Giles Run Ice Bowl

02/28/2015

Sorry for the Tardiness of the announcement. A week or so ago I finally had some time to go by and donate the results from the Virginia side of the Ice Bowl Battle VI. It has always been a highlight of my year. The 66 lbs. of food donations were well received. But when I pulled out the $1100 in cash... I love watching the looks on faces change. I also can't pass up the opportunity to be a DG ambassador. I will miss running this event and the great things it does. Many thanks to the DG community and all that have been involved in making it happen.

12/31/2014

There have been discussions about a possible format change for the Giles leg of the Ice Bowl Battle and here is the results.

Due to the large influx of Novice and Rec players, thanks to the folks at NOVA DGA, we will be playing the SHORT2LONG format rather than the previously announced LONG2LONG format for the Giles Run leg of the Ice Bowl Battle VI.

Hope to see you there.

Thorn Divers Rule!

12/13/2014

The Cedar Farm Golf Club in cooperation with the Giles Run Thorn Divers are proud to bring you:

The 2015 Maryland vs. Virginia Ice Bowl Battle VI

This is a Non-Sanctioned Charity Event to raise Money & Food for area Food Banks

Seneca Creek ~ Saturday, January 10th
Giles Run Meadow ~ Sunday, January 11th

9:00am registration opens
9:45am player's meeting
10:00am round starts

Format:
Seneca Creek: one round of 27, feasting between loops

Giles Run: one round of 18 (long2long), and more feasting!

Divisions:
Gold - open
Silver - players with PDGA ratings 70)

Maryland Leads the series: 3-2

11/21/2014

The Maryland vs Virginia Ice Bowl Battle VI will play on January 10th & 11th, 2015

January 10th will be the Seneca Creek Ice Bowl

January 11th will be the Giles Run Ice Bowl

You have been warned!

Thorn Divers Rule!

01/12/2014

Here's El Tye Dye's Recap of Day 1 at Seneca:
$860 total raised so far for the food bank.

Big Thanks to Bobby Herman for getting up early driving to my house to pick up the grill and drive it up to Seneca even though he wasn't playing. Thanks to T2 and S2 for helping with the scoring so I did not have to put my glasses on. Thanks to Bud for bringing his grill and shelter.

We had 24 souls brave the elements to play.
Hopefully with the lack of "gentle rain" forcast for tomorrow, we should get even bigger crowds down at Giles Run. It's a great course and this is the perfect time of year to play it.

Gold
87 Jay Gobrecht MD 11 (Northern recruit)
89 Ross Pancaost MD 8
92 Kelly Dunnavant MD 6
95 Justin Duncan MD 3.5
95 Linc Morgan MD 3.5 (Northern recruit)
96 Tom Kim MD 2
96 Matt Snyder VA 2
97 Brad Beeson MD 1
99 Chad Collins MD 1
100 Keith Forshee VA 1
101 Ryan Lugo MD 1
116 John Gregory MD 1

Silver
102 G. Bud Hearne VA 8 (won playoff)
102 Hawk Corrick MD 6
109 John Buck MD 4
112 Jens Svenson MD 3
113 George Brown MD 2
113 Chad Baker MD 2
116 Daniel Hatfield VA 1
118 Matt Verbisk MD 1
189 Kai Svenson MD 2 (Junior) - (2013 - 212, 2012 - 225)

Bronze
90 Brian Junkins VA 5
93 Kim Brennan VA 4
127 Dennis Cavallaro 3

$250 from entry fees
$85 in separate donations (Bobby Herman, John Merhi, Steve Simpson, Tom Transtrum, and some one I forgot)
$60 in donated winnings (possibly more)
$60 matching
$155 donations for tie dye (today and over past six months)

$610 raised for the National Capitol Area Food Bank

$120 raised for the Virginia Food Bank from people who paid for two days.

$260 in the pot for the winning state

Current standings:
MD: 59
VA: 24

01/12/2014

23 players showed to play at Seneca today. Much lower then the usual 70+. 7 VA players made the trip and we managed to not only make the Bronze Division but also took the Silver Division as well. Stiles will be posting results sometime soon.

So let's go VA! Here is our opportunity to get back in the series and give them Northerners a little what for to boot. Tomorrow will be the opposite of today weather wise, so get out and LET"S TAKE THIS THING!

Registration opens at 9 AM
Meeting at 9:45
Tee at 10.

With all the recent rain, please be prepared to take the alternate route to the Back 9 off of Silver #1. I'm sure we will not be able to safely cross at the usual spot. Will check and update in the morning.
Also, the ENTIRE Lost & Found Stash (Some 75+ discs) will be on site tomorrow.

Thorn Divers Rule!

01/11/2014

Gates open at Seneca Creek on Saturday (Tomorrow) at 9 AM for Day 1 of the MD v. VA Ice Bowel Battle V. Gonna be a wet one!

11/27/2013

The Cedar Farm Golf Club in cooperation with the Giles Run Thorn Divers are proud to bring you the

2014 Maryland vs. Virginia Ice Bowl Battle V
This is a Non-Sanctioned Charity Event to raise Money & food for area Food Banks

Seneca Creek ~ Saturday, January 11th
Giles Run Meadow ~ Sunday, January 12th

9:00am registration opens
9:45am player's meeting
10:00am round starts

Format:
Seneca Creek: one round of 27, feasting between loops
Giles Run: one round of 18 (long2long), and more feasting!

Divisions:
Gold - open
Silver - players with PDGA ratings 70)

YES! There will be potential for side bet payout for a $5 Buy In for those that just must have that monetary motivation.

Like this event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Giles-Run-Ice-Bowl/324724487572392?ref=hl

Thorn Divers Rule!

The Giles Run Ice Bowl is the 2nd day of the Maryland vs Virginia Ice Bowl Battle. Come out and help raise money for food for those without and help us kick some MD a$$.

07/22/2013

For you calendar markers, we've had to make a date change for this event for the coming year. So make note.

The Ice Bowl Battle V will play on January 11th & 12th, 2014

January 11th will be the Seneca Creek Ice Bowl

January 12th will be the Giles Run Ice Bowl

You have been warned!

Thorn Diver Rule!

01/06/2013

2013 Giles Run Ice Bowl
The Combatants from the Commonwealth were small in force but fierce in fight. We have to tip our caps to our brethren from the north as they brought some unusual numbers this year doubling the previous record. Their volume and the lack thereof from the Commonwealth, will give Maryland a big jump in the series 3 – 1.
There was some outstanding golf played and even a 3 way play off for the points in the Gold division. The young Austin Pfaff would fend off 2 Marylanders to take the division and bring in double points for being a Junior. Way to represent Superstar!
Here’s how it played:
(Many thanks to Hawk for taking care of the post round cards & scoreboard)

GOLD Plyr /state / score / pts *= Side bet payout
Austin P. VA – 61 – 22
Doug M. MD – 61 – 7 - $30*
Ross P. MD – 61 – 7
Ian L. VA – 62 – 4 - $15*
Steve G. VA – 63 – 3 - $10*
Jeremy L. VA – 64 – 2 - $5*
Chaddo VA – 66 – 1.5
Jerry M. VA – 66 – 1.5
Nick S. VA – 67 – 1
Bob C. VA – 69 – 1
Gary H. VA – 69 – 1
Tom K. MD – 70 – 1
Erik S. VA – 72 – 1
Brad B. MD – 72 – 1
Kris W. VA – 75 – 1

SILVER
Tom A. VA – 66 -8 - $20
Rory W. VA – 70 – 6
Hawk MD – 71 – 4
Sharky MD – 72 – 6
Kelly B. MD – 73 – 4
George B. MD – 74 – 2
Mark S. MD – 76 – 1
Colin C. VA – 77 – 1
Mr. Bill MD – 83 – 1
G. Bud VA – DNF - 1

BRONZE
Chunk VA – 75 – 5 - $5*
Jon H. VA – 79 – 4
Drew D. MD – 83 – 3
Kim B. VA – 84 – 1.5
Keith A. VA – 84 – 3
Paul H. VA – 87 – 1
Morgan K. VA – 94 – 1

CTP #3 – Gary H. - $10 Subway Card
CTP #7 – Colin C. - $10 Starbucks Card

The points for the day was MD 37, VA 70.5.
The final points for the weekend:
MD: 98.5 + 37 = 135.5
VA: 40.5 + 70.5 = 111

Maryland wins the weekend and leads the series 3 - 1

Here’s how the charity played:

$350 – 2 days of player registration for VA State Pot
$65 – Side Bet Pay Out Donations
$65 – Mark Stiles Matches Side bet pay out donations
$25 – via day of disc sales and other donations
$505 – Total Cash Donation to Capital Area Food Bank

25 lbs of Nonperishable food was also donated. (10lbs Seneca / 15lbs Giles)

By winning the weekend, Maryland will be donating $1675.00 to their food bank bring our total donation for the weekend to $2180.00 & 25 lbs of food to our area food banks. It’s under last year’s totals but not a bad job for a couple of great days of disc golf giving back to the community.

Many, many thanks to Mark Stiles and the Cedar Farm Disc Golf Club for their help and sponsorship of this great event. I recently found out that our event falls on the opening weekend for Ice Bowls Worldwide. What a great way to start off the year by giving back through disc golf. So don’t be a wimp, quit your whining and just mark your calendar for the 1st weekend of 2014 when we shall meet again for Ice Bowl Battle V – Revenge of the Commonwealth.

Thorn Divers Rule!

01/06/2013

Results from Day 1 of the Battle - Seneca Creek:

$1795 Raised so far for the MD and VA Food Banks

TD'ing can be a pain in the ass, but if people like Craig, Ian, and Erik keep plying me with truly spectacular beer, I'll keep doing it. Thank you. I'm drinking Craig's homebrew as I type so you know what to attribute any errors to.

Thanks to Rick Honn for transporting my grill. Thanks to Bobby Hermann and my son Dan for working the grills and keeping everyone fed. [I apologize to those who did not get to eat as early as they would have liked - I was too busy with registration to get Dan coached on grilling, it's one of my failings as a father, he's not experienced enough to get it done without more coaching.] Thanks to Hawk for setting up the board. Thank you to John Merhi and Dan Becker who had all the scores checked by the time my card came in (last). Thank you all for coming out and your generosity to the food banks.

I apologize for any misspellings below, but some of your handwriting really sucks (let me know what it should be, and I'll fix it.

Gold (name state score points cash)
Ross Pancoast MD 83 11
Craig Gangloff MD 89 8
Gary Hall VA 90 6
Tom Kim MD 91 3.5
Ian Liddell VA 91 3.5
Brad Beeson MD 92 2
Jerry Mudd VA 92
Austin Pfaff VA 93 2 (Junior)
Erik Smith VA 93 1
Russel J. VA 94 1
Jeremy Lock VA 94 1
Wanye Zink MD 94 1
Jay Gobrecht MD 95 1
JGIII MD 95 1
Ray T. MD 95 1
Naved Hasnain VA 97 1
Steve Millrer VA 97 1
Waymon Peet MD 97 1
Jack Stanton MD 98 1
Brandon Napier MD 101 1
Kelly Dunnavant MD 102 1
Sean Burkett MD 104 1
Dan Becker MD 105 1
Bob Cannon VA 105 1
Russel Johnston MD 106 1
Konrad Pawlosky VA 107 1
Russ Smith VA 109 1
Doug Marinovich MD 109 1
Mark Boyce MD 113 1

Silver
Larry Arnold MD 96 8 (Won tie-breaker)
Tom Alderman VA 96 6
Jason Lloyd VA 97 4
Mark Sherwood MD 98 6 (Senior)
George Brown MD 100 2
James Shook MD 100 2
John Buck MD 101 1
Justin Duncan MD 103 1
Josh WIlliams MD 104 1
Steve Ritenour MD 105 1
Steve Simpson MD 105 1
Mark Stiles MD 105 1
Bud Hearne VA 106 1
Ian Donnakay MD 106 1
Hawk MD 107 1
Tom Transtrum MD 108 2 (Senior)
Colin Collins VA 109 1
John Weaver VA 110 1
Rick Honn MD 112 2 (Senior)
Carl Davis MD 113 1
Jens Sveson MD 119 1
Kirk Stell VA 121 1
Kai Svenson MD 215 2 (Junior)
Talie Tinker MD 219 2
Mr Bill MD DNF 1
John Merhi MD DNF 1
Bobby Hermann MD DNF 1
Dan Stiles MD DNF 1

Bronze
Glenn DeBonis MD 95 5
Drew Duncan MD 96 4
Wayne Trump MD 98 3
Patrick Pegnato MD 99 2
David Newlin MD 101 1
Marla Tutle VA 102 2 (Woman)
Brian Fish MD 105 1
Kevin Morrow VA 105 1
Clark Carrington MD 106 1
Rory Duncan MD 111 2 (Senior)
Dustin Sullivan MD 111 1
Kim Brennan VA 114 1
Paddy Cornet VA 114 1
Christopher Pegnato MD 114 1

$710 raised for the Maryland Food Bank from entry fees
$35 in separate donations
$65 in donated winnings
$65 matching

$875 total to Maryland Food Bank

$200 raised for the Virginia Food Bank from people who paid for two days.

$720 in the pot for the winning state

Current standings:
MD: 98.5
VA: 40.5

01/04/2013

...and as the sun rises on the 4th day of the year, preparations for the Battle are well under way and as the dawn breaks on the 5th day, we shall travel north of the great river to the might Creek of Seneca where the battle will commence.
Shall you dare to join us?

The gates of Seneca will open about 8:15.
Registration opens at 9
Meeting is at 9:45
We battle at 10

If you have your battle tank top from previous battles, please dig it out and wear your colors proudly. If not, MD Red & VA Blue will work fine as well.

The weather is going to be outstanding.

Non perishable food donations will be accepted for the Capital Area Food Bank.

Journey safe and may the Commonwealth be victorious!

Thorn Divers Rule!