The Stateline Classic - PDGA B Tier - Toledo, Ohio May 30-31

[ChrisWoj]

Extensive information can be found here:
http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_Stateline_Classic_2009

CASHLESS PRE-REGISTRATION can be done here:
http://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/The_Stateline_Classic_2009/talk
(please note: if you do cashless and then do not show up you will be blacklisted from this option in the future! Thanks!)

THIS IS AN AMATEUR NATIONALS QUALIFIER!

This is the Stateline Classic - the first B-Tier ever in the Toledo area. There will be 500 added cash to the Open purse, there will be a player party with a putting contest, which will have added cash and plastic. There will be 15-20 CTP prizes. The ace pool/cash CTP will be a combined $5 pay-in. It's going to be a hell of an event!

There will be two officials: Myself at Vienna Park and Mark Kruse at Ottawa Park. This event features FREE PRE-REGISTRATION. PLEASE POST UNDER THE 'TALK' LINK HERE WITH YOUR NAME, PDGA#, eMail/PHONE and DIVISION to register for the event!

PLEASE NOTE: NOVICE IS AN **UNSANCTIONED** DIVISION! If you want a rating, PLAY RECREATIONAL OR UP. This is to make the event more friendly to tournament newbies!

PLAYER PARTY INFORMATION: DiSimone's Clubhouse
1633 W Laskey Rd, Toledo, OH‎ - (419) 476-8161‎ - There will be a putting contest with $50 added to the Pro/Adv purse** and plastic added to the Am Purse with stuff from my own collection of cool stuff! Pay in is $5 per attempt at qualifying! Top 3 qualifiers advance, top qualifier gets a bye as the two others go head-to-head in a double elimination format!
**money only added if we get, minimum, 10 open/adv competitors!

***I WILL PERSONALLY PAY $10 OF YOUR ENTRY FEE IF YOU BRING A FEMALE PLAYER TO THE TOURNAMENT! SUPPORT THE SPORT BY INTRODUCING THE GAME TO SOME GIRLS! GET THEM OUT PLAYING TOURNAMENTS!***


SCHEDULED LAYOUTS TO BE PLAYED: (10:30AM Tee Off Saturday/9:30AM Tee Off Sunday)
Open Men - Open Masters - Open Women - Advanced Men
SATURDAY: Vienna Longs - Ottawa Longs
SUNDAY: Vienna Longs

Intermediate Men - Advanced Masters
SATURDAY: Ottawa Longs - Vienna Longs
SUNDAY: Ottawa Longs

Recreational Men - Novice Men - Advanced Women
SATURDAY: Ottawa Shorts - Vienna Shorts
SUNDAY: Ottawa Shorts

AWARDS CEREMONY: ~NOON at DiSimone's Clubhouse
1633 W Laskey Rd, Toledo, OH‎ - (419) 476-8161 - Halfway between the courses!

Player Divisions & Entry Fees Edit
$10.00 additional fee for players without current PDGA memberships
Division Entry fee Player pack
Open $50
Open Women $40
Masters $40
Advanced $40 $7 voucher
Advanced Women $30 $10 voucher
Advanced Masters $30 $10 voucher
Intermediate $30 $10 voucher
Recreational $30 $10 voucher
Novice $30 $10 voucher [unsanctioned]
PLEASE NOTE: NOVICE IS UNSANCTIONED! If you want PDGA Ratings and points PLAY RECREATIONAL. I am doing this to encourage more first time golfers to attend the event, it allows them to skip the $10 fee.


Here is the list of discs from my personal collection that will be up for grabs as CTPs and Putting Contest extras....

170g Challenger - 2006 AmWorlds Full Color
173g Challenger - 2005 MidNationals Full Color
173g ESP Banger - Highbridge Hills stamp
170g Buzzz - 2007 DGLO Full Color
177g Buzzz - 2006 AmWorlds Full Color
175g Buzzz - 2006 Worlds Full Color
169g ESP Buzzz - Red Wings stamp
176g ESP Buzzz SS - AmNationals stamp
171g Spectra - AmNationals Full Color
173g Spectra - 2006 BG Ams Full Color (KORVER SIGNED)
171g Z Force - AmNationals stamp

166g Quarter K - First Run

172g Big Bead Aviar - 20th Anniversary Gold
170g DX Aviar - 2007 Halloween stamp
172g Champ Coyote - First Run Glo
180g SB Roc - 2006 USDGC Tribal
175g Star Destroyer - First Run
172g Star TeeRex - First Run
172g Pro Starfire - 2008 BG Ams stamp
165g DX Valkyrie - 2007 USDGC stamp



There will be a basket toss with the following up for grabs as prizes: 1. Innova Traveler Basket 2. the aforementioned 2006 SB USDGC Tribal Roc 3. A Dynamic Discs T-Shirt



If you'd like to do the cashless pre-reg without going to the DGScene website just post the following here and I'll throw you on the list...

NAME
PDGA#
DIVISION
eMail/Phone


Thanks!

[bruce_brakel]

Is your pre-reg list up-to-date?

Kelsey and I need to play in the same pool, which we could do with Intermediate and Am Master. If you don't get an Am Master division are we SOL?

[ChrisWoj]

Bruce - it is up to date. I'm fairly certain an Am Masters division will develop, we generally pull at least four Am Masters for the events in our area. However, if we fail to do so I have people that I can trust that could make sure Kelsey gets where she needs to be. Right now we do have Mike Michalak playing and I'm uncertain which division he will choose. He tends to play Am Master when we have it.

[bruce_brakel]

We'll probably decide Friday when I pick her up at school what we are going to play.

[ChrisWoj]

Cool, cool. You'll be welcome at the event Bruce. Hopefully we can run something as smoothly as the events of yours I've been at (at Willowbrook). Any chance you could donate some baked good CTPs? ;) Haha! (my favorite part of your events!)

[bruce_brakel]

Thank you for getting scores up promptly. Kelsey and I had fun.

[ChrisWoj]

I would like to take the time to give a heartfelt thank you to everybody who attended the Stateline Classic and supported my first tournament as a PDGA Official. It may have been over-ambitious to attempt to run a B Tier, and I was definitely running around like a chicken with its head cut off on Saturday morning. I know I was trying to do too much early on. But, in the end... it seemed like everybody had a great time.

Thanks first to all of the competitors who attended, and supported me. Thank you for your thoughts in light of the massive hit I took to my bank account when my sponsor backed out two weeks ago. Thank you specifically to: Rooster, Ziggy, and Ron Shufelt - all of whom decided to donate a share of their winnings back to me. Their generosity has been noted and I am incredibly grateful! The disc golf community is absolutely amazing, and I can't express enough how amazing it felt to gather together what golfers we managed to get here in Toledo for the event.

The second thanks goes out to the host for the players party and awards ceremony: DiSimone's Clubhouse - at first glance a few guys thought it was a bit of a dive, and it ain't a pretty place. But the pizzas we ordered were amazing. We had 20+ at the Players Party taking advantage of the beer selection, and ordering pizza. Word got out and at the awards ceremony we packed in over 30 of the competitors! Many of whom hung around for hours and ate pizzas and drank beer and enjoyed the atmosphere! The owner of the establishment, Ray, said that we were one of the most enjoyable and unique groups of people he's had in the bar and he was grateful for not only the business but the positive attitudes and great behavior of the golfers that attended!

Except for Ziggy, who despite being one of the only non-drinkers, managed to shatter a glass. Slow golf clap for you, Ziggy. ;)

Thanks also to Mark Kruse, my vendor for the event. He took a lot of personal time to make certain that I was ready for this event. He helped me get everything in order, he made sure I was completely ready, had directions between courses, scorecards in a sufficient quantity, etc. etc. Without his efforts as a vendor this event could NOT have run as smoothly as it did!

Congratulations to the following...
Open Pro - Ziggy Bierekoven! Thanks again for your generosity!
Advanced - Kyle Lehman
Intermediate - Scott O'Leary
Recreational - David Stoll
Women - Ann Araps

Amateur Nationals Qualifiers - Kyle Lehman and Alex Gilson! Both of whom are planning on taking advantage of their qualifying spots and playing in the tournament! I wish both of them the best and hope they tear it up and represent Toledo well!

Putting contest champion - Ryan Sitler, who also made a nice comeback to pull in 2nd place in the Advanced Division! He overcame a shenanigans filled tournament (although most of the shenanigans were directed at Rooster, who somehow took 2nd! Beating out Ziggy and myself, amongst others, WHA?!)

Cash CTP winner - Alex Gilson pulled in a nice lil $78.00 prize for the cash CTP at Vienna Park on Saturday! He promptly spent it on video games. Kids these days.

Special thanks to all of the people that traveled a long way to attend the event: Hank Foss of New York, Ryan Sitler Ann Araps and Eric Guindon of Athens, Ohio, Cris Lore of Pennsylvania, Ryan Gruber of Wisconsin, and JM Blakely of Columbus, Ohio... and everyone else who had a long drive to attend!

I am glad to have heard that people really enjoyed their time at the event. I was incredibly proud of the atmosphere we were able to create and despite my discouragement at the small number of people that were able to experience it I am very happy I was able to bring this crowd together for the event and I plan on doing it again in the future.


-Chris Wojciechowski
TD of the 1st (and definitely not last) Annual Stateline Classic