Devens League is a Huge Success!

If you have not heard about the Devens league, let me catch you up!

We are 7 weeks into league and we have had 292 players come out for some fun! Out of those 292 we have had 72 individual players join us and many of those 72 have been to all of the league nights so far.

For those players considering coming out for the first time please see the bottom of this post for the league fundamentals.

With the droves of people that come out to play, it is a real challenge to get everyone out on the course to their assigned holes. It is an even greater challenge to get all of the results completed and tags redistributed within a small amount of time so I am trying a few new things to help with the flow of the league.

I created a board made out of an old folding door.  The left side of the board will have hole 72 hole assignment cards semi-randomized on the board. The right side of the board will have 75 hooks.

When you sign in, still check in with me and I'll handle the money and the spreadsheet then move over to the board. Grab the next available hole assignment card, memorize your assigned hole and then place the card into a bin that will be somewhere near the board. Then take your tag and hang it on the matching #'d hook.

The card assignment part will help me to always know where we stand without having to count money and players from the spreadsheet 10x and we can avoid the hand distribution of cards as well. I'll completely randomize the top 10 easiest starting holes (keeping in mind course flow) so the first 40 people to show up will be ensured not to start on hole 8, etc. The last 32 cards will be put out based on need, mostly 3somes until the need for 4somes arises.

The tag hooks will eliminate the need for someone to have to re-number them at the end of the night.

We only have 8 tags left! Come and get em! Looks like another beauty on Wednesday.

Regarding the course closure during league. We will evaluate for another week or two and if we continue to have problems. We will indeed shut it down on Wednesday nights going forward. Thanks to everyone for their input, for spreading the word about league and casual play during league..

PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT WE ONLY HAVE 8 TAGS LEFT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME.

League Fundamentals:
The Wednesday Weekly returns on March 13th. Come get your 2013 bag tag and be ready to go by 5:30 This was the most popular singles league in Massachusetts last year (nearly 1,000 golfers came out) and I am aiming to make it bigger and better this year so come join the fun. 

We use league as our primary fundraiser to help pay our yearly insurance bill. We make it fun for all, so don't worry that you have to be an all-star to have a good time. We group players into three groups based on skill, so you'll always be competing with someone about as good as you.

Basics
• Three player pools (A pool for players who average 58 and under, B pool for players who average between 59-68 and C pool for players who average 69 and above).
• A weekly cash payout, a cash CTP for each pool, an ace pot and a season long points event.
• Buying a tag saves you $2/week. Visiting non-taggers can still play and get in on the cash payout but can't compete for a tag.
• You must be a tag holder to collect the ace pot
• Wednesdays, starting March 13th
• Be ready to go at 4:15. Time will move according to sunset. 
• Initial cost: $20 for 2013 tag
• We will do a skills challenge at the end of the night as soon as daylight allows
• CASUAL PLAY IS DISCOURAGED DURING LEAGUE NIGHTS.

Weekly cost
• Tagholder: $5 - 
$2 payout, $1 course funds, $.50 CTP, $.50 ace pot, $1 season points event & payout (during PDGA league that fee will come from this pot) 

• Non-Tagholder: $7 -
$2 payout, $3 course funds, $.50 CTP, $.50 ace pot, $1 season points event & payout (during PDGA league that fee will come from this pot)

Details
• No handicaps. 
• One round of singles 
• If you leave before tags are redistributed, get someone to grab it for you or risk us losing it. 
• Tags are in play for casual rounds and tournaments. Higher tag can challenge a lower tag and under most circumstances, lower tag must accept. All non-league tag exchanges MUST be reported to me by email - devensdiscgolf@gmail.com
• Ace pot rolls over each week. If there are no aces for 2013, half goes to the course maintenance/insurance fund and half goes to the 2014 WW ace pot. 
• Two CTPs, one for A pool and one for B/C pool.
• There will be a year-end Bag Tag Bonanza to end the season. 


Points Series Rules
• I will track points for each player & post the up to date standings on this discussion thread
• A, B & C Pools will have separate standings
• 1st place in each pool gets 4 points
• 2nd place in each pool gets 3 points
• 3rd place in each pool gets 2 points
• Everyone else gets 1 point for playing
• If you move up a division at any point in the division 80% of your accumulated points will travel with you to the new pool. If you move down, full points are moved.
• Top 3 (or more) in points will win a cash prize at the end of the season. 
• Other ways to gain a point - hit an ace/win the nightly CTP/win the skills challenge

PDGA Round Ratings
At some point over the summer we will probably take advantage of a 12 week period where your league round will count towards your PDGA rating (if you are a current PDGA member). More info later on this.

We Have a Donation Box!

The Donation box is in! 

Please support Devens Disc Golf by dropping some cash when you can! We promise to use the money to make your experience at the course better! We have some expansion plans in the works that we think you will all enjoy. 

Big thanks to Eric Spring from Newton Hill for making this fine donation box and for the special team of Ken, Rob and I for putting it in. For the first time in Devens history we did not run into any rocks while digging the hole for this =)

We will empty the box on a regular basis and we also have security watching in case anyone attempts anything stupid. (Check above the red dot in the first picture and close up in the same spot in the next. Very well trained, he also watches for people who litter as well. 

Thanks to Andy Duquette for the first donation!

Coggshall Park Needs Your Help!

This Sunday April 14th!

Devens & Coggshall make nice sister courses and it takes a lot of work to get a course into good shape. Let's help out! Who's in?

 

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Coggshall Disc Golf Course 1st Workday of 2013 - Volunteers Needed
When: Sunday, April 14th
Where: Coggshall Disc Golf Course - Fitchburg, MA - South Street Entrance
Meet at 8 a.m. by Hole 1.
There will be a brief meeting to go over what needs to be and done we will work until we drop. If you can't make it that early don't worry we will be there all day. Focus will be on Holes 3, 14 and 15.
Items to bring: Y'know the usual suspects - shovels, rakes, loppers, hand saws, chainsaws, wheelbarrels, polesaws, workgloves, etc.

For further and future info refer to the Coggshall thread in the Courses section at http://www.nefa.com

The Hill Yeah Spring Classic Tournament is in the Books!

Thank you all so much for making our annual Spring NEFA points tournament - “The Hill Yeah Spring Classic” tournament such a success!  I had such a fun day and I hope that you all did as well! Scores were overall pretty high compared to past tournaments at the hill but I am going to attribute that to the wind!

Alex Gula drained the $128 ace pot on hole 9.

I hope you found it convenient to have Community Discs at the event to spend your funny money right there after awards. If you did not spend any or all of your funny money winnings you can also do so at http://communitydiscs.com/

I just submitted the Nefa points report as well. If you signed up for the event on the morning of the tournament and didn’t get your points for this tournament please let me know. It may take a while for the points to show up.

Pictures can be viewed on the devens disc golf facebook page. More photos and video coming soon! See ya next year.

Pro Open – 3 players paying out 1 place:
Place – Player Name – 1^st Round – 2^nd Round – Total Score - Prize

1 – Greg Wintrob             - 56 – 57 – 113 $125.00 + Trophy & Scorecard

2 – Jaxon Sheehy             -  59 – 60 –  119

3 – Chris Mergemekes     - 65 – 58 – 123

Pro Grand Masters – 8 players paying out 3 places

Place – Player Name – 1^st Round – 2^nd Round – Total Score – Prize

1 – Ken Gary            – 61 – 56 – 117 $180 + Trophy & Scorecard

2 – Davis Johnson   – 61 – 57 – 118 $110

3 – Donnie Phillips  – 61 – 60 – 121 $85

4 – John Marcinek   – 58 – 64 – 122

5 – TM Dyer              – 63– 63 – 126

6 – Bill Dunne          – 68 – 61 – 129

7 – Bob DeCosta      – 67 – 64 – 131

8 – Rick Williams     – 65 – 72 – 137

Advanced Men – 21 players paying out 10 spots in Community Discs Funny Money

Place – Player Name – 1^st Round – 2^nd Round – Total Score – Prize

1 –  Ned Eisenberg           – 56 – 53 – 109 $47 + Trophy & Scorecard

2 – Pete Nevius                 – 57 – 57 – 114 $45

3 – Rob Belanger              – 59 – 56 – 115 $42

T4 – Bill Bertera                – 58 – 58 – 116 $28.50

T4 – Alex Gula                   – 60 – 56 – 116 $28.50

6 – Bob Kulchuk                – 61 – 56 – 117 $22

7 – Travis Milem               – 58 – 60 – 118 $20

8 – Frank Strauss              – 62 – 57 – 119 $17

9 – Peter Bean                  – 60 – 60 – 120 $15

t10 – Jake Laflamme        – 64 – 57 – 121 $6.00

t10 – Doug Callaghan       – 59 – 62 – 121 $6.00

t12 – Brad Harris               – 63 – 59 – 122

t12 – Frank Flanders         – 64 – 58 – 122

t14 – Micah Franzman     – 63 – 60 – 123

t14 – Matt Kobel               – 64 – 59 – 123

16 – Bryon Harris              – 63 – 61 – 124

17 – Deven Labelle           – 65 – 60 – 125

18 – Andrew Brunell         – 67 – 61 – 128

19 – Dan Nakamoto          – 70 – 59 – 129

20 – Taylor Maslowski      – 61 – 69 – 130

21 – Rob Walker              – 66 – 67 – 133

Advanced Masters – 8 Players paying out 4 spots in Community Discs Funny Money

Place – Player Name – 1^st Round – 2^nd Round – Total Score – Prize

1 – Chris Gagne                – 58 – 60 – 118 $47 + Trophy & Scorecard

2 – John Rodenhizer        – 61 – 59 – 120 $32

T3 – Troy Dietrich            – 64 – 57 – 121 $15

T3 – Jim Bobka                 – 59 – 62 – 121 $15

5 – Rob Breckenridge      – 61 – 62 – 123

6 – JC Vermynck               – 65 – 62 – 127

7 – Dave Phillips               – 68 – 63 – 131

8 – Chris Carr                    – 65 – 67 – 132

Intermediate Men – 21 Players paying out 10 spots in Community Discs Funny Money

Place – Player Name – 1^st Round – 2^nd Round – Total Score – Prize

1 – John Buonsanto              – 55 – 60 – 115 $ 47 + Trophy & Scorecard

2 – Adam Stearns                  – 61 – 56 – 117 $45

3 – Mason Hayes                   – 57 – 62 – 119 $42

4 – Chris Pickering                 – 57 – 63 – 120 $30

5 – Josh St. Denis                   – 63 – 58 – 121 $27

6 – Jason Beers                      – 61 – 61 – 122 $22

7 – Dave Mullett                    – 61 – 62 – 123 $20

8 – Alex Weisheit                   – 60 – 65 – 125 $17

9 – Marc Duci                         – 61 – 65 – 126 $15

10 – Robert Walls                  – 63 – 64 – 127 $12

t11 – Matt Mourovic             – 65 – 65 – 130

t11 – Aaron Kaczowka          – 69 – 61 - 130

t11 – Keith Enger                   – 66 – 64 – 130

t11 – Chuck Tammaro           – 66 – 64 – 130

15 – Moe Ryan                       – 70 – 61 – 131

16 – Nick Ceja                         – 72 – 60 – 132

17 – Joe Collins                       – 71 – 63 – 134

18 –  Jeff Cooper                    – 66 – 69 – 135

19 – Edward Legenza             – 65 – 72 – 137

t20 – Aaron Stewart                 – 69 – 69 – 138

t20 – Joel Vautour                    – 65 – 73 – 138

Advanced GrandMasters – 3 Players paying out 1 spot in Community Discs Funny Money

Place – Player Name – 1^st Round – 2^nd Round – Total Score – Prize

1 – Sam Misuraca              – 67 – 63 – 130 $40 + Trophy & Scorecard

2 – Michael Morin            – 60 – 71 – 131

3 – Nyles Johnson             – 69 – 67 – 136

Recreational – 8 Players paying out 4 spots in Community Discs Funny Money

Place – Player Name – 1^st Round – 2^nd Round – Total Score – Prize

1 – John McGarry           – 65 – 65 – 130 $47 + Trophy & Scorecard

2 – Wallace Holmes        – 63 – 70 – 133 $32

3 – Ryan Savage             – 71 – 66 – 137 $19

4 –  Marty Simmons      – 72 – 66 – 138  $11

T5 – Tim Seiger                 – 70 – 72 – 142

T5–  Jeff Prive                   – 71 – 71 – 142

7 – Ric Hamel                  – 76 – 74 – 150

8 – Nat Fairbanks           – 81 – 74 – 155

Prizes –

Registration raffle – 2013 Memorial Buzzz SS – Rob Breckenridge

Hole 1 Morning – Greg Wintrob – Champ Ape

Hole 1 Afternoon: TM Dyer, Micah Franzman, Adam Stearns, Matt Kobel & Rob Walker – Crafty Scientist Event Score cards

Hole 2 – Tim Seiger – Ti Nuke

Hole 3  - Troy Dietrich – Dri Fit tshirt

Hole 4 – Dan Nakamoto – 2013 Memorial Buzzz SS

Hole 5 – Rob Belanger – Champ Ape & Star Boss

Hole 6 – Chris Mergemekes – Dri Fit tshirt

Hole 7 – Robert Walls – Dri Fit Tshirt

Hole 8 – Donnie Phillips – Blue Winter Hat

Hole 9 – Marty Simmons – First Run Zombee

Hole 10 – Chris Mergemekes – Inbounds Player Pack

Hole 11 – Michael Morin – Dri Fit tShirt

Hole 12 – Mason Hayes – Grey Winter Hat

Hole 13 – John Marcinek – Dri Fit Tshirt

Hole 14 – Keith Enger – Star Vulcan

Hole 15 – Adam Stearns – Star Vulcan

Hole 16 – Tim Seiger – Green Discraft Sweatshirt

Hole 17 – Bob Kulchuk & John Rodenhizer – First Run Archon and First Run TeeDevil

Hole 18 – AJ Brunell – Drifit tshirt

Thank you so much to all of our hole sponsors and those who donated prizes!

Chuck Tammaro

Travis Milem

Tim Seiger

Bill Bertera

Josh St. Denis

TM Dyer

Bob DeCosta

Pete Nevius

Ryan Savage

Bill Dunne

Bob Kulchuk

Taylor Maslowski

Moe Ryan

Nat Fairbanks

Donnie Phillips

Chris Carr

John Rodenhizer

John Hart

Dan Nakamoto

Chris Gagne

Crafty Scientist
Bill Corr

Sean Belanger

Ryan Savage

Bradley Arnall

Saturday Tourney Details

Couple quick reminders about the tournament on Saturday:

Saturday, April 6th, 2013
Devens DGC - Devens, MA
NEFA Points Event/NEDGC Qualifier (though you do not have to be a NEFA member to play)
TD: Luke Adolph

Two rounds of singles - stroke play, 72 golfers max
8:00am - Sign in
9:10am - Players meeting
9:30am - Shotgun start

Don't forget to sign up and pay for the $2 optional ace pot. Devens is an ace friendly course! Signup during registration hours only!

I'll have plenty of extra player pack discs which we are selling for $15.00. ESP Buzzzes with a sweet tourney stamp! We are also selling nice Devens t-shirts for $20.00 a piece as well. Please support Devens Disc Golf!

Prizes:
* All Pros are playing for a 1st place trophy & close to 100% cash payout within their division
* All AMs are playing for a 1st place trophy & funny money to Community Discs.
*Justin Anderson from Community Discs will be there to help you spend that funny money after the awards on site or online later.
*Vibram is sponsoring the NEFA points series and there will be a player pack up for grabs via CTP Contest at lunch! Bring your Vibram discs and some $1s!

Lunch:
Devens Pizza or another local sub/pizza shop will be taking orders during registration and will deliver during lunch. Cash only for lunch sales

Refunds:
* If you can't make it, let us know on or before March 29th and you'll get everything but $2 back.
* If you let us know after March 29th, you'll get 50% back minus $2 if there is no one from the wait list to take your spot.
* If you do not show on game day, you won't get anything back or get a player pack (even if you send an email or call that morning). Thank you for sponsoring the tournament!

Waitlist:
The waitlist only has 5 people on the paid waitlist right now. So far 4 people have dropped so there is still a chance of getting in. If you must drop out, PLEASE let me know as soon as possible so I can contact the next person on the list.

NEFA Membership:
Rick Williams will be there in the morning to take new NEFA registrations and renewals. Please take care of your membership during registration if you want the event to count towards your standings.

Contact Luke Adolph with any questions at 617-905-6574 (text or call) or email me at devensdiscgolf@gmail.com