All Catch the Spirit at the Burnlaw Equinox

22-09-2009

This years equinox was certainly something to remember. Throughout the whole weekend, the players were blessed with beautiful sunshine and a gentle breeze by day, and a sky full of stars by night!

Oh my, how those discs did fly...

On Friday afternoon, Steve Broster floated in a soft magnet on hole 17 for a sweet ace in practice. On Friday evening the Chris O’Brien and Rick Murphy played an intense doubles match against Jester Wilson and Bruce Webber and won by 2 shots with a 46, 11 under par.

 

The main event started on Saturday morning, with a great set of scores from many players. Amateur player James Luton took the lead with a 49, with Open players Webber, Wilson and Paul Cooper scoring around the 50 mark to make up the top card for the afternoon. In the Intermediate Amateur division, Burnlaw resident Vic Parker shot a personal best round of 56 and went on to play well in the afternoon.

 

By the end of Saturday the AM division was close, with Murphy just two shots behind Luton. The top card in the open division for the Sunday morning comprised of Wilson, Webber, O’Brien and Cooper.

 

On the Saturday evening there was some great live entertainment, including the ‘disc golf blues’ from the local talent in the ‘beautiful room’. Charlie Mead won the best dancer award and well deserved too. After an amazing night of music and laughter, 24 holes plus the finals remained….

 

Vic Parker held it together to win the Intermediate Am division comfortably. In the Advanced amateur division, Murphy gained 6 shots over Luton to lead the final by 4 shots. Luton played a blinder of a final and finished 3 shots ahead of Murphy. This meant that Murphy just missed out on becoming British Amateur Champion for 2009 – It was Jed Farrell from Exeter who had just enough Powerstat points to take the title for the season, despite not making an appearance at the Equinox. Well done Jed!!!

 

In the Open division, Bruce Webber and Jester Wilson were top of the card, followed by Chris O’Brien, Woody Hardstock and Paul Cooper. The prize for the tournament ‘Bertha’ the pig went to Webber in the end following a solid performance in the final to hold off the challenge from Wislon. Webber finished off the weekend with a 30m shot straight into the chains, to the delight of the gallery! O’Brien took 3rd spot, with Cooper and Woody 4th and 5th respectively.

  

It was an amazing weekend, a glorious and magical course and so many happy faces.

For detailed results, click here.

The next tournament at Burnlaw will take place in early spring: ‘The Snowbow’.

All welcome to join in the fun!

 

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