Welcome to Sula Open Euro Tour 2010 - June 5-6, 2010! Sula? The island "Sula" is a small island, in the middle west coast of Norway. Closest big city is Ålesund, about 15 km from Sula. Sula is well known for its beautiful nature, mountains, fishing and some great musicians, such as Nils Petter Molvær. And of course discgolf...
Players contact Any questions about Sula Open? Contact Jostein Håland. Phone: + 47 918 60 659. Håland will be wise TD, player contact and webmaster for Sula Open 2010.
The course The Sula Open 2010 is limited to 90 players included 5 wild cards. The event will be played on an 18 holes course, which will be modified for the Euro Tour tournament. Each regular round has 18 holes, Semi-final and Finals played on 9 holes. The course is under development - pictures and all other details will be published in february 2010. We have tee signs on every hole. Most likely the par on the course will be 62, all holes sorrounded by beautiful norwegian landscape in a park a like area.
Foto: Martin Søten Noreng. Frank Wulff putting on hole 14 in june 2009.
Course-pictures ( mostly winter pictures...we will put in non-snow pictures as soon possible) here: The course 2010.
Reserved spots
We have the following spots reserved for PDGA Sula EuroTour until march 31. - 24 spots for PDGA EuroPro Players - 20 spots for norwegian pro players with rating 900+ for men - 10 spots for Pro Women - 5 wild cards
These reserved spots are not personal, they are given to the first players who register and are qualified for a reserved spot in the resp. categories.
Foto: Hassimuss. Erling Røed is teeing off from the BIG water hole... Schedule
Wednesday 02.06.10
Registration starts Our club house will open for guests The course with all OB-lines etc is ready for practise
Thursday 03.06.10 Registration starts The course is open for training 1730: Boat trip to Ålesund. Takes 6-7 mins 1800: Pre tournament (free) in Ålesund ( not official - just for fun!) Bring your own drinks - we serve BBQ between the two rounds (2x 9 holes) After the pre tournament: boat trip back to the club house
Friday 04.06.10
0900: Registration starts The course is open for training 1500 - 2000: Doubles. Best shot. 18 holes. Free. Find a partner Prizes to the best pair and to one "lucky pair" 2000: Players meeting at the club house Prize seremony for doubles and for the pre tournament played yesterday BBQ on our club house ( bring your own food/drinks)
Saturday 05.06.10 0800-0845: Breakfast at the club house 1000: Round 1 ( mixed groups) 1330: Lunch at the club house 1500: Round 2 (groups after score) BBQ at the club house ( bring your own food/drinks) More program to come...
Sunday 06.06.10 0630 - 0700: Breakfast at the club house 0730: Round 3 (groups after score) 1100: Lunch at the club house 1230: Semi final open /finals other divisions. 9 holes ( cut to be announced)
1430: Final open. 9 holes 1600: Prize seremony
1630: Well home!
Prizes Prize money is estimated at € 2500. The prize money will be divided among the best 33% of the field in all Pro divisions (if four or more players enter the division). Top three in all divisions (if four or more players enter the division) will be awarded trofees. All juniors will get prizes. All according to PDGA-Europe standards. Also prizes for ace (hole in one), longest drive ( hole to be announced later) and CTP (hole to be announced later).
Divisions and fees The following divisions may be offered at the Sula Open 2010 (if 4 or more players register in the division):
Open (MPO)
€ 65
All players eligible, regardless of age or gender
Women (FPO)
€ 65
All female players eligible, regardless of age
Master (MPM)
€ 65
All players born 1970 or earlier, regardless of gender
Grandmaster (MPG)
€ 65
All players born 1960 or earlier, regardless of gender
Senior Grandmaster (MPS)
€ 65
All players born 1950 or earlier, regardless of gender
Advanced Amateurs
€ 65
All non Pro players, regardless of gender
Juniors/junior boys and girls/ beginner
€ 42
Alle players born 1991 or later, regardless of gender
NOTE! Please make sure you have a current PDGA membership well before the tournament, it is not possible to pay on site during the tournament!
Foto: Hassimuss. Our main place to stay, the club house, is located in the course as you see in this picture. Espen Møkkelgjerd, winner of Sula open 2006, 2007 and 2008, is putting here.
Accommodation - main place The main place to stay and sleep is at our club house. We recommend this option. The club house is located in the course. We have about 50 places here. Bring a sleeping bag and something to sleep on (underlie). Costs only 24 EUR for the whole long weekend ( wednesday-sunday) - or for one night. Our club house has showers, toilets, kitchen, training room etc.
Other places to stay Vegsund Marina (Sula) 10 mins from the course to drive. Reasonable prices and standard. Information on the link below - click on the picture:
Sunde Fjord Hotel (Sula) Fjord-hotel magnificently situated by the ferry harbour Solevågen/E39. View of Storfjord, Hjørundfjord and the Sunnmøre Alps. Ca. 18 km to the Jugend-city Ålesund, 10 mins from the course to drive. Click on the picture for more information:
Hotels ( Ålesund) Sula has no big hotels. But the closest city, Ålesund, has several hotel options. From Ålesund to Sula it is about 30 mins to drive. Information about Hotels in Ålesund: see the link belowe:
Hotels Ålesund Travel The smartest way to get to Sula is by air... Fly to Vigra, Ålesund airport. Then take the airport bus to Moa, to the bus terminal. There we will pick you up in private cars and bring you directly to the course/ club house. Call us at + 47 918 60 659 when you land in Ålesund to get picked up - for free! We hope you will get here in time to join the traditional pre tournament in Ålesund thursday afternoon - it is well worth a visit and a fine way to get to meet the other players.
Food/catering We will serve up two breakfasts ( saturday, sunday) and two warm lunches ( saturday /sunday) at the club house. Costs only 18 EUR per person. Beside this we will sell snacks, cold drinks, coffee, chocolate, pommes frites etc. We also have fruits for free. There is a grocery about 1 km from the club house / course. Every night there will be BBQ options at the club house - remember to bring food/drinks.
Player packages Included in the tournament fee is a player package with a value of about 24 EUR. This will be high quality products from Devold of Norway who is located in Sula.
Payment information Bank:Sparebanken More, Keiser Wilhelmsgt 29/33, 6003 Aalesund, Norway Account number: 3910 25 25985 ( Club account) Receiver: Jostein Bergem Håland (mark with Euro Tour) Korsnesveien 24, 6035 Fiskarstrand IBAN:NO2639102525985 SWIFT/BIC: SPARNO22
NOTE! The registration is valid when the registration fee is available to us! The registration is confirmed by publication on the site under registered players, no other confirmation will be sent to the players. You register by paying the entry fee and for the accomodation / food to our bank account within 31.03.10. If we do not have registered your payment within 31.03.10 you lose your pre registered place and will be placed on the waiting list.
Foto: Martin Søten Noreng. Putting on hole 16. NC på Sula 2009.
Registration Use the form below. Please note how much you should pay. For the players who sleep at our club house and order food a "full Sula package" ( tournament, sleeping at the club house, food) will cost 107 EUR.
Players
Here you will find player names, payment information, PDGA# etc for the playeres registered. This information will be updated 3-4 times per week.
The categories: (Cat. 1-4 are reserved spots until 31.03.10) Cat.1 - 24 spots for PDGA EuroPro Players Cat.2 - 20 spots for norwegian pro players with rating 900+ for men Cat 3. -10 spots for Pro Women Cat.4 - 5 wild cards Cat.5 - 31 "free places" - first come first...
Available spots per 28.02.2010: 10 Cat. 1 - 5 spots left Cat. 2 - 0 spots left ( waiting list on the bottom of this page) Cat. 3 - 0 spots left ( waiting list on the bottom of this page) Cat. 4 - 5 spots left Cat. 5 - 0 spots left ( waiting list on the bottom of this page)
" Vi kan se det litt an hva som skjer."
