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In the tradition of Superhein and Turboshred, Clay Collerá and Lui Tasini tried out some new competition ideas at the Rimini Wellness festival. Originally scheduled as a demo, Clay and Lui decided to make it into a tournament as well, showcasing three different formats of play: pairs, alone (a match play even) and shred.

Rimini SuperPro
Rimini Wellness Festival
Rimini, Italy
May 19-20, 2006

Pairs used a cumulative score format over two rounds. The best average score across two performances won. Shred was played in traditional pools, with players doing their best combinations and being scored from 1-10. The top scores advanced to the finals. The others played again in a consolation final.

The most experimental was Alone. In this event, players paired off against one another and did individual combos. After each person had done one combo, the judges decided whose was more difficult. The first player to get three wins from the judges advanced.

I like the Alone concept. It’s interactive between the players – you can try to one-up each other. And it has a lot of potential to keep the audience involved through the drama of very simple scoring and a best 3 of 5 structure that most people are familiar with from sports like tennis.

This sound like a really fun experiment that was very manageable with the five amazing players who participated. Overall results are below. Detailed results in the extended article:

Overall Results

1. Tom Leitner (Shred: 6; Open: 3; Alone: 6) 15 points
2T. Clay Collerá (Shred: 4; Open: 2; Alone: 4) 10 points
2T. Reto Zimmerman (Shred: 5; Open: 3; Alone: 2) 10 points
2T. Fabio Sanna (Shred: 3; Open: 2; Alone: 5) 10 points
5. Matteo Gaddoni (Shred: 2; Open: 1; Alone: 3) 6 points
6. Luca Medri (Shred: 1; Open: 1; Alone: 1) 3 points

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German Championships
Nürnberg, Germany
May 20-21, 2006

Open Pairs Final

1 Boguslaw Bul/Hartmut Wahrmann (65.4)
2 Kolja Hannemann/Markus Hein (58.5)
3 Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (53.7)
4 Anton Capellmann/Jan Schreck (49.2)
5 Carsten Heim/Laurent Mess (47.1)
6 Markus Götz/Heiko Vogt (45.9)
7 Merdad Hosseinian/Philipp Lenarz (43.2)
8 Stefan Dünkel/Martin Stadler (41.7)

Open Pairs Semifinals

9.* Enrique Faria/Dominique Weiflenberger (45.6A)
9.* Konstantin Patsalides/Daniel Sorgatz (42.3B)
11.* Nico Bernold/Dominik Weber (37.5A)
11.* Alex Humphreys/Ot Loetlam (28.8B)

Open Pairs Qualification

13 Oliver Baczko/Bianca Strunz (38.7)
14 Philipp Stahl/Adrian Zeitner (33.8)

Co-op Final

1 Boguslaw Bul/Enrique Faria/Hartmut Wahrmann (63.9)
2 Anton Capellmann/ Jan Schreck/Daniel Sorgatz (58.2)
3 Carsten Heim/Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (56.4)
4 Kolja Hannemann/Markus Hein/Bianca Strunz (51.0)

Co-op Qualification

5.* Philipp Lenarz/Laurent Mess/Dominique Weiflenberger (47.1A)
5.* Stefan Dünkel/Merdad Hosseinian/Martin Stadler (39.9B)
7.* Markus Götz/Heiko Vogt/Dominik Weber (44.4A)
7.* Nico Bernold/Alex Humphreys/Ot Loetlam (29.4B)
7.* Konstantin Patsalides/Philipp Stahl/Adrian Zeitner (28.2B)

Footbag & Disc Opening 2006
April 29 – May 1, 2006
Podersdorf, Austria

Intermediate

1. Ali Dastrandj (A)
2. Andrea "Oddi" Furlan (IT)
3. Alexander Trenner (A)

Turboshred

1. Thomas Gereben (A)
2. Balasz Major (H)
3. Gergely Nemeth (H)
4. Ferenc Orosz (H)
5. Jan "Dexter" Struz (CZ)
6. Stefan Siegert (D)
7. Ali Dastrandj (A)
8. Andrea "Oddi" Furlan (IT)

Disc Pairs

1. Thomas Gereben (A) / Fernec Orosz (H)
1. Balasz Major (H) / Gergely Nemeth (H)
3. Jan "Dexter" Struz (CZ) / Ali Dastrandj (A)
4. Andrea "Oddi" Furlan (IT) / Stefan Siegert (D)

2006 Paganello
Rimini, Italy
April 16, 2006

Pairs Final

1. Tom Leitner/Lorenzo Apriani (72.3)
2. Clay Collera’/Fabio Sanna (67.7)
3. Reto Zimmermann/Danny Cameranesi (65.7)
4. Valerio Occorsio/Giovanni Coppo (63.7)
5. Fernando Botrugno/Mauro Mercuri (62.8)
6. Balazs Major/Gergo Nemeth (62)
7. Andrea Meola- Antonio Cusma’ (59.7)
8. Ramon Galliani/Carlo Perrone (59.4)
9. Claudio Cigna/Riccardo Bovicelli (57.8)

Co-op Final

1. Clay Collera’/Tom Leitner/Reto Zimmermann (66.8)
2. Fabio Sanna/Andrea Meola/Antonio Cusma’ (65.6)
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3. Luca Medri/Fernando Botrugno/Mauro Mercuri (54.5)
4. Balazs Major/Gergo Nemeth/Danny Cameranesi (49.9) [video]
5. Lorenzo Apriani/Jamie Chantilies/Gregory Lo-A-Joe (48.6) [video]
6. Luca Mazzuccato/Andrea Rimatori/Claudio Massaro (43.7)

2006 Paganello
Rimini, Italy
April 15, 2006

Open Pairs Semifinals
(Top four teams in each pool advance to the finals. Ties not broken for the finals cut.)

Pool A

1. Reto Zimmerman – Danny Cameranesi (67.9)
2. Clay Collera’ – Fabio Sanna (66.5)
3. Valerio Occorsio – Giovanni Coppo (56.7)
4. Balazs Major – Gergo Nemeth (56.5)
4. Fernando Botrugno – Mauro Mercuri (56.5)
6. Jamie Chantiles – Gregory Lo-Ajoe (54.6)
7. Matteo Gaddoni – Manuel Cesari (50.5)

Pool B

1. Tom Leitner – Lorenzo Apriani (67.4)
2. Andrea Meola- Antonio Cusma’ (63.7)
3. Ramon Galliani – Carlo Perrone (59.4)
4. Claudio Cigna – Riccardo Bovicelli (53.4)
5. Claudio Massaro – Luca Mazzuccato (52.1)
6. Angelo Mancarella – Cristina Nicolardi (51)
7. Andrea Dini – Luca Medri (46.6)
8. Andrea Rimatori – Silvia Caruso (45.3)

2006 Paganello
Rimini, Italy
April 14, 2006

Open Co-op Semifinals
(Top three teams in each pool advance to the finals.)

Pool A

1. Clay Collera’ – Tom Leitner – Reto Zimmerman (68.5)
2. Luca Medri – Fernando Botrugno – Mauro Mercuri (52)
3. Luca Mazzuccato – Andrea Rimatori – Claudio Massaro (48.5)
4. Matteo Gaddoni – Riccardo Bovicelli – Claudio Cigna (40.2)
5. Angelo Mancarella – Ramon Galliani – Carlo Perrone (40)
5. Paolo Magni – Danilo Torzolini – Giocanni Coppo (40)
7. Simone Italiano – Nicolo’ D’ardia – Stefano Bellucci (34.9)
8. Eleonora Imazio – Emmanuele Faustini – Markus Goetz (34.2)
9. Ale Collera’ – Marco Sanna – Davide Sanna (34.1)

Pool B

1. Fabio Sanna – Andrea Meola – Antonio Cusma’ (50.7)
2. Lorenzo Apriani – Jamie Chantiles – Gregory Lo-A-Sjoe (45.9)
3. Balazs Major – Gergo Nemeth – Danny Cameranesi (42.5)
4. Xthen Titcomb – Vehro Titcomb – Zahlen Titcomb (42.3)
5. Manuel Cesari – Andrea Poli – Riccardo Maccari (39.4)
6. Silvia Caruso – Sergio Arrighi – Filippo Cavalca (38.6)
7. Cristina Nicolardi – Alex Humpreys – Urs Hardegger (29.8)
8. Andrea Dini – Valerio Occorsio – John Titcomb (29.1)
9. Matteo Ceresa – Sara Cordero – Alessandro Berra (28.1)

2006 Paganello
Rimini, Italy
April 14, 2006

Open Pairs

First Round
(Top three in each pool advance to the next round. All others advance to B-Final)

Pool A

1. Tom Leitner – Lorenzo Apriani (69.5)
2. Andrea Dini – Luca Medri (67.0)
3. Claudio Cigna – Riccardo Bovicelli (58.5)
4. Paolo Magni – Danilo Torzolini (56.2)
5. John Titcomb – Emanuele Faustini (48.2)
6. Alessandro Berra – Andrea Marciano’ (43.6)
7. Ale Collera’ – Alberto Baldelli (41.8)

Pool B

1. Clay Collera’ – Fabio Sanna (68.7)
2. Fernando Botrugno – Mauro Mercuri (54.7)
3. Ramon Galliani – Carlo Perrone (54)
4. Valerio Occorsio – Giovanni Coppo (54)
5. Balazs Major – Gergo Nemeth (53.3)
6. Filippo Cavalca – Sergio Arrighi (44.4)
7. Nicolo’ D’ardia – Alex Humpreys (33.9)

Pool C

1. Andrea Meola- Antonio Cusma’ (70.8)
2. Claudio Massaro – Luca Mazzuccato (59.5)
3. Matteo Gaddoni – Manuel Cesari (57.8)
4. Eleonora Imazio – Markuz Goetz (55.6)
5. Riccardo Maccari – Andrea Poli (54.8)
6. Simone Italiano – Stefano Bellucci (48.0)

Pool D

1. Reto Zimmermann – Danny Cameranesi (58.2)
2. Jamie Chantiles – Gregory Lo-Ajoe (55.9)
3. Angelo Mancarella – Cristina Nicolardi (55.2)
4. Marco Sanna – Davide Sanna (50.8)
5. Andrea Rimatori – Silvia Caruso (50.4)
6. Matteo Ceresa – Sara Cordero (42.9)

B-Final
(Top two advance to the semifinals)

1. Andrea Rimatori – Silvia Caruso (66.0)
2. Balazs Major – Gergo Nemeth (65.3)
3. Paolo Magni – Danilo Torzolini (59.2)
4. Eleonora Imazio – Markuz Goetz (58.1)
5. Filippo Cavalca – Sergio Arrighi (53.2)
6. Marco Sanna – Davide Sanna (52.8)
7. Matteo Ceresa – Sara Cordero (52.6)
8. Riccardo Maccari – Andrea Poli (52.2)
9. John Titcomb – Emanuele Faustini (48.2)
10. Alessandro Berra – Andrea Marciano’ (45.5)
11. Ale Collera’ – Alberto Baldelli (45.1)
12. Nicolo’ D’ardia – Alex Humpreys (42.5)
13. Simone Italiano – Stefano Bellucci (39.0)

30th Annual Virginia States
Fredericksberg, Virginia
April 8-9, 2006

Finals

1. Toddy Brodeur, Ted Oberhaus, Randy Silvey
2. Doug Fresh, Rob Fried, Rodney Sanchez
3. Jamie Chantiles, Dan Yarnell
4. Paul Kenny, Pat Marron, Erwin Velasquez
5. Dale Crawford, Phil Cappa
6. Brad Keller, Roger Meier
7. Harvey Brandy, Tom Lasher, Rick Sader
8. Petri Isola, Jan Soerenson, Alan Caplin

First Round Pool 1

1. Toddy Brodeur, Ted Oberhaus, Randy Silvey
2. Jamie Chantiles, Dan Yarnell
3. Brad Keller, Roger Meier
4. Harvey Brandy, Tom Lasher, Rick Sader
5. Joey Hudoklin, Pat Rabdau, Lou Somrall
6. Merril Detweiler, Dave Hesselbirth
7. Ronnie Turner, Brian Steffen
8. Jennifer Griffin, Tim Cohn, Dave Griffin
9. Mike T. Larry, Wayne Beaver

First Round Pool 2

1. Doug Fresh, Rob Fried, Rodney Sanchez
2. Paul Kenny, Pat Marron, Erwin Velasquez
3. Dale Crawford, Phil Kappa
4. Petri Isola, Jan Soerenson, Alan Caplin
5. Donny Wallace, Lori Daniels
6. Rob Knapik, Bill Wright
7. Jack Cooksey, Bob Cooksey, Randy Lamm
8. Bethany Sanchez, Dave Bolyard, Brad Wendt
9. Tom Coffin, Dave Steger