2010 NDDGA Schedule

[DiscJosh]

Okay,

The Mandan Mountain Jam is going to be Sunday Apr. 11 the day after the dickinson tourney

It will be cash only and payouts to all divisions

Novice will play one round of 24 on the short tees,

Advanced, Open, and Masters will play 2 rounds of 24 from the long tees


Registration is at 8-8:45 then short players meeting after and tee off will be 9ish.

Entry fees are: Novice- $20 Advanced and Masters- $30 and Open- $40.

If you have any questions you can message me on here or call me (Josh) at 701-214-2483

If i dont answer im probably at work and will call you back as soon as I can,

Hope to see you there!!

[frolfware]

Discers of ND,

This is Joey giving a little update on the Fargo side of things for the 2010 season. At the conclusion of last year and with Fargo's abysmal showing of tournaments, I started brainstorming about tournaments for the upcoming year. I originally wanted to run a tournament in late May/early June. Guess what? Flooding is almost assuredly going to take care of any tournament in Fargo at that time of year. However, I do have access to some wonderful land within 30 miles of Fargo which would be absolutely prime for a big tournament setting and has no chance of flooding. Unfortunately, I do not think that will work either, because I have signed up for summer school and am also working full-time, leaving precious little for disc golf time in the early goings of the season, especially when the course needs to be built from scratch, is temporary, and is 30 miles away.

Next comes the option of running a tournament in late July or September, because it would be nice to give the State Tournament some breathing room. Then comes the factor that Fargo just does not have tournament caliber courses at it's disposal. I have grown up on Oak Grove and Woodlawn Parks, but those courses simply do not meet my standards when it comes to putting on a high-caliber tournament. There is a definite ability for temporary baskets and alternate tee-pads at Oak Grove, much like Darrell and the Fargo Gang set up for the State Tournament, but the course is getting more and more deteriorated all of time because of water damage, treefall and overuse. Perhaps a tournament there, but no promises.

Why not have it at the amazing piece of land 30 miles out of Fargo? Because that land does not get mowed and can only be played in the early summer months. Hopefully all goes well for schooling this year and I can run it in May/Early June 2011 out there, because the land is way too cool to go to waste. The Floodplain Open in 2008 took place and was a grand success in Fargo/Moorhead, but I was told by the city of Moorhead that some of the land used during the tournament would never again be able to be used by disc golf, period. That said, Moorhead has passed the installation of a few of the holes at the Floodplain location (12 holes) and it will be in this Summer. We may have a ribbon cutting type tournament there, but that is on the Minnesota side and does not pertain to this site.

We are currently working on the Fargo Park district to install a high-quality course with some challenge to draw in players from areas other than Fargo and it sounds promising. However, those plans aren't coming until next year at the earliest. If Fargo was equipped with some nice land and courses like Dickinson, Bismarck/Mandan, Jamestown, and Grand Forks, I would be more than willing to run a couple of tournaments. The bummer part is that we simply do not have any land or courses in the city limits that beg to have a tournament thrown on them and it takes a ton of effort to put up temporary baskets/tee signs/tees/shelters/etc. and cut through all the red tape of disc golf stigma to run a tournament at an unestablished area.

In summary, I do not know what I will be offering to disc golf this year in the Fargo area as far as tournaments. Most of my efforts are probably going to be taking place on the "showing Park Boards about the benefits of disc golf" end of the spectrum. I hate seeing the area of the state with the most disc golfers go to waste. I just want to say thank you to the people that have run tournaments in the past and those doing so this year. It takes a whole lot of work and there is little kickback for the large efforts. Hopefully I can join you this year in the disc golf crusade, but no guarantees.

Later.

[discraftelite]

As some of you know, I was living in Bismarck, but have now moved to the thrilling town known as Valley City. I plan on playing more GF and Fargo tourney's this year, and if any Fargo (or Jamestown for that matter) guys would want help on tourney prep, let me know. I know it might be kind of hard to coordinate 45 mins away, but I'm willing to help anyway I can. Just let me know.

[WhaqP]

I will let you know if there is anything in Jamestown you could help with. I have been meeting with Charles to disscuss the 1st Annual Buffalo City Open that is going to be a PDGA B-tier scheduled for July 10th and 11th. If things go well it should be a pretty nice tournament, but with the latest river forecasts it is not looking good. I attatched the logo I just completed for the tournament if you are interested in checking it out.

[riverboy]

Pretty nice. Charles has contacted me on making a brochure for this tournament. With your permission of course, may I use this logo in the brochure?

[DevilsLakeMike]

As some of you know, I was living in Bismarck, but have now moved to the thrilling town known as Valley City.

How about a tournament in Valley City?!?

[DevilsLakeMike]

Cool logo!

[riverboy]

As some of you know, I was living in Bismarck, but have now moved to the thrilling town known as Valley City.

How about a tournament in Valley City?!?

Just my two cents, but the Valley City course seems a bit small to host a tournament.

[discraftelite]

Valley's course is a short 9'er, which is why I was offering my time to Fargo/Jamestown TD's. Could be OK for an Ace Race though in the fall. I am also an official if that helps at all.

[jotto]

I am wondering what the dates of State dubs are... It's getting close to May and I would hate to miss this tournament because I didn't get my time off request in on time.