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BDGA British Open 2012 at Quarry Park
The British open is fast approaching and all the club here at Quarry Park are getting really excited at the prospect of some great weather and great golf. We are gathering together the usual suspects and hopefully some new faces.
We are trying really hard to make this a great event for all to remember for years to come. Including getting as much sponsorship, and goodies we can. As you might already know this will be a BDGA Tour event so the powerstats count, and the fee's are considerably lower.
Also This event will be used to determine which British player will get the opportunity to play in the Performance Flight at the USDGC - So good luck and get that putting practice in!
So get those fingers tapping and sign up at www.britishopen2012.blogspot.co.uk
Most importantly bring your A GAME!!!
2012 BDGA Tour #2 - Croydon Cyclone
After a fantastic experience at the rollercoaster disc golf course that is Whitcombe , myself , Del , Bruce and Phil Sumner set out very early on a Saturday morning from misty Leamington.
We left at about 6 am and hit the M40 excited and looking forward to this years not so warm Cyclone . Much banter and jibes at each other took place over the course of the journey . There was me constantly turning the music up to keep awake after my 4.55 am and Phil as front seat passenger constantly trying to turn it down, Bruce moaning about breakfast as soon as he got in the car and Del entertaining us due to his old age!!
by Jon Tweed
2012 BDGA Tour #1 - Frostbreaker
Keen to get started, on a cold winters morning, whilst others were about to set about their daily Friday grind, two upstanding members of the Croydon Disc Golf Community, Hippy Dan and Sam made their way to Dorset to sample the delights that the much anticipated Whitcombe Farm disc golf course. On arrival both were amazed at what lay before them, a towering hill in front dotted with fluffy sheep, surely they wouldn't be playing up and down it, that would be absurd! Of course that is exactly where the course was....
2011 BDGA Awards
2011 BDGA Awards Winners:
Open Champion: Derek Robins
Amateur Champion: Phil Wood
Ladies Champion: Sophie Southgate.
Contribution To The Sport: Rich Wood
Most Improved Player: Dan Ryan
Funniest Moment: Sam Stevens - Sweet Spot!
Spirit Of The Game: Dan Ryan and Gary O'Malley
Congratulations to you all!
BDGA Tour #6 - Quarry Park Open
Bravely battling through road works and traffic jams in London and on the M40 a group of intrepid merry croydonites braved the world outside London to go and play the 2011 Quarry Park Open in the deepest and darkest midlands. We arrived in the rain, ate takeaway in the Bongo, and then braved the elements to erect the Taj Mahal. Now Croydon Disc golf Club, that the centre of the party, had arrived everyone crammed in to the Taj Mahal for some beverages, 14 people in total. Once everyone had begun to disperse and I had fallen asleep several times it was time for bed, Dan Ryan in one room and myself in the other with Rich in the Bongo....
BDGA Tour #4 - The Essex 2011 Open
I (Paul Stoddart) have been asked to write this report on the 4th British Tour event as I saw it, so excuse the bias and content but its my home tourney and I'm a chef not Hunter S Thompson.
After winning 2010's TD of the year Dave Allaker had set himself a high standard to follow and possibly beat. What better way to do this than offer a player pack consisting of a special stamped Gateway Wizard and mini (thanks for this goes to Steve Kornmuller), replicating last years amazing basket trophies plus a new replication Disc Golf Recovery Vehicle trophy (thanks for this goes to Paul Cooper), amazing lunches each day (thanks for this goes to Chris Rowland ((and Dave's mum)), spot prizes on both Saturday & Sunday, a ring of fire and finally the course itself (thanks to Uni grounds staff). Prizes this year totaled a whopping 30 so after receiving a player pack well over half the field won a prize too.
BDGA Tour Event #3 - Burnlaw Snowbow
The 3rd tour event of the year saw a field of over 30 golfers descend on the idyllic North Pennines farm of Burnlaw.
Stunning unseasonable weather met the golfers as they arrived through Friday and early Saturday morning and the beautiful sunshine and benign conditions lasted all weekend.
The Open division included the majority of the top British Golfers guaranteeing an exciting outcome and with the win only being confirmed on the last putt no one was left disappointed!