MM1): $25 (Tees: Blue, Blue)
Advanced Grandmasters (MG1): $25 (Tees: Blue, Blue)
Intermediate (MA2): $25 (Tees: Blue, Blue)
Intermediate Women (FA2): $25 (Tees: White, White)
Recreational (MA3): $25 (Tees: White, White)
Junior (MJ1): $25 (Tees: White, White)

$2.00 Ace pot included in registration
A $10 fee will be added for non-PDGA members and this money goes directly to the PDGA.
$5 extra for day-of registration
Refunds are per PDGA guidelines.

New this year: $15 tee sponsorships - Choose your starting hole for round 1. Or don't and risk the walk to 10, 11, or 12!

Hole Sponsors
Andy Powell
GV Constructoin (Gary Vigue)
Norm Peterson
Kyle Leduc
Garrett Washburn

Also a big thanks to Hannaford of South Barre for supporting the 2017 Quarries Throwdown!

Schedule
7:30-8:30 am: Player check-in
8:30-8:45 am: Mandatory Players Meeting
9:00 am: Start round 1
½ Hour lunch after last card turned in.
Round 2
Top Player/Caddy competition while payouts are finalized
(Mini madness is back baby!)

Payouts
Pros: Cash payouts
Ams: Marshall Street gift certificates
Trophies for all division champs

CTP's are back this year as well as some random TD's choice prizes.

Directions
I-89 to exit 6. Head east on VT-63 for 4.2 miles to the Barre Rd. intersection. Continue straight on Middle Rd. for another 1.8 miles and to a left to stay on Graniteville Rd. Drive for .5 miles to a left on Church Hill Rd. followed by a right on Milano Hill after .9 miles and then take a right on Brook St.

Park behind the village's garage on the corner Brook St. and look for the start of the course on the right side of the clearing.

Course Information
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=6781

More info to come regarding sponsors, food vendor, course changes, etc...

In the meantime, check out last season's tournament thread to get a basic course preview a to form general strategy to attack this beast.
http://gmdgc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2055

[Andy Powell]

2 days of registrations and we are about 1/4 full. The snow is finally melting, and tee box work, including the new tee for 16, is soon to commence.

[Andy Powell]

34/90

The snow is going away and the registrations are rolling in. 3 weeks 'til the start of the GMPS!

[Andy Powell]

47/90

We're over half full and I expect to see a bunch of registrations rolling in this week. Get signed yourself signed up today!

I'm ironing out the details with the food vendor and will have a listing of their offerings within the next day or two.

If you're heading out to the course for practice, there's a few new things for this year. First, the wind took out a key tree on the right side of 12 making the righty backhand S-curve line a much more viable option. Second, there is going to be a new blue tee for hole 16. The new line will be straight behind the short tee about as far back as you can go. It's now a long straight shot out of a short tunnel off the tee. You'll want to make it at least to the dead leaning trunk without fading out too much. So basically 12 will play slightly easier, but 16 will play as a much harder par 4 instead of the must-get birdie 3 it has been in the past. I'll try to get out this week to get some photos of these changes.

Now for all you statistics lovers out there, course master Al Rosa compiled this list of scoring averages for the pro divisions last year. You would think that hole 4 would average lower and hole 9 would average higher, but they were both played at even par.

Hole, Scoring Avg., +/-
1 2.6 -.4
2 2.5 -.5
3 3.2 +.2
4 3.0 0
5 2.4 -.6
6 3.0 0
7 3.6 -.4
8 4.2 +.2
9 5.0 0
10 4.0 0
11 3.2 +.2
12 2.8 -.2
13 3.3 +.3
14 3.7 -.3
15 3.5 +.5
16 3.5 -.5
17 2.6 -.4
18 2.7 -.3

[Andy Powell]

13 more registrations have rolled in and we are down to the last 30 spots!

Get in soon to get your early season GMPS/NEFA points!

[Andy Powell]

Just 21 spots remaining and only 3 days of preregistration. Save yourself the $5 day-of fee and get yourself in the drawing for mini madness by signing up today!

[Andy Powell]

And down to 20 spots left!

[Andy Powell]

Extra! Extra! Read all about it!

This year we have the Barre Community Baseball Board providing our tournament rations. They'll be offering options both during the morning check-in and at lunch. Be sure to grab some of their tasty offerings and help support a local organization! Here's the day's menu:

Morning,
Assortment of local Bagels w/ Cream Cheese $3.00
Fresh Baked Muffins $2.00
Fresh Fruit, Yogurt, and Granola Parfait $3.00

English Muffin Sandwich w/ Egg, Bacon, and Cheese $4.00
English Muffin Sandwich w/ Egg and Cheese $4.00

Coffee, Bottled Juice, Bottled Water

Lunch: $6.00
Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Grilled Italian Sausage Sub w/ Onions and Peppers
Grilled Beef Burger
Grilled Veggie Burger

Choice of:
Pasta Salad
Potato Salad
Potato Chips

Bottled Water, Seltzer Water, Soda, Gatorade $2.00

Cookies- $1.00

[Andy Powell]

2 1/2 hours of pre-reg left and we have just 15 spots left. From past years I can tell you this is going to be tight, so register now and don't get shut out!

Special thanks to the awesome crew for the Saturday tee box work! I especially like the new view on 16. Here's a peek at the daunting tunnel shot that starts of this par 4:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4157/3447 ... b574e3.jpg

[Kyle Moriarty]

2 1/2 hours of pre-reg left and we have just 15 spots left. From past years I can tell you this is going to be tight, so register now and don't get shut out!

Special thanks to the awesome crew for the Saturday tee box work! I especially like the new view on 16. Here's a peek at the daunting tunnel shot that starts of this par 4:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4157/3447 ... b574e3.jpg

Looks great! Any other changes to the course?

[Chris Young]

I am pretty sure that was the only change Kyle.

[Danny White]

Here is the points series report for this event

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-Jzz ... VFwVHNwZkk

Please use this link to reports any issues
http://forums.nefa.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... &start=390