elchfest
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Updated 11/21/2010 |
2010 WBC Report
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2011 Status: pending December Membership Trial Vote |
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Dave Meyaard, CT |
2010 Champion |
Offsite Links
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Event History |
2001 |
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Jeff Paull |
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27 |
2002 |
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Bob Runnicles |
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46 |
2003 |
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Dan Dolan Sr |
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42 |
2004 |
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Dan Dolan Sr |
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48 |
2005 |
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Bob Runnicles |
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47 |
2006 |
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Bob Runnicles |
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50 |
2007 |
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Dave Meyaard |
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53 |
2008 |
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Dave Meyaard |
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64 |
2009 |
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Brandon Bernard |
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64 |
2010 |
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Dave Meyaard |
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65 |
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Rank Name From Last Total
1. Dave Meyaard CT 10 74
2. Bob Runnicles FL 06 62
3. Dan Dolan Sr NJ 09 58
4. Jeff Paull OH 06 42
5. Rebecca Hebner CO 10 34
6. Dan Dolan Jr NJ 07 23
7. Brandon Bernard PA 09 20
8. James Carvin PA 07 20
9. Bill Edwards VA 06 16
10. Andres Dunn MD 10 14
11. Josh Githens SC 09 12
12. Jon Gemmell CT 08 12
13. Alexandra Henning CT 10 10
14. Seth Kirchner KY 07 8
15. Roger Taylor VA 03 8
16. Andrew Maly MD 09 6
17. Vince Frattali WA 01 6
18. Alex Bell MD 10 4
19. Rich Irving CA 07 4
20. Lance Fogel PA 05 4
21. Alex Bove PA 04 4
22. Steve Cameron PA 03 4
23. Lynn Ribeiro NH 01 4
24. Roy Gibson MD 02 3
25. Kevin Youells FL 02 3
26. Greg Zegalia PA 10 2
27. Bruce Monnin OH 08 2
28. Sam Brosius MA 07 2
29. Phil White MD 05 2
30. John Tighe NC 04 2
31. Robert Eastman NV 03 2
32. Nicholas Kramer PA 02 1
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2010 Laurelists
Repeating
Laurelists |
Rebecca Hebner, CO
2nd
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Andres Dunn, MD
3rd
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Alexandra Henning, CT
4th
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Alex Bell, MD
5th
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Greg Zegalia, PA
6th
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Past Winners |
Jeff Paul, OH
2001
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Bob Runnicles, FL
2002, 2005-06
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Dan Dolan Sr, NJ
2003-04
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Dave Meyaard, CT
2007-08, 2010
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Brandon Bernard, PA
2009
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The young'uns make Elchfest a SRO
event. |
Defending Champ Bernard is feeling
confident. |
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Not as easy as beating Stein, eh Mark?
What he wouldn't give to trounce a certain CABS accountant. There's
never a cab when you need one. |
With dad moose felled by Hebner, Tim
defends the family honor but those linebacker mitts aren't a
big advantage in this game of nimble fingers. |
grand
strategy worthy of a legacy ...
The tenth Elchfest tournament began as usual with the
signups for a record crowd and the drawing of the first round
matches. With a random draw some interesting first round pairings
can occur. The highlight of the event for me was beating newly
elected Board of Directors member Josh Githens in the first round
before he could get his feet wet. My celebration was brief. Topping
young Josh took its toll. It was the high point of my campaign
because I was knocked out in the second round by soon-to-be finalist
Rebecca Hebner.
The event continued to grow with the youth movement continuing
as the young 'uns took great joy in dispatching their arthritic
elders with nary a second glance. There is no mercy shown in
Elchfest and the circle of life is cruel indeed. Through
my tears I could see I was not the only stag laid low by lady
elk as the females kept advancing over the beaten carcasses of
male pride.
The third round saw the exit of defending champ Brandon Bernard
at the hands of two-time champion Dave Meyaard who correctly
assured the assembled multitude that there would be no repeat
champion this year. The twin femme fatales Hebner and Henning
won again and were joined by Henry Pfieffer, Greg Zegalia, Alex
Bell, Andres Dunn and the lone surviving Dolan ... Tim. Nary
a graybeard in sight as the young shoved their elders to the
cheap seats.
The ladies continued their reign of terror in the Elite Eight
with Alexandra dismissing Alex Bell and Rebecca showing Greg
Zegalia the door. Meyaard, the lone remaining prior champion
bested young Henry Pfeiffer for another year while Andres Dunn
dashed the last of the Dolan hopes.
This set up the Final Four and the excitement grew as the fairer
sex were poised at the precipice of Elchfest glory. Could
there be an all-girl Final?
Alas, it was not to be as the fix was in and when the names were
drawn it was Dave pairing off against Andy and Rebecca meeting
Alexandra for the right to play for the title. Cat fight!
Both matches were exciting affairs with Rebecca and Dave emerging
to face off for the grandest prize at WBC - the only all-skill
game in the place. For the first time ever a woman would stand
on the other side of the river from what to this point was an
all male domain.
Not worry, gents. The first game went to Dave as he quickly showed
why he is a two-time champion. I taught him well. But Rebecca
rallied to even the contest with a solid series of shots under
pressure to take the second game and set up a third and deciding
game for all the antlers.
Both players played the final game flawlessly and as the moose
approached the destination it was impossible to tell who had
the advantage. The gathered crowd was in a frenzy as the contest
approached its conclusion. It appeared that WBC would have it's
first female Elchfest champion as Rebecca had her moose in position
to tap to the island on her next shot. But from across the table
Dave took his last shot at regaining his crown and flicked his
disk. Was it good enough?
At first it looked like Dave's shot was just short of its mark.
Then as he tried to place his moose with trembling hands it looked
as if it might be enough. But his hand shook so he was unable
to place his piece as he took a moment to regain his composure.
Again, he tried to place his moose and again he was so caught
up in the moment as the crowd of 30+ onlookers gasped that he
was forced to stop again.
It was clear that he might be able to get his moose to the island
but it would require not moving his disk even a millimeter. He
once again steeled himself and moved his hand forward grasping
his moose between thumb and forefinger ... knowing it was now
or never.
To the tumultuous cheers of the crazed spectators he succeeded
in his quest to become a three-time champion. In the most exciting
Final to date Dave Meyaard joined the immortal Bob Runnicles
as the only two 3-time winners.
The youth movement continues to grow as many former Elchfest
Jr players join the tilt. Still in his prime, can Dave hang on
to become the first four-time champ? Will the ladies finally
break through? Will my thumb transplant allow me to make a comeback?
Will the BPA Board recognize our greatness in its tenth year
and finally admit Elchfest to the Century via Legacy status.
Join us in 2011 and see.
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The lady mooses square off in the
semis. |
Good thing that moose didn't have
a pedicure this morning. |
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Andres Dunn trashes Alexandra for
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Dave regains his crown by besting
Rebecca. |
Elchfest Junior
It was a good year for Elk. A veritable explosion of 28 Elk
calves tried to cross the river. The six fastest were:
1st: Matt Roizin-Prior
2nd: Taylor Risa
3rd: Cal Doughan
4th: Adina Weiss
5th: Drew DuBoff
6th: Iain McGraw
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Little mooses prepare to take down
"old man" Meyaard. |
GMs Dolan and sugar daddy Doughan
root their charges on. |
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