Thoughts on Santa Cruz Being Awarded FPAW2013

I applaud the FPA Board’s decision to award the 2013 FPA World Championships to Skippy Jammer and Santa Cruz, California. The debate about Santa Cruz vs. Medellin was far more complex than it needed to be. Santa Cruz’s bid was from an experienced tournament director and competitor. The Medellin bid was from a club that had never hosted a freestyle tournament of any size and had no members who had ever attended, let alone competed in a freestyle world championship. It was a no brainer that got muddied by factors beyond the sport’s need for a well-run world championships with conditions that showcase freestyle at its best.

Continue reading “Thoughts on Santa Cruz Being Awarded FPAW2013”

2011 FPA World Championships

2011 FPA World Championships
Prague, Czech Republic
August 9-13, 2011
http://www.freestylefrisbee.cz/news/fpaw-2011-praha1/

Open Pairs Finals

1. Claudio Cigna/Marco Prati (71.1) [video]
2. Randy Silvey/Tom Leitner (71.0)
3. Jan Zahradnicek/Larry Imperiale (69.5)
4. Jake Gauthier/Matt Gauthier (69.4)
5. Joakim Arveskär/Reto Zimmermann (69.0)
6. Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis (64.2)
7. Clay Coller·/Manuel Cesari (62.5)
8. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred (60.9)

Open Coop Finals

1. Randy Silvey/Jake Gauthier/Dave Lewis (64.0)
2. Florian Hess/Christian Lamred/Carstem Heim (62.6) [video]
3. Paul Kenny/Fabio Sanna/Marco Prati (62.6) [video]
4. Bill Wright/Matt Gauthier/Larry Imperiale (60.2) [video
5. Manuel Cesari/Claudio Cigna/Dan Yarnell (59.3) [video]
6. Pavel Baranyk/Anton Capellmann/Pat Marron (59.0) [video]

Women Pairs Finals

1. Mary Lowry/Lisa Hunrichs (59.8) [video]
2. Judith Haas/Bianca Strunz (54.9) [video]
3. Eleonora Imazio/Irena Kulisanov· (52.5) [video]
4. Karolina Hagenbjork/Nadine Klos (52.5) [video]

Mixed Pairs Finals

1. Eleonora Imazio/Fabio Sanna (64.5) [video]
2. Lori Daniels/Jake Gauthier (60.4) [video]
3. Judith Haas/Florian Hess (55.7) [video]
4. Karolina Hagenbjork/Ryan Young (55.4) [video]
5. Irena Kulisanov·/Marco Prati (54.1) [video]
6. Bianca Strunz/Tom Leitner (53.6) [video]

Continue reading “2011 FPA World Championships”

2010 FPA Worlds Results

2010 FPA World Championships
Seattle, WA
August 5-8, 2010

Women’s Pairs Final
1. Lisa Hunrichs/Cindy Kruger (64.4) [video 1, video 2]
2. Amy Schiller/Caroline Yabe (63.4) [video]
3. Judith Haas/Irena Kulisanova (52.8) [video]
4. Lori Daniels/Sarah Bergman (51.4) [video]

Open Pairs Final
1. Matteo Gaddoni/Arthur Coddington (70.6) [video 1, video 2]
2. Dave Lewis/Dave Murphy (70.0) [video]
3. Matt Gauthier/Jake Gauthier (67.6) [video]
4. Paul Kenny/Randy Silvey (67.2) [video]
5. Clay Collera/Manuel Cesari (66.8) [video]
6. Dave Schiller/Tom Leitner (66.1) [video]
7. Jeff Kruger/Ryan Young (61.2) [video]
8. Pat Marron/Dan Yarnell (60.4) [video]

Mixed Pairs Final
1. Amy Schiller/Dave Schiller (74.0) [video 1, video]
2. Lisa Hunrichs/Dave Murphy (69.7) [video]
3. Lori Daniels/Jake Gauthier (67.5) [video]
4. Cindy Kruger/Matt Gauthier (67.0) [video]
5. Irena Kulisanova/Randy Silvey (64.0) [video]
6. Bethany Sanchez/Paul Kenny (56.5) [video]

Open Co-op Final
1. Clay Collera/Joakim Arveskar/Reto Zimmerman (72.3) [video 1, video 2]
2. Paul Kenny/Matteo Gaddoni/Jake Gauthier (70.1) [video]
3. Tom Leitner/Pat Marron/Randy Silvey (67.7) [video]
4. Dave Lewis/Dave Murphy/Todd Brodeur (65.7) [video]
5. Arther Coddington/Claudio Cigna/Matt Gauthier (64.7) [video]
6. Larry Imperiale/Bill Wright/Dave Schiller (62.4) [video]

Continue reading “2010 FPA Worlds Results”

2008 FPA Worlds – Day 2 Results

2008 FPA World Championships – Day 2
Bologna, Italy
August 1, 2008

Women’s Pairs Semifinal
(All teams advance to Sunday’s final)

1. Lisa Hunrichs/Cindy Kruger (T: 59.7 D: 15.6 E: 22.2 A: 21.9) [video]
2. Bethany Sanchez/Amy Schiller (T: 54.9 D: 13.9 E: 24.5 A: 16.5) [video]
3. Silvia Caruso/Eleonora Imazio (T: 52.2 D: 13.6 E: 23.4 A: 17.2) [video]
4. Judith Haas/Bianca Strunz (T: 49.7 D: 12.3 E: 23.6 A: 13.8) [video]
5. Karolina Hagenbjork/Linda Torngren (T: 48.5 D: 11.3 E: 21.8 A: 15.4) [video]

Open Co-op Quarterfinal
(Top 4 teams in each pool advance to Saturday’s semifinal)

Pool A
1. Joakim Arvesk‰r/Clay Collera/Reto Zimmerman (T: 67.3 D: 19.7 E: 26.5 A: 21.1)
2. Paul Kenny/Amy Schiller/Dave Schiller (T: 66.5 D: 19.0 E: 28.5 A: 19.0) [video]
3. Larry Imperiale/Tom Lasher/Dan Yarnell (T: 62.7 D: 19.0 E: 25.8 A: 17.9) [video]
4. Robert Dittrich/Jens Friebe/Andreas Jaderyd (T: 50.9 D: 15.5 E: 22.9 A: 12.5) [video]
5. Jorg Wunder/Jacub Zahradnicek/Jan Zahradnicek (T: 46.0 D: 14.1 E: 20.8 E: 11.1) [video]

Pool B
1. Claudio Cigna/Tom Leitner/Luca Medri (T: 64.1 D: 19.0 E: 25.6 A: 19.5) [video]
2. Toddy Brodeur/Lisa Hunrichs/Rodney Sanchez (T: 61.6 D: 18.0 E: 25.6 A: 18.0) [video]
3. Steve Hays/Carsten Heim/Flo Hess (T: 56.1 D: 17.4 E: 22.4 A: 16.3) [video]
4. Annalisa Bergonzoni/Gianluca Bertoncelli/Riccardo Sanna (T: 53.4 D: 13.3 E: 24.8 A: 15.3) [video]
5. Silvia Caruso/Lori Daniels/Eleonora Imazio (T: 46.5 D: 13.8 E: 20.1 A: 12.6) [video]
6. Pavel Baranyk/Marc Pestotnik/Juro Turan (T: 40.3 D: 15.3 E: 12.7 A: 12.3) [video]

Pool C
1. Emmanuele Faustini/Matt Gauthier/Fabio Sanna (T: 58.4 D: 17.9 E: 23.6 A: 16.9) [video]
2. Sergio Arrighi/Filippo Cavalca/Giovanni Coppo (T: 57.0 D: 16.7 A: 23.4 A: 16.9) [video]
3. Matteo Gaddoni/Pipo Lopez/Valerio Occorsio (T: 55.4 D: 16.6 A: 21.7 A: 17.1) video]
4. Anton Capellman/Fabio Caruso/Jan Schreck (T: 50.2 D: 15.7 E: 16.3 A: 18.2) [video]
5. Martina Frosini/Davide Sanna/Marco Sanna (T: 43.7 D: 12.3 E: 19.8 A: 11.6) [video]
6. Jacub Hosek/Jakub Kostel/John Titcomb (T: 41.3 D: 13.3 E: 17.4 A: 10.6) [video]

Pool D
1. Dave Lewis/Pat Marron/Randy Silvey (T: 64.2 D: 20.1 E: 28.2 A: 15.9) [video]
2. Antonio Cusma/Andrea Meola/Fabio Percario (T: 62.7 D: 18.5 E: 28.4 A: 15.8) [video]
3. Manuel Cesari/Andrea Poli/Marco Prati (T: 52.1 D: 16.0 E: 22.3 A: 13.8) [video]
4. Kolja Hanneman/Jeff Kruger/Bianca Strunz (T: 47.3 D: 15.4 E: 20.3 A: 11.6) [video]
5. Alessandro Berra/Matteo Ceresa/Andrea Marciano (T: 40.6 D: 13.9 E: 18.3 A: 8.4) [video]
6. Jacub Makula/Jacub Sedlak/Craig Simon (T: 39.1 D: 14.3 E: 16.7 A: 8.1) [video]

2003 FPA World Championships

2003 FPA Worlds
Rimini, Italy
October, 2003

2003 FPA World Champions

OPEN PAIRS: Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis
OPEN CO-OP: Paul Kenny/Tom Leitner/Sune Wentzel
MIXED PAIRS: Lisa Silvey/Arthur Coddington
WOMEN’S PAIRS: Cindy Kruger/Lisa Silvey

OPEN PAIRS FINAL

1. Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis (T 76.9; D 24.5; E 27.7; A 24.7)
2. Tom Leitner/Pat Marron (T 70.4; D 23.8; E 26.1; A 20.5)
3. Clay Collera/Paul Kenny (T 68.7; D 22.3; E 25.8; A 20.6)
4. Dave Murphy/Ted Oberhaus (T 68.5; D 22.7; E 26.3; A 19.5)
5. Jake Gauthier/Randy Silvey (T 66.2; D 22.0; E 22.4; A 21.8)
6. Larry Imperiale/Joel Rogers (T 64.9; D 21.4; E 25.3; A 18.2)
7. Sune Wentzel/Reto Zimmerman (T 64.8; D 21.7; E 24.8; A 18.3)
8. Joakim Arveskär/Stefan Karlsson (T 52.2; D 18.5; E 18.7; A 15.0)

OPEN CO-OP FINAL

1. Paul Kenny/Tom Leitner/Sune Wentzel (T 66.1; D 18.3; E 27.0; A 20.8)
2. Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis/Dave Murphy (T 62.6; D 19.0; E 21.8; A 21.8)
3. Toddy Brodeur/Jeff Kruger/Reto Zimmerman (T 58.9; D 15.7; E 24.0; AI 19.2)
4. Jake Gauthier/Larry Imperiale/Pat Marron (T 53.3; D 15.5; E 21.2; A 16.6)
5. Lorenzo Apriani/Fernando Botrugno/Clay Collera (T 44.9; D 13.8; E 14.5; A 16.6)
6. Pipo Lopez/Ted Oberhaus/Scott Sailor (T 40.6; D 14.4; E 12.6; A 13.6)

MIXED PAIRS FINAL

1. Lisa Silvey/Arthur Coddington (T 58.9; D 18.9; E 22.2; AI 17.8)
2. Bethany Sanchez/Rodney Sanchez (T 56.0; D 14.3; E 23.1; AI 18.6)
3. Anne Graves/Pipo Lopez (T 53.6; D 16.7; E 23.0; AI 13.9)
4. Karolina Hagenbjork/Roland Karlsson (T 52.4; D 12.5; E 25.9; AI 14.0)
5. Cindy Kruger/Paul Kenny (T 52.2; D 16.6; E 17.2; AI 18.4)
6. Judy Robbins/Dave Murphy (T 49.7; D 15.6; E 19.5; AI 14.6)

Women’s Final

1. Cindy Kruger/Lisa Silvey (T 65.1; D 20.7; E 24.8; AI 19.6)
2. Anne Graves/Judy Robbins (T 55.3; D 16.8; E 22.0; AI 16.5)
3. Karolina Hagenbjork/Linda Torngren (T 48.2; D 11.1; E 23.3; AI 13.8)