Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Dark and Weather

Let it rain... nope.
Let it snow... nope.
Let it hail, sleet, wind and freezing rain... nope.
Let it be sunny and mild... Oh, yeah.

The second annual Dark and Weather, "The Dark and Pleasure", Disc Golf Tournament at the Willits KOA Disc Golf Course, went off with some surprises and a bit of the usual.

The biggest surprise was the absence of MCFC stalwart and CTD David "4" Stein. David expressed sadness about missing the tournament but due to a family emergency was forced to withdraw. We all missed you Davey and anticipate a strong showing in the next Coast Cup stop.

As usual all attendees were charged as much as possible by our hosts at the KOA campground. We did not, however, get lectured on the current California Statutes concerning our behavior on or off of the course. As it turns out though, staying at one of the Kabins or Klodges will kost you more money to play an afternoon of disc golf than if you rocked up at 8AM and stayed until dark. Luckily the management was lenient on us (how sweet of them) and told us that there was a loophole in the law that we could take advantage of. If we left the property and returned, the disc golf fee would be lowered from $10 to $4. Thank goodness the course is that fun.

Aside from the shenanigans at the desk of doom, the tournament itself was a success. All three rounds had separate winners and the new Special Tournament champion was crowned only after a strong final showing to beat out the field.

The first round had great conditions. Light wind out of the north, warm sunny skies and 14 frolfers amped up for competition. After 20 holes of frolf, D-Roc emerged the victor with a -8. Erin followed with a -7 and third place was a tie between Wip and G$ with -6.

A few hours later the competitors returned to the tee pads, this time with much cooler conditions and much less natural light. The moon provided just enough illumination to find our way through the gauntlet and the lights and glow sticks draped an artificial sheen on all the baskets. The teams went out and the leader board shifted. First place (in a playoff) went to Ryan, with a -7. Jeremy thus slipped down to second with his -7 and Wip showed a strong third and secured the lead in the overall with a -6.

The day dawned to frosty windshields and frozen water pipes. After some minor negotiations, it was agreed that the management would allow us to pay to play disc golf again. Their generosity was greatly appreciated, considering how horribly we treat the facilities (should I stop with the sarcasm... probably). Leaving the first tee the top three were:1)Wip 2)Ryan 3)Erin. Things did change. When the groups returned there was a new hegemony. The third round ended with George at -3 and in third place, Erin in second with a -7 and first place went to the new MCFC Special Tournament Champion...
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Jason with a -10 and -16 overall (I guess his picture and heading took the drama out of my little vertical rasta descent).
Congratulations Jason, the proud new beneficiary of the MCFC Special Tournament trophy and overall lead in the coast cup. The final Dark and Weather order was 1st place Jason with a -16, 2nd place Erin with a -14 and 3rd place Ryan with a -11.

More detailed scores and points can be viewed on the Dark and Weather page just below the picture of our current Champion.

In other news, Sunday tournament was held parallel to the Dark and Weather and provided interesting results. Jason's -10 still held up but Matt F. (new poppa to Bailey) stole second with a-9, followed by Erin's -7. Solid scores in a strong MCFC showing.

Congrats to Jason and everyone who entered. This was a whole lot of fun and set the bar for the Coast Cup. Special thanks to everyone for setting up and breaking down the extra holes, bringing CTP prizes and sharing their positive vibrations. Here's cheers to our next CTDs, Jim and Matthew, as the Coast Cup pulls into Booneville, CA. More details to come...

Aloha, Pau.

7 comments:

  1. Where's all the comments? Darkenweather was a good time. Lots of thanks to Ryan and some to Davey to. One interesting note, the only players to shoot under handi all three rounds? Craig and Ryan.

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  2. I'm still licking my wounds from my poor performance, particularly in the night round. I clearly need to practice throwing in the dark.

    In any case, despite some growly abuse from our TD, I am grateful to him for all his work--especially considering I was unable to arrive early to help pitch in, and considering there was more work than any of us were counting on. And yes, even though many went to bed early saturday night, there were four of us who pushed on past 3am in strong fashion!

    Congrats to all who played well, and all who had fun!

    Davey, we missed ye, and thought of ye often!

    On to the next Coast Cup tourney. Thank goodness for the throw-one-tournament-out rule!

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  3. Jason also went three-for-three, as did G.

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  4. Hey Ryan-
    Correct me if I'm wrong but scores for Matt F and Jesse are not on the results. Do you have them?

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  5. Better late then never? Breadski, I just wanted to say thanks for the Awesome colorful post and hosting/directing the tournament! I missed y'all! See ya in Boonville!

    Davey D

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