MCCG Indoor Putting 2010 @ Sunnybrook

1st - Joe Gabris / Lori Mullen 2nd - Mitch Sylvain / Jason Sweeney 3rd – Josh Schulte / Eric Roberts 4th - Dustin Hart / Jack Coucke 5th - Jameson Gauthier / Ryan Roche Brandon Darraug ... show more ›

1st - Joe Gabris / Lori Mullen
2nd - Mitch Sylvain / Jason Sweeney
3rd – Josh Schulte / Eric Roberts
4th - Dustin Hart / Jack Coucke
5th - Jameson Gauthier / Ryan Roche
Brandon Darraugh / Brad Frase
John Minicuci / Brian “Digital” Davidson
Justin Lohr / Mike Rabin
Mike Walker / Jeff Winkelbuer
Shaun Adkins / Brian Shevela
Ryan Herzog / Scott "Bernie" Burnham
Shawn Mascorro / Krystal Fromm
Bill Sicora / Matt Kora
Rob Stivers / Lance Bayliss
Derek Michalak / Ziggy Bierekoven
George Sturm / John Zane
Todd Griesen / Nate Buban

On the nicest day of the year so far we had 34 players show up for the Sunnybrook Indoor Putting league. We tried to separate the players into A and B pool’s which made the teams a little more competitive. At least that was my opinion. We paid out 5 spots and I think most people had fun. If this format worked well for the masses I think we will keep it the same for next week.

Thanks to Josh Schulte we had 8 good baskets.

Also, Dustin Hart made a copy of the key and has been getting to Sunnybrook around 4:00 pm setting up the place and getting in some practice. If anyone gets there early they can help Dustin get the place set up and maybe get in some side games while you’re at it. Thank you Dustin!

Next league night: Monday, March 15, 2010.
Last league night: Monday, March 29, 2010
First night of the Monday night Motor City Chain Gang league: April 5, 2010 (4 weeks away)

1st - Shawn Mascorro / Matt Kora 2nd - Nate Buban / George Sturm 3rd - Joe Gabris / Jameson Gauthier 4th - Lance Bayliss / Brad Frase 5th - Mitch Sylvain / Brandon Darraugh 6th - Ryan Herzog / Pe ... show more ›

1st - Shawn Mascorro / Matt Kora
2nd - Nate Buban / George Sturm
3rd - Joe Gabris / Jameson Gauthier
4th - Lance Bayliss / Brad Frase
5th - Mitch Sylvain / Brandon Darraugh
6th - Ryan Herzog / Pete Zwolinski
7th - Jeff Winkelbuer / Rob Stivers
Lori Mullen / Brian Murphy
John Minicuci / Ted Stoebling
Tim Bennis / Brett Uphaus
Marty Stadalynkas / Andy "Rooster" Bawol
Stephen Moore / Brian Shevela
Bill Sicora / Mike Rabin
Gerald Layman / Justin Lohr
Shaun Adkins / Phil Hencsie
Scott "Bernie" Burnham / Dustin Hart
SkaBob Branch / Pete Sarver
Krystal Fromm / Casey
Sophia Ashworth / Jason Sweeney
Derek Michalak / Ryan Roche
Todd Griesen / Jack Couche

We had the biggest field to date and yet things still ran relatively smooth. Apparently, Sunnybrook has 9 Beer Towers and 5 of them were in our region of the building. Well Done! There were only about 5 or 6 teams posted so we will be running the same format as this past week however, I am toying with the idea of introducing an A and a B pool which may make the teams a little more competitive. Any thoughts?
John

Here are the results from last Monday’s (February 22, 2010) Sunnybrook Indoor Putting: 1. Joe Gabris / Dustin Hart ($70) 2. Josh Schulte / Jason Sweeney ($40) 3. Mike Henry / Jameson Gauth ... show more ›

Here are the results from last Monday’s (February 22, 2010) Sunnybrook Indoor Putting:

1. Joe Gabris / Dustin Hart ($70)
2. Josh Schulte / Jason Sweeney ($40)
3. Mike Henry / Jameson Gauthier ($20)
4. Lori Mullen / Ryan Herzog ($10)
5. Scott Bernie Burnham / George Sturm
6. Mitch Sylvain / Pete Starver
7. SkaBob Branch / Lance Bayliss
8. Ted Stoebling / Brad Frase
9. John Minicuci / Ryan Roche
10. Nate Buban / Nate Scott
11. Shawn Mascorro / Mike Rabin
12. Brett Uphaus / Stephen Moore
13. Krystal Fromm / Justin Lohr
14. Sophia Ashworth / Bill Sicora

The Excel file was a tremendous improvement. All 4 games were completed by 8 pm and the playoff brackets and 8 team brackets worked just as well. We were close to having jams playing and should have that fixed by next week. The Beer Towers were a common sight behind the scorer’s tables so it would appear that we are settling in with a good format. Now, if we can only get the Championship match played in the bar…

Like always, if you have any suggestions post them up in the Talk section…

We increased players from 26 to 38 for a much bigger field than last week. The PowerPoint was OK at best but Excel might be better and is already being created. Excel is more intuitive and one edit ... show more ›

We increased players from 26 to 38 for a much bigger field than last week.
The PowerPoint was OK at best but Excel might be better and is already being created.
Excel is more intuitive and one edit affects multiple sheets which will speed up the “who is on what court and when” issues.
The TV and Laptop were enhancements that complete the technology segment.
The scoring system, specifically no pushes, was much better speeding up games which caused a negative domino effect.
Players who thought they had more time between games were unavailable (wink, wink) when they should have been playing on unoccupied courts. This happened a lot and caused many delays.
However, with a field of this size on a small venue, there are still areas we will tweak.
For now, here is a look back at this week’s results:
Team / Wins /
Black Aces: Krystal Fromm, Joe Gabris / 4
Red 4’s: White Mike Henry, Eric Roberts / 4 /
Red 2’s: Mitch Sylvain, Tony Vidal / 3 /
Black 5’s: Jameson Gauthier, Steve Moore / 3
Red 8’s: Ryan Herzog, Andy Bawol / 3
Black 8’s: George Sturm, Mike Rabin / 3 /
Joker’s: Ted Stoebling, Matt Kora / 3
Red 3’s: Dustin Hart, Pete Sarver /2
Red 6’s: Josh Schulte, Bernie / 2
Black 6’s: Nate Buban, John Zale / 2
Red 7’s: Brad Frase, John Minicuci / 2
Black 7’s: Pete Zwolinski, Tim Bennis / 2
Black 2’s: SkaBob Branch, Lori Mullen / 1
Black 3’s: Derek Michalak, Kris Bensette / 1
Red Aces: Bill Sicora, Matt Sobjack / 1
Red 9’s: Brain Shevila, Sophia Ashworth / 1
Black 9’s: Brian Muha, Lance Bayliss / 1
Black 4’s: Ni Katie Walker, Jason Sweeney / o
Red 5’s: Brett Uphaus, Joe Incarnati / 0

Following the completion of the first 4 games, the top 8 teams were placed in a Match Play bracket.
All the teams with 2 wins played 1 elimination game to fill the final 8th spot.
Here are the results and payouts (I think):
Black 5’s: Jameson Gauthier, Steve Moore - $60
Black 7’s: Pete Zwolinski, Tim Bennis - $40
Black 8’s: George Sturm, Mike Rabin - $35
Red 2’s: Mitch Sylvain, Tony Vidal - $25
Red 4’s: White Mike Henry, Eric Robers - $20
Black 6’s: Nate Buban, John Zale - $10
Black Aces: Krystal Fromm, Joe Gabris
Joker’s: Ted Stoebling, Matt Kora

Please let me know if anything needs to be edited…
John

A Big Thank you goes out to Sunnybrook Bowling Alley for providing the facility and Pete Starver for bringing the idea to me. Brian Shevela and Rooster were instrumental in organizing the brackets ... show more ›

A Big Thank you goes out to Sunnybrook Bowling Alley for providing the facility and Pete Starver for bringing the idea to me.

Brian Shevela and Rooster were instrumental in organizing the brackets and keeping people playing so a H U G E thanks goes out to these two.

Also, a few others to thank were Bernie and Kurt Maty for providing additional baskets. Dustin Hart was the 1st to show up (even before me) and helped place tables, move chairs, unload my ride, and assemble baskets. Finally, a thank you goes out to NiKatie Walker and Joe Indornati who took registration while I ran all over getting things ready. Thank you all!

So, we had 4 Horseshoe Pits set up with the baskets 30 feet apart. 26 players showed up on the maiden voyage making 13 teams. We ran 8 teams while 7 teams sat out then ran 6 teams after the 1st 7 finished and the remaining single team played a ghost team for competition. Confusing, yes, but it ran very smooth.

Games were played to 13 (must win by two) and the margin of victory was recorded per round. In total, everyone played 4 rounds so the final tally looked like this:
Brian Shevela / Jameson Gauthier (+36) - $60
Dustin Hart / Rooster ((+30) - $40
SkaBob Branch / John Minicuci (+22) - $20
Sophia Ashworth / Lance Bayliss (+20) - $10
Brad Frase / Derek Michalak
Kurt Maty / Mike Rabin
Shaun Adkins / Scott “Bernie” Burnham
Ryan Herzog / Mike Lauhoff II
Bill Sicora / Jason Sweeney
Shawn Mascorro / Ryan “ChimChim” Bauer
Ted Stoebling / Krystal Fromm
Lori Mullen / Joe Indornati
Eric Roberts / NiKatie Walker

I think most people had fun. The beer was flowing well and the staff did their best to keep up with us. The radio could have been better but they offered to let us bring in our own CDs to listen to and they will play them for us. ESPN was showing Super Bowl highlights on the big screen but I do not think anyone cared. Maybe next week we cut games off at 11 points and count all scores even if the throw is a push. For example, if Team A made 1 basket and Team B made 1 basket we considered this a push making the games last longer. Maybe next week we count them as each team getting 1 point. I now officially turn the discussion over to everyone on how to make this even better next week.
The plan was to go from 6 pm – 8 pm.
We started around 6:25 pm and ended up around 10:00 pm. Woot!

You should now be able to use this Board to post messages. Initially, the games we might be playing for points are Horseshoes and a version of Pozzy Putting. We'll set up the baskets once we arrive an ... show more ›

You should now be able to use this Board to post messages. Initially, the games we might be playing for points are Horseshoes and a version of Pozzy Putting. We'll set up the baskets once we arrive and take it from there.

A big thanks to Pete Crist for helping me set up the league "Players" so you all can post here!

Introducing a new weekly league that will run through the end of March. This league may turn into more in the Fall if it goes well. It will NOT be played at River Bends like it says but I listed Riv ... show more ›

Introducing a new weekly league that will run through the end of March.
This league may turn into more in the Fall if it goes well.
It will NOT be played at River Bends like it says but I listed River Bends because it is the closest course to our venue.

The league will be played at Sunnybrook Bowling Alley / Golf Course. The facility has a sizeable banquet room in the back where we can set up baskets and play a variety of formats like horseshoes as a doubles - type format or have people shooting at a single basket from various spots in the room, each spot worth points based off of difficulty and distance. For any doubles formats we will have people flip for partners.

Sunnybrook Bowling Alley / Golf Course is located in Sterling Heights, Michigan on the north side of 17 Mile Road just west of Van Dyke. The banquet room is in the back. When entering the facility please walk directly into the bar, order a drink or two at the end of the bar, then exit out of the right side of the back of the bar and make an immediate left into the putting palace.

The venue has lots of beer and liquor. we will have tables, chairs, waitresses, maybe be able to watch sports on TV - all of the details are being worked out now.

R U interested - post up on the talk section...