Silicon Valley Disc Golf Club

SVDGC Newsletter  November 2007

Dear Discoids,

It’s that time of year to renew and elect.  The Annual Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, December 15th at 9AM at the world headquarters of the Club, 3880 S. Bascom Avenue #115, San Jose, CA, 95124.  Nominations for a position on the Board of Directors will be taken right up to the time of the meeting.
If you are unable to attend the Meeting, a proxy is enclosed so that your vote can be counted.  Please send in your renewal together with your proxy if you can not be there in person.

We’re introducing a new feature to your membership.  In addition to the Club mini, each year we’ll issue a Club Bag Tag that can be used for competitive “challenges” with your fellow disc golfers at Hellyer/LaRaza.  The bag tags are numbered sequentially starting at number 1 and go through number 100.
Bag tags are to be displayed and challenges are not to be denied!  Enjoy the art work of our resident artist, Jef Wind of Bad Monkey Designs.  Bag tags will be sent out to new and renewing members at the start of the year.

Speaking of the new year, we’ve scheduled the long awaited and somewhat delayed 1st Annual Coyote Creek Classic on January 5th & 6th.  There will be Singles on Saturday and Doubles on Sunday for both Open and Amateurs.  We’ll bring the LaRaza course out of storage to kick off the new year, and unfortunately, put it back in storage at the conclusion of the tournament on Sunday.  This event is Pre-Registration only!!!!  We want to beat the clock to get done before sundown, so, you must register and pay by Friday, January 4th for Singles and by Saturday, January 5th for Doubles!!!!  There will be no same day registration and the gates at LaRaza will open at 7:15 AM.

Check out the web site at svdgc.org to keep up with the latest news of the Club.  A great thanks goes to Steve Ganz for his continuing work on the site.  You can utilize PayPal for your convenience to renew memberships, enter tournaments or contribute donations!

It’s been a banner year for disc golf in the Silicon Valley with the opening of our seasonal course at Parque de LaRaza.  Thanks again to our monetary and labor sponsors for making it a reality.  Wait till you see how we’re going to lengthen the course for next year!

In the meantime, we’re having a workday on Saturday, December 1st from 10AM to 2 PM.  Help us keep Hellyer clean and beautiful and bring some work gloves and a friend.  Pizza will be served at noon!

See you at the course.

Dear Discriminating Discers,

IT’S PARTY TIME!!!

Mark your calendars for our 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, Saturday, October 6th and Sunday, October 7th. We’re recognizing 10 years of disc golf at Hellyer Park with a full agenda of disc golf activities: The Ace Race on Saturday at Hellyer and Doubles Tournament (pick your partner- worst throw) on Sunday at LaRaza. Pre-registration is a must for the Ace Race! Everybody plays with the same Discraft sponsored disc and it’s tee shots only. No upshots and no putting, just a throw for the ace and you’re on to the next basket. Everything will be in the short positions. Check our web site, svdgc.com to register! $20.00 gets you 2 discs, a hat, a mini disc and entry to the Ace Race. The Doubles event entry fee will determined at a later date.

Both days will also feature a Barbeque at LaRaza along with some fun filled group activities at LaRaza (closest to the pin, closet to the pin-roller, mini disc golf course tourney, ring of fire, etc.). We’ve got photos in the archives to show what it was like in the beginning and how we’ve progressed thru the years. We’ll have a showing of the 1978 World Frisbee Championships (there’s a segment on disc golf). We’ll have a special stamp disc and t-shirt and a whole lot of fun.

We need Your Support in making this memorable weekend a Success. A Party Planning Committee is needed and we’re asking You to help. We’re scheduling a meeting for Sunday, September 9th, 7 PM, at the world headquarters of the Silicon Valley Disc Golf Club, 3880 S. Bascom Avenue, #115, San Jose, CA 95124. If you’re unable to attend that particular night and want to take part in helping, please contact Jim Challas at 408-802-1074.

IT’S TOURNAMENT TIME!!!

Mark your calendars for the Hellyer-LaRaza Tournament, Saturday, November 3rd for Singles and Sunday, November 4th for Doubles. This is the real deal returning again to humble the best disc golfers in northern California and beyond. This will be our 6th event we’ve conducted utilizing both of our 9 hole courses. We need a Tournament Committee to help plan and execute this event. We’re scheduling a Tournament Committee meeting for Sunday, September 23rd, 7PM, at the aforementioned world headquarters.

As a reminder, we’re scheduled to close LaRaza’s nine holes for regular season play after October 15. We’re required to pull the baskets and tee signs out of LaRaza (it’s in the flood plain) because the “high flow” season starts mid-October and lasts to mid-April. We’ll always have our beloved Hellyer to play year round.

See you at the course!

Dear Disc-tinguished Members,

IT’S OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL!!! After 10 years in existence the Club has finally been granted permission to EXPAND THE COURSE at Hellyer Park. The County Supervisors voted to approve the Master Plan for Coyote Creek and we are a small, but, significant part of that plan. With permission granted we ’re going to be able to utilize the Parque de LaRaza group picnic area from mid-April through mid-October.!!!

For those of you that don’t know where LaRaza is, it’s directly across the creek from our current location. THE MOST IMPORATANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT NOBODY IS TO EVER CROSS THE CREEK TO GET TO LARAZA AS IT WILL JEOPARDIZE OUR USE OF THAT AREA. If you ever see any disc golfer trying to get to LaRaza via crossing the creek, STOP THEM IN THEIR TRACKS. It’s a less than 5 minute drive to get to LaRaza and the entrance is off Coyote Road. Everybody arrives via automobile at our current location and there’s a paved parking lot at LaRaza. DO NOT CROSS THE CREEK AND DON’T LET ANY DISC GOLFER CROSS THE CREEK OR IT’S HISTORY FOR OUR USE OF LARAZA!!!

Now for the details of the expansion. We’re SEEKING DONATIONS TO PURCHASE THE NECESSARY MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT. YOUR DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AS WE ARE A 501C3 ORGANIZATION WITH THE IRS!!

We’re projecting a need of $9,000 to establish nine baskets with 2 pin locations, tee pads and the signage that goes with the course. We’ve established three levels of major sponsorship: Platinum for $1,000, Gold for $500 and Silver for $250.00. Major sponsors will have their name on a sponsor board at LaRaza. ALL DONORS OF ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL STAMP MINI MARKER DISC.

There may be 1 or more donors comprising a single sponsorship at the major level. The Silver level sponsor will receive a special stamp mini marker and special design t-shirt or mini markers and t-shirts if there are multiple donors. The Gold level sponsor(s) will receive a mini marker(s), t-shirt(s) and special stamp disc(s). The Platinum sponsor will receive a mini marker(s), t-shirts(s), disc(s) and their name on the tee sign for the hole that they have sponsored.

The Club has established the convenience of PayPal to make your donations. There is a postage paid envelope in this mailing and you can send in your donations through the mail or go to the web site. First come, first served for the privilege of getting your name in immortality at LaRaza. Keep your eye on the web site to track our progress in reaching our goal!!!

There’s a WORKDAY for Hellyer on Saturday, March 31, 10AM to 2PM. We’ll post workday info for LaRaza as our budget develops the money to proceed. SEE YOU AT THE COURSE!!!