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Frisbee inventor diesFeb 12 2010MONROE, Utah - Walter Fredrick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died. He was 90. State Rep. Kay McIff, an attorney who once represented Morrison in a royalties case, says Morrison died at his home Tuesday. McIff is from Richfield, Morrison's original hometown. Morrison sold the production and manufacturing rights to his "Pluto Platter" in 1957. The plastic flying disc was later renamed the "Frisbee," with sales surpassing 200 million discs. It is now a staple at beaches and college campuses across the country and spawned sports like Frisbee golf and the team sport Ultimate. Morrison co-wrote a book with Frisbee enthusiast and historian Phil Kennedy in 2001. Kennedy released a brief statement about Morrison on Thursday, wishing his late friend "smoooooth flights." |
Arch Rivals Partner Up for 2010 New Zealand Champs Jan 25 2010 De Haas and Unda Working Together? They vowed never to again didn't they?Yes, we couldn't believe it ourselves, so we sent roving reporter Anne Hyzer out to check the rumours. We can report that arch rivals Marty de Haas and Juan Unda have registered for the 2010 New Zealand Disc Golf Doubles Championships as partners! As far as we can tell, neither of the firey freaksters are happy about this news - it is a freaky twist of legal fate that has forced them together again. Who can forget the last time we saw the Mighty Mexican compete alongside the Silver Surfer - it was Te Kuiti for the 2007 Champs - where they appeared to try their best to stage a self destruction. From giving each other foot fault warnings to picking up discs to force the other to use their drives, commentators were at a loss as to why these two would ever want to be in the same group again, let alone as doubles partners. We will have to see if the two can make amends, but if this aledged quote from Unda is anything to go by, don't place too many bets: "On the course this man transforms into a monster. If it wasn't for the fact my financial future lies within the contract that requires us to join up again, I would not even share my Fajita with him!" For more on the 2010 New Zealand Disc Golf Doubles Championships, click here. |
Rotorua Permanent Course is Born Jan 24 2010 Awesome Town, Awesome Course, Awesome Work!Our roving reporter Iva Storee visited the Redwoods Forest in Rotorua where Simon Feasey has managed to secure a permanent disc golf course and snapped these actions shots from her mountainbike (before heading out on the awesome RotoVegas trails!). Simon and friends have been working hard to set up the course in time for the upcoming nationals. Big ups to Simon (and anyone else involved) for his patient and determined work over the last few years in making this dream a reality. We know the NZ Disc Golf community will get right behind it and we hope the locals will too! |
An American’s Perspective
In June 2009, American Disc Golfer Ross Trevor visited the ‘land of the long white cloud’ hunting for middle earth and disc golf courses. |
2009 NZFDA Inc. AGM
All links are to PDF files, opening in a new window. Thanks to everyone who attended these meetings. |
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Northland After the success of the first Disc Golf course in Northland at Raumanga Reserve in Whangarei (click here for the scorecard - pdf, opens in new window) on Raumanga Valley Road there are now 3 -yes THREE - more permanent basketed courses for you to hone your skills on in the winterless north. The first, which opened last year, is a 9 hole course at Harding Park in Dargaville, right beside the museum. For a course map & score card click here - pdf, opens in new window.
The second is a 5 hole course at Johnson Park in Kawakawa, right beside the State Highway 1 turnoff to the township on Queen Street. For a course map & score card click here - pdf, opens in new window. The third new Northland course is just off State Highway 1 [Matthews Ave] north of Kaitaia in Matthews Park on Davis Street. For a course map & score card click here - pdf, opens in new window. |
Exciting news for East Cape Disc Golf They have finally seen the light in Gisborne.
Just before last Christmas we opened a course in Alfred Cox Park in Gisborne. It started with 6 permanent baskets and that has just been increased to 9 thanks to a local enthusiast, but an 18 hole course has been designed and as more people play more baskets will be installed. The course is just 1 block back from the beach right behind the information centre on your way into town on Grey Street. We can't wait for the full 18 baskets to be installed as it would be great to visit this spot annually on the NZDG Tour.
If you are keen on establishing a Disc Golf course in your town Gentil Sport is ready and willing to help out. We have a prop on file we can send you to start talks with your local council and we specialise in course design. For more |
Wondering what was news for the New Zeland Disc Golf scene in 2008? The New Zealand Tour visited some exotic locations for disc golf in pristine and sometimes challenging conditions. Not only that, but we also visited the Australian Disc Golf scene not once but twice! We have summarised the year for you, with some of the best pictures and memories that will last for all time. Plus stories from such Kiwi Disc Golf icons as Pete Crowther, Marty 'Scratch' de Haas and more. Click here to visit 2008 - THE YEAR THAT WAS FOR NZ DISC GOLF
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Wow, what a ripper 2007 was for Disc Golf in New Zeland! We saw the creation of one of the first permanent courses in New Zealand for a long time, Kiwis at the Worlds, upgrades to the awesome Queenstown course, and of course The New Zealand Tour once again visited some exotic locations for disc golf in pristine and sometimes challenging conditions. We have summarised this fabulous year for you, with some of the best pictures and memories that will last for all time. Click here to visit 2007 - THE YEAR THAT WAS FOR NZ DISC GOLF
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PDGA ‘European Open’
The inaugural PDGA ‘European Open’ took place at the end of August in Finland.
The tournament website it worth a visit http://www.opendiscgolf.com
In another first, the tournament was preceded by the inaugural Disc Golf Presidents Trophy: Team Europe v Team USA.
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Kiwis at PDGA Am-Worlds in Tulsa.
Congratulations to the ‘Lost Tribe’s lost player Arthur Pengelly, his Canadian wife Dawn, and the Wellington Wild Boy Dylan Cooper.
After the six rounds of standard play Arthur came in tied for 86th with a creditable +6, and Dylan tied for 141st on +18.
The winner Paul Ulibarri posted a -34 in the 236 player field.
Well done also to Arthur’s wife Dawn who after 3 rounds was in second in the Advanced Woman’s section and ended up tied for 5th on +58.
Interesting to note Arthur and Dawn have been competing at numerous events on the PDGA tour over the last 3 months with some great results including 6 1st’s and two 2nd’s for Dawn, and a first, a 5th , a 6th and a 7th for Arthur. Great to see!
Full scores can be seen at http://www.pdga.com/tournament/tournament_results.php?TournID=5513
2006 Crater Cup - The Freaky Styley Resurrection |
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June 3-4 2006 |
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Another New Zealand Disc Golf Tour Event, this one in the metroplois of Auckland and, of course, we were there for all the fun. We sent disc golf cameraman Len Skap along and he got some wicked pics and videos, including the first tournament Hole-In-One of the year that earned golfer Marty de Haas over $250!
Results, the story, the pics and the vids right here
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Latest Disc Shipment Has Arrived! We've got all sorts of great discs to help improve your game - and two great styles of Disc Golf Bags from Innova. Get your orders in now! |
 Toby's a kid in a candy store! |
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If we ever
find out who told Tournament Director Dean Marshall that the McLarens Falls Park course was
not all that extreme, we'll give him a slap! Once rated
the toughest course in Australasia, we can now confidently
say this is one of the toughest courses ON THE PLANET!
That being said, the beauty of this setting and the lucky
weather made for a great weekend of top notch golf.
Results, pictures, videos and story - grab yourself a cuppa and CLICK HERE. |
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The 2006 The Dart River Safaris Paradise Disc Golf Experience and 11th Annual Helicopter Line Queenstown Disc Golf Classic Its a mouthful, but saying it may enable you to get a breath in as the scenery for these 2 competitions in Queenstown is truly breathtaking. And we were there! Full story and lots of pictures by discgolf.co.nz photo genius Len Skap. |
2006 New Zealand Disc Golf Nationals - Rotorua A great success indeed. Awesome course in a beautiful park. And we got some superb pics. We've got them all, along with commentary on our dedciated page. |
 "I had fun" - Scratch de Haas |
2005 NZFDA Match Play Champs Thanks to the 'Lost Tribe' for hosting yet another great event in Taumarunui. Congrats to winner Steve 'The Scarb' Scarbrough. We sent our cool cameraman Len Skap out to follow the action and we have a report from the Champ himself - CLICK HERE |
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Smokin' Mountain 2005 Results - CLICK HERE
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The Predator Crater Cup 2005
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Harcourt Park - What's in the bag?! Tournament course record. Best ever overall four round total. Biggest winning margin. It's always a pleasure to play at Harcourt Park, especially when it is for a Tour Event. And it was made even more special with a few all-time NZ Tour records broken by the man who has been part of this sport for over quarter of a century. We've got the story and the pics...click to see it all! |
It just keeps coming. Here, we bring you some disc golf rules and the odd bit of terminology that you will hear on the course. Brought to you by the sponsors of Bob's Tips, it's the IRT Section. |
An Aussie Perspective...Canberrite Richard Barratt was lucky enough to be in Auckland for the 2005 New Zealand Disc Golf Championships. He was good enough to write this little report, posted on the Australian Disc Golf Forum...read on |
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2005 NEW ZEALAND DISC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
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What
a fantastic weekend of disc golf at one of the world's finest
venues, Monte Cecilia Park in Auckland.
We were there - so click through to our dedicated Nationals
Section for results, analysis and, of course,
pictures - just CLICK
HERE for the 2005 DISC GOLF NATIONALS. |
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Our Simon kicks some serious butt
Just in from the 2006 Kaohsiung Invitational Disc Golf Tournament in Taiwan. "Simon Feasy from New Zealand has taken away
top place in an extremely close contest. Yasushi 'G' Jitsuhrio
from Japan was runner up and John Ahart from the USA came in
third.
This was an incredible event which I am sure people in the Disc
Golf community will be hearing about shortly with more details.
There was significant press and government coverage of the event
due to the World Games. Thousands of photographs were taken
and probably hours of video, so hopefully some will be made
available for us to see.
Coverage was even broadcast on the evening news, which came
on during the players party drawing huge cheers and the morning
paper carried a story about the event also".
The Queenstown Experience
Another fabled Wakatipu tournament weekend.
As James said .. "Remember! It's the things that we don't
do that we regret the most!
How right is that!
Once again the weather came to the party and Queenstown Disc Golf 'went off!! Congratulations to all who competed, and to all the locals who make it happen .. 'On Ya!'
For full details, scores and pictures click here
Already made plans for next year ..
Please take note Ultimate Tournament planners .. The 'Dart River
Safaris Paradise Plate' and the 'Helicopter Line Queenstown
Classic' will be, as always on the second weekend in March ..
So in 2007 it will be over the weekend of the 10th and 11th.
The 2006 New Zealand Disc Golf Championships
Event 1 on the 2006 NZFDA Disc Golf Tour.
Congratulations to everyone involved, our 2006 Nationals we're
a great success.
Great standard of play, excellent course and even the tournament
dinner / AGM venue at the Rotorua Golf Course went down well..
The NZFDA 2005 Match Play Champs
Thanks to the 'Lost Tribe' for hosting yet another great event
in Taumarunui. TD Blair, Paul, Pete, Dave, and of course Cherie
and Michelle for the fantastic spreads. And of course Pete’s
wonderful wife Corynne who put up with golfers galore invading
their house and eating the endless array of superb cuisine served
up over the weekend, especially the poolside BBQ on the Saturday
night. We're forever in your debt..
Great course, exceptional play and the Sunday final came down
to North Harbour's Steve Scarbrough and Rotorua's Scott Caesar
.. Well done to Scott who took it to the wire and congratulations
to Steve who took it out 2 & 1.
Looking forward to catching up with everyone again on next year's
tour..
The NZFDA 2005 Disc Golf Tour
Congratulations to everyone who made the 2005 NZ Disc Golf Tour the best yet. All up we had 60 tour players this year and the standard just gets better and better.
Great news for New Zealand Disc Golf
'The 2005 Gentil Sport Taupo Classic & North Island Champs'
was the first ever 'PDGA sanctioned' event held here in New
Zealand, it was a 'C' tier event on the 2005 PDGA calendar.
If you were one of the record 40 players who turned up to be
part of NZ Disc Golf history .. congratulations .. In years
to come you can say.. "I was there!"
The NZFDA Disc Golf List
This is a good idea .. If you want to know what's happening around the country I recommend you subscribe to this list .. It's simple just click on this mail address: discgolf-subscribe@nzfda.org.nz and send it .. The address you send it from will be added to the list, you don't need to put anything in the subject or body of the mail...
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PRESS July 2005 Tragic Knee Injury Halts Top Player's Run For National Title |
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 A knee |
In an uncanny
coincidence, on the very day that Warriors skipper Steve
Price saw his season crumble at its peak with
a horrible knee injury, New Zealand's other top sport,
disc golf, also saw it's current number one succumb to
the same injury. Top of the tour points and in firey form, the Grand Master himself - Bob Gentil - suffered further damage to knee ligaments that have already seen more tears than Marty after losing the DAKAR. Speaking of The Dev, a certain unnamed red haired surfie golfer believes it may have been more than a coincidence... |
 The GM in happier days |
"We were about to
head out for a nice quiet flat round of golf when Feasey
turned up." Simon Feasey is the
current National Champion and is desperately chasing the
GM's points total for 2005. "Suddenly Feasey is telling
us of the changes he has made for the upcoming Crater
Cup course and that we should check them out.
So in stormy weather, we're trudging up and down soaking
terrain - it was inevitable that something like this would
happen!" Our reporter does, however, question this
account as we all know the unnamed red haired surfie golfer
doesn't know big words like inevitable. All the same, the similarity of the injury to two of NZ's top sportmen is worth noting. Both old buggers, both ugly, yet looked up to by their peers, we cannot help but feel that both sports will be slightly less exciting for the coming months. Price is expected back for the penultimate round of the NRL - hopefully we will see the Grand Master back on course before the penultimate round of the NZ Disc Golf Tour, the Gentil Sport Taupo Classic in September. Stay tuned! |
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