Results:

1997 14th Annual Emerald City Open Footbag Tournament
June 7 - 8, 1997
Lid Park, Mercer Island, Washington

Summary of Event:

With the help of our sponsors and advertising we drew a total of 57
competitors from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, British Columbia,
Manitoba, and Arizona, and a great local crowd of spectators!

Friday night, the early crew rolled into Greg Potts' new house for a
"shocking" pre-registration party. We got through much of the registration
process, broke out the smashing ECO 97 t-shirts (logo compliments of Kelly
Hobkirk), and even had time for a little impromptu kick out on the front lawn
(as if there wouldn't be).

We had a pretty bad weather scare for the two week prior to the event, but
besides a little mist during Saturday morning setup, we again had perfect
weather the entire weekend! After morning setup and registration Saturday, we
cranked up the tunes and got the competition started. Piecora's New York
Pizza once again treated us to many of their fine pizza pies both days. We
made it through the final matches in the Novice and Advanced categories, and
through the semifinals in Mixed Doubles and Women's and Open Singles, saving
the three final matches for Sunday afternoon. Simon and Heather really
out-did themselves Saturday night. Competitors feasted on grilled northwest
salmon, corn-on-the-cob, pasta salad, etc, etc, etc including one of
Heather's outrageous deserts, and their hot tub soothed the aches and pains
of the day...

Sunday was an equally awesome day. We started the morning right with the
timed consecutive event, and moved on to doubles footbag net. The final
matches started at around 4pm, and there was some great competition,
especially the mixed doubles match! We finished the award ceremony and were
home before dark, so we really couldn't have asked for much more fun in one
short weekend. Look for photos on our web site soon.

Here are the results of the competition:

Open Single Footbag Net
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1. Ken Shults
2. Jake Leong
3. Andy Ronald
4. Thomas Loria

Open Doubles Footbag Net
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1. Jake Leong/Ken Shults
2. Dave "Dr. Fly-High" Bernard/Chris "Gator" Routh
3. Jim Cobb/Thomas Loria
4. Crass Eddicott/Andy Ronald

Women's Singles Footbag Net
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1. Evanne Lamarche
2. Becca English-Ross
3. Amy Westberg
4. Juliet Pendray

Mixed Doubles Footbag Net
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1. Evanne Lamarche/Andy Ronald
2. Becca English-Ross/Dave "Dr. Fly-High" Bernard
3. Amy Westberg/Chris "Gator" Routh
4. Juliet Pendray/Crass Eddicott

Advanced Singles Footbag Net
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1. David Steinocker
2. Francois Leh
3. Bobby "The Iceman" Heiney
4. Aaron Gregg

Advanced Doubles Footbag Net
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1. David Steinocker/Jon Hayduk
2. Kendall KIC/Vera De Baere
3. Aaron Gregg/Bobby "The Iceman" Heiney
4. Francois Leh/Darlene Goodridge

Novice Singles Footbag Net
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1. Kyle Beauliv
2. Brian Newton 
3. Jon Hayduk
4. Ralph Morrison

Novice Doubles Footbag Net
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1. Brian Newton/Jim Haley
2. Kim Westover/Ralph Morrison
3. Chris Eckley/Doug Willis
4. Jason Peppin/Matt Hillebrand

Open Footbag Golf (9 holes)
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1. Steve Dusablon - 29
2. Dr. Mike Stefanelli - 31 (3-Way tie, 1 hole playoff)
3. Jim Cobb - 31
4. Scott Milne - 31

Advanced Footbag Golf (9 holes)
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1. Jon Hayduk - 36
2. Aaron Gregg - 39
3. Bobby "The Iceman" Heiney - 40

Novice Footbag Golf (9 holes)
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1. Jason Kingsley - 46
2. Darlene Goodridge - 47
3. Cameran Carnegie - 47

Open 5 Minute Timed Footbag Consecutive
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1. Evanne Lamarche - 619
2. Richard Cook - 606
3. Mike Grueter - 459
4. Jim Derricott - 428

Advanced 5 Minute Timed Footbag Consecutive
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1. Rick Kom - 571
2. Chris Eckley - 519
3. Nathan Rhoads - 511

Novice 5 Minute Timed Footbag Consecutive
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1. Doug Willis - 251


Evanne Lamarche, Jake Leong, and Ken Shults received round trip tickets to
anywhere Southwest Airlines flys, and 1st through 3rd place winners received
Emerald City Open medallions sporting the ultra-cool 97 logo!

Thanks once again to our sponsors:
Piecora's New York Pizza, Southwest Airlines A Symbol of Freedom, Flying
Clipper Footbags, Print Masters, Sipa Sipa, and others!

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Vital Information

Dates: Saturday and Sunday, June 7-8, 1997

Location: Lid Park -- Mercer Island, Washington

Entry Fee: $25.00 open & advanced (incl. food and player pack/T-shirt)
$5 novice (includes food, option to buy T-shirt at discount)

Contacts: Mike Grueter - mgrueter@aol.com
The Sound Footwork Hotline - (206) 938-3564

The 14th Annual Emerald City Open Footbag Tournament, presented by Sound Footwork Footbag Club, will be held the weekend of June 7th and 8th at Lid Park on Mercer Island (East of Seattle). This event is one of the longest running Footbag events in the world, and is open to entrants from all around the world.

Footbag is a competitive sport, similar to a popular game played with the Hacky Sack. At this tournament, players will compete in one or more of the following popular Footbag games: Footbag Net, a singles or doubles court game, like tennis or volleyball, where players use only their feet to kick the Footbag over a 5 foot high net; Timed Footbag Consecutives, a singles competition, where players try to kick a Footbag with as many alternating kicks as they can within 5 minutes; and Footbag Golf, similar in concept to regular golf or disc golf, where the players complete a course by kicking the Footbag into "holes" which are cones placed around the course.

Spectators and competitors of all abilities are welcome. This event offers competition for novice, advanced/intermediate, and open players. There will also be free events for first time competitors with prizes donated by sponsors. Top players from around the world will be competing in the Footbag Net final rounds that begin at around 3:00 pm on Sunday, June 8. There is no admission charge for spectators.

Event Schedule:

Friday June 6th
8 pm - Pre-registration party TBA

Saturday June 7th
8 - 9 am - Registration
9 am - Players meeting
9:30 am - End of day - Mixed Doubles, Singles Footbag Net, & Footbag Golf
End of day - After-Kick party (call for details)

Sunday June 8th
9 am - Timed Footbag Consecutives and Net warm up
9:30 am - Players meeting
10 am - Doubles Footbag Net & Footbag Golf
Afternoon - Singles & Doubles Net & Golf Finals
End of day - Award Ceremony

Directions:

From North of downtown Seattle:
Take I-5 South to I-90. Go East on I-90 (toward Mercer Island) cross the floating bridge. Take the first exit (#6) West Mercer Way. Turn left off of the exit, and your in Lid Park.

From South of downtown Seattle:
Take I-5 North to I-90. Follow the rest of the directions above.

From the Eastside:
Take I-90 West. Take the Island Crest Way exit (#7). Go straight until you get to 76th Avenue. Turn right. Follow the street around until you come to Lid Park.

Out of towners please call in advance for free lodging. For more information e-mail mgrueter@aol.com or call (206) 938-3564.

Lodging Information

Travelodge Mercer Island
Contact: Clark Woods (Manager)
7645  Sunset Hwy SE
Mercer Island, WA
(206) 232-8000

Discounted Rates 
(*** Mention the Emerald City Open Footbag Tournament ***):

     1 person - 1 double bed
     $48 + tax

     2 people - 1 double bed
     $55 + tax

     2 double beds
     $65 + tax

     3 double bed
     $81 + tax

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