Saturday, August 8, 2009

The third annual HCC Summer Winds Disc Golf tournament attracted 27 players from across New England on a beautiful Saturday.  Even though the wind was calm for most of the day, players still found plenty of challenges.  In the end, Karl Molitoris retained his championship for the sixth strairght time with a total of one over par. The players all stuck with Advanced divisions, with most gravitating toward Intermediate.  The complete results are below, along with pictures from the event.  Special thanks to Mike Morin and Bernie Kuszewski for helping to keep the course in shape, and to Karen for pizza, brownies and cookies. Final Standings Open Karl Molitoris                   56 57 113 Kelly Conroy                   56 64 120 Tim Matusko                    59 62 121 Joe Allen                          63 60 123 Steve Guiliotis                  64 65 129 Intermediate Jason Johnson                  60 62 122 Bernie Kuszewski            61 62 123 Scott Ewertz                    66 58 124 Nate Thresher                  61 63 124 (CTP winner) Henry Brecher                 65 60 125 Rudy Soccaccia               60 65 125 Chris Barden                   60 66 126 James Pearson                 63 63 126 Luke Adolph                   65 62 127 Bert Ackley                     64 64 128 Andrew Gardner             66 62 128 Michael Morin                61 68 129 Chad Hall                       63 67 130 Craig Monteith               64 67 131 Gary Seldon                   65 69 134 Chris Whalen                 69 71 140 Josh Bergman                69 72 141 Matt Duquette                73 72 145 Tim Begley                    87 89 176 Recreational Jeremy Thresher            65 67 132 Tony Baye                    65 71 136 Novice Sam Thresher               71 76 147

Michael Morin throws at the first tee as Bernie Kuszewski looks on. The tournament's youngest participant, Sam Thresher, makes a play for hole number eight. Nate Thresher concentrates on making hole six.  He would later win the Closest-to-the-Pin competition. Deep in the thick of the evil Hole 12 Joe Allen seems to float above his marker disc as he saves par on hole nine. Driving off of the fourteenth tee Gary Seldon puts everything he has into his throw at the seventh tee. Flying along with your disc will result in a one stroke penalty. Bernie Kuszewski comes out of the rough on hole ten. Putting at the rocky sixteenth hole Karl Molitoris pars hole nine on his way to winning his sixth HCC tournament.