Friday, January 29, 2010
by John Borelli
There are only a few days left to take advantage of NEFA's special two-for-one membership drive. You and a friend can join NEFA for $25 as long as you meet either of these conditions:
* At least one person must be a new NEFA member and must never have been a NEFA member.
* Two new members can join for $25.
* Offer expires January 31 and must be postmarked by that date. You can also use PayPal.
> Full details
> Membership form (PDF)
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
by John Borelli
Fifty-five golfers descended on Devens disc golf course Saturday, Jan. 23, for the third annual Ice Cube Open Ice Bowl to benefit the Devens Loaves and Fishes. A record $1115 and 330 lbs (306 items) of food was collected and donated to the food pantry that serves several towns that border the former military base in Devens, MA.
The weather could not have been better for winter golf. After a chilly 12-degree start under clear blue skies and plenty of sun, it warmed up to about 32. As an added bonus, the dense 10 inches of snow didn't eat up too many discs, either! Aaron Ala's 50 (-4) was the hot round of the tournament.
Division winners each took home specialty ice cube tray trophies shaped like icebergs, the Titanic, dentures, and skull and crossbones. There were also a bunch of CTPs, and donated chili and fudge for lunch. Luke Adolph and Matt Duquette each nailed an ace, but unfortunately there was no ace pot!
Steve Shiner and Trenton Solomon won the Disc Grab Bag and took home 14 and 12 new-to-them used discs, respectively. John White (AM2/Rec) and Rob Walker (Pro/AM1) each won a beautiful Innova calendar in the Ring of Ice contest that wrapped up a very fun day.
Top finishers
* Pro Masters: Daniel Marcus
* Advanced: Aaron Ala
* Advanced Masters: JC Vermynck
* Intermediate: Rooney Bianco
* Recreational: Sam Misuraca
Visit the Devens Disc Golf blog for more details, results, and photos.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
by John Borelli
The year's first NEFA Points Series event, the Mt Kisco Ice Bowl, took place Saturday, Jan. 1 in NY. The top finishers were:
Pro Open
1. Steve Brinster 94
2. Bobby Cowperthwait 106
3. Bard Soleng 108
T3. Craig Cutler 108
Pro Masters
1. Greg Wintrob 109
T2. Daniel Marcus 113
T2. Tim Jiardini 113
Pro Grandmasters
1. Greg Kurtz 122
2. Rick Williams 117
Women Pro Open
1. Maureen McEarlin 131
Advanced Men
1. Marvin Manolo 112
2. Shawn Mullen 115
3. Dan Tressler 116
Advanced Women
1 Becca Tucker 139
2 Heather Eng 141
3 Kylie Hoke 153
Advanced Masters
1. Jeff Wiechowski 119
2. Brad Dahle 124
3. Gary Mason 126
Intermediate
1. Greg Hoffman 120
2. Ryan Brunelle 127
T3 Jeff Greenberg 135
T3 Travis Broughman 135
Recreational
1 Justin Hoffman 135
2 Andy Best 146
3 Dave Serpliss 148
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
by John Borelli
Several new names and faces stepped up this year to run for spots on the NEFA Board of Directors and for NEFA State Representative positions. CT, MA, and ME saw some close contests for State Rep that resulted in new members taking over. Congratulations to all!
NEFA Board
- * President: Steve Solbo
- * Vice President: Rob Tatro
- * Treasurer: Rick Williams
State Reps
- * CT: Whit Cooper
- * MA: John Borelli
- * ME: Ryan Payzant
- * NH: Blaze Konefal
- * NY: Bill Newman
- * RI: Greg Wintrob
- * VT: Anne Lewis
Contact info for each official is
here.
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Thanks to the generous folks at Vibram and the very intuitive thinking of Steve Dodge, NEFA is pleased to announce that Vibram/Vibram Disc Golf will become the official sponsor of the NEFA Points Series.
