Silicon Valley Disc Golf Club

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!!!

Dear Disc-tinguished Discers,

There’s lots of news to report and the first item is a change in the date of the Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors, in a meeting in September, moved the date of the Annual Meeting to mid-December from the first weekend of February. With that in mind, the date of the Annual Meeting will be Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 9AM at 3880 S. Bascom Avenue, #115, San Jose, CA.

There is a Proxy Statement included in this mailing. Do not name yourself in the proxy. The proxy is used when you are unable to attend the meeting and you assign your vote to another person who will attend. It’s very important to get your proxy statement in so that we can establish a quorom.

You should all have your SVDGC t-shirts by now and if you don’t, let us know. Upon renewal this year you’ll receive a limited edition SVDGC marker mini. The mini has the SVDGC basket logo and says Hellyer Park on the stamp. Just “show us” the renewal money (by sending it in) and your mini will come flying through the mail along with a 10% disc-count card from Mel Cotton’s Sporting Goods for disc related purchases. Membership has its privileges!

We’re conducting a tournament at Parque de La Raza on Saturday, December 9 and Sunday, December 10. It’ll be singles on Saturday and doubles on Sunday. Pre-registration can be done by contacting Tournament Director Bill Sherman at bill@easternfurniture.com. Come try the challenge of La Raza.

And speaking of Parque de La Raza, it appears that we’ll be able to establish a semi-permanent course at La Raza during the “low flow” season from mid-April through mid-October. That’s right, if all goes well with the environmental report and public hearings scheduled for late this year and early next year, we’ll be playing at La Raza this summer!!!!

The long range plan calls for a new 18 hole course near the Highway #101 exit at Coyote Creek Golf Club in south county. The area is known as Perry’s Hill. When Perry’s Hill comes on-line in about 7 – 10 years we’ll vacate La Raza as it is in a flood plain. We’ll always have our existing 9 holes at Hellyer and for the next 7 – 10 years we’ll have the use of La Raza during the summer!

See you at the course.