Captain’s Log | May 22, 2025 |  Sanctioned Round #1 |  NEWPORT NEWS PARK, Newport News VA VA

SHORTSDOUBLES (BEST DISC)
GAME MODIFICATION
BRO-MORE (-4)ROD-RREZ ๐Ÿ†(-5)JACK-ZAR (+2)MCCORMICK (-1)
Megan GilmoreLuis RodriguezShelly JacksonPatrick McCormick
Tommy BrosamJasper GutierrezErnest Huizar
TEAMS
Tommy BrosamCTP on #4
BOOTY WINNER
ROUND WINNERSTeam ROD-RREZ
ROUND WINNER

Our 2025 Maiden Voyage!

The first sanctioned voyage of the season kicked off under blue skies at Newport News Park, but the course was no paradise. Storm-toppled trees littered the land, leavinโ€™ wide-open lines that gave discs a false sense of freedom. โ€˜Twas a course full of traps, temptations, and the occasional tree slap.

The crew divided into four fine ships: Captain Luis Rodriguez and Quartermaster Jasper Gutierrez manned the bow of Team ROD-RREZ, determined and full of confidence. Team BRO-MORE saw Barnacle Megan Gilmore and Seaman Tommy Brosam team up for the first time since the Great Gilmore Breakout. Over on the port side, Boatswain Shelly Jackson and Swabbie Ernest Huizar joined forces as Team JACK-ZAR. And then there was Gunner Patrick McCormick, sailinโ€™ solo as Team MCCORMICK, armed with nothing but pride and a pocket full oโ€™ plastic.

From the first tee, Jasper was already stirrinโ€™ the waters, watchinโ€™ McCormick line up his solo shot and mutterinโ€™, โ€œIf I had two throws every hole like Pat, Iโ€™d be winninโ€™ this league without breakinโ€™ a sweat.โ€ It didnโ€™t take long for the cannon fire to come right back. By hole three, Tommy turned to Jasper and fired off, โ€œEven if ye win, itโ€™s only โ€˜cause ye practiced like your rent depended on it. Howโ€™s it feel needinโ€™ reps just to beat me fresh out the bunk?โ€

โ€œEven if ye win, itโ€™s only โ€˜cause ye practiced like your rent depended on it. Howโ€™s it feel needinโ€™ reps just to beat me fresh out the bunk?โ€

Seaman Tommy Brosam

Tommy wasnโ€™t just talkโ€”on hole four, he smashed the CTP and claimed the booty with a grin. โ€œWrite that down,โ€ he said, holdinโ€™ his disc like a trophy. โ€œClosest to the pin, closest to glory.โ€ But glory was fleeting on this course. By hole five, the crew found themselves wrestlinโ€™ the new layout. With the trees cleared by storms, gaps were bigger and temptations were deadly. โ€œToo much room,โ€ Tommy muttered. โ€œThe discs donโ€™t know what to do with freedom.โ€

Things got mystical on hole seven. Swabbie Huizar, standinโ€™ at the tee, pointed at a tree and declared, โ€œIโ€™m hittinโ€™ that one right there.โ€ One beat laterโ€”thwack!โ€”he nailed it. โ€œThatโ€™s talent,โ€ he said, walkinโ€™ on without shame, โ€œjust not the kind that wins.โ€

Meanwhile, the Gunnerโ€™s smooth sailinโ€™ finally hit rough seas. A bogey crept onto his card, and Jasper lit up like a lantern. โ€œGlad to see yer back to yer old self, Pat!โ€ he cackled. But Pat wasnโ€™t done. He answered on the very next hole with a crisp birdie, tossinโ€™ a wink back toward the peanut gallery.

Elsewhere, Megan Gilmore was puttinโ€™ with the precision of a sniper. By hole eleven, Tommy had officially given up on tryinโ€™ to compete. โ€œI ainโ€™t even takinโ€™ out me putter anymore,โ€ he sighed. โ€œSheโ€™s got this hole locked down tighter than Davy Jonesโ€™ locker.โ€

Then came the infamous hole thirteen, where McCormick, tryinโ€™ to finesse a lay-up, sprayed it like a busted musket. โ€œI try to get it close so I donโ€™t have to putt,โ€ he said, starinโ€™ into the void. โ€œTurns out I still have to putt.โ€ Jasper, smellinโ€™ blood in the water, took another jab on fourteen: โ€œMcCormickโ€™s taken a dump on this round!โ€ he howled. But fate, that fickle mistress, slapped him down quickโ€”Jasperโ€™s next shot veered so far right it crossed into another zip code. Even Luis had to pause and ask, โ€œWaitโ€ฆ whereโ€™s the basket again?โ€

โ€œMcCormickโ€™s taken a dump on this round!โ€

Quartermaster Jasper Gutierrez

By the time they hit fifteen, Tommy was sailinโ€™ high and full of hot air. With a smug little shrug, he declared, โ€œThe only reason Jasperโ€™s catchinโ€™ up is โ€˜cause I gave him fifteen holes to do it.โ€ Megan didnโ€™t say a wordโ€”she just banged another putt to make sure it wasnโ€™t true.

In the end, it was Team ROD-RREZ who emerged victorious with a score of -5, takinโ€™ the top of the podium. Team BRO-MORE finished just behind at -4, while Gunner McCormick fought valiantly for -1, and Team JACK-ZAR came ashore battered at +2.

No tags were exchanged this round, as the loot be still brewinโ€™ in McCormickโ€™s 3D printerโ€”but fear not! Swag and freshly forged tags should be ready by next round, ready to be fought over, bragged about, and probably lost in someoneโ€™s trunk.


Fair winds and plastic chains to ye all. This voyage be just the beginninโ€™. The sanctioned season has officially set sail, and the tales only get taller from here.

โ€“ Logged by Gunner McCormick (currently wounded, emotionally and numerically) ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ

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