Its almost time again for the Paul Giles Memorial, held annually in Athens, Texas. The date is set for April 17 & 18, 2010. This is a sanctioned C tier event. Online registration is up at TitleDISC.com for those of you interested in playing. We are proud to announce that we will be running the tournament locally this year, thanks to Mark Nolan, who stepped up and got his officials certification and whatnot. The Athens Community Disc Club (ACDC) is working with the city to get at least a few concrete tee pads put in before the tournament - worst tee pads will be the 1st to be fixed. I am working with the Athens Tourism department in order to get everyone the best deals possible on hotels as well as a restaurant to host a Saturday night players meeting. We hope to see many of you there...more information will be forthcoming...:)

Okay, here's the flyer for the 2010 Paul Giles Memorial
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I think it's only about 2 hours from DFW so I'll try to make this one. I love traveling, even if just a little bit, to play new courses . thanks for using titledisc as that makes it much easier :)

We'd love to see as many people as possible make it out for the Paul Giles this year. Just to let you all know, the city is working to put concrete tee pads onto the course. Today, they are putting in a tee on hole 4 - I personally saw them pouring the concrete for this one. We hope to have as many concrete tee pads in as possible prior to the tournament. City of Athens will be installing tees on holes 2 and 3 next. If you would like to be kept up to date on tee pads, etc...you can find out more by going to the Athens Community Disc Club facebook page and becoming a fan. :)

As of today, the Cain Park course has concrete tee pads on holes 1, 2, 4, 5, & 6. We are waiting to hear from the city to find out when the next round of tees are going to be poured. If all goes well and we don't get much more rain, the rest of the course will be dry enough to pour pads in a couple of weeks. Hope you all can make it out to play in this year's tournament! When coming out, don't forget to bring some canned food items, as we will put your name into a drawing for every 2 cans of food you bring. There will be muptiple names drawn for various disc golf related prizes and all canned food will be donated to the Henderson County Food Pantry. :)

Course is drying out nicely. I will be posting the hotel rates along with the deal our host hotel is giving disc golfers sometime later this week.

The following are quotes from area hotels etc. for lodging from April 16 thru April 18 for the Paul Giles Memorial Tournament. If you would like to get an idea of how people rated these hotels, you can see at Yahoo local for Athens, TX or any of the other enigines. As an added bonus, if you stay in any hotel in Athens, you get complimentary access to all the facilities at the Cain Center including the pool, hot tub, weight room etc.!

America's Best Value Inn & Suites: (903) 675-5173
$45.00 plus tax per night for single
$49.00 + tax per night for double **you must tell them when booking the room that you are here for the tournament - if you get someone who doesn't know what you're talking about, ask to speak with Jack**

Budget Inn: (903) 675-5194
$40 + tax per night for single / $50 + tax per night for double

Quality Inn & Suites: (903) 675-9214
1 bed $45.99 + tax per night/ 2 beds $52.99 + tax per night
king bed $55.99 + tax per night / 2 Queens $58.99 + tax per night

Super 8: offering a 20% discount on regular room rates as follows
Double = $63.98 + Taxes per night
Single = $55.98 + Taxes per night
(Regular Rates:
Double = $79.98 + Taxes
Single = $69.98 + Taxes)
***All Reservations Have To Be Made DIRECTLY through Hotel (to get Discount) by Calling (903) 675 - 7511.***


Victorian Inn: (903) 677-1470
single $50 + tax per night / double $55 + tax per night
**these guys did say that if we book 10 rooms or more the rates will be $45 +tax per night regardless of single or double room - ask to speak with Kim**

There's also the Holiday Inn Express: (903) 675-2500
they want over $100 per night per room unless we can guarantee them at least 10 rooms booked then it would be $94 per night

CAMPING (for those of you who would rather sleep in a tent somewhere):
Lake Athens Marina: (903) 677-8774

There will also be free camping in the field of this year's TD - Mark Nolan...if you're interested in this, you can message me (Jennifer Nolan), email me [email protected], or phone me @ (903) 275-0113 - we have a bathroom you can use, limited hot water, good company, & practice baskets if you are so inclined.

This design was drawn by Scott Murray, member of Athens Community Disc Club.

A little less than 3 weeks until the tournament - plenty of time left to sign up online! Some of the goodies in the can donation prize drawing include freebies at Applebee's and Jalepeno Tree!

ACDC members have volunteered to grill up some food for lunch between rounds on both Saturday and Sunday. This means that you do not have to leave to get your grub on! We will be grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, etc. (and there is always the possibility to get some of Lew's famous potato salad and perhaps if we ask nicely enough, he might cook us up a brisket!) There will be a small charge for lunch, but I guarantee it will be cheaper than buying from a fast food joint! We will also be selling waters and sodas, chips, candy - etc.

Hi Jenn & Mark congrats on being TD , now if you 2 could learn to play disc golf . Just kidding ! Thanks for all your doing , and Im just writing this to let you know there is people out here Live Ones . Oh my goodness Cain Park with concrete tee pads ! I gotta see this ! I got my surgery done and its been over 8 weeks , still hurts but Im playing now so I hope I can be ready for this one . Thanks again hope to see ya'll soon

Oh Jenn forgot please check your messages I sent you one

Thanks Timmy. I think I just like to hear myself type or think or something on here. Yes, Cain Park with concrete tee pads. We don't have them all in (as we have to go on the city's time schedule) but we have holes 2, 4, 6 (and of course 1 & 5) in already and they seem to be doing their jobs. The city keeps saying they are going to put in #3 as well, hopefully they'll do it prior to our tourney. As for the rest, the city is waiting for the ground to become very dry so they can bring a cement truck in to do them (we will probably have them all installed sometime this summer, according to the city). But, we will take what we can get, when we can get it - besides, we'll play on concrete or dirt or mud or whatever, just to be able to play! - Timmy, your ideas were both awesome and we look forward to seeing you at the Giles. Until then take care of yourself!

We are starting to get people signed up online for the PGM...still have about 2 weeks to get signed up! Better hurry!

week & a half to go. come one come all! might only be a C tier but its gonna be loads of fun....rumor has it Ziggy King will finally make another appearance at the Giles (the course on which he has a Killer 9 hole named after himself). other disc golfers saying they're going to make a show: George Jordan (bringing his thunder), Ron Giles and brother Robert (sons of the man our wonderful tournament was named after, Paul)

It's been a long time since I have played in a tournament down there, I mean a really long time, like mid 90s, maybe, but you are making it tempting for me to come back down there.

Any chance you can get "sweet" Lew Satterfield to play?

It's been a long time since I have played in a tournament down there, I mean a really long time, like mid 90s, maybe, but you are making it tempting for me to come back down there.

Any chance you can get "sweet" Lew Satterfield to play?

But of course! Lew is actually my doubles partner :D And he WILL be there and playing...we like to call him the "Legendary Lew Satterfield" tho...I'll have to call him "sweet" some time and catch his reaction! Burt Lively will be there but I doubt if he's going to play. We also have Casey "Zilla" Sills (who might decide to play) and a few other of Lew's older buddies who still play. Actually, one of Lew's daughters is considering playing too...Katie. So come on out and you guys can have a bit of a reunion and play on a course thats still awesome after all these years!

whats the players list looking like ? man that was fun playing athens sunday morning , threw a roller that rolled perfect on #16 and birdied

There will be some reusable/lifetime scorecards to raise a little money for the PGM , get yourselves one or 2 and never be without a scorecard .Limited supply . If you need one and are not able to get one this weekend , email me at [email protected] or pm me here on the pdga site .

There will be some reusable/lifetime scorecards to raise a little money for the PGM , get yourselves one or 2 and never be without a scorecard .Limited supply . If you need one and are not able to get one this weekend , email me at [email protected] or pm me here on the pdga site .

Current online players' list can be found by going to: TitleDisc.com (http://http://titledisc.com/?q=td_prereg/2804) - there are many people who have told us they will be signing up on Friday evening or Saturday morning so this is by no means a complete player's list. :o You can also sign up online by going to TitleDisc

Doubles Round Friday evening - Pick Your Partner - $20 per team for all Am & $30 per team for Open
On site registration will be Friday from 1:30 PM – 7:00 PM and and Saturday from 7:00 AM – 8:00AM. You can also get a registration form by sending your request to [email protected]
Players meeting to start at 8:30 AM promptly Saturday, with tee off at 9:15. All other times TBA.

We will be doing a drawing between rounds Saturday for gift certificates to Applebee's and Jalepeno Tree so make sure you bring those non-perishable food items! (As a reminder, every 2 canned or non-perishable food items you bring gets 1 entry into the drawing - there is not a limit on how many entires a person may get, if you bring 20 cans you get 10 entires etc.)

Pretty rough weekend there jenn ? :D

Pretty rough weekend there jenn ? :D

I was rough on my self Timmy. I definitely didn't bring my "A" game with me to TWC - LOL. But, that just means that I have mega room for improvement for next year! I did get some awesome discs that I had to try out as soon as it was daylight here Monday! All in all TWC was a great experience and I hope that more East Texas ladies will step up and play in it with me next year :p

As for our wonderful PGM happening this week, I was informed Ziggy King will be showing himself at the course around 2:30 on Friday afternoon. The city poured #3 tee earlier this week and have the forms laid out to pour holes #13 - #15 & #16 today (so they should be dry for the weekend). I have to say, I am glad they decided to pour those because they were pretty crappy tee boxes, especially #16 - so, we'll have 9 of the permanent holes with concrete tees for the tourney :cool: See you all there in a couple of days!

As for our wonderful PGM happening this week, I was informed Ziggy King will be showing himself at the course around 2:30 on Friday afternoon. The city poured #3 tee earlier this week and have the forms laid out to pour holes #13 - #15 & #16 today (so they should be dry for the weekend). I have to say, I am glad they decided to pour those because they were pretty crappy tee boxes, especially #16 - so, we'll have 9 of the permanent holes with concrete tees for the tourney :cool: See you all there in a couple of days!

Tee pads were poured and are looking good. Today was pretty darned sunny & warm so I don't think we'll have a problem with them not being dry by tournament time

Those teepads are great to , helps an "ol 'crip " like me , I love them !

Is this going to be pick your own plastic or prepackaged ? Dont matter to me , just wondering though.

Josh from TitleDisc is actually handling the payout (thanks Josh!) so ultimately the decision is up to him whether or not he wants to do prepackaged or pick your own. I'll ask him tomorrow evening when he gets into Athens.

We might get a little wet saturday and possibly sunday . Heres the weather report from the internet /weather channel : Tomorrow: Showers early then thundershowers developing later in the day. High 73F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Tomorrow night: Showers with a possible thunderstorm in the evening, then variable clouds overnight with still a chance of showers. Low 56F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Sunday: Chance of showers. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 50s.

Day 1 SCORES!!! :D

http://www.pdga.com/tournament-results?TournID=10139&year=2010&include_ratings=1#Open

Final results:

http://www.pdga.com/tournament-results?TournID=10139&year=2010&include_ratings=1#Open

What a great time this weekend! It didn't even rain on us more than a sprinkle. Spread the word - the Paul Giles Memorial is on its way back up!

That was probably the best golf Ive played out there and I couldnt keep up with the competition , was a heck of alot of fun , Thanks ACDC and titledisc