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Topic: womens competitions
Posted By: krhodes
Subject: womens competitions
Date Posted: 8/21/08 at 6:49am
Hi I am new here.  I am looking to compete with the top US women throwers, however I have no idea which games to go to to find you ladies.  I know Pleasanton is next(full), what is after that ? Thanks!!  Looking forward to seeing you on the field:)



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Posted By: Bosyn
Date Posted: 8/21/08 at 7:48am
What part of the world are you in?


Posted By: krhodes
Date Posted: 8/21/08 at 10:45am
san diego, ca


Posted By: Wayne Hill
Date Posted: 8/21/08 at 12:16pm
Have you done much throwing?  I'll be interested to see what you can do.

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"We may be small, but we're slow." - MIT Rugby


Posted By: wallyworld
Date Posted: 8/21/08 at 12:20pm
See, Kristin.  You should'a made it to the Claw!!

Seriously, go to the Database page and click on to the "calender."   lt will show you past and upcoming Games, listing the classes that are available.  Be forewarned that a lot of ADs get carried away when they list the classes that they offer.  Often times, not all of the classes listed are actually being contested.  (l have no idea why these ADs do this!)  Check out their website (if they bother to add that info) or call or email the contact person to make sure that a woman's class is indeed available and that there is room for you. 

Never (EVER!) just head off to a Games thinking that they'll have a Woman's class or that there'll be room for you when you get there!!!!!


Posted By: krhodes
Date Posted: 8/22/08 at 10:31am

Originally posted by Wayne Hill Wayne Hill wrote:

Have you done much throwing?  I'll be interested to see what you can do.

 

I was a thrower in college...interested to see how I will do here

 

Wally, I was so bummed it was torture on my vacation because all I wanted to do was drive to seattle to go to the Claw!!! I will DEFINITEY be there next year.... 



Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 8/22/08 at 4:20pm

Well, you certainly have modesty going for you



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Posted By: Valenti
Date Posted: 8/22/08 at 4:43pm
My advice is to go out get a pretty dress ,get it a size or two too small to motivate ya. Stop liftin like the boys and start running. Then brush up on ur cooking skills so u can land ur self a good man,maybe a doctor! Forget about throwing and lifting that's for boys. I hear cross stiching is a great hobby for u dames.

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"All you need in this life is a tremendous sex drive and a great ego...brains don't mean sh!t"

Capt. Tony Taracino


Posted By: Sammy68123
Date Posted: 8/22/08 at 6:39pm

Originally posted by Valenti Valenti wrote:

My advice is to go out get a pretty dress ,get it a size or two too small to motivate ya. Stop liftin like the boys and start running. Then brush up on ur cooking skills so u can land ur self a good man,maybe a doctor! Forget about throwing and lifting that's for boys. I hear cross stiching is a great hobby for u dames.

I hope this is just a wise crack instead of coming from someone's (supposedly) wise crack (not talking out one's . . .).



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Teresa Merrick
Bellevue, NE


Posted By: The Queen
Date Posted: 8/22/08 at 7:38pm

Put these dates on you 2009 calendar.  These are the "must attend" games on the West Coast if you are looking to compete against the top US Lady throwers.

Portland Highland Games (7/18/09) http://www.phga.org - www.phga.org

Enumclaw Highland Games (7/25/09 - 7/26/09) http://www.sshga.org - www.sshga.org

Pleasanton Highland Games (9/5/09 - 9/6/09) http://www.caledonian.org - www.caledonian.org

I look forward to watching you throw next year!



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Posted By: krhodes
Date Posted: 8/22/08 at 7:43pm

Thank you!  I appreciate you giving me that info, I will put them on my calendar! 

 



Posted By: mcdonl
Date Posted: 8/22/08 at 10:34pm

Originally posted by Valenti Valenti wrote:

My advice is to go out get a pretty dress ,get it a size or two too small to motivate ya. Stop liftin like the boys and start running. Then brush up on ur cooking skills so u can land ur self a good man,maybe a doctor! Forget about throwing and lifting that's for boys. I hear cross stiching is a great hobby for u dames.

I dont care who you are... thats funny...

Even my wife chuckled..... here at 4:30 in the morning getting ready to drive to quechee to drink red bull and scotch... and throw... well... I am tired, I may just do some of that cross stitching.. is it hard on the wrist?

Leroy

 



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Leroy McDonough


Posted By: Jonathan Barlow
Date Posted: 8/23/08 at 7:54am
Originally posted by Wayne Hill Wayne Hill wrote:

Have you done much throwing?  I'll be interested to see what you can do.


I already know she loads bigger atlas stones than me... I don't think I want to know any more...


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DO NOT DOUBT IN THE DARKNESS WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THE LIGHT


Posted By: Wayne Hill
Date Posted: 8/23/08 at 8:06am
That's really saying something, but most people here don't know what a good stone loader you are.  To be clear:  if all of the guys here trained at loading stones, she'd still load bigger stones than 95% of them.  Dead serious.

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"We may be small, but we're slow." - MIT Rugby


Posted By: Jonathan Barlow
Date Posted: 8/23/08 at 2:04pm
Originally posted by Wayne Hill Wayne Hill wrote:

That's really saying something, but most people here don't know what a halfway decent stone loader you used to be.


Fixed a few points but yeah you are pretty much right...


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DO NOT DOUBT IN THE DARKNESS WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THE LIGHT


Posted By: wallyworld
Date Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:53pm
Originally posted by C. Smith C. Smith wrote:

Well, you certainly have modesty going for you

She certainly has, Craig.  l saw her marks from the Vista Games in Calif and l can see why Mark wants her to take up sewing.  She's gonna take a lot of attention away from him! 


Posted By: krhodes
Date Posted: 8/24/08 at 7:43am

Originally posted by wallyworld wallyworld wrote:

Originally posted by C. Smith C. Smith wrote:

Well, you certainly have modesty going for you

She certainly has, Craig.  l saw her marks from the Vista Games in Calif and l can see why Mark wants her to take up sewing.  She's gonna take a lot of attention away from him! 

 

Thanks Wally, I am looking forward to it...sorry Mark



Posted By: dWood
Date Posted: 8/24/08 at 2:31pm
32+ open stone...37+28wfd...65+14wfd..70+=16ham...87+ 12ham..15-0 wob..should put her top 10 for women

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SPEED KILLS..BUT STRENGTH PUNISHES


Posted By: krhodes
Date Posted: 8/24/08 at 6:12pm

Originally posted by dWood dWood wrote:

32+ open stone...37+28wfd...65+14wfd..70+=16ham...87+ 12ham..15-0 wob..should put her top 10 for women

 

Already hit every mark listed above in my first games in Vista in June.  Looking forward to my next games in October.

 

Thanks all for your help



Posted By: dWood
Date Posted: 8/25/08 at 1:11am
thats where I saw your marks

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JUST BRING IT /

SPEED KILLS..BUT STRENGTH PUNISHES


Posted By: DarlinMACE
Date Posted: 8/25/08 at 8:51am

Hmmm... Are the vista games concidered a legit games?.. I only counted 4 total competitiors.. (2 ams.. 1 masters.. and 1 women)..

And out of curiousity why did you have to enter your own scores?.. was there an AD for the games?..

Don't get me wrong.. you have EXCELLENT starting marks..  I'm sure that you'll be playing with the best in the field soon..

However.. you need to start networking with the AD's out there, and get yourself into some competitions with more than 3 competitors.. Otherwise it's just a demo and your scores don't count.  (in terms of counting.. I want to be clear.. I mean they don't count towards your national rank, and can't be used to get you into the world championships..)..

In my personal experience.. the best advice I can give you in order to throw with the best competition is to travel. (as much as you can afford). Sometimes the best competiton you will face on the field.. may not be who you expected.  You'll also have a great opportunity to network and make new friends.

 



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Live, Love and Leave YOUR Mark!



"Kate Grammer"


Posted By: jeffloosle
Date Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:15am

Vista is aka the San Diego Games of SAAA

follow this link:  http://www.saaa-net.org/results_2008/SD08.htm - http://www.saaa-net.org/results_2008/SD08.htm



Posted By: DarlinMACE
Date Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:28am
Originally posted by jeffloosle jeffloosle wrote:

Vista is aka the San Diego Games of SAAA

follow this link:  http://www.saaa-net.org/results_2008/SD08.htm - http://www.saaa-net.org/results_2008/SD08.htm

thanks Jeff!.

It looked so sketchy in the NASGA database.. ( i guess everyone just had to put in their own marks).

 



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Live, Love and Leave YOUR Mark!



"Kate Grammer"


Posted By: will barron
Date Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:55am

We are developing a top PRO womens field at the Cortland Celtic Festival in Cortland NY. There should be enough prize money in the womens class to at least cover a plane ticket. Heck - we pay better than the womens world champs...(which sadly isn't saying much)

The Spectacular Maine Highland Games also has a paid womens pro class. These are one week apart so maybe take a vacation in the Northeast next summer and hit these two games.



Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:58am
Originally posted by will barron will barron wrote:

We are developing a top PRO womens field

As opposed to the not-so-top women Pros?



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Posted By: krhodes
Date Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:48am

Thanks Jeff for finding those results.  I entered my marks because they hadn't been entered and I thought that is what you were supposed to do. 

I travel A LOT for strongwoman competitions and it gets very expensive.  There are so many HG out there, I wanted to know which were the ones to go to.  The purpose of this thread was to network and find out where I should be looking to compete.  I am having a lot of fun throwing again and am looking to see where this goes.  Thanks to all for you help.

Kind of suprised how quickly some are to judge others though.....



Posted By: Ryan Nielson
Date Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:48am
I've had to enter my own marks into the database for every competition I've done. Many of the athletic directors don't bother with it. I think many of them are actually not aware of this website. If you want to see how you compare you often have to do it yourself.


Posted By: wallyworld
Date Posted: 8/25/08 at 5:57pm
Originally posted by DarlinMACE DarlinMACE wrote:

And out of curiousity why did you have to enter your own scores?.. was there an AD for the games?..

Darlin - You should know by now that just because someone puts "AD" behind their name, it doesn't necessarily mean that they intend to perform all of the AD's functions.  There are even those who insist that adding scores to the database is not the AD's job!!

Why an AD would not be anxious to brag up their own Games is completely beyond me!!!!!!!


Posted By: mcdonl
Date Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:45am

Will... Good minds think alike. Kristin and I have already been in contact.

Also, if you have any women up in Cortland that are not Pro's, let them know we hold the New England Women's championship the week before that. Most of the women (Maybe all... ) that were in Cortland are what we consider PRO in Maine, so it may be moot, but I thought I would toss that out to you.

I can see Kates confusion with the AD's not entering scores. Here in New England you have guys like Wayne Hill, Scott D, Ken Gustufson, Will Barron, etc... running games. We are spoiled.

Leroy



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Leroy McDonough


Posted By: JISurfer
Date Posted: 9/08/08 at 4:45pm
A women's pro division?  What will they think of next?

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Posted By: houseman
Date Posted: 10/07/08 at 8:31am

How about the 3rd annual Women's Clinic held in St Louis on April 4/5 2009.  Great place to meet other ladies & get some coaching tips.

-Denise




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