Who Else Is CURRENTLY Planning on Attending all 7 OREGON SERIES Events in 2009?

[Sam]

Jamie and I have discussed this and, while we have many other more important matters to deal with this year, we have decided to attempt to attend all seven Oregon Series events this year.

I am curious who else has planned on attending all seven events this year.

It might be cool - and REALLY F'ING IMPORTANT - to show the Oregon Series staff just what this series means to us...

[all2common]

By attending all 7 two years in a row and 6 last year - thanks to Hanley for getting married *cough* - I think that the series realizes that they have my support.

[Sam]

Doesn't matter. You should tell them again, anyway. E-mail. Snail-mail. Phone. Text. Radio or TV broadcast. Sky writing. Message in a bottle. Doesn't matter.

Tell them how important this series is to you.

[all2common]

I apologize...I didn't finish my thoughts on the last post. That's what I get for "working" and posting. I intend to play at least five. I also intend on playing enough of the Washington Series events to compete in Rideout's Interstate Challenge. We'll see though. I said that last year and ended up playing 5 more tournaments than I thought I was going to.

It's like crack I tell ya.

[Matt B.]

I'm planning on playing all 7 this year. Played all 7 last year. And I usually send them a thank you e-mail at the end of the series.

[essjay]

We played them all last year and plan to this year as well.

[LegoRules]

I am going to try and play all 7. The only one that may be a problem for me is the Eugene Celebration.

Cindy :)

[Sam]

Hi Cindy. Have you ever played an Oregon Series event? I don't think you have.

And, yet... you plan on trying to get to all 7?

That's awesome. It's amazing how much this series means to people. Even those who have zero experience with it.

[LegoRules]

Hi Cindy. Have you ever played an Oregon Series event? I don't think you have.

And, yet... you plan on trying to get to all 7?

That's awesome. It's amazing how much this series means to people. Even those who have zero experience with it.

Yeah my first big tournament last year was the Willamette Open. :yay: Don't ya remember you came and introduced yourself to me. :slapface: I think hole 2 Adair random doubles. Anyway even though it was a new experience for me, and I did not place very high I had a blast. I love competing in tournaments, and I love all of the peps I have meet playing disc golf, and it was such a well run event. Combined the three and it is three times the fun.:cheerleader:

Cindy :)

["Over the Hill" Bob]

Uhhhhhhhhhh, wow...........Ok..........How do I say this? Now I don't have all the details but...........the Oregon Series as we have known it is no longer. Someone will correct me, I'm sure on this one but, it's my understanding that the Calapooia is not happening. Mike Phillips and Jeff Mitll will be co-td'ing the BSF. Stumptown is overseeing that event as well as Rose City Open. We are going to need A LOT of help both as volunteers and finacially to pull off the BSF as the quality event is has been and should be. I have stepped up as volunteer coordinator for the BSF so if you can spend some time before and/or during the tournament let me know. As best as I know it Mike "Magilla" Ruzicka is stepping up to help with getting all of the events run.

Before your keyboards start to smoke and flames pouring out of them, please remember that is what information I have at this time. Maybe Phillips, Mitll, or Magilla can post more information.

Beaver State Fling is a go! An NT event! It will be awsome/spectacular!

NOW is the time to come together in our Disc Golf Community and keep Oregon Disc Golf alive and at the front of the pack. Now is NOT the time for deviciveness and bickering. Pay it back or Pay it forward, but lets all get involved and keep the dream alive for bringing Worlds to Oregon in the future. It begins here and now by showing what we can do with a quality event such as the Fling.

Thanks,
Bob

[Matt B.]

Uhhhhhhhhhh, wow...........Ok..........How do I say this? Now I don't have all the details but...........the Oregon Series as we have known it is no longer. Someone will correct me, I'm sure on this one but, it's my understanding that the Calapooia is not happening. Mike Phillips and Jeff Mitll will be co-td'ing the BSF. Stumptown is overseeing that event as well as Rose City Open. We are going to need A LOT of help both as volunteers and finacially to pull off the BSF as the quality event is has been and should be. I have stepped up as volunteer coordinator for the BSF so if you can spend some time before and/or during the tournament let me know. As best as I know it Mike "Magilla" Ruzicka is stepping up to help with getting all of the events run.

Before your keyboards start to smoke and flames pouring out of them, please remember that is what information I have at this time. Maybe Phillips, Mitll, or Magilla can post more information.



Beaver State Fling is a go! An NT event! It will be awsome/spectacular!

NOW is the time to come together in our Disc Golf Community and keep Oregon Disc Golf alive and at the front of the pack. Now is NOT the time for deviciveness and bickering. Pay it back or Pay it forward, but lets all get involved and keep the dream alive for bringing Worlds to Oregon in the future. It begins here and now by showing what we can do with a quality event such as the Fling.

Thanks,
Bob

Wow. More information would be great and would definitely head off rumors, speculation, etc that is sure to follow. As for help, I will again this year sponsor at least one tee sign, probably two. Most likely at the Eugene sponsored events, the EC and the GNO. As far as I know, those two events are still happening.

[Magilla]

Uhhhhhhhhhh, wow...........Ok..........How do I say this? Now I don't have all the details but...........the Oregon Series as we have known it is no longer. Someone will correct me, I'm sure on this one but, it's my understanding that the Calapooia is not happening. Mike Phillips and Jeff Mitll will be co-td'ing the BSF. Stumptown is overseeing that event as well as Rose City Open. We are going to need A LOT of help both as volunteers and finacially to pull off the BSF as the quality event is has been and should be. I have stepped up as volunteer coordinator for the BSF so if you can spend some time before and/or during the tournament let me know. As best as I know it Mike "Magilla" Ruzicka is stepping up to help with getting all of the events run.

Before your keyboards start to smoke and flames pouring out of them, please remember that is what information I have at this time. Maybe Phillips, Mitll, or Magilla can post more information.

Beaver State Fling is a go! An NT event! It will be awsome/spectacular!

NOW is the time to come together in our Disc Golf Community and keep Oregon Disc Golf alive and at the front of the pack. Now is NOT the time for deviciveness and bickering. Pay it back or Pay it forward, but lets all get involved and keep the dream alive for bringing Worlds to Oregon in the future. It begins here and now by showing what we can do with a quality event such as the Fling.

Thanks,
Bob

More information WILL follow as soon as it all gets "deciphered" :eek:

YES, The Oregon Series as you have known it, apparently, isnt going to happen.
Thats basically ALL I know......
There is NO REASON why the events that have been planned couldnt still take place. Sure it will take extra work for each local club BUT it just may bring some of us closer together as well.
WHY cant Calapooia still happen? How can this be resolved?
Its a BUMMER that this has happened BUT we surely can not sit back and cry about it. We must move forward as best as we can.
The MAIN issue will be "Merch" for the AMS....NOW the local clubs will need to figure this out instead of relying on the "Series" to do it for them.
I am contacting ALL the TD's to see where & how they want to proceed.
:cheers:

[all2common]

Interesting developments.

[Sam]

The handling of this is about as poor as could be expected. Why was this not decided upon four months ago? How about instead of announcing a bid at Worlds they announced that they were folding? Rather than get people's hopes up about a bright future, the truth could have been put out there for mass consumption and we wouldn't be sitting here with our thumbs up our butts two weeks before registration was to open for the first event.

This is incredibly lame and incredibly disappointing. I could have swallowed this four months ago. Today, it is making me gag a little.

["Over the Hill" Bob]

The handling of this is about as poor as could be expected. Why was this not decided upon four months ago? How about instead of announcing a bid at Worlds they announced that they were folding? Rather than get people's hopes up about a bright future, the truth could have been put out there for mass consumption and we wouldn't be sitting here with our thumbs up our butts two weeks before registration was to open for the first event.

This is incredibly lame and incredibly disappointing. I could have swallowed this four months ago. Today, it is making me gag a little.

Sam, please as my friend, now is not the time. It is what it is and we all have to make the best of it. YES four months ago would have been better but it is NOW that we have this information and will deal with it. A lot of things still need to be worked out and we need YOUR help. I need your help! This is a major undertaking unlike anything I've ever done.

More infomation will be given as we have it. Right now this is all pretty new to all of us. We are working on it! I have people offering help already. I know of a number of hole sponsorships already happening.

Get ahold of me if anybody wants to help.

Bob

ps............MORE INFO TO COME

[Dave Pittman]

We were a little bit surprised when Scott Duvaul made the announcement at the DGCA monthly meeting Tuesday night. Cris & Teresa have strong ties to both the Albany & Corvallis clubs and we wish them the best. Of course we are ever so grateful for all that they have done for disc golf in Oregon.

Discussion & planning moved forward for the Calapooia Classic. The tournament will be held as scheduled on August 8th & 9th at Bryant and Waterloo Parks as a PDGA B tier event. We will not be using Timber Linn Park this year. The courses are reserved, camping has been approved and Calapooia Brewing will again be the main sponsor and host for the awards ceremony. I’m pretty sure we can get the OK from the WDGC to have their disc inventory available as well as the DGCA inventory for amateur payouts.

I haven’t talked to Mike Storrs since the news broke, but you can be assured that the WDGC is still planning to host the Willamette Open at Adair & Willamette in October.

:cheers:
David

["Over the Hill" Bob]

We were a little bit surprised when Scott Duvaul made the announcement at the DGCA monthly meeting Tuesday night. Cris & Teresa have strong ties to both the Albany & Corvallis clubs and we wish them the best. Of course we are ever so grateful for all that they have done for disc golf in Oregon.

Discussion & planning moved forward for the Calapooia Classic. The tournament will be held as scheduled on August 8th & 9th at Bryant and Waterloo Parks as a PDGA B tier event. We will not be using Timber Linn Park this year. The courses are reserved, camping has been approved and Calapooia Brewing will again be the main sponsor and host for the awards ceremony. I’m pretty sure we can get the OK from the WDGC to have their disc inventory available as well as the DGCA inventory for amateur payouts.

I haven’t talked to Mike Storrs since the news broke, but you can be assured that the WDGC is still planning to host the Willamette Open at Adair & Willamette in October.

:cheers:
David

Great news Dave, that puts the Calapooia rumor to rest. Calapooia IS happening! :yay: Stumptown was pretty surprised as well when we met on Tuesday. :shocked: And like you we are moving forward.

Bob

[Matt B.]

We were a little bit surprised when Scott Duvaul made the announcement at the DGCA monthly meeting Tuesday night. Cris & Teresa have strong ties to both the Albany & Corvallis clubs and we wish them the best. Of course we are ever so grateful for all that they have done for disc golf in Oregon.

Discussion & planning moved forward for the Calapooia Classic. The tournament will be held as scheduled on August 8th & 9th at Bryant and Waterloo Parks as a PDGA B tier event. We will not be using Timber Linn Park this year. The courses are reserved, camping has been approved and Calapooia Brewing will again be the main sponsor and host for the awards ceremony. I’m pretty sure we can get the OK from the WDGC to have their disc inventory available as well as the DGCA inventory for amateur payouts.

I haven’t talked to Mike Storrs since the news broke, but you can be assured that the WDGC is still planning to host the Willamette Open at Adair & Willamette in October.

:cheers:
David

Attaboy Dave, and DGCA! You know I'll be there!
No way is this gonna stop Storrs from his usual superb job, either.
WDGC has a really great thing going with their disc inventory and sales system....perhaps they'd like to offer advice for the other clubs or just take over the scrip redemption for the ORS?

["Over the Hill" Bob]

Mods...................my apologies for kinda taking this thread off in another direction. Can you move the posts concerning the change in ORS to its own thread, please?

Thanks,
Bob

[Sam]

Bob, you're right. I apologize to the Oregon Series staff and to those I might have offended with my tirade. I am stunned and probably should have let this sink in more before reacting.

[Flash]

Hey Everyone,

Your concerns and disappointment is justified and I am sure if you sit back and think about it a little you will see that this impact is just change not for good or for bad it is just the evolution of Disc Golf in Oregon. Cris and Teresa have done amazing work in the development of competitive disc golf in Oregon growing the numbers significantly but they are tired and now its the clubs and players turn to step up and keep it going.

Now with most of the areas where disc golf has grown we have clubs that now can fill the gaps in. The tournaments can and will still happen, the people playing in these events will still be the disc golfers of this state and bordering states and the courses are still there. The only thing changing is the Oregon Series Machine which has worn out the Bellinger tires. So please don't get crazy:eek: and go off starting rumors and such. I have been in contact with Mike Ruzika about the series and it continuing but not under the umbrella type organization that the Oregon Series Developed but under a slightly more independent organization of TD's that agree to hold similar events and contribute to an overall series, overall payout and overall crowning of a champion.

If you really want to see this Machine keep going get involved in your local clubs and courses, help out where you can, start attending meetings. Start assisting your local TD's they always need help for all kinds of stuff, yes even 6-8 months out!

Competitive disc golf is alive and strong in Oregon! Will you see to it that it stays that way?

[Magilla]

Hey Everyone,

Your concerns and disappointment is justified and I am sure if you sit back and think about it a little you will see that this impact is just change not for good or for bad it is just the evolution of Disc Golf in Oregon. Cris and Teresa have done amazing work in the development of competitive disc golf in Oregon growing the numbers significantly but they are tired and now its the clubs and players turn to step up and keep it going.

Now with most of the areas where disc golf has grown we have clubs that now can fill the gaps in. The tournaments can and will still happen, the people playing in these events will still be the disc golfers of this state and bordering states and the courses are still there. The only thing changing is the Oregon Series Machine which has worn out the Bellinger tires. So please don't get crazy:eek: and go off starting rumors and such. I have been in contact with Mike Ruzika about the series and it continuing but not under the umbrella type organization that the Oregon Series Developed but under a slightly more independent organization of TD's that agree to hold similar events and contribute to an overall series, overall payout and overall crowning of a champion.

If you really want to see this Machine keep going get involved in your local clubs and courses, help out where you can, start attending meetings. Start assisting your local TD's they always need help for all kinds of stuff, yes even 6-8 months out!

Competitive disc golf is alive and strong in Oregon! Will you see to it that it stays that way?

:cheers:

[discgolfgreg]

I am not sure what is wrong with using this thread to discuss how we might collectively keep the pieces / events that have made up the Oregon Series. Since playing in all 7 is contingent there being events to play in.

Thanks Flash no one really said what was going on. Burn out is easy to understand, because it is obviously nearly a year long commitment to run the Series.

I greatly appreciate everything the Bellingers and other OR series volunteers have done over the past few years. They certainly made my job as a supporting TD to Mike S. soo much easier. Heck I still manage to play every year! I get to play so little, I would have a hard time running an event and not playing. I think it is awesome that people can help run these events for us all and sacrifice being able to play themselves.

I picked up the last issue of Disc Golf World News covering the 2007 season the other night. The PDGA Tour listing of the 50 Largest Tournaments, while the BSF was not listed it was only because of the split reporting of Pro/Am for the NT event. It was top ten in payout and was really top 10 in players along with the Willamette Open and Lava Launch. All the Oregon Series events were in the top 50. I imagine 2008 was not much different. An awesome testament to what the Oregon Series organizers and supporters have managed to do for disc golf in Oregon.

The WDGC does have a long history of maintaining inventory of discs including over 10 years of doing business with Innova which I started with the Willamette Grand Opening Tournament. I can say that the WDGC would prefer to provide the discs/scrip for the Willamette Open and we are willing to support the Calapooia Classic too. Unfortunately Calapooia is one of the events I can not attend this year. Unless I blow of my dad's wedding back East I will miss the BSF too. Our club will need to discuss to what extent we can support other TD's and clubs that do not have the means to stock discs and issue scrip.

I do want to know what the Oregon Series plans in terms of honoring scrip. I wonder if they even know the outstanding scrip issued and not redeemed.

Stay positive! There is plenty of support for disc golf in Oregon. We just need to get more players to step up and not just help out but take the lead on organizing events so the people don't get burned out being TD year after year or having to play a key role in organizing a whole series of events.

discgolfgreg

[Flash]

Greg and Others,

The Oregon Series Staff will be at the Great Northwest Open in April and will honor all scrip issued. It is understood that the commitment to the scrip is paramount and is also needed by Cris and Teresa to close their books for the series.

Jeff and I are going full steam and we are going to be making things for the BSF available soon that include registration and fundraiser discs. We will also be using the beaverstatefling.com website at Cris's discretion and we will update the information and such. Currently we are recruiting people to assist in the adventure and help to keep the event one of the best around. Jeff and I have the drive and dedication to see it through, no worries.

Thanks