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Outside Sports South Island Championships 2013 powered by Discraft

Lismore Park Disc Golf Course, Wanaka, New Zealand - November 1 & 2 2013

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The Outside Sports South Island Championships 2013 powered by Discraft.

The 2013 South Island Championships graced the illustrious hills and scenic backdrop of Wanaka for the second time in as many years.

With such hospitable hosts as Martin Galley and Hazen Simson at the helm, it was sure to be a well delivered event, and one that many would enjoy. The weather, as it has done for 99% of the tour turned up to play its part and the players were presented with near perfect conditions to start the tournament.

Double Trouble

Unlike most tournaments we had the pleasant opportunity to play in the doubles tournament on the Friday, which would determine the South Island Doubles Champions for 2013. Through the transfer market window, local party start Chris Davies had managed to snap up the 2013 New Zealand Tour Champion Simon Feasey, while the talk of the town was about last weeks Wanakafest Doubles Champions (Hemi Te Awhitu and Chris Dickson) who sadly were not renewing their formidable paring due to work commitments.

The beauty of doubles enables some amazing shots to be thrown and after the first round it was the relentless sight of Simon Feasey and Chris Davies holding the lead from Russell King  & Thabit Ayoub after a stunning on-compulsory ace from King on hole 14. Not to be outdone, the North Island, being represented by the pairing of Blair Joines & Mike “The Doctor” Proctor, were close behind in third with some sublime golf of their own. Finally Dom Hayden & Waz from Amigos represented the local pride and made up the remainder of the top four groups after the first round.

The second round saw the wind increase along with the scores for the most part. However the question remained… could the pairing of Simon and Chris be reined in? The answer, no. Handing them the 2013 South island Doubles champions’ title and the rest of the field rueing missed opportunities.

Let the Games Begin

For the fanatical disc golfers the fun of the doubles was all about practice for the singles as well as a chance to get to know the course and how it plays. It was another perfect morning on the Saturday. With a few tired eyes turning up to the course and a lot of chains being hit for practice, TD Martin, who had done an amazing job of the presentation and set up for the event, called the players in to run over the rules and regulations.

The first round saw the majority of the field sprint out of the gate with South Island dominance being ever present in the top half of the field. Holding up the challenge from the North Island crew was Blair Joines carding a weekend best of 42 and holding Simon Feasey at arms length on a 43, while Hemi Te Awhitu carded an impressive 44 along with local Dom Hayden one further back making up the top group for the afternoon. Lunch time came at the wrong time for Tournament leader Blair Joines  as he caught an afternoon case of chain jitters carding a sluggish 52 by his high standards.

The Sunday morning saw Blair joined by Chris Dickson after a true professional disc golfing performance in the afternoon round for the top group on Sunday.  The pressure of top group golf got to some of the local South Island crew as both Hemi & Chris were not able to replicate the form that saw them in the strong overnight positions, thus forcing Chris from making his debut in the super 6 and forcing Hemi to play catch up once more. The chasing pack were not giving up hope of a minor miracle though, with TD Martin Galley shooting an excellent 46 on the sunday morning to secure him a Super 6 birth of his own. Another local to join him was co-tournament director Hazen Simson whose weekend long duel with Russell King would be extended for another 6 holes as this was the make up of the Super six with tour newcomer Dom Hayden just missing out on the Super 6 by the skin of his teeth.

Follow the Leader

Anybody in the disc golfing community will tell you that a 7 shot lead heading into the super six is hard to loose, even more so when the leader is national tour champion Simon Feasey.  For the other five players it was a tight tussle with players carding bogies and double bogies while others were able to produce two shot swings to make last ditch surges for vital tour points. Hemi was able to reduce the gap to one stroke on Blair after the first hole as Blair carded a dreaded double bogie. Strong play from both Martin and Hazen put some daylight between them and Russel. Stylish putting from the Queenstowner saw him pull back some shots of his own.  At the other end of it all, Simon put on a master class for the 30 + gallery that followed while a lot of excitement was had watching the other 5 players jostling for their final positions with every player carding birdies and also the odd bogy too. After more ebbs and flows than a windy Wanaka day it came to be that there was no catching Simon Feasey who took out the open and overall division followed by Blair Joines taking out the Masters title from local and TD Martin Galley, with Lisa Te Awhitu securing the Womans title wrestling it off Wanaka favourite Jes Guy ….for the next 12 months at least!

It was an outstanding tournament that continues to raise the standard of disc golf in this country and we look forward to next year's instalment of the best disc golf views in the entire world in this reporters eyes (not to mention one of the best tournaments on the tour). The Tournament Directors did an amazing job and all the help that went into this event makes it one of the must attends of the National tour for 2014.

Reporter - Hugh Jarm

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The Pictures

Check out pics from past Wanaka events: 2012

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Colourful Lineup - Some of the prizes up for grabs.

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That's Entertainment - Players were treated to a few numbers by Wanaka's 3rd most popular Sinatra impersonator Martin Galley.

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Shady Character - Catching a respite from the spring sun and on his way to yet another title was Blair Joines (Taumarunui).

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Caravaning & Galabanting - Chris Davies, Dom Hayden, Nate Stone.

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Localising, Visualising - Wanaka's Dom Hayden shows local calmness with this fine putt on the seventh.

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The Name Says it All.

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HQ2 - "What goes on in the caravan stays in the caravan" - N Stone, 2013.

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Sweet As Bro - Another great Kiwi tournament disc design put the icing on an awesome weekend.

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Super Six - With a worthy Southern edge too.

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"I Did It My Way...thank you, you're beautiful" - Wanaka's 3rd favourite Sinatra impersonator Martin Galley dedicates his 16th and final song to one lucky player (there was only one left by this stage - ed.).

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Disc Golf Headquarters - The only weather the HQ tent was protecting us from was the warm southern spring sun.

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Wooden Parade - The beautiful trophies awaiting the addition of some beautiful plastic.

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Motivation - Many players were motivated into playing their best when they saw the wicked trophies that could take focus on the mantlepice should they perform.

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Disc Golf Chicks (and bloke) - Alice Stip, Sonia George, Aleisha, Robyn Agnew. And of course Charlie just had to be in the shot.

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Cap, Shirt, Bata Bullets, Discs - As groups are called out, nerves were building as player prepared to head out to their respective tees. Would The Fease trip up? Or would he seal the National Title before the final round of the year in Auckland?

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Chosing Arrows for the Quiver - Hunter Harrill considers which disc to use for his round during warm up.

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Note Comparison - Players relax between rounds.

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Aiming for the Silverware - Monki getting in some putting practice (was that the hooter that just went?).

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Awesome Hightower - Teams Awesome (Jes Guy and Robyn Agnew) and Hightower (Nate Stone and Eran Blumenthal).

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A Right Akass Kicking - Most disc golfers could guess what happened here. Yes, Tom Akass - a local Wanakite - scores an Ace on the 12th.

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Everyone's A Winner Babe, That's No Lie - Receiving the wonderful trophies, from left. Top: Sonia George (Womens Master), Ed Cochrane (U-18), Jenny Joynt (Womens Grand Master). Middle: Simon Feasey (Mens Open and Overall), Mike Proctor (Mens Grand Master), Lisa te Awhitu (Womens Open). Bottom: Blair Joines (Masters), Felipe Stein (Single Round winner), James Smithalls (Mens Senior Grand Master/Story Teller)

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The Results for Outside Sports South Island Championships 2013 powered by Discraft

Lismore Park Disc Golf Course, Wanaka, New Zealand - November 1 & 2 2013

Division R1 R2 R3 SS Total Div Position O'all Posn
Simon Feasey O 43 47 42 17 149 Open 1st 1
Blair Joines M 42 52 45 20 159 Masters 1st 2
Hazen Simson O 50 49 46 17 162 Open 2nd 3
Russell King O 45 53 47 17 162 Open 3rd 4
Hemi Te Awhitu O 44 46 52 20 162 Open 4th 5
Martin Galley M 49 49 46 19 163 Masters 2nd 6
Dom Hayden M 45 52 49   146 Masters 3rd 7
Chris Dickson O 47 46 54   147 Open 5th 8
Brady Kuech O 48 50 51   149 Open 6th 9
David Keen O 52 45 52   149 Open 7th 10
Chris Davies M 47 53 50   150 Masters 4th 11
Tom Akaas O 47 52 51   150 Open 8th 12
Karl Jollie M 49 53 49   151 Masters 5th 13
Nate Stone O 51 50 51   152 Open 9th 14
Tom Mackay O 48 54 50   152 Open 10th 15
Ben Holbrook O 50 50 53   153 Open 11th 16
Akira Kurow M 53 54 48   155 Masters 6th 17
Eran Blumenthal O 51 54 51   156 Open 12th 18
Stuart Gilchrist O 50 54 52   156 Open 13th 19
Lisa Te Awhitu W O 51 54 53   158 W Open 1st 20
Edward Cochrane U18 47 57 54   158 U18 1st 21
Mike Proctor GM 55 53 51   159 GM 1st 22
James Smithells SGM 51 55 54   160 SGM 1st 23
Jes Guy W O 53 55 52   160 W Open 2nd 24
Aaron Miers O 53 55 54   162 Open 14th 25
Stephen Newman M 53 57 54   164 Masters 7th 26
Monkie O 57 55 53   165 Open 15th 27
Hunter Harrill O 51 58 58   167 Open 16th 28
Jenny Joynt W GM 58 61 55   174 W GM 1st 29
Robyn Agnew W GM 57 60 59   176 W GM 2nd 30
Hannah Joynt W O 55 63 62   180 W Open 3rd 31
Hana Robertson W O 57 71 60   188 W Open 4th 32
Sonia George W M 62 69 65   196 W M 1st 33
Vaughn Pearse M 49 52 DNF   DNF    
Waz M 54 53 DNF   DNF    
Single Round Tournament
Felipe Single Round 51
Gareth Morrow Single Round 55
Owen Hale Single Round 56
Sam Kai Sam Single Round 57
Mikey Bop Single Round 59
Adam Dunkley Single Round 59
Tom Sweets Single Round 60
Aleisha Single Round 62
Alice Stip Single Round 63
Doubles Division R1 R2 Total        
Simon Feasey + Chris Davies Open Doubles 42 40 82
David Keene + Chris Dickson Open Doubles 44 41 85
Blair + Michael Open Doubles 43 43 86
Martin Galley + Hazen Simson Open Doubles 45 42 87
Russell King + Thabit Open Doubles 43 44 87
Dom Hayden + Waz Open Doubles 44 46 90
Dylan Amigos + Rob Harper Open Doubles 44 47 91
Eran Blumenthal + Nate Stone (Team Hightower) Open Doubles 47 46 93
Akira Kurow + Tom Mackay Open Doubles 46 48 94
Steve + Kyle Open Doubles 47 47 94
Aaron + TJ Open Doubles 50 45 95
Ben Holbrook + Monkie Open Doubles 48 48 96
Felipe + James Open Doubles 46 50 96
Robyn Agnew + Jes Guy (Team Awesome) Womens Doubles 47 51 98
Alex + Stuart Open Doubles 49 49 98
Hannah Joynt + Jenny Joynt Womens Doubles 51 56 107
Nicki Bradley + Sonia George Womens Doubles 55 56 111

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