From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Thu Jul 2 06:26:01 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id GAA30287 for announce-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 06:26:01 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f From: Kendall KIC Received: from KendallKIC@aol.com by imo22.mx.aol.com (IMOv14_b1.1) id IZTEa22301 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 1998 18:51:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 18:51:49 EDT To: announce@footbag.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: [announce] Results: US Open Championships Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 58 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org The 1998 U.S. Open Footbag Net Championships was held June 20-21st on the bank of the Willamette River at Sellwood Riverfront Park in Portland, Oregon. The tournament included a Saturday night pasta feed to celebrate the second round of inductions into the Footbag Hall of Fame which was started at last years Worlds in Portland. Tons of sun and fun was had by all. $200 generated by raffle ticket sales and entry fees will be donated to Pacific Rivers Council Campaign for Coho. There were 64 total entrants and the money and product supplied by my generous, sweet and well loved sponsors gave us long sleave t- shirts, free food all weekend and great prizes: Courtesy Ford with a cargo van for the weekend Full Sail with cash for t-shirts, pint glasses and beer Rainbow Imports with awesome prizes Wham-O provided money for food and site fees, Gardenburger supplied a ton of healthy food Snakeboard provided two sought after state of the art Stiffy Boards 1998 US OPEN FOOTBAG NET CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS OPEN SINGLES NET 16 entrants 1ST Jake Leong 2ND Alexis Deschenes 3RD Andy Ronald 4TH Hung Chang 5TH TIE David Butcher and Yo Kelley 7TH TIE Jim Cobb and Mike McCarthy 9TH TIE Chris Siebert and Chard Cook and Steve Dusablon and PT Lovern OPEN DOUBLES NET 12 teams 1ST Chris ìGatorî Routh/David Bernard, III 2ND Brent Welch/David Butcher 3RD Scott Milne/Dim Derricott 4TH PT Lovern/Alexis Deschenes 5TH TIE Yo Kelley/Mike McCarthy and Crass Eddicott/Dennis Ross 7TH TIE Andy Ronald/Jake Leong and JJ Jones/Greg Durrett WOMENíS SINGLES NET 9 entrants 1ST Lisa McDaniel 2ND Julie Symons 3RD Becca Englis-Ross 4TH Amy Westberg 5TH TIE Christy Rapp and Anne Miller WOMENS DOUBLES NET 1ST Jody Welch/Julie Symons 2ND Becca English-Ross/Amy Westberg 3RD Lisa McDaniel/Anne Miller 4TH Christy Rapp/Rebecca Gourgey 5TH Judy Prokopiak/Tara Wolcznk INTERMEDIATE DOUBLES NET 6 entrants 1ST Lonya Julin/Iain McKechnie 2ND Kevin Jenkins/Francios Leh 3RD Peter Keil/Lee Hammons 4TH John Armstrong/Jason Peppin INTERMEDIATE SINGLES NET 10 entrants 1ST Iain McKechnie 2ND Chris Young 3RD Jason Peppin 4TH Peter Keil 5TH TIE Kevin Jenkins and Levi Lieb MIXED DOUBLES NET 12 teams 1ST Brent Welch/Jody Welch 2ND Julie Symons/Alexis Deschenes 3RD David Bernard, III/Becca English-Ross 4TH Amy Westberg/Yo Kelley 5TH TIE Lisa McDaniel/PT Lovern and Dennis Ross/Christy Rapp BEGINNER SINGLES NET (SATURDAY) 11 entrants 1ST Sean Jordan 2ND John Pimentel 3RD Tom Helus 4TH Steven Clinton BEGINNER DOUBLES NET (SUNDAY) 6 teams 1ST Chris Knight/Chris Hughes 2ND Steven Clinton/Jeff Bevan 3RD Christy Atkin/Lucas Prokopiak 4TH Beth Whitehouse/Darik From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Thu Jul 2 21:21:23 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id VAA01130 for announce-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 21:21:23 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from boito.videotron.net (boito.videotron.net [205.151.222.85]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA04112 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 12:38:37 -0700 Received: from [207.253.0.59] (ppp059.0.mmtl.videotron.net [207.253.0.59]) by boito.videotron.net (8.8.5/8.8.2) with SMTP id PAA21471 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:38:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199807021938.PAA21471@boito.videotron.net> Subject: [announce] WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Date: Thu, 2 Jul 98 15:42:27 -0400 x-sender: vldzwddj@pop.videotron.ca x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0, March 15, 1997 From: Eric Cote To: announce@footbag.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by eniac.yak.net id TAA00401 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org Hello Everyone, THIS IS THE LATEST INFO ON THE 1998 WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS. Most of this information is now available at http://www.footbag.org/worlds98/ (including press releases) For those of you who will be in Montreal the weekend before Worlds: ...................... COACH IS CALLIN' FOR THE HEAT! A training camp has been organized on Saturday July 12th. It's called the spiking tune-up. Coaches will be Manu Bouchard (Wham-O), Patrick Asswad (AQAF) and P.T. Lovern (CHAOS), at Parc Jeanne Mance from 9:30 AM to 2 PM. Open to all levels, even freestylers are welcome, IF they are ready to suffer! 25$ US (Batteries not included, but lunch is) Be there or be wear! Please reserve your spot at (514) 847-0079 or (514) 985-0486 ...................... SUNDAY PRE-TOURNEY JAM! Pick-up net and raging freestyle circles are the norm on Sunday afternoon before Worlds. This year is no different. We'll be convening on Sunday all day next to the Tam Tam drum circle at Mont-Royal Park. ...................... SUNDAY NIGHT PARTY There will be a party at El Zaz Bar, 4297 St-Denis, on Sunday July 12. Make sure you get there before 9:30 PM or there may be a line-up. With a capacity of 125 people, the place fills up quickly. A good way to prepare for consecutives! ...................... During the competition, if you feel the need to have something rubbed down (we are talking competition-related!), there will be a booth of sports massage available, on-site for an approximate amount of $10 CDN for 20 minutes of massage session, offered by graduates of Kine-Concept sports massage school. These people are already professionnals, having specialized and graduating in sports therapy. ...................... It seems most of you may have received some version or another of the preliminary schedule of event for the 1998 World Footbag Championships. There have been a few modifications done to it since. Here is the latest version just to make sure you are up-to-date: Preliminary Schedule of Events (AS OF JUNE 30, 1998 - subject to change day of check-in) 1998 World Footbag Championships July 13 - 19, 1998 Sainte Helene Island Monday, July 13 - Plaine des jeux (St-Helene Island) 8:00-11:00 Late registration and players check-in 12:00-1:00 Opening ceremonies-Players' meeting 1:00-2:00 5-minute timed footbag consecutives 2:00-3:00 Doubles distance one-pass footbag consecutives Tuesday, July 14 - Plaine des jeux 8:30-12:30 Footbag golf (first round) 1:00-6:30 Mixed doubles footbag net 3:00-7:30 Intermediate singles footbag net 6:30-7:30 Mixed doubles footbag net (semi-finals) Wednesday, July 15 - Plaine des jeux 8:30-11:30 Footbag golf (final round) 1:00-7:30 Open singles footbag net 1:00-5:30 Int. and int. women's singles footbag net 2:00-5:30 Women's open singles footbag net 5:30-6:30 Intermediate women's singles footbag net (finals) 6:30-7:30 Intermediate singles footbag net (finals) 8:30-10:00 Mandatory footbag freestyle judging clinic - TBA Thursday, July 16 - La Ronde 7:30-8:00 Footbag freestyle (check-in) 8:30-4:30 Footbag freestyle first round 8:00-10:00 Group dinner - TBA Friday, July 17 - Plaine des jeux and La Ronde 9:00-3:00 Open and intermediate doubles footbag net 10:00-3:00 Women's open doubles footbag net 3:00-4:00 Intermediate doubles footbag net (finals) 5:00-10:00 Footbag freestyle (second round) Saturday, July 18 - La Ronde 11:00-12:00 Women's open singles footbag net (semi-finals 1) 12:00-1:00 Open singles footbag net (semi-finals 1) 1:00-2:00 Women's open singles footbag net (semi-finals 2) 2:00-3:00 Open singles footbag net (semi-finals 2) 3:00-4:00 Women's open doubles footbag net (semi-finals 1) 4:00-5:00 Open doubles footbag net (semi-finals 1) 5:00-6:00 Women's open doubles footbag net (semi-finals 2) 6:00-7:00 Open doubles footbag net (semi-finals 2) 7:30-10:00 Footbag freestyle (final round) Sunday, July 19 - La Ronde 10:30-11:30 Women's open doubles footbag net (playoffs for 3rd place) 11:30-12:30 Open doubles footbag net (playoffs for 3rd place) 12:30-1:30 Women's open singles footbag net (playoffs for 3rd place) 1:30-2:30 Open singles footbag net (playoffs for 3rd place) 2:30-3:30 Women's open singles footbag net (finals) 3:30-4:30 Mixed doubles footbag net (finals) 4:30-5:30 Open singles footbag net (finals) 5:30-6:30 Women's open doubles footbag net (finals) 6:30-7:30 Open doubles footbag net (finals) 7:30-10:00 Closing awards ceremony and player party ...................... Eric Cote Worlds Committee P.S. For more information, e-mail worlds@footbag.org From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Sat Jul 4 23:36:06 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id XAA07295 for announce-outgoing; Sat, 4 Jul 1998 23:36:06 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from kaos.atext.com (kaos.atext.com [204.62.245.13]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA32025 for ; Sat, 4 Jul 1998 16:31:45 -0700 Received: from [205.180.137.245] (dhcp97 [206.66.71.97]) by kaos.atext.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA10515 for ; Sat, 4 Jul 1998 16:31:17 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Sat, 4 Jul 1998 16:31:44 -0700 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] The "Lost" Pre-Worlds Article! Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org Hot off the now-cold presses of Footbag World Magazine, here is the last known draft of the 1998 World Championships information article from the WFA that was set to be published in May. Better late than never, I always say. This article has almost everything you need to know in gory detail. The rest is on the Worlds website at http://www.footbag.org/worlds98 and in the e-mail Eric Cote sent out yesterday. Any more information and you may just explode. :-) Many thanks to Andrew Morgan, Bruce Guettich, Randy Nelson, and the AQAF Worlds organizing committee for their hard work on putting this information together for your use in planning for the big event starting in just over a week. Read and enjoy. ("Lather, rinse, repeat.") Steve ---- 1998 WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS -- July 13-19, 1998 -- Montreal, QC, Canada by Andrew Morgan Did someone say "encore"? You know, two years ago at the closing ceremonies of the 17th annual World Footbag Championships in Montreal? Maybe somebody sitting in the back of the room with a mouthful of potato salad. Or someone sitting close enough to the front to conclude that Yves Archambault could be mistaken for Pee Wee Herman's partially-rehabilitated twin. Whoever it was, we heard you. Loud and clear. Which means that after a brief, hugely-successful trip down Portland's memory lane, the Worlds are once again heading to Montreal. So set your watches ahead, iron your undies, and buff up your Sunday-best s'il-vous-plaits. It's time to head up to Montreal. Encore. CROSSING THE BORDER Border crossings can be a lot of fun, but only if you're a sadistic border guard. For the rest of us they are simply an annoying and time-consuming part of international travel. Here are a few pointers: Bring proper I.D. (passport or birth certificate and driver's license or photo I.D.). This is a serious matter. Canadian customs agents have the right to refuse entry to anyone who can't produce proper identification. That means anyone, not just the driver of a vehicle in which you're riding. If you are travelling in a convoy, make sure the bags you are carrying belong to the people in your car, not the people in other cars. This makes things easier if the guards decide to check your stuff. If you are asked to pull over for a search, don't sweat it. It just means you're on the unlucky end of a numbers game. Kinda like having to play reigning Triple-Crown net champion Randy Mulder in the first round. Just take it easy; it probably won't take more than 20 minutes. Don't try out your new G-man jokes on the border guard. The average surly border guard has about as much sense of humor as the average surly border guard. Guns and drugs are a BIG, BIG no-no. Don't even think about it. CURRENCY Yes, it's true. Canada is an independent country with its own currency. And when in Rome, spend as the Romans. The fact is you can get away with using American money, but it's not worth it. Merchants will ding you on the exchange rate as a way of punishing you for not using a bank or currency exchange. The best idea is to buy travelers cheques in Canadian dollars before leaving the U.S. That way you won't be running around looking for a bank when you should be warming up at the site. The good news for U.S. visitors is that for the past twenty years or so, the U.S. power buck has been clobbering the kinder, gentler Canadian looney (that's the bird on the one dollar coin). That means that your dollar will be worth about $1.40 Canadian, more or less, when you exchange it. Just remember to spend all the money you bring; the Montreal economy could use the boost. LANGUAGE Those of you who attended the '96 Worlds in Montreal no doubt hold fond memories of reading Moliere as the sun set over the majestic St. Lawrence river. Yeah... whatever. In any event, here's a chance to limber up your tongue with a few key phrases that might keep you out of trouble, or at least give the locals something to laugh at. Hello Bonjour (bohn-jur) Bye-bye Bye-bye (Bye-bye) Where is La Ronde? Ou est La Ronde? (Oo eh la rond?) I would have creamed him in Wash park... Je lui aurais crisse' une volee a Wash Park... (Juh loowee oreh creesay oon volay a Wash Park...) It's 10-7 for me, so I guess that's 14-7 with the exchange, ha ha. Ca fait dix a sept pour moi, quatorze a sept avec l'echange, ha ha. (Sa fay deess a seht poor mooah, catoars avek lay-sean-jhe, ha ha) My name's Chris, but you can call me Gator. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? (Voolay-voo coochay avek mooah suh suh-wahr?) I'd rather sip raw sewage!! Je prefererai boire les egouts!! (Juh pray-fair-ruh-ray buhwahr lays aygoo!!) SITE If it ain't broke, don't fix it too much. That's the spirit behind the choice of the various sites this year. Class of 96ers will no doubt recall La Ronde, the city's largest amusement park and site of that year's event. Wooden roller coasters, bumper cars and all manner of vomit-inducing paraphernalia were just a stone's throw away from the net courts, and even closer to the freestyle site. None of this changes for '98, except that the finals net courts will be set up just inside the main gates, bringing the game up close and personal to about 14,000 people a day. HOTEL Quick. Tell your aunt in Wichita - You're going to university in Montreal. Technically a true statement, since the host hotel is actually the Universite de Quebec a Montreal student residence. Located smack-dab in the left ventricle of Montreal's ever-palpitating heart, the dorms are a 10-minute drive or subway ride from the site. Prices range from approx. US $14 per person per day to approx. US $19 per person per day, depending on the number of occupants to a room. But call ASAP, because rooms are available on a first come, first served basis. 1-877-987-6669. INTERMEDIATES Once again this year, intermediate players will get to take advantage of special categories in freestyle, women's singles net and golf. Format in net play will be the same as last year, including seeding, matches in pool play and consolation playoff brackets. MEDIA Local outlets have been duly warned about the event and are expected to act accordingly. Don't be shy about approaching them and telling them where you're from and why you've come. Reporters like a good feature story; give them one, and you too could be famous for 15 minutes. BUDGET TRAVEL Back this year as the official travel agency for the Worlds is Oaks Travel. Remember to call as soon as possible to get the deals and dates you want. They handle airline reservations as well as car rentals. Keep in mind that there are two U.S. airports within a 90-minute drive of Montreal--Burlington, Vermont, and Plattsburg, New York--if you prefer to fly and rent domestically. However, be sure to ask about taking rental cars across the border before you decide to fly into either of these cities. The toll-free number for Oaks Travel is 1-800-359-6694. Hotel: The host hotel is smack in the middle of downtown Montreal, which is exactly where you want to be. It's called the Nouvel Hotel and it's got a Comedy Nest club and a swimming pool. Rooms are $79 Canadian (about $55 U.S.) for four people. There are also a few doubles reserved. Call toll-free at 1-877-363-6063 or by fax at 514-931-3233. The address is 1740 Rene Levesque West. Remember to call early to reserve your room and be sure to mention the Worlds. The contact person is Virginie Cousin. There is also underground parking and plenty of nearby places to shop for food as well as more frivolous items. CLUB RECOGNITION There is no doubt that the sport of footbag is growing because of the strength of the clubs involved around the world. So once again this year, Worlds will honor the club whose members register the most overall points in the Championships. In order to recognize all club member who compete at the Worlds, points earned by intermediate players will also be counted. Please be sure to indicate which club you are representing when you fill out the pre-registration form. The only stipulation is that the club you choose to represent must be one that you are, in fact, associated with in your own home town or one that is at least in the state or province where you live. DEADLINES Championships pre-registration forms and fees must be postmarked by June 22 for US and overseas players or June 29 for Canadian players. All late entrants must pay a US $10 late fee. Event T-shirts will be provided free only to those who pre-register by the deadline. Check in: Player check-in and late registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 11:00 a.m. at the site on Monday, July 13. Complete directions on how to get to the site will be available at the host hotel or by contacting Yves Archambault at 514-845-2194 or Martin Cote at 514-875-6723. All players, including those pre-registered, must check in by 11:00 a.m. Players may check in and register for other players, provided there are no changes to their original registration forms. Those who have not registered and checked in by 11:00 a.m. on July 13 will not be allowed to compete unless they make special arrangements. For this reason we strongly recommend that you pre-register by the above-mentioned dates. WORLDS ON-LINE The Internet address for information on the 1998 Worlds is: . There is also a Worlds website at . DOUBLES PLAYERS MATCH-UP All players needing partners for doubles events are encouraged to meet at 8:00 a.m. August 5 at the registration site. These players should post their names at the check-in and registration area. This will be the last opportunity for players to find partners. EVENTS Footbag Net: Footbag net combines basic kicks and fancy footwork with volleyball's scoring rules and the fundamental playing rules of tennis. In singles, two kicks are allowed per side; in doubles, three kicks are allowed per side with no player allowed consecutive kicks. No contact above the knee is permitted in either singles or doubles. The 44' x 20' playing court has four equal serving quadrants and a 5-foot-high net across the center. These dimensions are the same as those of a doubles badminton court (which are marked on most gymnasium floors). Control, power, and the ability to use both sides of the body are musts in order to properly cover the wide parameters of the court. All entrants in the intermediate, women's intermediate, open, and women's open categories may compete in singles, doubles footbag net events. However, footbag net players may enter only one singles and one doubles event. In addition, mixed doubles footbag net is available to everyone. Footbag Freestyle: Footbag freestyle combines foot dexterity with an artistic element, giving players full creative reign to show off their abilities. Each routine displays a personality and grace all its own. Footbag freestyle can be described as rhythmic, choreographed routines of difficult tricks and maneuvers performed to music. In competition, players demonstrate their physical conditioning, kicking skills, variety and difficulty of tricks by performing their routines before a panel of peer judges. All footbag freestyle players in the open and women's open categories may compete in singles and/or team (2 players). In addition, intermediate players may now compete in singles freestyle, and a special demonstration mixed doubles freestyle event has again been added in hopes that enough interest is generated to make mixed doubles freestyle a regular event in the future. Freestyle Event Format: Two preliminary rounds and the final round are scheduled indoors for both singles and team freestyle, as well as demonstration rounds for mixed doubles freestyle. Intermediate singles competitors' routines will be limited to 90 seconds, while open singles routines will be limited to 2 minutes in each round. As per the new rule, open team routines will be limited to 3 minutes per round. Singles Timed Consecutive: This event is an outstanding discipline for measuring cardiovascular strength, endurance, concentration, and foot speed. Players try to accumulate as many consecutive kicks as possible in five minutes. Players lose 10 points (or 10 kicks) for each upper-body foul (contact above the player's waistline) and for each drop during the rally attempt. They lose 3 points (or 3 kicks) for not alternating feet or knees during the rally. All competitors have two tries (with a 10-minute rest between rallies) to record their best score. Competitors within reach of current world records (1017 men's, 769 women's) will be video-taped for Guinness World Record Book verification. All world records submited to Guinness must be free of all fouls. Each competitor video-taped must attend a video verification meeting. Doubles Distance One-Pass Consecutive: This event gauges a team's ability to successively pass the footbag a distance of 10 feet. Players must remain behind the designated 10-foot distance lines during the rally attempts, so the event is excellent for isolating a team's passing skills, control, communication, and agility. Any upper-body foul, multiple kicks by one player, stepping on or across the 10-foot distance lines, or a drop during the rally attempt ends the rally. Competitors have three attempts (with 10 minutes between rallies) to accumulate their best team score. Each team submits the highest of the three rallies as their final score. Footbag Golf: The fourth game created in footbag sports was footbag golf, with the first official game (organized by John Stalberger, Bruce Guettich, and Greg Cortopassi) played in Delta Park, Oregon, in August, 1982. The constant challenge, the social nature of the game, the good physical and mental conditioning, and the fact that it's inexpensive to play are major attractions. As in disc golf or original golf, play begins by teeing off. In footbag golf this is accomplished by using a hand toss to a kick. Players then proceed to kick the footbag through and around various hazards; they end by putting the footbag into a regulation footbag golf hole. A footbag golf course can be easily laid out using trees, rocks, or sign posts as object holes. A course that is short and technically difficult forces players to use all five basic kicks on both sides of the body. Footbag golf courses are normally eighteen holes in length, but there are also nine and twenty-seven hole courses. This year, Footbag Golf will be limited to two rounds, instead of the traditional three rounds. Footbag Golf is popular because it is a social game and fun for players of all skill levels. All entrants in the intermediate, open, and women's open categories may compete in footbag golf. EVENT CATEGORIES Each event (except mixed doubles events) has either two or three categories in which to compete. The categories identify skill level (intermediate or open) and player gender (women's or open). These categories are described below. Refer to the registration form to see which categories are available for each event. Open -- available in all events and for all players (men/women) who want to challenge themselves against the best. Keep in mind that this is the top-level category in which players get the best experience. Some play better than expected, some get their socks blown off! Women's Open -- specifically for women preferring to compete only against other women. This category is for women of all abilities and is available in all events except mixed doubles footbag net. Women are not restricted to this category; they may compete in either of the other two categories. However, they must select only one category per event. (For example, a woman may not register for both open team freestyle and women's open team freestyle.) Intermediate -- for less-experienced players. This category offers up-and-coming players the experience of tournament play against many good players, but without having to face the world's greatest players. Winners in this category receive awards but do not receive prize money or "overall" points, except for application toward their club award. Women's Intermediate -- specifically for less-experienced women preferring to compete only against other women. This is available only in singles footbag net. Women's Intermediate offers an encouraging environment in which play is against other intermediate women, as opposed to the large intermediate singles field or the men acing top players in the women's open category. PLAYER STATUS Players are divided into two status groups: amateur and professional. Amateurs -- beginning players still progressing or players competing just for fun and experience. The entry fee for amateurs is substantially lower; however, amateurs are not eligible for prize money. Professionals -- more advanced players competing for prize money (which this year will total at least $7,000). Player status indicates general playing ability, not ability per event. Therefore, both amateurs and professionals may or may not compete at the same skill level in the various events. For example, an amateur stronger in freestyle than in footbag net may register in the open category for freestyle, but in the intermediate category for singles or doubles footbag net. However, if a player is exceptional in an event and believes she/he has a chance to win in the open category (even if it's only one event), she/he must register as a professional to be eligible for prize money. PROTESTING If a dispute arises during competition pertaining to a decision made by the event director or an official or to a result entered at the event, the protesting player(s) must follow normal protest procedures as set forth by the International Footbag Advisory Board (IFAB). See the 1996 Official Rules of Footbag Sports rule book, page 3, sections 108.01 through 108.05. The IFAB Rulebook available on-line at . OVERALL SCORING The overall scoring system will be the same as last year's, but is subject to change by the head officials. The overall standings for men will be based on total scores in all open categories, excluding mixed doubles events. Women's overall standings will be based on total scores in all open and women's open categories, excluding mixed doubles events and open events where women are competing with men as partners. --- end (find more at http://www.footbag.org/worlds98 ) From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Mon Jul 6 06:33:55 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id GAA11070 for announce-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 06:33:55 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from bach.videotron.net (bach.videotron.net [205.151.222.10]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA12588; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 18:30:50 -0700 Received: from [207.96.223.130] (ppp130.223.mmtl.videotron.net [207.96.223.130]) by bach.videotron.net (8.8.5/8.8.2) with SMTP id WAA11680; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 22:30:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199807060230.WAA11680@bach.videotron.net> Subject: Re: [announce] The "Lost" Pre-Worlds Article! Date: Dim, 5 Jul 98 22:31:14 -0500 x-sender: vlwobrie@pop.videotron.ca x-mailer: Claris Emailer 1.1 From: Martin Cote To: "Steve Goldberg" , "footbag news" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org I don't know if many of you read the whole pre-worlds article that Andrew Morgan wrote, but as you can see there's two hotels mentioned. One paragraph mentions the UQAM University Residences, and and the other (left over from the 1996 version of the article) mentions the the Nouvel Hotel. Well, the Nouvel Hotel is not this year's official hotel. The UQAM University Residences are the official place to stay. I think Andrew forgot to erase the Nouvel Hotel paragraph when he edited his article. So please disregard this one: >Hotel: > >The host hotel is smack in the middle of downtown Montreal, which is >exactly where you want to be. It's called the Nouvel Hotel and it's got a >Comedy Nest club and a swimming pool. Rooms are $79 Canadian (about $55 >U.S.) for four people. There are also a few doubles reserved. Call >toll-free at 1-877-363-6063 or by fax at 514-931-3233. The address is 1740 >Rene Levesque West. Remember to call early to reserve your room and be sure >to mention the Worlds. The contact person is Virginie Cousin. There is also >underground parking and plenty of nearby places to shop for food as well as >more frivolous items. Martin Cote 1998 worlds committee From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Tue Jul 7 07:39:05 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id HAA00199 for announce-outgoing; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 07:39:05 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from footbag.pp.kolumbus.fi (hki-dk5260-3-154.kolumbus.fi [193.229.123.154]) by mail3.kolumbus.fi (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id PAA13584 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:01:10 +0300 (EET DST) Message-ID: <35A0BCE1.72B0@pp.kolumbus.fi> Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 15:02:42 +0300 From: Justin Sexton Reply-To: footbag@pp.kolumbus.fi Organization: Kolumbus X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C-KBUS (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: announce@footbag.org Subject: [announce] Finnish Footbag Open 1998 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org Finnish Footbag Association Presents: Event: FINNISH FOOTBAG OPEN 1998 / FOOTBAG SM '98 Date: 26th & 27th of September 1998 Location: Helsinki, Finland Contact: Justin Sexton +++-358-9-342 2216 footbag@kolumbus.fi Introduction: Finnish Footbag Association proudly presents the 2nd annual Finnish Footbag Open 1998. The preliminarys for net will be held on the 26th of September at the Tali's soccer innerstadium which has fake grass to play on. The freestyle and the finals for net and will be in the biggest sportcenter in downtown Helsinki. This is the same site where for example Finnish Basketball Finals are played. We just could not have better sites for the event. Schedule of Events: Saturday, 26th of September 1998: Singles and Doubles net preliminarys 11.00 Players meeting & warm-up. 12.00 Preliminarys begin Sunday 27th of September 1998: Freestyle & net finals 12.00 Freestyle first round 16.00 Singles net finals 17.00 Freestyle finals 18.00 Doubles net finals 19.00 Awards Ceremony Entry fee: 5O mk (10 $), includes players package Prizes: Trophys & Medals and cool stuff Everybody is welcome to the biggest tournament in Europe! Justin Sexton, director of the Finnish Footbag Association P.S. Up to date information is at http://www.footbag.org/events/ From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Fri Jul 10 01:45:39 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id BAA12232 for announce-outgoing; Fri, 10 Jul 1998 01:45:39 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from kaos.atext.com (kaos.atext.com [204.62.245.13]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA23408 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 17:39:02 -0700 Received: from [206.66.71.64] (dhcp64 [206.66.71.64]) by kaos.atext.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA11868 for ; Thu, 9 Jul 1998 18:38:37 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 18:39:05 -0700 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] International Footbag Advisory Board annual meeting Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org Footbag players, fans, and friends: This is to announce the annual meeting of the International Footbag Advisory Board, which is the official sanctioning and rules body for the sport of footbag, and also the primary owner of the World Footbag Championships as it moves from location to location. IFAB Annual Meeting Chairpersons: Steve Goldberg / Scott Milne Monday, July 20, 1998 (the day after finals) 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. University Residences conference room UQAM (Universite de Quebec a Montreal) Montreal, Quebec (Canada) The general public is invited to attend and observe, though only official board members may speak or put items on the agenda. The main purposes of the annual IFAB meeting are to review the rules, to hear proposals for rule changes, to amend any rules as necessary, and to oversee the international development of the sport and of the World Championships. Any rule changes made at this meeting will take effect on January 1, 1999. Rule change submissions can be put on the agenda first thing (9:00am) or before the meeting by contacting an IFAB representative. Remember, only an IFAB member can add items to the agenda, so if you have a rule you'd like considered, and you're not on the board, you must secure an advocate on the board to put it on the agenda. (I'm not the only board member, so please don't inundate me with requests between now and then!) The full details are on the IFAB website at http://ifab.footbag.org/ which includes a reasonably up-to-date member roster. New member applications will be heard and voted on by the board at the outset of the meeting -- anyone wishing to join the board must be write a statement of intent to join the board and distribute it to as many IFAB members as possible before the meeting, and must be sanctioned by at least two existing board members, before nominations can be made. Official nominations will take place and considered at the very beginning of the meeting so that new members will have a chance to participate. Again, more information is at . (Representation from players in countries outside North America is strongly requested by the Committee.) A summary of the proceedings will be distributed to this mailing list within a month after the meeting. I hope to see you all there and at the World Championships next week!!! Steve P.S. The latest info on everything related to footbag, including the World Championships, is at http://www.footbag.org/ From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Sat Jul 11 08:18:35 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id IAA17157 for announce-outgoing; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 08:18:35 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from kaos.atext.com (kaos.atext.com [204.62.245.13]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA14601 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 00:15:20 -0700 Received: from [206.66.71.64] (dhcp132 [206.66.71.132]) by kaos.atext.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA07121 for ; Sat, 11 Jul 1998 01:14:52 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 01:15:43 -0700 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] Here we go again! Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org Footbaggers and friends of the sport, I hope to see a lot of you at Worlds this coming week! Again, for those of you who may not have read all the details, but who are planning to go, here are some basic facts -- be sure to skim this info if you're going to Worlds, especially if you're just coming to kick on the sidelines and/or to spectate. For the rest of you who aren't going -- I hope to see you soon at another event, and I (or someone) will be sending out daily reports (where possible) to this list during the next week, giving results as they are available and other information about the event. SPECTATORS: ----------- If you're coming to Montreal any time this week for Worlds, be sure to consult the schedule of events: http://www.footbag.org/worlds98/schedule.html for detailed times and locations, and check out the directions and maps at: http://www.footbag.org/worlds98/directions.html Remember, all rounds of freestyle, and all net finals will be held inside an amusement park, called La Ronde. The Worlds committee in Montreal will try to get FREE passes to La Ronde to accommodate any footbag players and friends who want to come watch the event (even if you aren't competing!!!). But you *must* be sure to contact the Worlds tournament staff to be sure to get a pass to La Ronde (which will allow you to ride all the rides for free, as well as see most of the best footbag players in the world). E-mail worlds@footbag.org, or check with tournament officials as soon as you get to the tournament. (Most of the event is outside the amusement park, in the free public park as indicated in the detailed information on the website.) SHREDDERS: ---------- If you want to shred freestyle, or watch others shred, here are the best things to do: (1) Attend this Sunday's Tam-Tam Drum Circle Jam at Mount Royal Park in downtown Montreal. (This Sunday is July 12th -- the day BEFORE Worlds starts.) (2) Ask anyone to point out Eric Windsor, Eli (pronounced "elly") Pilz or any of the Austin players, Mika Koistinen, any of the Dallas freestylers, any Charlotte Bagger, and of course, any member of the Big Add Posse. You find them, and you'll find shred. :-) Yes, this is just a random list -- there are many more die-hard shredders going to Worlds! (3) Don't be afraid to introduce yourself and join in! Even though you'll see people doing tricks you can't believe, don't be embarrassed. Worlds is all about making new friends, getting inspired by the top players, and playing in the most amazing circles. Yes, some circles seem far too daunting, but remember -- this is footbag. Anyone can join in as long as they know and follow basic circle etiquette. (4) Come to any of the freestyle competitions (especially the prelims on Thursday) and shred on the sidelines. Thursday of Worlds is probably the biggest day of freestyle on the planet. I don't think I've ever seen so many people shredding as on the day of freestyle preliminaries at Worlds. Since the Jardin des Etoiles is a theater and not a gym, shredding tends to take place on stage between rounds, else backstage or just outside the rest of the time. (5) Ask around and watch. If you see a gang of freestylers heading off in a random direction, it's very possible they're going to freestyle, especially if they're carrying a boombox with them! :-) Depending on the weather and the scene, freestylers may or may not stay close to the main (non-freestyle) events. You'll frequently find them shredding in shaded areas (when sunny) and behind walls (when windy). PICK-UP NET: ------------ Net will be happening all day this Sunday (7/12) at Mount Royal Park. Bring your net and set it up. If you don't have a net, that's okay. Rules for pick-up basically involve "challenging" on a court, where the challenging team plays the winner once a game is over. It's generally safest to challenge on a court of players at a similar level to yourself to make sure the challenge is accepted. Just before Worlds, with so many players around, people are usually intent on playing against players at the same level as they are. So don't be offended if you aren't able to challenge on every court you try for. Pick-up net will also be raging on Monday at the main site on St. Helene Island. Same rules apply. Don't expect to play much pick-up net on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday. But Thursday is a good opportunity (for those of you who just aren't into freestyle), as is Saturday (though you risk missing the main events happening on Saturday if you're off playing pick-up). Sunday is pretty much out for pick-up net since the entire tournament will be inside La Ronde, and if you're like me, you'll be sitting in the bleachers mesmerized by the quality of play, the energy, the venue, and the crowds. (Unless you're playing in the finals, in which case you'd better be focussing! :-)) CHECKING IN: ------------ If you're arriving after player check-in closes on Monday (see schedule) you could be in big trouble. Be sure to have someone check in for you, or contact the Worlds staff as soon as you can, if there's no way for you to check in on Monday. Final player rosters must be complete by Monday or the Worlds staff will have a difficult time seeding, drawing up brackets/pools, etc., for all the events. This is a huge tournament. GETTING HELP: ------------- If you get lost, get confused, can't figure out where to go, don't know who's who, etc., you have a few ways to get on track: (1) E-mail me or the worlds committee by sending e-mail to worlds@footbag.org. I will check e-mail twice a day during Worlds (mornings and evenings). (2) Call Martin Cote at 514-727-3795, Yves Archambault at 514-845-2194, or the University Residences at 514-987-6669. (3) Look for detailed information at http://www.footbag.org/worlds98/ See y'all. I gotta go pack so I can get on my way to Montreal! Steve From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Tue Jul 14 06:11:34 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id GAA11928 for announce-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 06:11:34 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.11]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA15020 for ; Mon, 13 Jul 1998 21:52:16 -0700 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA08018; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:52:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mon-pq5-18.netcom.ca(207.181.92.146) by dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma007948; Tue Jul 14 00:51:48 1998 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 01:47:52 -0400 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] 1998 Worlds Update: Monday, 7/13/98 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org Hi, footbag friends. This is the first in an almost-daily report of the events taking place at this year's World Footbag Championships happening this week in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. If you are not interested, please bear with me. I shouldn't be sending more than 1 announcement per day, and I may skip a day here or there. It'll just be this week. Please don't ask to be unsubscribed just because you don't want this week's daily updates -- after this week is over, the list will go back to its usual slow pace. :-) Only approved announcements are sent out, so you don't have to worry that you're being spammed. (Members of any footbag e-mail list are on the announce list automatically. Please accept my apologies if you're one of the few who aren't interested in a daily report from Worlds!) That said, let me get on with today's info. Most of the results and information below were compiled by the outstanding staff here at the Worlds -- mostly members and friends of the Association Quebecoise de Aqi/Footbag (The Quebec Footbag Association). I'd like to specifically thank Sharon Speck and Kevin Riemer for their great work on gathering, tracking, and helping post these results for the last three Worlds running! ----- 19TH ANNUAL WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Day 1: Monday, July 13, 1998 The 1998 World Footbag Championships started today in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 170 competitors from Canada, United States, Finland and Denmark are competing in open (pro) and intermediate categories. Though it rained during what would have been the opening ceremonies, the rest of the afternoon was beautiful. We're hoping it'll stay this way. The opening ceremonies were rescheduled for Tuesday 12:00 noon, after the first round of footbag golf. Today's events constituted all of the consecutives events: 5-minute timed consecutives and doubles-distance once-pass (DDOP). Tomorrow's events will be round 1 of footbag golf and all of the mixed doubles net (down to finals). More information, including the schedule, maps, and other details, is available at http://www.footbag.org/worlds98 **** RESULTS: **** DOUBLES DISTANCE ONE-PASS (DDOP): Open (Men's) 1st - Chard Cook (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and Scott Milne (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 126 passes 2nd - Jim Caveney (Mountain View, California, USA) and Bruce Guettich (Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA) 96 passes 3rd - Allan Petersen (Denmark) and Peter Shunny (Denver, Colorado, USA) 76 passes Open (Women's) 1st - Jody Welch (Mountain View, California, USA) and Julie Symons (Santa Clara, California, USA) 111 passes 2nd - Amy Westberg (Chandler, Arizona, USA) and Genevieve Bousquet (Montreal, QC, Canada) 22 passes 3rd - Tina Lewis (Austin, Texas, USA) and Kelley Kelly (Addison, Texas, USA) 20 passes 5-MINUTE TIMED CONSECUTIVES: Open (Men's) 1st - Brian McKenzie (Hebron, Nebraska, USA) - 844 consecutive kicks 2nd - Sean Flynn (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) - 798 consecutive kicks 3rd - Scott Davidson (Chicago, Illinois, USA) - 791 consecutive kicks Open (Women's) 1st - Sam Conlon (San Francisco, California, USA) = 716 consecutive kicks 2nd - Jody Welch (Mountain View, California, USA) = 684 consecutive kicks 3rd - Evanne Lamarche (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) = 617 consecutives kicks ******** The World Footbag Championships continue until July 19th on Ile Ste-Helene at La Plaine des Jeux and LaRonde Amusement Park. More news when I have it. We miss the rest of you! :-) Steve From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Wed Jul 15 04:55:31 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id EAA32627 for announce-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 04:55:31 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.8]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA31398 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:51:59 -0700 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA13002; Tue, 14 Jul 1998 23:51:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mon-pq4-44.netcom.ca(207.181.92.108) by dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma012985; Tue Jul 14 23:51:40 1998 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:52:51 -0400 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] 1998 Worlds Update: Tuesday, 7/14/98 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org 19TH ANNUAL WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Day 2: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 Today was a beautiful sunny day in Montreal, and at around noon, almost all of the 170 registered players were present for the players' meeting. Yves Archambault, still barely ambulatory after recent knee surgery, gave an inspirational opening speech, clearly calling for tournament organizers around the world to step up to the plate and hold more high-quality events in more public places. He also asked players in every city to try to locate all the e-mail addresses of all the media sources in their cities and to use the internet to help spread the word of our events at a grass roots level. This was after the first morning of golf, and was followed by an afternoon of intermediate singles as well as open mixed doubles. The results from today's events are: **** RESULTS: **** MIXED DOUBLES NET: All rounds were played down to the finals. Semi-Finals: Sebastian Verdy (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) and Jody Welch (Mountain View, California, USA) DEFEATED Alexis Deschenes (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) and Julie Symons (Santa Clara, California, USA) and Emmanuel Bouchard (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) and Amy Westberg (Chandler, Arizona, USA) DEFEATED Genevieve Bousquet (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) and Patrick Asswad (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). Finals will be on Sunday, July 19th (3:30pm) at La Ronde amusement park: Finals will be: Sebastian Verdy and Jody Welch vs. Emmanuel Bouchard and Genevieve Bousquet INTERMEDIATE SINGLES: (No information available yet.) ******** Open singles footbag net will be played Wednesday, July 15th from 1:00 - 7:30 p.m. at La Plaine des Jeux. The World Footbag Championships continue until July 19th on Ile Ste-Helene at La Plaine des Jeux and LaRonde Amusement Park. More information is at http://www.footbag.org/worlds98 Steve From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Thu Jul 16 05:23:38 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id FAA00758 for announce-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 05:23:38 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.8]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA21120 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 21:04:45 -0700 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id AAA02419; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 00:04:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mon-pq6-05.netcom.ca(207.181.92.197) by dfw-ix8.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma002394; Thu Jul 16 00:04:04 1998 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 01:05:16 -0400 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] 1998 Worlds Update: Wednesday, 7/15/98 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org 19TH ANNUAL WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Day 3: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 Today was another sunny day in Montreal, though this time it was very humid. Energy was high as freestylers shredded in the shade (mostly), and serious net action took place during the open singles competition. Video cameras from local media were out in force, catching everything from Sam Conlon's graceful athleticism to Sebastien Verdy's unbelievable power. After another morning of golf (the final round -- results below), the day's singles net competition saw some serious upsets. Among them, Patrick Asswad scored big by defeating the '96 singles champion, Sebastien Verdy, in an exciting quarterfinal match. More below. The results from today's events are: **** RESULTS: **** OPEN SINGLES NET: Open singles were played through the quarterfinals. The following are the results of the quarterfinals matches: Emmanuel Bouchard (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) DEFEATED Peter Shunny (Denver, Colorado, USA) Allan Petersen (Copenhagen, Denmark) DEFEATED Sean Flynn (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) Patrick Asswad (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) DEFEATED Sebastian Verdy (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Dan Borsky (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) DEFEATED Yossarian Kelly (Seattle, Washington, USA) ) OPEN WOMEN'S SINGLES NET: (Results not yet available.) *** Semi-finals for Open Men's and Women's Singles Footbag Net will be played at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 18th at LaRonde Amusement Park on Ile Ste-Helene, Montreal. INTERMEDIATE SINGLES NET (*final results*): 1st - Mike Voightmann - Lisle, Illinois, USA 2nd - Daniel Botkin - Gill, Massachusetts, USA 3rd - Pierre-Jacques Daigle - Montreal, Quebec, Canada INTERMEDIATE WOMEN'S SINGLES NET (*final results*) 1st - Beth Grassfield - Carbondale, Illinois, USA 2nd - Amelie Jolicoeur - Montreal, Quebec, Canada 3rd - Marie-Ange Cossette-Trudel - Montreal, Quebec, Canada OPEN FOOTBAG GOLF (*final results* -- tentative; more information later): 1st - Steve Smith 2nd - Jamie Lepley 3rd - Garth Smith ******** All singles freestyle events will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at the Jardin des Etoiles, inside the La Ronde amusement park in Montreal. This large preliminary round will have 26 open players and 21 intermediate players competing for positions in Friday evening's second round in the same venue. (The freestyle show and final round will be held Saturday night.) The World Footbag Championships continue until July 19th on Ile Ste-Helene at La Plaine des Jeux and La Ronde Amusement Park. More information is at http://www.footbag.org/worlds98 Steve From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Fri Jul 17 05:02:49 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id FAA23848 for announce-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 05:02:49 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.2]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA09640 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 20:59:12 -0700 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id XAA00758 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 23:58:53 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mon-pq5-28.netcom.ca(207.181.92.156) by dfw-ix2.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma000746; Thu Jul 16 23:58:45 1998 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 01:00:03 -0400 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] 1998 Worlds Update: Thursday, 7/16/98 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org 19TH ANNUAL WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Day 4: Thursday, July 16, 1998 Today was another muggy day in Montreal, ending with a spectacular display of lighting that included a couple of direct hits on the La Ronde amusement park. Nobody was hurt and there was not much damage, but it was exciting nonetheless. Thursday was a full day of freestyle competition, which took place inside a theater called the Jardin des Etoiles, at La Ronde amusement park. The competition went very smoothly, and actually ended a good 30 minutes ahead of schedule! Some of the most amazing freestyle was witnessed here (some results below) by professional and amateur videophotographers and spectators, including Scott Davidson's inspirational dropless routine (film at 11 :-)). Television coverage in Canada has been very good, and today was no exception. Three different television stations and networks, including Canada's CBC, were on hand and ran stories tonight. The results from today's events are: **** RESULTS: **** OPEN SINGLES FREESTYLE: (Round 1 -- only those players making the cut to semifinals, in order of scores. Note: scores are not comparable between pools; more details detailing all pools and scores will be available soon on the website.) Scott Davidson 28.897 Eric Wulff 27.993 Tuan Vu 26.520 Ryan Mulroney 24.274 Rick Reese 24.183 Greg Nelson 23.280 Daryl Genz 22.921 Peter Irish 22.524 Ahren Gehrman 20.688 Justin Sexton 20.584 Eric Windsor 20.417 Chard Cook 19.979 Tu Vu 19.160 Chad Devlahovich 16.391 Frank Gutowski 15.680 INTERMEDIATE SINGLES FREESTYLE: (Round 1 -- only those players making the cut to finals, in order of scores. Note: scores are not comparable between pools; more details detailing all pools and scores will be available soon on the website.) Aaron de Glanville 16.051 James Widman 15.666 Juho Vesa 15.082 Eric Burgess 14.614 Eric Lardinois 13.285 Mark DeFilippo 12.784 Mike Bellman 12.626 Robert Riefer 11.633 WOMEN'S SINGLES FREESTYLE: (Round 1 -- only those players making the cut to finals.) Carol Wedemeyer 25.227 Sam Conlon 20.226 Lisa McDaniel 16.539 Ann Kaplan 14.641 DOUBLES FREESTYLE: No competition today -- doubles freestyle begins tomorrow! The 2nd round of footbag freestyle singles will be held Friday, July 17th (5 - 10 p.m.) with the final round being held Saturday, July 18th (7:30 - 10 p.m.); both rounds will be held at Jardin des Etoiles in La Ronde. *** Open Women's Singles Footbag Net semi-finals will be played on Saturday, July 18th (11:00 a.m.) at La Ronde. Scheduled semi-final matches: - Lisa McDaniel (Berkeley, California, USA) vs. Amy Westberg (Chandler, Arizona, USA) - Julie Symons (Santa Clara, California, USA) vs. Tina Lewis (Austin, Texas, USA) Schedule for Friday, July 17th at La Plaine des Jeux on Ile Ste-Helene, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: 9:00 - 3:00 p.m. Open and intermediate doubles footbag net 10:00 - 3:00 p.m. Women's open doubles footbag net 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Intermediate doubles footbag net (finals) GOLF RESULTS from Wednesday: Open Footbag Golf 1 - Steve Smith (111) 2 - Jamie Lepley (115) 3 - Garth Smith (116) 4 - John Leys (118) Women's Golf (1 round only) 1 - Evanne Lamarche (71) 2 - Kelly Kelley (82) 3 - Tina Lewis (84) Intermediate Golf 1 - Pat Quinn (130) 2 - Mark DiFilippo (141) 3 - Jani Markkanen (143) 4 - Alex Smith (146) ******** The World Footbag Championships continue until July 19th on Ile Ste-Helene at La Plaine des Jeux and La Ronde Amusement Park. More information is at http://www.footbag.org/worlds98 Steve From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Sat Jul 18 07:10:29 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id HAA20456 for announce-outgoing; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 07:10:29 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.10]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA25364 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 23:00:09 -0700 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id CAA06752 for ; Sat, 18 Jul 1998 02:00:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mon-pq4-16.netcom.ca(207.181.92.80) by dfw-ix10.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma006748; Sat Jul 18 02:00:09 1998 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 03:01:26 -0400 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] 1998 Worlds Update: Friday, 7/17/98 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org 19TH ANNUAL WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Day 5: Friday, July 17, 1998 The day started out with pouring rain which saturated the field at La Plaine des Jeux on Sainte-Helene Island in Montreal. But after an hour or so, the skies cleared and the doubles net competition was in full swing. The day ended with the doubles played down to semifinals which will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at the weekend venue -- an artificial-surface net court positioned just inside the main entrance to the La Ronde amusement park. (Thousands of spectators will witness the weekend's net competition.) Freestyle continued this evening, starting at 5:30, with the finals in intermediate singles (results below), and the second round of open singles, as well as the first round of doubles freestyle. The results from today's events are: **** RESULTS: **** INTERMEDIATE SINGLES FREESTYLE: ** final results ** 1. Eric Lardinois 20.000 2. Juho Vesa 18.909 3. James Widman 16.055 4. Aaron de Glanville 16.024 5. Mike Bellman 15.121 6. Eric Burgess 15.096 7. Robert Riefer 14.141 8. Mark DeFilippo 13.743 OPEN SINGLES FREESTYLE: (pool results -- players going to finals Saturday) Pool 1 ------ Scott Davidson 27.234 Rick Reese 24.534 Peter Irish 23.913 Ahren Gehrman 22.242 Daryl Genz 21.602 Tu Vu 20.085 Chard Cook 19.764 Pool 2 ------ Eric Wulff 22.722 Tuan Vu 22.291 Ryan Mulroney 22.226 Greg Nelson 20.077 Eric Windsor 18.025 Chad Devlahovich 17.281 Frank Gutowski 14.546 Justin Sexton 14.148 DOUBLES FREESTYLE: (Results not available yet. 6 teams will continue to finals.) The final round of freestyle will be held at La Ronde's Jardin des Etoiles on Saturday, July 18th - 7:30 - 10 p.m. ******** Events for Saturday, July 18th at La Ronde Amusement Park on Ile Ste-Helene, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: 11:00 Open Women's Singles Footbag Net semi-finals 12 noon Open Men's Singles Footbag Net semi-finals 3 p.m. Open Women's Doubles Footbag Net semi-finals 4:00 p.m. Open Men's Doubles Footbag Net semi-finals 7:30 p.m. Footbag Freestyle Open Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles (final round) The World Footbag Championships continue until July 19th on Ile Ste-Helene at La Ronde Amusement Park. More information is at http://www.footbag.org/worlds98 Steve From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Sun Jul 19 07:42:42 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id HAA11977 for announce-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 07:42:42 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from dfw-ix5.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix5.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.5]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA12369 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:30:56 -0700 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix5.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id CAA03845 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 02:30:51 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mon-pq5-13.netcom.ca(207.181.92.141) by dfw-ix5.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma003843; Sun Jul 19 02:30:33 1998 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 03:31:46 -0400 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] 1998 Worlds Update: Saturday, 7/18/98 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org 19TH ANNUAL WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Day 6: Friday, July 18, 1998 A beautiful day here in Montreal was just what we needed for our semifinals (and finals tomorrow) at La Ronde. Throngs of spectators looked on as a raft of world class net players battled it out in all the various semifinal events during the day. At night, the freestyle show came off without a hitch -- starting almost exactly on time, and ending just a tad over time. The spectators were thrilled, and the quality of play high -- especially in the first event (women's singles), where Sam Conlon hit a breathtaking dropless routine, followed by Carol Wedemeyer's most difficult routine to date (brilliantly executed). Net results aren't available right now, but instead of waiting to send information, I figured you'd just as well get the freestyle results. Finals in net are tomorrow, so watch for a recap of those results late tomorrow (Sunday) night. The results from today's freestyle events are: **** FREESTYLE RESULTS: **** (Net results are not available yet) Women's Singles Freestyle 1 Carol Wedemeyer 25.795 2 Sam Conlon 24.636 3 Ann Kaplan 18.695 4 Lisa McDaniel 15.128 5 Evanne Lamarche 11.127 Open Singles Freestyle 1 Eric Wulff 27.790 2 Ryan Mulroney 27.266 3 Tuan Vu 26.817 4 Scott Davidson 26.286 5 Rick Reese 24.182 6 Peter Irish 23.926 7 Greg Nelson 23.130 8 Ahren Gehrman 22.230 Open Doubles Freestyle 1 Daryl Genz & Rick Reese 33.659 2 Tuan Vu & Eric Wulff 33.076 3 Peter Irish & Greg Nelson 32.070 4 Sam Conlon & Lisa McDaniel 26.983 5 Vince Bradley & Noah Dubreuil 25.214 6 Chard Cook & Adrian Verhoef 23.911 Mixed Doubles Freestyle 1 Carol Wedemeyer & Eric Wulff 27.326 2 Lisa McDaniel & Greg Nelson 25.472 3 Sam Conlon & Steve Goldberg 24.779 ******** Sunday, July 19th, is finals day at La Ronde. The top net teams will battle it out in front of what should be very large crowds (since the weather will reportedly be just as beautiful as today). Steve From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Mon Jul 20 06:11:06 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id GAA30626 for announce-outgoing; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 06:11:06 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from dfw-ix15.ix.netcom.com (dfw-ix15.ix.netcom.com [206.214.98.15]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA06497 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 23:06:27 -0700 Received: (from smap@localhost) by dfw-ix15.ix.netcom.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id BAA27462; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 01:06:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mon-pq5-30.netcom.ca(207.181.92.158) by dfw-ix15.ix.netcom.com via smap (V1.3) id rma027457; Mon Jul 20 01:06:01 1998 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: brat@market.net Message-Id: Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 02:06:47 -0400 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] FINAL 1998 Worlds Update: Sunday, 7/19/98 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org 19TH ANNUAL WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS UPDATE Day 7: Sunday, July 19, 1998 ** FINALS DAY ** The weather gods smiled on footbag yet another year! We had a beautiful, mostly sunny day for the net finals and the last day of the World Footbag Championships here in Montreal. Again, literally thousands of spectators lined the court and filled the bleachers as top footbag athletes battled it out for world titles. Sprinkled with freestyle demonstrations from the likes of Sam Conlon, Scott Davidson, Ryan Mulroney, Ahren Gehrman, and others, center court at La Ronde was the scene of almost non-stop footbag net action from 10am until 8pm. Results from today's net events are below. But as has become somewhat of a tradition at the Worlds on finals day, the Big Add Posse were not to let footbag net steal all the limelight of this most visible day for the sport. For much of the day, the top freestylers in the world, and many up and coming shredders, were tearing it up on the sidelines. In the end, the Big Add Posse inducted its newest members, after a brief shred-fest on center court that left one man standing (and shredding guilt-free) for as long as anyone has ever seen at this event: Ryan Mulroney. The complete list of new inductees will be available soon... (I'll keep you in suspense; I'd hate to get it wrong. :-)) The evening ended with an awards ceremony on-site, followed by fireworks as part of the international fireworks competition happening all month in Montreal. A fitting end to a wonderful week. At the awards ceremony, it was announced that worlds will be held in Chicago in 1999, and in Vancouver (Canada) in 2000! (Put in your bid now for 2001...) ******** Here are the results -- NOTE all today's results are tentative because they are from my memory and not official! OPEN SINGLES NET: 1. Emmanuel Bouchard 2. Danny Borsky 3. Patrick Asswad 4. Allan Petersen WOMEN'S SINGLES NET: 1. Lisa McDaniel 2. Tina Lewis 3. Amy Westberg 4. Julie Symons OPEN DOUBLES NET: 1. Emmanuel Bouchard / Sebastien Verdy 2. Andrew Morgan / Danny Borsky 3. Allan Petersen / Peter Shunny 4. Brent Welch / david Butcher WOMEN'S DOUBLES NET: 1. Julie Symons / Jody Welch 2. Lisa McDaniel / Evanne Lamarche 3. Amy Westberg / Genevieve Bousquet 4. Kelly Kelley / Tina Lewis MIXED DOUBLES NET: 1. Amy Westberg / Emmanuel Bouchard 2. Jody Welch / Sebastien Verdy 3. ..not available yet.. 4. ..not available yet.. INTERMEDIATE DOUBLES NET: (From Saturday -- official results) 1st - Pat Quinn and Ben Cochrane (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 2nd - Iain McKechnie (San Rafael, California, USA) and Christopher Young (Boulder Creek, California, USA) 3rd - Dan Botkin (Gill, Massachusetts, USA) and Jack Lentz (Erie, Pennsylvania, USA) ******** Complete results down to last place for all events, as well as a VERY NICE collection of digital photographs (of extremely high quality) from the week's events will be on the website when I get a chance (hopefully within a week or so). I'll announce when it's all there. The International Footbag Advisory Board (IFAB) will hold its annual meeting on Monday in Montreal at the University of Quebec. Detailed results from the IFAB meeting will be posted separately at some point in the near future. Several rule changes have been proposed for consideration, as well as other issues. The meeting should last from 9am to 1pm. Thanks for bearing with my daily e-mail messages. :-) See you all in cyberspace, or maybe back in California. Steve From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Mon Jul 27 03:03:46 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id DAA02319 for announce-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 03:03:46 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f Received: from srv1.reelwest.bc.ca (srv1.reelwest.bc.ca [207.194.197.99]) by Market.NET (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA29337 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:47:52 -0700 Received: from 207.194.197.204 (unverified [207.194.197.204]) by srv1.reelwest.bc.ca (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:46:39 -0700 Message-ID: <35BB87C6.5E01@intouch.bc.ca> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:47:24 +0000 From: "Juliet Pendray" X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: announce@footbag.org Subject: [announce] Vancouver Open Approacheth! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org Grrrreeetings All: Friends, Romans, Ear-Lenders! Kicking in the Great White NorthWest August 22-23 1998! This being the Twelfth year in a row for the Vancouver Open: a skookum kicking event for fresh fish and pro's alike! Quality competition available in Net and Golf for the low low (especially if yer american...) low price of twenty-five bones! Great sponsors, media coverage, publicity, spectators... Food, drink, prizes, dinner, libations and stuff... Groovy, grassy spot in Stanley Park, in beeeyootiful BeeCee... *** We are Stoked and We Want You *** New details and ongoing updates posted at: http://www.footbag.org/calendar/show/886044392 Excitedly-Jumping-Up-And-Down-In-One-Spot, Juliet From owner-announce@eniac.yak.net Tue Jul 28 19:13:01 1998 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by eniac.yak.net (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5) id TAA05715 for announce-outgoing; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 19:13:01 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: eniac.yak.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce using -f From: Brenda Solonoski Received: from BSolonoski@aol.com by imo17.mx.aol.com (IMOv14_b1.1) id IJISa02268 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:09:18 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:09:18 EDT To: announce@majordomo.footbag.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: [announce] Funtastik Summer Classic- 13th annual Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 41 Sender: owner-announce@footbag.org The details for the Summer Classic are finalized. The dates are Sept 5,6 & 7. All three days are on City Island in Harrisburg, Pa. The first two days are on the beautiful "soccer" field and the final day with be in front of the pavillion before the baseball field ( where we were 2 years ago). There is a telethon happening in the pavillion sponsored by a local TV station and they are hooking us in with them. Should be lots of coverage and the spectators are plentiful. As soon as I get hooked with Steve and figure out how to do my tournament site, the rest of the info will be there. If you want, I will fax or mail you any and all info. I'll let you know when all the info is in place. Thanks for all your patience. We are looking forward to another great Summer Classic. 717-564-1831 Brenda