* Winnings in a pro division may include cash and prizes. In amatuer divisions, only prizes are received by players. Prizes given out for extra events (CTP, etc.) may be included in this total.
The Acadiana Disc Golf Association and The Flight Club Disc Golf League proudly present
YOUR 2013 Southern Nationals Doubles Championship to be held in beatiful, sun-drenched Lafayette, LA on the 6th and 7th of July
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Entry Fees PER TEAM
Pro Divisions
Pro Open - $100
Pro Women - $100
Pro Masters - $100
Pro Masters Women - $100
Pro Grandmasters - $100
Pro Senior Grandmasters - $100
Amateur Divisions
Advanced Men- $80
Advanced Women - $80
Advanced Masters - $80
Am Men - $60
Am Women - $60
Junior - $60
Other divisions may be offered and some may be eliminated based on demand.
Registration
Online registration will be handled through Disc Golf United. This will be open, up and running tomorrow evening. Online registration is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all players.
In-person registration and pre-payment will be available starting tomorrow. I will manually enter these on the DGU site to show a complete field of players.
Snail mail registration and pre-payment will be available tomorrow. These will also be added to the DGU site.
If you register in-person or by mail, I need your names, shirt size preferences and contact information. If you fall in to these categories and want the lodging option for your player's pack, please indicate this and I will inform you if it has or hasn't filled when your registration payment is received.
THE FIELD WILL CAP AT 216 PLAYERS.
ONLY PLAYERS WITH SN POINTS FOR THE 2012/2013 SEASON WILL BE ALLOWED TO PLAY IN THIS EVENT, NO EXCEPTIONS OR EXEMPTIONS.
THIS TOURNAMENT WILL BE 100% PRE-REGISTER AND PRE-PAY. THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO WALK UP REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED AND NO I.O.U.s.
In order to restrict sign ups to players with SN points, the DGU site will be set up with a registration code. It is 2013SNDC. I will not post this information anywhere else but this site.
By signing up and paying for this tournament, you are verifying that you have the required SN points and are eligible for the selected division based on current SN rules. If you sign up without SN points or sign up for a division lower than one which you are eligible to play, you will be removed from the field and your entry fee will be refunded.
I ask for the players help and the SN BOD members to assist in policing ineligible players.
The teams that won paid admission to the tournament throughout the year will be manually entered to the DGU website. If you won, please contact me by PM or email and let me know your player's pack choice.
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Rounds
Three pools on three courses - two rounds Saturday and one round Sunday - no finals, just three rounds of Disc Golf.
Pools
Pool A - ALL PRO PLAYERS
Pool B - ALL ADVANCED PLAYERS
Pool C - ALL AM PLAYERS & JUNIORS
Courses
Acadiana, Pa Davis & Heymann. Acadiana will be set in a championship layout, Pa Davis & Heymann will be set up normally.
Assignments
Pool A - 1st round at Acadiana, 2nd round at Pa Davis, 3rd round at Heymann
Pool B - 1st round at Heymann, 2nd round at Acadiana, 3rd round at Pa Davis
Pool C - 1st round at Pa Davis, 2nd round at Heymann, 3rd round at Acadiana
Format
Heymann Park - Best Shot, all divisions, all rounds.
Acadiana Park - Best Shot, all divisions, all rounds.
Pa Davis - SOMETHING NEW - Best Score played from your partner's lie.
We decided to call it Best Scorelternate since it COMBINES Best Score and Alternate Shot.
"Say what?".
It is simple and best explained with an example using a three shot sequence.
You and your partner both drive.
You throw your upshot from his drive's lie and he throws from yours.
You then putt from his upshot's lie and he putts from yours.
He misses the putt and you make it.
Your team cards a 3 for the shot sequence of your drive - his upshot - your putt.
In this example, both partners do not have to hole out once it becomes impossible for a better score to be carded.
Also, if you park it under the basket and your partner hits a tree 20 ft off the tee and goes OB, you may abandon the shot sequence starting with his drive and play the hole out as a "normal" alternate shot starting with your drive - basically your drive and his tap in putt for a score of 2.
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Schedule
Friday, July 5th
Early bird check-in at Acadiana Park starting at noon. Check in, collect your player's pack and play a practice round or two if you wish.
Saturday, July 6th
Late bird check-in starting at 8:00 AM at the picnic area at the Holiday Inn Holidome prior to the player's meeting.
Player's meeting at the hotel's picnic area starting at 9:00 AM. MANDATORY for all players.
First round begins approximately 30 minutes after the player's meeting concludes, but no earlier than 10:00 AM. The hotel is less than 10 minutes from all three parks.
Lunch will be served at the picnic area between rounds, FREE OF CHARGE to all players.
Second rounds begins approximately one hour after the last card from your pool is turned in. All three pools may have different start times depending on how fast they play the first round. This will be announced and posted at lunch.
Player's party and skills competitions at the picnic area following the conclusion of the second round of play, lasting until 10:00 PM.
Sunday, July 7th
Third round begins at 10:00 AM. Players report directly to their respective parks - no Sunday morning player's meeting.
An awards ceremony will follow the conclusion of the third round of play. Ace pot throw offs (if necessary) and rings-of-fire will be held while final scores are being tallied.
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Player's Packs
Two options are available for your player's pack, lodging or merchandise.
Lodging
45 double occupancy rooms for Saturday night at the Holiday Inn Holidome will be offered as player's packs for this event on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED basis once registration opens.
The lodging option is for YOUR TEAM, meaning this is the player's pack for YOU AND YOUR PARTNER ONLY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ONLY.
If you opt for lodging, you will not receive any merchandise (shirts, discs, etc), just lodging.
These rooms are either two double beds or a king and a sleeper sofa and most are non-smoking. If you are extremely picky or your partner snores real loud or his feet stink real bad or any other reason that you might be dissatisfied with these arrangements, then the lodging player's pack is not for you - go with the merchandise.
Last, but not least, Lafayette players are STRONGLY encouraged to leave the rooms open to our guests for this event and choose the merchandise packs. I will audit this as sign ups progress and contact locals who select the lodging option.
Merchandise
If the double occupancy lodging doesn't work for you or it is full by the time you register, then select a merchandise pack consisting of
A dri-fit, short sleeve tournament t-shirt
A tournament stamped disc from Innova (Star/Champion) or Discraft (FLX/ESP/Z) available in many popular models
A stainless steel water bottle from Dynamic Discs
An ice chest/cooler that fits neatly inside your Disc Golf bag (fits 3 beers, BTW!)
Two travel size containers of bug spray
A mini marker
A pack of Swamp Seeds (boiled crawfish flavored sunflower seeds)
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Menu
Our executive chef, Mr. David Roberts, and his crew will be working hard to make sure y'all eat good.
Lunch will be served FREE OF CHARGE following the first round of play at the picnic area at the Holiday Inn Holidome. We are planning a BBQ lunch - burgers, chicken, sausage, etc - with a side dish or two, snacks and soft drinks.
Dinner will also be served FREE OF CHARGE at the player's party Saturday night, at the same place as lunch. We are gonna fire up the pit again and grill some fish, get the big black iron pot going with a seafood and sausage jambalaya, dish up some wings from Hooters and finish it off with some desert. We will have water and soft drinks at dinner, but the player's party is BYOB.
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Skills Competition
Mr. Keith Bodin will be organizing the skills contests to be held at the picnic area at the hotel during the player's party. Thanks to his hard work and generosity there will be over $1,000 of cold hard cash up for grabs in putting and accuracy. The upshot portion will come first and takes place on 1-1/2 acres of a beautifully manicured and landscaped area next to the hotel. The putting will follow on the tennis courts which are lit up in case we run out of daylight. I'm sure Keith will want to provide a few more details.
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Lodging
The Holiday Inn Holidome is the host hotel for the weekend, will serve as tournament central on Saturday and will be the hub of activity.
A special thanks to Shawn Johnson, a fellow disc golfer and manager at the Holiday Inn for working with us on the accommodations for this event.
A Player's pack lodging option is available in limited quantity for Saturday night only.
If this isn't for you or it is full when you register or you want to stay in town Friday or Sunday night, then rooms at the host hotel are available for the unbelievably low rate of ONLY $65 PER NIGHT.
FOLLOWING THIS BOOKING LINK HERE to get this great deal!!!
PLEASE favor the Holiday Inn with your business this weekend as they have bent over backwards supporting this event.
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Camping
As always, RV and tent camping are available at Acadiana Park's Campground.
Get more info at http://www.visitusa.com/louisiana/camping/acadianaparkcampground.htm.
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Directions
Acadiana Park
From I-10, turn South at exit 104 (Louisiana Ave).
Turn left on Alexander St. Acadiana Park is approximately 1/2 mile down Alexander on the left hand side.
The parking lot is just past the playground, before the tennis courts.
Hole 1 for the Ace Run is behind the bathrooms to the left of the parking lot.
Hole 1 for the Duzee is behind the soccer fields in front of the parking lot.
For GPS users, Acadiana Park's physical address is 1005 E. Alexander Street, Lafayette, LA
Pa Davis Park
Take the Louisiana Avenue Exit (Exit 104) off I-10.
Go south on Louisiana Ave. to the intersection of Simcoe St.
Turn left on Simcoe and travel approximately 1 mile to the intersection of Hines St.
Turn left on Hines and then left again onto Dawn St. which is the entrance road to Pa Davis park.
Veer right into the parking lot past the big building and park by the basketball courts.
You will drive past hole 1's tee box on the right hand side as you enter the park.
Pa Davis Park's address is 120 Dawn Street, Lafayette, LA
Heyman Park
Take the Highway 90 Exit (Exit 103) off I-10.
Go south Highway 90 (also called Evangeline Thruway) to the intersection of Surrey St.
Turn left on Surrey and travel past the Lafayette Regional Airport.
Continue on Surrey across the small bridge over the Vermillion River.
Approximately one block past this bridge, turn left onto Chargois Springs Rd. which is one of the two entrance roads to the Park.
Heyman Park's address is 1500 South Orange Street Lafayette, LA 70501
Interactive Map
Tournament Venues
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Contact Information
Tournament director - Jacques Giraud.
Tournament staff - Scott Comeaux, Keith Bodin, David Roberts, Pat Daniels, Randy Quebodeaux, David Fifita, Robbie Roger, Stafford Barnett
Contact us at acadianadiscgolfassociation [at] gmail.com
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Sponsorship
Regardless of the level of support, all sponsors will be recognized verbally at the event and on all literature.
Hole Sponsorship - 50 CFR discs were sold as hole sponsorship packages - the buyer's name or logo will appear on a sign at one hole for every disc purchased
Shirt List Sponsorship - $50 - A list of sponsor's names will be featured on the back of the tournament's tee shirt.
Shirt Logo Sponsorship - $100 - Sponsor's logo will be featured on the back of the tournament tee shirt and their name will be included prominently on the list as well.
Merchandise Sponsorship - provides opportunities for individuals or businesses to support the event without contributing monetarily. These items can be distributed as ring-of-fire or CTP prizes or can be bulk items which are included in the player's packs. Merchandise sponsors will receive recognition and promotional consideration.
Contact me to discuss these or other sponsorship opportunities - acadianadiscgolfassociation [at] gmail.com