Welcome to our dedicated section on the 2005
New Zealand Disc Golf Nationals.
2005
NZ Disc Golf Championships
Monte Cecilia Park, Hillsborough,
Auckland.
What a weekend! Wicked! If you have any good pictures to share
with the world, then please email them to our webmaster Gabb
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| NAME |
|
RD1 |
RD2 |
RD3 |
RD4 |
TOTAL |
Posn |
| Simon Feasey |
O |
53 |
54 |
50 |
54 |
211 |
1 |
| Dean Marshall |
O |
52 |
56 |
54 |
53 |
215 |
2 |
| Bob Gentil |
M |
57 |
54 |
52 |
54 |
217 |
3 |
| Chris Kingsnorth |
O |
61 |
52 |
51 |
54 |
218 |
4 |
| Steve Scarborough |
O |
54 |
59 |
54 |
53 |
220 |
5 |
| Juan Unda |
M |
61 |
55 |
58 |
51 |
225 |
6 |
| Scott Ceasar |
M |
58 |
63 |
59 |
53 |
233 |
7 |
| Blair Joines |
O |
59 |
62 |
60 |
55 |
236 |
8 |
| Joe (Fish) Seebuck |
O |
60 |
59 |
57 |
61 |
237 |
9 |
| Josh Smith |
O |
60 |
59 |
59 |
60 |
238 |
10 |
| Marty de Haas |
M |
59 |
66 |
59 |
54 |
238 |
10 |
| Nigel Barnwell |
GM |
61 |
62 |
58 |
59 |
240 |
12 |
| Martin Conway |
J |
64 |
59 |
61 |
57 |
241 |
13 |
| |
M |
65 |
62 |
58 |
57 |
242 |
14 |
| Arthur Booschaart |
O |
64 |
61 |
59 |
59 |
243 |
15 |
| Brett Carlyle |
O |
60 |
67 |
60 |
57 |
244 |
16 |
| Pete Boyle |
GM |
60 |
64 |
61 |
61 |
246 |
17 |
| Baz Keene |
M |
66 |
63 |
61 |
59 |
249 |
18 |
| Gene Tutaki |
O |
62 |
65 |
64 |
64 |
255 |
19 |
| Tim McVittey |
O |
63 |
66 |
62 |
65 |
256 |
20 |
| Des Cooper |
M |
62 |
68 |
65 |
61 |
256 |
20 |
| Dave Serf |
M |
65 |
67 |
64 |
60 |
256 |
20 |
| Brett Hailstone |
O |
68 |
63 |
64 |
63 |
258 |
23 |
| John Helmink |
M |
68 |
61 |
65 |
65 |
259 |
24 |
| Jim Gabb |
M |
66 |
66 |
66 |
61 |
259 |
24 |
| Richard Barratt |
O |
71 |
63 |
59 |
66 |
259 |
24 |
| Nigel Hailstone |
O |
63 |
63 |
70 |
72 |
268 |
27 |
| Bruno Whale |
J |
68 |
69 |
68 |
64 |
269 |
28 |
| Nigel Walker |
M |
68 |
72 |
67 |
71 |
278 |
29 |
| David Snow |
M |
71 |
72 |
68 |
67 |
278 |
29 |
| Kev Ross |
M |
68 |
66 |
75 |
71 |
280 |
31 |
| Enoch Gawain |
J |
78 |
78 |
73 |
69 |
298 |
32 |
| Fiona Menzies |
W |
74 |
81 |
71 |
73 |
299 |
33 |
| Julian Crofskey |
O |
83 |
79 |
74 |
69 |
305 |
34 |
| Toby Gentil |
PW |
|
89 |
|
77 |
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Click
here for an entry form (pdf version - 101k)
Friday 4th February Doubles.
Saturday & Sunday 5th & 6th February Singles.
Cost $65 per person
Includes;
° NZFDA $5 levy
° Collectors Tournament Tee Shirt
° Lunch each day
° 6 Rounds of fully basketed Golf in one of the most
beautiful Disc Golf Parks in New Zealand. |
° The chance to get
your name on the trophy
° Collectors Hot Stamped Golf Disc & Mini's
° Tournament Dinner
° And a chance to win an impressive array of spot
prizes |
Note: You must be a current
NZFDA member to play.
Schedule for the 2005 NZ Disc Golf Championships
Friday February 4/ 2005 - DOUBLES
09:30 am .. Players Meeting [all players must attend]
10:00 am .. National Doubles Round 1 [TD draw]
12:30 pm .. Lunch Break [Tournament provided]
01:00 pm .. National Doubles Round 2 [seeded]
03:30 pm .. End of play for day 1
Saturday February 5/ 2005
10:00 am .. Players Meeting [all players must attend]
10:30 am .. National Singles Round 1 [TD draw]
01:00 pm .. Lunch Break [provided]
01:30 pm .. ‘Gentil Sport’ Putting Competition
02:00 pm .. National Singles Round 2 [seeded]
04:30 pm .. End of play for day 2.
06:30 pm .. Tournament Dinner & NZFDA Inc. Disc Golf AGM
- at Akarana Golf Club, 1388 Dominion Road, Mt Roskill (less
then 5 minutes from Monte Cecilia Park). Dinner provided, bar
open. Please note: appropriate dress required
- collared shirt.
Sunday February 6/ 2005 [Waitangi Day]
09:00 am .. Players Meeting [all players must attend]
09:30 am .. National Singles Round 3 [seeded]
12:00 pm .. Lunch Break [provided]
01:00 pm .. ‘Freaky Styley’ Closest to the pin competition
01:30 pm .. National Singles Round 4 [seeded]
04:00 pm .. End of play for day 3.
04:30 pm .. Tournament Prize Giving & clean up.
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2005
NZ Disc Golf Nationals Course Description
Click
here for a printable pdf version (68k)
We are very excited about the fabulous course
we have for the 2005 NZ Disc Golf Nationals. If you intend to
check out the course, please ensure you further our cause for
a permanent course in Auckland by always giving way to walkers,
say a friendly hello and take out any rubbish that you may come
across (good idea to have a plastic bag with you for the rubbish).
Beware of leaving valuables in your vehicle - the carpark is
already a focus of scumbag thieves.
Hole
# 1. ‘Pah’s Park It’ Par 3 - 93m
Looks simple enough, but beware of a couple of things. 100%
over the OB line behind the basket and you're adding a shot,
shank it to the right and you could be rolling to the bottom
of the hill and make sure you make it past the bushy tree to
the left of the tee as well. Having said all that, I’m
picking this hole to be one of the most birdied over the weekend.
Hole # 2. ‘Shoot The Gap’ Par 3 -140m
The tee is just down the fence line from the first basket, beside
the Oak tree, and the hole you can see through the gap in the
trees. Make it through the overhanging trees and get the angle
of release right and there is every chance you could park this
one. But get it wrong and you could end up on ‘Toby’s
Tee’, with another big pull needed to get to
the basket.
Hole # 3. ‘Up and Under’ Par 3 - 64m
To get to the tee walk to the other side of the big Morton Bay
Fig tree. This hole is short, slightly up hill and underneath
a stand of mature trees. There are a couple of routes to take,
whether you go around the outside or up the middle low and hard
it can be reached. Mind you .. you can also roll to the bottom
of the hill as well, so don’t say I didn’t warn
ya!
Hole # 4. ‘Down and Out’ Par 3 - 74m
An elevated tee between two big trees sees you looking down
on the green; only problem is there are a bunch of large trees
between you and the basket. Once again you have a selection
of routes to the hole. To the right, the left or straight down
the middle if you dare. A smart golfer will think placement
on this hole, as it will be easy to snooker yourself.
Hole # 5. ‘Dirty Dog Leg’ Par 3 - 118m
[as the crow flies]
The tee is up the hill from basket #4, on the high side of the
big Island Kauri tree. The course design team saw this as a
dogleg to the left, but I’m sure there will be a few big
armed and even bigger balled golfers who may think otherwise
and take on the jungle. But remember .. if you’re thinking
of cutting the corner, you only have 3 minutes to look for a
lost disc. To the left of the fence line or the OB line [painted
on the day] could make it a costly hole. Might be a good hole
to have a spotter on. It's 96m to the dogleg by the way.
Hole # 6. ‘Paddy’s Junction’ Par
3 - 93m
The tee is beside a small Pohutukawa Tree across on the left
as you walk back up the hole five dogleg fairway. It’s
a wide-open fairway with a big shady canopy over the basket.
A slight incline to the green. OB down the left hand side though,
and you really wouldn’t want to shank it too far to the
right either, as you could end up snookered behind the ‘protruding
greenery’. Named after friednly ol' Paddy who lives over
the fence and who's family farmed this land in days go by.
Hole # 7. ‘Valet Parking’ Par 4 - 143m
The Tee is at the end of the afore mentioned ‘protruding
greenery’ - it’s a wide-open drive across to the
basket under the canopy of a mature stand of giant Morton Bay
Fig trees. The elevated tee makes the basket reachable for big
arms. OB to the left is a place you really don’t want
to be, not just because it will cost you a stroke, but I reckon
the fence won’t be fun to climb. Mark my words; being
a par 4 there is going to be an eagle or two on this hole.
Hole # 8. ‘Up and Over’ Par 3 - 79m
Walk around the bottom of the hill to the tee just up from the
OB fence beside a Silver Birch tree. The basket is reachable
for a big arm, straight up the hill to the left. Some will go
straight at it others will fade in from the right. Another good
chance for a birdie …. or a nasty roll.
Hole # 9. ‘The Rolling Pin’ Par 3 - 73m
The tee is under the low branch of another big Morton Bay Fig
tree. It’s a picture setting for the basket directly up
the hill with the old monastery, Monte Cecilia House, framing
the background. Ya really want to park this one, if not on your
drive then on your up-shot, as a long putt down hill could see
you 40 or 50 metres back down the hill. It’s a nasty place
for a basket .. Ask Snowie - click
here to see a 2meg vid of the craziest roller of 2004 (he had
two shots to win the tournament and could have just laid up!).
Hole # 10. ‘The Full Monte’ Par 4 - 221m
This is the signature hole of Monte Cecilia Park.
The elevated tee directly in front of Monte Cecilia House looks
right down the tree lined fairway to the basket over 30 meters
below. In the background the skyline is dominated by the Auckland
landmark of One Tree Hill. [site of New Zealand’s
first disc golf course] If
you have a good handle on flying your drive, you might just
get close, arm power alone won’t do it.
Hole # 11. ‘Pohutukawa Pondering’ Par 3
- 66m
Walk to the far back corner of the park, the tee is between
two big Island Kauri trees. It’s a short blind hole over
(or around) a stand of native trees. Have a good look at the
basket placement on your way to the tee. It’ll be easy
to snooker yourself behind the big Pohutukawa tree or the stand
of natives; I suspect a few will roll down the slight incline
as well. Another place you really should be picking up a stroke.
Hole # 12. ‘Orchid Drive’ Par 3 - 112m
From the slightly elevated tee beside the small Island Kauri,
you can see the basket over the top of the orchid. This hole
is all about placement, if you don’t have a big arm or
are not prepared to take the risk, then play it safe and make
sure you have a good position for your second shot. Be warned
.. the 2 meter rule will come into play on this hole for sure.
Hole # 13. ‘Witch Way’ Par 3 - 69m
The tee is on the other side of the trees behind hole number
12. It’s another uphill drive with a choice of routes,
left, right or low and hard up the middle. You can see the basket
temptingly from the tee in the shade of yet another giant Morton
Bay Fig tree, but can you put yourself within putting range?
Hole #14. ‘Buffalo Boys’ Par 3 - 93m
From the other side of the giant Fig tree the tee looks through
a gap in the branches to the basket on a green amongst a stand
of trees below. Once again there is a choice of route to be
made. Hyzer, anhyzer or thread the gap down the middle, you
choose. I’m picking most will go ‘round the outside’.
Hole # 15. ‘Thread The Needle’ Par 3 -
60m
The tee is just up the hill from basket number 14. The hole
is straight down the hill to yet another Morton Bay Fig tree
on the fence line. Thread the gap, don’t fade off to the
left or right or go too far and be OB, and you should birdie
this one every time. It’s a subtle downhill placement
hole that will test your fine play skills. Easier said than
done.
Hole # 16. ‘Fairway to Heaven’ Par 3 -
90m
To the tee walk back up the grass along the fence line, it’s
on the left looking up the hill under the overhanging trees.
The basket is in view under the shade of the trees on the right
of the fairway. Usual story, over the fence to the left and
you’re not only adding a stroke but you’ve a nasty
climb as well. Ask Marty!
Hole # 17. ‘Ménage a Tois’ Par 3
- 62m
The tee is back between the fence and the first Totara tree.
You’d better hope there is not a howling Sou-Westerly,
'cos if there is this is not going to be a fun hole. The basket
is in the middle of the second trio of trees in an open field
exposed to the southwest. In the still it’s a matter of
just parking it for a birdie, but in the wind this hole could
make or break your round. And don't forget to take in the vista
across to the Manukau Harbour and Mangere Mountain.
Hole # 18. ‘Cecilia Ya Later’ Par 4 - 148m
From the tee just out from the roots of the Morton Bay Fig tree,
the fairway winds it’s way around to the right and back
left for looking at the basket on the near side of the Monte
Cecilia House steps. Get this one wrong and you could end up
with another drive or two from the very bottom of the hill.
Be warned .. discs just love to roll down this hill.
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Confirmed
Players for the Champs
Dave
Serf's Weather Report
He's the man who knows what is going on in
the heavens - and he's onto the weather too!
We asked Freaky Stylist Dave Serf to keep us
up with the play on possible conditions for the tournament...
"The wind looks
like it will stay from the easterly quarter, so the comment
of being protected from the prevailing south/west appears
to have been spun 180 degrees, Friday being light east/nor-east,
Saturday more northerly, and Sunday back to east again.
I can't see any rain appearing, although you can never
rule that one out - but I'm not inclined to pack a rain
coat.
T he barometer has also started to rise so those off us
looking for the rain to water the gardens, had better
get the hose out... |
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Serf
Accommodation
Dukes Midway Lodge
www.dukes.co.nz
Just a 3-minute walk to the course in Monte Cecilia
Park.
4 Vagus Place [off Pah Road] Royal Oak, Auckland
Phone [09] 625 4399
Fax [09] 625 6430
Email book@dukes.co.nz |
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Rates
Twin / double studio with kitchen $100 per night
Twin / double studio with just tea / coffee making $85 per night
Triple with kitchen $115 per night
Family with kitchen $160 per night
Each studio / room has it’s own bathroom / toilet and
sky TV.
All rooms open up onto a guitar shaped swimming pool.
We have checked other options in the area and this is not only
the cleanest and best presented but most cost effective as well.
Note .. Book ASAP .. because with the Championships
being held over a holiday weekend there will be a big demand
on accommodation.
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