$html Registration Fee: $30.00 (Player package includes hat, lunch, and goodies TBA.)Categories:
Schedule: Registration 9:00 am to 10:00 Saturday. Players meeting will be from 10:00 to 10:30. All categories need to be ready to play beginning 10:30 to 4:30 both days. Freestyle will take place from 1:00 to 2:00 Saturday.
Rooms with King sized bed: $59 + tax
Rooms with two beds, ocean view: $79 + tax
This is just 1/4 mile from the site.
Sea Sprite
(310) 376-6933
Prices vary.
$79 for a room for two with a single queen sized bed.
$95 - $105 for a larger room that opens up onto the beach
$235 - $250 for a beach house that sleeps 4 - 10 people (!)
Additional $6 per person for more than 2 people.
THIS IS RIGHT ON THE BEACH, right at the Hermosa Pier
Los Angeles Surf City Youth Hostel
(310) 798-2323
$15 per person for a spot in a room that sleeps four
$35 for two in a private room
Includes breakfast
(!) Advance reservations recommended (!)
ALSO RIGHT NEXT TO THE BEACH, near the Hermosa Pier
Local crash space is very limited so reserve your spot early.
More info from Mike:
- All sites for the tournament are in the city of Hermosa Beach. - There's one real funny intersection in the mix. The streets change their names in both directions. The North / South street is Sepulveda to the north, and PCH to the South. The East / West street is Artesia to the East, and Gould to the West. Everything you need is within 1.5 miles from that intersection. - The tournament site is Hermosa Valley Park, located at the intersection of Valley and Gould on the SW corner. - The Hermosa Hotel is at the corner of PCH and Artesia. - The Sea Sprite Hotel, the Surf City Youth Hostel, and Hennesey's are all located near the Hermosa Pier. - We're not sure yet about the Friday night hang spot. It'll probably be Hennesey's. - The Saturday night party will be held in the rec room at the Playa Pacifica Apartments on Herondo, between Valley and Hermosa Ave.
From the net players, I received best compliment a tournament director can get. "This turf is so flat." "This grass is so springy." "I don't have to play with my wrist protectors." All true. If you weren't there, you owe it to yourself to ask someone who was. One of the host hotels (the Sea Sprite) literally opens up to the beach. This is definitely one of the funnest stops on the footbag calendar.
But enough chatter. How about some results?
Ruler of the Court 1. Scott Cleere 2. Brent Welch 3. David Butcher 4. Jimmy Caveney Intermedate Doubles Net 1. Ryan Mulroney / Mike Daley 2. Edwin Veltman / Brandon Plymel 3. Wesley Wright / Chris Steese 4. Lonya Julin / Chris Young Open Doubles Net 1. Chris "Gator" Routh / Yossarian Kelley 2. Brent Welch / Chris Ott 3. Hung Chang / Michael McCarthy 4. Jody Welch / Julie Symons Mixed Doubles Net 1. Julie Symons / Alexis Deschenes 2. Amy Westberg / Chris "Gator" Routh 3. Heather Muggleton / David Butcher Open Singles Freestyle 1. Ryan Mulroney 2. Eric Windsor 3. "Red" Fred Husted 4. Spider Killeck 5. John Leys Intermediate Singles Freestyle 1. Mark DeFilippo 2. Aaron DeGlanville 3. Aaron Omatsu
Thanks to all the players who came down. It wouldn't have been a tournament without you.
DIRECTIONS:
Most of the good things in life in SoCal are found right off Pacific
Coast Highway (PCH). That's definitely the case for our event.
To get to PCH...
... from the 5 from north of us:
5 SOUTH
take the 405 freeway, SOUTH
to the 105 freeway, WEST (towards the LAX airport)
to Sepulveda, SOUTH
this turns into PCH at the "magical intersection" of
(PCH / Sepulveda) and (Artesia / Gould)
... from LAX
Just take Sepulveda SOUTH
turns into PCH
... from somewhere south of us :
take the 405 freeway NORTH
to Artesia WEST, (only way you can go)
to PCH
To get to the tournament site, Hermosa Valley Park
Artesia changes it's name into Gould at (PCH / Sepulveda).
Go WEST on Gould.
There will be two stop signs in a row. The first is Ardmore.
The second is Valley.
The park is on the SW corner of Gould and Valley.
The Hermosa Inn is located at the corner of (PCH / Sepulveda) and
(Artesia / Gould)
To get to the Hermosa Pier:
(where the Sea Sprite, the Surf City Youth Hostel, and Hennesey's)
On PCH, the second light South of Artesia is Pier Avenue.
Go WEST
Go down the hill until you can't go any further. This is it.
(You could also take Valley or Ardmore SOUTH from the Park and
hit Pier Ave.)
To get to the Playa Pacifica Apartments (Saturday night party):
Take PCH south to Herondo, turn RIGHT or WEST
First stop sign is Valley.
The apartment complex is just WEST if Valley, on Herondo.
From the tournament site, you could take Valley SOUTH to Herondo.
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Index:
%% = Hermosa Valley Park, tournament site
** = Hermosa Hotel
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^^ = Surf City Youth Hostel
&& = Hennesey's, Friday night hang spot
// = Playa Pacifica Apartments, Saturday night party