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North Ridge opens

It took eight months, days and days of volunteer labour, and a bit of good luck, but the ribbon was officially cut to open the North Ridge Disc Golf Course in Birtle, MB. Saturday,

The course overlooks the community from the valley wall of the Birdtail River. Golfers wind through the trees, and up and down the hills as they play 18 tonals (there are already plans afoot to upgrade to baskets).

The course is a lengthy one at just more than 6000-feet, but trust us it plays longer with all the elevation changes.

The course opens with 'Moon Shot' a drive, at least from the mens' tee that is straight up a steep hill. (Blame designer Trevor Lyons, who worked with Calvin Daniels on the course lay-out last October, for the difficult opening.).

Get used to that as #16 'Sharp Left' is up an even steeper hill with a weather vane mando right perched on top - it might best be called 'widow maker' or 'backbreaker' that late in the round.

Add in challenges such as 'Brenda's Boomerang' (#9),  'Calvin's Revenge' (#12) and 'Lost Pine' (#7), and the course is both fun, and yet difficult enough to push you to be a better disc golfer.

This is a course which should become a destination pilgrimage course for disc golfers in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Congratulations to Brenda McKay and her entire crew for the work to get the course installed, and for the great opening day.

Players fight weather at Rocanville's inaugural tourney

The team of Chris Istace of Moosomin and Cory Stupak of Yorkton fired a two-over-par 31 to win the inaugural Rocanville Disc Golf Club Team Doubles Classic on Sunday, June 26.

The event hosted a thin field of competitors fighting stiff winds, rain and extremely wet ground conditions at Rocanville's 18-hole course located just south of town. After golfing the front-nine, the players were flighted into teams, then continued through to the back nine. Although the tournament was scheduled to include 36-holes of play, the event was suspended after 18 due to rain.

Istace/Stupak fell behind early with a bogey on Hole 11, but birdie deuces on 13 and 14 pulled them equal with the Yorkton pairing of Doug Kerr and Trevor Lyons. The difference in the match came at Hole 17, where Istace/Stupak nailed a par-saving putt out of the bush while Kerr/Lyons dropped a bogey.

Kerr/Lyons finished the day with a score of 32, while Moosomin's Joshua Istace and Yorkton's Calvin Daniels placed third with a 36.

The Team Doubles Classic was the first event to be hosted at the new Rocanville facility, which runs along the Rocanville Cross Country Ski Club's trail system about two kilometres south of the town on Webster Cemetery Road.

Despite the lower-than-expected number of entries, the tournament had incredible support from area sponsors.

Lunch and prizes were provided by CDI Injury Recovery Centre, while the remaining prize contributors included Universe Satellite Sales, Glenda's Travel at Travel Only and Kenhome Construction from Rocanville; Jeannot Electric, Stand Up Construction, Mullett's Rona, Evolution Hair Studio and Twin Auto in Moosomin; and Laurie's Construction 2007 in Whitewood.

Members of the Rocanville Disc Golf Club will continue to meet at 6 pm every Tuesday evening for league play through to the end of September. Guests and members of the public wanting to try the sport are welcome to join in the fun.

Park party

The City of Yorkton’s Parks & Recreation Department hosted a Park Party Wednesday at Knights of Columbus Park on Circlebrooke Drive. The event included bocce, croquet, ladder toss, a bouncy castle and of course a barbecue.

The PADG was also on hand with our portable basket, and a bunch of putters, giving young and old in attendance a chance to toss a few discs as an introduction to the sport. The response from young and old was very positive.

Lemberg Lions

Members of the PADG were in Lemberg Tuesday, June 21, providing a ‘how-to-play’ session at the course there.

The session was part of the Lemberg Lions Appreciation BBQ held at the sports ground where the disc golf course is located.

It is hoped the Lions will become more involved with disc golf in Lemberg in the future.

PADG Tournaments

July 1 - Asessippi National Disc Golf Course Tournament - Dynamic Disc 2-Disc Challenge

July 9 - Birtle Tournament (Tentative)

July 30 - Sandy Beach Open (details to be released soon)

July 31 - Carlton Trail - Tentative

Aug 28 - Yorkton 2nd Annual Trilogy Challenge

Sep 3 - Fort Qu'appelle - MVP Circuit - Tentative

Sept 10 - Moosomin Tourney - Tentative

For details contact [email protected]