Monday, November 17th

Alan Brown asked me to post the following:

This coming saturday november 22nd at 9:30 am ,you are invited to Santa Cruz River Park for a day of discgolf. I am moving to Iowa at the end of the month and would like to throw a discgolf party before I go. Free Beer, burgers and dogs on the grill and alot of discgolf. We were thinking about having a round of large format best shot .Then some food and a second round TBD. So show up and wish me well, or tell me to "GET THE HELL OUT OF TOWN ALAN BROWN". I also will have a ton of gear to sell to help with my move. I have enjoyed my time here in Tucson and apprciate TCL and all its members for the continued efforts to improve discgolf in Tucson. I also have pledged to buy 1.5 new baskets for Santa Cruz that I will probably never get to use. Peace.......Alan P.S.ask not what discgolf can do for you, ask what can you do for discgolf J.A.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Ben has announced the 2008 Discraft One Disc Ace Race! The event will be held at Groves on October 19th. Every player will receive 2 brand new prototype discs, a Discraft cap, and a mini. That is a $55.00 value for the meager amount of $25.00. This event is limited to 20 players with no pre-registration. The grand prize is a 10 premium plastic golf discs and a brand new disc golf bag! Be sure to arrive early so you don't miss out. See the tournament schedule for more details!

One of the major topics we covered at the last meeting was the state of the broken down baskets at Santa Cruz River Park. While the City has been making improvements to the park, the reality is that if we want new baskets at Santa Cruz, then we disc golfers will have to do it on our own. To this end, TCL is announcing the Santa Cruz Restoration Project. Our goal is to raise the funds to purchase 18 brand new DGC Mach 3 baskets! Santa Cruz is one of the countries oldest permanent disc golf courses. Further, Santa Cruz is southern Arizona's busiest and most popular course. Please help make this project a reality! Read more here

Marana Saturday morning league is now up and running again with a new start time of 8:00am. See the league schedule for more details!

Groves Sunday afternoon league has changed times. It will now begin at 4:00pm. See the league schedule for more details!

Beginning Nov. 1st, the Santa Cruz 'A' league will be moving forward an hour to 9:00am. See the league schedule for more details!

Also beginning on Nov. 1st, the Groves 'B' league will be moving from Thursday afternoon to Saturday Mornings at 9:00am.

Due to a confused webmaster, the Turkey Shoot was incorrectly posted being on Nov. 22nd. The correct date is Nov. 29th! Be sure to update your calendar! See the tournament schedule for more details.

Chris Kaufmann is running the Southern Arizona Disc Golf Classic! We'll be playing four rounds over two days on three different courses. We'll be playing Marana Rock, Santa Cruz, and Groves, all in the standard layout with the standard park rules. See the tournament schedule for more details!

Friday, September 19, 2008

Big news since the last update! I think I have told many of you already, but for those I haven't run into lately, My wife and I are expecting a new baby Chino. We got the results of the tests, so we know its going to be a girl! She is due on Feb. 11th. And yes, I am so happy I could that I can't stand it. Needless to say, I have been very focused on Home and Career lately, so I apologize that I haven't been as regular on my web updates. I will try to keep things a bit more current, but please be patient with me over the next few months.

The September monthly has been planned for Sunday Sept.28th at 9:00 am! We are going to be playing 50-cent skins on an alternate version of the Groves course that you guys will love. The club is not collecting any cash for registration on this event, so the most a round can cost you is $9.00. Svea will be set up with the Barbeque so we will have hotdog and hamburger lunches for sale that will include chips and dessert. Also, I will have the club cooler out there with beer and sodas. This is the only fundraising that the club will be doing, so bring an appetite and a thirst. We may even have a freshly stocked club store. We'll play a first round, break for lunch, and then play an optional second round. For all the info, check out the flyer!

Also, Ben has begun planning the 2008 Tucson Ace Race! It will be Oct. 18th at Groves. Ben will be shortening up the course so there will be lots of tasty ace runs for you all to go for. Players meeting is at 9:30, tee-off at 10:00, short break for lunch, the a second round. All of this is still tentative, so check back and i'll post more current info as I get it.

Mike A. has been posting frequent updates regarding the Marana course at the TCL Forums. Especially important are the notices he has been posting regarding course development. It's important to remember that this is still an ongoing project. The Marana crew have been making the best of the flooded course by spending time pouring pads! But they need volunteers to turn out and help! This is going to be southern Arizona's finest course when the work is done, so please check the messages often and show up to help out! Chad is still doing some golf out at Marana with temp baskets, and all that info can be found on the message board as well.

I talked with Svea recently, and she is going be starting up that Ladies League again. It starts at 5:00pm Mondays at Santa Cruz. Please help spread the word!

And speaking of leagues, the Groves 'A' league will be moving to 4:00pm beginning October 5th. Again, help remind each other and tell those who may not be wired to the Interwebs!

The next open meeting is October 1st. We will be playing $5.00 random draw doubles before the meeting at Santa Cruz. We'll tee-off at 4:30, then meet back up at Rusty's at 7:00. I highly recommend making it to this meeting as there is likely to be an important announcement that affects us all! The format is sort of town hall, so if you have any ideas or comments to bring, this is a great place to do it. Also, Rusty's has great burgers and beer!

Oh, and, Pen has asked that I remind you all to Bang Da Chains, M**** F*****, Band Da Chains!

And Rob pointed out this jam from his homies at the LHC!

Both are too cool! No? Yes!

Wednesday, August 5th, 2008

Good news for all disc golfers! Tee-pads are going to begin being poured this Saturday at Marana Rock DGC! Here's the info from Mike A.:

<begin message>We are going to pour 2 tee pads (possibly 3) this Saturday at Marana Rock. Parks and Rec will set the forms and steel Friday. We will be utilizing a tote trailer to haul pre-mixed concrete to the site, so the entire effort shouldn't be very back-breaking. I've got a couple of volunteers (myself included), and the Town might have a couple of guys helping also, but could use a couple more. PLEASE CALL ME and let me know if you can help out. I need to know how many people can make it, so PLEASE call. Thanks!! 975-2317<end message>

Guys, we need all the help with this we can get. The bottom line is Marana has the potential to be Southern AZ's #1 course, but that is dependant on our turning out and helping build it! If you can make it out, please do so!

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Just a few quick news item for this update:

Tumbleweed 2008 registration is is going strong! We are already seeing registrations coming in from all over the US. Be sure to send yours in soon! You can book your rooms at the hotel online by visiting this link! Book your room soon; the cutoff date for reservatons with the discount are Aug.3rd!

Mike A. has sent me an updated map for the Marana Rock course which includes GPS distances for all holes! Nice work, Mike. The guys out at Marana are really stepping up and showing pride in thier local course.

Also: if you are heading to Santa Cruz, be sure to take Speedway as Grant is closed at the freeway while they tear down the overpass!

Finally, Groves park suffered some serious weather related damage last Sunday. Damage included downed powerlines, the fence along fairway 17 was blown over, roofs from houses blown off, tree damage and more. I'll post more as soon as the info is relayed to me. For more info, check this topic at the message boards. Mickey B. has been posting updates regularly. If you know something new, please post there or email me directly.

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Tumbleweed registration has officially begun! Click the logo to the left for all this info! I'll post more updates as they happen! Also, sponsorship info is available online!

Also, for everyone who runs a league, I have posted a link to some of the basic stuff we all seem to need (payout structure, scorecards). I'll post more stuff to this later. From now on, you'll be able to access these documents via the League Schedule

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Just wanted to say thanks to all 14 people who braved the heat and turned out for the Summer Solstice Skins. It was probably the most fun I have had playing disc golf in several months. In spite of the heat, everyone had a great attitude, the event ran really smooth, and I couldn't be happier! Believe it or not, five of us even had energy for a second round of nine holes at high noon. If you guys would like to see more skins format events in the future, drop me an email and let me know! Special thanks to Svea for braving the heat to help out and barbeque us a wonderful lunch, to Mike Anderson for all his work improving the Marana Rock course, to Ben for always being there to help out, and to Pen Selusi for winning all my money in spite of my excellent round (I'll get you next time, dude!). Once again, I really appreciate everyone turning out and making this event such a delight to run. I hope you all had at least half as much fun as I did.

Speaking of Marana Rock, Chad asked me to announce that beginning Saturday, June 28th, the Marana Rock league will be starting at 7:00 am. I think everyone who played today would agree that this is a good call! Be sure to show up, Chad runs a really fun league and Marana Rock is a sweet course!

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Lots of stuff to cover, so let's dive right in!

League updates:

Thursday Groves league and Sunday Groves league are now beginning at 5:00pm.

Also, the Sunday Morning Santa Cruz league is moving back an hour and will now begins at 8:00am. Be sure to arrive on time! I should also mention that Santa Cruz is now mostly in the short position, so traditionally this is the time to have some aces hit! Please help spread the word!

News:

Congrats to Svea for her 1st place win at this year's Treebash! Not only was this Svea's first win, she did it at a PDGA A tier event played on some of the toughest courses in Arizona! WAY TO GO SVEA!

The Lemmon Drop results have been posted to the PDGA web site. A Big 'thanks' to Jack Adams for running this event again! Jack not only doubled the amount of people who played this year, but he also managed to make it a smooth running event that was really great fun with nice payouts. If you guys get a moment, please email Jack and tell him how much you appreciate his hard work. This event is exceptionally phys2cally difficult and time consuming to set up, tear down and organize! TCL would also like to extend a huge 'Thank You' to all the volunteers who helped with baskets, spotted, dug pads, and took care of many other mundane tasks that made this event possible. Also, kudos to Alan 'Upshot' Brown for setting up and running the mini golf. Alan took it on himself to organize and run this event on his own, and he did a heck of a job! it really made for a fun diversion while we nursed those kegs!

Speaking of the Lemmon Drop, Jack will need volunteers one last time on June 7th to help retrieve the remianing baskets. If you can possibly help, meet the guys up by the ski area at 10:00am.

Probably the coolest news for this update was the Marana Rock article and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony! The press was very positive towards local disc golf and TCL. To view the article from the AZ Daily Star, check here. You know, this would be a great opportunity to help promote the sport and club even more! Write a letter to the editor and tell them how much you would love to see coverage of our local tournaments on the sports page. Also, take a minute and post a positive comment in the 'replies' section of the online article (you may need to sign up for a free account to post). The more good press we get, the more opportunities we will have to work with officials in Southern Az to continue to grow our sport! TCL would also like to give a huge shout-out to the Marana officials who have shown so much enthusiasm and support in helping to make this project happen.

Honestly, I can't help but to be amazed at how enthusiastic and forward thinking the Marana parks and town leaders are. If only more cities in southern Arizona understood how beneficial disc golf can be in maintaining and improving open spaces and city parks,then we would soon find ourselves with multiple world class courses being installed. But we should all be aware that it doesn't end here! We need to continue to lobby our local officials. We Need to let them know that we share a common goal: we all want beautiful, natural, and ecologically sound areas to enjoy. But unlike most other sports clubs and enthusiasts, disc golfers are willing to put in the time and work necessary to see it happen! So spread the word in Oro Valley, Sierra Vista, Bisbee, Tucson, Catalina, Eloy, Ajo, Gila Bend and everywhere else in southern AZ! Explain to your local parks official and councilmen that disc golf can improve natural areas and reduce crime in established city parks! OK, enough of my overenthusiastic ranting, let me wipe the foam from my chin and we'll move on...

The June monthly plans are now underway! I will post a flyer and some more info as soon as I can complete them, but here is the info that I have so far:

Summer Solstice Skins
Date: June 21st
Time:Players Meeting begins promptly at 8:00am
Place: Marana Rock
Format: Skins
Cost: 50 cents per skin,cash paid within your card only!

We will play one round beginning at 8:00am, then we'll have a brief break for food and beverages, then there will be an optional second round for any who would like to stay and play. The 50 cent skin format means that no individual player can lose more than $9.00 in a single round. Instead of the club taking the normal $1.00 per player, TCL will not be charging anything for entry. Instead, Svea will be set up with the club store and a grill where she will be selling discs, hot-dogs, veggie brats, and cold beverages. The plastic, food and beverage sales will be the only club fundraising going on at this event, so bring an appetite! Steve Chino will be the TD for this event. We plan only to have 2 divisions for this event: Pro and Am. However, it would be awesome if the ams were willing to step up and play pro (like I will be). I don't run a lot of events, but I think this one will be big fun and very relaxed. In fact, I am officially invoking the Ice Bowls 'no wimps, no whiners' rule. Anyone busting chops or bitching will be publicly humiliated :) Please come out and try a new format and show a little support for your humble Webmaster & Information Officer (i.e. me) If you have never played skins before, please read this brief summary and then email me with any questions. The format is simple to learn, so please don't feel at all intimidated. Come out and try it, I promise you'll have fun!

Vince Fitzpatrick Memorial
Date: July 19th
Time:8:30 tee-off
Place: Santa Cruz River Park
Format: Standard Singles Format with CASH payouts for ALL divisions!
Cost: $15-$30 (depending on division)

Also, just wanted to remind you all that Trevor is an amazing TD: He had his flyer in for the Vince's Memorial months ago and the plans are available online here! Vince's is going to be BIG this year. We had a ton of positive feedback from last year, and couple that with the fact that every Arizona event this year so far has been completely filled, and you'll know that these could be some FAT payouts!! Plus, all proceeds will go to a very good cause! Can't wait to play it, Trev!

Finally, Ben and I should have all the event enfo for this years Tumbleweed up around the 14th. Be sure to check back!

Updates:

Updated the league schedule with summer hours and linked the individual message boards to the league schedule.

Monday May 5th, 2008

Two very brief updates:

Alan Brown is organizing a mini disc golf tourny up at the Lemmon Drop. For more details and a flyer, check the tournament schedule.

The University of Arizona Chi Alphas are putting on a doubles tournment on May 10th at Santa Cruz River Park. Check the tournament schedule for the flyer and more info. Please note that this is not a TCL event, so questions should be sent to the Chi Alphas!

Monday April 28th, 2008

Mike Anderson asked me to post the following:

begin message-"The Town of Marana is going to have a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Marana Rock DGC on Saturday, May 31, 2008. The exact time of the ceremony will be announced when we know for sure. The Mayor of Marana, the Director of Parks and Recreation, as well as other representatives will be on hand for the ceremony. Local news will be informed of the event and should also be present. This has been scheduled to avoid and tournament conflicts, so we would like to get as many disc golfers as possible to show up at the Marana course. That Saturday is also doubles league, so plan to stay and play!

When playing Marana Rock, PLEASE pick up your trash! I know the course isn't in the best shape, yet, but let's do our part to keep it clean! Trash cans will be installed at the course in the next couple of weeks. Until then, please don't toss your empty water bottles, cigarette butts, bottle caps, etc. on the ground. There are trash cans located at the small park next to basket 9, 18. Please use them for now. Thanks!

And thanks to Trevor, Chad, Kevin, and Kristen for their work at the course last Sunday!! Slowly, but surely, the course is starting to take shape!!" -end message

And, just an observation here, but as Mike said, picking up our own trash is important to maintaining good relations with the various authorities on whose goodwill our ability to improve and add new courses depends. In short, not just at Marana, but at ALL courses, PLEASE PICK UP YOUR TRASH!

Also, Ben has set up a time for TCL to introduce disc golf to kids at El Rio Neighborhood Center. He is asking for volunteers to help demonstrate the sport and help run some putting games and etc. If you would like to help out, please call Ben at 400-7862 for more info. This will happen on Wednesday April 30th at 4:30pm. He'll need at least a couple of volunteers to help out and bring extra putters!

Lemmon Drop Update: Jack has asked that I inform you all that camping at the Lemmon Drop will be open beginning on Thursday May 15th at 12:00pm. Also, Alan 'Upshot' Brown will be running some mini disc golf up at the campground that weekend. This will be official MDGF rules and should be a really great course. We'll be playing around the campsite up on the mountain. Contact Alan for more info.

Finally, apologies to Svea for not posting this cool item earleir. TCL turned in a whopping $1500.00 cash and 62 lbs.food donation to the Tucson Food Bank which was raised at the last two Ice Bowls. Check out the nifty picture of Svea with representatives from the Tucson Food Bank and U of A Alumnus. Way to go, Tucson Disc Golfers! And a special thanks to Svea for representing TCL so well. Yeah girl, you do clean up pretty good ;)

And here's a shot of the check. Notice that jewelry? Somebody is gettin' hitched soon!

And remember, TCL: now has just had a major shift in league times/dates/locations. Be sure to check the League Schedule for all the details!

Thursday April 12th, 2008

A revised league schedule has been posted. Changes include the new Marana Rock league, the Summer Groves 'B' league, and new times/days for the Santa Cruz ladies league and the Groves 'A' league. Be sure to pass the word about these changes along to others!

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

This is just a brief update with only a couple of things to cover.

Chris has sent me a copy of the Caddy's Booklet for the Extremely Hazardous tourny which is next Saturday, April 12th! Be sure to check the Tournament Schedule for full details. This event is really shaping up to be big fun, so i hope to see you all there.

Also, a quick reminder: This Wednesday is the next of the TCL Open Forum Meetings. The meeting begins at 7:00 and will be at Rusty's Resturaunt & Sports Grill (2075 W Grant). All Current TCL members who wish to help plan and brainstorm on ways TCL can continue to grow disc golf and improve the club SHOULD attend. The last meeting was quite productive and provided the board with many great ideas. The meeting will last no more than a couple of hours, 90% of this time will be devoted to round-table discussions.

Finally, every single person who uses Santa Cruz should take time to say 'Thanks' to Ben, Andrew, Daniel and CoCo who were the ONLY TCL members who bothered to show up and help pour the new pads at Santa Cruz. They really worked thier butts off to pour the new/replacement pads. It's a shame that they didn't have a few more hands to help... Again, please show them a bit of gratitude; maybe even buy them a beer or something. Or, better yet, turn out for these park maintenance days and lend a hand. It's an awful small contribution to make to help maintain and improve the courses that we all play on!

Also, now that we are into April, it is time to start making your summer disc golf plans. Ben and Jack will be needing volunteers to help with the Tumbleweed Open and Lemmon Drop this year. If you are unable to play, or would just like to be good samaritan, please consider helping out with organizing and spotting. Both tournaments are also in need of sponsors, so please help promote them with your friends, places of business, or with anyone else who you think might be interested in promoting these events. Contact Ben or Jack with any leads you can come up with!

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

This Saturday, March 22nd, we will be playing the March Monthly out at the new Marana Rock course. The format will be Random Draw Doubles. Sign up begins around 1:00, tee off at 1:30. Cost is $7.00 per player. This will be the first organized event out at the new course, so I think we'll see a great turn-out!

Then, next on the TCL calendar will be the Extremely Hazardous event at Santa Cruz. This will be two rounds of Industrial Strength disc golf. See the events calendar and flyer for more details.

On Saturday, April 5th there will be another park maintenance day at Santa Cruz. As most of you know, we were unable to get the concrete last time as the concrete shop was closed on Sundays. For this reason, we are cancelingSaturday league and instead meeting up at Santa Cruz at 8:00 am. Please turn out and bring picks and shovels!

The next Open Forum Club Meeting is Coming up on April 9th. Be sure to be there! The meeting is open to all current TCL Members.

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Lemmon Drop Registration has begun! Be sure to send in your entry form asap and let Jack know if you will be camping on the mountain! Course maps have also been posted. This is easily one of Southern AZ's wildest and most anticipated events of the year. We will be playing on the extreme Lemmon Drop course on Mt. Lemmon. Jack has reserved campground space for a very reasonable rate. Players will be taking the chairlift to the peak and then will play down the slopes. This is an extremely beautiful area and a very challenging event. This is a Cactus Series and PDGA santioned tournament.

The Marana Rock course is now permanently installed! Mike Anderson and Jeff Homburg have done a fantastic job of working with the Marana officials to lay out an amazing new course! This is a rugged course with rocks, cacti, trees, and wildlife. Be sure to wear rugged shoes and long pants. Rattlesnakes and other wildlife may be present, so please be careful! For all the info, driving directions, and course maps, check the Course Directory.

Congrats to all those who played in this year's Memorial. A special shout out to Ams David Taylor (1st pl. Adv) and Kelly Beitel (2nd pl. Adv Master), and to cashing Pros Andrew Bohme (22nd pl. Open) and Kristin Cherry (8th pl Open Women). You can view all the results on the PDGA website: Pros - Ams. I have also posted some pictures and these videos.

Tried to kiss it off the right tree and into the basket.
Watch close and you can see it kiss the tree, bounce off the rim, off the left tree, and onto the ground.
SOOOOOOO close!

You really can't help but think 'God hates me' when a beautiful putt like this gets spit out.

Saturday, Feb 9th, 2008

Next up on the TCL calendar is the Cupid's Couples & Random Draw Doubles on Saturday the 16th.This is TCL's new Am Rep Svea Anderson's first time organizing and being the TD of her own event. It should be a great time, so bring your spouse out and play a round of mixed doubles, or come on your own and play the random draw doubles! See the TCL Calendar for more details!

Then on Sunday, Feb 17th we'll be doing a course maintenance day at Santa Cruz. We'll be pouring the 15/17 combo pad for the B course, raising the practice basket, moving the bench from in front of 10B, and lots more. We'll need everyone to turn out and pitch in. We'll be doing a brief bit of golf at normal league time, Then beginning around 9:30 we'll start organizing workers and such. TCL will be providing lunch and drinks! If you have any questions, contact Ben.

Seems like a ton of TCL members played in this year's Fountain Hills Thrills (or is it 'Chills?"). Day one was as fine a day of golf as I have ever seen at the Fountain, but day two was a grueling round of slogging through the rain. In spite of the cold, windy and wet conditions, TCL really represented! We had someone place in just about every division. Especially big news was Ben's first time accepting cash making him an 'official' pro. Check out the results, then go congratulate someone on the TCL message board :)

Jack and Trevor are already on the ball and finalizing plans for Lemmon Drop and Vince's Memorial! Also coming up soon is the EXtremely Hazardous! Keep checking in on the Tournament Schedule for details which I will be posting as they come in!

Updates:

Posted some unofficial Ice Bowl scores. Built and posted the flyer for Vince's Memorial.

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

This years Tuscon Ice Bowl made the local Fox News! Check out the clip below! Tucson Chain Lightning raised $851.00 for the Tucson Community Foodbank! A special shout-out to TCL's VP Chris Kaufmann for breaking Jack Adam's record for most mulligans purchased at an Ice bowl. Chris bought an astounding 45 mulligans! This was a really great event this year and we had an astounding turn out! Way to go, TCL! Thanx to Mike B. for posting the clip to YouTube! We also need all those who took pictures at the Ice Bowl to please send the pix so we can use them in the report and on the website!

A big 'CONGRATS!' to this year's TCL Club Champions: Andrew Bohme (Open), Chris Kaufmann (Adv Am), Kristin Cherry (Open Women), Mike Wessner (Int), and Svea Anderson (Am Women).

I'll have the Ice Bowl results page up soon. Check back right here!

Next up on the TCL Events Calendar is the Cupid's Couples and Random Draw Doubles. For all the details, see the Tournament Schedule and the Flyer for details! This is new TCL board member Svea Anderson's first attempt at running event, so turn out and show your support! Feb. 16th at Santa Cruz!

Updates:

Fixed the Ice Bowl 2007 Results page. Posted 2008 Club Championships results. Posted flyer for Cupid's Couples Doubles Tourny. Etc...

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Happy New Year!

Saturday January 12th is this year's Ice Bowl Charity event has been posted to the Tournament Schedule. We'll once again be playing the challenging CDO Wash course (directions to the course are here). As always, this is a charity event to support the Tucson Food Bank. We'll have $1.00 mulligans available for purchase. There will also be an raffle for a very collectible Champion Destroyer with this years IceBowl logo.

Sunday January 13th is the Tucson City Championships! This event is free for all current club members. We'll have membership forms available there and at the Ice Bowl. The TCL board is springing for the food and beverages after the event. We will be playing a first round of 18 holes at Groves beginning at 9:30. Then we'll meet up after lunch for a second round of 18 at Santa Cruz. For all the info and the flyer, check the Tournament Schedule.

Reminder: Membership Renewals are due! Be sure to renew now so you can be in for all the club benefits including full shares of the Ace Pools!

One of the hot topics discussed at the last board meeting was attendance. For a long while, it was only the club officers that ever made any of the public meetings. After time, the board felt that, if only we were going to attend them, then there was no point in having to hold them at a restaurant as we used to do. Further, planning meetings far in advance was, at best, difficult as the board members all have different schedules. However, the board has discussed this and decided that there still needs to be some set public meetings where the membership can have a chance to talk about their concerns, ideas and issues with the board. To this end, the club will now begin having a quarterly open meeting with the times and dates announced in advance. At the top of this page, you will now see the times and dates for the four 2008 open meetings. I urge all club members to attend these meetings. Even if you don't feel you have anything new to bring to the table, your input on other members items will be very helpful. It is only four days a year, so please plan to attend them all!

Remember: This friday is glow league at Santa Cruz!

Monday, December 17th, 2007

One more quick update: Saturday and Sunday leagues are now beginning at 9:00am. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep!

Thursday December 13th, 2007

News:

Lots of stuff to cover for this final website update of 2007, so I'll just get to it, shall I?

First off, results for both the Turkey Shoot and GDS tour have been posted in the Results section. I also added links to the photo albums that contain the snapshots. Thanks go out to Dave Shircore for running the Turkey Shoot and to Kristin Cherry for the GDS Tour. Both events were awesome! A special thanks to Gateway for sponsoring the GDS Tour. The event was a great way to try out new discs (Hi-Flex plastic is a winner, guys!) and to do a bit of club fundraising at the same time.

TCL membership forms (including renewal) for 2008 are now available. Be sure to get yours in soon! Renewals are due by January 1st to remain current!

Next, I have new information on the Tumbleweed scores reporting problem. As has been said before, results were submitted to the PDGA on the evening of the final day of this years Tumbleweed. The PDGA Requested corrections and some additional info, which was submitted via email shortly after the end of the Tumbleweed. Evidently the information was lost in transit and no second request for the info was ever made, so it was assumed that everything was copacetic until the last player ratings update occured. After contacting the PDGA, the information was resubmitted and delivery was confirmed. The results, as listed on the PDGA site, are now 'Official' and will be included in the next player ratings update. Again, apologies to those who were disappointed that the event was not included in the last update. We will make sure that this problem doesn't happen again.

The ladies league and glow league have new start times. Check the League Schedule for the most up to date info.

Those of you who know Alan 'Upshot' Brown have probably heard that he has decided to attempt playing every course in America in one loooong tour!. If you don't know Alan, or if the news of the Play Em All Tour hasn't reached you, check out his website. I mention this not only in the interest of helping Upshot gain interest in his crazy scheme, but also because I designed the website ;)

Finally, I just want to wish all my discin' friends everywhere 'HAPPY HOLIDAYS!'

Updates:

Built pages for results from Turkey Shoot and GDS Tour. Also added links to photos from some of the recent Tucson events to the Results page. Posted form for 2008 TCL memberships. Updated the League Info. Uploaded some photos from the GDS tour. Beat Daniel at the Turkey Shoot. Three French Hens, Two Turtle Doves, and all the other Birdies that I can find! Merry Christmas, Tucson!

Friday November 31, 2007

News:

Just a quick reminder: The 1st Tucson GDS Tour is December 9th at Santa Cruz! This event is a TCL fundraiser. There will be fat players packages as well as CTPs and more! See the tournament schedule for more details! This is also the beginning of the TCL membership drive, so it will be the first opportunity for current members to renew. New member who sign up at the event will recieve a full extra month of membership. Come out and support your club while supporting a brand new event on the TCL calendar!

Wednesday November 21, 2007

News:

Before getting started, I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. I know I have tons to be thankful for this year. If i may share, I am especially thankful this year for my loving wife and beautiful daughter. I am also thankful that I have so many good friends to play disc golf with. Now on to the news...

In case you've been living in a cave, the 2007 Turkey Shoot is this Saturday, Nov. 24th at Santa Cruz!

The 2008 Tucson Tournament Schedule is posted! If anyone has comments or concerns, or would like to add an event that they run to the calendar, please contact me or post something in the Webmasters section of the Forum.

The nominations period for this year's TCL board elections has officially ended without any nominations. The current members of the TCL board thank all of you for this strong vote of confidence in us. We will continue to do our best to grow and improve the disc golf scene in Tucson.

Many of you have noticed that the Tumbleweed results were not included in the November player ratings update at the PDGA. On behalf of Ben, Myself, and the Tumbleweed staff, we apologize for the mix-up that caused this delay. The story, as i understand it, is this: The results were uploaded to the PDGA website the day of the event. The PDGA contacted us to ask for some additional information, which we provided within a week of the tournaments ending. However, some miscommunication occurred and the corrections was somehow lost. Having never received any other requests for info, we assumed that everything was fine and finalized. Unfortunately, this was not the case and the results remained 'unofficial'. Ben has been in close contact with the PDGA since then and all the info has been resubmitted and should be included in the next update. We will continue to stay in contact with the PDGA until the next player ratings update to make sure everything is good-to-go.

Over the last few days, I have been hard at work on the site, the result if which is that TCL now has a RSS Feed. RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a way that users can stay up-to-date on major announcements and updates to the TCL website by simply checking a bookmark within their browser. Both Internet Explorer and Firefox's current browser versions support RSS. There are also many free RSS Reader tools out there which you can run on your desktop. To subscribe to the RSS feed, simply click on the RSS Feed link on the left side of this page. This will, if your browser supports it, create a link to the feed. For more info on RSS, check the Internet Explorer or Firefox websites, or run a Google search.

Updates:

Added some new Thanksgiving and winter holiday emticons to the forum. Set up an RSS Feed for the main TCL website. removed link to the 2007 elections info section. Updated the info on the TCL Officers page. Added the 2008 Tucson tournaments to the Tournament Schedule. Decorated the main page for Turkey Day. worked on the formatting of the links and membership info pages.

Monday October 29th, 2007

News:

The Turkey Shoot is set and info has been posted! We'll be playing 3 rounds of par 2 golf at Santa Cruz on November 24th. Players meeting is at 8:30 am. Dave always does a spectacular job with this event and it is a favorite with Arizona disc golfers. Be sure to be there!

The nominations period for the 2007 TCL board elections is quickly coming to an end. If you want to nominate for President, Secretary, or Am Rep, you must turn in the form by November 1st!

A special mention: Congrats to Kristin Cherry for her 1st place victory in Pro Women at the Halloween Classic in Scottsdale! Way to go, Kristin!

Monday October 22, 2007

News:

Saturday league for this week is cancelled as both Ben and myself will be in Phoenix for the Halloween Tournament!

Speaking of Saturday league, start time is officially 1/2 hour later. Saturday league is now beginning at 8:00am.

Kristin has sent me the flyer for the new GDS Tour event! For all the info, check out the tournament schedule!

We have now officially began the nominations phase of the TCL 2007 Elections for Club Officers. This year, the positions up for election are President, Secretary, and Amateur Representative. For more information, see the Elections Information page.

Thursday October 18th, 2007

News:

We are now officially beginning the nominations phase of the TCL 2007 Elections for Club Officers. This year, the positions up for election are President, Secretary, and Amateur Representative. For more information, see the Elections Information page.

The 2007 Ace Race was a great time! Discraft had us playing with a temperamental new understable mid-range. We played two rounds in the Ace Race Format out at Groves that Saturday. We had 3 aces, two of which were during the Ace Race. But in the end, it was that strange character known as Zoomer Chino (AKA Steve Zumbruski) who walked away with the winnings! But, as I mentioned, there was three aces hit that Saturday. The third, or more accurately, the first ace of the day was hit by Ben Vosper during league. His ace was good for a whopping $216.00! Ask him to loan you some money! :) As a side-note to all you intermediatte level players, when you are gifted with a chance to get out and compete on an even footing with the pros, pony up and play! It felt good to win something!

The TCL Board would like to say a heart-felt thanks to former Vice President Jack Adams. Jack has been one of Tucson's most tireless and eager contributors to TCL and everything Disc Golf. Jack is personally responsible for many contributions, But perhaps most notably it was Jack who arranged and added the Lemmon Drop to Tucson's tournament schedule. But Jack has also contributed much more, working behind the scenes at nearly every tournament and event put on in Tucson over the last several years.Thankfully, Jack has assured us that he will continue to take part in Disc Golf in Tucson and will continue to run the annual Lemmon Drop. Jack has recently moved to the Phoenix-metro area, and I hope the AZDGC will be able to appreciate him as much, if not more, than we in Tucson do!

Due to Jack's stepping down, the board held an emergency vote to decide his replacement. Therefore, TCL would like to welcome Chris Kaufmann to the position of VP. Chris has been serving as the Club's Am Rep, therefore, Svea Anderson has generously offered to fill the Am Rep post vacated by Chris. A big 'thanks' to both Chris and Svea for being willing to step up when the club needed them.

On an odd sort of news, you may or may not have noticed that I have been off the course for nearly three weeks now. I had taken sick the Sunday after the Ace Race and, after two weeks of severe symptoms, I finally went to the ER and had some tests run. The good news is that I should be, after a bit of time and rest, just fine. But what, you might ask, could kick the crap out of a stout fellow such as Steve Chino? Well, believe it or not, I have been diagnosed as having West Nile virus! Wierd, no? This disease is a viral infection that, in about 80% of cases has no sickness or symptoms associated with it. Unfortunately, I was in the bad 20% of cases and have been severely sick due to it. Anyways, I don't mention this in hopes of sympathy, but to warn you all that West Nile is very real and can be quite nasty. West Nile is communicated by mosquitoes who have first bitten an infected bird, and then pass the disease on to a human. So please folks, if you are out playing near mosquitoes, use DEET regularly and reapply as often as necessary. And be especially careful with the kids and old folks.

Saturday September 29th, 2007

Let me begin with a quick apology: I have left the site idle and un-updated for almost a month. In my defense, Tumbleweed & other club-related duties plus school and home, etc have kept me otherwise occupied. But I’ll try to get the updates posted a little more frequently.

News:

On October 6th, Tucson will be having a Discraft 1-Disc Ace Race! The event will be held at Groves park following regular league (tee-off at 10:00 am). The cost will be $20.00 which gets you 2 unreleased Discraft prototypes plus other sweet goodies from Discraft. In the Ace Race format, only aces and hitting metal are counted, with the most aces winning the event. We'll be playing a shortened version of the Groves course that should be pretty darned ace-friendly. Only 30 spots are available, and it will be first-come first-served, so my advice is to show up early (no pre-registration, sorry.) Contact Ben or myself if you need any further info. This event will also be a club fund-raiser, so be sure to turn out and support TCL.

On Friday of this week, and on the first Friday of each month thereafter, Kristin Cherry will be running a Monthly Glow League at Santa Cruz River Park. There is a $5.00 buy-in for this league. Kristin will have mini glow sticks available for you to purchase 2-for-$1. If you have flashlights, be sure to bring them. This should be a really fun new addition to the regular leagues here in Tucson. Please help spread the word!

While on the topic of leagues, Tuesday league at Kino is on hold for the present. We are working with the Kino management to try to get the things ok'ed for league under the lights, but until we have all the details sorted, Tuesday league will be cancelled. Check back here for updates. Thanks to Trevor for his work on establishing contact with the folks at Kino.

In November, we will be having the Annual Turkey Shoot at Santa Cruz River Park on November 24th. As any Arizona disc golfer can testify to, this event is a BLAST. Dave Shircore is the TD and he always puts on a super-fun event! I'll be posting updates and info as I receive them, so be sure to check back here! The format is 2 rounds of par 2 golf.

Another exciting new addition to the tournament schedule is slated for December 9th: The Gateway GDS Tour! This event will be held at Santa Cruz River Park. We will have 50 spots available with no pre-registration. There will be 4 Am divisions: Advanced, Intermediate, Women, and Recreational. Players will receive 2 free Gateway discs, a mini, a sticker and more in their players package. The cost will be $25.00 for TCL members and $30.00 for non-members; Women and Juniors play for free!. We will officially begin accepting 2008 TCL memberships and renewals at this event, so if you are a non-member, you'll be getting an extra month of membership by registering on that day. We will have special accommodations for Pro players (Gateway only sponsors this as an Am event), so everyone is welcome to turn out! If anyone would like to contribute items for side-game prizes, supply some food for hungry golfers, or sponsorship for an ace fund, then please contact Kristin Cherry. Signups will begin at 8:00am, tee-off at 9:30am. I'll post more info as it becomes available.

One final bit of news: TCL has voted to contribute $100.00 in merchandise to the Phoenix Lady’s Open tournament which will be held on November 4th at Vista in Scottsdale. Ben and myself will also be accepting cash donations to be contributed to the payouts at this event, so if you have an extra dollar or two, or twenty, please donate it to help support women's disc golf in Arizona!

Friday August 31st, 2007

News

I am running a small event for the Labor Day weekend: Labor Day Match Play! I currently have only 4 spots left, so contact me ASAP if you want in! For all the details and updates, check here! Spectators are welcome and I'll have extra copies of the course layouts which i (re)designed especially for this tourny so you'll be able to play behind the competitors.

Speaking of which, there is going to be a party at Groves park on Monday (Labor Day). It's BYOB and potluck (bring a dish or something for the grill to share). We're going to have putting games, prizes, and a BBQ grill set up. We'll get to watch the final 2 play the last round of the match play tourney, and those who would like to will be able to try out the wicked new 9 hole course I have designed for the event. Show up anytime after 5:00pm, the finals will begin at 6:00pm. Those who would like to play behind the final 2 will tee off after the lead group gets a couple of holes along.It should be a great time; I hope to see you all there!

Another big news item: Kristin and Svea have started a women's only league! Check out the flyer and encourage all the women players to turn out. It is free to play and beginners are very welcome! More info and a link to the flyer can be found in the weekly meet-ups section. Also, be sure to print up the flyer and post it anywhere you might think disc golfers would see it!

Saturday league is still at 7:30am. As soon as it cools down a bit, we'll be going to 8:00am.

Thursday August 6th is the final handicapped league for the season! Be sure to turn out. And be sure to thank PK for running what is one of Tucson's most fun weekly leagues!

Tuesday August 14th, 2007

News

The Tuesday evening doubles league will be out at Groves this week. Start time is 6:30 pm.

Ben has informed me that there is now only 25 spots left for the Tumbleweed Open. If you haven't sent in your registration yet, please do so soon! Also, it is not to late to become a sponsor. If you are not planning on playing, we could also use some volunteers to help with things like spotting.

Thursday evening league at Groves is now starting at 5:00 pm effective immediately.

Friday July 27th, 2007

News

Ben has informed me that the deadline for reserving rooms for the Tumbleweed Open has been extended to August 3rd! Be sure to make your reservation soon to get the discounted rate!

Also, The information on how to become a Tumbleweed Open sponsor has been posted and there is also a press release for submitting to the media.

Remember guys, Saturday am league has moved to 7:30 am! It was a beautiful morning out and by starting this early we totally beat the heat.

Updates

Updated the Tumbleweed Info pages, including adding new sponsors, sponsorship info flyers, press release, and adding new links to the navigation bar. Been tirelessly working on completing upgrades and tweaking color schemes on the message boards. Also, added tons of smileys, new topics, and some games to the forums. Posted pictures submitted by Trevor from the Vince's Monsoon and posted results.

Monday July 16th, 2007

News

The full 2007 Tumbleweed Open information site is now up-and-running. IMPORTANT: Please reserve your rooms soon! Special rates are only available for reservations made before July 25th! Pre-registration saves you $10.00 but must be postmarked before Aug. 21st! Also, please remember that registration is capped at only 90 spots and they are expected to sell out in advance. This years event is going to be bigger and better than ever!

This coming Saturday morning is the Vince's Monsoon! Due to this, Saturday league is cancelled for this week. Be sure to turn out to this great new event!

Saturday League is moving to 7:30am effective July 28th!

Saturday June 30, 2007

News

Wich is having a special event at this weeks Wednesday morning league. He is going to have some CTPs and other cool stuff going on in celebration of July 4th. Be sure to turn out! Also, Wednesday league will be starting at 7:30am (1/2 hour earlier than normal).

Hope everyone is planning on playing the Vince's Monsoon tournament coming up on July 21st! Trevor has just recieved the trophies and it seems like every week he asks me to add another sponsor to the flyer! So far Trevor has lined up free BBQ lunch, great payouts for Ams and Pros, a metal basket to award for the first ace hit, a very interesting twist on the Santa Cruz park layout, and much, much more! Plus 20% of all entry fees will be donated to the Kindney Foundation of Arizona! Turn outto have a great time and support a great cause!

Please note that over the next couple of weeks the forum and the photo gallery may be down from time to time as I work on updating and customizing the software. There is no need to report these problems to me. Thanks in advance for your patience.

Updates

Updated flyer for Vince's Monsoon. Fixed links to the Groves park maps. Made adjustments to chatroom color scheme to bring it into line with the rest of the site. Keep reporting things that you may notice around the site which I may have missed! I really apreciate everyone's help and support while I am working on the new version of the site :)

Tuesday June 26th, 2007

News

The biggest news this time is the complete site refurbishing. You will notice as you browse around that many improvements, both cosmetic and functional, have been made accross the TCL site. The goal of all this was to remove the frames which have been causing annoying scroll bars to appear on the pages. This improvement will also make the site easier for search engines to crawl and catalogue the site's contents, thereby increasing our visibility to searches performed via search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, etc.