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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

GHEDI Fall of 2021

GHEDI Fall of 2021

Saturday, September 25

(If you have any computer skills, try and leave a comment after reading)

Skat, Acehole, Hawkeye, The Count, and Joyeux
before the start of the tourney.



Sponsored by Parke Ave. Investments.
http://www.parkeavenueinvestments.com/


  GHEDI = Griffin Hill Equinox Disc Invitational

The weather was ordered to be 75+ and that came through.  Invitations were sent out and these addicts showed up to throw discs, gamble money on their skills, eat way too much and in general paste a grin on their faces.

Should one wish to see a map of the course, then click here.  There are two courses, one 18 that we play as singles, and the 10 hole course that we partner up the best and worst to play a round of best disc..
 


Jerry Garcia modeling his Best Dressed Costume.
Photo by The Rear Admiral


16 brave players of Disc Golf pose for the capturing of image.
GHEDI Fall of 2021.
First GHEDI in 1.5 years
. (Covid was raging)

Photo by Joyeux





Dragon Slayer scoring an ACE on hole 12, The white trash target.

Art work done by THE DOORMAN (our resident Scorekeeper)
Assisted by Hawkeye and Joyeux









An example of clean up used to sanitize the cookware after the GHEDI.



Lost and /Found after the tournament:

Lost and Found sweatshirt

Cooler, backpack of Bloody Marys, and a nice 
sun shirt.


Tribute to the course?  This note was found at the #5 tee.
There is a fascination of the organic material
found on the horse farm.
Apparently this is supposed to be a complement to the HOT GAME of the Count.





Putting into either hole 13 or hole 5, depending on which way you are going.


The Count attempting to take off a stroke by hitting the stop sign and end 
up in the target.  Added +2 taking a 5 to complete the drama.


To consider all the fun on this target, one can recall the moment when The President took an 8 by trying to take a stroke off.  This target is just a temptation that will bite your score to a poisonous height.  Much like eating a donut!  It looks so good but afterwards, what did you really get?  Good for self reflection.





Cajun setting up the 4 CTP cards, Dragon Slayer chowing down, Hawkeye doing 
assistant scorekeeping, and the Doorman entering data
on the scoresheet.

Prize Table of Loot!
Lots of nice plastic, wine, and featuring the most decorated
trophy, the 2nd Place in the 10 hole round.

Griffins abound on Griffin Hill
Photo by Joyeux

This is kept in just for fun!  Good folk all!

Putt UP or Shut UP contest.  Dragon Slayer taking it 
to the longest and making short work of his 
competition.  36'6"


If you bang a horse, bad things go to your karma.
Photo by Joyeux


Pointing out the Adder.  This stop sign 
added many strokes for many players.
All you have to do is hit the sign and go 
into the target.  Takes off one stroke..

That is the theory....






Hawkeye reporting his
stolen car for the 2nd time.
His car has been stolen 4xs!

Dragon Chaser shooting #8.

The sun shining bright on #9
or possibly #8

Photo by Acehole

Approaching #13
Photo by Acehole

Proud to fly the American
Flag.  Shooting #6

Photo by Acehole



Deep in the shadows
Photo by Acehole

A group of 4 heading to Jerry Garcia Way.
Joyeux, Cajun, Count, and Hawkeye
Photo by Acehole

The Count, Bling, the President
Doorman, and Joyeux
Photo by Acehole




The Doorman doing due diligence as Scorekeeper.
Photo by Acehole

The clubhouse in wide angle.
Foreground is Hawkeye and Matteo

Photo by Acehole

Awards as noted by the Scorekeeper:

There were many other awards given but not all noted.  We had to distribute the loot somehow!



Best Shooter on the 18 (after a CTP playoff) -10 was shot by 3 players but Cajun is the winner

2md Place Trophy:  Joyeux and Skat (who took it home for display)

Nutcracker Award goes to B.Eh! (hit by a disc)

Forget Me NOT goes to the Rear Admiral

PCMI:  (Returned by B-eh ) Pussy who Couldn't Make It.  goes to Biscuit in absentee




Friday, June 18, 2021

GHSDI 2021 (first ever)

 This article is being written before the event even starts.

It was finished 2 months after it was done.

  The Disc Tournament 

was held on a Saturday,, June 19, 2021

Griffin Hill Solstice Disc Invitational (GHSDI)

First ever


This is the first time we have had a corporate sponsor!!  We welcome them to the fray!

Parke Avenue Investments

https://www.parkaveinvest.com/



  This is a  new iteration of the GHEDI (many articles in the Leisure Log about that)  The main difference is this is being held on the longest day of the year instead of teh equal length day of the Equinox as it always had been  held.

The GHEDI has been cancelled since the Fall of 2019 and this date (June 19) has a solar significant event.  The thought was to ease back into the vaccinated population of disc golfers.

Bonus:  The weather is beautiful going from a cold iat night of about 60F to a high about 74F while the rest of the West and MidWest is hovering at or above 100F.  (Sucks to be there)


Photos will hopefully come in from all those cell phones and people who remember to use them for a picture.

COURSE PREPARATION:


For the past two months the Countess has been busy raking the entire estate and seeing to it that myself carried all the detritus to the burn pile and ignited it.

The Thursday prior, we had a work party and 5 eager beavers showed up and the entire course was spruced to the max!  \\

BA brougnt his battery operated (Ego, 56v string trimmer and went through 1.5 batteries) and he basically went over all the tees and various deep bushes that were still standing after I had mowed.


The Scorekeeper came by with his Stihl trimmer and chainsaw on a stick but was diligent in up grading the scoreboards of the past, taking down all the unreadable records of which there were many.


Cajun got all the seating out and filled out the CTP packets.  He and Jerry Garcia got the "So You Think You Can Putt" contest ready for the brave souls who might invest a dollar to lose to .... maybe ME, the Count?


Eye and Jerry Garcia put out all the signage and cleaned up some of the tees..  No small task!


At 12:30 we took a break in the newly assembled clubhouse and had some pizze and chocolate


CHECKING THE COURSE:

We played a round on the GH 18.  There is speculation that the Count might be vulnerable now having shot his best in a year... Two ACES and a total round score of -13.  The aces came on #2 with his first throw of the day using his new disc (the Sheriff).  The second one was a money shot if done on Saturday on #10 a CTP hole.

The Count may have used up all his luck.  We shall see.  I wonder if it was the beer I had at lunch?

Scores for the preview round:

CF = -13, Cajun = -8, Eye = -6, Jerry Garcia = -4  BA and DD took off before the completion of this round.  They will be back for the real event.


Weather on the day of:  

Blue skies with a bit of cloud wisps.  52F at 08:30.  No wind.

It was a cloudy start but cleared to sun around 13:00 and stayed clear and sunny for the duration of the day.


Sponsor:

For the first time ever, the GHSDI was sponsored by Parke Investments with a boxes of cool swag, including 15 Buzz discs with Parke Investment labels which are sure to be a collector disc of the future.  IF anyon is interested in having their wealth managed, the Count can say he has not had to work for 16 years as a result of heeding the advice given by Josh Parke. 

 Contact Phone:  208-627-5160

All the players received something from the prize table and were very happy.  


The Scoreboard:




Lost and 'Found:

One of the most noted trophies is the Forget Me NOT.  It is awarded to the player who leaves something behind on the course.   The intent is to keep detritus from occurring away from the proper disposal area.

It is very effective as players were out looking for some beer or glass of juice they may have set down and others were looking for the same in order to bestow the award on someone else!  So far, 3 days later, there has been no sign of any foreign substance on the course.  However, in the clubhouse....

Two unlikely items were left behind: (Do they revert to awards for the next event?  Stay tuned)

Bag of discs
So far, no one has mentioned who might have left these.





Pile of money


The suspected were contacted to verify who this belongs to and a response was "Did it smell like beer?" came back.  Answer.... NO

The Players:

20 shooters showed up to test themselves against each other



The Players:

20 shooters showed up to test themselves against each other in the best weather possible.  Welcome back to the course after the Covid Pandemic!


Photos from the course:




Jerry Garcia and his WAY, watched by Jesse
photo by Hawkeye

Photo Credit:  The bulk of the photos in this blog were taken by JLo!  

BA and Dave the Miller watching the Count throw into Hole #5.
Eye showing his forehand throw on #14, watched by BA, Dave, and the Count
Analisa helping to keep the course trimmed.  This is her first exposure to discs.

Analisa and Zephyr putting up with the fun.

Hawkeye and Jerry Garcia contemplate a path down #3 watched by BA and Jesse

Eye and Dave putt out #16 trying to play the stopsign for a stroke bonus.

The number 3 target is a tonal tube hanging at the end of the trees.  A tough throw.
The Count, DVE, Jerry Garcia, and Hawkeye

Eye shooting on 17, the shortest hole at 94'.  Jesse, Dave, The Count,and DVE watching.









Awards


Skywalker:  (Rather be lucky than good) Eye and Dave

UPtown: (Best Dressed) JLo

Forget me NOT:  (forgotten stuff on the course) Jerry Garcia

Most Regular: (average score) Cajun

Best Rookie:  Jesse (Not sure why he got this as he is definitely NOT a rookie)

Hot Chick:  JLo

Best Shooter:  (18) Dave the Miller with a -13

Ace Pot:  B eh?

Traveler: Ace Hole

Best Hostess:  The Countess

2nd Place Award on the 10:  Ace Hole and Shawn Dog

Putting Contest:  Ron




Friday, January 22, 2021

Playing at THE ROCK in Atown

 Bill and the Count acted as altruistic guides (no guide fee asked for or given) for the boys from Lake Stevens as we all took on the The Rock course by the docks up in Atown.  This was their inaugural time on this course and was done in honor of the inauguration of the new President of the USA.  We played all three courses as best we could.  Red, Blue, and then White (missed the tees on 4 and 6??).  The course does present a bit of hiking about challenges!


Scores:

Red:

CF= par
BA= -2
Cajun= -4
Eye= -1
Bling= par An ACE on hole number 4!

Blue:

CF/BL= -3 (tied our best score)
BA= +1
Cajun= E
Eye= +2

White:

CF/BL= E
BA= +1
Cajun= -1
Eye= -1

Post throwing events saw the top of Cap Sante Rock as we drove up to look about.  Then all but the Count went over to the Fildago Drive In and had a good bit of food.  To quote BA "Poops after crab sandwich... +2.5"  Maybe too much information?  I do know those crab sandwiches are among the best I have ever had!