Results from 2010 Sydney Disc Golf Open, 26/27 June

The 13th Sparks-Summers Sizzler was a great success thanks to the
players’ support, spirit & friendship.

There was a good turnout of 18 players which included new players in
their first tourney, most notably local Matt who finished equal fifth
with Jason. Weatherwise it was no sizzler with cool & overcast
morning conditions, light winds still cloudy & a little warmth with
humidity in the arvo. The forecast showers stayed in the surrounding
hills.

Sunday 7 February 2010
Eddison Park, Woden, ACT

Final Standings

		R1	R2	Total
1	Martin Ryland-Adair	55	53	108
2	Luke Williams	53	57	110
3	Nick Summers	61	55	116
4	Greg Sparksman	60	58	118
T5	Jason McFarlane	59	60	119
T5	Matt Gallagher	59	60	119
T7	Oli Pauli	64	56	120
T7	Jim Montgomery	62	58	120
T7	Peter Dunn	60	60	120
10	Andy Nicholls	64	59	123
11	Joe Gyngell	62	65	127
12	Shane Redfern	65	64	129
13	Justin Leas	66	69	135
14	Brendan Palazzi	69	68	137
15	Sally Hill 138	67	71	138
16	Ian Lamonde	84	82	166
17	Ben Wyss	58	DNF	DNF
18	Bill Raymont			DNF

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Tournament Review by Greg Sparksman

The 13th Sparks-Summers Sizzler was a great success thanks to the players’ support, spirit & friendship.

There was a good turnout of 18 players which included new players in their first tourney, most notably local Matt who finished equal fifth with Jason. Weatherwise it was no sizzler with cool & overcast morning conditions, light winds still cloudy & a little warmth with humidity in the arvo. The forecast showers stayed in the surrounding hills.

There was some sizzling DG action by many of the players, great birdie
putts & eagles on the long holes. The short aceable holes had some
good attempts, but none succeeded until the last hole of the day (my
dear oldest comrade in arms & co TD, Nick Summers, got his first
ace in a Eddison touney on the 18th basket. I had the pleasure &
pain to see this epic event & I luved every second of it! My pain
came from being on equal score with Nick before the ace so the only way
to tie the oldies/GM group was to also ace the hole, I wilted under the
pressure (& the 2 weeks of course work) with a below average drive
& getting a par. Nick had extra reason to celebrate with his 1st
win over me after many years, ohhh the pain! I was silently glad i
didn’t have to do a playoff.).

The other mens divisions also had close contests with Martin catching
& overtaking Luke in Open, & Jason winning over Matt on the 4th
hole in the playoff for Advanced, when Matt put his approach OB. Sally
had a no pressure game & enjoyed her win especially her birdie on
the short nasty & narrow 10th.

The lunchtime putting games brought back a fun easy element to the
event, I think it helped the new players improve their focus &
putting skills, all got a visual class of the top players putting
styles. It was an enjoyable day & many prizes were awarded. The
first Ring of Fire was won by Nick, the second by Martin. Martin also
won the 4 station putting comp. He collected the famous "heavy metal "
Tassie Titles t-shirt & the Limited Edition Dude disc the Dart as
prizes.

The famous (LE) DUDE disc "avair with wood" & plastic flower in
small wooden frame was awarded to Joe for getting the most wood on his
drives. Of course Nick won the Ace pool money, a nice $56 to cover his
travel costs & a new disc from Sydney Flying Discs. Congrats to all
the players who came & experienced Edd’s heavy metal disc catchers.

Thanks to all the players who supported the event, especially those
interstate travellers, Sally, Oli, Luke, Martin, Jason, Ian, Nick &
Justin.