Ocean County Clippers Arise

Footbag enthusiasts from around North America will come together this weekend in Silver Spring, MD for the 24th annual East Coast Footbag Championships.

All the more apropos that on June 27th, 2007 the powers that be, members of Ocean County Clippers - Original Recipe, unanimously approved an application to resurrect The Ocean County Clippers that was submitted by footbag enthusiasts from Toms River, NJ and the surrounding area.

Your eyes do not deceive you.  This is no joke.  And although laughter it may bring make no mistake… The Ocean County Clippers are back.  Yes my friends - The Ocean County Clippers - Redux!

Members OCC Redux:
Liam Coffey - Toms River, NJ
Brandon Carney - Toms River, NJ
Vinny Mahon - Toms River, NJ
Gabe Whiteman - Silverton, NJ
Vincent Marsicano - Silverton, NJ
Justin Rivera - Toms River, NJ
Alex Wheeler - Toms River, NJ

Members OCC Classic:
Mike Gonzales - Beachwood, NJ
Dan Luciano - Beachwood, NJ
Richard Marshall - Beachwood, NJ
Ed Orlando - Toms River, NJ
Russ Thomas - Toms River, NJ
Russ Willi - Pine Beach, NJ
Eric Wulff - Beachwood, NJ

honorary:
Jeff Lawrence - Ridley Park, PA
Steve Lawrence - Ridley Park, PA

Ocean County Clippers fw club link

Of course, many of you reader(s) may not be familiar with the exploits of the Ocean County Clippers All Around Footbag Team, I dare you to comment if you have , but this was a virtual footbag promotion juggernaut from the mid 1980’s to the early 1990’s.  OCC got their start at The East Coast Footbag Championshps back when the event was produced and directed by HOF members Rick Kaufman and then, yours truly(what the hell does that mean anyway?), Eric, Chaos #5, Wulff.

The event is now directed by none other than the great and procrastinating master himself - Vince Bradley.  It is Vince’s 13th year directing the event - Nice Vince!  Perhaps this year’s event will serve as a launching pad for OCC Redux.  I can only hope .

Regardless, tune in here for the latest on what’s going on at the ECFC since Chaos Footbag is representing strong.  Chaos #0, 4, 5, 7 and honorary Current are in town to throw it down.

For The Green Cup

Doubles Championship Match From GC 2007 - Powered By YouTube

Many Thanks to Tuan Vu, Chaos #7, for working real hard to get this published asap!  Now, for you viewing pleasure… The Final Match

Pre-Registaration Closes Tonight

If you’re planning on competing at Green Cup 2007 please pre-register now.  It only takes a minute and you don’t need to pay until you Fri night or Saturday.  If you plan to play singles let us know by pre-registering so we can have the brackets ready by Saturday morning.

Top Ten Thins All Green Cup Players Must Know - #3

Players Will Officiate Pool Matches:
All open net matches will have a head official.  When we say all - we mean every match.  This includes the preliminary pool play which shall be judged by the players in other pools.  Our schedule will stagger pools for this reason.

Responsibilities of the Head Official:
a. make plane foul calls
b. when players are in disagreement over a call it is the job of the head official to make the final call
c. maintain the score - head officials will keep track of the score only in order to correct a player should he/she forget or mistake it.  head officials will not announce the score until semi-final matches. It is players job to announce the score until then.
d. return the Prokicker match footbag to the event staff after the match (see #3 below)

Responsibility of the Match Players:
a. keeping and calling the score (head official should overule when a correction is necessary)
b. making all line calls (head official overules in the event of a disagreement)

Online Registration For The Green Cup Now Open

Online registration is now open for the Green Cup 2007.  Please register online as soon as possible.  It’s a big help to us in getting the event rolling on time.

If you’re playing singles then you must be registered by Friday night May 25th at the latest.  Online registration closes Thursday, May 24th.

Payment is due only at the event - there is no option to pay online so it’s even easier to register now.

Simply follow this linke: online registration

Or go to footbag.org, find The Green Cup 2007 link on the front page or the events page, and see the link to register in the upper right of the page.

Hope to see you at GC 2007!

Top Ten Things Green Cup Players Must Know: 8, 7

Hi Everyone, opening day at The Green Cup is 10 days from now.  An exhausting list of the things you must know as a player is at our events page.  Here is the countdown continued at 8 and 7…

8. Sites - final details will be posted on the footbag.org events page, and at chaosfootbag.com events page on Monday 5/21.  Check in after that date.

7. Uniforms are mandatory.  Coordinated color scheme of some sort for shirts and shorts.  We like to see numbers too.  If you do not have a uniform then we will provide one for you.