For ADG members their ADGTour points have been quietly accumulating during the tour year. I am happy to publish the current ADGTour standings for all divisions. Some highlights follow:

Mens Open

1. Luke Williams (357)
2. Paul Arden (218)
3. Kurt Karlsson (200)

Mens Advanced

1. Ben Ayres (128)
2. David Bandy (107)
3. Simon Pryde (92)

Mens Recreational

1. Kris Kohout (72)
2. Laurie Cetinic-Dorol (67) 
3. Stewart Adams (65)

Mens Masters

1. Greg Sparksman (190)
2. Kim Holmes (86)
3. Michael Canci (13)

Full results can be obtained by clicking the link below. Please note that lapsed members have not yet been removed from the table, so if your membership is not current but you have some points on the board you may want to renew to make them count.

Full ADGTour 08 Standings

Note that several players divisions are under review given their points earnings this year! If you are sandbagging you can expect an email from the Director of Competitions to discuss whether you are in the appropriate division.  If anyone feels they have points which haven’t made it onto the standings please let me know so I can make corrections.

Regards

Paul Arden
Director of Competitions

Just a quick update on a few up and coming Disc Golf events:

13th September – Dardy Cup (Perth)

11th/12th October – Bring Spring Fling (Canberra)

25th/26th October – ADGC (Sydney)

I am sure local clubs are also running plenty of warm up rounds before the National Championships. More details on the National Championships will be available soon. For those of you wondering, ADGTour points have been accumulating quitely behind the scenes for ADG members. Standings will be published soon.

Paul Arden
Director of Competitions

The baskets are gone, tees cleared and the parks are quiet once again following the running of the 2008 Victorian Disc Golf Open last weekend. 19 players in total made it out for this debut event with two travelling from interstate (NSW and ACT) and many players from both Melbourne and Geelong. The weather held out all the way to the final round with a little light rain coming in at the end but all in all some great weather for an autumn event.

This was the first of what will hopefully be an annual event for Victorian Disc Golf. There is currently a proposal being prepared for the establishment of a permanent basket course in Eastern Park. For the time being the Geelong Disc Golf Club utilised portable baskets to run the event with 12 DGA Mach Lites and 6 DGA M-14 baskets (modified with an additional row of chains). Eastern Park showcased a full 18 basket layout utilising a large area of the park with some lengthy holes while Drysdale Reserve provided a far more technical course with shorter holes using 12 baskets and 18 tee locations.

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