Colonial Disc Golf Club

There's still time to sign up for the 2024 Colonial Trilogy Challenge at Newport News Park this Saturday. Players registered by tomorrow night will be entered into a drawing for a Marksman basket. For more information and registration: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournament/2024_Colonial_Trilogy_Challenge

Thank you Newport News Police Department for coming out to represent the agency and mission!

The July 4 Red, White, and Blue is in the books!

This year the charity tournament raised donations for the April Logan Fund with the Newport News Police Foundation. We were honored to have Dr. Cheryl Chavers from the NNPD Domestic Violence Unit and Megan Stewart, Executive Director of the Foundation to talk about the important mission this serves and the legacy of April. John Roy and Tina shared their personal experience and it was a touching reminder of the importance to look out for one another and the value of life. The monies raised will look out for those who seek help escaping the experiences of domestic violence.

After two rounds, the first being candy cane with the new baskets, and the second a deuce or die from the blue tees, with hundreds of raffle tickets for cool prizes, and significant donations from players and angel donors, we raised:

$1838!

That is an incredible amount and will go to a great cause. There are many people to thank: Tim, Cathi, Tommy, Kat, Nic, Aaron, Jon, John Roy, Talina, Alicia, and so many others. Running a tournament, even unsanctioned, takes so much work, and it takes a village. I have learned much becoming a Tournament Director and still have so much more to learn. Volunteers, in any capacity, are always needed to ensure a successful event. Any omission is not intentional; the disc golf community has so many great people that the list runs long no matter how you try to keep track!

I hope those that threw any of the rounds had a blast! Look forward to doing it again next year!

~Todd, VP, CDGA

Hello Colonial DGC!

With No Quarter at New Quarter in the books, we look to one of our benefit events, the July 4 Red/White/Blue event! This year the benefactor is the NNPD Foundation's April Logan Domestic Violence fund. More information is attached. Last year we raised several hundred to go to American Legions across the area. This event will be at Newport News Park and is not a sanctioned event.

I am working on getting a few donations but am asking for anyone that may wish to donate a few items for raffle to reach out to me. 100% of raffle monies will go to the benefit.

For the format, it will be similar to what we did last year. It will be run like a weekly for the first round. That layout will be candy cane, with hole 1 starting out red tees, hole 2 white, hole 3 red, etc. Registration opens at 8am, tee time will be 9am with a players meeting at 850am. A representative from the NNPD Foundation will be present to discuss their mission. Once that round concludes, we will have payouts as we do for the weekly. There will be a separate CTP competition set up before and after the first round. The cost for the candy cane round is $10. There will be a CTP prize (non-monetary) for one hole and an ace pot based on the number of participants.

Once those scores are tallied we will run the raffle of any items donated and finish the CTP competition.

At the conclusion of that, a second mini-round will commence. This will be all "blue" tees which are junior tees. The format is duece or die. The tees will be marked with American flags at each hole, so you can see where each is during the first round. If you don't birdie, log your 3, pick up your disc, move on. The cost to play is $10: $4 to the benefit, $2 toward winning payouts, $4 ace pot to be split among all aces.

We will accept direct donations. I will personally match a quarter for every dollar donated up to $100 out of my own pocket for any independent donation to support this important mission.

More to come, but put it on your calender now and see you there! Feel free to share the post!

Todd

We finished off the weekend with the 16th Annual No Quarter at New Quarter-All Am B tier tournament on Sunday. The weather was absolutely gorgeous all weekend. It was great seeing everyone out on the course. Congratulations to our division winners:

FA1 - Mary Rousis
MA50 - Philip Brinkley
MA60 - Steve Knox
MA70 - Steven Graham
MA2 - David Vitt
MA3 - Jacob Hicks
FA3 - Ari Timm
MA4 - Greg Timm

Congratulations to all of our division winners this past Saturday for the 16th Annual No Quarter at New Quarter all Pro, MA1, MA40 B tier tournament. Charles Behrhorst defended his MPO title and took home his third No Quarter trophy. That's the most No Quarter titles by one person in the MPO division. Brian Schweberger also took home his third No Quarter title, one in MPO and two in MP40. This was also his 406th career win. Craig Gangloff wins in MP60 and Katie McErlean defended her title in the FPO division. The MA1 and MA40 needed extra holes to find their winners. Kyle Sennett won in MA1in two extra holes and Ed Merry won MA40 in three extra holes.

Hello ladies! Colonial Disc Golf Club will be hosting the second stop in the Virginia Women's Disc Golf Series this year. Join us for a fun day at Newport News Park on June 9, 2024. Registration is currently open on discgolfscene: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournament/VWDGS_2_2024

Over 190 players competed this past weekend for the 27th Annual Colonial Spring Pro/Am. Great weather and a great group of players made for an even greater weekend at Newport News Park and Waller Mill Park. The competition was close and there were many new champions by the end. Congratulations to Matthew Guthrie for winning the MPO title. He not only won at Waller Mill Park on Sunday, he made up ten strokes from Saturday at Bayville to win the overall Killer Bs trophy. Well done!! Walt Winnington wins his first MP40 title and wins the overall. Cory Cross wins on Sunday, ties for the overall, and wins the Killer Bs trophy in a playoff. Bradley Chamberlain aces Hole 2 Long to Short at Waller Mill.

Congratulations to all of the Colonial Spring Pro/Am champions:
Matthew Guthrie (MPO)
Mary Beth Reynolds (FPO)
Walt Winnington (MP40)
Cory Cross (MA1)
Nate Bradley (MA40)
Alicia Knox (FA1)
Troy Hetrick (MA50)
Jim Steel (MA60)
Steven Graham (MA70)
Ben Blumenthal (MA75)
Kenneth Cohen (MA80)
Jedd Askew (MA2)
Lindsay Grimsley (FA2)
Josh Harms (MA3)
Cameron Woxman (FA2)
Dylan Tarrant (MA4)
Lucius Bell (MJ18)

Thank you for coming out. No Quarter at New Quarter is up next.

We are looking for your support to make this a reality. Plans are moving forward to build a disc golf adventure park in the Williamsburg area. It includes multiple disc golf courses, camp grounds, hiking trails, and more. Check out the website and fill out one of the options of interest that you'd like be part of. Please share and let's make it happen.

Oaces Disc Golf – Adventure Resort & Campground

Adam’s Rock and Throw Disc Golf Tournament - 106.9 The Fox Saturday, March 23 at Munden Point Park in Virginia Beach.

The Winter Weekly will be at Newport News Park tomorrow morning (Feb 17). The baskets will be moving to the tournament positions before we start. Registration begins at 9:15am. Tee off at 10am. Ace Pot currently over $600.
The baskets will remain in the tournament layout for the coming week ahead of Let Freedom Fly 5.0 tournament next weekend. Temporary tees signs will be in place and Udisc has been updated with the 18-hole tournament basket layouts.

We were very fortunate to have temperatures in the 60's along with the sun being out for most of the day at the 2024 Colonial Ice Bowl. 126 players teamed up for two rounds of fun playing doubles at New Quarter Park in Williamsburg, Va. It's great being part of this tremendously supportive group of disc golfers! Their generosity helped us reach our goal of $5k and just over 500 lbs of food for the York County Food Closet.

We are happy to continue being part of the Ice Bowl and supporting the York County Food Closet. Our goal is to raise $5K and 500lbs in food donations. We need your help to reach our goal. The 2024 Colonial Ice Bowl is happening this Saturday, January 27th, at New Quarter Park. One round of Bring Your Own Partner doubles from the short tees. The first 130 players registered receive a commemorative Ice Bowl pin and Ice Bowl nested mini. More information and online registration can be found on discgolfscene at: https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournament/2024_Colonial_Ice_Bowl

Our last PDGA tournament of the season finishes a big pop of colors for the Toyo Concrete presents the 26th Annual Colonial Fall Colors - All AM sponsored by Dynamic Discs. Over 200 players competed at Newport News Park, New Quarter Park, and Waller Mill Park. The colors of Autumn were at their peak turning all three parks in beautiful landscapes. A big thank to our sponsors, Toyo Concrete and Dynamic Discs. With their sponsorship, we were able to elevate our tournament experience to another level. Congratulations to all the division winners. Dennis McAlister (MA1), Talina Melanson (FA1), Nate Bradley (MA40), Aaron Hackett (MA50), Thomas Smiley Williams (MA60), Steven Graham (MA70), Lee Minehart (MA75), Dylan Smith (MA2), Crystal Wallace (FA2), Ren Ruiz (MA3), Josh Staples (MA4), Mary Keller (FA4), and Ben Haslego (MJ18).

Newport News Park did not disappoint. Incredible colors, great competition, and a new course layout for Toyo Concrete presents the 26th Annual Colonial Fall Colors sponsored by Dynamic Discs. A full wrap up is coming. Here are the best pictures I captured while traveling the course this weekend.
Tim

UPCOMING COURSE CLOSURES: The 26th Annual Colonial Fall Colors - All AM tournament is taking place this weekend (Nov 11-12). All three local courses will be closed all day Saturday (Nov 11): Newport News Park, New Quarter Park, and Waller Mill Park.
Sunday (Nov 12): Waller Mill Park is open to play all day, New Quarter Park is open to play after 1pm, and Newport News Park is closed all day.
Newport News Park baskets are currently in the alternate layout. Temporary tee signage is in place for the holes using an alternate basket position. The layouts are also available to use on Udisc.

Fall Colors 2023 by Toyo Concrete All Pro at New Quarter 11/5/23

Here is a tournament director's view from the 26th Annual Colonial Fall Colors - All Pro weekend presented by Toyo Concrete. It's always great to follow along with the best players in the game and watch some incredible disc golf. Both New Quarter Park and Waller Mill Park don't disappoint at this time of year. Fall colors were on full display.

Fall Colors 2023 by Toyo Concrete All Pro at New Quarter 11/4/2023

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2023 Colonial Club Championship today at Newport News Park. Carl Jones wins in a playoff for his first MPO title, Greg Placides defends his title in the MA50 division, and Landon Pugh, one our newest junior players wins in MA4. Josh Nicholson - MA1, James Maverick - MA40, Mark Sherwood - MA60, Steven Graham - MA70, Tim Clements - MA2, Tyler Lang - MA3. Two aces today. JJ Burns on hole 10 long and James Maverick on 16 long.

Tropical storm Ophelia gave us time today to move the baskets at Newport News Park for Club Championship tomorrow. We installed new number plates on all of the baskets and put out whiskers marking circle one around the new tournament baskets. The best part was getting to play a round from the long tees with everyone that came out and helped. Thanks, John, Phillip, Andrew, Zach, Jeremy, Steve, and Cathi.

The 2023 Colonial Club Championship is open to everyone this year. This will be a two round PDGA C-tier tournament on Saturday Sept 23rd. Club membership and PDGA membership not required to sign up. This is also your chance to play the new basket positions at Newport News Park before Fall Colors. The new positions will be used for both rounds. General registration opens this Saturday, Sept 16, on discgolfscene. More information and registration available at;

2023 Colonial Club Championship 2023 Colonial Club Championship is a PDGA-sanctioned disc golf tournament in Newport News, Virginia beginning September 23, 2023 and hosted by Colonial Disc Golf Club.

It's planting season in the Disc Golfer's Almanac. New tournament position collars were planted this weekend at Newport News Park. They'll be ready for Fall Colors in November. Thanks Walt W, Steve G, and friends for digging the holes on Saturday. It made for quick work this morning setting the boxes with help from Andy S and Derrick N. What else can I say about John Roy and Cathi Ayers for everything they do. I love you all!!
Tim D.

Registration opens tomorrow night for the 2023 Colonial Trilogy Challenge. The player's pack discs look pretty awesome this year! Once we go over 100 players, we will be giving away a Marksman basket one lucky winner. For more information about the tournament. please go to the registration page on discgolfscene. https://www.discgolfscene.com/tournaments/2023_Colonial_Trilogy_Challenge

We'll be hosting our Red, White, and Blue weekly tomorrow at Newport News Park. Registration starts at 9am at the park. The first round of Red and White tees starts at 9:30am. Open division $15 all in and all other Am divisions $10 all in. CTP prizes on all eighteen holes.

We'll follow it up with a $5 Deuce or Die round from the Blue tees after lunch. Only two divisions for this round - Pro and Am.

Raffles and the basket pyramid will set up for prizes after the first and second rounds.

Prizes will be awarded to the best scores in each division for each round.

Proceeds will go to help support our local American Legion.