The Vineyard Social VI - March 20th

This tournament is an adventure. On Martha's Vineyard in March can be a weather nightmare but remarkably the two years I have attended the weather has been absolutely beautiful. This year the day was warm and sunny in the mid sixties with an afternoon sea breeze just to make things interesting.
I got up at 4am to head out for Woods Hole to catch the 7am ferry to the Island. It is about an hour and 40 minutes from my house to the parking area where I caught the shuttle bus to the boat. info is here: http://www.steamshipauthority.com/ssa/ The drive was smooth with no problems being so early on a Saturday morning. I even had time to get a cup of coffee before parking.
Hooked up with Dunne and Son on the boat as the were kind enough to offer me a ride out to course since they were taking their car across. Conversation was light and cheerful with everyone thrilled that the weather is working out. The ride is only 40 minutes or so and went quickly by. Driving off the boat we picked up Mike Saimond and zipped out to the course.
Bill Dunne says the course looks like the African plains, Cape Cod and the islands are a combination or Scrub Oak, Pitch Pine The trees are small and hardy in the acidic soil, with brush growing around it mostly bearberry and sedges. He is right it looks like the Serengeti sort of... It is interesting and makes for a unique disc golf experience. I would say the branches do not have a lot of flexibility so when you hit something you no it. We started the morning playing the Red course which is half freshly cut through the brush in this forest. It is a tight course requiring very controlled and accurate shot. I played well on this course as it matches my home course of Deven, MA in its skill requirements. There were a couple times though where I just could not find an open space. Shot a 60 and went into the lunch break with a 1 shot lead over a few guys in our 11 man field. It is a shame I could not keep that lovin feeling in the second round.
But first let me say the lunch we purchased from the vendor at the tournament was excellent. I can't find the information but boy was the sandwich great.
I struggled with a couple things in the second round, instead of playing in groups within division the crew at the tourney made a rookie mistake of just doing scores so we were all playing blind. I had no idea what was happening with my other Advanced Masters and they had the same problem. I played with three Am1 guys. I shouldn't say played because I more just threw badly. I had a stretch of four holes where I went 5-4-6-4 and pretty much killed my chance at winning this tournament. Well at least that is what I thought but really I let my zen approach leave me for about eight holes and that is what did me in. I really had a chance and if I could have gotten my head together I would have saved a few strokes and won this baby. Water under the bridge and a good lesson for my next tournament April 3rd at FDR park in New York. Let go of every shot, don't continue to hold onto it after it has left your hand. No reliving what has happened. Live in the moment.
I came in second by a throw and am happy for Arty, who got the win. After playing years in am one he finally has added his considerable talent to our division and we will be better for it. Now if we could just get Bill Dunne to come back.
We were lucky on the way out to get on an earlier ferry than originally scheduled for so I even got home by 10pm.

Results
Division Place First Name Last Name NEFA# R1 R2 Total Prize Value Notes: tiebreakers, ace, record round, etc
FPO 1 Anne Lewis 995 66 70 136 $ 50.00
FPO 2 Heather Eng 1101 73 72 145

FW1 1 Erin Tivnan 1280 66 72 138 $ 30.00
FW1 2 Michelle Ala 64 75 139 $ 10.00
FW1 3 Nicky King 1234 66 74 140
FW1 4 Brittainy Brougham 65 79 144

FW2 1 Rachael Hudson 64 76 140 $ 40.00 Received CB Stark Island Tie Braclet (value $90)
FW2 2 Jenilee Desrosiers 68 75 143 $ 20.00
FW2 3 Renee Stevens 70 81 151
FW2 4 Amy Streeter 69 87 156
FW2 5 Beth Soule 72 84 156
FW2 Katie Guissi 1325 999 999 DNF

MA1 1 Mark Valis 58 60 118 $ 110.00 Tied 1st, won playoff
MA1 1 Paul Cotton 57 61 118 $ 70.00 Tied 1st, lost playoff
MA1 3 Derek Brazauskas 1123 60 61 121 $ 50.00
MA1 4 Jim Conroy 59 63 122 $ 30.00
MA1 5 Matt Sroka 62 61 123 $ 20.00
MA1 6 Don Boutin 60 64 124 $ 20.00
MA1 6 Eric Kevorkian 1304 63 61 124 $ 20.00
MA1 6 Chris Wilson 61 63 124 $ 20.00
MA1 9 James Sweat 59 66 125
MA1 9 Scott Cummings 60 65 125
MA1 11 Bill Dunne 1016 62 64 126
MA1 11 Frank Flanders 64 62 126
MA1 11 Steve Viglas 66 60 126
MA1 14 Frank Strauss 63 64 127
MA1 14 Josh Rappeport 58 69 127
MA1 16 Patrick Whalen 63 65 128
MA1 17 Rick Kerns 64 65 129
MA1 17 Taylor Johnson 1258 63 66 129
MA1 19 Nick Cortese 60 70 130
MA1 19 Lucas Brewer 64 66 130
MA1 21 Mike Murphy 1102 68 63 131
MA1 22 Matt Lozier 64 68 132
MA1 23 Rob Walker 670 64 71 135
MA1 23 Cody Brewer 66 69 135
MA1 25 Brett Bailey 67 71 138
MA1 26 Pete Campbell 70 70 140

MA2 1 Leo Lacwasan 51 62 113 $80.00
MA2 2 Christian Kiedel 55 61 116 $60.00
MA2 3 Nick Gross 57 64 121 $ 30.00
MA2 3 Matty O 58 63 121 $ 30.00
MA2 5 Freddy MacDougall 56 67 123 $ 20.00
MA2 6 Andrew Powell 55 70 125 $ 20.00
MA2 6 Titan Bariloni 58 67 125 $ 20.00
MA2 6 Josh Enmin 62 63 125 $ 20.00
MA2 9 Neal Atkins 60 66 126
MA2 10 Andy Allen 1356 60 67 127
MA2 10 John Moorer 56 71 127
MA2 10 Brendan Bush 55 72 127
MA2 10 Jaxon White 59 68 127
MA2 14 Colman Marcus 58 70 128
MA2 15 Peter Charron 1358 60 69 129
MA2 15 Dave Merna 63 67 130
MA2 17 Collin Evanson 61 72 133
MA2 17 Travis Brougham 63 70 133
MA2 19 Shayan Keramati 64 70 134
MA2 19 Chris Grazioso 65 72 137
MA2 21 Cody Kahler 64 73 137
MA2 21 Joel Rebello 64 73 137
MA2 21 Charles Chamberlain 62 75 137
MA2 24 Mike Clark 63 74 137
MA2 24 Matt McCurdy 64 74 138
MA2 26 Phil McAndrews 71 80 151

MA3 1 John Tate 51 56 107 $ 20.00
MA3 2 Jordan Tate 65 74 139
MA3 3 Josh Tate 69 74 143

MM1 1 Arthur Graustein 788 61 66 127 $ 60.00
MM1 2 Ed Hoverstadt 940 60 68 128 $40.00
MM1 3 Mike Saimond 63 67 130 $ 30.00
MM1 4 Chuck Gerbrands 961 67 64 131 $ 20.00
MM1 5 JC Vermynck 65 68 133
MM1 5 Sean Franchi 65 68 133
MM1 6 Rich Connolly 71 63 134
MM1 7 Andrew McManus 69 70 139
MM1 7 Al Rosa 66 73 139
MM1 8 Matt Judge 78 78 156
MM1 9 Mike Connolly 72 70 142
MM1 10 Steve Carr 68 75 143

MPG 1 Rick Williams 60 62 122 $ 140.00
MPG 2 Jim Oconnor 67 65 132 $ 100.00
MPG 3 Tim Smith 69 66 135 $ 80.00
MPG 4 Mark Luce 69 69 138 $ 40.00
MPG 5 Danny Kaeka 68 71 139
MPG 6 Paul Brewer 66 75 141
MPG 7 Doug Best 69 75 144
MPG 8 Jim Sharp 75 74 149
MPG Steve London DNF

MPM 1 Rick Belhumeur 62 58 120 $ 80.00
MPM 2 Dewy Kaeka 60 67 127 $ 40.00
MPM 3 Eric Brown 71 66 137

MPO 1 Jim Wills 951 54 56 110 $ 300.00
MPO 2 Billy Dunne 1017 53 59 112 $ 150.00
MPO 3 Fabricio Abdala 54 59 113 $ 100.00
MPO 4 Chris Piaseczny 58 56 114 $ 70.00
MPO 5 Joe Yaskis 836 58 56 114 $ 70.00
MPO 6 Greg Wintrob 819 54 60 114 $ 70.00
MPO 7 Daniel Marcus 508 59 56 115 $ 40.00
MPO 8 Rob Tatro 635 63 53 116
MPO 9 Brian Harrington 57 60 117
MPO 10 Chris Young 1329 56 61 117
MPO 11 Chris Shrum 1207 60 58 118
MPO 12 Drew Austin 60 58 118
MPO 13 Aaron Ala 57 61 118
MPO 14 Andrew Streeter 58 63 121
MPO 15 Ian Warner 64 58 122
MPO 16 Dave Boliver 605 64 59 123
MPO 17 David Frothingham 57 66 123
MPO 18 John Tserpes 934 62 62 124
MPO 19 Shaun Laforce 865 61 64 125
MPO Brian "Cuzz" Thompson DNF