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Vilnius Open’2011 (1st tournament of BST’2011)
The tournament is over. According response from tournament players it was total success. Thanks to every participant and organizers!
It was a second Vilnius discgolf tournament. And Vilnius Open for the first time was a part of Baltic Sea Tour. It also became a record tournament in BST history with 39 players participating!
Course layout has changed a lot since last year, thus players who new the course since 2010 had no advantage.
Vilnius Open’2011 was played from Friday to Sunday.
Friday:
It was a day of practice and doubles competition. 18 players (9 couples) played doubles – Juha and Hannu from Finland showed the best score (56, 8 under par!).
Saturday:
First round was played by mixed groups. 4 players in Open division managed to play under 70, with tremendous result from Lithuanian junior Gabrielius Gricius – 60 (-4). It got preliminary PDGA rating of 988, which probably is the best round ever played by any Baltic player. It set Gabrielius ahead from second placed Juha Nieminen (67) by 7 point immediately.
In Amateur division Lithuanian twelve years junior Pranciskus Gricius played the best (80), but was closely followed by best female Baltic players – Lithuanian Kristina Backyte (81) and Estonian Annika Proos (83).
The second round was played in more difficult windy conditions, and it was not easy to improve first round scores. Open division player Einar Elbing played steady round of 66, and used a momentum to get tied with Gabrielius Gricius, after his unsuccessful round of 74. Juha Nieminen was still only 2 points behind leaders.
Leadership in Amateurs did not change, when Pranciskus played 80 again, and he increase leadership as Kristina and Annika both played 90.
Sunday:
Leaders in MPO – Gabrielius and Einar played solid round again. Gabrielius gained 1 point leadership over Einar, by scoring 65 (Einar – 66). Leaders of Vilnius Open in 2010 tried very hard to reach the final – Tadas Uselis (LT) played 67 and Seppo Kuikka (FIN) – 65. Both played their best rounds in the tournament, and managed to reach top ranked tournment player Veli Berglund (FIN) of first group. All three players had to play sudden death competition for 2 places in the final. SD was started on uphill hole # 7 – after nice Tadas’ and Seppo’s drives Veli hit the middle of the hill and it was probably it. Seppo and Tadas scored 3, while Veli took only 5.
Amateurs division had no changes in leadership – Pranciskus Gricius finnished 1st, Krsitina Backyte managed to stay ahead of Annika Proos.
The final was played by top5 MPO players – Gabrielius Gricius (+7 before the final), Einar Elbing (+8), Juha Nieminen (+17), Tadas Uselis and Seppo Kuikka (both +18). The fight was for 1st place between Gabrielius and Einar, and the rest three were targeting 3rd position.
After Einar mistakes on holes #2 and #3, Gabrielius extended his leadership to 6 points, and it was over. Gabrielius finished almost error-less final game and comfortably won by 7 points in total. Juha Nieminem played solid too and did not allow Tadas and Seppo to reach him.
Congratulations to all winners !
Pictures: Tadas.
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Tournament info:
Puckoriai Park is still a project for a permanent disc golf park. It’s a Public Park with ideal landscape for disc golf. There are few wonderful down and uphill shots, some challenging OBs, some really long shots for big arms. Fantastic and pictorial park in spring time.
Come to the tournament, support disc golf development in heart of Lithuania – Vilnius.
Be part of Baltic Sea Tour’2011!
Organizer: Lithuanian Flying Disc Federation
Where: Puckoriu Park, Vilnius, Lithuania
Date: 16, 17 April, 2011
Divisions:
- MPO (obligatory for male players age 17 to 49),
- MA2 (juniors <16 (born 1995 or later), grandmasters >50 (born 1961 or earlier) and female players).
Player`s fee (paid on site before tournament):
• MPO – 15 Eur (55 Lt)
• MA2 – 5 Eur (20 Lt)
PDGA sanctioning: C-Tier
Staff:
- Tour TD: Darius Gricius (#41932), tel. +370 687 81223, e-mail: darosg [at] gmail.com
- Tournament co-TD: Tadas Uselis (#41940), tel. +370 611 14105, e-mail: tadascc [at] gmail.com
Dress code: Please follow PDGA rules regarding dress code.
Course & Equipment: public park, 9 holes, Latitude Pro-baskets.
Holes lengths are between 75 to 290 meters. There are quite few challenging OBs, wonderful up and down hill shots.
Prizes:
There is no money purse, Trophy only.
First three places in both divisions get trophies.
BST points: The tournament is part of Baltic Sea Tour and all participants are awarded with BST points which count for overall BST standing.
Tournament size: maximum number of players – 45. In case of more players registered waiting list will be established.
Tournament format:
3 rounds of 18 holes + 9 holes final (MPO only)
1st round – random mix of player (both divisions together)
2nd round – players grouped by results of 1st round (both divisions together)
3rd round – players grouped by total result of 1st and 2nd rounds and by divisions
Final – top5 MPO (9 holes)
In case of tie after 3 rounds for top5 (finalists) and tie after final for trophies sudden death competition will be played among tied players on holes # 7, 8, 9. If it is still a tie – CTP on practice basket (from spot marked by TD).
Rules: Official PDGA rules are applied. Current PDGA rules (please note: updated rules for 2011 – most important changes can be found here).