2nd Annual North Bonneville Tournament - 7/12/09 - Washington Events

gorgedon · #1 June 15th, 2009, 10:10 AM

We're doing it again. We're up against the Rose City Open, but we're $40 cheaper & a lot more fun. Registration forms are available at http://www.nbdga.org/registrationform.pdf & we'll be splitting entrants into our 2 categories again, Pretty Good & Really Good. Hey, it's not quite PDGA level competition but it's still going to be a great time.

We'll have free soft drinks & water delivered to you on the course and a barbeque and beer garden after the tournament while we get the results together for the award ceremony.

We'll also have a KP contest with cool prizes & we're working on some new surprises as well.

Seeya there, GorgeDon

Adam Schneider · #2 June 15th, 2009, 10:35 AM

I like the NBDGA logo. Maybe I can just buy one of your shirts?

TreeLove · #3 June 15th, 2009, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by gorgedon

We're up against the Rose City Open, but we're ... a lot more fun.

Really? You'll catch more flies with honey...

Sam · #4 June 15th, 2009, 11:50 AM

Pretty Good and Really Good.

Maybe hold a REAL tournament with REAL divisions and hold it on a weekend that is not the same as an established tournament and you might get more than a few people out there. Or, you could stick with what you are doing and not grow beyond the dozen or so people you got out there last year.

all2common · #5 June 15th, 2009, 11:55 AM

Nice, Sam. You've been a real dick smear lately...scoffing at everybody else's attempts to offer choices for the masses. Real smoov...

Scotty B · #6 June 15th, 2009, 12:11 PM

I thought I would chime in on this one yes it does fall on the same weekend as the RCO but it does fall into line with gorge days so this is why this date was chosen to have this tourney. I would also like to add that for the price the trophies last year were above and beyond you also recieve a t-shirt and free food and beverage. I would suggest this tourney to anyone who is a first time tourney player and would like the experience of a tourney and Sam I know you like to speak your mind and that is cool but due to the BSF the rose city got moved to July instead of June these 2 tourneys didn't even bump heads last year I know because I played in both and had a great time at both so help support the small ones so that they can become big boys and girls.

k2trcs · #7 June 15th, 2009, 12:20 PM

It think offering another tourney on the RCO weekend is a good idea. With the Pro Division for the RCO closing after in person registration at a park 2 hours away from my home, this might be the only viable option for disc golfers that live outside of the Eugene-Portland areas.

all2common · #8 June 15th, 2009, 12:23 PM

There is also a tournament at Wortman park in McMinnville that weekend.

Sam · #9 June 15th, 2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by all2common

Nice, Sam. You've been a real dick smear lately...scoffing at everybody else's attempts to offer choices for the masses. Real smoov...

Justin, I appreciate the sentiment. That said, I stand by what I said earlier. I think I offered suggestions to make the event better, as well.

Bullseye · #10 June 15th, 2009, 01:30 PM

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Justin, I appreciate the sentiment. That said, I stand by what I said earlier. I think I offered suggestions to make the event better, as well.

Perhaps its not so much what you say, but rather how you say it.

Just a thought.

Sam · #11 June 15th, 2009, 02:04 PM

Meh... I think I was responding to the "a lot more fun" comment than anything else. I thought that that statement was flat-out ridiculous.

Adam Schneider · #12 June 15th, 2009, 02:11 PM

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Meh... I think I was responding to the "a lot more fun" comment than anything else. I thought that that statement was flat-out ridiculous.

No, it's flat-out subjective -- with a bit of marketing thrown in.

I think that for people who don't take disc golf as seriously as most forum-goers do (which frankly includes most of the disc golfing public), the Gorge Days tournament probably would be more fun. It's more casual and takes up a lot less of one's weekend.

Sam · #13 June 15th, 2009, 02:18 PM

OK. You say subjective. I say ridiculous. And I have been to both types of tournaments, Adam. Have you?

TreeLove · #14 June 15th, 2009, 03:00 PM

I hear a lot of people stating that there are far more non-competitive, non-PDGA, non-tournament disc golfers than there are tournament DGers. On what facts are these statements based? Or are they, as I suspect, merely opinions, based on random observations?

Scott · #15 June 15th, 2009, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by TreeLove

I hear a lot of people stating that there are far more non-competitive, non-PDGA, non-tournament disc golfers than there are tournament DGers. On what facts are these statements based? Or are they, as I suspect, merely opinions, based on random observations?

It probably depends on where you golf. Check out Orchard, Greenway, HH, Lunchtime, or even Pier at certain hours and you will find many more "casual players than the usual tournament crowd.

Bullseye · #16 June 15th, 2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TreeLove

I hear a lot of people stating that there are far more non-competitive, non-PDGA, non-tournament disc golfers than there are tournament DGers. On what facts are these statements based? Or are they, as I suspect, merely opinions, based on random observations?

Lets expand on this a bit...

At what point does the person who shows up to a course with one or two discs, once or twice a year, become a full-fledged "disc golfer"?

TreeLove · #17 June 15th, 2009, 03:17 PM

For the purposes of my query, I am willing to consider anyone playing disc golf to be a "disc golfer". I suppose a "tournament disc golfer" would be one who plays in multiple PDGA events.

Joshua Olmsted · #18 June 15th, 2009, 03:27 PM

I can't see why there wouldn't be more casual golfers than tournament players, go out to Pier and on a normal day there will be around 100 golfers and I don't think more than 5 or 6 will be serious players, most of them are just people who play maybe once a month just for fun. I would guess maybe like 500 tournament players in Portland and the number of casual golfers probably numbers in the high thousands rate. Obviously the guess is just based on observations but if the number of tournament golfers outnumbered non-tournament golfers I think our courses would be a whole lot emptier.

Scotty B · #19 June 15th, 2009, 03:42 PM

I believe that it shouldn't matter what your status is or how many of each group we have in our area we all make choices to play at whatever level we feel comfortable. I know alot of casual golfers and I'm sure the higher level players would rather they stay out of there way but as we all know we don't have a country club for the DG elite that is members only we all want this sport to grow but we at any chance bad mouth anything that doesn't live up to a standard that very few players live by on a day to day basis. I know that it is easier for most people to drag things down but a true leader will build up the small things in life and DG and if you just want to throw your plastic keep your mouth shut about what others are trying to build.

Scott · #20 June 15th, 2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Scotty B

I believe that it shouldn't matter what your status is or how many of each group we have in our area we all make choices to play at whatever level we feel comfortable. I know alot of casual golfers and I'm sure the higher level players would rather they stay out of there way but as we all know we don't have a country club for the DG elite that is members only we all want this sport to grow but we at any chance bad mouth anything that doesn't live up to a standard that very few players live by on a day to day basis. I know that it is easier for most people to drag things down but a true leader will build up the small things in life and DG and if you just want to throw your plastic keep your mouth shut about what others are trying to build.

I'm not sure that anyone was really going there. Just some comments that this tournament may appeal to the more casual player and the RCO may appeal to the PDGA regulars.