World Champions Again!

I’m too tired to write just now.  Doubles Championship Saturday lived up to the hype and more.  Patrick and Florian are Champions again and Gilles and Franky are perhaps the best silver medal team in Open Doubles history.

Chaos brings home a 3rd World Championship - PT and Jody in Mixed Doubles - and has 6 core players in the top 8 open teams finishing in 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 8th - more players than any other club :o.

What a great week!  Thanks to everyone who came out to support the event!  I can’t thank our net staff enough - everyone simply kicked ass all week!  Of course, it’s nothing without the players an Thanks So Much to all the those who took the time to travel all the way to Oakland from around the country and the world and thx to all the local players for hosting them.  You made it a fantastic week!

Check out the ‘WFC - Everything Net’ link above.  I updated it with photos of all the brackets in all nine categories.  I think we got em all.

Here’s a link to them and another album on picasa…

2010 World Footbag Championships: Net - All Brackets

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Complete Net Results - 2010 IFPA World Footbag Championships [click ‘read more...’ below]

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Finnish It!

Tuomas Karki is the man and Finland has their first World Championship!  Tuomas and Florian battled for nearly an hour and a half in the Open Singles Net Championship match last night and Tuomas had just a bit too much for Flo on this night.  I don’t remember the scores but I think the last game was 15-13.  It was the last match of the night and the previous two were tough acts to follow.  These guys did not disappoint.  Everybody that came to watch stayed til the sweet sweet Finnish - yes I’m gonna see how many times I can punnish this Finnish word play game .

Once again, time is tight so I’m gonna stop making ambitious promises for what I’ll post.  Suffice it to say - you’ll have a complete story with brackets and results soon.

The Gilles and Franky clinic was on last night and they’re going to the championship against… Florian and Patrick.  Gilles and Franky were on this Friday night and they’re looking to push the defending champions hard.  PT and Manu put on quite a show as only they can but it just wasn’t enough this time.

John Leys and Tuomas Karki were oh so close to the upset of the tournament so far.  Perhaps a bit closer than the 3rd game score which I believe was 15-12.  Chaos #4 and #0 took game 1 15-12 or 13 and this match was played at such a high level from both sides - yep… it’s one of those matches where neither team deserved to lose.  But one of em deserved to win for sure and The Rock - Florian Goetze and Patrick Schrickel.  They always seem to raise their level when they must so let’s see it one more time tonight!!  Florian and Patrick - The New Establishment VS Gilles and Franky - Montreal 3.0 for the title.

Don’t forget… we also have the great pleaure of witnessing Genevieve Bousquet and Jody Welch twice tonight as each of them are vying for 2 world championships.  They will face each other in Women’s Doubles and also in Mixed Doubles.  Also, on the card for this evening - PT Lovern - Chaos #3 - is looking for his first Mixed Doubles title to go along his Open Doubles World Championships from 2004 and 2008.  Lisa McDaniel and Julie Symons are competing against each other and both seeking their umpteenth Women’s Doubles championship.  Luc Legault is the only competitor on the court tonight who doesn’t have a World Championship but you better believe he has all the skills and motivation to change that.

It’s Doubles Net Championship Saturday at The 2010 World Footbag Championships!  We’ll see you tonight for the Grand Finnale!  $10 for a good cause - The IFPA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Results to this point…

*- to be determined today

Open Singles Net
1 Tuomas Kärki
2 Florian Goetze
3 Matti Pohjola
4 Kenny Shults
5 Gilles Demers
6 Yves Archambault
7 Jeremy Mirken
8 Christopher Siebert
9 François Pelletier
10 Alexis Deschenes
11 Luke Legault
12 Cory Current
13 Walt Houston
14 Philippe Lessard
15 Grischa Tellenbach
16 Jack Harris
17 Tuan Vu/Victor Lezama
18 Tuan Vu/Victor Lezama
19 Benjamin Alston
20 Dominic O’Brien
21 Sébastien Duchesne
22 Samuel Cloutier
23 Carlos Márquez
24 Edwin Veltman
25 Rob Adams
26 Tim Vozar
27 Chris Cleaver
28 Diego Chavez Diaz
29 Daniel Greer
30 Justin Sexton
31 Fletcher Funk
32 Alexander Smirnov
33 Greg Neumann
34 Oscar Loreto
35 Kevin Fura
36 Benjamin Kellman
37 Josh DeClercq
38 Jake DeClercq
39 Dan Baron
40 Olivier Berthiaume-Bergé

Open Doubles
1 Gille & Franky or Flo and Patrick*
2 Gille & Franky or Flo and Patrick*
3 John Leys / Tuomas Karki
4 PT Lovern / Emmanuel Bouchard
5 Jeremy Mirken / Jack Harris
6 Christopher Siebert / Kenny Shults
7 Eric Wulff / Luc Legault or Matti Pojhola/Janne Uusitalo*
8 Eric Wulff / Luc Legault or Matti Pojhola/Janne Uusitalo*
9 Jim Derricott / Steve Dusablon
10 Walt Houston / Benjamin Alston
11 Andrew Ronald / Alexander Smirnov
12 Cory Current / Scot Hansen
13 Tuan Vu / Alexis Deschenes
14 Yves Archambault / Dominic O’Brien
15 Grischa Tellenbach / Samuel Cloutier
16 Sébastien Duchesne / Philippe Lessard
17 Victor Lezama / Diego Chavez Diaz
18 Carlos Márquez / Oscar Loreto
19 Daniel Greer / Chris Cleaver
20 Edwin Veltman / Tim Vozar
21 Chris Young / Fletcher Funk
22 Jim Hankins / Greg Neumann
23 E.J. Gammage / Dan Baron
24 Justin Sexton / Olivier Berthiaume-Bergé
25 Josh DeClercq / Jake DeClercq
26 Rob Adams / Kevin Fura

Mixed Doubles
1 Jody Welch / PT Lovern v Genevieve Bousqet / Luc Legault*
2 Jody Welch / PT Lovern v Genevieve Bousqet / Luc Legault*
3 Becca English-Ross / Kenny Shults v Julie Symons / Alexis Deschenes*
4 Becca English-Ross / Kenny Shults v Julie Symons / Alexis Deschenes*
5 Lisa McDaniel / Janne Uusitalo
6 Florian Goetze / Kerstin Anhuth
7 Lisa Monti / Dominic O’Brien
8 Alexander Smirnov / Julia Tikhomirova
9 Steve Dusablon / Michelle Chen

Open Women’s Singles
1 Geneviève Bousquet
2 Julia Tikhomirova
3 Kerstin Anhuth
4 Darlene House

Open Women’s Doubles
1 Julie Symons / Jody Welch v Lisa McDaniel / Genevieve Bousquet*
2 Julie Symons / Jody Welch v Lisa McDaniel / Genevieve Bousquet*
3 Becca English-Ross / Tricia George
4 Julia tikhomirova / Darlene House
5 Lisa Monti / Kerstin Anhuth

Intermediate Singles (missing a couple final places here)
1 Jean-Francois Bélanger
2 Luka Weyler-Lavallée
3 Theodore Fritsch
4 Jack Lentz
5 Brett Milliken
6 Leiner Hevia
7 Robert Creel
8 Michelle Chen
9 Joey Vu

Intermediate Doubles Net (still compiling - missing some data here)
1 Jean-Francois Bélanger / Luka Weyler-Lavallée
2 Chris Hughes / Brett Armstrong
3 Theodore Fritsch / Leiner Hevia
4 Michelle Chen / Brett Milliken
5 Jack Lentz / Dillon George
6 Jasper Shults / Joey Vu
7 ??????
8 ??????
????? Robert Creel / Benjamin Benulis

Masters Singles
1 Tuan Vu
2 Rob Adams
3 Edwin Veltman
4 Tim Vozar
5 Dan Baron
6 Theodore Fritsch
7 Diego Chavez Diaz
8 Kevin Fura
9 Jim Hankins

Masters Doubles
1 Jim Derricott / Tuan Vu
2 Becca English-Ross / Steve Dusablon
3 Rob Adams / Dan Baron
4 Edwin Veltman / Tim Vozar
5 Diego Chavez Diaz / Theodore Fritsch
6 Tricia George / Lisa Monti
7 Jim Hankins / Kevin Fura

Reality Show!

A picture speaks a thousand words, eh?  Well, I don’t have one nor the time for a thousand words.  I know, you’re thankful for the latter no doubt.  Here’s the deal…

Open Doubles - check our seeding via WFC - Everything Net above - the top 8 are IN.  Figure the quarterfinals from that.  1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5 tonight at 6pm at the Oakland Convention Center at the Marriott City Center.

Open Singles - check our seeding via WFC - Everything Net above - the top 4 are IN.  We’ll have a Fin in the finals of the World Championships for the first time ever I believe and it’s long over due.  NICE!

I’ll try to get pics of the beautiful brackets Johnny has printed up and on the walls of the convention center uploaded to chaosfootbag today so anyone who wants can see the entire competitive progression.  Sorry, I’ve just been way to busy to get it up here before today.

Ok, it’s showtime - quarters thursday, semis friday, for the world championship on Saturday Night.  Doubles events anyway.  Does anything else really matter?

Alive and Kicking In Chitown at The WCC

The drama started on Friday before the tournament action even got under way.  They don’t call it the Windy City for nothing and the Memphis boys experienced Chitown’s wrath first hand as a 70MPH gust off the lake brought a tree down on top of them.  Perhaps it is by the grace of the footbag gods?  Perhaps it is their cool scrappy Memphis style?  Perhaps… sheer luck?  We don’t really care how but The Boyz are still with us and barely a scratch was had.  Life is good.

The match of the day on Saturday was a nail biter between the #3 and 4 seeds, Team Chaos and Team Memphis respectively.  Current World Champion, Chaos #8, Patti Schrickel, and his partner for this event Chaos #5, Eric Wulff, lost game 1 to Team Memphis, Ben and Walt, 15-21.  Chaos controlled the tempo in game 2 however, as Patrick’s serve came alive.  They took it 21-15, forcing the rubber.  Game 3 wasn’t as pretty as it was scrappy with the wind and the sun toying with service tosses and sets.  The crowd of, hmmm - let’s call it several including the head judge, was treated to a roller coaster ride including some fun for the whole family - pg13 may contain strong language, “WTF!?” .  In the end, Schrickdog and The Wulff, that’s Team Chaos 5 to the 8, pulled out the match executing down the stretch - 21-19.  Following that, Eric and Patrick advanced to ‘The Show’ at Navy Pier with a straight set win over the 6th seed in the elimination round.  They’ll face Cory Current and Scot Hansen, event director, for a spot in the Championship Match.

The upset of the day goes to Cory and Scot who stole the #2 seed from Chaos #25 and Chaos #2 in the pool and in stunning fashion, hence gliding into the semi-finals with a bye in the elinination round.

The #1 seed, Chaos #3, PT Lovern, and Honorary Chaos #27, breezed thru their pool as expected and will face Jer and Jack in the semis today.  This match has tremendous showtime potential with 3 great defensemen and 3 offensive powerhouses on display.  I’ll let you figure who I’m speaking of .

As for the other semi-final, it’s not my place to speculate since I’m one of the participants.  Bahhahaaa… Patti and Eric are the favorites but Cory and Scot made it clear they’re not to be taken lightly.  All the pressure is on Eric and Patrick to live up to expectations.  There is potential for a Cinderella story here as the hometown team would love to advance to the Championship match.

Singles, hmmm… well, ok… Patrick Schrickel, Chaos #8, *may* face Chaos #25, Jeremy ‘I booked a flight out Sunday evening’ Mirken should there be enough time to fit it in before ‘Jer Bear’ has to leave.

I’ll be back with a wrap-up tonight or tomorrow morning.

Happy Father’s Day and esepcially to those Chaos fathers and fathers of Chaos fathers !

Chaos at Finals of The World Championships - Streaming Live

World Championships streaming live!  PT, Manu VS Patti and Flo - 10am start time.  I’m watchin em warm up right now.

Later this morning, about 10am, Chaos #3, PT Lovern - Oakland, CA, and his partner Emmanuel Bouchard - Montreal Quebec, will meet Florian Goetze, Frankfurt DE, and his partner Patrick Schrickel, Chaos #8, in the Championships Match for the Open Doubles title.

These two teams met at the finals of the 2008 Green Cup and it was an epic match going the distance and more with Florian and Patrick taking the title.  Many folks have been eagerly anticipating a rematch, not least of all of all these 4 guys.  Today we will have it and in the most dramatic of settings.  Flo and Patrick are from Germany - Flo from Frankfurt and Patti from Berlin.  Patrick moved to the US 2 years ago and is a member of Team Chaos now.  So, they are looking for their 2nd 3rd World Championship overall and second on German soil.

Emmanuel and PT are looking to defend their World Championship and this is the team they want to challenge for it.

Results Are In!

Kind of - mostly sort of anyway.  We got the big guns - mostly.  So, like - can folks confirm their names are spelt correctly and provide as much detail as possible regarding whether or not we screwed your result up or not.  That would be like - pretty cool.  Thx!

Oh yeah - Results From The 2008 Green Cup Presented By Chaos!