On Saturday, May 10th women from all around the world will compete in the Women’s Global Disc Golf event (http://www.pdga.com/women/global-event). With almost 1000 women registered this year’s event will be the biggest yet. Australia is hosting 2 tournaments for the event, one in NSW and one in Perth and we are inviting all women (and men) keen to have a throw to join us.
7th Annual Victorian Open
The Geelong and Melbourne Disc Golf Clubs are proud to announce the City of Geelong as host of the 2014 Victorian Disc Golf Open. This 7th annual tournament is one of the top events on the Australian tour and promises to attract some of the best disc golfers from around the country and abroad.
ADG Tour heads to Tasmania in March
The Australian Disc Golf National Tour arrives at Poimena Reserve in Tasmania on March 14-16 for the Two Heads Open presented by Discology.
This is the tournament’s 7th year and could be the biggest yet. Players from QLD, NSW, VIC, WA, even Finland have already committed. The course has a special place in the hearts of many players on the Tour, with its spectacular scenery, elevation changes and sloping greens.
Two Heads Open always delivers a fun, challenging tournament with good après disc socials.
The tournament website is live and player registration is open.
http://twoheadsopen.com.au/2014
ADG Tour Winners 2013
Congratulations to all the participants on the 2013 Australian Disc Golf Tour.
2013 was a great year for disc golf with over 200 people competing on the tour, at 21 events.
The winners and top 3 for each division are below:
The EDGE Program: An insiders view part 1
The Australian Disc Golf Championships in Brisbane were held over the weekend of the 15th-17th of November. This created a great opportunity for the Disc Golf community in Brisbane to participate and run a number of clinics with schools and community groups prior to the event.
Jay Reading and Des Reading were in attendance from America, they have made a living from promoting Disc Golf to younger audiences for many years now. Jay is a 4x Putting world champion, and 4x Disc Golf Doubles World Champion, Des is a 3x Women’s World Champion and 3x United States Champion.
This is the first of a 2 part story written by Brisbane’s very own Nate Lee and his experiences of being involved in the Educational Disc Golf Experience, or EDGE as it is otherwise known.
World leading disc golf educators coming to Brisbane
The globally acclaimed Educational Disc Golf Education program is coming to Brisbane!
As part of the 2013 Australian Disc Golf Championshiops to be held in Brisbane, EDGE will be teaching their program to the school kids around Brisbane. They are also going to run a train the trainers workshop to which all disc golfer are invited.
Annual General Meeting
ADG now offering insurance for disc golf leagues
Insurance is a requirement of most councils so any clubs or individuals running leagues are advised to embrace this new initiative from ADG.
Players can also act – tell your league organiser to get insured! It’s just $0.50 per person, per league day.
How much does it cost?
Photos from the ACT Open in Canberra
73 photos have been posted on the ADG Facebook page.
ADG is now accepting bids for events for the 2014 ADG Tour.
Australian Disc Golf inc is now accepting bids for events for the 2014 ADG tour.
The first stage is submitting bids for A-tier events. These need to be received by Paul Arden ( paul.arden@australiandiscgolf.com) by 31st July.