New Years greetings to all ACT Disc Golfers!
I wanted to give a brief run through of what shapes to be another very exciting year for the growth and activities planned in 2025.
Key changes to club days:
- In 2025 we’ve split competition to now have 4 grades – A, B, C & D. We’ve made these changes to cater for the growing number of new players and allow the best possible opportunity for equalised competition.
- We’ll be splitting Weston White and Gold club days to their own specific days to avoid conflict between the 2 layouts & to create more of a unified club feel on the day.
- Zac James will be heading up club days, but we’re always looking for members who have PA systems for a voice or who want to be involved on the day. There are plenty of members who can provide assistance and this provides depth of management when we inevitably have a club day conflict with an interstate event.
To support more grades, we’ve restructured the club day prizes and participation costs:
- Club day costs
- Basic club day registration has increased from $6 to $8
- CTP and Scratch buy-in remain at $2 each
- Ace pot buy-in remains at $1
- Club day winners
- Grade winners will receive a $20 club voucher
- CTP winners will receive a $10 club voucher
- Scratch and Ace pot remain as cash payouts to winners
- Season winners
- 1st place will receive a $40 club voucher
- 2nd place will receive a $20 club voucher
More details on the grading bands are available on the club day page
Other existing news is the availability of the 2025 members platinum membership option. This includes all the gold membership options, and also a one off run of a custom shirt designed by our local design and disc dying guru Steven Khoupongsy.
The 2025 ACT Championships is fast approaching and we’re working with sponsors and disc manufactures to make the event as special as possible. This year we’ve moved the event to the Canberra day long weekend to (hopefully) allow for easier participation from interstate and those having to take time off work. Registration has been open for 4 days and we’ve got 80/160 spots already registered.
If you are keen be sure to register through Disc Golf Scene
Steven has been busy with the prize discs and artwork 😉
At the end of 2024 you’ll have noticed some quite amazing work from a crew of volunteers lead by Tom Rugg at Eddison Park who’ve installed (I’ve been told) the best tee pad in Australia on hole 5. We’ve still got 2-3 more tee pads to upgrade in Eddison, so if you’ve got spare time or paving skills, we’d love to hear from you.
Lastly, we’re in the final steps of engagement with ACT Rowing to move Weston Gold hole 10 into the 11b placement. We’re anticipating this will be completed by the end of January and we’ll be ordering some new tee signs to reflect the new hole numbers in the near future.
Thanks,
Adam Stewart
President