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2005 News Items

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Rick Hoffa with his PDGA EuroTour trophy

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Amateur Trophy

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Open Trophy

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Prize winners

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Open Finalists

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Amateur Finalists

The registration for the 29th British Open is now open for players. The field will be limited to 90 players and is on a first pay, first play basis.
To register follow this Link.Posted 10Nov06

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The University of Essex and Essex Disc Golf are to be the proud hosts of the 2007 British Disc Golf Championships, to be held on March 9-11 2007. The British Open will be the first stop on the 2007 PDGA EuroTour and a USDGC Qualifier. Sanctioning of the event with the PDGA will not occur until towards the end of November, but looks set to be an A-Tier. John Dorn is again supporting England with some fantastic artwork and the fundraiser discs are anticipated to be shipping at the beginning of December, more news on the fundraisers and the sanctioning will be published as soon as possible.

The British Open website with full details on the event will be published at the beginning of November, with registration opening a couple of weeks later, the tournament field will be limited to 90 players, so be sure to register as early as possible to secure your spot at Englands most prestigious tournament, but everyone will be notified as and when information becomes available.Posted 14Oct06

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Rick Hoffa and Fernando Brown, Essex DGC players, achieve good results on the inaugural PDGA EuroTour. Fernando Brown, who plays in the Open Division finished the tour in overall 8th position, the highest ranking for a British based player. Rick Hoffa, who plays in the Masters division came 2nd overall, beating the current British BDGA champion Derek Robins who came 3rd. Rick mentioned to me how he would... "like to thank all the players who competed this year for pushing me and keeping me focused, but, a big thanks to my friend and sometime coach Fernando Brown who taught me how to be a better disc golfer".

Full results and standings can be found at the PDGA EuroTour website.Posted 26Sep06

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31 Players made the trip out to the University of Essex for the second stop on the BDGA National Tour. The weather was not spring like in the least and Saturday's play saw, wind, rain, drizzle, hail, sleet and snow, with just a mere glimpse of the sun. Sunday was a lot calmer and sunnier and stayed dry throughout.

Fernando, Jester and Rick took the lead in the Open division after the 1st round with 56's a piece. After the 2nd round Jester took the overnight lead from Fernando with a 2 shot lead. Meanwhile in the Amateur division, Ross had a 1 shot lead on Joseph after the 1st round, but it was Joseph who who took the overnight lead from Ross with a 1 shot lead and Paul 6 shots back in 3rd.

Sunday saw Fernando stretch his lead by 5 strokes from Del and Jester tied for 2nd, Si was in 4th and Bruce and Gwyn had to play off for the last spot in the final, with Gwyn victorious on the 3rd play off hole. Fernando kept the lead throughout the final to take the coveted title of Essex Spring Fling Tournament Champ and the only change in the order after the final was Jester dropping down to 3rd on the final hole, where he was tied for 2nd with Del, but ended up taking an unfortunate double OB 6 and Del grabbing a nice birdy.

In the Amateur division Joseph stretch his lead from Ross by a further 2 strokes giving him a 3 shot lead going it to the final, with Ross in 2nd, Paul in 3rd, Marc in 4th and Richy in 5th. Joseph managed to keep the lead throughout and win the Top Sandbagger award of Amateur Champ and the only change was Marc dropping to 5th and Richy moving up to 4th.

Notable mentions are Fernando's Ace in the first round on hole 13, Mind the Gap, and his fairway Ace on hole 9 in the 3rd round, the first 2 on this hole.

Open Division
1st Fernando Brown 188, Trophy, £20 cash, T-shirt, 4 discs, champ mini and 3 stickers.
2nd Derek Robins 193, T-shirt, 5 discs and 2 stickers
3rd Jester Wilson 197, T-shirt, 4 discs and a sticker
4th Si Luard 202, 3 discs and a sticker
5th Gwyn Wilden 205, 2 discs and a sticker
6th Bruce Webber 176, 1 disc and a sticker

Amateur Division
1st Joseph Brugger 219, Trophy, T-shirt, 6 discs, champ mini and 3 stickers
2nd Ross Poole 223, T-shirt, 5 discs and 2 stickers
3rd Paul Cooper 224, T-shirt, 4 discs and a sticker
4th Richy O'Connell 234, 3 discs and a sticker
5th Marc Sheldon 235, 2 discs and a sticker
6th Pete Black 212, 1 disc and a sticker

Full results are HERE in excel format

Other Prizes
Spirit of the Game went to Tom Taylor winning a full colour Beast
BDGA recreational membership was won by Dave Attiker
Women's prize went to Shazza Divilly winning her a tye dye champ Valk and sticker
Junior prize went to James Luton winning him a tye dye champ Teebird and sticker
Saturday AM CTP went to Tim Herring, winning a full colour Buzzz
Saturday Open CTP went to Travis Stone, winning a full colour Buzzz
Sunday CTP went to Derek Robins, winning a full colour Challenger
Sunday Longest Putt went to Bruce Webber, winning a full colour Challenger, Champ mini and sticker
Ace Pot was won by Fernando Brown scooping £23.Posted 13Mar06

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Thanks to everyone for making the trip out to the Essex Winter Doubles. The sun and mildish weather greeted 10 players and we changed the format to random doubles with best shot scoreplay. The results are as follows:

• 1st Fernando Brown & Brian Schoenfeld(sic)--48 & 50 - 98
• 2nd Bruce Webber & Paul Cooper--------------52 & 51 - 103
• 3rd Gwyn Wilden & Joseph Brugger------------53 & 53 - 106
• 4th Si Luard & Tim Herring----------------------57 & 52 - 109
• 5th Travis Stone & Ross Poole------------------54 & 56 - 110

1st place won 3 discs each
2nd place won 2 discs each
3rd place won a disc each
and 5th place won a hacky sac each, just in case they want to start playing a different game.

Fernando scooped the Ace pot of £20, shooting an unbelievable, although witnessed, ace on Hole 8, Brown's Birch, his name sake and Fernando originally designed this hole... So from now on we won't allow him to design any new holes.

A great day of DG was had by all on a superb course.Posted 12Jan06