Saskatoon’s premier event is nearly open for registration! The ESO is now bigger and better than ever!
Hole sponsorship opens on April 1st and general registration on April 8th.
Registration can be found here!
Saskatoon’s premier event is nearly open for registration! The ESO is now bigger and better than ever!
Hole sponsorship opens on April 1st and general registration on April 8th.
Registration can be found here!
The final report is back from the Saskatoon Ice Bowl:
The event raised $2221.35, with an additional 2 anonymous donations totaling $6112.65, bringing the final total donation to $8334! I will finalize the report to Ice Bowl HQ in the coming days. – James Lawson
Thank you to everyone who participated and made this event a huge success!
SDG is proud to announce the return of PDGA sanctioned leagues! If Gophertown wasn’t enough for you, you want to improve your PDGA rating, you want to flex on your golf buddies, or you just want to see how you stack up against Saskatoon’s best, this is where you need to be.
The spring session is live for registration as of March 20th and will be held at Eagle Creek Regional Park Disc Golf course. But that’s not all…
There will also be a summer session held at the Saskatoon courses in July and August.
Visit the SDG Sanctioned League page for all the details and for registration.
(EDIT: The cost of spring league is different than originally posted. All relevant information has been updated as of March 25, 2024.)
(SDG is still looking to fill the final Member at Large position on the board, so if you are interested in having a say in the direction of local disc golf, please consider joining the board.)
The link to our AGM zoom is here!
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86163315798?pwd=OVSQZWW6Wd9pSbxysI8bd82j7cINm0.1
The board of Saskatoon Disc Golf is proposing the following attached changes to our bylaws. These changes will be voted on at the upcoming AGM.
For those of you that want to attend the meeting remotely, here is the Zoom information.
Topic: Saskatoon Disc Golf 2022 AGM
Time: Nov 27, 2022 01:00 PM Saskatchewan
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Hey all,
It’s time again for our annual AGM. See below for the details.
Date: Nov 27th, 2022 @ 1:00pm
Locations: The Meeting will be held in the basement meeting room of Winston’s Pub. We will also have a zoom room available for members wanting to attend remotely.
Meeting Package: The meeting package will be available on the website 48 hours prior to the meeting.
Submissions for bylaw changes: The board has not proposed any bylaw changes this cycle. Any member in good standing can submit a proposed bylaw change by 11:59pm Nov 13th 2022 to have it added to the agenda.
Submissions for Agenda Items: Any member in good standing can submit an item for the meeting agenda by 11:59am Nov 20th 2022 to have it added to the agenda.
Attendance and Voting requirements: Anyone in the Saskatoon Disc Golf community is welcome to attend the meeting. Voting is restricted to Members with a current paid membership as of 11:59pm Nov 13th 2022 and are 18 years old or older at the time of the meeting.
SDG Executive Tues May 3 2022
Present: Jason C, Wendy, Scott, James, Kris, Kodi, Tyler, Jason G, Jay W and Alex
Regrets: Kevin, Casey, Jakob
Note Taker:Wendy
Agenda Item | Notes | Action/Decision
Follow-up |
Call to order | Time: 8:03 pm
Quorum? Yes! Accept agenda: Scott and Alex |
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Any Agenda items to add | ||
Accept the minute from last meeting | Scott and Jason G | |
Business arising from last meetins minutes | Scott to get quotes for sign holders from other locations | |
Course development
-Scott |
Course Development – Scott
Phone call with the city – CN would like their name for Sponsorship recognition at the park and City would allow this for a period of no longer than 10 years. CN would like the city to write a letter that they are in favor of exapnding the tee pad areas and upgrading the areas around the baskets for wear and tear (in theory) . Optimist group is good with oursuggested holes on their property. |
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Leagues
-Kris |
Indoor putting league – we should inquire about running this program on weeknights next year
Spring League – Kyles mini league is winding up now Upcoming leagues – 72 individuals registered for SDG leagues |
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Sport Development
-Alex |
Junios to start next Wednesday – 36 kids registered
Cohosting 4 part clinic with Avalon More clinics to happen later in the year |
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Membership
-Jacob |
Memberships Bag tags! | |
Tournaments
-Kodi |
Membership Drive
• Planned for May 14. – 131 registrants • Come and Go Udisc scoring round with fun experimental layout at Diefenbaker • Will work with Scott on the layout • Prizes and Small pro division like last year • 5$ for am’s 10$ for pros Escape Sports Open • We have a sponsor hotel and 2 sponsor restaurants! Lions club will serve lunch at the park on Saturday Summer Solstice – • July 9th • Registration opens on May 9th Beer gardens – High Key will be there Handyman rentals is a sponsor for this event We need permission from the city and need a liquor license, etc. NADGT • July 23-24 – 49 registrants • Should be a really exciting event • Partial tournament in a box. NADGT national take care of much of the background work • C-tier sanctioning is completed • Kris will help run this one Women’s Global – August 6th- Women and junior’s event – happening in Regina |
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Finance
Jason C |
To start the process of changing our fiscal year to calendar year (or in line with DGS?) – new calendar year is in line with fiscal year
Signing authority set up for Wendy? |
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Communications
Kevin B |
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Secretary
Casey |
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President
Wendy |
MOU from Disc Golf Saskatchewan – still no response from them after sending our feedback after last meeting | |
Meeting Adjourn | Kris | |
Agenda Item | Notes | Action/Decision
Follow-up |
Call to order
Quorum |
Kevin, Scott, Wendy, Alex, Kodi. Not enough attendance for quorum. Regrets from Jay, Jason C, Casey, Kris, Marc, Tyrone, James. | No official actions taken during this meeting. News updates only from each present board member.. |
Accept the last meetings minutes | N/A – Unable without quorum | |
Skill Development | Last week of the juniors program is tomorrow (Aug 4), Kodi to lead, Prizes to be handed out
Had lots of good feedback from kids, very long wait list. Going to think about ways to increase participation in the future. Hard though. Global Gathering Place clinic also happened recently. We’ve confirmed that we’ll be part of the multi sport sampler in early-mid October: 90 minute lesson, 90 minutes of a round Considering polling schools for interest in short programs during the fall |
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Tournament Director | Most people said ESO ran pretty seamlessly
T Shirts were a challenge. Dealing with late dropouts one shirt leftover, it’s coming 29 leftover towels could be sold at league, or used as prizes We still may have an event upcoming at the zoo, but at this point it seems unlikely September is already jam packed with events Escape is all in for doing ESO again Currently considering June 5th 2022 TD report still needs to be sent in by Aug 8th |
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Course Development | Need to contact the friends of the aforestation area soon
goal is to send a friendly hello, offer to help people enjoy that space in a respectful manner will send out to exec for proof reading Need two additional holes to be approved by the city before the city takes four hole away (15-18) two pin locations each want to use the central bowl area potential area across from Hole #10 natural island hole Also want to keep holes away from the BBQ area if possible Scott will draw a map and send it to the exec Assuming we get permission for two new holes and get our hill target positions approved… We have conditional approval for two holes on the hill We’ll still need to redesign the flow of the course Scott to present some options to the exec Sign for William A Reid is completed 4 by 5 feet pre-drilled frames are under construction by Jay Dub building two frames – one for Dief as well no sign for Diefenbaker yet will design one once new layouts are finished Still need to address the erosion around teepads at Reid have put out suggestions to city, waiting to hear back |
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Communications | Summer in the city Instagram / Facebook campaign
Need a photo Our photo waiver was removed from our event sign in in favor of a COVID waiver need to reach out individually to folks in these photos for approval |
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Motion to ajourn | Meeting adjourned at 8:41 |
SDG Executive board monthly meeting
June 1st
Agenda & Meeting Notes
Present: Casey M, Wendy C, Scott C, Jason C, Kein B, James L, Jay w, Tyrone, AP, Kris, Marc L
Regrets:
Note Taker:CM
Agenda Item | Notes | Action/Decision
Follow-up |
Call meeting to order | ||
Acceptance of agenda | ||
Accept past minutes | Motion WC, second KP | |
President |
Not much to report.
Excited for Saskatoon Disc Golf right now. Everything’s kicking off. Tournaments, course development all going well. |
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Course Development |
Did a walkthrough with the city at Dief to go over the new basket locations.
Mark, maintenance, park staff, senior manager for park spaces were present Lots of talk from the city about damage to trees Only small alterations to proposed basket locations, mostly within 5 feet of our proposals. * But, we’ll only get two positions on the hill, not three * We can only use the free toboggan side of the hill * Dief can likely soon be a 20 hole course in the summer * Escape was happy enough to order four baskets we need for Dief. We can pay them later! * Two baskets for the hill, two for practice putting area City accepted suggestions from Scott for around the teepads (woodchips etc.), also tree-armouring Mark will collect feedback on these from other city staff We included examples of hole signage, bag holders This would apply to Reid as well Heard nothing back yet from the park enhancement program application we’ve put in Andy has submitted a design for a Reid course map. Board will provide feedback before we present it to the city When we eventually do a new Diefenbaker map we should do it in a similar style Scott is researching an area west of Cedar Villas reforestation area for a new course fat tire mountain biking club is already out there we have their contact information There is a “friends of the reforestation area group” out there. We’ll have to negotiate with them. Plan is to go to the city once we’ve contacted all of the user groups Scott has chatted with John and Dee Hauk (pro disc golf course designers, did Maple Hill etc.) their point of view is not to rely on the local board instead: develop an economic impact plan that’s presented to all potential shareholders (city, major sponsors (potentially Escape, Cameco, Nutrien, Tourism Saskatoon), RMs, etc.) they would host a meeting with these groups if they can drum up the money from those groups, they will design the course often what happens is people love the idea but then go with something easier/cheaper/smaller Orange Xs are on the ground at Reid where the city wants to plant trees not all locations are ideal, but they’ve heard our input Kris/Jay — Can we move the good baskets from Donna over to Dief? We should re-label the holes at Dief at the same time. Hole 13 becomes hole 1 Announce on Facebook etc. before we move them so people know the courses will be temporarily unavailable Plan to do it in the evening / near dark when usage is low |
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Membership Development | Hit 200 member mark! Have had some website issues, now resolved. | Wendy will put up some QR codes |
Leagues | Now have 81 members in league. We will now meet as a big group as per regulations, “normal” league can commence. PDGA league can go ahead in June.
Need to link the spreadsheet to our website to view standings. |
Kevin B will work out website link. |
Skill Development | Signs made to tell people where Junior league will be happening.
Fundraiser discs are in, coaches jerseys are also in. Full program of 32 kids. We can go as normal with restrictions lifted. Program will run 8 weeks. Have everything we need to get started. Kodi and Alex put on a clinic in Warman last weekend,they had very positive feedback. |
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Tournament Director | Escape Sports Open (ESO) is full. 28 reserved spots for junior/women was the right amount.
Opened one hour early, but there were still 30 spots after an hour. 35 people on the waitlist We will need at least 10 spotters. Solstice tournament already has 58. No word back from Crossmount yet. Likely stat at the parking Lot Can we move amateur side of escape open to Reid? and bring more MPO etc in? PDGA will not let us on a 9 basket course. Round 1 will take a 5 hour loop. Probably wise to keep it not too big for first go around. May need to remind people about lost/looking for disc rules at the players meeting to help move things along. In Ab they do a shot gun start with 4 different start times etc. Good to still use hand sanitizer at tournaments no matter what the restrictions |
What if the club sponsored a hole on behalf of Andy for all the work he has done on graphics, moved by Kodi. Seconded by Scott C. Scott: he works a lot at a high level, he makes us look good.No objections, the motion passes
Mark L will stop in on Crossmount. |
Communications | Behind posting minutes. Will catch up today. Caught up on all things otherwise. | |
Finance | League Target of 3k, have raised 6k plus. Membership also 6k plus in revenue.
Escape open will exceed our projections buy itself. Total we are at 18K revenue vs 12k Projected. We are in a very good position financially. Leagues will have access to more funding for prizing. Note: 36 people on the ESO waitlist have paid and will have to get refunded. |
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Secretary | Outstanding from last meeting: how to deal with numbering of baskets. Scott C: we have a plan to deal with physical numbers and will look into udisc changing of numbers. | |
Sponsorship | Need more hole sponsors. We have 4, need 18 total, so if anyone knows people or businesses please pass them on.
How are we recognizing sponsors? IN players book. Do we want a sponsor board at the event? Do we need a sponsorship portfolio/lead person? |
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Motion to adjourn | Motion by Scott at 9:22 pm | |
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