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19th Annual Midwest Regional Championships and Exhibition
Contact:
Scott Davidson
December 27-29, 2003
Location:
McCormick Place, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Host Club:
Events Offered:
Singles Freestyle, :30 Second Shred, Phat Trick, Sick Three, Free Foot-C Net Competition, Singles and Doubles Net Exhibitions, Free Clinics, Free Novice Freestyle Jam Competition
Manually Entered Results
The freestyle portion of the event was a huge success! We had a great sound system courtesy of Communications Direct. Our "Clif Bar / Quizno's Footbag Challenge" was also a huge success, giving out almost 700 Clif Bars and Quizno's Coupons to over 400 participants, the great majority of which we were introducing the sport to for the first time. Additionally we gave out over 55 footbags, courtesy of WorldFootbag.com and FreedomFootbags.com. We had a great time playing Foot-C Net over the weekend too! Unfortunately, we did not have enough floor space to support the planned net portion of the event. When we arrived, the net floor wasn't set-up as planned, so the net players went outside to play and then failed to show up on Sunday and Monday to demonstrate the net game, even though we had to beg and plead to get them an indoor floor. On Saturday we ran a free Novice competition to encourage new players to compete by offering our "Circle Jamz" freestyle competition and Footbag Consecutives competition. I have included the Novice results at the bottom of this list. The Open and Intermediate competitions ran on Saturday and Sunday, we all had a blast! Oh, and we finished on time each day!!!! Open Singles Freestyle 1st Place Scott Davidson 2nd Place Greg Nelson 3rd Place Keaton Halley Open Shred :30 Contest 1st Place Scott Davidson 2nd Place Greg Nelson 3rd Place Juan Rangel Open Phat Trick Contest 1st Place Jeremy Mirken (Fury) 2nd Place Scott Davidson (Tripping Twirl) 3rd Place Juan Rangel (Whirlwind) Open Sick Three Contest 1st Place Scott Davidson Intermediate Singles Freestyle 1st Place Eric Seigel 2nd Place Mark Schwartz 3rd Place Mike Hanson 4th Place Reid ?? (from Highland Park) Intermediate Shred :30 Contest 1st Place Eric Reiley 2nd Place Jeremy Mirken 3rd Place Tim Werner Novice "Circle Jamz" Competition 1st Place Will Rockey 2nd Place Eugene Tereshemko 3rd Place Milojko Dobrijevich 4th Place Veso Stojic Novice Consecutives Competition (Best rally during 3 minute time span) 1st Place Will Rockey (317) 2nd Place Milajko Dobrijevich(206) 3rd Place Derrick Jensen (203) Women's Novice Consecutives 1st Place Elizabeth Bengston (128) Thanks to everyone who helped to make this event a great success! Best regards, Scott Davidson
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Event Details:
The 19th Annual Midwest Regional Championships and Exhibition is taking place at McCormick
Place in Chicago (as a part of "Holiday Sports Festival"), Illinois on December 27-29.
Actual
competition will all take place on Saturday, December 27th and Sunday the 28th... Monday
is "all
shred, all day, please join us on Monday the 29th of December for footbag exhibitions,
demonstrations, clinics and random shred sessions all day.
Saturday and Sunday will be competition all day for all levels of play, and over $1,000.00
prize
purse for the pro's . Monday will be a big shred day for everyone!
Check out photo's of last years event! www.footbag.org/gallery/showset/USOpenGroup
Sponsors include: Quizno's Subs, Foot-C Net, Freedom Footbags (footbag.tv), World Footbag
Association (worldfootbag.com), Shred Corps Clothing, Clif Bar and Communications Direct.
We are going to have an interactive site at the "Holiday Sports Fest" and we are looking
for
people to help us to run the "instructional" part of the event. We are still looking for
helpers. By
helping, you won't be subjecting yourself to full days of tyrannical work schedules,
rather you
will be a part of a team of people who will be presenting our sport to the children of the
City of
Chicago, in shifts, from Noon to 5 on Sunday and Monday. We are running a "Clif Bar
Footbag
Challenge" where we invite kids to first sign a waiver, then try kicking a footbag. If
they get 25
kicks in a row, they win a footbag but they get a Clif Bar just for trying, while supplies
last.
We are also running a fun event on Monday ("All Shred") that will ensure that all entrants
get to
shred with all of our top professionals, including many BAP members. We will have
"organized
shred circles" with 1 pro per circle and a rotation schedule, with loud music and fun for
all.
The larger event we are a part of, "Mayors Holiday Sports Festival" is designed to
introduce all kinds of sports to the general public, and each sport has an interactive
area where
kids can try them out. Some sports also have major tournaments going on, such as
Volleyball,
Soccer and 3-on-3 Basketball (and now, Footbag). With Free Parking and Free Admission to
the
event, this is a great event to bring the family to.
The Second Annual U.S. Open Footbag Freestyle Championships (IFPA
Sanctioned) has been retitled as the 19th Annual Midwest Regional Championships and
Exhibition because I was unable to run both events this year.
Entry Fees:
Novice (First Timers): Free (No T-Shirt, but discounted shirts available for Novices)
Intermediate: $25 All Events
Pro: $50 All Events
Hotel Info:
HYATT REGENCY CHICAGO - 2233 S. Martin L. King Dr. - Chicago, Illinois 60616-9985.
http://mccormickplace.hyatt.com/property/index.jhtml
Connected to the event site through tunnels, this hotel is an AWESOME deal for only $75 a
night! Be sure to tell them you are with the "Mayors Holiday Sports Festival". Last year
there
were rooms available at the last minute, but no guarantees on that... so call them direct
NOW at:
Tel: +1 312 567 1234 and ask for Reservations.
See ya there!
Scott Davidson
Created Monday, August 18th, 2003, 06:20am (PDT); last update Tuesday, December 30th, 2003, 09:37am (PST).