Discin In The Dark 2013
Singles · Sep - Nov 2013 · New Berlin, WI
Week #4 recap
News from this week . . . 1 of the glow lizards was found . . . albeit after the round was completed. I saw a crowd of 4 black lights scouring the landscape for anything that might be a lizard and whi ...
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News from this week . . . 1 of the glow lizards was found . . . albeit after the round was completed. I saw a crowd of 4 black lights scouring the landscape for anything that might be a lizard and while the intent was for these to be found during the course of play . . . I guess I will have to allow the find and any future finds that come to me before I leave the course.
I will say this . . . it will be tough to find these lizards without a black light! I am not saying this because I have a bunch of black lights for sale (9 LED w/ batteries for $6 or the 51 LED w/ batteries for $20) . .. it is just a matter of fact that these lizards do not hold the glow very well, but a blacklight will shine those babies up in just one pass of the UV light.
One more small plug for these blacklights and the new product I am carrying (Glow VInyl). I was able to find a 6" wide roll of this stuff and will be offering it in 3" segments. a 3" x 6" piece will be $3. A 6" x6" piece will be $5. Anything larger than a 6" x 6" piece will be based on that pricing. I am working on being able to buy pieces big enough to do a complete vinyl cutout for a disc in case that is desired by anyone. I think it would be pretty cool to do your own jack-o-lantern glow vinyl cutout but I would need at least a 9" x 9" piece for that. I will keep you updated as I work on finding a source.
ENOUGH ABOUT THE SALES PITCH!!!
In Open we saw another solid round by TJ Webber who shot a (-14) this week. Scott Slauson was 4 throws behind him (-10) this week and goes 4 points behind him on the season. Drew Retherford had a good round this week with his (-9) while Joel Kamoske (who had earlier declared "I am donating every week in this league") and Pat Brah (a recent transplant from Intermediate) took his second cash in the last two weeks. I am sure he looks forward to continuing the hot streak but what he does not know is that I am headed out of town to play at least a dozen new courses and I intend to find my putting stroke before I return on Sunday. I do not intend to lose ground this week as my 2.5 point lead for third place over Patrick is in jeopardy every single week.
In Intermediate we saw Josh Davies (who was recently talked back into coming to leagues by Chad Niezgoda) shoot another hot round (-7) and get his second mention in the Weekly Recap. Shaun Kirchner (Leader) and JD Cottrill (who is sitting in 3rd overall) both had good rounds of (-6) this week. Shaun remains in the divisional lead over Greg Klein by 6 points but I imagine this division to be settled by only a couple throws! Last weeks hot shooter Shane Ferguson had a decent round when he shot (-5) along with Greg Weber (who was determined to change his recent trend of not being able to win any FM) and Greg Klein was only 1 throw behind at (-4) to take the final FM spot.
In Recreational we had Matt Walczak shooting a round (-5) that would have gotten him FM in Intermediate even. Mike Wand and Jeff Fuchs (both fairly new to league) shot decent rounds of (-1) to split the final FM spot. Please do me a favor and introduce yourselves to these guys and Tabatha this week . . . they are new to the league and I am sure they would love to meet some other people. Maybe this coming week I will assign groups to mix things up a bit. I would like to see the newcomers welcomed into our little group and introduced to some new people. We all know we share disc golf as a passion, so lets make it a point to welcome them and any other new players. Just go up and say hello!
The Womens division dropped to only 2 this week (which is not even a bad turnout in my mind). Tabatha Lewinski had her best league round this week with a (+14) and she would have likely contended even if Jessica and Loriena attended. Haley Ferguson improved her first league round score by 11 throws. I think Shane must have gotten her to keep her arm level and flat, because that clearly was the only thing keeping her from better accuracy. I am thrilled Shane is bringing her to this league and I am hopeful we have another fledgling disc golf woman in our midst!
No ace was hit again this week so the cash prize is up to $49 plus whoever enters next week. I love seeing the ace pool build . . . not only is it fun to give away large sums of cash . . but it usually helps improve attendance. I look forward to contending on a record attendance next Monday, 28 is our high for the glow league! The weather is supposed to be wonderful again so bring out a friend if you can.
Thanks again to the groups willing to take the long walk to set out the tap lights and pick them up on the way in. I appreciate it greatly as it helps protect our (yes that includes you all since some of your money goes directly into the lighting of the baskets) investment in these lights.
More lizards will be on the course this coming week too!
Oct 3, 2013
by Mike Harrington
I will say this . . . it will be tough to find these lizards without a black light! I am not saying this because I have a bunch of black lights for sale (9 LED w/ batteries for $6 or the 51 LED w/ batteries for $20) . .. it is just a matter of fact that these lizards do not hold the glow very well, but a blacklight will shine those babies up in just one pass of the UV light.
One more small plug for these blacklights and the new product I am carrying (Glow VInyl). I was able to find a 6" wide roll of this stuff and will be offering it in 3" segments. a 3" x 6" piece will be $3. A 6" x6" piece will be $5. Anything larger than a 6" x 6" piece will be based on that pricing. I am working on being able to buy pieces big enough to do a complete vinyl cutout for a disc in case that is desired by anyone. I think it would be pretty cool to do your own jack-o-lantern glow vinyl cutout but I would need at least a 9" x 9" piece for that. I will keep you updated as I work on finding a source.
ENOUGH ABOUT THE SALES PITCH!!!
In Open we saw another solid round by TJ Webber who shot a (-14) this week. Scott Slauson was 4 throws behind him (-10) this week and goes 4 points behind him on the season. Drew Retherford had a good round this week with his (-9) while Joel Kamoske (who had earlier declared "I am donating every week in this league") and Pat Brah (a recent transplant from Intermediate) took his second cash in the last two weeks. I am sure he looks forward to continuing the hot streak but what he does not know is that I am headed out of town to play at least a dozen new courses and I intend to find my putting stroke before I return on Sunday. I do not intend to lose ground this week as my 2.5 point lead for third place over Patrick is in jeopardy every single week.
In Intermediate we saw Josh Davies (who was recently talked back into coming to leagues by Chad Niezgoda) shoot another hot round (-7) and get his second mention in the Weekly Recap. Shaun Kirchner (Leader) and JD Cottrill (who is sitting in 3rd overall) both had good rounds of (-6) this week. Shaun remains in the divisional lead over Greg Klein by 6 points but I imagine this division to be settled by only a couple throws! Last weeks hot shooter Shane Ferguson had a decent round when he shot (-5) along with Greg Weber (who was determined to change his recent trend of not being able to win any FM) and Greg Klein was only 1 throw behind at (-4) to take the final FM spot.
In Recreational we had Matt Walczak shooting a round (-5) that would have gotten him FM in Intermediate even. Mike Wand and Jeff Fuchs (both fairly new to league) shot decent rounds of (-1) to split the final FM spot. Please do me a favor and introduce yourselves to these guys and Tabatha this week . . . they are new to the league and I am sure they would love to meet some other people. Maybe this coming week I will assign groups to mix things up a bit. I would like to see the newcomers welcomed into our little group and introduced to some new people. We all know we share disc golf as a passion, so lets make it a point to welcome them and any other new players. Just go up and say hello!
The Womens division dropped to only 2 this week (which is not even a bad turnout in my mind). Tabatha Lewinski had her best league round this week with a (+14) and she would have likely contended even if Jessica and Loriena attended. Haley Ferguson improved her first league round score by 11 throws. I think Shane must have gotten her to keep her arm level and flat, because that clearly was the only thing keeping her from better accuracy. I am thrilled Shane is bringing her to this league and I am hopeful we have another fledgling disc golf woman in our midst!
No ace was hit again this week so the cash prize is up to $49 plus whoever enters next week. I love seeing the ace pool build . . . not only is it fun to give away large sums of cash . . but it usually helps improve attendance. I look forward to contending on a record attendance next Monday, 28 is our high for the glow league! The weather is supposed to be wonderful again so bring out a friend if you can.
Thanks again to the groups willing to take the long walk to set out the tap lights and pick them up on the way in. I appreciate it greatly as it helps protect our (yes that includes you all since some of your money goes directly into the lighting of the baskets) investment in these lights.
More lizards will be on the course this coming week too!
