6th Glass Blown Open A-Tier April 26-27

Rusco · Post by **Rusco** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:47 pm

Dynamic Discs and the Emporia Disc Golf Club would like to welcome everyone to the 6th Glass Blown Open!

A Tier event for Pro/Advanced
B-Tier event for Intermediate and Rec (so that you don't have to be a PDGA member to play)

KDGA Event
Registration ENDS Friday April 25th
Good times, Kick BUTT Glass Blown Trophies!!
Entrys:
Open Men: $105
Open Women: $90
Open Masters: $90
Open Grandmasters: $80
Advanced Men: $65
Advanced Women: $55
Advanced Masters: $65
Intermediate Men: $45
Intermediate Women: $35
Recreational Men: $40
Junior Boys and Girls: $25
Ace fund: $5
Non PDGA members are required to pay $10 extra.

Registration will be available online shortly. Paypal can be used right now as well.

Send paypal registration to [email protected]. Please include an extra $2.50 for the paypal fee.

Mail registration to:
Jeremy Rusco
1523 Center Street
Emporia, KS 66801

Registration will end on Friday the 25th of April so that we can get off to a prompt start Saturday morning. 9:30 players meeting at the big shelter by hole #1 on the East course.

Bring your partner doubles on Friday with a flex start time. $20 per team and 100% payout. Registration can also be taken care of here.

TD contact info:
Jeremy Rusco
[email protected]
(620) 786-5314

Eric McCabe
[email protected]
(620) 794-1238

Iowalefty · Post by **Iowalefty** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:41 pm

Host Hotel?

Iowalefty · Post by **Iowalefty** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:05 pm

checked around, the cheapest so far is the econolodge which appears to be within walking distance of Jones Park, eh? $50/night.....is this place a shithole or what? As long as it's not any worse than the Chief Lamoni, I'm there.

ronconversjr · Post by **ronconversjr** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:41 pm

try travel lodge! The pool was under re- construction and the motel itself was being run by a bank last time I was there. The room was clean, no bad smells etc.cont. breakfast 1/2 mile off course. Not bad! Across from Econolodge.

Rusco · Post by **Rusco** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:20 pm

Host hotel info will be posted tomorrow for everyone.

This year we will be adding a new twist to the final skins match! Everyone should be excited about this one! The details are still not set in stone but right now we are looking at doing the top four open scores as the automatic qualifiers for the skins. These four players will be paired up other players who are picked from the raffle. To get in to the raffle you can either purchase a CFR/full color fundraiser disc or purchase a $5 raffle ticket. The doubles format will be a few different variations. More details on this to come but we think this will be an exciting change and give everyone a chance to play in the skins match.

Bangrrr · Post by **Bangrrr** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:25 pm

Killer idea! A great way to raise more money for the tourney and give everyone a chance to play with the top dogs...

Schoen-hopper · Post by **Schoen-hopper** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:51 pm

That is a crazy cool idea Rusco.

Rusco · Post by **Rusco** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:07 am

Well, Smitty is really the PIMP behind the idea! I think it is an awesome thing to do for a tournament like this. I'm hoping that it encourages players to buy a fundraiser disc or a raffle ticket in hopes to get a chance to play in the skins match. I think it will help get more players involved with the conclusion of the event.

Iowalefty · Post by **Iowalefty** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:06 am

5 Iowans confirmed and counting.

Love the skins idea. Can't wait.

Who's hosting the Texas hold'em tourney Friday and Sat night? Inquiring Greenspleaf's and company want to know.

smitty · Post by **smitty** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:31 pm

I am sure that a few of the ladies may be upset.

If they had a pulse they pretty much got to play the skins match the last two years.

I think this will be pretty cool. Every person at the tourney has a chance to play in the finals. For some of them it may be the biggest stage they ever get to play on, and that will be pretty cool.

I hope it works out as well as it sounds. It would just be one more thing that sets DD above most of the rest.

Rusco · Post by **Rusco** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:40 pm

Poker can be set up at one of the local bars which happens to be a tournament sponsor. They will open up the upstairs part of the bar. I'll confirm all the details shortly but that could be a good time for sure. We might even have a putting competition in there.

The Rodeway Inn & Suites is an excellent hotel to stay in. I talked with them on the phone yesterday and they were willing to offer $50 a night for a single room when mentioning "DISC GOLF". They were very nice on the phone and are sponsoring a hole at the event so I strongly recommend this hotel to stay in. As of right now they are out of double queen beds for Friday but do have some Saturday. Some of these rooms might open up before the tournament though. They have a pool and hot tub and 'continental breakfast.

Contact info: http://www.rodewayinn.com/ires/en-US/ht ... romo=locdl
Rodeway Inn & Suites: (620) 342-7820 (Brandi)

I think the Travelodge changed to the Guesthouse Inn and they were only willing to offer a double for $75 a night.

The EconoLodge has the best rates but I had the most frustrating conversation on the phone with their manager (who doesn't speak English very well) that I would almost pay the difference out of my own pocket to keep us out of there. They are offering $46.79 for a single and $53.99 for a double. I don't think they have a pool but do have a continental breakfast in the morning. Phone # (620) 343-7750

I hope this information helps out.

Rusco · Post by **Rusco** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:50 pm

smitty wrote:If they had a pulse they pretty much got to play the skins match the last two years.

I think this will be pretty cool. Every person at the tourney has a chance to play in the finals. For some of them it may be the biggest stage they ever get to play on, and that will be pretty cool.

The last two years have featured the mixed doubles. I felt like it was promoted that way to bring in more Open Women. It seemed to have the opposite effect because we had a very low attendance from Open Women last year. What can we do to attract more women to this event?

The new skins match will be exciting and I see it getting more people involved in watching the conclusion of the tournament. This could be the biggest stage that some of these players will ever play in.

McCabe · Post by **McCabe** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:32 am

I just talked to the "Glass Guy" and he told me the Glass is looking better than ever!!!!

Bangrrr · Post by **Bangrrr** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:08 pm

What discs are going to be available for fundraisers??

Iowalefty · Post by **Iowalefty** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:43 am

Thanks for the hotel info Jeremy.

As far as attracting the women, I've seen a few things done up here you might try. I'd suggest a discounted entry fee where maybe your club or some other sponsor matches half or all of what they put in, something along those lines---basically more added cash for 'em. I've seen it done in Iowa a few times.

As for 'em being excluded in the finals, technically they're not, they have as much chance as anybody else to play with the guys people want to see play. Great idea, keeps things fresh, instead of the same ole, same ole. And I'm sure you know the cliché that you can't always please everybody. We're looking forwawrd to something different than the usual drive down to Lamoni this spring.