Gwinnett Disc Golf Organization

The Ace Race at Lenora Park  is happening on October 2nd.

The event, which is being held in cooperation with the GDGO, Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation and, of course, Discraft, will raise funds specifically for landscaping on the Lenora Disc Golf Course.

To sign up, click here

An Ace Race isn’t really a tournament, its a fun event.   Click through for details. Read the rest of this entry »

The Alexander Aerial Armada, 2010 is complete.

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Just added: Lunch included!

That’s right, a disc and a mini in your player’s pack, a chance at a trophy, and a ton more prizes (and better than average payout for a fundraiser), 2 rounds of competition, free lunch and knowledge that all the proceeds go to improving Disc Golf in Gwinnett! It’s fun time!

Sign up here!        Registration

First come, first served. Destroyer, Leopard, Roc, Stingray, Cobra,

Alexander Aerial Armada II
Saturday, Aug 7th, 2010

This is an annual fundraiser event for the GDGO. Payouts are not huge, but the funds are put to good use and the tournament is a blast! Here are some of the things the GDGO was able to accomplish because of last year’s tournament.
• Purchase and install a practice basket at Alexander Park!
• Obtain and install distance markers for the Alexander Practice Basket
• Purchase and install distance markers for the Lenora Practice Basket
• Buy materials and construct Lost and Found boxes (now installed at both parks)
• Sponsor a recycle bin for Alexander Park
• Installed broom holders at Alexander and Lenora Park
• Bought and installed 5 new pin placements at Lenora

Tournament info:
2 Rounds of 18 Holes at Alexander Park in Lawrenceville, GA
Field limited to 90 players
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Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation are holding some “TeamChallenge” events this year. The GDGO was asked to help run the Disc Golf event and found out a bit more about these fundraisers.

The Team Challenges are run by Gwinnett County as charity events to raise money for children and elderly who would like to take advantage of Gwinnett County programs but cannot afford the fees. Disc Golf is only one of the events they’ve planned this summer.

The Disc Golf Team Challenge will be Saturday, June 26. It will be a one round charity event with a start time of 9 am. All teams registered must have 4 people, which needs to include at least one woman, and pay a $50 registration fee (which is tax deductible).

The GDGO is donating 2 CTP discs and minis for all.

There will be trophies for the winners (provided by the county;) there will not be a payout in plastic or cash.

Here is the link for sign-up:
Registration

Registration closes Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 11:59 PM

The following press release was sent out by GCPR this week.

Disc Golf Volunteers at Work

(LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga., – April 19, 2010) Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation recognizes the volunteer efforts of Gwinnett Disc Golf Organization (GDGO) during National Volunteer week.
GDGO partners with Gwinnett County Parks & Recreation to expand disc golf recreation opportunities in Gwinnett County. GDGO members have freely given numerous hours to expand the sport of Disc Golf in the county park system. Members raised funds to donate 19 replacement disc golf baskets at Lenora Park, 36 sets of replacement chains for disc golf baskets, practice basket, benches, brooms and more.
Volunteers have become a valuable asset to Gwinnet County’s park system, dedicating over 5,000 hours of their time in the past five years to improve course layout and provide disc golf lessons to novice players.
In addition to introducing new players to the game, these volunteers go above and beyond to assist staff in hosting Disc Golf tournaments to support a scholarship fund, built an informational kiosk and stay abreast of new developments in disc golf in order to keep Gwinnett’s disc golf community ahead of the trends.
The volunteers also assist with course maintenance by moving pin placements bi-weekly, installing distance markers for practice baskets, completing weekly safety checks, replacing brooms and other equipment, installing benches, broom holders and tee boxes. Read the rest of this entry »

The GCPR website has proven to be difficult to navigate to those attempting to sign-up for the Lenora League. The following link should get you to the sign-up area. Blue text explains what to select.

Click here

Select ‘Lenora Gymnasium’ & ‘Sports‘ from the ‘Location’ & ‘Category‘ (respectively) drop down lists, and click search. Then click the league you want to join.

Alexander Park hosts Saturday morning Random Draw Doubles 9:45 AM ($5)

Alexander Park also hosts a Bring Your Own Partner Mixed Doubles on the last Sunday of each month at 2 PM (free)

Lenora Park hosts Glow Golf Random Draw Doubles every Tuesday evening 6:30pm pick em, 6:45 start
Glow golf is finished for the season)

Gwinnett County Parks and Recreation (GCPR) reminds us that no ice in GA is really safe to walk on. The ice on the ponds at Lenora and Alexander parks is a couple of inches thick at most. Ice is not considered safe to walk on until it is over 1 foot thick.

Please exercise caution when retrieving discs from the surface of the ponds.

The Gwinnett County Open was hailed by many as a great success.  The event went smoothly in great weather and, despite the complications of being held in 2 venues, was completed before 5pm.  Results are available by clicking here.