Boomtown defeats Blame the Dog in Final
Hancock—The Boomtown Saints (Lansing) defeated Blame the Dog (Illinois, Michigan) in the finals of the International Frisbee Tournament, 23-21 and 21-19, amid intermittent downpours. The rain didn't stop high-caliber play, as both teams caught and threw well despite the rain.
Boomtown advanced through the winners' bracket and Blame the Dog won the loser's bracket defeating the Cupola Bandits in the semifinals. The Appleton Assassins took fourth, with the Monte Carlo and O'Malley's Alley placing fifth.
The first Healy Family Most Valuable Award went to Mike Banghart of the Boomtown Saints for his stellar backhand throws and solid defensive game.
Also awarded was the first Jon Davis Spirit of Guts Award to Dan Thornton, for sportsmanship, stellar play, and focusing on the fun of the game. Representatives of the Davis and Houle families were there for the award.
What a great weekend. Let's see if I can paint a picture for those who weren't there.
First, the weather. It was perfect. Yes, there was forecast for good chance for rain particularly on Saturday. Well, it just stayed overcast and cool. Late in the afternoon on Saturday had a nice sunny stretch. Sunday was again cloudy and cool. Had just a spit of rain in the afternoon during the finals. Winds were basically light all weekend. Sure sun would have been nice, but it would have cooked us too. So I'd say it was perfect GUTS weather.
Next, there were 10 teams. Let's see if I can name all of them. Appleton Assassins, Boomtown Saints, Underdog, Blame The Dog, Ridin' High, No Mo Bill, O'Malleys, Sky Valley Pelicans, Fat Boyz, Unknown Riders. Tournament started with a pool-play of three games. That helped determine seeding and it was fun and important for teams who ended up not going very deep in the competition.
Saturday had two rounds of Winner's Bracket play. Sunday started with more winner's bracket play with Loser's bracket beginning soon after. Generally things kept moving right along. Sunday's finals began at a reasonable time.
Competition! Whew! I recall seeing a FINE winner's bracket struggle between Underdogs and Ridin' High. Underdog won. The two teams met again in the loser's bracket and again had a fine, close match with Underdog pulling it out again. A difference of 7 points over three games. In the loser's bracket (prior to that match), Ridin' High had a great match with Blame the Dog and pulled it out--a thrilling moment. Another fine match was the Winner's Bracket Final between Boomtown and Assassins. It went three games and was close the entire way. Boomtown prevailed then. Assassins dropped to the loser's bracket where they met Underdog and overcame that challenge to return to the Tourney finals against Boomtown. This time, Assassins topped Boomtown in two games, but both games were VERY close. Boom, it was over. Assassins were in their first Tournament Final AND WIN their first Tournament!!!! Tell me what were some of the other fine battles you saw this weekend???
Youth! Wow! Plenty of it and improving quickly and dramatically--even since April in Illinois. O'Malleys played solidly. Sky Valley Pelicans (from Illinois) is a team to watch out for. Phat Boys brought some good, developing youth. Deej, on Ridin' High, has really come into his own on offense and defense. And I'm quite impressed with my own teammates @Michael Toll and @Brian James Nelson.
Hey, this IS a great tune-up for the IFT and worth doing for its own fun. Dave Trauger, Maynard, and the @Fox Cities Guts Frisbee Club run a great event. Nice details like a wonderful singing of the National Anthem at the start and ceremonial "first throw". Also good eats and bevs and a great park. If you weren't at Wisco this year, make a plan for next year. Let's bring 12-15 teams for next year!
As has been reported previously:
1st: Appleton Assassins
2nd: Boomtown Saints
3rd: Underdog
4th: Ridin' High
Bruce Richardson
Illinois Indoor Results
Boomtown takes it's third consecutive Illinois Indoor. Blame the Dog, The Assassins and da Birds rounded out the top four.
HDC VII
The new face of guts? Five West with Dailey Jackson, Keenan Jackson, Evan Davis, and Jesse Arias take home Beto as it still remains in Albuquerque.
The Bataan Park Brothers went undefeated for the weekend and captured the US Nationals title. The Boomtown Saints finished 2nd, Blame the Dog third and Cupola fourth.
Two days of beautiful weather in Hancock, MI provided the perfect backdrop for this year's IFT. Serveral teams thought they had the pieces to take home the prize but in the end Blame The Dog was the team worthy enought to drink from them cup. The Dog beat the local Monte Carlo team 2 straight in the finals.
Gary Ciaglaski, Jim Dinser and Keith Moher were also inducted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday evening. It was a great event thanks to Dennis Walikainen and Steve Trauger
Wisconsin Guts Championships - Boomtown makes it three in a row in the great state of Wisconsin beating Blame the Dog in the finals. A perfect weekend for Guts also saw the Assassins with their highest finish to date at number three and Monte Carlo bringing it for the UP with a fourth place finish. Check out the Photos courtesy of Barb Thornton.
The most exciting aspect of the weekend was the 16 registrants who were under the age of 18. We continue to see more and more young people at tournaments and as the Assassins showed this weekend these younger players are starting to really make an impact. Picture here is a team from Marquette of folks in the 14-16 age range.
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2009 Illinois Indoor Results
Boomtown captured the first title of the year by besting Ridin Hign the a two game finals match; 21-16 and 21-19. Full details can be viewed here
At this tourament there were a total of 16 people that played under the student/rookie program allowing them to play for only $5. The USGPA offsets the tournament directors costs (other than prize fund) for these folks. So when someone askes where membership dues go, one thing they allow is for those under 18 and rookies, regardless of age, the opportunity to compete in tournaments for only $5!
2009 HOF Induction
Congratulations are in order for the USGPA Guts Frisbee® Hall of Fame Class of 2009!
Three individuals will be welcomed and enshrined as new members following a special recognition dinner and Hall of Fame Induction ceremony as part of the festivities of the 52nd IFT! We hope that you will be there to help celebrate this historical event on Saturday, July 4! May I have a drum roll, please? Give it up for these three men, listed alphabetically:
Gary Ciaglaski, Jim Dinser, and Keith “Green Man” Moher!
With 36 people in attendance and about 12 pure rookies the event was a success on every level. LeRoy and Company put on a great event and everyone got into the action and had fun. ‘The Real Stimulus Package’ with Jeff Banghart, Larry Scott, Bruce Richardson and rookie of the night Nick Taylor beat ‘The Guts Show’ with Mike Banghart, Donnie Klemmer, Alex Jakstys and Ben LaPoint in an exciting three game final. Thanks for all that participated and contributed their time and financial resources to make this happen! It is a great model and should be employed around the country as a great recruiting tool. Click here for pictures or view the TD's recap.
The Sixth Annual High Desert Classic convened October 5-6 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at scenic Bataan Park. Weather was perfect Saturday morning, although the wind blew up a bit at the end of the day. Just enough to make the flippers dance. It rained all night and sprinkled a bit Sunday morning, although the Sunday games went without a hitch in slightly cooler weather. One field became unplayable due to mud, but we moved people around and it worked out. read more...
WUGC 2008 Results and Photos
USA Red (Dan Banghart, Jeff Banghart, Mark Banghard, Mike Banghart, Frank Brady, Keith Moher, Joe O'Conner, Ryan Scott and Dave Young) took the Gold medal in Vancouver. Japan 1 (Katon) placed second, Japan 2 (mixture of players) took third and USA White (Scott Brooks, Dave Brown, Bill Gagnon, Frank Logosh, Dave Meyer, Steve Taylor, Dan Thornton and David Traguer) finished in fourth. Lots of people watching Guts all week long.
Great tournament, great weather and really terrific competition marked the 51st annual IFT. Cupola, with renewed vigor and the addition of Bill "Brock" DePetro, captured yet another IFT victory. Boomtown came in second followed by Blame the Dog and the Breakers. More pictures to come but for now enjoy. Photos
Wisconsin Guts Championship
The Boomtown Saints prevailed to win their second tournament in 2008. Ridin High placed second with Blame the Dog and Monte Carlo finishing third and fourth respectively. Many new faces and many new young faces. Wisconsin is soon going to be the force of Guts unless we all step up and meet their efforts
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2008 Illinois Indoor
The Boomtown Saints picked up right where they left off last season by winning the first guts frisbee tournament of the year. Boomtown went undefeated over the March 29-30 weekend (winning all twelve games) and topped Blame the Dog in the finals 21-7 and 21-13 to take the championship of the 2008 Illinois Indoor Guts Frisbee Open played at the Plainfield High School fieldhouse in Plainfield, Illinois. more.....
Observers Handbook
The Observers Handbook was recently update by a committee of USGPA Members. It will be provided to all tournament directors and is available here.
2007 Hall of Fame Inductions Congratulations are in order for the USGPA Guts Frisbee® Hall of Fame Class of 2007 Inductees: George "Thor" Anderson, Bill Begoske, Dave Bradshaw, Tom Field, Bill Hodges, and Gerard Newman. CONGRATULATIONS! These six individuals will be welcomed and enshrined as new members following a special dinner in a Hall of Fame Induction ceremony as part of the festivities of the 50th IFT! We hope that you will be there to help celebrate this most special event!
As chairman of the Nominations Committee, I would like to recognize the eight members of the '07 Nominations Committee (third year members Dan Thornton, Steve DesJardins, Linda Lovick, and myself; second year members Dave Meyer and Frank Logosh; and first year members Mike Colburn and David Trauger) who volunteered many, MANY hours of their own personal time, provided valuable insight and much-needed, differing viewpoints, and dedicated serious and timely reflection into the process. Thank you.
I would also like to thank those of you who made the effort to submit the 48 names of people you felt worthy of Hall of Fame consideration. From these, a total of 17 Men and 4 Women, eventually, were nominated.
Just to be nominated for Hall of Fame induction is, in itself, a great honor. The following individuals were also nominated but, unfortunately, did not receive the required 67% vote tally: Al Bauman, Sue Begoske, Steve Buckley, Gary Ciaglaski, Jim Dinser, Kristen Hamill, Mary Hartz (Callaghan), Willie Leffel, Dave Meyer, Keith Moher, John Sappington, Dan Thornton, Steve Trauger, Julie (Thomsen) Vadnais, and Joe Welch. Congratulations to you, as well!
Finally, I would like to thank the Voting Body, which includes all Hall of Fame members, members of the USGPA Board of Directors, and this year, members of the Nominations Committee, for doing that thing we most need them to do - VOTE!
CONGRATULATIONS to the new USGPA Hall of Fame Inductees! See you at the 50th IFT where we will make this official!
Scott Brooks
