The Boomtown Saints picked up right where they left off last season by winning the first guts frisbee tournament of the year. Boomtown went undefeated over the March 29-30 weekend (winning all twelve games) and topped Blame the Dog in the finals 21-7 and 21-13 to take the championship of the 2008 Illinois Indoor Guts Frisbee Open played at the Plainfield High School fieldhouse in Plainfield, Illinois. more.....
Observers Handbook
The Observers Handbook was recently update by a committee of USGPA Members. It will be provided to all tournament directors and is available here.
Japan 2007 Recap
Well, we arrived in Japan in one piece. Ron came from Australia, Brownie came from Chicago, Gene and son came from Ohio, and the rest of us came from South East Michigan. The airplane ride is not a joy, as from Michigan alone it was 13 hours. However, this year the ride took 19 hours with delays and the turn around we had to make in the air. That really did us in. Read More
USA Representation at WUGC08 in Vancouver
The Boomtown Saints added Frank Brady, Chris Lopez, Keith Moher and Dave Young to their team for this tournament.
The second team was selected through a ranking process. The following people have accepted an invitation to participate based on those rankings: Ron Blau, Scott Brooks, Dave Brown, Steve Buckley, Bill Gagnon, Frank Logosh, Dave Meyer, Steve Taylor, Dan Thornton and David Trauger.
Bill Begoske and John Begoske were originally selected for team 2 but are unable to attend.
Congratulations to all.
HDC 2007 Summary
Check out the attachment to get all of the HDC2007 details.
US Nationals Results and Reap
The Boomtown Saints were crowned champions of this years US Nationals and as such have earned the right to represent the United State at the WUGC in Vancouver to be held the first week in August of 2008. Check out the tournament recap here
This Is Guts!
50th IFT
They came, they played, and they beat us. Over the weekend of June 30 and July 1, two teams from Japan won first AND second places at the 50th IFT in Hancock, Michigan. Read More...
2007 Hall of Fame Inductions Congratulations are in order for the USGPA Guts Frisbee® Hall of Fame Class of 2007 Inductees: George "Thor" Anderson, Bill Begoske, Dave Bradshaw, Tom Field, Bill Hodges, and Gerard Newman. CONGRATULATIONS! These six individuals will be welcomed and enshrined as new members following a special dinner in a Hall of Fame Induction ceremony as part of the festivities of the 50th IFT! We hope that you will be there to help celebrate this most special event!
As chairman of the Nominations Committee, I would like to recognize the eight members of the '07 Nominations Committee (third year members Dan Thornton, Steve DesJardins, Linda Lovick, and myself; second year members Dave Meyer and Frank Logosh; and first year members Mike Colburn and David Trauger) who volunteered many, MANY hours of their own personal time, provided valuable insight and much-needed, differing viewpoints, and dedicated serious and timely reflection into the process. Thank you.
I would also like to thank those of you who made the effort to submit the 48 names of people you felt worthy of Hall of Fame consideration. From these, a total of 17 Men and 4 Women, eventually, were nominated.
Just to be nominated for Hall of Fame induction is, in itself, a great honor. The following individuals were also nominated but, unfortunately, did not receive the required 67% vote tally: Al Bauman, Sue Begoske, Steve Buckley, Gary Ciaglaski, Jim Dinser, Kristen Hamill, Mary Hartz (Callaghan), Willie Leffel, Dave Meyer, Keith Moher, John Sappington, Dan Thornton, Steve Trauger, Julie (Thomsen) Vadnais, and Joe Welch. Congratulations to you, as well!
Finally, I would like to thank the Voting Body, which includes all Hall of Fame members, members of the USGPA Board of Directors, and this year, members of the Nominations Committee, for doing that thing we most need them to do - VOTE!
CONGRATULATIONS to the new USGPA Hall of Fame Inductees! See you at the 50th IFT where we will make this official!
Scott Brooks