AZ State Freestyle Results
November 9th, Scottsdale. AZ
Jamming Photos from AZ States
Hey Jammers,
You missed the shred event in the great southwest last weekend. It's
unbelievable that a week has flown by since many top ranked freestylers flew
into and out of town, and left their shorching routines on the dry grasses of
Scottsdale AZ. The weather couldn't have been more perfect for the sixteen
team prelim to get on it's way. I believe this is the largest freestyle field
in many years (at least since I've been participating and ran the event). Due
to the large number of registered freestylers and a slow start-up, the finals
went into the early evening under ballfield lights. Several freestylers
actually had to run off the field after playing to grab a flight back to
home.
Awards going to the most traveled for participating in just one event
include: Paul Kenney (Jacksonville FL) competitor and Jamie Chantilles (New
York, NY) non-competitor. Needless to say there were many folks that joined
us from Colorado, Northern and Southern CA, Chicago IL, North Carolina and
elsewhere that made the trip to participate in this premiere overall event as
well!
The prelim results were:
Pool A
1)Murphy/Coddington
2) Sample/Lewis
3) Leitner/Kenney
4) Wylot/Laubert
5) Lasher/Brandt
6) Lahm/ Meigs
7) M. Horn/Damon
8) Kaili Young/ S. Horn
Pool B
1)Schiller/Richard
2)Robbins/Bekken
3)Wright/Rogers
4)Sader/Gleason
5)Cade/Lighthizer
6)Pierson/Albers
7)Hobson/J.Kirkland
8)Paulsen/G.Kirkland
As the beautiful AZ sunset closed the day, the finals were set for the top 4
teams in each pool to play into the evening. Routines to note were the
technically challenging yet flowing routine by Gina Sample and Dave Lewis as
well as the routine of Joel Rogers and Bill Wright which was less
choreographed but teeming with energy and movement. Rarely is there a tie in
FPA events, yet these two teams showed that technical merit and flow/grace
have balance in judging these events. Murphy/ Coddington gave
Schiller/Richard a run for the coveted hand-crafted wooden freestyle
trophies. Chuck and Dave S. played well. Their powerful and exciting endings
generated lots of crowd pleasing minutes. They also executed their routine
well by only dropping 1 time. But Arthur and Dave M. were too strong in
presentation and difficulty to edge out the competiton. Murphy has really
come back strong after severe back surgery only one year ago. It's
unbelievable that he attempts the same moves that he had in the past and
still can pull them off as if there were no indication of any back problems!
The finals were strong for the most part and all routines are available on
videotape for a nominal $10 (plus shippng & handling charges). For more info.
please forward your address and phone # and check to me so that I might do
begin on the mass reproduction of videotapes (approximate mailing dates in
Jan.).
The Finals results were as follows:
1st Place Murphy/Coddington
2nd Schiller/Richard
**tie 3nd Lewis/Sample and Wright/Rogers
5th Kenney/ Leitner
6th Laubert/Wylot
7th Sader /Gleason
8th Bekken/Robbins
Congratulations to all the winners and participants. Next year mark your
calendars for a trip to the valley of the sun to have a great time!!! We are
going to try to see about holding a complete FPA event in the Spring....so
stay tuned to the net for more info. to come!
Shred on and keep 'em spinning!
Judy Robbins
Southeast Flying Disc Championships
Fore Palms Disc Golf Club, Jacksonville, FL
25-26 October
open pairs
1. Gregg Hosfeld/Buddy Adams
2. Carlos "Pipo" Lopez/Paul Kenny
3. Bob "Friz" Coleman/John Houck
4. Jeff O'Brien/Scott Sailor
5. Jerry DiChiara/Lawrence Frederick
6. Tito Andino/Jaime Chantiles
Florida States freesyle results
Oct 5th
Orlando, FL
open pairs
1. paul kenny and jerry dichiara
2. gregg hosfeld and carlos "pipo" lopez
3. bob lewis and scott scholten
4. shawn harrigan and john osgood
amateur individual speed flow
1. mike sigrist
2. brian thompson
3. john ditmars
New England Overall Flying Disc Championships
Normandy Farms, Foxboro MA
September 27-28
The winds were light, the sun was out, the grass was green, the music
was loud. Twenty-eight people participated in the freestyle event.
There were two pools, a pool of six teams and a pool of seven teams.
The top two teams from each pool went to the finals.
The Freestyle portion of the New England Overalls was held under absolutely
perfect fall conditions at Normandy Farms under the shadows of Foxboro Stadium,
including the start of foliage season. Thirteen teams competed. The semifinal
round was extremely well played with a consistent light wind conductive to big
moves. Highlights of the round included the tight teamwork of Rick Williams
and Alan Caplin. Dave Jones and Scott Sailor showed a number of big moves.
Scott appears to be the next Mt. Kisco torchbearer. Unfortunately, Shred
Oberhein continues with his tight grip on the torch. Incidentally, Ted showed,
recent injury and all and limited himself to cheerleading and training some of
the talented youngsters in attendance. A big highlight of this round was the
back and forth big air mega-gitases of Toddy Brodeur and Jamie Chantiles.
Jaime has just returned from a couple of knee injuries and left the rust in the
dust. Paul Kenny and Steve Scannell introduced some refined play as they
prepare for the Worlds in Hawaii.
The finals continued the hot play. On any given day, any of the four finals
routines might have won. Scott/David and Rick/Alan each stepped up their play
even from their awesome semis. Toddy and Jamie came out and reshredded at
another level. The highlight of the round might have been Jamie's
UltraMegaHein Airborn Gitas Thud felt clear to China. MIT seismologists
continue to analyze the data. With the pressure clearly on, Paul and Steve put
together a routine of clean coops with Steve's spinning 49 year old body
behaving like a 29 year old and Paul's turnovers providing just enough margin
for victory.
Here are the
results.
1 Paul Kenny and Steve Scannell
2 Toddy Brodeur and Jamie Chantiles
3 tie Rick Williams and Alan Caplin
3 tie Scott Sailor and David Jones
5 tie Jason Southwick and Mark Ide
5 tie Steve Hartwell and Dave and Johnson
7 tie Tom Whiffen and Greg Hickley
7 tie T.M. Dyer and Michael Dussault
9 tie Bill Newman, Tim Cohn, and Dorn "Bo" De Raad
9 tie Gordy Adell and Mike Mattioli
11 tie Kelley Southwick, Mark Mudgett, and Roy Doar
11 tie Eddy Cohn and Zack Kazin
13 Edward Giroux and Mike Pratt
Oklahoma States
Haikey Creek Park, Tulsa, Oklahoma
August 30 & 31
OPEN
1st John Kirkland / Harvey Brandt
2nd Steve Ward / Shawn O'Connell
3rd Shawn LaMastus / John "Rock" Stewart
4th Rick Neil / Bob "Dr. Doom" Morton / Steve Raper
5th Shane Hedrick / Kevin McCoy / Mark Vasicek
6th John Green / Jeff Green
Minnesota States St.
Cloud
June 21, 22
OPEN
1 Tim Mackey/Pat Marron/Rico Schnieder
2 Chris Sieben/Tim Gellerman/Gene LaForge
3 Chris Porter/Tim Rieth
AMATEUR
1 Mike Kukuk/Randy Farahger
2 Nate Johnson/Jim Goude/Ed Schroer
3 Brad Emery/Rob Weege
MASTER
1 Jim Smith/Rick Rentz
2 Bob Ramey/Ron Ramey/"Bear" Rusthoven
WOMEN
1 Denise Oerlien/Krista Sieben
JUNIOR
1 Jack Smith/Aaron Williams
2 Joe Smith/Brandon Hanson
Connecticut StatesRoseland Park, Woodstock, CT
June 14, 1997
Choose a
division
1 Toddy Brodeur/John Dwork/Chris Ryan
2 Alan Caplin/Rick
Williams
3 Dave Jones/Scott Sailor
4 Carl Emerson/Steve Scannell/Jason
Southwick
5 Stuart Farquharson/Brian Traichel
Narragansett Freestyle 97Narragansett Rhode Island
June 7 1997
Open Pairs
1 Ted
Oberhaus / Doug Simon
2 Paul Kenny / Jeff O'Brien
3 Bill Dublilier /
Richie Regensberg
4 Toddy Brodeur / Walter Dunbar
5 Rick Williams / Alan
Caplin
6 Dave Jones / Scott Sailor
7 Steve Scannel / Chris DePaola
Octad Tinicum State
Park, Erwinna, PA
May 25, 1997
Open Pairs
1 Merrill Detwiler/Scott
Sailor
2 Jeff O'Brien/Dave Steger
3 Everett Evans/Frank Senk
4 Deb
Adamson/Bob Graham
1997 Rhode Island States
Newport, RI
April 26, 1997
Contact: T.M. Dyer
Category: Major - Penalty
Place Player
1 Steve Scannell/Rick Williams
2 Toddy Brodeur/Chris DePaola
3 Dave Jones/Scott Sailor
4 Jason Southwick/Brian Traichel
5 T.M. Dyer/Bill MacWilliams
April 13, 1997
Contact: Eric Olsen
Category: Major
Finals
Place Team
1 Todd Brodeur/Jeff O'Brien/Judy Robbins
2 Arthur Coddington/Chuck Richard)
3 Larry Imperiale
4 Gary Auerbach/Brian McElwain
5 Paul Kenny/Pipo Lopez
6 Buddy Adams/Gregg Hosfeld
1997 Wintertime Open - Pasadena, CA
February 16, 1997
Contact: Dave Lewis TD: Mark Horn
Category: Major-Penalty
Finals
Place
Team
1 Dave Schiller/Danny Sullivan (69.8)
2 Danny Cameranesi/Chuck Richard/Rick Sader (67.0)
3 Larry Imperiale/Tom Leitner (66.9)
4 Joel Rogers/Donny Wallace (58.6)
The 1997 Wintertime Open took place yesterday, Feb 16th in Pasadena,
CA. Oak Grove may soon lose it's nickname of "Soak Grove" as the
temperature hovered around 70 degrees under semi clear skys.
The best routines of the day happened in the 3 minute semi round. The cut
was from 8 to 4 to make finals so the teams knew they had to perform well.
The poodle boy trio had a dropless and nearly flawless round receiving the
best crowd response of the day. Also, in pool B Peter Laubert and Rodney
Sanchez played solid but were edged out by Donnie Wallace and Joel Rogers
who had a well choreographed, innovative routine. Although, Pete and
Rodney had many less drops, the judges may have emphasized with Donnie &
Joel as they had to play through having a water baloon land just 5 feet
from them during a co-op.
In pool B Larry & Tommy had only 2 drops and pulled some heinous moves
out.
Winning over a 3 way is never an easy task for a pair in a 5 minute final.
But pushing the edge of diffuculty on a less than favorable playing
surface (to say the least) Dave Schiller & Danny Sullivan shredded their
way to the 97 Winter Time Open Title.
Congrats Dave & Danny!
Notes:
Pool B tied a record for most Dans, 4 in a semi.
Richi Smitz, Dave Zeff, Arthur Coddington, Dave Lewis, Randy Silvey,
Stork, and Gary Pearlburg were among the spectators.
Chuck Richards threw an epic pre tournament party at the Ritz Carlton.
1997 New Zealand Flying Disc Championships
Christchurch, NZ
January 18-19, 1997
Contact: Pete Crowther
Category: Pro
Open Division
Place Player
1 Peter Bowie/Bob Gentil
2 Pete Crowther/Murray Lauder
3 Neil Gardner/Brendan Griffith
4 Rick Lewis-Shell/Craig McNab/Alf Saunders
5 Penny Jackson/Kristen Lewis-Shell/Roobie Ward
