The baskets are gone, tees cleared and the parks are quiet once again following the running of the 2008 Victorian Disc Golf Open last weekend. 19 players in total made it out for this debut event with two travelling from interstate (NSW and ACT) and many players from both Melbourne and Geelong. The weather held out all the way to the final round with a little light rain coming in at the end but all in all some great weather for an autumn event.

This was the first of what will hopefully be an annual event for Victorian Disc Golf. There is currently a proposal being prepared for the establishment of a permanent basket course in Eastern Park. For the time being the Geelong Disc Golf Club utilised portable baskets to run the event with 12 DGA Mach Lites and 6 DGA M-14 baskets (modified with an additional row of chains). Eastern Park showcased a full 18 basket layout utilising a large area of the park with some lengthy holes while Drysdale Reserve provided a far more technical course with shorter holes using 12 baskets and 18 tee locations.

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There have been significant updates to the Victorian Disc Golf website, please check them out at:

    http://www.vicopen.com/

 Lots to report, all details on the website.

Many photos from the Perth Disc Golf Open in March 2008 have now been posted to the Perth Disc Golf Club website. You can view them at the following location:

    http://www.perthdiscgolf.com/gallery/2008-PerthOpen

The Victorian Disc Golf Open 2008 website is now up and running. Click the banner above for full event details on our new event website. Be sure to register early to get a tournament T-Shirt. This promises to be a fantastic weekend of Disc Golf and all are welcome to come and experience Disc Golf in Geelong, Victoria. Save the dates for the 24th/25th May 2008.

Regards

Paul Arden
Tournament Director
paul.arden@australiandiscgolf.com

Jarrath Sweetten
Co-Tournament Director
jarrath.sweetten@australiandiscgolf.com

Man what a weekend of disc golf the weather couldn’t have been better and the competition was hot in all divisions. I would like to thank all those who helped with the Perth Open this year couldn’t have done it without you guys. I would also like to thank SWEET VIOLETS FLORIST for sponsoring our event they helped us pay for the booking of the parks and etc…
 
Congratulations to all those who competed and also to the winners of the divisions
 
Emil Isakson  – Mens Open
Linda Blomster – Womens Open
Kris Kohout – Mens Advanced
Kim Holmes – Mens Master
Stuart Adams – Mens Recreational
 
This year we also gave out the "Player’s Player" award and this went out to Paul Arden One it was for making the trip over to play in our event and also for the help and knowledge he dished out to people on the two days of competition.

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The 10th Sizzler at Eddison Park was a great success thanks to the keen disc golfers who supported it. Also there was the first tourney Ace, fittingly by local Jim who started DG only 3 years ago.  New course records were set, the usual hot weather was absent & the predicted rain stayed in the fast moving dark clouds overhead. The cool gusty winds added to the challenge of missing trees on drives & approaches, & holing putts into headwinds.

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This weekend the first ADGTour 2008 A-Tier tournament, the Sparks Summers Sizzler will be held at the Eddison Park Disc Golf Course in Woden, ACT. For more information please see the event listing.