Juice Box

In case anyone is interested: There is a Disc Golf Live television program that has been on CableOne Channel 12 on the last 2 Tuesdays at 11:00AM for one hour.

The Bag Tag financial report:

We had 35 disc golfers in the league, each paid $20 to get a tag. We had two people who lost their tag and needed to pay $5 to get a new one (they never received it, my bad. Talk to me if you want it over the winter).

That equates to this: (35 x $20) + (2 x $5) = $710 total for bag tag.

The breakdown: $5 for weekly bag tag prizes, $5 for end-of-year bag tag prizes, $5 for community disc golf action, $5 for the Floodplain Open:

$175 for each.

Weekly Prizes: Just in the Backyard Brawl giveaways alone, there were $90 worth of prizes. Then there was the $20 gas card that Ole won, the 40 discs that I gave away. Yeah, 40 discs throughout the year. Then there were t-shirts, dri-fits, food at my parent's place, and others that I know i am forgetting. There was definitely $175 worth of prizes given (probably double that).

End-of-year: $20 ace that Ole got, 6 sets of dics (CFR Roc and Destroyer/Xcalibur), a couple of free Bag Tag Leagues for next year (I remember Dewey, please remind me of the other one), and a tournament sponsor package for the person who held the #1 spot in Bag Tag for the majority of the year (Two B-Tier Equivalent tournaments paid for, approx. value at $160).

Community: At first, we were going to give Moorhead $200, but Andrew Zoller of Rock30 games stepped up and is giving that whole donation. Then I stepped up and gave 1 basket from Frolfware, as well as 1 basket from the FM Disc Golf Community, constituting our $200 donation. If that offends you, let me know, but I think a basket is a great way to show our support.

Floodplain Open: What Floodplain Open you ask? It didn't happen. Therefore, the money gathered for the FPO will be held over into next year. Also, the extra $10 will be added to this purse. It is nice knowing that we have at least $185 in sponsorship cash FPO 2010r.

If you have any money questions, let me know and I will answer them right away.

Hi. My name is Wayne. I'm moving back to Fargo and I'm looking for info on what's going on with disc golf there. Can some one help me with info on tournaments, leagues, what's being done in the winter and what's being done for growth of the sport. I know flooding has been an issue. Are courses being moved away from the red or new ones being built. Any info would be great. It seems some of the local sites are down or there isn't much activity. I hope I'm mistaken on that part. I'm hoping to have the chance to help out there. Please reach me at wfoell2000@yahoo.com . Thank-you.

Yeah my casual rounds are usually solo so it would be nice to have anyone else out there. Starting to think it is having an impact on my tourney rounds. Although its hard to prove I play decent on my own and tend to tank in competitive play. It's going to be a good year for disc golf though so I am pumped.

How are the courses at the moment? I just got back to Fargo after spring break in the Twin Cities and would love to throw with some people up here again. Anybody interested in getting together some night/afternoon to throw? Possibly some doubles if we could get 4+ people together. Either comment here or shoot me a text at 612-310-2287.

-Mitch

There is incentive this year for Bag Tag aces!

If you get an ace in a competitive bag tag round, post it in the comments section. The first ace in a Bag Tag round will win a prize. Also, the most aces throughout the year will win some prizes as well. Here is how you would post your ace:

Name: Joey Schmit
Course: Oak Grove
Hole: 5
Date: 5/26/12
Competition with: Josh Dunham, Eric Pilon

Anyone looking to throw tomorrow afternoon? Anytime after 2:30

I officially lost the scorecards from the last bag tag round, so I will not be able to update the bag tag numbers. Please update your own if you have a new number.

Sorry and thank you.

Hi everyone. I know some of us here in Fargo/Moorhead are heading to the Phoenix area for the 2012 memorial championship. Registration opened last night at midnight. The last two years it filled up in three weeks. There's a link on the PDGA site that will bring you to the memorial website which has all the info needed. Remember that if you are playing open there is a rules test, and all players have to be signed up with the PDGA for 2013. If any am players are heading down I believe the memorial is a qualifier again for the USADGC in michigan. If I remember correctly the top 20% out of 100 some advanced men received invites to go to the USADGC in Michigan last year. The catch with the USADGC is that you have not won cash at a sanctioned event, currently an am player and your rating is below 970 prior to registration (Verify that for yourself because I may be wrong). Good luck and I hope to see more North Dakotans in Arizona this year.

Congrats to Wayne Foel, the now proud Fargoan, l for an 11th place finish in the Advanced Division at the Memorial!

ND represent!

Wow! Thanks Joey. The memorial was a blast. Always great people running it and competing there. I'm in Vegas now throwing, tomorrow I crash my old league in flagstaff and on the drive home I get to hit more courses.

Here's a heads up for 2014. Am worlds will be in Minneapolis. It's very easy to qualify. Be a pdga member this year and earn points for playing in pdga events. There should be 600+ competitors. There could be divisions covering everything from girls under 10 all the way to legends 70+. It should be a lot of fun. If you're thinking about playing worlds and you're not a pdga member now would be the time to become one and hit some tourneys. I've heard there will be a handful of sanctioned events in ND and MN.

-- Sending out Thoughts and Prayers Repost--

It has come to light that Ed Van Winkle Sr., a long time, extremely dedicated disc golfer from Grand Forks, ND has been diagnosed with Stage 4 throat cancer. He has recently become aware that he only has a short time to stay with us.

Ed has been a fixture at disc golf courses and tournaments in ND and MN for longer than most have known about the sport.

Please take a moment to think of Ed Sr. and his family in your day.

For clarification, there are two Peter Karl's in the Fargo/West Fargo area. I am the disc golfer, he is the pedophile.

It looks like ND state doubles will be on May 17th in Bismarck and then Brandon Balzer is running a C tier tournament the day after on the 18th. Look up Battle Fore Sibley on the PDGA for a link to register. Also The Minnesota Amateur Disc Golf Championship will be May 3rd and 4th. This is an A tier with 2 rounds at Kaposia.
I can't wait for this snow to melt. It's looking like our flood will be minimal this year.

We are having a random doubles ($5) this Sunday 3/9/14.
Celebrate Dunham's birthday at Oak Grove park - 1pm.