DGLA: Ohio Cooperative Point Series - Winter 2014/15

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AKA: DGLA: Ohio Cooperative Point Series - Winter 2014/15
http://www.discgolfscene.com/leagues/DGLA_Ohio_Cooperative_Point_Series_Winter_2014_15

Well the cold air is blowing in, along with frost and a few flakes to signal it's time for some great Winter Disc Golf and so the OhCPS-W is about to kick-off and I wanted to provide an overview and some exciting news for new and previous players.

The Disc Golf League Association (DGLA) is proud to bring you the 2nd annual, Ohio Cooperative Point Series – Winter, (OhCPS-W) 2015 season.

14 week State Wide Disc Golf League Point Series

Sunday Nov 23rd 2014 - Saturday Feb 28th 2015

FREE to all league players who play participating leagues and free to the leagues/clubs as well.

******* IMPORTANT *************
January 15th - deadline for adding new leagues to the OhCPS-W Point series.
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This year clubs/leagues must Opt-In to the OhCPS. Meaning any player or league admin of a league who wants to get OhCPS-W points for their regular league rounds needs to ensure that they post on the OhCPS-W Comments page or send a message to one of the league admin. Please include the link to the league page, it is really helpful to reduce effort and mistakes - Thanks

Also this year leagues can join and decide if they want to have a Highlighted League of the Week (HLW) or not. Some feedback that not all clubs/league are set-up to accommodate extra players or non-regular players. We understand. Now to help reach our mission to encourage more play and to help spread the good ideas, the HLW was designed to provide extra visibility of what each league does so that the ideas can be looked at to see what if anything others can try to enhance the experience of their players. Players also get extra points - Double Points! in the past as well as we try to acknowledge those players who try to attend as many HLW as possible and also look at how that affects their points and performance. But we also promote different formats and types of leagues and so we try to accommodate adding more without adding addition work to the league admin or negatively impact them in any way.

In the past many players of the Winter Point Series have enjoyed a temperature incentive, Double Points for rounds played where the (Feels Like - with Wind chill) Temperature is below 15 degrees F. If your willing to challenge the Polar Vortex you deserve some reward.

Another suggestion recently was to add a Snow Incentive - If during your round you play in 2" or more, or 2" accumulates by the end of the round, Double Points.

Do you and your friends exchange stories about who played in the deepest snow or coldest temps? We will help determine that for the state. When you post provide the average fairway snow depth and the actual coldest temp you encountered during the round, when they are extreme and at the end of the season we will go back and update the schedule for the deepest snow and coldest temp and that will get TRIPLE points.

If either occur post in the comments section (league name, date & temp or snow depth) and by the end of the week we will update the schedule to show the Double Points - maybe Triple points for the luck few who survive the coldest & deepest wrath of the 2015 Polar Vortex..... Anyone who played in that round can make the post. The double points will be updated right before the weekly and monthly stats lock for the leaderboard. If someone posts late we will still update and the players will get the double points toward their overall point total but the weekly and monthly leaderboards lock 2 days after the week or month. Weeks run from Sunday to Saturday for weekly leaderboards and Best Two rounds of the week.

I'm excited to welcome a local Ohio player to the OhCPS Staff who was very successful in the previous OhCPS and who was very active in providing feedback and ideas to help grow and improve the OhCPS and ensure it has an Ohio focus. Welcome Larry Bright Jr. who will be playing rounds in Ohio and you can discuss the OhCPS with him, ask questions, provide suggestions or news that should be passed along to all Ohio players. You can always do the same directly with me or the other DGLA staff but many times it easier to chat in person during a round or at a event. We welcome all news and ideas to help Ohio Disc Golf clubs, events or players achievements - help spread the good word.

If there are others who would like to get involved please contact one of the OhCPS staff, there are many ways to help.

The first OhCPS Winter point series had 45 players and 7 leagues and each player has friends who see the info on Disc Golf Scene as well. The summer season had 138 players from 12 leagues. Our largest State-wide point series is currently Michigan which first winter PS had 349 players in 15 leagues and last winter had 450 players in 32 leagues and last summer had 831 players in 42 leagues. At DGLA we hope to grow as we help grow disc golf leagues and you are a big part of that mission and achieving success and that benefits all disc golf players.

Quick Recap of last years Point Series:

DGLA: Ohio Cooperative Point Series - Winter 2014
45 total players - 7 participating leagues

All Leaderboards · Overall Points
Player Points Rounds
1 Larry Bright Jr. 268 14
2 Bill "The Ninja" Savage 229 12
3 tim toth 219 11
4 Mike Thomas 196 11
5 Mickey Anderson 155 9
6 PK Deaner 146 8
7 Thomas Golubski 142 8
8 james moose graham 140 7
9 Joe Michelini 113 6
10 Greg Platt 108 5
10 Steven Cain 108 6

DGLA: Ohio Cooperative Point Series - Summer 2014
138 total players - 12 participating leagues

All Leaderboards · Overall Points
Player Points Rounds
1 denny velardo 486 30
2 Greg Platt 471 24
3 Mike Thomas 461 42
4 Mike Broda 393 23
5 Mark Festi 392 35
6 Cody Dockrill 387 25
7 John Ryan 365 15
8 PK Deaner 364 20
9 Don Thomas 342 26
10 Larry Bright Jr. 340 22

The DGLA OhCPS brings leagues and players closer together for more fun, to help exchange ideas and grow the sport of Disc Golf. Through the use of Disc Golf Scene all the scores, pictures, videos and chat from all leagues and players come together, enabling all the players throughout the state to see what players are doing, what each league is up to and what is new at each of the courses. Growing the sport of Disc Golf together and coming together to crown the Ohio State Disc Golf League Winter & Summer Champions.

Earn points for every round you play in a participating leagues throughout Ohio.

Leagues Coordinators, or players can Opt in to the OhCPS - Once your league is online send us the URL of your league on DiscGolfScene.com to join. Any Ohio league that has rounds played any time between Sunday Nov 23rd 2014 - Saturday Feb 28th 2015 are eligible for the OhCPS-W 2015. The deadline to add new leagues is Jan 15th 2015.

Leagues can always run outside the OhCPS dates but OhCPS points will only accumulate for rounds played between these dates.

Cost: There is no fee to be in the OhCPS-W 2015, you just play league rounds in participating leagues and your scores are automatically included. You must have a Disc Golf Scene profile which is also free.

Thanks for supporting DGLA and helping to support the Disc Golf Clubs/Courses in Ohio. DGLA is a Non-Profit organization helping disc golf players, clubs and leagues.

The DGLA website is currently down as we prepare for the future - more soon. www.discgolfleagueassociation.org

Based on player's and league coordinator's ideas and comments and the continued devotion of the DGLA and DGS staff the rules for the DGLA Ohio Statewide Point Series are available here.
http://www.discgolfleagueassociation.org/Point_Series/Summary____Rules/summary____rules.html

Points calculation:
The Point Series point calculation tries to encourage players to play often yet and yet not penalize those who cannot play more than once or twice a week. We also try to encourage all league to participate by a three tier approached based on league size for the points accrual – League below 20 players get a boast, league greater than 60 have a points cap.

During a week (Sunday to Saturday) points are calculated for each participating league round you play. The highest TWO point total from any participating league are added into your total and the others are "dropped". Winter Aces are worth 25 points even if that league round is dropped. League round points are basically calculated by adding 2 points for participation and one point for every player you beat and if there is no tie for first place the winner(s) gets 2 additional points for being the "Out Right Winner". Now that basic calculation are further adjusted to encourage small leagues and balance out larger leagues using three levels; 4-19 players, 20-59, and 60+ players. The points awarded are different for each group. The smaller league rounds will get a guaranteed max point total the same as 20 players, the middle size league round are calculated as described above and the larger league rounds have a cap with max points being set to 60 players - Details can be reviewed at www.discgolfleagueassociation.org

Scores must be entered the same as leagues determine payouts; If Divisions are used for payouts than scores must be entered by division. If handicaps are used for payouts then the handicap adjusted scores must be entered. (Disc Golf Scene is looking at offering a automated Handicap system which will bring more leagues into the point series and eventually maybe have point series for the different types of league formats - more when info is available - Thanks! Pete and Disc Golf Scene for all you do for all the disc golf players around the World!!!!!).

Cali - If there is one Cali in a double league they are counted as two players but if there is more than one Cali than they are only counted as one when calculating point totals. This ensures leagues can have special Cali rounds with multiple players playing Cali, but the point totals are accurate based on the number of actual players that played the round.

As always leagues can use their own points system or no point when entering league rounds, as the OhCPS points are calculated independently, allowing league more flexibility to continue with their legacy systems or try new point systems.

OhCPS automatically keeps your best TWO rounds per week (Sunday - Saturday) when calculating your OhCPS total points. This is automatically recalculated whenever new scores/rounds are posted or scores are updated. Get out and play as much as you can to increase your skill and maximize your points but if you are limited to how often you can play your goal would be to try and get at least two rounds per week.

Winter Aces: Worth 25 points – League Admin – this is automatically calculated so if you want to use a different point system for your individual league Aces you can.

DGLA will also be awarding some MDGO, Discraft Ohio State Championships berths for the OhCPS-Winter season. More ways to secure your berth and compete in another great Ohio state-wide disc golf event.

Disc Golf Scene has added weekly & monthly awards to your profile based on OhCPS rounds. That’s more Disc Golf Scene Bling for your profile.

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There are more leagues than ever so get out to some new courses or new leagues and see what is going on throughout the state. Don't overlook the smaller leagues - they tend to incorporate new ideas faster, have a really friendly group feel and you get introduce to the new courses with the locals who know them best. I also highly recommend making it out to one of the larger leagues as well to experience the energy of all those players coming together at one time, yet in a slightly more casual environment than a tournament. Bottom line, get out and play often!!!! & Enjoy the Rounds.

As a player in the OhCPS you represent the core Ohio Disc Golf players and you can really help make this sport better. Help pass along the Disc Golf etiquette that makes rounds fun and fair for all. Encourage new players and pass along some tips to help them improve and enjoy the sport even more. Bring a friend out and expose them to leagues. If you pack it in, pack it out - or at least make sure it ends up in a trash can. Keeping the courses clean is critical to keeping our courses.
We have naturally beautiful courses let's help keep them that way.

If you have questions or ideas concerning DGLA or the OhCPS please post your comments or send us a message.

Thanks and enjoy the Rounds. May the Course be with you.