Greetings ACT Disc Golfers,
In this updated I wanted to touch on:
- Tournaments
- Course updates
- Club vouchers
- Annual General Meeting
- Club store surveys
Tournaments
We have 2 active PDGA tournaments open for registration:
- Aussie Disc Golf Day 2024 – 15 spots left!
- Spring Sling 2024 presented by Disc Connection – 45 / 90 spots already filled
The 1st edition of “The Drizzler” featured 58 competitors across 11 divisions, held on a beautiful Canberra winter’s weekend. From the committee’s perspective, the event ran very smoothly, and it was great to see another PDGA event hosted in the nation’s capital.
The club is in a fortunate position, having secured significant sponsor partnerships such as Choices Flooring, Yarralumla Play Station, Disc Connection, and South Side Physio. These partnerships enable us to sustain a high level of tournament play for the foreseeable future.
The club extends its gratitude to Joshua Conroy for successfully running his first tournament as TD.
Weston Park
We have been working with the ACT Government to clean up trees around Weston Park. Notably, the large tree near basket 18 has now been removed. We have also provided a list of other fallen trees that we will address in the coming months.
We recently submitted a proposal to trial different types of tee pad installations on 2-3 holes to assess their durability over time. Due to the land ownership in Weston Park, we must comply with strict planning permissions. Rest assured, we are still exploring options to install permanent tee pads in Weston Park.
Another significant development that may occur at short notice is the installation of boat racks to the right-hand side of basket 10 on the foreshore. The club has been in contact with Rowing ACT and the ACT Government about this proposal and is working through options to maintain 27 holes while ensuring the safety of everyone in the park.
Eddison Park
The new baskets have arrived, and we are now working through the logistics to have an installation plan in place before Spring Sling 2024. We will soon communicate through our social channels, asking for assistance and advising on the timings.
We are also still requesting the removal of the fallen tree near hole 1. As always members of the public can also do this through Fix My Street.
Athllon Park
Next up at Athllon is looking at installing some tee signage. We’ve submitted a proposal through to the ACT Government and are awaiting an assessment before we can proceed any further.
Club Vouchers
The committee have been busy trying to further integrate club vouchers and link them to people’s accounts on the club website. Some of you who are lucky enough can see past and present vouchers assigned to your account under my account > my coupons.
The reason for undertaking this is to reduce the stress and anxiety of losing a voucher and future administrations can easily see which vouchers were issued to who and for what event.
To take advantage of this feature all you have to do is create an account on the ACT Disc Golf website and we can link up the voucher for you. For anyone who has an existing voucher and cannot see this listed, please reach out to the club and we can look into why.
Annual General Meeting
We are planning to have our AGM on Monday 21st of October at 7pm. The location is still being decided, but official notice will be sent to all members by the end of the week, and we will post further information through our social channels.
Club store surveys
I’ve recently sent out a survey on the ACT Disc Golf Shop and what manufactures you wanted to see. We saw the largest responses for Innova, Discraft & Discmania, but closely followed by Lat64 & MVP.
I’ll send out a survey for each of these manufactures to see what moulds people would be interested in with a view to including them in our next round of orders.
