Tampa Disc Slingers
Club Staff
Vinny Piperato Club Director
Joe Mangrum Assistant Club Director
Matt Massuto Member
Victor Millar Member
Will Token Member
Chris Sikes Assistant Club Director
Scott Artal Member
Chris Meyer Member
Brandon Smith Member
Dan Harvey Member Brian Smith Member Keith Sikes Member Bryan Pieper Member Adam Wojdakowski Member Greg Baker-Fitzgerald Member
Greg Cook Member
Recent News
Vinny Piperato
August 10, 2011 at 11:00pm
TDS Season 1 Championship Set For Youth Park
The final 4 are ready and pumped for the Tampa Disc Slingers' final event. The place of battle has been selected by 1st place finisher Vinny Piperato. He has made Youth Park the location where he will defend his title. The selection makes perfect sense as that is the only place where Vinny remains undefeated and averages a +3.33 per round. The hill to climb for his opponents will be a little steep when going up against statistics like that, but they are up for the challenge and are read ... more
Vinny Piperato
August 8, 2011 at 6:56pm
Season 1 Championship is Set
4 showed up to play in the first round of the payoffs, which resulted in a conditional advance straight to the final round. There is no longer a need to eliminate anymore combatants in a semi-final round. The finalists will play for the title sometime this month.
Vinny Piperato, Victor Millar, Will Parson, and Dan Harvey attacked Youth Park on a hot and muggy Saturday morning. Everyone came with their game face on with the course selection of the championship round up for grabs.
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Dan Harvey Wins Season 1 Championship
The heavy winds, wet terrain, and raised water level, plagued Youth Park and anyone who decided to challenge the course. Vinny, Dan, Will, and Victor were present and ready to play for the championship.
The wind immediately played a key role as the scores got bad really fast. After the first 2 holes, Vinny and Dan sat with a +1 while Will and Victor trailed at +3. Everyone started to calm down and make shots on the front 9, but the back is when the wind picked back up and caused strange th ... more
The heavy winds, wet terrain, and raised water level, plagued Youth Park and anyone who decided to challenge the course. Vinny, Dan, Will, and Victor were present and ready to play for the championship.
The wind immediately played a key role as the scores got bad really fast. After the first 2 holes, Vinny and Dan sat with a +1 while Will and Victor trailed at +3. Everyone started to calm down and make shots on the front 9, but the back is when the wind picked back up and caused strange things to happen to the lighter discs.
After 9 holes:
Vinny Piperato +2
Dan Harvey +2
Will Parson +5
Victor Millar +7
Victor and Will seemed all but done after the first 9 holes, but they maintained during the second half of play and slowed down the bleeding on the course with a better performance. It was Vinny and Dan that started slipping as the winds from Hurricane Irene continued to cause interference. After 16 holes, the competition became a lot closer.
After 16 holes:
Vinny Piperato +6
Dan Harvey +6
Will Parson +7
Victor Millar +10
With only 2 holes to go, Victor became a spectator and began rooting for Will. Hole 17 gave Vinny another bogey, while Dan and Will finished with par. Now it was up to the 18th and final hole to decide the winner and champion.
After 17 holes:
Dan Harvey +6
Will Parson +7
Vinny Piperato +7
Victor Millar +11
Vinny was unable to get a great tee shot or second shot to get back into the running and force a playoff, and fell apart. Dan and Will had great layup shots and were both put into great position to finish with a par. Dan was further away with a 15 footer. All he has to do is put the disc into the basket and it's all over. He lines up and throws a dart right on target, sinking the putt and claiming the Disc Slingers Season 1 title.
With the future of the club looking bleak, Dan will most likely become the second and final champion. If there is another season, he will not return for another season. Congrats Dan and good luck in your future endeavors.