Saturday, August 4, 2012

The sixth annual HCC Summer Winds tournament, a NEFA points event, took place on a blistering hot and humid day.  Forty-one players from as far away as Maine tackled the rolling sloped hills.  This was the first singles tournament on the new course layout.  Kelly Conroy swept his division with a course-record 3 under par.  There were a lot of newcomers braving the heat.  Fortunately, the lobby of the Bartley Center was cool and quiet, a welcome respite from the intense workout on the course.  We also had two hole sponsors in this tourney: Sean McCabe for Hole 1 and Quack for Hole 10.

RESULTS
PRO

Open
1.  Kelly Conroy  58  51  109
2.  Pete Charron  57  55  112
2.  Cameron Gallant  56  56  112
4. Greg Wintrob  58  58  116

Grandmaster
1. Rick Williams  58  56  114

AM

Advanced (AM1)
1.  Tim Matusko  59  54  113
2.  Jeff Fleury  63  56  119
3.  Guy Lyman  61  62  123
3.  Victor Smith  61  62  123
5.  Andy Allen  61  63  124
5.  Phelan Lyman  63  61  124

Master
 1. Brian Kozicki  69  --  --

Grandmaster
1. Nyles Johnson  69  70  139
2. Alan Thresher  81  82  163
3. Timothy Johnson  79  92  171

Women
1. Kristina Bayer  67  72  139

Intermediate (AM2)
1. Bruce Gallagher  54  60  114
2. Matt Mourovic  57  60  117
3. Nick Ailes  62  62  124
4. Jacob Batrone  62  63  125
5. Michael Rogan  63  64  127
6. Jason Beers  61  67  128
7. Josh Bergman  61  68  129
7. Paul Southard  62  67  129
9. Will Raich  61  69  130
10. Sean McCabe  67  64  131
10. Todd Vishaway  64  67  131
12. Kevin Habicht  71  61  132
13. Steve Marcil  67  66  133
14. Nathan Spear  67  68  135
15. Jason Charpentier  67  69  136
16. Patrick Taylor  70  70  140

Recreational (AM3)
1. Zach Longeill  64  67  131
2. Andrew Durant  66  69  135
3. Michael Gaffney  66  70  136
4. Josh Quackenbush  67  71  138
5. Robert Durant  70  71  141
6. Matthew Morris  70  72  142
7. Robert Longeill  73  73  146
8. Harris Reid  78  84  162
9. Edward Faits  81  --  --

Cameron Gallant fires off a drive from the new tee 1 position at the start of the tournament.  Note Sean McCabe's hole sponsor sign on the tree.





This was the first tournament for Jason Beers.  Here he shows his extraordinary power to command his disc into flight.





New for this tourney were the FlyPads on the back 9, which made for much better footing off the tees.





Robert Longeill played a consistent two rounds under difficult conditions.  Here he fires a drive off the fourth tee.





Robert's son Zach proved a tough competitor.  Here he watches his challengers drive off of tee 3.





Kristina Bayer, the sole competitor in the Women's division, makes an approach on hole 10 as Brian Kozicki, the sole entrant in the Master's division, watches.





The venerable Rick Williams, seen here making his approach on hole 10, was also the sole entrant in his division.





Alan Thresher powers a shot on the slopes of hole 12.





Tim Matusko didn't need the summer temperatures to keep the heat up on his competitors.  He's shown putting on hole 5.





The cliff shot off of the 11th tee awed many of the players, though the long walk down to the fairway didn't.





Nyles Johnson drives off the tricky 7th tee as Alan Thresher and Tim Johnson watch.  Nyles went on to win the Grandmaster division.





The players came to the lobby of the Bartley Center to relax in the air conditioning and rehydrate themselves.  As usual, Karen provided lots of great food.





Bruce Gallagher shot only the second recorded hole-in-one on the course, a line drive off of the 11th tee.  He also swept his division.





Tim Matusko locked up the AM1 title with an impressive 1 over par.





Zach Longeill won the Recreation division an impressive 4 strokes ahead of his nearest competitor.





Bruce and Brian brought some "schwag" for some extra CTP enticement.  After the awards, players went out to the parking lot to throw at a light post.  The first challenge was for a putter, bag and Vibram keychain.  Though Jason Charpentier actually hit the post, his disc didn't land the closest to the pin.  That honor went to Cameron Gallant, who poses here with his winnings.





The second challenge was for a collection of graphic novels, and the winner was Will Raich.





Not to be shown up, Pete Charron offered two collectors discs from his store Pure Flight and the winner of that CTP was Andy Allen.
It was a fitting end to a really hot day of disc throwing.