The biggest reshuffling of the rankings usually happens after each year’s world championships. After the second year of the FPA Worlds in Europe, the rankings go through some major changes this month, including two new entries into the top ten and a new women’s number one.
frisbeedisc.com
There has been a big buzz recently about Wham-O’s renewed interest in the sports side of Frisbee. Wham-O has just launched a new website just for Frisbee – frisbeedisc.com. Until this website, Frisbee was only a small part of the main Wham-O site and was a bit hemmed in by Wham-O’s toy image. Frisbeedisc.com seems to give Wham-O more freedom to promote Frisbee as the edgy, athletic activity it is. The site showcases not only the redesigned Frisbee line and improved brand imagery, but also the disc sports we love. Looks good.
2004 New England Overall Flying Disc Championships
While many freestyle players were in Europe, the 2004 New England Flying Disc Championships took place at Wickham Park in Manchester, CT on July 23-25. DDC was played on Friday. SCF, Discathon, and Golf were played on Saturday. Distance, Freestyle, and Golf were played on Sunday.
New England Overall–Freestyle Results
Semi Final Round (top 3 teams from each pool advance to the finals)
Pool A Results
1 Rick Williams and Petri Isola
2 Jim Herrick and Mark Ide
3 Jack Cooksey and Robert Cooksey
4 Augy Cohn (with a designated thrower)
5 Jerel Davis and Mike Mattioli (scratch)
Pool B Results
1 Steve Scannell, Steve Vinoski and Ryan Vinoski
2 Dan Berman and Carl Emerson
3 Jon Cohn and Eddie Cohn
4 Louie Cohn (with a designated thrower)
5 Joe Proud and Bill MacWilliams
Final Results
1 Rick Williams and Petri Isola
2 Steve Scannell, Steve Vinoski and Ryan Vinoski
3 Jim Herrick and Mark Ide
4 Jack Cooksey and Robert Cooksey
5 Dan Berman and Carl Emerson
6 Jon Cohn and Eddie Cohn (finals scratch)
7 tie Louie Cohn (with a designated thrower)
7 tie Augy Cohn (with a designated thrower)
9 Joe Proud and Bill MacWilliams
10 Jerel Davis and Mike Mattioli (semi-finals scratch)
2004 FPA Worlds: Monday’s Jam
Pat Marron flies high over the Adriatic Sea to catch a gitis.
2004 FPA Worlds: Thursday’s Pre-Competition Jam
How many triple spinning standing gitises can one man
do in a day? Ask Pipo Lopez. Only he knows.
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Viva Italia
It warms my heart to see the sport doing so well in Europe. The VIBE seems like the NAS Tour of late 70s/early 80s here in the USA. Congratulations to all the new players. Steve Hanes and I were there in spirit with you all and wish we could have played in Rimini. Jam on it! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZs for all. Jamie
2004 FPA Worlds: Sunday Results
The champions are:
Women: Cindy Kruger/Lisa Hunrichs Silvey
Co-op: Toddy Brodeur/Larry Imperiale/Paul Kenny
Mixed: Lisa Hunrichs Silvey/Matt Gauthier
Pairs: Dave Lewis/Arthur Coddington
2004 FPA Worlds: Saturday Results
FPA World Championships
Rimini, Italy
July 30, 2004
Mixed Pairs Semifinals
(top 6 advance to the finals)
1T. Cindy Kruger/Dave Lewis (T: 68.0 D: 20.6 E: 24.5 A: 22.9)
1T. Lori Daniels/Paul Kenny (T: 68.0 D: 19.0 E: 26.8 A: 22.2)
3. Lisa Hunrichs Silvey/Matt Gauthier (T: 67.1 D: 19.1 E: 25.6 A: 22.4)
4. Sarah Bergman/Jeff Kruger (T: 60.6 D: 14.9 E: 25.1 A: 20.0)
5. Mary Lowry/Larry Imperiale (T: 57.0 D: 17.1 E: 22.5 A: 17.4)
6. Qxhna Titcomb/Toddy Brodeur (T: 56.8 D: 14.8 E: 24.8 A: 17.2)
7. Bethany Sanchez/Rodney Sanchez (T: 56.4 D: 15.1 E: 24.6 A: 16.7)
8. Hila Yaniv/Edoardo Favorini (T: 45.7 D: 12.4 E: 20.7 A: 12.6)
Co-op Semifinal A
(top 3 advance to the finals)
1. Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis/Pat Marron (T: 71.89 D: 22.09 E: 26.0 A: 23.8)
2. Matt Gauthier/Paolo Mirabelli/Randy Silvey (T: 65.3 D: 19.6 E: 25.6 E: 20.1)
3. Lorenzo Apriani/Edoardo Favorini/Alessandro Damiano (T: 56.76 D: 16.76 E: 22.8 A: 17.2)
4. Piccio Cusma/Matteo Gaddoni/Rodney Sanchez (T: 54.4 D: 17.5 D: 20.6 A: 16.3)
5. Jeff Kruger/Pipo Lopez/Reto Zimmerman (T: 54.2 D: 18.5 E: 20.1 A: 17.1 PENALTY: 1.5)
6. Fernando Botrugno/Luca Mazzucato/Mauro Mercuri (T: 46.3 D: 13.3 E: 23.8 A: 9.2)
7. Alan Caplan/Oriel Hemed/Lusti Lustiger (T: 38.3 D: 12.0 E: 19.1 A: 7.2)
Open Co-op Prelim B
(top 3 advance to the finals)
1. Toddy Brodeur/Larry Imperiale/Paul Kenny (T: 68.84 D: 19.24 E: 26.7 A: 22.9)
2. Clay Collera/Tommy Leitner/Andrea Meola (T: 62.66 D: 18.76 E: 23.7 A: 20.2)
3. Mary Lowry/Cindy Kruger/Lisa Hunrichs Silvey (T: 58.55 D: 17.35 E: 21.4 A: 19.8)
4. Joakim Arveskär/Roland Karlsson/Stefan Karlsson (T: 57.65 D: 17.35 E: 21.4 A: 18.9)
5. Gregory Lo-A-Sjoe/Stefano Mestroni/Fabio Sanna (T: 48.65 D: 14.85 E: 21.2 A: 12.6)
6. Jan Soerensen/John Titcomb/Hila Yaniv (T: 31.95 D: 13.05 E: 13.6 A: 6.8)
Open Pairs Semi A
(top 4 advance to the final)
1. Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis (T: 71.1 D: 21.4 E: 27.8 A: 21.9)
2. Larry Imperiale/Jeff Kruger (T: 61.4 D: 18.0 E: 26.0 A: 17.4)
3. Toddy Brodeur/Pipo Lopez (T: 58.6 D: 18.3 E: 23.7 A: 16.6)
4. Stefano Mestroni/Fabio Sanna (T: 56.7 D: 17.2 E: 24.7 A: 14.6)
5. Matteo Gaddoni/Rodney Sanchez (T: 51.5 D: 16.6 E: 21.7 A: 13.2)
6. Joakim Arveskär/Stefan Karlsson (T: 46.8 D: 15.8 E: 18.0 A: 13.0)
7. Paolo Mirabelli/Jan Soerensen (T: 45.3 D: 14.0 D: 21.4 A: 9.9)
8. Piccio Cusma/Andrea Meola (T: 44.2 D: 15.0 E: 17.5 A: 11.7)
Open Pairs Semi B
(top 4 advance to final)
1. Matt Gauthier/Randy Silvey (T: 72.2 D: 20.3 E: 25.4 A: 26.5)
2. Pat Marron/Tom Leitner (T: 67.3 D: 20.3 E: 26.7 A: 20.3)
3. Paul Kenny/Reto Zimmerman (T: 62.1 D: 18.3 E: 23.7 A: 20.1)
4. Clay Collera/Tommy Gereben (T: 53.2 D: 19.2 E: 25.1 A: 9.0)
5. Alessandro Damiano/Edoardo Favorini (T: 50.1 D: 16.7 E: 19.9 A: 13.5)
6. Lorenzo Apriani/Roland Karlsson (T: 47.2 D: 16.7 E: 18.8 A: 11.7)
7. Fernando Botrugno/Mauro Mercuri (T: 40.7 D: 15.0 E: 18.8 A: 6.9)
8. Luca Medri/John Titcomb (T: 39.1 D: 15.1 E: 17.7 A: 6.3)
Amit Peled Wins 2004 FPA Future Jammer Award
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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2004 FPA Worlds: Friday’s Rumor Mill
As a new member of the Shrednow community, it is my pleasure to report all the gossip and rumors from the FPA Worlds here in Rimini. Nothing scandalous today, just a few amusing memories recounted to me by the players. Try to guess who the rumor is about, then read the rest of the article to find the answers:
Who was the only player to do a toe delay in competition on Friday?
Who invented the jetlag gitis?
Who was the only pairs team that did not throw to each other?
Which team rejected a Led Zeppelin song and instead played to Guns N Roses?
Which player said “there is only one restaurant I won’t go to in all of Rimini,” and guess which restaurant his friends chose?