What a great tourney with fanastic player spirit & fun; i had a PB & was leading after round 1, but it didn’t last & the 09 Sparks Summers Sizzler champ is Luke Williams.
 
Players were welcomed to the course by a new sign & the park was mowed & cleared of branches, looking good even in the rain. The morning weather was cool, windy & raining so players voted for a later start & went to nearby markets for coffee. Those who believed the weather forecast & stayed indoors were led astray, by mid morn the rain had stopped. The course had baked for the last fortnight so the rain soaked in quickly & didn’t cause slippy tees or slow up rollers. The day remained cool, sunny & windy, ideal for disc golf in summer !!

I’ll keep this report short & not bore you with hole by hole stats. Those who know the various Edd layouts will relate to these highligths

Round 1 Walkabout Course

On hole # 7 Luke does a huge drive thru the main gap in the trees, then a short drive into the mound for an easy eagle;
on the tricky #13 Jason does great placements of drive & approach to get the only birdie on this hole; on #16 Bill & I do our best long forehand rollers & we were the only birdies on this tough, disliked & feared par 5; on # 18 Nick’s low flat drives gets close & he scores the only birdie on this hole.
 
Round 2 Old Course Layout

Hole #3, the triangular tree tunnel, Luke does a low drive straight thru the apex of the tunnel & misses the top of the hole by inches, after i saw this i thought it was the throw of the tourney; the "Bloodnut" would luv Luke’s ace attempt as he always wanted to make it a mando to go up the tunnel.

#4 off the mound to the ex-mural corner hole, Nick does his best forehand roller thru the trees stopping about 30m from the hole, the place Kurt gets to when he throws a huge anhzyer drive over the trees for his long range eagle putt which he usually gets, Nick got the only birdie on this hole;

# 5 Pete does a top forehand drive along the OB channel back into the open area & was the only one to birdie this hole.
 
All the above were worthy contenders for throw of the tourney award but the best for the day was yet to come:

#9 possibly Eddison’s signature hole, off the mound across open fairway with hole well protected by a large tree on left & rows of trees on right, strong eastly winds. Luke throws his Destroyer hard & fast, the hyzer fade nails the gap in the trees on the right & skips thru the alley of trees to within 2m of the hole for a put in eagle. This was the best throw i have had the pleasure to see on this hole, & Luke was the 1st person to finally do the 99% near perfect drive.
 
I did enjoy losing to such disc golf brillance & i was happy not letting Nick repeat his win over me at Nats 08, hooray a great day!
 
Round totals & final total scores of players are:
 
Luke Williams (61, 57) 118
Greg Sparksman (58, 66) 124
Nick Summers (63, 68) 131
Peter Dunn (62, 70) 132
Jim Montgomery (64, 71) 135
Bill Raymont (68, 72) 140
Jason McFarlane (70, 70) 140
Justin Lea (88, DNP)
 
Jim won the multi station puttin comp.
Top tourney throw won by Luke.
For those who like the team thing scores, NSWalesmen 389 won, ACT locals 391.
Thanks to all the brave keen players who came & supported this event
 
catch you later on the course
greg