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Jeremy Mirken (TheSpecialist) · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:01 am Post subject: The Belt-2010 in Memphis, TN

So, pretty much everyone who is anyone in the North Amrican net scene these days is attending The Belt April 10th-11th in Memphis. I am happy say that Montreal will FINALLY be well represented at this event, sending a total of 5 players (that I know of) spread over 4 teams. Besides that, much of Chaos will bein attendance, along with most of the Chicago Inner Rectangle, (too few of) the Santa Cruz Footbag Club, and at least one NPR member, Ken Shultz.

The Belt is turning into one of the premier net events in the US and I'm proud to say that this will be my 4th year in a row attending this event.

If you aren't coming, you better have a pretty good excuse.

Matthew Johns (Elliott) · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:40 pm Post subject:

memphis always hosts an excellent tournament... if ya don't mind a little mud. me personally, i'm looking forward to meeting jack harris for the 4th time & have him shake my hand & introduce himself as if we had never met before.

Emmanuel Bouchard (manu) · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:05 pm Post subject:

Dont worry Elliott, he also does that with all the girls he meets. He is Bond, do you expect him to remember minions names? Smile

Jeremy Mirken (TheSpecialist) · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:19 pm Post subject:

When you pick on one alzheimer patient, you pick on the whole nursing home! This means . . . what was I saying?

Matthew Johns (Elliott) · Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:30 pm Post subject:

as little as i've been playing a cannot deny my minion status, but i've never claimed top billing. minions play an important role in all bond movies. everybody remembers that guy with the metal teeth, or that other guy with the metal arm, or that guy with the razor sharp hat. maybe if i wear my grill jack will finally remember me.

speaking of tournaments, how much is the entry fee for the belt?

Alex Ibardaloza (Zeke) · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:48 pm Post subject:

The Chicago crew will be rolling in sometime Friday. My partner, Greg Grandy, will be flying in Saturday in time for comps. I would assume most everyone there will be playing with their respective partners on Friday but if anyone happens to be free for a pickup game or two, give me a holler. If ya don't know what I look like, I'm the guy with the hair and the shorts.

Thanks in advance. See y'all next weekend!

Matthew Johns (Elliott) · Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:26 pm Post subject:

i've gotta free pair of new balance M1122 (size 9 1/2) for anyone that wants them. i've tried 'em out on 3-4 occassions, but they aren't my style.

John Leys (jleys) · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:28 am Post subject:

Thoughts on seeding out there? I didn't spend anytime analyzing rankings so maybe someone could weigh in on that?

Doubles:
PT + Manu
Francois + Johnny
Luc + Martin Cote
Jack + Jeremy
Kenny + Hammer
Ben R + Tuan
Ben A + Walt
Cory + Scott
Elliott + Greg
Dan + Fletcher

Singles:
Manu
Kenny
Johnny
Cote
Luc
Francois
Cory
Ben R
Jeremy
Hammer
Jack
Walt
Tuan
Ben A
Scott
Greg
Elliott
Dan
Fletcher
Zeke

Emmanuel Bouchard (manu) · Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:15 pm Post subject:

I would definatly put jer/jack 3rd. they play a lot more, have more points and Luc and martin never played together before.

And no singles for me...

Thomas Whitworth (whit) · Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:20 am Post subject:

I didn't even get a mention in the ranking, I know I suck, but not like Sucky

Alex Ibardaloza (Zeke) · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 5:46 pm Post subject:

Much thanks to all of Memphis for throwing a fantastic event. Thanks to everyone that came out, I had such a great time!

Grischa Tellenbach (grischa.tellenbach) · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 1:57 pm Post subject:

Scot Hansen (scothansen) · Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject:

OUCH!

Alex Ibardaloza (Zeke) · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:42 pm Post subject:

LOL

I was liking our chances of finishing higher than our seed in doubles beer bracket but all the scratches messed that up. It worked out though cuz I got to play more pickup games which were tons of fun. Especially since that was the best I had played in months.

Thanks again, Memphis!

Christopher Siebert (conan) · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:45 am Post subject:

You guys should post the results in the "Results" section so Grischa doesn't have to report.