The Champions:
Women’s Pairs: Sarah Bergman/Mary Lowry
Open Pairs: Jake Gauthier/Matt Gauthier
Mixed Pairs: Eleonora Imazio/Fabio Sanna
Open Co-op: Toddy Brodeur/Larry Imperiale/Paul Kenny
FPAW2006: Photos
Thousands of photos were taken at the 2006 FPA Worlds. With the tournament’s busy schedule, I have not sorted through my shots yet. I did upload a few to Flickr. More will follow.
If you are a Flickr user, tag your worlds photos with “fpaw2006” so they are easily found. We also may create an FPAW2006 group to showcase your favorite photos.
FPAW 2006: Day 2 Results
On day 2 of the 2006 FPA World Championships in Berlin, semifinals were held in all four categories: Mixed Pairs, Open Pairs, Women’s Pairs and Open Co-op. Because of overnight rain, the Mixed Pairs semifinal was played indoors. The rest of the rounds were played outdoors.
FPAW2006: Day 1 Results
On day one of the 2006 FPA World Championships in Berlin, the qualification round for Open Co-op was held as were the Qualification and Preliminary rounds for Open Pairs.
FPAW2007 To Be Held In Amsterdam
Amsterdam was chosen as the site for the 2007 FPA World Championships at the morning players meeting of this year’s world championships in Berlin. Several sites had been proposed before the tournament, including New York, Paris and Rome. The goal is to hold the tournament at a beach outside Amsterdam with a stage similar to Rimini’s red carpet playing area.
FPAW2006 Day 2: What Rain?
The rain that pounded Berlin overnight cleared midmorning. The mixed pairs semifinals were held indoors, but by the time they finished, the main field had dried enough to have the rest of the day’s rounds outside.
Still trying to corral the results. With 100 players in the event, the priority is to complete the rounds, and details like posting the tab sheets are rightly being skipped for now. Soon. I promise. Soon.
A brief summary:
MIXED PAIRS
The emotional highlight of the semifinals was Fabio Sanna and Eleonora Imazio’s ballet-inspired routine, which they nailed. That was only good for second place in their pool, however, because Cindy Kruger and Jake Gauthier also nailed their routine. Having not seen the judging numbers, my guess is that Cindy/Jake outscored Fabio/Eleonora in difficulty and stayed close to them in Artistic Impression. Execution was probably a wash.
Other teams making the finals (as I recall): Lori Daniels/Pat Marron, Mary Lowry/Paul Kenny, Lisa Hunrichs/Matt Gauthier and one more team I can’t remember right now (it’s 2:50am – it might have been Andrea Meola’s team).
WOMEN’S SEMI
The women’s semi was just a seeding round. Sarah Bergman/Mary Lowry placed first in the five team pool.
OPEN PAIRS
Open Pairs was a rollercoaster. The first pool dealt with squirrelly wind, so nobody hit. Nobody except Matt and Jake Gauthier, that is. Matt and Jake played super smart, altering their catches yet keeping up the level of their tech game and great teamwork. This year, Jake has opened up on his indies, and it has added a new energy to their performances.
There were a few upsets in the first pool. The most significant was Paul Kenny/Pat Marron, one of the title favorites entering the tournament. They cornered themselves upwind, then got pummelled by dropouts in the breeze for about 2/3 of their time. At a music change, they showed tremendous poise by basically starting over and playing the rest of their routine very cleanly. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough and they ended up fifth. Cindy Kruger and Lisa Hunrichs were also victims of the wind. They were in Frisbee Hell. No adjustment they made worked, we never got to see the beautiful routine they played in the qualifier and prelims. They ended up seventh.
Toddy Brodeur/Jan Soerensen seedbusted to second in the pool, followed by Clay Collerá/Fabio Sanna in third and Larry Imperiale/Steve Hanes in fourth.
The second pool was super hot. Team after team laid down finals-worthy performances and it was heartbreaking to think about the teams that played so well and would not make it to the show on Sunday.
The top 4 ended up being Tom Leitner/Reto Zimmerman in first, Dave Lewis/Pipo Lopez in second, Piccio Cusma/Andrea Meola in third, and a tie for fourth. Both Steve "The Beast" Hays/Dan Yarnell and Joakim Arveskär/Stefan Karlsson finished with the same score and will advance to the finals. Dan and "The Beast" proved that one crushing BTB catch and a score through the legs of ones teammate can be a ticket to the finals. Arveskär/Karlsson persevered through some nasty drops and will have a second chance to show their routine tomorrow.
A couple notable performances. Andrea Rimatori/Andreas Jaderyd played superb freestyle in early position – very clean and exciting. Somehow they ended up 8th. Again, I haven’t seen the stats, but perhaps the other teams outscored them in Artistic. This team should stay together, and next time maybe they will get the scores the audience thought they should get.
Karlsruhe pair Flo Hess and Christian Lamred didn’t hit their routine quite as well as in the prelims. Six drops this time, but the routine was very strong, and both guys show technical skill and aggressive catches.
CO-OP SEMIS
They took more than the usual 16 teams into the semis due to the record 31 teams who entered, so the cuts were super tough. Four teams from each pool made the finals.
Dave Lewis/Pipo Lopez/Pat Marron won the first pool. Toddy Brodeur/Larry Imperiale/Paul Kenny, Matt Gauthier/Lisa Hunrichs/Cindy Kruger and (sorry, it’s now 3:15am) one other team also advanced to the finals.
Clay Collera/Tom Leitner/Reto Zimmerman won the second pool by a few tenths of a point over Piccio Cusma/Andrea Meola/Fabio Sanna. Jake Gauthier/Jeff Kruger/Rodney Sanchez took third, and an American history themed routine by Tristan Doshier/Steve Hanes/Dan Yarnell, complete with the tossing of a fake snake into the audience, got fourth.
A few notable performances. Philipp Lenarz/Filippo Cavalca/Paolo Magni played first and set a high standard to beat. Each player hit their biggest moves, and the whole team played clean with about two drops. Carsten Heim/Flo Hess/Christian Lamred also got hot and finished just out of the finals in fifth.
The co-op finals is stacked. Having seen all of the semis routines today, this is a title that is up for grabs. Tom Leitner/Reto Zimmerman seem to be the favorites in both Pairs and Co-op, but as we know anything can happen. The weather forecast is clear. Let’s hope the winds are friendly and we see play as strong as today’s.
FPAW2006: Day 2 Starts With A Hard Rain
After an amazing first day, only one thing could cool off the supernova that is FPAW2006 – rain. There was lightning in the sky as the second half of the Pairs Prelims began. By the time the Prelim was over, a gentle rain had begun to fall. Hours later, the skies opened up and rain poured down throughout the night. It is now about 9:30am, and the rains have stopped. Today’s competition will probalby start indoors to give the main field time to dry. With some luck, the Pairs Semis could be outdoors this afternoon. The bad news? More rain is expected for tonight.
Still trying to get the complete results from yesterday.
Huge Turnout For FPAW2006
Seventy-nine players are confirmed to play tomorrow in the first rounds of the 2006 FPA World Championships in Berlin. That number could balloon to more than 90 if pre-registration estimates hold. This is by far the largest FPA World Championships in more than a decade, so large that a qualifier round has been added to the Open Pairs competition.
Tonight, players gathered at SCS Sportcenter to register, relax together and of course jam. As dusk fell around 9 pm, the lights were turned on, and the freestyle action heated up, with at least four mob-ops cuffing, brushing, rolling, kicking and sometimes even catching in the humid Berlin air. The freestyle would have continued into the morning hours had the lights not gone out around 11.
Tomorrow will be the Open Pairs Qualification and Preliminaries, the Co-op Preliminary and the Mixed Pairs Semifinal. Tomorrow will be the first time the new Qualification round has been used at an FPA Worlds. With up to 40 Open Pairs teams, the cut will be brutal to even play in the Preliminary round.
DiscCast Episode 7: Pre-Worlds Special Released
DiscCast is back for its 7th outing and continues to get stronger every month. This episode features a special Pre-Worlds discussion with two of the main organisers from this years event; Kolja Hannemann & Markus Goetz. Also, a special Amsterjam 06 segment includes exclusively recorded soundbites from the event and, to celebrate summer, parts of episode 7 have been recorded in Starbucks. See below for a detailed timeline:
Episode 7 Timeline-
1. Introduction (0:00-1:56)
2. World Freestyle News from the past month (1:56-6:38)
3. FPA News from the past month (6:38-9:30)
4. DiscCast Pre-Worlds Discussion – John is joined by event organisers Markus Goetz & Kolja Hannemann to give listeners all they need to know about this years championships! (9:30-26:56)
5. ‘Guess the Jammer’ Competition Update (26:56-28:24)
6. Amsterjam 2006 special – Inteviews from the weekend, Full Results and much more (28:24-44:25)
7. Frisbee Fact of the Month! (44:25-45:51)
8. Announcements & Conclusion (45:51-49:45)
Episode 7 is available through iTunes and Podcast Alley! For more information, head over to ukDiscstyle
Rotodom 2006 Results
Rotodom 2006
Rotodom Reggae Sunsplash
Italy
July 8-9, 2006
FINALS OPEN
1 Matteo Gaddoni – Tom Leitner
2 Fabio Sanna – Eleonora Imazio
3 Andrea Meola – Manuel Cesari
4 Fabio Caruso – Silvia Caruso
QUALI OPEN
Pool A
1 Andrea Meola – Manuel Cesari
2 Fabio Sanna – Eleonora Imazio
3 Claudio Cigna – Paolo Papini
4 Marco Sanna – Davide Sanna
Pool B
1 Matteo Gaddoni – Tom Leitner
2 Fabio Caruso – Silvia Caruso
3 Antonio Cusma – Massimo Ardagna
FINALS COOP
1 Tom Leitner – Manuel Cesari – Claudio Cigna
2 Eleonora Imazio – marco sanna – Davide Sanna
3 Antonio Cusma – Andrea Meola – fabio sanna (scratch)
QUALI COOP
(top 2 seeded teams advance to final. 1 team from qualification advances)
1 Eleonora Imazio – Marco Sanna – Davide Sanna
2 Matteo Gaddoni – Paolo Papini – Massimo Ardagna
– Fabio Caruso – Silvia Caruso – Emanuele Faustini(zanardi) (scratch)