Seventy-two of the best disc golfers from around California met over the weekend at Waller Pines Park to contest the 2012 Tim Selinske SoCal/NorCal Challenge. Each day had the players playing two matches back-to-back: an 18-hole singles match followed by and 18-hole doubles match. Players were chosen to represent most of the divisions found at typical PDGA events, with matches being contested by players from similar divisions. At the end of the weekend, Team NorCal, led by Open World Champion Nate Doss and former Women’s World Champion Valerie Jenkins were able to secure the victory, after a strong Sunday showing.
Team SoCal started off solidly, leading the competition after Saturday’s play by a score of 37.5 points to NorCal’s 34.5 (teams receive one point for a singles victory, 2 points for a doubles win and a half point for a singles tie). No one is quite sure what happened Saturday night to swing the momentum, but NorCal came back with a vengeance on Sunday, scoring 44 points to SoCal’s 28. That gave NorCal 78.5 points for the weekend and SoCal 65.5 – a NorCal victory.
Am Women: Karie Fisher, Michelle Chambless
Open Women: Indigo Brude, Vicky Wisecup
Mixed GM/SGM: Suzette Simons,Dave Dunipace
Adv. Master: Mark Hauser, Steve Civitak
Intermediate: Dale Chambless, Steve Valencia, Giochino Ragosta, Aaron Hagner, Andrew Choate, Roger Rector
Advanced: Kyle Hughes, Roger Snider, A.J. Risley, Jeff Russell, Logan Turner, Juan Lopez
Grandmaster: Dave Devine, Steve Killian, Tom Clickner, Mark Horn
Master: Gary Sandoval, Jerry Goff, Dan Duron, Mike Roberts, Mike Byrne, Lawrence Halili
Open: Justin Bruner, Gabe Cota, Philo Brathwaite, Steve Wisecup, Peter McBride, Chris Horn
Kevin
/ January 31, 2012If SoCal had Robert McIntee & Paul McBeth & Philo it would have been a different story.
Chris Horn
/ January 31, 2012philo played! He almost always does! Pretty sure he won his matches too! What makes it hard is that people who seem to only play for money won’t come to this tourny, or they say they are coming only to bail at the last moment!
David Devine
/ February 2, 2012Friggin Yankees win again? RATS!
Great event, great fun, great spirit. This is what DG is all about, good competition, but more importantly, good vibes and good times. The locals put on a great show with super tasty microbrews all weekend and delicious tri-tip for lunch on Sunday. Can’t wait till next year!
Mike Byrne
/ February 3, 2012Three cheers for Dave Dunipace who threw in some great discs for the players pac; Champion Dominators and an assortment of Champion Blizzards!
And 3 cheers for Lawrence Halili who helped make the event SUPER; he’s the ultimate host!