ILLINOIS INDOOR GUTS FRISBEE OPEN
What: 5-man guts frisbee tournament
When: Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26, 2015
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maps
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The Half-Breeds won
the 2014 tournament!
Where, same location as (2008-2014):
Plainfield Central High School – Field House
24120 W. Fort Beggs Drive
Plainfield, IL 60544
Tentative Schedule (all times are central daylight saving time):
Try to arrive and be ready to play at noon. If the weather is poor, the high school
baseball team may be using the field house until after 12:30.
Saturday:
11:00am or 12:00 noon – Registration.
12:00 noon or 1:00pm until 7:00pm - Round-robin play and bracket play, we will
get down to 4 teams remaining in the winners bracket.
8:30pm - Players and friends party at Dave and Jan Meyer’s house.
Sunday:
10:00am (or sooner) - Bracket play continues, we will conclude by 5:00pm.
Player Fees:
Per the current USGPA policy, players playing in their first tournament will be
charged $5.00. Players of age 18 and under will be charged one-half of the fullprice tournament fee. All others will be charged the full-price tournament fee,
which will be $40 (the 2014 fee was $40).
Contact Information:
Dave Meyer – Cell: 815-922-6759 Home: 815-439-9366
Please contact me to let me know you are coming in order to get an
estimated player count. (e-mail: [email protected])
Do not try to contact the school – They don’t have any information.
Playing Surface:
The field house is essentially a large gymnasium used mainly for basketball,
indoor track, etc. It has room for four 5-man fields. The floor surface itself is a
type of hard rubber. It’s not springy but it’s easier on the legs than a wooden
floor. I recommend bringing a few pairs of rubber-soled shoes (cross-trainers,
etc.) to see what works best for you.
Directions to the School:
Check Google Maps or Mapquest.com, etc. but here are good directions. Also
see attached maps.
From the East:
I-94 West toward CHICAGO (crossing into ILLINOIS).
Merge onto I-80 West via the exit on the LEFT toward WISCONSIN / IOWA for
35.9 miles.
Take I-55 North via EXIT 126B toward CHICAGO for 1.5 miles
Take the IL-59 exit- EXIT 251- toward SHOREWOOD / PLAINFIELD for 0.7
miles
Merge onto IL-59. Continue to follow IL-59. for about 6.0 miles
Turn LEFT onto FORT BEGGS ST. for 0.4 miles, the school will be on your right.
FORT BEGGS ST. is the second stop light after RENWICK
From the North:
I-94 East toward CHICAGO (Crossing into ILLINOIS).
Take I-294 South toward INDIANA / O'HARE for 28.7 miles
Merge onto I-55 South toward ST LOUIS. for 16.5 miles
Merge onto IL-126 West via EXIT 261 toward PLAINFIELD. for 3.2 miles
Turn SHARP LEFT onto West LOCKPORT ST / US-30. for less than 0.1 miles
Turn immediately RIGHT onto JAMES ST. for 0.5 miles
The school will be on your left.
The Field house is on the Northeast side of the school, the best entrance is
entrance “G”. Enter and proceed to your left to the Field house. We may have
the external field house door propped open.
Hotel information:
All of the hotels mentioned in this section are about 3 miles (less than 10
minutes) from the high school.
The Comfort Inn and the Lexington Inn & Suites (formerly the Holiday Inn
Express, same facilities and same management) have set aside a group of
rooms at $89.99 (approx. 11% off regular rate) and $64.00 per night,
respectively, before tax (hot breakfast, whirlpool and indoor pool). Smoking
rooms may be available. Ask for Group rate for “Guts Frisbee” at either
location. As of 4/3/2015, the Lexington’s website had rooms for less than
$60.00 per night without the Group rate; according to the manager, this is a
special limited-time internet rate.
Comfort Inn
3235 Norman Ave.
Joliet, IL 60435
Tel: (815)436-5141
Book early to get the rate
Lexington Inn & Suites (was Holiday Inn)
3231 Norman Ave. (next to the Comfort Inn)
Joliet, IL 60435
Tel: (815)439-4200
Book early to get the rate
Other area hotels (all of which serve breakfast except Motel 6) include:
Fairfield Inn (815)436-6577
(also next door to the Comfort Inn)
Super 8 (815)439-3838
(across Route 30 from the Comfort Inn)
Hampton Inn Joliet (815)439-9500
Motel 6 (815)439-1332
(across Route 30 from the Comfort Inn) (across Route 30 from the Comfort Inn)
Other Important information:
This tournament will be held in a public school building. Be aware, Illinois has a
statewide public smoking ban. There is no smoking on public school property
and obviously no alcohol allowed. Therefore, any smoking must be done off
the school premises. If someone gets caught with alcohol in the school, the
tournament will be terminated.
Google Maps
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Wide area view
Exit at Route
126 off of I-55.
(Southbound
only)
When driving from Hotel area to
School, take Route 30, then turn
left on Renwick and then right on
Route 59 and then left on Fort
Beggs. (Mind your driving - this is
a photo-monitored stop light)
This arrow points to
the High School
There are
exits off I-55
at Route 30.
North
Hotel area, next
to Honda
dealer.
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The exit to Northbound
Route 59 off of I-55 is
south of here.
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Google Maps
Medium area view
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If coming from the north, as an
alternative to taking Route 126 to
Lockport St., as per the directions,
you can turn left on Route 59 and
then right on Fort Beggs.
There is a stop sign
here, no stoplight.
North
Stoplight at
Route 59 and
Fort Beggs St.
High School
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Close-up aerial view of High
School Area
Plainfield IL
US
Notes:
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This is Route 59
Park in
this lot.
Parking
entrance off
of James St.
North
Here is
Entrance
"G"
Here is the
Fieldhouse
There is a
stoplight
at Route
59 and
Fort
Beggs St.
NAPA
Auto Parts
is on the
corner.
Parking entrance
off of Fort Beggs.
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You can only enter the school parking
area off of James St. or Fort Beggs St.,
none of the other roads go through.
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There are a few fast food restaurants just south
of here on Route 59; Subway, McDonalds and
Hardees. Travel either a few miles north or
south of this area on Route 59 there are many
more restaurant choices.
There are also restaurants near the Mall on
Route 30 by the Hotels.
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