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U.S. OPEN FOOTBAG NET CHAMPIONSHIPS
Contact:
Kendall KIC
June 21-22, 1997
(concluded)
Location:
Tom McCall Waterfront Park
Portland, Oregon, USA
Portland, Oregon, USA
Events Offered:
Entry Fee is $30 if received by 6/9/97 and $35 afterwards. Events Open Singles Net Open Doubles Net Women's Singles Net Women's Doubles Net Intermediate Singles Net Intermediate Doubles Net Novice Events for First Timers only
Manually Entered Results
RESULTS FROM THE 1997 adidas U.S. OPEN FOOTBAG NET CHAMPIONSHIPS June 21-22, 1997, Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon Total entrants: 64 The motto for the weekend ìIt could be worseî cheered up many a damp soul on a not so Sun-day as we sloshed around on too few net courts along the Willamette River. What we lacked in sunshine and pristine turf was completely off set by a very supportive group of sponsors. They are so worthy and deserving of our praise I must list just a few of this years favorites out of 22. The largest monetary support came from adidas/Pastime Sports. The cool shirt was designed by Steve Dusablon and Full Sail carried half of the tab. Hacky Sack kicked in $350 and Courtesy Ford $150 plus a cargo van. Major prizes were 3 Southwest Airlines tickets and 3 Freestyle Snakeboards, gift certificates from Caplans Sportsworld and Think Good Thoughts. All were fed by Whole Foods who donated the yummiest organic apples, bananas, necterines, avocados, oranges, carrots, lettuce and sweet onions, with an assist from JJ Jones who delivered them. Wholesome and Hearty - Gardenburgers, Fred Meyers - buns and bagels, and Kendallís Costco card all helped. We were clothed by Rainbow Imports, Teva Sandals, and seven pairs of choice Vans for the staff. The Open Singles finals was de javu from two years ago, Kenny stepped on the court with Randy Mulder and the all during the thunderous battle rain poured down. Bizarre. The female recipient of the Scholarship to Worlds is Christy Rapp. There are a number of candidates for the male recipient - the decision will be annouced soon. EVENTS: BEGINNERS SINGLES (Saturday) 1ST Jason Hardin 2ND Chris Ward 3RD John Pimentel 4TH Chris Hughes 5TH Matt Reeves BEGINNERS DOUBLES (Sunday) 1ST John Pimentel/Jason Hardin 2ND Ryan Austin/Scott McNeill 3RD Lucas Prokopiak/Chris Hughes 4TH Issac Buck/Chris Summers WOMENíS SINGLES 8 entrants 1ST Amy Westberg 2ND Becca English-Ross 3RD Christy Rapp 4TH Vera DeBaere WOMENíS DOUBLES 1ST Becca English-Ross/Christy Rapp 2ND Heather Muggleton/Amy Westberg 3RD Kendall KIC/Cheryl Hughes 4TH Darlene Goodridge/Vera DeBaere 5TH Lori Jean Conover/Wendy Curran 6TH Judy Prokopiak/Gaylene Grossen INTERMEDIATE SINGLES 15 entrants 1ST Ben Little 2ND Edwin Veltman 3RD Wayne Gamber 4TH Francois Leh 5TH TIE Aaron Gregg and Chris Young INTERMEDIATE DOUBLES 7 teams 1ST Edwin Veltman/Adrian Verhoef 2ND Kevin Jenkins/Francois Leh 3RD Aaron Gregg/Bobby Heiney 4TH Ben Kersens/Iain McKechnie OPEN SINGLES 27 entrants 1ST Randy Mulder 2ND Kenny Shults 3RD David Bernard, III 4TH Jake Leong 5TH Rick Bates 6TH Yosarian Kelly 7TH Rob Adams 8TH Jim Cobb OPEN DOUBLES 16 teams 1ST Kenny Shults/Randy Mulder 2ND Andy Ronald/Jake Leong 3RD David Bernard,III/Chris Routh 4TH Rick Bates/Yosarian Kelly 5TH Jim Derricott/Scott Milne 6TH James Holkko/Chard Cook 7TH JJ Jones/ Rob Adams 8TH Jim Cobb/Bill Langbehn MIXED DOUBLES 10 teams 1ST Becca English-Ross/David Bernard, III 2ND Vera DeBaere/Jim Derricott 3RD Amy Westberg/Chris Routh 4TH Heather Muggleton/Bill Langbehn
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This annual event in Portland, Oregon is one of the largest footbag net tournaments
in the world, with three divisions of play for all levels. With the
World Championships
coming to Portland later this summer, this event's net finals promise to foreshadow the
epic battles of the big event. For more information, see the details or contact
Sole
Purpose at The U.S. Open is sanctioned by the Rose Festival Association, and the
World Footbag Association.
The event is held at Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park (which is in the process of be restored so
there is a good chance there will be grass in 1997!).
Event Details:
Pre-Register Friday, 6/20/97 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.at the Waterfront Cafe Late Registration Saturday 6/21/97 from 8:00 am to 9:15 am Directions to pre-registration and Tournament site- Tom McCall Waterfront Park FROM HEADING I-5 SOUTH: take the OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science & Industry) Exit, Stay in the Right lane follow the City Center signs over the Willamette river which is Morrison Bridge. Stay in the Right lane on Morrison Bridge follow the sign to Front Avenue, make a right hand loop onto Front Avenue |South. The Tourney site is on your left just north of the big fountain that was built specifically to play in - Salmon Street Spring, just South of the fountain on the left is the Waterfront Cafe. You will most likely need to pay for parking. There is pay parking across the street from the Waterfront Cafe and also under the World Trade Center at Salmon and Front Streets. If you go past the Hawthorne Bridge you have gone to far. The US Open is on Front Avenue between the Morrison Bridge and the Hawthorne Bridge on the West side of the Willametter River FROM THE PORTLAND AIRPORT I-205 SOUTH: follow I -205 South take the I-84 West exiit.From I-84 take I-5 South, stay in the right lane and follow the directions above. FROM I-5 HEADING NORTH: Take the Hwy 405, follow the signs to City Center and FRONT AVENUE, get on Front Avenue heading North and park underneath the Hawthorne Bridge. Directions to the Skoolhouse from the Airport (205 South): We live about 20 to 25 minutes from the airport. >From the airport get on I-205 south. Go about 12 to 15 miles roughly - do not panic when you see the sign that says Leaving Portland because we live on the edge. When you see the exit to Sunnyside Road you know you are close, take the very next exit - Milwaukie Exit which loops around, stay in the left lane and take a left at the light which is Highway 224 West. Go about 6 miles, when you see the Milwaukie Market Place shopping center on your right you are very close to the Skoolhouse. After the shopping center stay in the left lane - ignore the sign that says Portland/Sellwood Bridge Right Lane, stay in the left lane which says Oregon City, until it ends in a T and make a right onto S.E. 17th Avenue go a couple of rural looking blocks and you will hit some rail road tracks, make the second right after the railroad tracks onto Marion Street. Our house is in the middle of the block on the left side - 1805 S.E. Marion St. (503) 236-0939. Please call Kendall KIC if you have any questions at (503) 236-1981
Created Saturday, March 8th, 1997, 06:44pm (PST); last update Monday, January 12th, 1998, 10:34pm (PST).