Naperville, Illinois

This is the big one. This is the only tourney I've been at where I didn't mind just watching and shooting. Nearly all the top teams were here to tune up for the UPA Fall Series, and the play was brilliant. The biggest difficulty was scheduling where I should be shooting. Which game do you choose, the DoG v. Sub Zero, or the Sockeye v. CBass matchup? At the same time that these are going on Riot is meeting Ozone and Rare Air is meeting Backhoe. The geographic gap between these teams dictate that you will rarely see these matches repeated in any given year. If you ever attend a tourney just to watch, this one ranks up as high as the UPA Championships.

As for the tourney itself, it was done right. Cola and crew had everything under control. The polo grounds are large enough to accommodate the 86 teams; the field food didn't last with this many people, but that's a tough job, really. There was even enough time scheduled to work around a rain delay. Oh yeah the rain. Check image #51 to see how bad it got. Notables were the big field side pasta dinner Saturday night, with the prerequisite kegs, and Cups was introduced to a whole bunch of people who had never seen it played. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Callahan, parents of the late Henry Callahan, were in attendance to watch some games.
-GWAC

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North Carolina rivals WUFF Warriors versus Ring of Fire.
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Ozone throwing.
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Ugly Truth over Fliengeplatte.
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SubZero with
big ups.
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Deb of Riot throwing against Rare Air.
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Boarman of SubZero with big ups but just missing.
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Prime on the
mark against Safari.
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Su Ning of Prime with a lay out d in the endzone against Lady Godiva (?)
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Fliengeplatte throwing against Blind Date.
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Kati of Riot getting a d against Backhoe during round robin.
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Ring throwing past a Warrior foot block.
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Yusi of Lady Godiva holds
off a Prime d.
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SubZero and CBass.
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Ashley of Prime brings one down.
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Throwing over an outstretched cup.
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Godiva's Vy to Jo
for the score against
Ozone.
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Donkey Bomb's Ben Chorney over
Senga of Iowa's
Most Wanted.
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Jenny of Prime on the throw.
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This is the High Impact section.

Ozone.
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WUFF Warrior.
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Lady Godiva.
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Backhoe throwing
past Lady Godiva.
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Kid of Sockeye
just missing
in the endzone.
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Riot cheer.
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Warriors against SubZero.
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A long toss
up the line.
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Vy past a Prime mark.
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Moses of DoG with a d.
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Warriors
Mike G
(yes that one) over Rhett
and SubZero.
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Digger of Fuse with an endzone grab.
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Some girl playing an air (filled) guitar.
If anyone can explain this one, I'd love to know.
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The Womens final,
Amy of Backhoe
over Beth of Riot.
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Synchronized ups.
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Amy lunging for the disc.
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Beth of Riot catches in
the back of
the endzone.
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Riot throwing.
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Riot celebrates the win.
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Boardman grabs above the crowd in the SubZero DoG semi-final.
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Fortunat of DoG throwing past SubZero.
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Sockeye with an attempted mid-field d against CBass in the other semi.
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Lou of Sockeye with a d bid.
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SubZero grab against DoG.
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DoG throws
past Timmy
of SubZero.
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Chris of Sockeye throwing against CBass.
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Fighting for the disc in a crazy downpour; SubZero versus DoG.
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