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DDGA POINT SYSTEM (RAW SCORE)

2009 Raw Score Results

MEN	TOTAL POINTS
Smothermon, David	465
Gay, Michael	330
Andrus, Chas	280
Cornish, Richard	230
Schaut, Larry	140
Hopkinson, Steven	130
Johnson, Robin	125
Lewandowski, Matt	75
Roberts, Jeffrey	70
Simmons, Lionel	65
Ashton, Justin	50
Smith, Nicholas	20

MEN AMATEUR	TOTAL POINTS
Di Pietro, Gerardo	290
DeWitte, Ryan	280
Quinn, Jason	130
Christainson, James	65
Kennedy, Ron	45
Ewing, Aaron	40
DiCapua, Louis	40
Lanning, Greg	30
Cook, Eliot	20
Knopp, Jerhomey	20
Severy, Joshua	10
Schaut, Shawn	10
Harper, Jeremy	10
Boyes, Nathan	0
Woosley, Jesse	0
Yingst, Jason	0

MEN MASTERS	TOTAL POINTS
Pfeiffer, Stephen	330
Martin, Scott	290
Thomas, Howard	225
Harbeson, Michael	165
Boepple, Brett	140
Turner, Torenza	80
Bertling, Jerry	50
Updike, David	50
Cox, Joey	40
Hicks, Todd	40
Abel, Lindell	30
Wilton, Mikey	20
Bohannon, John	10

WOMEN	TOTAL POINTS
Groth, Crystal	120
Landry, Nika	120
Chou, Aimee	20
Engel, Becky	10
Flowers, Misty	0

Welcome

The Washington Deaf Disc Golf Association (WDDGA) is a non-profit organization that exists in order to provide disc golf events, education, exploration, and awareness to the residents of Seattle, Washington and the surrounding communities. WDDGA has over 40 active members and over 100 members on our facebook page. Our Annual WDDGA membership is $10, however for new members it is $10, which includes a WDDGA t-shirt and comes with many other incentives and benefits. The dues paid by members help the WDDGA run annual local and professional tournaments, including helping others design and install disc golf courses. We also provide other WDDGA information (like this web site) and promotions that help us fulfill our bylaws by promoting the sport we all play and love; DISC GOLF. For more information on WDDGA membership, please view our Membership Page.

Of Note, Few WDDGA Members in Vermont!

We, WDDGA wanted to wish you Michael Gay, Scott Martin, Ricky Cornish, Nathan Boyes and Justin Ashton are in good standing at the 2010 National Deaf Disc Golf Championship in Warren, Vermont. Please visit at http://www.vt10.org/ . WDDGA is well represented. Good luck players!

WDDGC-National Tour Event

Washington Deaf Disc Golf Championship-National Tour

WDDGC

AT FT. STEILACOOM DISC GOLF COURSE

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23rd & 24^TH 2010
LAKEWOOD (TACOMA), WASHINGTON

$150 ADDED TO MONEY PRIZE POT

OPEN EVENT (2 DAY, 3 ROUNDS OF 18 HOLES & FINAL 9 HOLES ROUND)
ENTRY FEE: $40 FOR WDDGA OPEN/MASTERS MEMBERS
$30 FOR WDDGA AMATEUR MEMBERS

$25 FOR WDDGA WOMEN OPEN/MASTERS MEMBERS

$5 EXTRA FOR NON-MEMBERS

$5 – FRIDAY EVENING’S “BYOP” (BRING YOUR OWN PARTNER) DOUBLES

$5 – LONG DISTANCE THROW COMPETITION

$5 – PUTTING COMPETITION

CATERGORY RAW SCORING SYSTEM: (MUST HAVE 3+ PLAYERS FOR GROUP)

SANCTIONED BY DEAF DISC GOLF ASSOCIATION (WWW.DDGA.ORG)

SCHEDULE – DAY 1
REGISTRATION: 8:15 – 8:59 AM
PLAYERS’ MEETING: 9:00 – 9:15 AM
TEE OFF: 9:15 AM
LUNCH: 1 HOUR, TIMING STARTS AFTER FINAL GROUP SCORECARD RECEIVED
AFTER LUNCH, PLAYERS’ MEETING & GROUP PICUTRE, THEN ROUND TWO TEE OFF
SCHEDULE – DAY 2
REGISTRATION: 8:15 – 8:59 AM
PLAYERS’ MEETING: 9:00 -9:20 AM
TEE OFF: 9:20 AM
LUNCH: 1 HOUR, TIMING BEGINS AFTER LAST GROUP TURNS IN SCORECARD
AFTER LUNCH, PLAYERS’ MEETING & FINAL 9 HOLES TEE OFF
AWARDS AFTER “SHORT EVENTS”

FRIDAY’S “BYOP” DOUBLES ROUND STARTS AT 7 PM. SIGN-UP AT 6 PM.

Course Information Web Site: http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=401 (Steilacoom Park DGC)

Directions from Seattle: (Lakewood, WA 98498)

1) Take Exit #129 from I – 5 SB

2) Head west on 74^th Street for about 2.3 miles

3) 74^th Street becomes Custer Dr. and continue on Custer for 1.2 miles

4) Turn right on Steilacoom Blvd. and west for 1.5 miles

5) Turn right onto 87^th Ave.

6) Go 1/3 of a mile and turn left at golf course sign on your left into park

Directions from Portland: (Lakewood, WA 98498)

1) Take Exit #125 from I – 5 NB

2) Turn left on Bridgeport Way and over the I – 5 overpass

3) Contiue north on Bridgeport Way after crossing 100^th St. SW and Gravelly Lake Drive

4) Turn left onto Steilacoom Blvd and west for 1.5 miles

5) Turn right onto 87^th Ave.

6) Go 1/3 of a mile and turn left at golf course sign on your left into park

Current members who brings a first time tournament participant will receive a $5 cash voucher

Bring your empty beer bottles, aluminum cans, and plastic water and pop bottles to help WA12 fundraising

SPONSORS: ABBONDANZA PIZZERIA, CHAINBANGERZ DISC GOLF STORE, & MANY OTHERS!

2010 WDDGA's Seattle Open Tournament Report

Well, well, this will be the earliest that I have compiled this report after the completion of a tournament. The reason because I am heading to Vermont tomorrow (Tuesday) morning for the National Deaf Disc Golf Championship (NDDGC) at Sugarbush Resort. Yeah talk about the pressure of having to finish it no matter what as I can't afford to send this report when I get back as it is required to be completed within a week. WDDGA will have five of its members participating: Justin Ashton (Defending Men Open Champ), Nathan Boyes (DDGA President), Ricky Cornish (DDGA Director of Tournaments), Michael Gay, and Scott Martin (DDGA Director of Finance). Let's go WDDGA!!!!!

Here is the tournament report for WDDGA's sixth tournament of the year of 2010. The Seattle Open was a local (1 day, 2 rounds) tournament that took place on Saturday, July 17, at North (Mineral Springs) Park DGC in Seattle. Again for the second straight month, this is WDDGA's first time hosting its tournament at that park.

Normally WDDGA does not host a tournament during the month of July out of respect for the DDGA's National Deaf Disc Golf Championship that is hosted during that month. However, there is a low number of Deaf players (4) from the Northwest heading to Vermont this week. Last May, one player proposed to have WDDGA add to host another tournament for the month of July. Since it was passed by the majority of the members who were present at the awards/meeting, WDDGA obliged to set up a tournament for July.

To my surprise, there was a good turn out as there were 11 players (9 men, 2 women) participating. Aside from the morning cloud cover, the weather slowly changed toward to the end of the first round as the clouds gave away to the sun. It became a perfect weather for disc golfing as it was sunny and 75 degrees for the second round.

North Park is almost like Leverich Park in terms of technically but there were more trees and shrubs to deal with and the fairways on most holes were tight and narrow. The course layout was placed on gradual slope of land which added to the challenge of trying to prevent the disc from rolling down the slope. There was 13 baskets total on the course as 5 baskets are shared with different tee pad locations. It is the only disc golf course in the Seattle city limits and the traffic of disc golfers playing through the course can be heavy. However WDDGA was lucky that the foot traffic didn't turn out as bad as it had in my experienced playing on the course.

TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: After the first round, from raw score perspective, Chas Andrus led the players with a 57 score as he was the only player to break the 60 score barrier. He was followed by Gerardo Di Pietro (60), Steven Hopkinson (61), and Larry Schaut (61).

From the handicap scoring perspective, Gerardo (10.86) led the players with a handicap score of 49.14. He was followed by Scott Martin (12.29), William Roach (20 CAP), and Steven (10.50) with respective handicap scores of 49.71, 50, and 50.50.

After the second round, from raw score perspective, Larry Schaut led the players with a score of 56 which was the lowest score for that tournament. Larry was followed by Chas (60), and Scott (64).

From handicap scoring perspective, Larry (8.00) led the players with a handicap score of 48.00. He was followed by William (20 CAP), Scott (12.29), and Chas (6.29) with respective handicap scores of 50, 51.71, and 53.71.

In the combined handicap socres, William won first place with a combined HC score of 100.00. The following handicap score winners who won money prize in the order are Larry (101.00), Scott (101.42), and Gerardo (104.28).

Larry and Chas ended being the co-champion for the combined raw score with a total of 117.

COMBINED HANDICAP SCORES: (number in parenthesis is player's handicap)

1) William Roach (20 CAP) - 50.00 + 50.00 = 100.00 - First Place - $52 Prize Money

2) Larry Schaut (8.00) - 53.00 + 48.00 = 101.00 - Second Place - $35 Prize Money

3) Scott Martin (12.29) - 49.71 + 51.71 = 101.42 - Third Place - $ 17 Prize Money

4) Gerardo Di Pietro (10.86) - 49.14 + 55.14 = 104.28 - Fourth Place - $12 Prize Money

5) Chas Andrus (6.29) - 50.71 + 53.71 = 104.42 - Fifth Place

6) Steven Hopkinson (10.50) - 50.50 + 59.50 = 110 - Sixth Place

7) Michael Nini (11.50) - 57.50 + 55.50 = 113 - Seventh Place

8) Mikey Wilton (9.50) - 58.50 + 55.50 = 114 - Eighth Place

9) Torenza Turner (20 CAP) - 66.00 + 57.00 = 123.00 - Ninth Place

10) Crystal Groth (30 CAP) - 63.00 + 61.00 = 124.00 - Tenth Place

11) Aimee Chou (30 CAP) - 67.00 + DNP = 67.00 - Eleventh Place

COMBINED RAW SCORES:

MEN PRO

1) Larry Schaut - 61 + 56 = 117 (+9) - Tied for First Place

1) Chas Andrus - 57 + 60 = 117 (+9) - Tied for First Place

3) Gerardo Di Pietro - 60 + 66 = 126 (+18) - Third Place

4) Steven Hopkinson - 61 + 70 = 131 (+23) - Fourth Place

MEN MASTERS

1) Scott Martin - 62 + 64 = 126 (+18) - First Place

2) Mikey Wilton - 68 + 65 = 133 (+25) - Second Place

3) Torenza Turner - 86 + 77 = 163 (+55) - Third Place

MEN AMATEUR

1) Michael Nini - 69 + 67 = 136 (+28) - First Place

2) William Roach - 70 + 70 = 140 (+32) - Second Place

WOMEN

1) Crystal Groth - 93 + 91 = 184 (+76) - First Place

2) Aimee Chou - 97 + DNP = 97 (+43) - Second Place

PRIZES

CTB - CLOSEST TO BASKET

ROUND ONE - Hole #1 - Gerardo Di Pietro - $11 prize money

ROUND TWO - Hole #3 - Mikey Wilton - $11 prize money

LOWEST COMBINED RAW SCORE: Larry Schaut - Disczilla (Discraft XL) Drive - Tie-Dye

Chas Andrus - "Chinese Dragon" Innova Putter - Purple (Widye)

7/19/2010

Current News!

North Park "Mid-Summer" Open Tournament

Fellow Deaf Disc Golfers!! Saturday is approaching us, as it is around the corner. We wish to send a friendly reminder to all of you about WDDGA's Seattle Open tournament this Saturday at North Park (Mineral Springs Disc Golf Course) in which is so near to North Seattle Community College (Northgate). The registration is from 8:15 to 9 AM. Then there will be a players' meeting. Gerardo is the "Master of Ceremony" host while Scott does the "grunt" work getting ready for the tournament. Gerardo knows this course very well because it is considered his "home" course. He is best suited to explain the OB and Mando rules. We hope you will come out and join us!

August Tournament "End of Summer Event" - New date!

Also we would like to let you know about a change in our August tournament as well....It was August 21st, but it has been moved up to the 14th of August. Several of our members will be playing at Oregon's Master Championship Tournament on the 21st, so we wish them loads of luck! So, August 14th "End of Summer" tournament is being held at NAD in Bremerton, Washington.

National Tournament! Washington Deaf Disc Golf Championship!!

Our championship tournament has been moved to the 23rd and 24th of October at Fort Steilacoom Disc Golf Course in Lakewood, Washington. Look for more information coming soon! A double tournament will be held on Friday, October 22nd.

(revised 7/14/10)