NEO Disc Golf Alliance
March 27, 2016 at 7:47pm
Frozen Fingers on the Fairway Fund Raiser Tour (FFFaRT)- 2016 Summary
It’s the most… wonderful time… of the year!
Just me? EVERYBODY should be thrilled that the frozen fingers series is over! It means spring is here, and more daylight, and temperatures… well, pretty much like they have been all winter. But it is going to get even warmer! Btw, small round of applause for El Nino- great job kid!
Who else is happy that the series is over? Evan Adams held on to win a stacked Open field and his nemeses Gastin and Ambrose! This was the deepest Open field the series has seen, and hopefully that continues as disc golf in North East Ohio becomes more of a 12 month a year sport.
And the women’s division of course went to Meh… wait, wtf? Congratulations Andrea Parsons! I bet she had the best Easter of her life because the frozen fingers series is over! The women’s division for the finals had 7 participants- we need more of that kind of turnout!
Travis Goldsworthy held on at the end after going back and forth with Joe Cruz in the Advanced Am division, so for him the series ended just in time! Oddly small field compared to Open and Intermediate- a few notables moved up to Open (good job!), and we did not see the same movement from Intermediate…
Tyler Shrock dominated in Intermediate! He’s happy the series is over, because now he no longer has to toil in this division. He may be the Craigslist killer too. Just sayin...
The newest division that we tracked this year was Masters, which Bill Vaughn held on to win. He is so cool! And I would like to thank Ron McCollum for skipping some events to make that possible. I’m sure Ron is happy the series ended and he can save some money on gas, hitting the events he did from Warren. NEOhio is a large territory!
Who else is happy? The real winners- disc golfers all over NEOhio! I’ll save the details for someone else to report, but funds raised will be going to Painesville to help them go from 9 to 18 holes, Medina to upgrade baskets at Poolside, Parma/ Lakeview Church to help with concrete tee pads, and Mosquito Lake to expand existing 12 hole course to 17 holes… no, what the heck, lets make it 18 holes! All told, $3000 going to those 4 projects. That, and the camaraderie with like minded huckers, is what the frozen fingers series is about, and hopefully we can continue to build on this in the future!
But what do you do with your disc golfin' self now? For one, April and May are a great time of year for course projects and improvements, and hopefully we will see some opportunities to volunteer popping up here soon. Secondly, get thee asses to Aurora! Apparently everything else is just going through the motions… Lastly, be excellent to each other, and see you on the links somewhere soon!
Oh crap! It is actually FFFFaRT! I left out an F
had a blast, thanks also for the NEODGA for the great contributions to help area courses!!
Thanks too to all the players who participated in these great events. We at the Painesville Disc Golf Club really appreciate it!!
Awesome series.....Fifty cent great job on finals....Bill V & Ben great job on the series keeping points and figures tabulated. Thanks to all tds and players for making the success....NEO rules!
Final update to point series. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15VJp_kyvvtflyY_sBHfRsUXMFlRiVMzqrRKVOjTchm4/edit?usp=sharing Yellow highlights are who cashed.