Some things to consider on Saturday:
* You may not be able to drive into the park. If you can’t, please park as close and safe as possible, and walk the remainder.
* Park staff may be plowing.
* The Rec Center will be listed as being CLOSED. That message is for the wimps and whiners not participating in the Ice Bowl.
* The doors closest to Hole 1 will be open.
* We will meet in classroom 1.
* Warmth and bathrooms inside.
* Snack machines will be available, but bring $1′s or proper change.

I will cross country ski over, so don’t look for my car!

Let it SNOW!

See you on the course!

Tags for the 2009 season will be available for $10 per player, and will be available at the Front Desk of the Community Activities Center, after Doubles on April 29. If we get more than 25 tags sold, we will have Jeff work his magic to produce more tags.

As new are purchased, player information will be posted on this website. Password will be established, and provided upon registration. The same rules as last year will apply. If you don’t know what the challenge rules were, please let a club member know, and we will get you the proper info.

indicates a preference to re-use the tags from

last year. This would save a considerable

amount of club money that could be put to

better uses. We would still have to order

replacements for tags that are out of

circulation.

If the consensus is to re-use last year’s tags, we

would ask for all old tags to be returned to the

Rec. Center by Easter weekend. Then, tags not

returned could be replaced prior to a tag

tourney to establish the pecking order for 2009.

Please give your feedback through the comment

button, or e-mail to eds@harrisonburgva.gov.

11 with 10 participants. We resumed on March

18 with 16 players, who enjoyed the warm early

spring weather. Doubles will continue through

fall, as long as we have daylight. Based on

feedback at the Ice Bowl, we have pushed the

starting time back to 5:45 pm for the first group

to tee off. Subsequent groups will tee off after

that, so if you can’t get here as early, we should

still be able to get you in.

Doubles is a Captain’s Choice format, where

players are paired in a random draw. Expert

players may be paired with beginners. 

The better of two throws is chosen, and the next

 throw is taken from there. This is a very casual

atmosphere, and there is nothing to lose. So,

what’s your excuse for not playing? It is a great

way to meet new players and improve your

game.

success. With the sponsorship of Harrisonburg

Parks & Recreation, we were able to raise

$1,000 for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.

Prize sponsorship totaled $782 from a total of

12 sponsors, including Harrisonburg Disc Golf

Club from 2008 Bag Tag sales. We collected

a total of 281 pounds of food for the Food Bank.

We had a total of 32 players, with the youngest

being 7 year old Sam Healy.

Top finishers per division on the Harrisonburg

Ice Bowl 2009, played at Westover Disc Golf

Course are as follows:

Open Division                         Score

1. Brad Fiala                                     67

2. Evan Hicklin                               68

3. Jeff Hoodock                              70

Intermediate        

1. Ben Blackmer                             72

2. Michael Mongold                     74

3. John Marr                                   75

Novice

1. Kevin Smith                                91

2. Doug White                                 95

Women

1. Jen Steele                                  101

Junior

1. Sam Healy                                 184

A huge thank you goes out to Mike Cast for all

of his help in Ice Day organization, and Jen

Steele for tabulating all of the entries and resuls.

And, after seeing what all goes into organizing

such an event, many thannks to Johnny

Griffin for all the hard work organizing the

first five Ice Bowls at Westover Disc Golf Course.

I worked on the rankings yesterday so they should be at least close to correct.  (Thanks to everyone who sent in their tag changes over the past 3 weeks.)

The Big News -

Many of you already know that I met with Lee Foerster from Parks & Rec a few months ago to inquire about the possibility of improving the tee boxes.  Lee liked the idea of adding concrete boxes ( like these ) to the course, but Parks and Rec doesn’t have the money in it’s budget to cover the cost of the entire project (they can help with part of the cost).  If the Harrisonburg Disc Golf Club can find a way to raise the remaining funds, and help install the boxes, we can have shiny new tee boxes.  We can start installing them as early as September. 

Sounds good, right?

Well, here is what needs to happen before we can move forward:

1.  We need to determine how much each installation will cost, and find a way to raise that money (our current budget is probably not going to go very far in this project).  Some ideas that Tim, Ben & I were floating around include: tournaments, donations, & selling movie tickets (fundraiser style).

2.  Once we have our plan, we need to come up with a detailed proposal including pricing estimates and pictures/sketches to present to Lee.  This proposal also needs to outline how the boxes should be installed, who is going to do what, and all of the other nitty gritty details.  I’ve already done quite a bit of research on the subject and I have a pretty good idea of where to head with this proposal, but help would be appreciated.

So that’s where we stand.  If anyone would like to help with this project, please contact me.  Let’s pull together and get some new tee pads.