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19th Annual Midwest Regional Championships and Exhibition
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Contact:
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Scott Davidson E-mail: enlightener@footbag.org
Mailing Address:
Scott Davidson
~600 W. Harrison
Oak Park IL
USA
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December 27-29, 2003
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Location:
McCormick Place, Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Host Club:
MIDWEST FOOTBAG ASSOCIATION
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
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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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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).
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