I talked with the park director in Walhalla Monday. The course in Walhalla will be completed within two weeks. The poles are in the ground and the tee boxes have been set in the ground. The course is 18 holes with about half playing back and forth across a large hill/field and the others playing through a wooded area.
We’re gathering information on hotels and motels tomorrow and will post either tomorrow or Friday. We’ll have hotels listed for Easley, Clemson and Seneca. I will be getting a room in Easley on Friday night for my wife and kids. My wife will be handling a lot of the Saturday morning check in.
There is a couple that lives in Seneca that has two Disc Dogs. There hosting a regional competition in Seneca in November. I talked with them today. There is a possibility that they will put on a demonstration of their disc dogs on one of the fields at Seneca over lunch.
We’ll have cookers at Seneca (hopefully) cooking hot dogs and hamburgers. If everything works right, we’ll have the opportunity to have lunch time entertainment as well.
Here are the paid registrations so far:
Pro
Zack Rogers & Mark Muren
Aaron Cunningham & Sarah Stanhope
Advanced
Mike Farnham & Mike Doyle
David Crain & Ryan Crain
David Hirsch & Randy Tedder
Joshua Woodall & Hugh Torbit
Intermediate
Adam Wright & Aaron Evans
Danny Marks & Robert Ellisor (Team BloFly)
Jon Cunningham & Jim Cunningham
Brain “Cheebo” Baldwin & Wendy Baldwin
Nathan Flounders & Israel Flounders
Alan Kane & Nathan Goodwin
Mike Wierda & Mike ‘BING’ Beaupre
Dewayne Davis & Sam Patton
Brandon Barker & Jason Kelley
As you can see, the intermediate division is shaping up to be the most contested of the event. We’ve had several inquiries about the mixed doubles division but no registrations so far.
Other than the mixed division having no registrations right now, the Pro field is only two teams right now and with $500 added to the purse if there are no other registrations for Pro, those two teams will be playing for a $780+ pay day. My guess is we’ll have a couple more teams register for pro.
With 15 teams registered, we only have space for 21 more teams or 42 players. We’re expecting a full field for the event. Please get your registrations is soon. The PDGA has online registration set up and it is very easy to use. If your plan is to use the PDGA online registration I ask that you complete the online registration by this Thursday. The PDGA will be cutting a check for the online registrations Friday and sending it to us in Seneca. Any online registrations that take place after Friday morning we won’t get those funds till after the tournament…and I’m hoping to have to float as little money as possible.
A quick thank you to our sponsors…
Seneca Light & Water
Easley Combined Utilities
Oconee County Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Blue Ridge Electric
English Homes
It’s these sponsors that have allowed for 100% payout in all divisions and some of the added cash in the pro division. They’ve also paid for some really sweet trophies. I’m hoping that if you see someone from one of these businesses you take the time to thank them for their sponsorship.
Our CFR discs, the ones used to help raise money for the tournament, are going fast. We received a couple of online registrations last night and signed up two more teams at the Timmons League. Right now only 14 Glo Champion TeeBirds are left.
If you are interested in having one of these limited discs, please call or email. Cost is $25 and 100% of the costs goes toward the pro purse.
We’ve have 11 teams registered…so only 25 spaces for left. We’ve only have 15 Glo Champion TeeBirds left for our CFR discs. This is a really good looking disc and it glows…making it a keeper.
Talking with players tonight at the Seneca League, there are several people wanting to play that are looking for partners. If you email me here, I’ll make a post of players looking for partners. My email is on the registration or you can make a comment on this post.
100% payback in all divisions plus added cash to the pro purse. We’ll have at least $500 added to the pro purse…and up to $800 added if some outstanding sponsors come through with sponsoring a hole.
All players will receive a disc and a t-shirt no matter which division you play in…even pro.
Please get registrations in early if you can. We can’t save places…it’s first come, first serve. I received two registrations Saturday in Easley and three online registrations today and expect to be getting several in the mail this week with more coming through online. If you want a CFR disc, you’ll need to register online and indicate you want one when paying online.
We’ll see you on the 19th!
Here are the paid registrations so far:
Pro
Zack Rogers & Mark Muren
Aaron Cunningham & Sarah Stanhope
Advanced
Mike Farnham & Mike Doyle
David Crain & Ryan Crain
David Hirsch & Randy Tedder
Joshua Woodall & Hugh Torbit
Intermediate
Adam Wright & Aaron Evans
Danny Marks & Robert Ellisor (Team BloFly)
Jon Cunningham & Jim Cunningham
Brain “Cheebo” Baldwin & Wendy Baldwin
Nathan Flounders & Israel Flounders
I plan to play at Timmons tomorrow and Toccoa on Friday. I’m traveling to Franklin, NC tomorrow morning and hope to get back in time to make it out to the Timmons’ league. I should have no problem making the Toccoa league on Friday.
We have only 17 of the Glo Champion TeeBirds left. They’re $25 each and the money raised will be added to the pro purse. My goal is to have a minimum of $500 added to the pro purse with all other divisions getting a 100% payout.
All players will receive a Players Pack with several goodies in them from Innova and other sponsors.
Please get registrations in soon. Hopefully all the emails and phone calls I’ve been receiving (an average of 8 per day) means a lot of people are interested and plan to play.
The Doubles Championship is two weeks away. As of right now we have eight teams registered. Please get your registration in as soon as you can. Online registration is available through the PDGA website.
We’re selling Glo Champion Tee Birds to raise money for the event. I have 20 left in stock. The discs looks good and will be a keep. If you register online, you can also purchase one then. Cost is $25.00.
I’ve received some phone calls and a couple of emails with people asking me to ‘hold’ them a place in the tournament. Most of these requests are coming from players I know and most I consider friends. With that being said, I can’t hold places without money.
I’ve had requests for information from players in TN, GA, NC and SC. Three of the 12 players registered are from out of state. While I welcome players from every where to come and enjoy the event, I do hope that some folks from SC win the event…being that it is the SC State Doubles Tournament.
I will be at the Firecracker Fling on Saturday taking registrations and selling tournament discs. I will also be at the Easley doubles league tomorrow night (July 2nd) if anyone wants to register tomorrow.
Online registration is also available through the PDGA and through a link in the right sidebar of this site.
Here are the paid registrations so far:
Advanced
Mike Farnham & Mike Doyle
David Crain & Ryan Crain
David Hirsch & Randy Tedder
Intermediate
Adam Wright & Aaron Evans
Danny Marks & Robert Ellisor (Team BloFly)
Jon Cunningham & Jim Cunningham
Registrations are coming in daily. I will be in Easley on Saturday for the Firecracker Fling. I will be taking registrations and selling Champion Glo TeeBird’s as a tournament fund raiser.
