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Israels Amit Peled topped a talented Intermediate division field in Rimini, Italy to win the first FPA Future Jammer Award. With pro thrower Dave Lewis, Peled laid down extended delay combos and played superclean, dropping only four and winning difficulty. Peled outscored runner up Paolo Magni 23.0 to 22.3.
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The Womens Semifinals and the Open Preliminaries were the first events of the 2004 FPA Worlds in Rimini, Italy. Thursdays windy conditions left the area and the morning was calm with just a hint of breeze. The wind built throughout the day to a wonderful, steady wind perfect for the first day of this years world championships.
It is rare that no one seedbusts in the Open Pairs division, but on Friday every seed held its position. There was one seedbusting team in the Womens division. Complete results are below.
There are four competitions tomorrow – Intermediate, the Mixed Pairs Semifinals, the Open Co-p Semifinals and the Open Pairs Semifinals.
29th All Japan Flying Disc Championships 2004 Hitachi, Japan
July 17-19, 2004
Open Finals
1. Yutaka Harashina/Tomokazu Yamamoto/Akihito Gotoh
2. Shori Ohuchi/Shun’ichi Noda/Kazuyuki Kubo
3. Kouhei Ikeda/Takeshi Umemura/Shouko Sugawara
4. Hiroshi Yokota/Ken Shima
5. Yumiko Tauchi/Yukari Komatsu/Kanako Ito
What is this? Four in a row for Pipo and two in a row for Toddy?
Finals
1. Pipo Lopez/Todd Brodeur
2. Tom Leitner/Rob Fried
3. Reto Zimmerman/Paul Kenny
4. Matteo Gaddoni/Rodney Sanchez
5. Lorenzo Apriani/Edoardo Favorini
6. Fabio Sanna/Stefano Mestroni/Gregory Lo-a-sjoe
7. John Titcomb/Jan soerensen/Iwan de Moor
8. Bethany Sanchez/Lori Daniels
9. Fabio Percario/Matteo Feller/Antonio Cusma
B – Final
1. Fabio Percario/Matteo Feller/Antonio Cusma
2. Mouss Qabbal/Alan Caplin/(David Lagoute was absent)
3. Arno Lévénés/Christophe Legendre/Jano Golian
4. Jan Shreck/Anton Capellimann
5. Phillip Jancke/Calle Cultus
6. Arne Bratenstein/Kolja Hannemann
7. Sara Cordero/Gaia Audino/Alice Belcredi/Matteo Ceresa
8. Jan Gröpped/Boguslaw Bull/Holger Hill
ABSENT: Ron Robert/Bart Mantel
A Prelims
1. Reto Zimmerman/Paul Kenny
2. Tom Leitner/Rob Fried
3. Matteo Gaddoni/Rodney Sanchez
4. John Titcomb/Jan soerensen/Iwan de Moor
5T. Fabio Percario/Matteo Feller/Antonio Cusma
5T. Arno Lévénés/Christophe Legendre/Jano Goliand
6. Phillip Jancke/Calle Cultus
7. Sara Cordero/Gaia Audino/Alice Belcredi/Matteo Ceresa
8. Ron Robert/Bart Mantel
B Prelims
1. Carlos Pipo Lopez/Todd Brodeur
2. Lorenzo Apriani/Edoardo Favorini
3. Bethany Sanchez/Lori Daniels
4. Fabio Sanna/Stefano Mestroni/Gregory Lo-a-sjoe
5. Mouss Qabbal/Alan Caplin/David Lagoute
6. Bruce Page/Dean Rozenberg
7. Jan Shreck/Anton Capellimann
8. Arne Bratenstein/Kolja Hannemann
9. Jan Gröpped/Boguslaw Bull/Holger Hill
Arne Bratenstein’s event photos: here
FFF’s photos: here and here
The FPA has added an intermediate competition to the schedule of events at the 2004 FPA World Championships. The Future Jammers competition is designed to bridge the gap between new players and established, elite competitors. The competition will feature a shortened format focusing on intermediate skills, and most entry fees are being waived to encourage participation.
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2004 Swedisc Open
Jul 7-10 2004
Bollnas, Sweden
Open Finals
1. Stefan Karlsson/Andreas Jaderyd
2.Roland Karlsson/Christian Sandström
3.Niclas Bergehamn/Dieter Johansson
4. T Tomas Burvall/Peter Karlsson
4. T Peter Henriksson/Jonas Bengtsson
Open Prelim A
1.Roland Karlsson/Christian Sandström
2T. Tomas Burvall/Peter Karlsson
2T. Peter Henriksson/Jonas Bengtsson
4. Niloofar Mosavarrahmani/Gohar Mossavarrahmani
Open Prelilm B
1. Stefan Karlsson/Andreas Jaderyd
2.Niclas Bergehamn/Dieter Johansson
3.Mikael Zewgren/Jonas Rask-Samuelsson
4.Fredrik Celinder/Jimmie Nilsson
Women
1. Niloofar Mosavarrahmani/Gohar Mossavarrahmani
2004 Masters Overall Championships
San Diego, CA
July 15-16, 2004
Finals
1 Dave Murphy/Joel Rogers/Dave Schiller (75.2 points)
2 Jamie Chantiles/Steve Hanes (63.2)
3 Alan Caplin/Rick Williams (56.7)
4T. Mike Cronin/Peter Laubert/Amy Schiller (55.0)
4T. Mark Blakemore/Greg Riley (55.0)
6 Mike Hughes/Brad Wendt (50.0)
7 Harvey Brandt/Tom Cole/Diego Gamboa (45.9)
8 Dave Bogenhagen/Fred Salaz/John Titcomb (31.5)
Prelim A
1. Dave Murphy/Joel Rogers/Dave Schiller (72.2)
2. Alan Caplin/Rick Williams (58.7)
3. Mike Cronin/Peter Laubert/Amy Schiller (58.3)
4. Harvey Brandt/Tom Cole/Diego Gamboa (55.2)
5. Conrad Damon/John Elsner/Andrew Lemann (44.4)
6. Chris Sieben/John Titcomb (40.0)
Prelim B
1. Jamie Chantiles/Steve Hanes (65.6)
2. Mark Blakemore/Greg Riley (63.2)
3. Mike Hughes/Brad Wendt (55.5)
4. Dave Bogenhagen/Fred Salaz/John Titcomb (48.6)
5. Raymond Chun/Jeff Kennedy (39.2)
6. Bill Chetel/Jeff Shelton (32.1)
Masters Women
1. Lori Daniels/Bethany Sanchez
2. Diane Harris/Mary Sorrentino
3. Theresa Bogenhagen/Louie Cohn
Senior Grandmasters
1. Doug Korns
2. Paul Thompson
3. Michael Conger
Due to popular demand, Yendor has agreed to answer questions from the freestyle community as a follow-up to his popular interview. If you would like Yendor to comment on any issue, simply click Add A Story on the top of any page, fill in the blanks, and save your question. It will appear magically on Shrednow’s front page.
The freestyle season is in full swing as of this month’s rankings list, and we have a new number one player – Dave Lewis. 2000 – 2002 number one player Lewis has been tied in points with teammate Arthur Coddington for fifteen months, with Coddington taking the number one spot on a tiebreaker – the number of events played.
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Yendor Martikonis is perhaps the most enigmatic figure in freestyle. A staple at nearly every major freestyle event over the past decade, Martikonis has chronicled freestyle yet remained elusive. Everpresent but hard to spot, Martikonis more than anyone has offered the perspective of a freestyle observer, albeit an observer with an astounding knowledge of the sport. Always in the right place at the right time, Martikonis has seen many of the pivotal moments in freestyle and overheard countless revealing conversations among elite players. In a rare, exclusive interview for Shrednow, Martikonis shares his thoughts about freestyle.