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2004 Jammers Championship
2004 Jammers Championship
Jacksonville, FL
May 22-23, 2004
Open Pairs Finals
1. Toddy Brodeur/Pipo Lopez
2. Deaton Mitchell/Dave Murphy
3T. Larry Imperiale/Jeff O’Brien
3T. Lorenzo Apriani/Paul Kenny
5. Jamie Chantiles/Steve Hanes
6. Jeff Kruger/Dan Yarnell
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EXTENDED BODY:
Open Pairs Semi A
1. Toddy Brodeur/Pipo Lopez
2. Lorenzo Apriani/Paul Kenny
3. Larry Imperiale/Jeff O’Brien
4. Tito Andino/Steve Scannell
5. Alan Caplin/Carl Emerson
Open Pairs Semi B
1. Deaton Mitchell/Dave Murphy
2. Jamie Chantiles/Steve Hanes
3. Jeff Kruger/Dan Yarnell
4. Gregg Hosfeld/Cindy Kruger
5. Rik Downs/Craig Simon
Mixed Pairs
1. Lori Daniels/Paul Kenny
2. Larry Imperiale/Cindy Kruger
3. Sarah Bergman/Jeff Kruger
4. Toddy Brodeur/Berni Murray
5. Carl Emerson/Renee Pardo
6. Anne Goh/Steve Scannell
Drug Testing: The Price Of Olympic Glory?
According to the minutes from the 2003 WFDF Congress, WFDF is moving toward requiring drug testing in its quest for acceptance into international sports festivals and ultimately the Olympics. More recently, word has filtered out that all competitive ultimate players worldwide may be subject to drug testing in anticipation of the upcoming world championships in Turku.
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2004 Podersdorf Results
2004 Flying Disc Opening
Podersdorf, Austria
May 1-2, 2004
1 Antonio Cusma/Andrea Meola
2 Claudio “Clay” Collera/Fabio Sanna
3 Tommy Gereber/Juro Turan
4 Matteo Gaddoni/Andrea Gallotti
5 Stepan Materna/Mike Rausch
6 Ferenc Orosz/Szolt Balogh
7 Michi Szeiler/Bejca Turanova
8 Andrej Turan/Latso Graus
Intermediate Division
1 Gaia Audino/Matteo Ceresa (27.55)
2 Ali Dastrandj/Svetozar Popovic (27.37)
3 Andrea “Oddi” Furlan/Bejca Turanova (26.89)
4 Phillip Hanak/Florian “Flow” Herkner (23.6)
5 Jakob Taubald/Mike Rausch (scr)
Tournament Videos (via Freeskyler)
Rankings: May 2004
There were three big events in April, two of them in Europe. The May Open Rankings see a huge shuffling this month, with European players making strong moves.
Paganello 2004
A huge internatioinal invasion of freestylers converged on Rimini, Italy for the 2004 Acrobatic Paganello.
New players from Israel entered their first big competitions. Last year’s rookies from the FPA Worlds
took on the role of seasoned veterans. Top-ranked players mentored the newcomers and all the participants collaborated to put on a great show.
Gary Auerbach, Paul Kenny and Reto Zimmerman won the Co-op division over 8 other teams, winning the final by 6 points over Clay Collera, Tom Leitner and Pipo Lopez. Seventeen teams entered the pairs division. Clay Collera and Tom Leitner came out on top, defeating Paul Kenny and Reto Zimmerman by four points.
In addition to Collera, Leitner, Kenny and Zimmerman, Puerto Rico’s Pipo Lopez and Roma’s Alessandro Damiano and Edoardo Favorini made both finals.
Fabio Sanna and Stefano Mestroni won a special qualifier into the Semifinals, outscoring ten other teams.
2004 Virginia States Results
2004 Virginia States
Fredericksburg, VA
April 17-18, 2004
Finals
1 Rob Fried/Joey Hudoklin/Doug Simon
2 Toddy Brodeur/Alan Caplin/Rodney Sanchez
3 Rob Knapik/Bill Wright
4 Phil Cappa/Dale Crawford/Mike Mosher
5 Harvey Brandt/Tom Lasher
6 Bob Cooksey/Jack Cooksey
7T. Bryan Steffen/Ronnie Turner
7T. Jack Stanton/David Steger/Don Wallace
9T. Joey Cohn/Eddie Cohn
9T. Conrad Damon/David Hessleberth/Ken Reynolds
9T. Eric Wootten/Hunter Wootten
12 Merrill Detwiler/Rich Riley
13 Louie Cohn/Jennifer Griffin
Meet The Players Version 2
The Freestyle Players Association has relaunched the Meet The Players feature on freestyledisc.org. Meet The Players, the result of Larry Imperiale’s undying commitment to improving communication in freestyle, features information not only about the top Open and Women’s players but also spotlights random players from around the world. The most exciting improvement allows all ranked players to create their own detailed profile. Create your profile now!
Don’t forget that every Shrednow member can also create their own Shrednow profile, including photo, in the Account Information section.
Wham-O’s Careless Marketing
I was in Sportmart tonight and noticed a big display of flying discs, a model I had never seen before. I checked it out and it turned out to be one of the endless stream of light-up discs that are sold every year. Big whoop!
Then I noticed that Wham-O had redesigned the 140g All-Sport model and both the disc and the package actually looked good. Understated and sporting rather than flashy and toylike. If only I had walked away then and there.
Rankings: April 2004
As we progress through 2004, the Open Rankings will show the continued international development of freestyle. With more European events this year than ever before, European players will have an opportunity to make a big splash on the rankings.
In the meantime, European players feel a rankings setback as two Italian events from 2002 fall off the rankings this month. Points from the 2002 Italian National Championships and Acrobatic Paganello expire this month, wreaking havoc on the rankings of Italian players. At the top, Clay Collera dips from 12 to 18, Lorenzo Apriani falls from 16 to 31, and Fernando Botrugno falls from 21 to 46.