Clash at The Canyons V a DGPT Silver Series Event presented by Discmania
It’s been two and a half days and I’m still buzzing from this weekend…
This has been 7 years in the making. 7 years of hard work, relationship building and trust. I hope that this past weekend finally answered the question of, “when are we going to get a BIG event here?!”
Thank you first and foremost to the Lockport Park District more specifically, Jeff Loeschen and Dave Herman. Without your continued effort on making this place awesome it would just be another event. Thank you so much for always going the extra mile.
To my amazing wife, Sheila Callahan. I really hope that people know just how much you do for these events. Without your ability to plan and organize this would just be another event. You are very much the brains of this operation and I absolutely love it and I’m so proud of you!
To my right hand men, Ryan Fancher, Leo Borowski, and Thor Batchelor. The only reason I continue to pursue these things is because we get to do it together. We have turned our friendship and love of this game into an experience that I am very proud of. Thank you for the continued above and beyond effort.
To the extended TD staff, Mike Apostolou, Joe Moore, Josh Schenkenfelder and Paula Borowski. I spent most of the weekend worrying about whether or not I was doing enough because you guys had the front line on lock. Thank you so much for giving up your holiday weekend to make sure that Clash was epic. It was surely because of you!
Thanks to the best volunteer crew anyone could ever ask for. You guys are truly the reason that the players had such a great experience. Ed Schenkenfelder, James Heath, Brad Parini, Nicki Gernot, TJ Hogrefe, John Seaborn, Tim Kjelsen, Tim Potter & Machely, Vicki Politzer, Nick and Niky, Donovan and Alyssa, Trevor DeCook, Jeremy Bower, John Andrist, Matt Hoppensteadt, Jordan Kappra, Grace Brazzale, Steve Elliott, Amy Laskowski, Matt Swing, Jon Childers, Matt Wybraniec, Jessica Enders, Matt Pilch, Ken Sherlock, Amanda Lyanne, Dave Preston, Steve Kirk, Pete Wilson, Michael Theune, Akshay Undevia, Michael Smith, Casey Bradley, Cam Jones, Keith Kowalczyk, Anthony Garza, Brian Lain, Jake Thorns, Aaron Clemans, John Roza, Lawrence Garrett, Sebastian Martinez, Jared Hamernick, Eric Savoie, Billy Weiss, Ashley Vicich, Joseph Tomecek, Russ Smith, Anthony Bakun, Antonio DiazDeleon, Danielle Brogee.
Man I hope I got everybody!
Thank you to all of our sponsors! Sammy’s Linqs and Drinqs for keeping us fed all weekend long!! CANT THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH! Discmania, Ali Baig and Baig of Tricks Entertainment, CannaPros, Andrew Wherry & Redemption Disposal, Anthony Guzzo & Everyday CBD and Coffee, David Garb and Festiebands, Euphoria Disc Golf, Scale LLP Law Firm, Kevin Welsh & Country Financial, Alex Nieves & Luxor Escape, Rich Klein & SkyDrop Energy, Mark Zalce & The Skulls Brotherhood.
Thank you to the one and only Disc Golf Photographer, Lauren Lakeberg. You are capturing our lives one snap at a time. Thank you to Ryan Aquino & Disc Golf Digest! Can’t wait to see what you pump out!
Thank you to my amazing Dellwood Disc Golf staff of Cory Simonich and my brother Jason Callahan. You guys had the shop vibes rocking! Thank you to all the spectators and people who believed in the event. I hope your experience was as great as ours!
Thank you to all the players that traveled to come here. I hope we lived up to the hype! We’re already planning for next year! Thanks to DGPT for considering us and adding us to the tour! I hope we lived up to your expectations.
Congratulations to Dan Schlitter. I was asked a few days before the event, how I’d like to see it play out. Let’s just say my dreams came true. You are the real deal sir. You define what it means to be an athlete and a person. I’m so proud of you man. 2X!!
Congratulations to Kristin Tattar. It’s an amazing experience being able to host to touring pros let alone pros from the other side of the globe. Thank you so much for being there we hope to see you back!
Congrats to Al Lefty Hermosillo on his win in MP40! Al is now a 3X Clash Champ!
Congrats to Daymon Pugh for taking down the MP50 division!
So much went on this weekend and it was so overwhelming. We will be covering it on the next episode of Unstable Discourse so be sure to tune in!
Until next year y’all!
Sean Callahan
Click here to view the final results on PDGA
Photos below are by Lauren Lakeberg, The Disc Golf Photographer
