Sound Footwork Presents
June 6-7, 1998
Located at The Lid Park
(above the I-90 bridge on Mercer Island)
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Sponsored by
Sound Footwork Presents
June 6-7, 1998
Located at The Lid Park
(above the I-90 bridge on Mercer Island)
Brought to you by
Sponsored by
Vital Information
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, June 6-7, 1998 Location: Lid Park -- Mercer Island, Washington Entry Fee: $25.00 open & advanced (includes 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) 938-3564The 15th Annual Emerald City Open Footbag Tournament, presented by Sound Footwork Footbag Club, will be held the weekend of June 6th and 7th 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 7. There is no admission charge for spectators.
Event Schedule
Friday June 5th
8 pm - Pre-registration party TBASaturday June 6th
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 7th
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 CeremonyDirections
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 you're 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 98040-2824
(206) 232-8000Discounted Rates
(*** Mention the Emerald City Open Footbag Tournament ***)
1 queen bed (any number of people)
$54 + tax2 double beds (any number of people)
$69 + tax
15th Annual Emerald City Open Footbag Tournament
June 6 - 7, 1998
Lid Park, Mercer Island, Washington
Summary of EventWith the help of our sponsors and advertising we drew a total of 55 competitors from Arizona, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Maryland, Oregon, Quebec, Washington D.C., and Washington state, and a great local crowd of spectators!
There was a kick at Alki beach for all of the early Friday arrivals. Friday night, the early crew rolled into Greg Potts' house for a mellow pre-registration party. We got through most of the registration process, broke out the totally cool ECO 98 t-shirts (logo compliments of Kelly Hobkirk), and had a little food and brew.
Well somebody must be doing something right, because we couldn't have asked for much better weather this 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 on Saturday, saving the three final matches for Sunday afternoon. We converged on Simon and Heather's house Saturday night for some great barbecue and a relaxing hot tub. We also took this occasion to have a little going away ceremony for two of Seattle's long-time top competitors Rick Bates and Chris "Gator" Routh. Rick is moving to Montana, and Gator is moving to Arizona. We'll miss you guys...
Sunday morning a few tireless warriors braved the timed consecutive event, and then the doubles footbag net was under way. We started the final matches pretty late at around 5pm, but there was some great competition for the rest of the afternoon! Some dark clouds rolled in after the first finals match, and we did get a slight sprinkling. Not enough to hinder the fantastic play, but unfortunately there were no photos for most of the finals matches. After the award ceremony, the tear down, and the goodbyes, we were left wondering how we crammed that much fun into just two days.
Competition Results
Open Singles Footbag Net Open Doubles Footbag Net 1. Emmanuël Bouchard
2. Alexis Deschènes
3. Jake Leong
4. Yossarian Kelly1. Scott Milne / Jim Derricott
2. Jake Leong / Andy Ronald
3. Yossarian Kelly / david Butcher
4. Dave Bernard / Patrick AsswadWomens Singles Footbag Net Mixed Doubles Footbag Net 1. Lisa McDaniel
2. Julie Symons
3. Geneviéve Bousquet
4. Amy Westberg1. Amy Westberg / Emmanuël Bouchard
2. Lisa McDaniel / Paul Lovern
3. Julie Symons / Alexis Deschènes
4. Geneviéve Bousquet / Patrick AsswadAdvanced Singles Footbag Net Advanced Doubles Footbag Net 1. Matthew Quint
2. John Armstrong
3. David Lewis
4. Jason Peppin1. François Leh / Kevin Jenkins
2. Wendy Curran / Darlene Goodridge
3. Jason Peppin / John Armstrong
4. Greg Lee / Dave LongNovice Singles Footbag Net Novice Doubles Footbag Net 1. Cameron Carnegie
2. Jamie Coles
3. Silvia Fehr
4. Stacey Frei1. Cameron Carnegie / Silvia Fehr
2. Jamie Coles / Stacey Frei
3. Mikkel Hung / Cooper RooksOpen Footbag Golf (9 holes) Open 5 Minute Timed Footbag Consecutive 1. Bill Langbehn - 24
2. Steve Dusablon - 25
3. Greg Potts - 27 (tie concession)
4. Greg Durrett - 271. Rick Kom - 669
2. Richard Cook - 627
3. Jim Derricott - 462Advanced 5 Minute Timed Footbag Consecutive Novice 5 Minute Timed Footbag Consecutive 1. Jason Peppin - 499
2. Matthew Davis - 3831. Jamie Coles - (a non-negative score)
Lisa McDaniel, Emmanuël Bouchard, Scott Milne, and Jim Derricott received round trip tickets to anywhere Southwest Airlines flys, and 1st through 3rd place winners received Emerald City Open medallions sporting the ultra-cool 98 logo, and some great Flying Clipper footbag prizes were sprinkled in the mix!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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